- •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
- •1. Answer 10 “What questions” on the text:
- •2. Form nouns from the following verbs, translate into Russian.
- •Words and word combinations to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •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
The present continuous (progressive) tense
Exercise 12. Put the verb into the correct form.
Example: Please don’t make so much noise. I ...... am studying....... (study).
Listen to those people. What language ....are they speaking…(they/speak)?
This year I … am not attending … (not/attend) the seminars in philosophy.
l) Please be quiet! I ………….…..(write) an article. 2) Look! It …...(not/rain) any more. Let's go out. 3) Excuse me, I .……….......(look) for a laser printer. Is there one near here? 4) Listen! The bell…………..(ring). 5) Why …...…......(you / wear) your raincoat today? It’s sunny today. 6) I ………..(not / study) this week. I’m on holiday. 7) He ………..(work) in the laboratory now.
Exercise 13. Answer the questions using the words given in brackets:
Model: - What are the engineers doing? (to install new equipment)
They are installing new equipment.
1) What’s the scientist doing? (to design a new apparatus). 2) What are the postgraduates doing now? (to discuss the conference program). 3) What’s the professor doing? (to carry out an experiment). 4) What are those students doing? (to read for exams). 5) What’s he doing now? (to translate a scientific paper from English into Russian).
Exercise 14.
Put the verb into the correct form, present progressive or present simple.
I … (not/belong) to any political party.
Hurry! The bus … (come). I … (not/want) to miss it.
The river Volga ... (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.
… (it/ever/snow) in India?
You can borrow my umbrella. I … (not need) it at the moment.
George says he’s 80 years old but I … (not/believe) him.
Ron is in London at the moment. He … (stay) at the Hilton Hotel.
He usually … (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he’s in London.
Exercise 15. Imagine what your friend (brother, sister …) is doing at the moment and tell your classmates.
The past continuous tense
Exercise 16. Use the words in brackets to make sentences saying what each person was doing at 3 p.m. yesterday.
Example: (We / install / a new device)......... We were installing a new device
(She / make / a new experiment). She …………………………………….
(They / discuss / the data). They…….. ……………………………………
(Sara and Paul / read / scientific papers in the library). Sara and Paul ……
(The students / prepare / for exams). The students.…………………….......
(Victor / watch TV). Victor…………………. .....…………………………..
(His friends / speak/at the meeting). His friends ..…………………………..
Exercise 17. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verbs into the correct form, past simple or past continuous.
Example: (I / fall / asleep when I / watch / television) - I fell asleep when I was watching television.
(The phone / ring / when I have /a shower) The phone ……………………
(It / begin / to rain when I / walk / home) .............……………………….....
(We / see / an accident when we /wait / for the bus) ...……..........................
(Mary / wear / her new dress when I / meet her) ..........…………………..…
(The sick child / sleep when the doctor / come) ...............…………………...
(I / come / into the room when Jill / play / the piano).........……….................
(It / rain when we / go out).....................................………………………….
(John / get off / the train while it / go) …………………………..…………...
(He / have twenty-five accidents while he / learn / to drive)………………….
Exercise 18. Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.
Example: While Jane … was studying … (study), the phone … rang … (ring).
1) … (you/watch) television when I phoned you? 2) Ann ... (wait) for me when I … (arrive). 3) I ... (not/drive) very fast when the accident ... (happen). 4) When I … (meet) my colleagues in the library they … (discuss) the problem I am interested in. 5) We … (not/go) out because it … (rain). 6) What … (you/do) at this time yesterday? 7) I … (see) Helen at the seminar. She … (make) a report.
Exercise 19. Ask questions to the statements made by a fellow student:
Model: - I called Mary last night. (what; to do)
- What was Mary doing when you phoned her?
1) I heard their voices in the office. (What; to speak about). 2) I met John in the street at three o’clock. (Where; to go). 3) I saw Vera when I looked out of the window. (Why; to stand there). 4) At seven I came to the Popovs’. (What; to do). 5) After dinner I turned on the radio (what; they; to broadcast). 6) I saw them in the department store. (What; to buy).
Exercise 20. Say a) what the member of your family was doing when you came home yesterday; b) what your group-mates were doing when you came to the University this morning.