- •І. С. Холмогорцева а. В. Котова english for physicists
- •Навчальний посібник
- •Передмова
- •Part I. General course Unit 1
- •Passive voice
- •Study the following words and word combinations
- •Particles and Fields
- •Where Does the Thunder Come From?
- •Modal verbs
- •Modal verbs with perfect infinitive
- •Study the following words
- •Physics Lab Safety Rules
- •Our Place in the Universe
- •Conditionals
- •Subjunctive mood
- •Study the following words
- •Properties of Light
- •The Atomic Structure of Matter
- •Participle I
- •Study the following words
- •Cutting Through a Myth about Modern Lasers
- •Participle II
- •Absolute participle construction
- •Study the following words
- •Fun Facts about Lasers
- •Study the following words
- •The World Is Made of Subatomic Particles
- •The Big Bang Theory
- •Infinitive
- •Bare infinitive
- •Fiber-Optic Technology
- •Gerund vs. Infinitive
- •Copper and Technology
- •Test yourself Quantum world record smashed
- •V. Grammar test. Choose the correct form.
- •Part II. Special skills Resume
- •Creating The Effective Resume
- •Fill in the Blank Resume Form _______________________
- •Business Letters Layout
- •Inside Address
- •Business Correspondence
- •Study the following word combinations Phrases that can be used in all kinds of business letters
- •Summary and Abstaract Writing
- •Tips on writing an abstract
- •Part III. Additional reading Plasma
- •Plasmas in space
- •Mechanisms of Electron Losses: Electron-Ion Recombination
- •The mhd equations
- •Elements of Quantum Mechanics. History
- •Density dependence of the quark structure of light nuclei
- •An astrophysical application: alpha-capture reactions
- •Dating the Shroud of Turin
- •Double Beta-Decay
- •Advances in Carbon Nanotube Characterization
- •How lasers work
- •Appendix 1 List of irregular verbs
- •Appendix 2 Guidance on reading terminology
- •1. The plural of the nouns of Greek and Latin origin
- •2. Numerals in English
- •3. Signs and symbols
- •4. Latin terms and abbriviations
- •5. Greek alphabet
- •Appendix 3 Useful phrases for abstracts
- •Reporting Verbs
- •List of References
- •Contents Передмова…………………………………………………………………………3
- •Англійська мова для студентів фізичних спеціальностей
- •61022, М. Харків, майдан Свободи, 4.
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describe your position duties and skills learned using key verbs
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Exercise 3. Think of apossible answer to the following 25 questions often asked during an interview.
1. Why are you here?
2. If you had only one word to describe yourself, what would it be?
3. When have you failed? Describe what happened and what you learned from it.
4. What's the one accomplishment you're most proud of? Why?
5. What qualities in your co-workers bother you most? Do you appreciate most?
6. How do you take advantage of your strengths? How do you compensate for your weaknesses?
7. If I were to ask your current boss what your greatest strength is, what would he or she tell me?
8. If I were to ask your current boss to tell me one thing you do that drives him crazy what would he tell me?
9. What's one thing you would like to do better? What's your plan for improving?
10. What changes have you made in working with others to be more effective at work?
11. What do you think are the most important attributes of successful people? How do you rate yourself in those areas?
12. How do you make decisions?
13. If you were limited to just one person to get advice and help from, which person would you choose? Why?
14. Tell me about a work incident in which you were totally honest, despite a potential risk or downside.
15. What would you do if you made an important business decision and a co-worker challenged it?
16. Describe a crisis you faced at work. What was your role? How did you resolve it? What were the results?
17. Describe a time when you were asked to do something you weren't trained to do. How did you handle it?
18. Describe the boss who would get the very best work from you.
19. What will make you love coming to work here everyday?
20. What would you do if management made a decision you didn't agree with?
21. What is there about this opportunity that most excites you?
22. What's your greatest fear about this opportunity?
23. If you get the job, how could you lose money for me?
24. Assume that you come to work here. One year from now you go home one Friday evening thinking that accepting this job was the best thing you ever did. What happened during the year for you to feel that way?
25. Is there any question I haven't asked you that I should?