- •Contents
- •Пояснительная записка
- •Master’s Degree and Programs in Russia
- •6 Fill in the gaps with the appropriate preposition.
- •7. Compose the phrases concerning your Master’s program by choosing words and expressions from each column. Mind the grammar rules.
- •9. Ask and answer the following questions:
- •10. Read and translate the beginning of the dialogue between former groupmates. Make your own one. Use the questions from the previous exercise.
- •Master’s Program
- •1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary.
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following word-combinations from the text below. Pay special attention to the prepositions in bold.
- •3. Read and translate the text. Give Russians equivalents to the phrases underlined. Master’s Degree and Careers in Chemistry
- •4. Discuss possible business prospect and benefits as well as disadvantages of taking Master Degree courses. Use the information in the texts and any ideas of your own. Work in pairs.
- •2. Read and translate the text, and tell what possibilities conferences open for. Research and Practice Conferences
- •How to Make a Scientific or Technical Presentation
- •1. Put the phrases into the appropriate column.
- •2. Read the introduction of the presentation and put these phrases into the correct order.
- •3. Make your own introductory part to your presentation.
- •5. Study the following information carefully and use it for your next presentations.
- •7. Fill in the gaps using words/phrases from the list. Some words/phrases can be used more than once.
- •Visual Aids
- •8. Read and take into account the recommendations in the table. PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines
- •Nanodiamond-Polymer Composite Fibers and Coatings
- •10. Read and translate the short fragments which were not included in the presentation. Look through the text of presentation again and unite each fragment with the appropriate part of presentation.
- •9. Make your own presentation. Then look through it again and answer the questions concerning:
- •I. Individual Component and Originality
- •II. Content
- •III. Visual Aids
- •1. Read the text of writing an abstract and answer the following questions.
- •Writing an Abstract
- •3. Here are some other points to keep in mind about abstracts. Read and translate them.
- •4. Read the summary and decide
- •Geochemical features of natural waters of western siberia: microelement composition
- •5. Look through the previous summary again and say what the words in bold serve for. Analyze all the verbal forms underlined.
- •Ratio of oxidized and reduced forms of noble metals in the priamurye region.
- •7. Put the parts of the English sentences into correct word-order. Использование продуктов переработки нефти. Utilization / products / treatment/ oil/
- •8. Choose the appropriate grammar form in brackets for the verbs underlined. Select linking words (variants are possible) for the words in bold. Translate into English.
- •9. Translate these word-combinations into Russian. To avoid frequent use of the preposition of, use noun/attribute chains.
- •Section III high-tech chemistry
- •1. Memorize all the meanings of these words.
- •2. Some modern terms derived from two words, for example, the term durability derived from the words “during” and “ability”. Analyze and try to translate the terms without a dictionary.
- •3. Pay special attention to the translation of the attribute chains:
- •4. Analyze the attribute chains in the table below and translate them:
- •5. Translate these word-combinations.
- •6. Why do they do it? Match a with b.
- •7. Give an advice to help these persons. Work in pairs.
- •8. Translate the sentences into Russian. Pay special attention to the functions of the Infinitive and try to give all possible variants of translation.
- •9. Answer the following questions before reading the text “The Science and Technology of Composite Materials”.
- •10. Read and translate the text. Match the phrases underlined with their equivalents below:
- •The Science and Technology of Composite Materials
- •11. Which of the following is not true? Correct the false statements.
- •12. Say the same using the Infinitives to shorten the phrases.
- •Metal Matrix Composite
- •14. Answer the question to the text Metal Matrix Composite:
- •15. Look through the text Metal Matrix Composite again. Choose the keywords and write a short abstract (no more than 100 words).
- •1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary.
- •2. Give English equivalents to the following word-combinations:
- •3. Read and translate the article. Choose the best title from those given below:
- •4. Read these phrases and combine them as additional ones with the appropriate passages.
- •5. Look through the article again and
- •6. Describe the facts using the verbs state, think, know, learn, consider, find, believe, expect, etc. Report in Complex Subject or Complex Object or use subordinate clause.
- •7. Make a short review of this article.
- •Advantages and Disadvantages of Nanotechnology
- •8. Read and translate the sentences. Say what things (facts) are set against and which ones are approved. Use the word-combinations underlined in the “For and Against” discussion.
- •9. Webquest. Use the Internet and find the information about modern investigations in «Nanoscience». Be ready to put it briefly in the group. Here are some possible items to consider.
- •Appendix II passive voice: When to Use It and When to Avoid It
- •Appendix III Conference. Submission Form
- •Bibliography
- •625003, Г. Тюмень, ул. Семакова, 10
6. Why do they do it? Match a with b.
A B
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1. We treat salt with either an acid or a base |
a. to define its boiling point |
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2. I shake water and sand in the bulb |
b. to make accurate measurements of a sample |
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3. The analyst carries out the electrolysis of water |
c. to transform one salt into another |
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4. I have to use electronic balance |
d. to decompose it into oxygen and hydrogen |
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5. They ignite phosphorus in the presence of oxygen |
e. to define its boiling point |
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6. I heat this liquid |
f. to obtain mercury |
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7. They cool the gas |
g. to obtain phosphorus oxide |
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8. We heat mercuric oxide |
h. to show you a sample of heterogeneous substance
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7. Give an advice to help these persons. Work in pairs.
Model: Excuse me, can you help us? How can we get to the central office?
It’s not so far. To get to there you’d better take a bus №15.
1. Excuse me, I’m lost. I can’t find the way to the station. Could you help me, please?
2. We need to identify metallic impurities in this sample. What is the best method for it?
3. Hey, Mark! What should I do with zinc to get hydrogen?
4. How to define the atomic weight of an element?
5. Now we are to find out the age of this fragment. What technique should we use?
8. Translate the sentences into Russian. Pay special attention to the functions of the Infinitive and try to give all possible variants of translation.
1. Some metals, active enough to combine extensively with carbon, may be produced by the reduction of the oxides with aluminium. 2. To make a precipitation as complete as possible it is necessary to add a slight excess of one of the ions concerned in the formation of the precipitate. 3. The particles in the positive rays are assumed to be formed by removal of one or more electrons from the atoms. 4. Chlorine reacts with calcium hydroxide to form a mixed salt with the two negative ions. 5. In a number of instances some ions are hydrolyzed. 6. In a number of instances some ions are hydrolyzed to give acidic solution. 7. Atoms are too small to be seen even under a powerful microscope. 8. The metal hydroxides react with acids and with oxides of non-metals to form water and a class of compounds known as salts. 9. Carbon dioxide reacts with sodium hydroxide to yield water and sodium carbonate. 10. To be useful as an ore, an iron mineral must contain at least 30 to 40 per cent of iron. 11. To improve the quality of pig-iron it is to be purified by melting in a furnace. 12. Ammonium ions interact with water to form hydronium ions in equilibrium with molecular ammonia. 13. To determine the relative weights of different elements we were to use the relative system of atomic weights. 14. In order to liquefy a gas at a temperature below its critical temperature it is practically necessary only to compress the gas.
9. Answer the following questions before reading the text “The Science and Technology of Composite Materials”.
1. What is a composite material?
2. What’s the difference between composite material and matter?
3. How could you define a composite?
4. Do composite materials belong to the modern generation of materials?
5. Can you give any examples of composite materials?