Ex. 10. Answer the following questions.

A

1. When was the Carnegie Institution founded? 2. Who was the founder of this Institution? 3. What is the Institution famous for? 4. Why was it a new kind of institution? 5. What kind of research was it devoted to? 6. What was the Carnegie Institution estab­lished for? 7. Are the scientists of the Institution re­quired to teach? 8. Do they choose their own field of investigation? 9. What won them international repu­tation? 10. What are the interests of the Institution at present? 11. Where is the work being carried on? 12. Who operates the research centres of the Institution? 13. What are these research centres? 14. What kind of work do these research centres carry on? 15. How are the results of the Institution's work made known to the world?

B

16. Will you tell us what the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories are famous for? 17. What is the work of Geographical Laboratory aimed at? 18. What studies does it conduct? 19. Will you characterize the work of the Carnegie Institution? 20. Tell us a few words of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. 21. What is the main problem the Genetic Research Institute is working at now? 22. What do you know about the staff of the Carnegie Institution?

C

23. What Institute do you work at? 24. Where is it situated? 25. When was it founded? 26. Who was the founder of your Institute? 27. What kind of research does your Institute carry on? 28. Does your Institute consist of laboratories or departments? 29. What field of investigations have you chosen? 30. Who manages the Institute you work at? 31. Do you carry on indivi­dual research (work)? 32. How many research teams have you got at your laboratory? 33. What is the full-time staff of your Institute? 34. What are the facilities available at your Institute (laboratory)? 35. Is an app­lied research encouraged at your Institute? 36. Did your supervisor encourage you to read a paper at the conference? 37. What theory is your experiment based on? 38. What methods do you apply in your research? 39. Are there any scientists of international reputation working at your Institute? 40. Does your research cover a wide range of subjects? 41. What problems are you going to touch on in your thesis?

D

42. What is the subject of your thesis? 43. When did you get interested in the problem? 44. Who encou­raged your interest in the problem? 45. Who advised you to take up this problem? 46. What is the aim of your study (research)? 47. What kind of work is it: experimental or theoretical? 48. How long have you been working at the problem? 49. How many chapters (parts) do you plan to have in your thesis? 50. When are you going to read your thesis?

Ex. 11. Agree to the statements below using some of the follow­ing introductory phrases: so it is; of course, it is; it is really; your are quite right; I quite agree with yon, etc.

Model:

1. As far as I know, Carnegie Institution is a pioneering Institution.

2. Indeed, the Carnegie Institution is a pioneering Institution.

A

1. To my mind, this Institution is very important. 2. As far as I can judge, the Carnegie Institution is estab­lished specifically to encourage investigation and disco­very. 3. It seems to me that the scientists at the Insti­tution have no commitment except to carry on research. 4. It is said that at present Carnegie Institution's inte­rests are mainly in three broad fields. 5. As far as I know, there are several departments at this Institution. 6. The most important work is carried on by the Geo­physical Laboratory.

B

7. I hear you work at a research institute. 8. They say you carry on a very interesting research. 9. As far as I know, your field of research is chemistry (physics, biology, etc.). 10. It seems to me your Institute is one of the oldest in this country. 11. It is widely re­cognized that the publication of scientific papers is necessary. 12. I think fundamental research should preceed the applied one.

Ex. 12. Say a few words about your research. Use words and phrases such as:

a) conduct studies (research, investigation, experiment);

apply one's knowledge (a new method, technique, theory);

choose one's speciality (topic, field, method, technique).

b) fundamental research (study, discovery, investiga­tion, knowledge); basic (main, chief) problem (aspect, method, contribution); pioneering area (work, research, investigation); scientific journal (meeting, lecture, publi­cation).

Ex. 13. Translate into English.

A

1. Когда был основан Фонд Карнеги? 2. Кто был основателем этого учреждения? 3. Какой работой занимается это учреждение? 4. С какой целью оно было создано? 5. Чем занимаются научные работники этого учреждения? 6. Какой вклад сделали они в развитие науки за последние 60 лет? 7. Какие три области зна­ний интересуют Фонд Карнеги в настоящее время? 8. Кто руководит исследовательскими центрами? 9. Ка­ких проблем касаются сейчас исследовательские центры Фонда Карнеги?

В

10. Институт цитологии Академии наук СССР был создан в 1957 году профессором Насоновым. 11. В на­стоящее время вся работа этого института проводится десятью лабораториями. 12. Исследования ведут как отдельные ученые, так и научно-исследовательские группы. 13. Наша группа сейчас работает по программе (изучения) физики твердых тел. 14. Каждый ученый стремится узнать как можно больше в своей области. 15. Вам следует рассмотреть эту проблему и изучить ее особенности (peculiarities). 16. Штат нашего института не очень велик. 17. Все лаборатории могут пользо­ваться оборудованием, которое принадлежит (to belong) институту. 18. Результаты исследований института публикуются в научных журналах, представляются на научных конференциях. 19. Недавно была опублико­вана работа профессора П.

Ex. 14. Give a talk about your Institute using the following list of expressions as a plan.

Model: The Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute was founded in. . . . It is named after

. . . be­cause he . . . .

1. The Institute of Physics (Chemistry, High Mole­cular Compounds, Mathematics, Biology, etc.). 2. The Institute is named after. . . . 3. The Institute is situated in . . . street (in . . . lane (alley), on (in) . . . avenue, on the . . . square, on . . . embankment). 4. The In­stitute occupies a large (small, new, old, multistoried) building (house), several buildings. 5. The Institute was established (founded, built, erected) by . . . in . . . (date). 6. The Institute is headed (run) by. . . . 7. The staff of the Institute consists of researchers (re­search workers: senior research workers, junior research workers) and laboratory assistants. 8. The Scientific Council of the Institute consists of the chairman of the Scientific Council, the learned secretary and several members. 9. A scientist (researcher) may be characteri­zed as prominent (well-known, famous, outstanding, hard-working, clever, diligent, industrious, etc.).