- •Шомахова т.Х.
- •Кумыкова Элина Тугановна, Безрокова Мадина Борисовна, Бориева Мархаба Курманбаевна, Абрегова Алла Владимировна
- •Unit I science and society
- •1. Listen to or look through the following text and say what ideas it contains.
- •2. Look through the text again and entitle it.
- •3. Look through the text once more and say what kind of passage it is:
- •4. Read the text thoroughly with a dictionary and answer the following questions:
- •5. Give Russian equivalents to the following words, word combinations and scientific terms from the text:
- •6. Complete the following sentences choosing the words, word combinations or scientific terms from the list below.
- •7. Find synonyms to the given words, word combinations and scientific terms in ex. 5;
- •8. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the italicized words:
- •1. Read the next text connected with science and give answers to the following questions:
- •How would you answer the questions?
- •Unit II … as a branch of science
- •1. Look through the text concentrating on the beginning and the end of each paragraph, and write an outline, either in Russian or in English (time limit — 10 min.).
- •2. Paragraph Study.
- •3. Read the whole text again and see if any corrections should be made in your original outline.
- •4. Write an abstract of the text in three sentences.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Unit III modern achievements in electronics and nanoelectronics text 1 Graphene
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Text 2 Molecular scale electronics
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Unit IV outstanding scientists in nanotechnology text 1 Richard Phillips Feynman
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Text 2 Walter Schottky
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Unit V ethical problems of scientific research text 1 The cloning of humans is justifiable
- •Read and translate the text.
- •2. Answer the questions on the text.
- •3. Analyzing the content of a text
- •Text 2 Artificial Intelligence
- •Read the text 'Artificial Intelligence' and say if machines can be as clever as humans.
- •Complete each sentence (a—h) with one of the endings (1-8):
- •Give the definitions of the following words
- •Answer the questions:
- •Fill in the table
- •Read the quotations below. Choose any statement and comment on it
- •1) Read the text and be ready for a comprehension check-up.
- •2) Check up for comprehension.
- •Unit VI special texts text 1 Nanocomposites and their Applications
- •A survey of the applications of nanocomposites. The following survey of nanocomposite applications introduces you to many of the uses being explored, including:
- •Text 2 Synthesis of Nanomaterials by High Energy Ball Milling
- •Unit VII special texts text 1 Synthesis of Nanomaterials by Laser Ablation
- •Text 2 Chemical Vapor Synthesis of Nanomaterials
- •Unit VIII special texts text 1 Nanoelectromechanical system
- •Text 2 Nanocircuitry
- •Unit IX special texts text 1 Carbon nanotube
- •Text 2 Quantum computer
- •Unit X first steps in science
- •Look through the text and be ready to summarize its main ideas.
- •Read the text to find the answers to the following questions:
- •Read the text again to find the answers to the following questions:
- •Speaking
- •Answer the questions:
- •Complete the sentences which contain the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about your research problem.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about the historical background of your research problem.
- •Ask for and give information on the historical background of the research problems under study.
- •Act out the situation.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about the purpose of your current research and the method used.
- •Ask for and give information about your current research, namely its purpose and the methods you employ.
- •Act out the situation.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Complete the sentences which contain the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about your research results and conclusions.
- •Ask for and give information about your research results and conclusions.
- •Act out the situations.
- •List of materials used
Complete the sentences with the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about the historical background of your research problem.
In recent years ... has greatly increased.
Over the past few years the interest in the problem has been due to the fact that....
During the last 20 years interest in... has considerably....
X. was the first to ... the problem of....
The first studies/observations/experiments....
At present, research is concentrated on ....
Many aspects of the problem still remain ....
It is difficult to point out... and ... of the problem.
Work in pairs.
Ask for and give information on the historical background of the research problems under study.
Act out the situation.
Two students are talking about their fields of research, their research problems. They share information about new approaches, contributions, developments in these areas, and also talk about the literature available on the problem.
IV. Current Research. Purpose and Methods
Active Vocabulary
purpose /aim/objective /goal/target
a method/a technique/a procedure
detection/identification/observation
measurement/calculation/computation/approximation
consideration/generalization/deduction/assumption
modelling/simulation
advantages/merits
disadvantages/shortcomings/limitations
accurate/precise
accuracy/precision
reliable /valid/conventional/effective/useful/valuable
data/results/method
to make an experiment/analysis
to reveal/to find /to confirm/to prove evidence
to study/to examine
to collect data
to refine the results
to create
to improve
to work out/to develop/to design to verify/to check
to approve/to disprove an assumption
to use/to employ/to apply
to allow/to permit/to provide
to have much promise/to be promising
to come into use
Tasks
A. Answer the questions:
What is the subject of your current research?
What is the purpose of your research?
What method do you employ? Why?
What are the advantages of the method you use over other methods and techniques?
Is this method only now coming into use? Is it new?
What does the method consist in? What operations does it include?
Do you find the method reliable/precise? Why?
How long has your current research been under way?
How much time will it take you to complete your research successfully?
Complete the sentences with the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about the purpose of your current research and the method used.
Currently I....
I make this set of experiments/analyses in order to ....
The experiment/analysis is performed with a view to ... .
The purpose of my experiments/analyses is to ....
We undertake a set/a series of experiments hoping to ....
In our current research we ... the method of....
The method/technique allows/permits ... to ... .
The method/technique makes it possible to ....
This is, without doubt, the most... and ... method.
The method proves to be....
Work in pairs.