Учебное пособие по английскому языку Издательство

МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ ЗАПИСКА 3

PART 1 – HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY 5

UNIT 1 – FROM THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY 5

UNIT 2 – HISTORY OF POWER ENGINEERING 10

PART 2 – THE MOST EFFICIENT SOURCES OF ENERGY. 19

UNIT 3 – HYDROELECTRIC POWER 19

UNIT 4 – TURBINES. THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY 27

UNIT 5 – ATOMIC ENERGY 35

UNIT 6 – SAFETY PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC ENERGY 43

PART 3 – ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY 54

UNIT 7 – SOLAR ENERGY 54

UNIT 8 – WIND INDUSTRY 61

UNIT 9 – GEOTHERMAL POWER 70

PART 4 – INNOVATIONS. INVENTIONS. INVENTORS. 81

UNIT 10 – INNOVATIONS IN POWER ENGINEERING 81

UNIT 11 – INVENTIONS 88

UNIT 12 – FAMOUS INVENTORS 96

Kirchhoff's three laws of spectroscopy: 103

SUPPLEMENTARY READING 106

Literature 126