VII. Прочтите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на функцию -ing-формы:

1. Being in the hospital the patient began to feel much better. 2. I wanted to speak to the doctor treating my sister. 3. Now he is receiving the treatment at the surgical department. 4. Listening to the heart is a very important procedure. 5. The fibrous bands forming the muscular structure of the heart are divided into two groups 6. The professor is busy , he is delivering a lecture. 7. Visiting hospitals is necessary for all medical students. 8. Helping your patients you should be very careful and attentive.

VIII. Прочтите следующие слова, запомните их произношение и дайте русские эквиваленты:

idea [Qi’diq], subject [‘sAbGqkt], group [grHp], monitoring [,mOni’tLriN], ignore [ig’nL], signal [‘signql], concentration [,kOnsin’treiSqn], complex [‘kOmpleks], information [,infq’meiSqn], process [‘prousqs], automatic [,Ltq’mqetik], identify [Qi’dentifQi], combine [kqm’bQin], phrase [freiz], material [mq’tiqriql]

IX. Выучите новые слова и словосочетания:

to believe [bi’lJv] – думать, считать, полагать, верить

to require [ri’kwQiq] – требовать(ся)

performance [pq’fLmqns] – действие, исполнение

to suffer (from) [‘sAfq] – страдать (от)

to support [sq’pLt] - поддерживать

tape – лента

familiar [fq’miljq] -знакомый

passage [‘pqesiG] - отрывок

to push [puS] - нажимать

button [‘bAtn] - кнопка

to confront [kqn’frAnt] – быть поставленным перед

in addition to – кроме, в дополнение

same – такой же

simultaneous [,simql’tqenjqs] - одновременный

to comprehend [,kOmpri’hend] - понимать

page [peiG] - страница

in short – короче (говоря)

to attend [q’tend] – быть внимательным; посещать

distraction [dist’rqekSqn] – отвлечение внимания, рассеянность

X. Прочтите слова, определите части речи и переведите:

attention, different, performance, usually, familiar, passage, presented, simultaneous, quickly, automatic, associate, especially, important, ability, distraction

XI. Прочтите и переведите следующие словосочетания:

to try to learn new material, to require attention, performance suffers, to support the idea, under several conditions, an unfamiliar passage, at the same time, to push the button, to confront a more difficult situation, in addition to, the same voice, to react more quickly, to comprehend much better, complex information, a simple task, words on a page, to combine words into phrases, to comprehend the meaning, in short, the ability to attend

XII. Прочтите и переведите текст а: Text a. Attention

Some students try to learn while listening to music, talking to friends or thinking about a coming to-an-end-week. they believe that studying requires only a little attention. But when people divide their attention between several different tasks, performance usually suffers.

In one study that supports this idea the psychologists compared what students could do under several conditions. Subjects in one group listened to a tape of an unfamiliar passage from a psychological text. At the same time they pushed a button whenever a signal light brightened.

Another group of students confronted a more difficult situation. In addition to monitoring the light and attending to the unfamiliar material they had to ignore a familiar passage presented simultaneously in the other ear by the same voice.

Subjects in the “easy” condition reacted more quickly to the signal light and comprehended the passage much better than the students in the “difficult” condition. While attention can be divided (especially if one task is familiar and easy) concentration helps the processing of complex information. Even something as automatic as reading is not a simple task. You have to identify written words on a page. You must also combine words into phrases and sentences and comprehend the meaning. At the same time you must think about the meaning of the material and associate new facts with old information and experience.

In short, attention is very important in everyday life. The ability to attend and its opposite, distraction, have been widely studied by the psychologists.

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