Министерство образования российской федерации
Волгоградский государственный технический университет
Кафедра иностранных языков
Научная командировка
Методические указания по английскому языку для аспирантов, соискателей и магистров
Волгоград, 1997
ББК
Научная командировка Методические указания по английскому языку для аспирантов, соискателей и магистров/ Сост. А.М. Митина, ВолгГТУ. Волгоград, 1997. - 28с.
В работе представлена система текстов, отобранного языкового материала и упражнений для закрепления лексики и развития навыков устной речи по тематике, связанной с научными командировками аспирантов и соискателей.
Для аспирантов и соискателей всех специальностей, изучающих английский язык.
Библиография - 4 назв.
Рецензент Багметова Н.Б.
Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета
Волгоградского государственного технического университета
© Волгоградский
государственный
технический
университет, 1997
Business trip to the us
Unit 1. An Invitation.
Target Vocabulary List:
staff member - штатный сотрудник
to participate in = to take part in - принимать участие в
participation - участие
participant - участник
to hold a symposium - проводить симпозиум
to attend a symposium - посещать симпозиум
to accept an invitation - принять приглашение
to present a paper - представить статью, доклад
deadline - последний срок
to appreciate - ценить, быть признательным
to anticipate - предвидеть, предполагать
topic area - актуальная тема
living expenses - расходы на проживание
to waive one’s registration fee - отказаться от взносов за регистрацию
accommodation - проживание
to look forward to - ждать с нетерпением
lecture - лекция, доклад
to lecture - сделать доклад
lecturer - докладчик
abstract - реферат
to submit - предоставлять
to convey - передавать
Some time ago Dr. Bogomolov, a staff member of the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute in St. Petersburg, received a letter from the USA inviting him to participate in a symposium which was to be held in Boston. The letter ran as follows:
Boston Symposium
4000
Boston
15 Green Av.
USA
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
St. Petersburg
Russia
06/26/97
To the attention of Dr. Bogomoloff
Our Ref. __________________ Your Ref. ________________
Dear Dr. Bogomoloff
The American Physical Society is sponsoring a symposium on Semiconductor Device Research to be held in Boston on September 2-4, 1997. The symposium will highlight the synthesis and properties of semiconductor devices.
The purpose of this letter is to invite you to present a paper at the symposium on your recent work in this area as a plenary lecturer. Since you have pioneered some of the structures in the last 20 years, your presence will be particularly appreciated. We anticipate that there will be considerable interest in this topic area.
If you accept our invitation, we will waive your registration fee. We have also applied for funds to pay for your living expenses during the symposium and for your transportation from New York to Boston and back. If however you are unable to attend but would like to send one of your staff, the invitation is open for that purpose.
Our symposium will allow an exchange of ideas and presentation of important results in the area of semiconductor devices with a rapid publication of the Proceedings.
We hope that you will be able to participate and are looking forward to your reply. If you have any questions, please contact me or Alex Coleman at the Massachusetts Institute in Boston.
Sincerely,
J.Newbury
James Newbury
Program Committee Supervisor
Act as Dr. Bogomolov. Write a letter informing your colleagues in the USA about your willingness to contribute fully to the symposium. Before you do this, please go through the activities below to complete that task properly.
Activity 1. Study the layout of a formal letter (see above) and the ways of writing the addresses and the date, and putting the signature. Let your tutor help you.
Activity 2. You may feel perplexed when choosing the right greeting gambit. Use the information below to choose the best greeting:
Greeting Usage
Dear Sirs to a company
Dear Sir/Madam to a particular person when you don’t know
their name
Dear Mr Brown to a man you know
Dear Mrs Brown to a married woman you know
Dear Miss Brown to an unmarried woman
Dear Ms Brown to a married or unmarried woman
Dear John to a friend
Activity 3. Here are some ways to begin a letter. Use them all in your own sentences to give alternatives of Dr. Bogomoloff’s reply. Elicit help from your tutor wherever necessary.
I am writing in connection with ...
Thank you for your letter of (date) ...
We have received your letter of (date) ...
Many thanks for your letter concerning ...
Activity 4. Use the following standard gambits to prepare the main body of Dr. Bogomoloff’s letter:
to accept an invitation:
It is a pleasure and honor for me to be invited to ...
I am very delighted to accept the invitation of ...
I am very pleased to accept the invitation of ...
Thank you very much for your kind invitation to ... which I accept with pleasure.
to make an inquiry:
Please, let me know ...
Could you inform me ...
I would appreciate further details about ...
