- •Part I scientific work and studies unit I. Training Scientists in Russia
- •Words and word combinations to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •2. Form nouns from the following verbs, translate into Russian:
- •8. Work in pairs asking these questions. Give both short and full answers.
- •Unit II. Postgraduate Studies in England
- •Words and word combinations to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer 10 “What questions” on the text:
- •2. Form nouns from the following verbs, translate into Russian.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •Unit III. At a Scientific Seminar
- •Words and word combinations to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions on the text:
- •2. Form nouns from the following words with the help of suffixes used for people’s activities, specialities or professions. Translate into Russian, think of your own examples.
- •9. Work in small groups. Ask your partners questions about the theoretical part of their work. Use the following words and expressions.
- •Part II
- •International Business trip Unit I. An Invitation
- •Increase your vocabulary
- •2. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •3.4. Study the ways of concluding the letter:
- •3.5. Choose the correct way to close your letter depending on the greeting:
- •4. Write a letter of acceptance of an invitation according to the following plan:
- •1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:
- •2. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Unit II. Arriving in England
- •Increase your vocabulary
- •Listen and practise a. Meeting at the airport
- •1. Listen to the conversation at the airport and answer the questions:
- •2. Work in pairs. Change some of the details in the conversation (names, jobs, places, the reasons for the visit, etc.). Act out the scene, then swap roles.
- •B. Checking in at the hotel
- •1. Alex Samarin and Paul Davis are checking in for the room at the hotel. Listen to the conversation and decide where the questions “a-e” go.
- •R.: Thank you. (2) ………………………………….?.
- •2. Work in pairs and act out this conversation.
- •3. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •Reception
- •1. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary:
- •2. Translate from Russian into English:
- •Unit III. The First Day in London a. Speaking on the phone
- •Increase your vocabulary
- •2. Act out the conversation:
- •3. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •4. Decide which of the verbs fit best in the following sentences. What other verbs could you use instead?
- •Are you ready to order? How much is that?
- •3. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Unit IV. Conference Registration
- •A. Getting registered.
- •1. Samarin is getting registered for the conference. Listen to the conversation and decide where the questions “a-d” go. A. Do you mean I must have it typed?
- •B. Looking through the file.
- •2. Read the dialogue and check your answers:
- •4. Work in groups. Find out about your partners’ experiences of looking after an English-speaking visitor. Ask questions about:
- •1. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents.
- •Unit 5. The Opening Session.
- •Increase your vocabulary
- •2. Fill in the empty spaces with these words:
- •3. Write the English equivalents of the following phrases and complete the sentences with your own ideas.
- •4. Act as a chairman giving an opening address at an international conference. Include the following points:
- •B. Outlining the conference programme
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •3. Imagine that you are the chairman of the scientific committee speaking to the participants of a conference. Address the audience and give general information about the conference:
- •1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:
- •2. Translate into English.
- •Unit VI. A Working Group Session
- •Increase your vocabulary
- •A. Presenting a paper.
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •B. Holding the discussion
- •3. Recollect the phrases from “Increase your vocabulary” which can be used during the discussion in order:
- •2. Translate into English.
- •Unit VII. Good-bye, London
- •Increase your vocabulary
- •A. Confirming the flight
- •B. Saying good-bye
- •2. Imagine that you are parting with an English colleague. Act out the farewell.
- •3. Learn the dialogue b and act out the parting following this conversation. Revise
- •1. Match 1-7 to a-g
- •2. Translate from Russian into English:
- •Part III
- •Grammar in scientific context
- •Unit I. Tenses in the Active Voice
- •The present simple tense
- •The past simple tense
- •The future simple tense
- •The present continuous (progressive) tense
- •The past continuous tense
- •The future continuous tense
- •The present perfect tense
- •The past perfect tense
- •The future perfect tense
- •The past perfect continuous tense
- •The future perfect continuous tense
- •Revision of tenses
- •Unit II. The passive voice
- •Unit III. The Sequence of Tenses
- •Unit IV. Modal verbs
- •Unit V. Conditional sentences
- •Unit VII. The gerund
- •Unit VIII. The participle
- •Unit X. The Complex Sentence
- •Unit XI. Multifunctional Words
- •Text I Scientific imagination.
- •Text II National Research Council
- •1. Read the text and write an abstract of the text in 3 sentences.
- •Text III New trains, new business
- •1. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
- •Text V Eurobot designed to handle mundane tasks in space
- •1. Read the text and decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f):
- •Text VI Sound-activated toys
- •1. Read the texts. Refer to the list below and fill in the blanks with the best word(s).
- •Text VII a new gene
- •1. Read the texts. Refer to the list below and fill in the blanks with the best word or words.
- •Part V supplement Opening phrases
- •List of words and expressions
- •List of questions
- •Simulation Game
- •International Scientific Conference “Modern Technologies”
- •1. The Opening Address
- •2. Outlining the symposium program.
