- •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
B. Holding the discussion
1. Read the text. Which of the following sentences are true?
a. Surgery is one of the medical spheres of nanorobots application.
b. Some nanotechnological devices have already been developed.
c. There are no threats concerning nanomechanics.
d. The sphere of nanorobots application is boundless.
Chairman: Now I would like to open the discussion. Please feel free to ask questions and make comments. Time is rather short, so I would invite everyone to be brief and keep to the point. Please identify yourselves before asking your questions.
(A man at the far end of the hall raised his finger and started to speak.)
Man: I am James White of Broke University, Canada. I’d like to ask Dr. Davis to give more specific examples of nanorobots application in medicine, please.
D.: Well, they are useful in early diagnostics of cancer and purposeful medicine delivery into cancer cells, surgery, biomedical instruments and some others.
C.: Thank you. Any other questions? ... Yes, the gentleman in the third row, please.
Peterson: I’d like to ask Dr. Davis, if any nanotechnological devices have been developed already.
C.: I’m sorry. I again invite the speakers to identify themselves.
P.: Oh, sorry. Hans Peterson of Humbold University in Berlin.
Davis: Yes, they have. Many of them are considered to be experimental developments so far. For example, nanoelectric motor. Still the results agree with the theory.
C.: Does that answer your question, Dr. Peterson?
P: Yes, thank you.
C.: Are there any more questions? Yes, please identify yourself.
Michailov: Sergei Mikhailov, I represent the Institute of Physics and Technology in Moscow, Russia. Dr. Davis, are you acquainted with the article of Professor Abramyan “Threats of new technologies”? What do you think of apprehensions concerning nanomechanics?
D.: Well, you have raised a very important point. I’ve read this article. And I quite agree that the range of fears does exist. Even the slightest malfunction of the program may be fatal for a human being.
Chairman: Well, the question time is over. I’m inviting you to contribute to the problem we’re considering. Please keep to the strict timing of 3 minutes and don’t wander away from the subject. Who would like to comment on Dr. Davis’s paper? Ah, yes, the gentleman on the right. Please address the audience, Dr. .. er...
Taylor: Richard Taylor, National Research Council, Canada. I am very impressed by your report, Dr. Davis, and I quite agree with you that the sphere of nanorobots application is very large. In fact they can be used in developing, debugging and supporting the operation of any complex system.
C.: Thank you, Dr. Taylor for your remark. Does anyone else want to speak? Yes, Dr. Peterson, you are invited to the microphone.
Peterson: The problem Dr. Davis has raised in his report is very urgent. But still it has more questions now than answers. Nanotechnology has the potential to create many new materials and devices with wide-ranging applications. On the other hand, nanotechnology raises many new issues including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials, and their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about various doomsday scenarios. So the question whether nanorobots are a future triumph or a tragedy for the mankind is still open.
C.: Well, with this rhetorical remark and in view of the late hour I declare the discussion closed. I would like to thank again Dr. Davis for his excellent communication and the persuasive way in which he dealt with the questions and comments. I appreciate very much the contributions by other speakers. I think we’ve done a good job and I’m sure the discussion will no doubt help stimulate further research. Thank you all.
2. Give the English equivalents for the following:
быть кратким, говорить по существу, назвать себя, соответствовать, поднимать вопрос, рассматривать проблему, высказывать мнение/комментировать, соблюдать регламент, отклониться от темы, ввиду позднего времени, объявить дискуссию закрытой, поощрять дальнейшее исследование