III. Exercises

1. Answer the following questions on the text.

1. Who was Bohr?

2. What is he famous for?

3. Where was he educated?

4. When did he obtain his doctor’s degree?

5. Where did he go for further studies?

6. Under whom did he study at Cambridge?

7. Where did he move in 1912?

8. What can you say about the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen?

9. What ideas did Bohr advance?

10. Did Bohr stay in Denmark after the Nazis had occupied the country?

11. What activities of Bohr won him international recognition?

12. What award did he receive in 1957?

2. Answer the following questions.

1. Where and when were you born?

2. Where were you educated?

3. What is your speciality?

4. Did you do further study after graduation?

5. Under whom did you work after graduation?

6. Where do you work now?

7. How long have you been working there?

8. Who runs your laboratory?

9. What field of knowledge do you work in?

10. Who do you think has advanced the most fundamental ideas in your field of science?

11. What part do you take in research carried on at your laboratory?

12. Are you interested in research? Why?

13. Do you combine activities in research with experimental work?

3. Agree to the statements below using some of the following introductory phrases: I quite (fully) agree with you; you are right; that’s right; yes, indeed; exactly so; quite so; I believe so.

EXAMPLE: 1) As far as I know Bohr was a Danish physicist.

You are right. He was an outstanding physicist, one of the most ingenious interpreters of the problems of modern physics.

2) If I am not mistaken, Bohr obtained his doctor’s degree in 1911.

Exactly so. After that he proceeded to Cambridge.

1. If I am not mistaken, Bohr left Cambridge for Manchester.

2. As far as I could gather from the text, Bohr took an active part in establishing the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

3. I believe Bohr advanced a lot of concepts of far-reaching consequence.

4. As far as I could understand from what I've read, Bohr did not stay in Denmark after the Nazis had occupied the country.

5. I have heard Bohr’s great achievement was generally recognized, wasn’t it?

6. According to what I know, Bohr was not only a distinguished physicist but an outstanding philosopher as well.

7. Am I to understand that Bohr worked not only in Denmark but also in America?

4. Translate into English using the expressions: to work under somebody (to study under somebody, etc.).

1. Я занимаюсь физикой под руководством профессора В.

2. Под руководством профессора Д. сотрудники (associates) нашего института разработали (to develop) новые методы.

3. Группа (team), которой руководит доктор А., сделала важное открытие (to make a discovery).

4. Под чьим руководством вы проводите исследование?

5. Эксперимент, проводимый под руководством доцента Ф., был успешно закончен благодаря совместным усилиям многих сотрудников (joint; workers).

5. Paraphrase the sentences below.

EXAMPLE: To my mind, the text is very interesting.

I find the text very interesting.

1. To my mind, the experiment is very important.

2. To my mind, the advice is very helpful.

3. To my mind the idea is rather simple (complicated).

4. To my mind, the data are accurate.

5. To my mind, the book is too difficult.

6. To my mind, your experiment is easy.

6. Agree or disagree to the following statements.

EXAMPLE: I know (that) your Institute trains postgraduate students.

Yes, you are right. Besides our Institute does research.

No, I see you are mistaken (misinformed). Our Institute does not train post-graduate students. It trains only undergraduates.

1. As far as I know you carry on research into many problems of vital importance.

2. I found that almost all teachers combine activities in research with experimental work.

3. I believe you base your experiment on theoretical considerations.

4. According to what I’ve been told every post-graduate of our laboratory is working at the same problem.

5. As far as I know doctor N. went to Moscow on business.

6. Research students are not supposed to take their examinations in languages.

7. I think the facilities of our Institute are quite up-to-date.

8. Am I to understand that your scientific adviser is on leave now?