Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов I курса всех факультетов. Часть 2. Богданова Н.А - 15 стр.

of sending messages over long distances by means of radio waves. A modern
broadcasting station has an aerial1 from which sound waves combined with carrier
waves2 are transmitted. These waves are received by radio sets in people's houses.
      Nowadays radio and television find great application in all spheres of life
and especially in the systems of space communication. Two-way radio and TV
communications are constantly carried on with space vehicles and cosmonauts.
       An up-to-date and popular means of radio communication is paging3. Paging
is carried out through the Personal Radio Call Network. It applies only one channel
for servicing thousands of users. The first pagers4 appeared in the late 1950s. They
were one-way communication devices provided with standard receivers. Since
1994 the device has been improved. It was provided with a low-power transmitter.
So at present the pager is able both to receive a message and to answer it. Modern
pagers may be of tone, voice, numeric and alphabetic-numeric5 types. Today about
30 million people all over the world use pagers in cases of urgent transmission of
messages. It is desirable that pagers should be widely used in private life as well.
  1
    aerial – антенна
  2
    carrier wave – несущая
  3
    paging – пейджинг (передача сигнала системы поискового вызова)
  4
    pager – пейджер (абонентский приемник системы поискового вызова)
  5
    alphabetic-numerical – буквенно-цифровой

2. Найдите в тексте 6B английские эквиваленты следующих слов и
   выражений:
в настоящее время, во всем мире, на большие расстояния, посредством,
система космической связи, современные средства связи, для обслуживания,
пользователь.

3. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словам:
achievement                                передавать
communication                              транспортное средство
message                                    современный
constantly                                 связь
up-to-date                                 выполнять
carry out                                  достижение
vehicle                                    постоянно
transmit                                   сообщение