- •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
Unit XI. Multifunctional Words
Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1) It is well known that radioactive isotopes can be used very effectively in medicine for the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. 2) The simplest way of understanding what the cathode-ray tube does and how it does it is to follow through the various stages of its development. 3) It seemed to us that the engine was out of order. 4) It is silver that is the best conducting material. 5) I know of only one solution to this problem. 6) One should keep in mind that when water is heated in a vessel, the liquid on the bottom of the vessel is hotter than on the top. 7) The simplest kind of lever is one in which the arms are of equal length. 8) They say that the report will be followed by a discussion. 9) That the device stopped working surprised everybody. 10) The result of this experiment is much better than that of the previous one. 11) Energy is defined as the ability to do work and it occurs in many forms. 12) As the water is in a state of rest there will be no flow of energy. 13) We’ll carry out this research, for it seems to be very interesting. 14) He has been working at that design for 2 weeks. 15) I have brought some articles for you to translate. 16) But for friction, part of the energy developed by mechanical devices would not be lost in the form of useless heat. 17) For some minutes we could see nothing but black smoke rising from the ground. 18) There is no flow of electrons since the electric circuit is broken. 19) Since the release of the potential energy of the atomic nucleus we have entered the atomic age, we are living and working in now. 20) The vertical theory first put forward by Zhukovsky in 1912 has been used throughout the world since. 21) The higher up we go the smaller and lighter are the grains of dust in the air. 22) Many experiments made after helped us to come to an important conclusion. 23) When he had put on his spectacles, he saw that the handwriting on the envelope was that of his old friend. 24) One can go without food for some time, but one cannot live long without water.
Exercise 2. Memorize the following expressions first, then translate the given sentences into Russian.
As well/as - так же как (и); as ... as - так (же), как (и); as soon as - как только, as long as - пока; as if; as though - как если бы, как будто; so as - так чтобы; as to - что касается, относительно; as far as - до, насколько; so far as - насколько; as much ... as - столько, сколько; according to - согласно чему; in accordance with - в соответствии с; on account of - по причине, из-за; because of - из-за; due to - благодаря, из-за, в силу; owing to, thanks to - благодаря чему-либо; with respect to - no отношению к; in addition to - кроме, в дополнение к; by means of - посредством, при помощи; instead of - вместо; in spite of, in despite of - несмотря на; in case of - в случае, если; both...and - как...так и; either ...or -или...или; neither ... nor - ни... ни; not only ... but (also) - не только... но (также) и.
1) The job was by no means an easy one. 2) So far as I can judge he is in the same nervous condition he was at this time last year. 3) I left a note asking my friend to let me hear from him as soon as he got back. 4) Neither he nor I guessed that she was telling stories. 5) In spite of its usefulness a direct current system has one great disadvantage. Namely, there is no easy economical way by means of which one can increase or decrease its voltage. 6) Potential is really neither a force nor a pressure. 7) Almost all universal motors are of the series type and operate on either direct or alternating current. 8) In many instances it is necessary to consider the rate at which work is done as well as the total amount of work accomplished. 9) Both momentum and impulse, unlike energy and work, are vector quantities. 10) In other words, as far as the motion of its centre of mass is concerned, a body of any shape acted on by any number of forces, can be replaced by a point mass at its centre of mass and all of the forces on it can be considered to act at this point. 11) An accurate control of the motion of jet-propelled planes is possible due to the availability of reliable modern computers.
PART IV
READING COMPREHENSION