- •Английский язык в профессиональной коммуникации
- •Предисловие
- •Text 1.The importance of learning foreign languages
- •Choose the right answer using information from the text.
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian, pay attention to the modal verbs and their equivalents.
- •Point out the reasons for learning foreign languages described in the text. Think of your own reasons for that. Discuss it with the other students in class.
- •Render the text using the following plan:
- •Text 2. Planning a career
- •Say if the statements are true or false.
- •Match the words from the text and the definitions given below.
- •Make up a dialogue between undergraduates about their future career. Discuss the following questions:
- •Text 3.
- •I. Give the text the proper title.
- •II. Match the phrases from the text with their Russian variant.
- •III.Answer the following questions:
- •IV.Enlarge upon the following topics:
- •Text 4. Teaching as a Profession
- •Match the words and definitions
- •II. Choose between “to educate”, “to bring up” and “to teach” to complete the following sentences.
- •III. Insert the appropriate nouns and adverbs in the following sentences.
- •Speak about your typical day as if you were a teacher. Text 5. A teacher’s lot is certainly a different one
- •I. Choose the right answer or continue the statements given below.
- •Discuss the peculiarities of the teaching profession. Why is it so different from the other jobs?
- •A friend of yours is going to become a teacher. Using the active vocabulary inform him/her about advantages and disadvantages of his/her future profession. Text 6.
- •Put these events in the order in which they happened.
- •Find in the text expressions which mean the same as the following:
- •Text 7. Archimedes
- •Read and translate the following international words:
- •Form Present, Past and Future Simple Passive from the following expressions:
- •Give the correct translation of the underlined part.
- •Speak about the story about Archimedes described in the text. Text 8.Euclid
- •Give the correct translation of the underlined part.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Form Present, Past and Future Simple Passive from the following expressions.
- •Speak about Euclid and one of his famous books which is called “Elements”. Text 9. Albert Einstein
- •Find international words in the text and guess their meaning.
- •Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:
- •Speak about a. Einstein’s greatest discoveries. Signs used in Mathematics
- •Text 10.
- •Match the words in column a with their equivalents in column b.
- •II. Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
- •III. Choose the right answer to the question.
- •IV. Choose the proper title to the text.
- •V. Give the correct translation of the underlined part.
- •Text 11.
- •I. Match the words in column a with their equivalents in column b.
- •II. Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
- •III. Choose the right answer to the question.
- •IV. Choose the proper title to the text.
- •V. Give the correct translation of the underlined part.
- •Text 12.
- •I. Match the words in column a with their equivalents in column b.
- •II. Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
- •III. Choose the right answer to the question.
- •IV. Choose the proper title to the text.
- •V. Give the correct translation of the underlined part.
- •Text 13.
- •Match the words in column a with their equivalents in column b.
- •Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
- •III. Choose the right answer to the question.
- •IV. Choose the proper title to the text.
- •V. Give the correct translation of the underlined part.
- •Text 14. Four Basic Operations of Arithmetic
- •Answer the following questions to the text:
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •Text 15. Microsoft.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Choose the right answer to the questions:
- •Insert the required word or a phrase.
- •Render the article using the following plan:
- •Text 16.
- •Introduction to the www and the Internet
- •Define the following words using a dictionary:
- •Match the sentences with the required words:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Discuss the following:
- •InternetResources
- •656049, Г. Барнаул, пр-т Социалистический, 85
I. Match the words in column a with their equivalents in column b.
1. abstraction |
a)отрицательное число |
2. concept |
b) сложение |
3. irrational number |
c) умножение |
4. negative number |
d) абстракция |
5. notion |
e) переменное |
6. addition |
f) количественные величины |
7. multiplication |
g) концепция |
8. variable |
h) функция |
9. function |
i) иррациональное число |
10. quantitative values |
j) понятие |
II. Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
1. The basic concepts of the main branches of mathematics are … from experience.
a) abstractions b) notions
c) concepts c) functions
2. Irrational numbers, ... , and so forth are not wholly abstracted from the physical experience.
a) functions b) negative numbers
c) quantitative values d) abstractions
3. The notion of ... that represents the quantitative values of some changing physical phenomena, such as temperature and time, is also at least one mental step beyond the mere observation of change.
a) a function b) an abstraction
c) a variable d) an addition
4. The concepts of a... , or relationship between variable, is almost totally a mental creation.
a) irrational number b) negative number
c) multiplication d) function
5. The gradual introduction of new ... in any field enables mathematics to grow rapidly.
a) notions b) concepts
c) functions d) quantitative values
III. Choose the right answer to the question.
1. What are the basic concepts of the main branches of mathematics?
a) abstractions from experience b) experience
c) physical abstractions d) quantitative values
2. What does the notion of a variable represent?
a) the quantitative values of some constant physical phenomena.
b) the quantitative values of some changing physical phenomena.
c) mathematical concepts.
d) functions.
3. Where does the gradual introduction of new mathematical concepts find its parallel in?
a) physics b) geometry
c) experience d) physical practice
4. Where are the new concepts remoted from?
a) experience b) human mind
c) geometry d) mathematics
5. Why are the new concepts more difficult to understand?
a) they are not defined in terms.
b) they are defined in terms of prior concepts.
c) they are defined in terms of physical concepts.
d) they involve many difficult notions.