Translate the paragraphs into Russian

Unit 6. Geothermal Energy

For the nouns in a) find suitable attributes in b).

Find in b) the Russian equivalents to the following English word combinations in a).

EXERCISES

VOCABULARY

to tempt соблазнять, искушать to recognize признавать

evidence очевидность asset ценный вклад

to emerge появляться opportunity возможность

to spur подгонять, побуждать sophisticated сложным, тмыслова-1

to appear появляться тый

to occur происходить to reduce уменьшать

advantage преимущество to inject вводить

a)	b)
1) geothermal develop-	1) обоснованные источники
ment	энергии
2) natural hot springs	2) установленная мощность во
3) commercial power	всем мире
generation	3) темп роста
4) the growth rate	4) рентабельное производство
5) worldwide installed	электроэнергии
capacity	5) развитие геотермальной энер-
6) sustainable energy	гетики
sources	6) природные горячие источники
7) annual availability	7) ежегодные коэффициенты
factors	готовности
8) load factors	8) влияние на окружающую
9) fossil fuel supplies	среду
10) high initial capital	9) коэффициенты нагрузки
investment	10) запасы ископаемого топлива
11) high interest rates	11) высокое начальное вложение
12) the environmental	капитала
impact	12) высокие ставки процента

2. Find in the text the antonyms to the following words:

a) proof b) false c) to rise d) to narrow

a)	b)
1) development	1) environmental
2) springs	2) cooled
3) generation	3) wind
4) rate	4) geothermal
5) power	5) hot
6) factors	6) geological
^7) plant	7) power
^8) risk	8) growth
^9) impact	9) firm
Щ water	10) load

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4. Translate the sentences with Participle I and the Gerund. ■

a) From prehistory, natural hot springs have been used by man fol bathing and cooking.

b) For a technology that required a high initial capital investment and achieved its returns in terms of saving on fossil fuels, that was bad news.

c) By operating geothermal systems as a closed loop, and reinject] ing the contaminants along with the cooled water, the environ! mental impact can be reduced almost to zero.

5. Find the paragraphs in the text where it is said about:

a) the sixth age of geothermal development;

b) prehistory of geothermal energy;

c) the period of stagnation for geothermal development;

d) sophisticated techniques of exploration and interpretation.

6. Say whether the following statements are true or false according to the information
in the text.

a) From prehistory, natural hot springs have been used by man foi heating and watering.

b) The second age - the managed exploitation of heat from the Earth] - really began about fifty years ago with the first piped heatind systems in Europe and USA.

c) The third age (ca. 1950—1970) was a period of slow consolida-j tion, with systems developing slowly.

d) The fourth age (1973—1980) was the golden age of geothermal energy.

e) By operating geothermal systems as a closed loop, and reinjecting! the contaminants along with the cooled water, the environmental impact can be increased.

7. Read the text above once again and make up a list of the key words and topic sen­tences.

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