Английский язык: Аннотирование и реферирование текста

202 To opt – выбирать , предпочитать To get smth. back on track – чтобы выполнить что - либо в срок To oversight – надзор , недосмотр , оплошность To hamper – мешать , препятствовать Workarounds – обходной маневр , обходной путь To bolster – поддерживать ( в рабочем состоянии ) Useful life span – период нормальной эксплуатации To fall into place – становится ясным , на свое место Coverage – зона действия To be prone – быть склонным , подверженным I . What grammar tenses are mostly used in the article? II . Find and write down the international words from the text . III . Answer the questions to the text : 1. What can polar satellites do? 2. Why are the replacements for the aging U.S. military and civil- ian fleet in jeopardy? 3. What did the U.S. decide to create in 1994? 4. What was supposed to do after the U.S. awarded the satellite contract to Northrop-Grumman in 2002? 5. What is the situation like now? 6. What was the reason of delay of the first replacement? 7. What did NOAA, the DOD and NASA do to get the program back on track? 8. What hampers problem solving, according to the House sci- ence committee? 9. What might happen if NOAA fails? IV . Give good translation of the paragraph : "A gap could be serious, explains Richard A. Anthes, president of the University Corpo- ration for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. It could, make the forecast of where a hurricane makes landfall rather inaccurate." V . Translate the introduction in written form and define the purpose of the article . VI . Make up the abstract and reduce it to the annotation .