Exercise 52. Find Russian equivalents for the words or word combinations from the text given below

Exercise 53. Correct the following statements. When expressing disagreement make sure you begin your answers with such commonly accepted phrases. Do not repeat them.

I do not agree that …, I disagree that…, in my opinion, to my mind, as far as I remember, as far as I know, the text reads the opposite; it’s not true, it’s not right, vice versa, it’s quite the opposite, according to …

1. When George Cowling became the 1^st television weatherman he received a bundle of charts via a large fax machine.

2. It was George Cowling who became the first weatherman who brought technological developments.

3. It was not until 1973 that the first operational pictures from satellites became available.

4. Some measures of accuracy showed little improvement in 1986.

5. It was not until 1990 that the website was launched.

6. The website is focused on written features updated daily.

7. A new software ingests data into a central database and uses this to produce graphics that follows the weather forecast for use online, on mobile and on interactive TV.

8. We still are unable to be sure that the latest forecast is available online.

9. In response to audience feedback the development continued and we are expecting a redesign in the nearest future.