
- •Міністерство освіти і науки, молоді та спорту україни
- •Contents
- •Foreword
- •Unit 1: University.
- •The National Technical University of Ukraine
- •In small groups or pairs discuss the following questions.
- •Essential help
- •Unit 2:Imperial English: the Language of Science.
- •English language − around the world
- •If you have any difficulties, see Appendix 7.
- •Imperial english: the language of science?
- •What is the nature of Artificial Languages?
- •Unit 3: The Mind Machine?
- •The mind machine?
- •In pairs ask and answer questions based on the text "How to boost your memory" (Further Reading, unit 3).
- •Сша створюють комп'ютер з мозком людини Компанія ibm оголосила про початок роботи над комп'ютером, що працює за принципом людського мозку. Дослідження фінансується з державного бюджету сша.
- •Unit 4: iq testing
- •In pairs or small groups, try to find the answers to the following brain boosters.
- •Interesting facts about iq tests
- •Rational intelligence
- •Emotional intelligence
- •Financial intelligence
- •Unit 5: The Principal Elements of the Nature of Science: Dispelling the Myths.
- •The principal elements of the nature of science: dispelling the myths
- •In pairs ask and answer questions based on the text "Sir Isaac Newton" (Further Reading to unit 5).
- •Unit 6: Beauty in Science.
- •In the article below, find 3 adjectives, 3 adverbs, an adjective in the superlative degree, 3 irregular verbs and 3 prepositions.
- •A thing of beauty
- •Unit 7: Mathematics − the Language of Science.
- •Who invented math?
- •Mathematics − the language of science
- •П'єр Ферма
- •Unit 8: Recreational Mathematics.
- •Quadramagicology
- •1. Building on the Elbe in Hamburg-Altona, Germany
- •3. Crooked house, Sopot, Poland
- •Unit 9: The Dawn of Atomic Physics.
- •The dawn of atomic physics
- •Imagine that you are a great scientist working in a certain field of physics. You are invited to the university to tell students about your research or discovery.
- •In pairs ask and answer questions based on the text "The Famous Work of Ernest Rutherford" (Further Reading, unit 9).
- •Appendix 1: Further Reading unit 1 From the History of the National Technical University of Ukraine
- •The British Higher Education
- •Americans and Higher Education
- •Unit 2 Later Lingua Franca
- •Language and Science
- •Most Frequently Viewed Questions about English What is the Oxford Comma?
- •What is the difference between Street and Road?
- •Is there An Official Committee which regulates the English language, like the Académie française does for French?
- •Unit 3 How to Boost your Memory
- •Unit 4 Parts of an iq Test
- •Verbal Intelligence
- •Mathematical Ability
- •Spatial Reasoning Skills
- •Visual/Perceptual Skills
- •Darwin's Flowers
- •The First Vaccination
- •Unit 7 Who Created the Quadratic Formula?
- •Mathematical Problems
- •Who Created the Quadratic Formula?
- •The Formula Moves to Europe
- •The Importance of the Formula
- •Unit 8 a Brief History of Magic Squares
- •Unit 9 The Famous Work of Ernest Rutherford
- •Top 10 Breakthroughs in Physics for 2011
- •1St place: Shifting the morals of quantum measurement
- •2Nd place: Measuring the wavefunction
- •3Rd place: Cloaking in space and time
- •4Th place: Measuring the universe using black holes
- •5Th place: Turning darkness into light
- •6Th place: Taking the temperature of the early universe
- •7Th place: Catching the flavour of a neutrino oscillation
- •8Th place: Living laser brought to life
- •9Th place: Complete quantum computer made on a single chip
- •10Th place: Seeing pure relics from the Big Bang
- •Appendix 2: Mini-Grammar the verb “to be”
- •The verb “to have”
- •Present form of have got
- •Present form of have
- •The active voice
- •We use present forms
- •Time expressions for present forms
- •We use past forms
- •Time expressions for past forms
- •We use future forms
- •Numerals
- •Articles
- •The possessive case присвійний відмінок
- •The Common Case The Possessive Case
- •Appendix 3: Irregular Verbs
- •Irregular verbs
- •Irregular verbs
- •Irregular verbs
- •Irregular verbs
- •Irregular verbs
- •Irregular verbs
- •Appendix 4: Abbreviations and Shortenings
- •Appendix 5: Mathematical Symbols and Expressions
- •Appendix 6: Measurement
- •America
- •Australia and oceania
- •Mini-Dictionary unit 1 University
- •The National Technical University of Ukraine
- •Imperial English: the Language of Science
- •Unit 3 The Mind Machine?
