5. The light capacity in a laser installation should be dozens of times greater
6. To develop such a laser system in practice
7. Scientists and engineers must work
1. must heat the fuel to the required temperature very quickly.
2. very wide application.
3. hard to overcome numerous technological difficulties.
4. is not an easy task.
5. to use a laser for solving the problem of controlled thermonuclear reaction.
6. laser and thermonuclear reaction to produce a limitless source of energy.
7. than the capacity of all the world’s power plants.
I Want to Read Faster
Mary: I’ve read a detective story. It wasn’t very good so I wasted
(тратить, терять время) much time.
Jane: Oh, it takes me now not more than an hour to read a novel.
М.: Really?
J.: Two months ago it would have taken me about two days. It is
a pity you didn’t join me when I was taking speed-reading course.
М.: Two things hold me back. Doubts that any system could radi
cally and permanently increase my speed. And money for the courses.
J.: But I thought that if I could double my speed, the sum would
n’t be so much.
М.: Sure, you are right. By the way, some authorities say it isn’t
reading. Though a lot of unread newspapers, books and magazines about the house might fall on me. My present work day reading is 200 words per minute, it is very slow. How are those speed reading courses?
J.: Great, today 50,000 students a year take these courses.
М.: How long does this course last?
J.: Eight weeks, a 2,5 hour session a week plus an hour a day drill.
М.: What is your speed now?
J.: The final test showed that my speed was 1520 w.p.m. The
book was the same we have used for our entrance exam.
М.: But you can lose the technique.
J.: It is another question. The only wide survey (опрос) of
ex-students — 1800 of them — showed that after a year one third of the people weren’t using the method at all. Another third said they use it sometimes and that probably they have kept speed. But the rest of the students said they were reading faster than a year later.
B. Answer the following questions:
1. Are you a fast or a slow reader?
2. In what situations can fast reading be useful in your opinion?