Special Difficulties

1. Read, translate into Russian and memorize

electrical and electronic engineering equipment; design and development of control systems; application and manufacture of systems and devices that use electric power and signals; electric machinery; electronic circuits; computer design; superconductors; solid-state electronics; medical imaging systems; robotics; lasers; radar; consumer electronics; fiber optics; applied physics; research;generation, transmission, reception, processing and storage of information; radio receiver; a picture on a television screen; or numbers and other data in a computer; tape-recording; electronics engineers; to amplify electronic signals; to add binary numbers; to demodulate radio signals; to recover the information; to generate waveforms useful for synchronization and timing; to correct errors in digital information; telecommunications; to be assembled on a chassis and connected by wires; to form a bulky package; a single tiny chip of silicon; complex; the most advanced technology; electron-beam lithography; micro-manipulators; ion-beam implantation; ultra clean environments; switching of components; three-dimensional; automated manufacturing; in robotics; to offer far greater immunity to electrical noise; to be immune to interference; capacity; radio communications system; mass media; radar installations; aircraft and missiles; radiolocation; computer engineering; memory systems; central processing units; peripheral devices; Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI); new computer architectures; computer science; artificial intelligence; creation of sophisticated programs or development of higher level machine languages or other means; current trend in computer engineering; parallel processors, superconducting materials; cybernetics; high-speed computing facilities, capable of making the same amount of computation in a second; manual labour; microelectronics; technology; technique; integrated circuits (IC); communications satellites; quality; convenience

2. Complete the following sentences using because or that’s why

1. Electrical engineering deals with design and development, application and manufacture of many systems and devices…they use electric power and signals. 2. … electronics is both a field of engineering and applied physics, it deals with physical and engineering aspects of electronic circuits. 3. Both my parents are electronics engineers, …I’ve made a decision to follow their career. 4. He is only a first-year student, … he cannot correct errors in he digital information on the screen. 5. The significance of radar installations cannot be overestimated … they ensure safe navigation of aircraft, missiles and ships. 6. We can hardly imagine our life without electronics … it provides the basis for countless innovations. 7. CD-players, TVs and computers have entered our life…there is every reason to say that we live in the age of electronics.

3. Complete the following sentences using hundred/hundreds, thousand/thousands, million/ millions

1. Some eight (thousand/thousands) students are involved in research. 2.The circuit may contain (hundred thousand/hundreds of thousands) of transistors on a small piece of superconductive material. 3. By means of radar installations, aircraft and missiles can be detected at great distances ranging from (hundred/hundreds) to (thousand/thousands) of miles. 4. Despite its small size, an integrated circuit may contain some (hundred/hundreds) elements. 5. The population of our city exceeds two (million/millions) people. 6. (Million/ millions) of scientists deal with research, design and application of devices on electronic circuits.