- •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
Ask for and give information about your current research, namely its purpose and the methods you employ.
Act out the situation.
Two students/colleagues meet at a conference. They talk about their current research, expressing interest in its purpose, and describe the methods used.
V. Current Research. Results and Conclusion
Active Vocabulary
results/findings/data/observations/evidence
comprehensive/extensive
detailed
remarkable/encouraging/convincing
preliminary
sufficient/insufficient
superficial
to collect/to get/to receive/to obtain data to treat the problem
to succeed in/to make progress in/to be a success to fail (in)
to be similar to/to be the same as
to be consistent with/to coincide
to agree with/to fit the assumption
to support/to provide support/in support of
to reach an understanding/to come to an understanding
to conclude/to come to/to bring to a conclusion/to make conclusions
Tasks
Answer the questions:
Have you already obtained any research results?
What are the main/comprehensive results of your current research?
Has your research been successful?
Have you succeeded in receiving extensive data?
Do your research data agree with the theory you follow?
Do your results coincide with those obtained by other researchers?
Are the results of purely theoretical or practical interest?
Do your research results appear to be of both theoretical and practical importance?
Are the data/observations you have obtained sufficient to formulate your final conclusions?
What part of your research is/remains still unfinished?
Do the data/results/observations/findings allow you to come to any definite conclusion(s)?
What conclusion(s) have you come to?
How long will it take you to finish your research?
Complete the sentences which contain the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about your research results and conclusions.
The research has been under way for a year and I've got ...
At present a lot of work is being done to ....
The results we have ... so far cannot be used to
Unfortunately, we have failed to... but succeeded in....
The findings prove to....
The evidence appears to ....
As a result of numerous experiments performed we have obtained sufficient data to ....
Most of our research findings are consistent with....
We have come to the conclusion that....
Work in pairs.
Ask for and give information about your research results and conclusions.
Act out the situations.
You have a poster report/presentation at the conference. Another participant is interested in your topic. Tell him about the main points of your research, present the results obtained, and give a short explanation of the main findings.
You are interested in your colleague's research and his latest findings. Ask him about the difficulties he has had in carrying out his research (experiments, analyses), and about the progress he has made.