Andrei had a natural talent for languages that is why studying English at school was not difficult for him. He didn't do his homework very often but WAS SUCCESSFUL in making up dialogues and speaking on different topics. His classmate Pavel knew English mu worse and IT TOOK HIM a lot of time to get ready for English lessons.
When the teacher told the students about the English Language Olympiad both Andrei and Pavel wanted TO TAKE PART in it. Participants had to show their reading and conversational skills, their knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar, and to write an essay. Andrei was sure that he would GET THE FIRST PRIZE and didn't worry at all.
The day and the hour of the Olympiad came. Andrei, Pavel and thirty other PARTICIPANTS were sitting in a big hall reading a text. Andrei read it and suddenly realized that he couldn't understand its meaning. There were too many words that he didn't know. He saw that Pavel was already doing the task on the text. It MEANT that he knew the words and the teacher had explained them at the lessons. Andrei tried TO COLLECT HIMSELF to remember when it was, but couldn't — he had been so lazy at the lessons.
Things went from bad to worse. Andrei lost a lot of time working on the text, MADE some mistakes in the grammar test, and couldn't COLLECT HIS THOUGHTS to write an essay.
In the evening Andrei told his parents that the Olympiad tasks were very difficult and it was impossible for children of his age to do them. He was sure that nobody had managed. He thought the same when he came to THE AWARD CEREMONY on the next day and jumped up with surprise when Pavel WAS AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZE for his excellent work. May be natural talent is not the only necessary thing for studying languages?
Среди различных недавних тенденций в инженерном деле компьютеризация является самой распространённой. В современных инженерных бюро также наблюдается тенденция к компьютеризации. Компьютеры всё больше используются для решения сложных проблем, а также для обработки, усиления и генерирования огромного объёма информации, с которой должны работать инженеры. Научные методы инженерного дела применяются в нескольких областях, не связанных с производством и потреблением. Современная инженерия характеризуется широким применением так называемых систем инженерных принципов. Инженеры в промышленности работают не только с машинами, которыми наиболее эффективно управляют люди. Небольшое изменение в расположении элементов управления машиной, её положения относительно других машин или оборудования или изменения в мышечных движениях оператора зачастую приводят к значительному увеличению производства. Этот тип инженерных работ называется хронометражем. Смежная область инженерии, занимающаяся изучением человеческого фактора, также известная как эргономика, привлекла к себе внимание в 1970х-1980х годах, когда сохранность ядерных реакторов была подвержена опасности из-за ошибок оператора, конструктивных ошибок и неисправного оборудования. Инженерия, изучающая человеческий фактор, стремится установить критерии для эффективной, ориентированной на человека конструкции и, среди прочего, для больших и сложных панелей управления, которые контролируют и регулируют работу ядерного реактора.
studying English at school was not difficult for him. He didn't do his homework very often but WAS SUCCESSFUL in making up dialogues and
speaking on different topics. His classmate Pavel knew English mu worse and IT TOOK HIM a lot of time to get ready for English lessons.
When the teacher told the students about the English Language Olympiad both Andrei and Pavel wanted TO TAKE PART in it. Participants had to show their reading and conversational skills, their knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar, and to write an essay. Andrei was sure that he would GET THE FIRST PRIZE and didn't worry at all.
The day and the hour of the Olympiad came. Andrei, Pavel and thirty other PARTICIPANTS were sitting in a big hall reading a text. Andrei read it and suddenly realized that he couldn't understand its meaning. There
were too many words that he didn't know. He saw that Pavel was already doing the task on the text. It MEANT that he knew the words and the teacher had explained them at the lessons. Andrei tried TO COLLECT HIMSELF to remember when it was, but couldn't — he had been so lazy at the lessons.
Things went from bad to worse. Andrei lost a lot of
time working on the text, MADE some mistakes in the grammar test, and couldn't COLLECT HIS THOUGHTS to write an essay.
In the evening Andrei told his parents that the Olympiad tasks were very difficult and it was impossible for children of his age to do them. He was sure that nobody had managed. He thought the same when he came to THE AWARD CEREMONY on the next day and jumped up with surprise when Pavel WAS AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZE for his excellent work. May be natural talent is not the only necessary thing for studying languages?