- •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
3. Recollect the phrases from “Increase your vocabulary” which can be used during the discussion in order:
a) to ask for information
to ask smb’s opinion
c) to compliment the question
d) to request clarification
e) to give an equivocal reply
Use them in short dialogues of your own.
4. Role play. One of you plays the chairman, another Dr. Stone who presents a short communication on one of the following topics. The others play the discussion participants who ask the speaker questions. Topics:
Innovations in our life.
Man and his Environment.
UFO: myth or reality?
REVISE
1. Match 1-8 to a-h
1) What do you think a) answer your question?
2) Does that b) more comments?
3) Could you comment briefly on c) of these apprehensions?
4) Are there any d) these data in your chart?
5) Now let me repeat e) with this theory?
6) The problem is interesting from f) from the subject.
7) Do experimental results agree g) the main points again.
8) Please, don’t wander away h) many points of view.
2. Translate into English.
1) Я рад, что у меня была возможность обсудить подробно методы изучения нанообъектов. 2) Цель нашего исследования – описать возможность применения нанороботов в медицине и химической промышленности. 3) Данная проблема представляет интерес с точки зрения и фундаментальной, и прикладной науки. 4) Согласно современным теориям, создание нанороботов позволит нам решить массу важных для человечества задач. 5) Наше исследование показало, что экспериментальные данные соответствуют теории. 6) В докладе был поднят очень важный вопрос. 7) Результаты эксперимента позволили нам сделать следующие выводы. 8) Этот вывод звучит очень убедительно.
Unit VII. Good-bye, London
Increase your vocabulary
I’d like to confirm / the flight to…for… / the appointment with…for…
I’d like to change my reservation on flight number… / I’d like to book a ticket to…for…
First class/ economy class/ business class/ one way/return
Is it a direct flight?
It’s time to say good-bye.
You’ve been so helpful
Please let me know… / The first thing you should do is…
Give smb’s regards/love/wishes to smb.
Take care! / Look after yourself!
Have a nice flight and safe landing!
LISTEN AND PRACTISE
A. Confirming the flight
1. Samarin is calling Aeroflot to confirm his flight to Volgograd. Listen to the dialogue and give the date of his departure, the flight number and the class.
2. Work in pairs. Imagine that you have to confirm your ticket by phone. Phone the company and tell the agent what you want. Follow the conversation A.
Agent: Aeroflot. Good morning.
Samarin: I’d like to confirm my flight to Volgograd for May 22, please.
A.: Your flight and class, please?
S.: SU 815, economy.
A.: Name, please?
S.: Samarin.
A.: It’s OK. Bye.
S.: Thank you. Bye.
3. Use the words from “Increase your vocabulary” to complete the dialogue.
A: Do you sell airline tickets for Russia? I’d like to go to Moscow Wednesday the 12th.
B: One way or … ?
A: One way. And I’d like to fly … class.
B: OK. We have flights with Lufthansa.
A: How much is that …?
B. It’s £300.
A: Is it a … flight?
B: No, there is a short stop in Frankfurt am Main.
4. Mr. Samarin is departing from London Heathrow. He is stopped by a security guard who thinks he looks very suspicious. She asks him the following questions. Act as Mr. Samarin and answer the questions.
1) What was the purpose of your visit?
2) Where did you stay?
3) Who were you in contact with?
4) Who packed your case?
5) Before you open the case, please tell me exactly what it contains.