- •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
The future continuous tense
Exercise 21. Make up your own conclusions using the Future Continuous Tense. Example: I’m going to read books from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening.
So at 9 30 I ……… will be reading books.....................
1) Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to deliver a lecture from 3 o’clock until 4.30.
So at 4 o’clock tomorrow I ……………………………………................
2) Ann is going to study from 6 o’clock until 9.30 this evening.
So at 8.30 this evening she .............…………………................................
3) We are going to make an experiment tomorrow. It’ll take from 10 until 12 o’clock
So at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning .…………….....................................
4) You are going to write letters to your parents from 7 until 8 tonight.
So at 7.30 tonight ..............……………….................................................
5) Tomorrow morning Jack is going to surf the Net from 8 until 12 o’clock.
So at 11 o’clock …………………………………………………………...
Exercise 22. Answer using the Future Continuous Tense:
Model: - What will you be doing at this time tomorrow (to fly to Paris)
- I’ll be flying to Paris at this time.
1) Who will you be talking to at 10 o’clock? (the Dean). 2) What will the teacher be doing while the postgraduates are writing a test? (to check their home assignments). 3) What will they be doing the whole day tomorrow? (to have a rest). 4) Will he be translating an article or reading a book from 3 to 5? (to translate an article). 5) Where will you be living at this time next year? (in Moscow). 6) What will you be doing from 5 to 7 o'clock p.m.? (your idea)
Exercise 23. Put the verbs into the correct form: future simple or future continuous.
1) He …………(deliver) a report at the conference at 10 o'clock. 2) When .......... (you/go) to the library to prepare for the seminar? 3) We … (re-equip) our lab with up-to-date machines from August to November. 4) We .… (drive) to Saratov next Monday morning. 5) This time next year I .. (finish) my thesis. 6) I don’t think I ..... (see) my scientific supervisor tomorrow. 7) They .......(fly) from Domodedovo, not Vnukovo. 8) We ...... (spend) the summer in the mountains.
Exercise 24. Share your plans with your group-mates and ask them in return:
- What will you be doing tomorrow at 6 o’clock (all morning, next Sunday, at 10 o’clock on Wednesday, from 7 to 9 tonight)?
The present perfect tense
Exercise 25. You are writing a letter to a friend and giving news about people you both know. Use the words given to make sentences and put the verb into the correct form.
Example: George / find a new job. .......... George has found a new job........
Dear Chris, lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you.
Eugene/ complete / his experimental work ………………………………….
I / read / many books on my scientific speciality.......……………..................
Suzanne / prove / her hypothesis ……………………………………............
Monica / develop / a new method.…………………………………………..
Clive / pass / his exam in Russian ……………………………......................
Exercise 26. Ask your groupmate about things he/she has done in his/her life. Use the words in brackets to make your questions.
Example: (you ever / be / to Great Britain?) ……Have you ever been to Great Britain…….
(You ever / be / to Australia?) ..........................……………………..........
(You / read / any English books in the original?) ……….…………...............
(You /live / in this city all your life?) ........………………..………………….
(How many times / you / be in love?) ......…………………..………………...
(You ever / speak / to a famous person?) ……………………………….….....
Exercise 27. Give negative answers to your group mate’s questions. Put verbs in the Present Perfect Tense:
Model: - Are the engineers still installing the new equipment? - No, they have already installed it.
1) Are they still designing a new apparatus? 2) Are they still discussing the conference program? 3) Is the professor still delivering a lecture? 4) Is George still translating a scientific paper from English into Russian? 5) Are the students still preparing for their exams?
Exercise 28. Answer the questions making use of the given words:
Model: - Have you ever been to Madrid? (Rome)
- No. I’ve never been there. But I’ve been to Rome.
- Has he ever studied Spanish? (Italian)
- No, he has never studied Spanish. But he’s studied Italian.
1) Have you ever attended lectures by Professor Ivanov? (Professor Smirnov) 2) Has she ever visited London? (Edinburgh) 3) Have you ever seen this painting? (its reproduction) 4) Have you ever received a letter from her? (a postcard) 5) Has your father ever travelled abroad? (in this country)
Exercise 29. Answer as in the model:
Model: - When are you going to discuss the task?
- We’ve just discussed it.
1) When are you going to solve this problem? 2) When are you going to see your scientific supervisor? 3) When are you going to hand in your essays? 4) When are you going to translate this article? 5) When are you going to read this book?
Exercise 30. Put the verb into the correct form: Present Perfect or Past Simple.
I) My book isn’t here any more. Somebody ... (take) it. 2) I ... (not / eat) anything yesterday because I ... (not / feel) hungry. 3) I just ... (return) from the Crimea. - You … (go) there alone? - Together with my husband. - How long you … (stay) there? - Three weeks. 4) Your hair looks different. You (have) a haircut? - Yes. - You ... (cut) it yourself? – No, Helen ... (cut) it for me. 5) Look! Somebody ... (break) that vase. Well, it … (not/be) me. 6) You ... (go) to the theatre last night? 7) … (you / see) your supervisor this week?
Exercise 31. Make your own conversations according to the model:
A. What are you going to do tonight?
B. I’m not sure. I really want to see a good movie. I haven’t seen a good movie in a long time.
A. What movie are you going to see?
B. I don’t know. Have you seen any good movie recently?
A. Yes, I have. I saw a very good movie just last week.
B. Really? What movie did you see?
A. I saw «Match Point».
B. Did you like it?
C. I loved it! I think it’s one of the best movies, I’ve ever seen.
Use other verbs, objects, titles and places instead of the underlined, such as to see - a play, to read - a book, to eat at - a restaurant, to go to - a concert, etc. Think of your own suggestions and use them in your dialogs.