I would be pleased if you could send me more details about ...
Activity 5. Study the ways of concluding the letter:
I look forward to hearing from you.
I look forward to receiving your reply.
I look forward to your reply.
I hope to see you soon and discuss some points of common interest.
I am looking forward to my trip to the USA.
Please pass my best wishes (give my best regards) to ...
Activity 6. Choose the correct way to end your letter depending on the greeting gambit:
Dear Sirs/Sir/Madam - Yours faithfully
Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms - Yours sincerely
Dear John - Best wishes
Now, write a letter of acceptance according to the following plan:
thank Mr Mewbury for the invitation and accept it;
suggest a title for your paper;
ask to be informed about the schedule of the symposium and the deadline for submitting the abstracts;
ask weather it is possible for some of your junior colleagues to send their abstracts too;
add a complementary closing and ask to convey your best wishes to Dr. Rundle;
close the letter with your name.
Unit 2. Arriving in the USA
Target Vocabulary List
to make a (long-distance) call - сделать (междугородний) телефонный звонок
to direct - направить
to change - менять; разменивать
to change for - пересесть (на другой транспорт)
change machine - автомат для размена денег
cafeteria - кафе, столовая (в учреждении)
collect call - звонок за счет того, кому звонят
to hold on (the line) - не вешать трубку
to call back - перезвонить
to leave a message - оставить сообщение
to be cut off - разъединить (о телефонном разговоре)
to make an appointment - назначить встречу (свидание)
convenient - удобный
available - доступный, в наличии, свободный, незанятый (о человеке)
Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue and study the words given in bold:
Mr. Bogomoloff has just arrived at the J.F.K. (John F. Kennedy) International Airport in New York City. He wants to make a call to Mr. Rundle in Boston to inform him when he will come to Doston. He is asking an authorized airport officer where he could find a phone booth.
B.: Excuse me, could you direct me to a telephone booth? I have to make a long distance call.
O.: Yeah, sure. The phones are right over there. Do you see the blue and white sign? There’re some change machines near the post-office.
B.: What machines?
O.: Change machines that give you the coins you need.
B.: Oh, I see. Thank you.
O.: You’re welcome.
If you want to ask the way you should use the following:
Excuse me can you tell me the way to ...?
How can I get to ...?
How do I get to ...?
Where’s the nearest ...?
Which is the shortest way to ...?
How far is it from here?
Is it far from here?
If you want to explain the way you should use the following:
It’s a long way from here.
It’s not far from here.
You can walk. You can take a taxi (bus, train).
Go straight ahead.
Go along the street.
Turn left/right.
Take the second turning on the right/left.
Pass ...
You should cross the road.
You should change for number ... bus/train.
Activity 2. Acting as Dr. Bogomoloff, ask the airport officer to direct you to:
a phone booth
a cafeteria
a restroom
the post-office
the information counter
the nearest hotel
Activity 3. Make up short dialogues. Ask an officer at the information counter:
if there are any flights to Washington D.C. tonight;
how many flights there are to Los Angeles;
when is the nearest flight to Boston;
how you can get to Manhattan;
how much a plane ticket to Boston is;
if you can buy a round ticket to Los Angeles;
if there is any discount on a round ticket.
Use the following phrases:
I wonder if you could help me.
Could you tell me ...
I want to know ...
I’d like to know ...
I wonder how I can ...
I wonder if I can ...
Please, tell me ...
Activity 4. Making a call. Listen to the dialogue and study the key vocabulary:
Operator: Operator.
Bogomoloff: I’d like to make a collect call to Boston, please.
O.: Number, please.
B.: 253-2917.
O.: Your name, please.
B.: My name?
O.: Yes.
B.: Peter Bogomoloff, from Russia.
Operator: Hold on.
B.: I beg your pardon?
O.: Hold on the line, please.
B.: All right.
He could hear the operator saying to a woman at the other end of the line.
O.: Will you speak to Peter Bogomoloff?
Woman: Yes, please. Hello?
B.: Can I talk to Dr. Rundle, please?
W.: Hold on a moment.
Rundle: Hello?
B.: Hello, Michael. This is Peter Bogomoloff.
R.: Oh Peter? Where are you calling from?
B.: From the J.F.K. airport. I’ve just arrived.
R.: Good to hear you, man. How are you doing?
B.: I’m all right , thanks. I’m taking the Delta 4.15 shuttle flight to Boston. Do you think you could meet me?
R.: Sure. I’ll be right there. Look forward to seeing you.
B.: Thank you. See you later then.
R.: Right. Bye.