Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов I курса всех факультетов. Часть 1. Сергееева Т.В - 65 стр.

       Babbage was an outstanding personality among his contemporaries
because he insisted on the practical application of science and mathematics. For
example, he wrote on the economic advantages of mass production, and on the
development of machine-tools.
       In 1812 he was sitting in his room looking at a table of logarithms which
he knew to be full of mistakes, when an idea of computing all tabular functions
by machinery occurred to him. Babbage constructed a small working model
which he demonstrated in 1822. The Royal Society supported the project and
Babbage was promised a subsidy.
       In 1833 he began to think of building a machine which was, in fact, the
first universal digital computer, as the expression is understood today. Babbage
devoted the rest of his life to an attempt to develop it. He had to finance the
work himself and he was only able to finish part of the machine though he
prepared thousands of detailed drawings from which it could be made.
       Babbage wrote more than 80 books and papers, but he was misunderstood
by his contemporaries and died a disappointed man in 1871. He tried to solve
himself and with his own resources a series of problems which required the
united efforts of two generations of engineers.
       After his death his son continued his work and built the part of an
arithmetic unit which printed out its results directly on paper.

Задание 2. Прочтите следующие слова, обращая внимание на их
               транскрипцию:
suggestion [sə’dʒestʃən], machine [mə’ʃi:n], mathematician [,mæƟimə’tiʃən],
digital [‘didʒitəl], mathematics [,mæƟi’mætiks],
algebra [‘ældʒibrə], resources [ri’sɔ:siz], series [‘siəri:z], efforts [‘efəts],
logarithms [‘lɔɡəriƟəmz], occur [ə’kə:], model [‘mɔdl], subsidy [‘sʌbsidi],
arithmetic [ə’riƟmətik].

Задание 3. Дайте русские эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний и
               фраз.
the fundamental principles of a computer; to receive education; to be under the
influence of; to be unaffected by; contemporary developments in science; to
insist upon the application of mathematics; to write a paper on a problem; an
idea occured to him; to support a project; to devote efforts to; the rest of his life;
to solve a series of problems; to build an arithmetic unit from drawings.

Задание 4. Найдите в тексте 3D английские эквиваленты следующих
            словосочетаний:



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