- •3. Plenary Session
- •K.B.: Ms Poslamovskaya, what is of particular interest in your work?
- •4. Break Socializing during the break
- •(After the break)
- •5. Working Group Session on Chemical Engineering.
- •6. Closing notice
- •Grammar Reference Система видо-временных форм английского глагола в действительном залоге
- •Группа времен Simple
- •Present Simple
- •Past Simple
- •Future Simple
- •Группа времен Continuous (Progressive)
- •Группа времен Perfect
- •Present Perfect
- •Past Perfect
- •The Sequence of Tenses
- •Modal verbs
- •Глагол can (could)
- •Глагол may (might)
- •Глагол must
- •Глаголы should и ought to
- •Conditional sentences
- •The infinitive
- •The gerund
- •The participle
- •Список литературы
- •Содержание
- •400131, Г. Волгоград, пр. Ленина, 28
- •400131, Г. Волгоград, ул. Советская, 35
1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary:
I am going to take part in all activities scheduled ... these three days.
2) We are glad to extend a particular welcome … all our guests.
3) You are allowed 25 minutes for the lecture ... a plenary session.
4) We look forward ... promoting exchange ... personal experiences ... private discussions.
5) Our scientific programme includes sessions … 6 working groups.
6) Our intention was to keep the meeting … reasonable proportions.
2. Translate into English.
1) Мы уверены, что выступления в дискуссиях будут способствовать успеху. 2) Мы надеемся, что все присутствующие будут иметь возможность участвовать в обсуждении докладов. 3) Мы рассчитываем на то, что ваше участие в работе конференции будет плодотворным и принесет вам творческое удовлетворение. 4) Мы очень надеемся, что дискуссии в кулуарах будут способствовать обмену личным опытом. 5) Несомненно, конференция послужит хорошей почвой для обмена новейшими данными. 6) Позвольте мне кратко, в общих чертах, изложить программу конференции. 7) Каждому выступающему предоставляется десять минут для доклада.
Unit VI. A Working Group Session
Increase your vocabulary
I’m happy to have this opportunity to present my paper …
The aim of this study is to delineate .../The purpose of this work was to find ...
The problem is interesting from many points of view.
The problem attracts much attention today because …
I’d like to stress/to to discuss in detail /to suggest an explanation…
This enabled us to make the following conclusion:
To summarize, I would like to say/ to repeat the main points.
Now let me repeat /summarize the main points again
I just want to know ... / I’d like to know ...
Could you/would you explain ...
What do you think of ...? / What is your idea of ...?
That’s a good question.
I’m glad you’ve asked that question / You have raised a very interesting point.
I don’t think / I’m not sure I understand your question.
I didn’t catch you. Could you say it again?
Well, I don’t think I can reply to your question at the moment.
Your question is difficult to answer. I hope further work may help to clarify it.
Please keep a strict timing of 5 minutes and don’t wander away from the subject.
Our time is up. / I am closing the discussion. / I declare the discussion closed.
We have no more time left, so I have to close the discussion.
I’d like to thank again ... for his comprehensive review of the problem/for his excellent communication and the persuasive way in which he dealt with the questions and comments.
I appreciate very much the contributions by the other researchers.
I would like to thank everybody for an informative and persuasive discussion.
READ AND PRACTISE
A. Presenting a paper.
1. Read and translate the text.
Davis: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am happy to have this opportunity to present my paper at this working group session. The purpose of this study is to delineate the fields of nanorobots application. It is well known that modern science and engineering are in need of robotics technology for solving different problems. These problems require tiny, invisible technical devices called ‘nanorobots’. Made from nanomaterials they don’t exceed a few nanometers, which is comparable with a size of a molecule. Research has shown that they must possess the functions of movement, processing and transmission of information and execution of programmes. Having studied the advanced theory we have come to the conclusion that nanorobots must carry out a double sided-communication: to react to the acoustics signals and be able to be charged from without by means of sound or electrical vibrations. Microrobots can solve important tasks, they can make a revolution in the chemical industry, exterminate hazardous wastes, and even create necessary infrastructure for living on other planets. But still today the most promising sphere of their application is medicine. Man’s body contains a large number of natural mechanisms so it would seem to suggest the idea of nanorobots. Nanorobots can be simply injected into blood or lymph. But the question when they will come into the reality like the Internet and computers still remains open. To summarize, I would like to say that the step for creation of nanorobots has been made and the century of nanorobots is approaching very fast. With this I’d like to finish. If there are any questions I’ll be glad to answer them. Thank you.
2. Answer the questions:
a. What is the aim of the paper?
b. What problems is Mr. Davis raising in his report?
c. What are the spheres of microrobots’ applications?
3. Study the phrases from “Increase your vocabulary” and choose those that can be used for:
a) Formulating the aim
b) Pointing out the interest in a particular problem
c) Finishing a presentation
Using these structures practice formulating the aim of a paper, the data obtained and a particular problem in your current research.
4. Prepare a presentation of your paper (3 - 5 minutes).