7. Insert: interest, interesting, interested.

1. He takes great ... in the experiment.

2. Is this problem of particular ...?

3. What is your opinion on the work? Do you find our research ...?

4. His suggestion is of ... .

5. I am particularly ... in the technique of your experiment.

8. Compose sentences using the following expressions.

the results presented	to agree with
the data obtained	to be in agreement with
the conclusions made	to be in keeping with
the information available	to be consistent with

9. Speak about the manager of a laboratory.

1. To be a well-known (distinguished, prominent, famous) scientist.

2. To be engaged in different activities.

3. To be at the head of (to head, to run, to manage) a laboratory (team, group)/

4. To run seminars.

5. To go on business.

6. To take part in…

7. To make joint (important, outstanding, far-reaching) research into ...

8. To make a thorough (accurate, complete) study (investigation).

9. To advance (to put forward, to suggest, to work out) an idea (a hypothesis, an approach, a theory, a method).

10. To obtain a lot of experience (data, information, knowledge) through one’s work (research, study, experiment).

11. To be generally recognized.

10. Speak about the laboratory you work at. Use the following questions as a plan of your talk.

1. What is the main orientation of the laboratory you work at?

2. Who is the head of your laboratory?

3. What laboratory is closely allied with yours in its work?

4. Does the staff of your laboratory participate in the research program of the Institute?

5. How is your laboratory equipped?

6. What devices and installations do you use in your research?

7. What substances do you work with?

8. How many scientific papers have resulted from the research accomplished at your laboratory?

11. Substitute attributive clauses by attributes of the kind: under consideration (investigation, study), in progress, in question.

EXAMPLE: The methods which are being considered are applied at our Institute.

The methods under consideration are applied at our Institute.

1. This professor is an outstanding authority on the subject which is being discussed.

2. The subject which is being studied is of considerable interest.

3. The problem which was being discussed attracted widespread attention.

4. We are going to make a report on research which is being carried on at our laboratory.

5. Special attention must be directed to the subject which is being studied by our team.

12. Insert articles where necessary.

... conference I attended ... month ago was organized by ... Academy of ... Sciences of ... USSR. ... number of registered participants was larger than that at ... previous conference of this kind which was held ... last year. ... conference attracted large number of ... outstanding scientists. ... number of people came from abroad. ... opening ceremony was held in ... assembly hall of ... Moscow University. At ... end of each session ... hour was set aside for discussion. ... most significant communication at ... conference was given by ... Professor L. There was ... most interesting exhibition of ... books arranged in ... room number 3 of ... main building of ... University. ...series of ... interesting tours followed ... scientific programme. Abstracts of … most important contributions were published in ... current number of ... journal "Cybernetics".

13. Answer the following questions in detail so that these answers would make up a comprehensive account of your participation in the work of some scientific gathering.

1. Have you ever attended a scientific congress (conference, symposium)?

2. What problem was it devoted to?

3. When and where was it held?

4. Who was its president? (Under whose presidency was it held?)

5. What was the approximate number of the participants?

6. What was the number of sections at work and how many sessions were usually held simultaneously?

7. Which of the problems touched upon attracted general attention and why?

8. Who was the most significant (noteworthy) communication at this conference given by? What problem did it deal with?

9. Did you make a report? Was it a success?

10. How much time were you allowed to develop your subject?

11. How much time was set aside for discussions? Did this time prove adequate?

12. Were there any discussions of general interest held during this congress?

13. Did you take part in any of these discussions?

14. What was the congress (conference, symposium) especially noteworthy for?