Give negative answers to the following questions. Follow the model

Copy the following sentences. Underline the predicates (ones in the Passive Voice with two lines). Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. A gas-cooled reactor is a nuclear reactor in which the coolant is a gas.

2. The lowest temperature theoretically possible is called the absolute

zero.

3. What do substation power supply circuits depend on?

4. The transmission lines are interconnected in switching stations. These network interconnections are referred to as buses.

5. In a power network the large blocks of electric power are transmitted on the grid of transmission lines. From the grid, power is being subdi­vided into smaller blocks and fed into the subtransmission parts of the power network. Finally, the consumers are being serviced from the distribution network.

6. The energy industry is undergoing considerable development.

7. The world power capacity is doubling about per decade.

8. Development of nuclear power plants for civil use began in the mid-1950s.

9. In order to meet demands for power during the day, utilities have been turning to other forms of hydroelectric systems.

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10. In the electric generating field as well as in the electric transmission and storage-technology areas considerable attention is concentrated on the use of superconducting conductors because of their ability of losing their resistance under certain conditions, namely at temperatures close to absolute zero (-273 °C).

11. The maximum voltage applied to a dielectric material without causing it to break down and expressed in volts per mm is termed its dielectric strength.

12. Electrical loads or consumers in power installations are the various ar­rangements and installations that are used to transform electric power into mechanical, heat and chemical power, or energy.

Model: Will the circuit be powered by the DC supply? No, it will not. j The circuit will not be powered by the DC supply. It will be powered by the AC supply.

1. Is the energy industry decreasing its activity?

2. Do nuclear power stations produce smoke?

3. Does the radioactive pollution from a reactor have only one form?

4. Is the result of pollution measurable by weight and volume?

28. Think of questions about the following sentences:

1. The first central electric power station was installed in 1882.

When_________________________________________________?

What station___________________________________________?|

2. Radioactive wastes damage man and his generation.

Who(m)_______________________________________________?

What wastes___________________________________________?

3. The use of water power and wind power began more than 2,000 years ago. j

The use of what kind of power______________________________?|

When_________________________________________________?|

4. The cooling water is drawn from a source and passed through the con-]
denser.

What kind of water______________________________________?|

What_____________________________________________ from?]

What__________________________________________ through?]

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