Английский язык. Арланова Т.Л - 32 стр.

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“Refrigeration preserves food by lowering its temperature. It slows down the

growth and reproduction of micro-organisms such as bacteria and the action

of enzymes which cause food to rot.”

You may have underlined words like micro-organisms, bacteria, or

enzymes. These are words which are uncommon in engineering. Before you

look them up in a dictionary or try to find translations in your own language,

think! Do you need to know the meaning of these words to understand how

refrigerators operate?

You can ignore unfamiliar words which do not help you to achieve your

reading purpose.

Exercise 2. Now read the text to check your explanation of how a refrigerator

works. Ignore any unfamiliar words which will not help you to achieve this

purpose.

Notes: compound –соединение; carbon - углерод; chlorine – хлор; fluorine

– фтор.

While reading guess the meaning of following words and expressions: to

preserve, to lower, to slow down, to condense, to drop, to absorb