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9.12. Match the beginnings and ends of the following sentences.

9.13. Translate the text “WAP Phone” into Russian.

9.14. Work in pairs. Discuss answers to the following questions.

1.What are mobile phones mostly used for?

2.What do you personally use your mobile for?

3.What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a mobile phone?

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10.Does she ever change the experiment conditions?

11.Нe works in the team on theoretical research.

12.He does not often use electron microscopy.

9.16.Write the following statements about each person involved, as in the model.

Model: – My assistant and I check the instruments.

–I check the instruments.

–My assistant checks the instruments.

1.My assistant and I analyze the results.

2.My colleague and I take part in all the experiments.

3.Dr. Brown and I often talk about our achievements.

4.My assistant and I design measuring instruments.

5.My colleague and I always keep a record of the results received.

6.My colleague and I never obtain bad results.

7.My assistant and I often make computations.

8.Dr. Smith and I rarely apply infrared spectroscopy.

9.17.Make questions with what, when, where, how, how often, how much, why, as in the model.

Model: – You measure it.

–What do you measure?

–How do you measure it?

–Why do you measure it?

–When do you measure it?

1.You study them.

2.We observe it.

3.It changes.

4.He determines it.

5.She checks them.

6.They detect it.

7.We analyze them.

8.It increases.

9.They produce them.

10.It divides.

11.I ignore them.

12.We talk about it.

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9.18.Contradict the following statements, as in the model.

Model: – I assume Dr. Fox reported some new data.

–You are mistaken. (You are wrong.) He didn’t report any new data.

1.I think he used some experimental techniques.

2.I suppose he outlined the present state of research in this field.

3.If I am not mistaken, his paper included some theoretical aspects of the last investigations.

4.I think you made some progress in your research work last year.

5.He presented some new experimental data in his paper.

6.I think he took all these facts into account.

7.If I am not mistaken, he formulated a new theoretical concept.

8.I think you made reference to our previous research in your paper.

9.I am sure his experiment attracted the attention of specialists.

10.I think his theory led to some discoveries in physics.

11.I think his research resulted in a new mechanism of the process.

12.If I am not mistaken, they made this experiment last year.

13.I suppose it took her two hours to complete the experiment.

14.If I am not mistaken, this hypothesis lacked confirmation.

15.I think this course of investigation suited our purpose.

16.I suppose they made the fundamental discoveries in this new science nearly twenty years ago.

17.If I am not mistaken, all available data correlated well.

9.19.Answer the following questions using the future simple tense, as in the model.

Model: – What are you going to do tomorrow? (go on with experiments)

–I think I will go on with my experiments.

1.What are you going to do on Monday? (write a report)

2.What are you going to do at the weekend? (have a rest)

3.What are you going to do next week? (pass exams)

4.What are you going to do next month? (read a lot of literature in English)

5.What are you going to do next year? (graduate from the university)

6.What are you going to do in the near future? (become a programmer)

7.What another problem are you going to take during the next meeting? (bring the experiment and theory into agreement)

8.What are your plans for the next year? (find a good job)

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3.Knowledge did not expand so rapidly during the last century.

4.Science did not provide such a vast mass of data during the last century.

5.Science did not attract so many people during the last century.

6.Scientists did not publish so many papers during the last century.

7.The number of publications did not increase so rapidly during the last century.

8.Not so many new branches of science emerged during the last century.

9.21.Complete the following sentences with the present, past or the future progressive form of the verb in brackets, as in the model.

Model: – What … you … now? (read)

–What are you reading now?

1.When I came home, my sister … her report. (prepare)

2.What … you … tomorrow at 11 o’clock? (do)

3.Who… he … yesterday evening? (talk to)

4.We … a test tomorrow morning. (write)

5.Where is the teacher? He … a new material. (explain)

6.I … the article yesterday at 5 o’clock. (translate)

7.They … their exam tomorrow afternoon. (pass)

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9.22.Change the following sentences, as in the model.

Model: – I am going to show my slides.

–I haven’t shown my slides yet.

1.I am going to review the data.

2.I am going to explain the result of the experiment.

3.I am going to find some mistakes in the article.

4.I am going to write my thesis.

5.He is going to visit our laboratory.

6.He is going to read his paper.

7.She is going to describe the results.

8.She is going to complete this experiment.

9.We are going to test this installation.

10.We are going to discuss this problem.

11.They are going to send us reprints of their papers.

12.They are going to use the new approach.

9.23.Answer the following questions using the present, past or the future perfect tense, as in the model.

Model: – Why don’t you send your paper to a journal? (already)

–I have already sent it to “Nature” journal.

1.Why don’t you write to the editor of this journal? (by the end of this week)

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2.Why don’t you read my article? (by 5 o’clock yesterday)

3.Why don’t you have a talk with your group leader? (recently)

4.Why doesn’t he answer your letter? (by the end of the week)

5.Why don’t you show him your results? (just)

6.Why doesn’t he send you a copy of his paper? (by next Monday)

7.Why doesn’t your leader give you some advice on the matter? (already)

8.Why don’t you show Dr. Brown a copy of your recent paper? (by the beginning of the next term)

9.24.Choose the right variant and complete the following sentences.

1.My friend … the university last year.

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