- •Iq Testing
- •Unit 5 The Principal Elements of the Nature of Science: Dispelling the Myths
- •Unit 6 Beauty in Science
- •Unit 7 Mathematics − the Language of Science
- •Unit 8 Recreational Mathematics
- •Unit 9 The Dawn of Atomic Physics
- •Possible Phrases for Conversational Practice
- •Problem-Solving
- •Unit 3 What's your brain power?
- •Unit 5 a famous puzzler's logic
- •If you took three apples from a basket that held 13 apples, how many apples would you have?
- •If nine thousand, nine hundred and nine pounds is written as £9,909, how should twelve thousand, twelve hundred and twelve pounds be written?
- •Cats & Dogs
- •Unit 8 Numbers Quiz
- •Unit 9 Science Quiz: General Physics
- •Physics Quiz
- •Scripts
- •Studies and degrees in great britain
- •Lingua franca: many languages for many different roles
- •Human brain vs. The computer
- •History of intelligence testing
- •Nikola tesla the genius who lit the world
- •Primordial soup
- •Nasa inventions you might use every day
- •Mathematics
- •Hip to be square: rubik's cubes and sudoku
- •Physics
- •References
In a certain African village there live 800 women. Three per cent of them are wearing one earring. Of the other 97 per cent, half are wearing two earrings, half are wearing none. How many earrings altogether are being worn by the women?
A logician with some time to kill in a small town decided to have his hair cut. The town only had two barbers, each with his own shop. The logician glanced into one shop and saw that it was extremely untidy. The barber needed a shave, his clothes were unkempt, his hair was badly cut. The other shop was extremely neat. The barber was freshly shaved and spotlessly dressed, his hair neatly trimmed. The logician returned to the first shop for his haircut. Why?
A secretary types four letters to four people and addresses the four envelopes. If she inserts the letters at random, each in a different envelope, what is the probability that exactly three letters will go into the right envelopes?
If you took three apples from a basket that held 13 apples, how many apples would you have?
If nine thousand, nine hundred and nine pounds is written as £9,909, how should twelve thousand, twelve hundred and twelve pounds be written?
A chemist discovered that a certain chemical reaction took 80 minutes when he wore a tweed jacket. When he was not wearing the jacket, the same reaction always took an hour and 20 minutes. Explain.
A customer in a restaurant found a dead fly in his coffee. He sent the waiter back for a fresh cup. After a sip he shouted, "This is the same cup of coffee I had before!" How did he know?
"I guarantee," said the pet-shop salesman, "that this parrot will repeat every word it hears." A customer bought the parrot but found it would not speak a single word. Nevertheless, the salesman told the truth. Can you explain?
UNIT 7
Number & Math Play
Roman Values
What is the second to the largest number and the second to the smallest number that you can make if you have one each of the following Roman numerals?
I V L X
Time Puzzle
Two hours ago, it was as many hours after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning.
What time is it now?
What's Your Sign?
In the equation below, replace each question mark with one of the four mathematical signs: +,-, ×, or ÷. Each sign can be used only once. Fill in the blanks to solve the equation. (Hint: the first sign is +.)
7 ? 5 ? 4 ? 7 ? 6 = 15
Where's the Fruit Juice?
A catering company sells large containers of iced tea and large containers of fruit juice. Right now the company has six containers, each holding the following amounts:
Container A: 30 quarts
Container B: 32 quarts
Container C: 36 quarts
Container D: 38 quarts
Container E: 40 quarts
Container F: 62 quarts
Five of the containers hold iced tea, and one container holds fruit juice.
Two customers come into the shop. The first customer buys two containers of iced tea. The second customer buys twice as much tea as the first customer. Which container is holding the fruit juice?
Cats & Dogs
All of Jenny's pets are dogs except one. All of her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does Jenny have?
Unit 8 Numbers Quiz
Each question below contains some numbers plus the initials of words of a clue to a well-known fact or phrase. Find the missing words that apply to the number.
Example: 7 = D in a W Answer − 7 Days in a Week
№ |
Number |
Clue |
Answer |
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26 |
L of the E A |
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7 |
W of the A W |
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1001 |
AN |
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13 |
S on the A F |
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32 |
D F at which W F |
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18 |
H on a G C |
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90 |
D in a R A |
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12 |
D of J of N |
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24 |
H in a D |
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3600 |
S in an H |
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366 |
D in a L Y |
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64 |
S on a C B |
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40 |
D and N of the G F |
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13 |
BD |
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4 |
S on a V |
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32 |
P in a C S |
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66 |
B in the B |
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11 |
P in a F T |
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4 |
S of the Y |
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206 |
B in the H B |
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12 |
S of the Z |
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10 |
C |
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7 |
D S |
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9 |
L of a C |
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100 |
C in a M |
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7 |
C in the R |
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3 |
L P |
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88 |
P K |
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101 |
D |
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52 |
W in a Y |
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