- •Contents
- •Пояснительная записка
- •Master’s Degree and Programs in Russia
- •6 Fill in the gaps with the appropriate preposition.
- •7. Compose the phrases concerning your Master’s program by choosing words and expressions from each column. Mind the grammar rules.
- •9. Ask and answer the following questions:
- •10. Read and translate the beginning of the dialogue between former groupmates. Make your own one. Use the questions from the previous exercise.
- •Master’s Program
- •1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary.
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following word-combinations from the text below. Pay special attention to the prepositions in bold.
- •3. Read and translate the text. Give Russians equivalents to the phrases underlined. Master’s Degree and Careers in Chemistry
- •4. Discuss possible business prospect and benefits as well as disadvantages of taking Master Degree courses. Use the information in the texts and any ideas of your own. Work in pairs.
- •2. Read and translate the text, and tell what possibilities conferences open for. Research and Practice Conferences
- •How to Make a Scientific or Technical Presentation
- •1. Put the phrases into the appropriate column.
- •2. Read the introduction of the presentation and put these phrases into the correct order.
- •3. Make your own introductory part to your presentation.
- •5. Study the following information carefully and use it for your next presentations.
- •7. Fill in the gaps using words/phrases from the list. Some words/phrases can be used more than once.
- •Visual Aids
- •8. Read and take into account the recommendations in the table. PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines
- •Nanodiamond-Polymer Composite Fibers and Coatings
- •10. Read and translate the short fragments which were not included in the presentation. Look through the text of presentation again and unite each fragment with the appropriate part of presentation.
- •9. Make your own presentation. Then look through it again and answer the questions concerning:
- •I. Individual Component and Originality
- •II. Content
- •III. Visual Aids
- •1. Read the text of writing an abstract and answer the following questions.
- •Writing an Abstract
- •3. Here are some other points to keep in mind about abstracts. Read and translate them.
- •4. Read the summary and decide
- •Geochemical features of natural waters of western siberia: microelement composition
- •5. Look through the previous summary again and say what the words in bold serve for. Analyze all the verbal forms underlined.
- •Ratio of oxidized and reduced forms of noble metals in the priamurye region.
- •7. Put the parts of the English sentences into correct word-order. Использование продуктов переработки нефти. Utilization / products / treatment/ oil/
- •8. Choose the appropriate grammar form in brackets for the verbs underlined. Select linking words (variants are possible) for the words in bold. Translate into English.
- •9. Translate these word-combinations into Russian. To avoid frequent use of the preposition of, use noun/attribute chains.
- •Section III high-tech chemistry
- •1. Memorize all the meanings of these words.
- •2. Some modern terms derived from two words, for example, the term durability derived from the words “during” and “ability”. Analyze and try to translate the terms without a dictionary.
- •3. Pay special attention to the translation of the attribute chains:
- •4. Analyze the attribute chains in the table below and translate them:
- •5. Translate these word-combinations.
- •6. Why do they do it? Match a with b.
- •7. Give an advice to help these persons. Work in pairs.
- •8. Translate the sentences into Russian. Pay special attention to the functions of the Infinitive and try to give all possible variants of translation.
- •9. Answer the following questions before reading the text “The Science and Technology of Composite Materials”.
- •10. Read and translate the text. Match the phrases underlined with their equivalents below:
- •The Science and Technology of Composite Materials
- •11. Which of the following is not true? Correct the false statements.
- •12. Say the same using the Infinitives to shorten the phrases.
- •Metal Matrix Composite
- •14. Answer the question to the text Metal Matrix Composite:
- •15. Look through the text Metal Matrix Composite again. Choose the keywords and write a short abstract (no more than 100 words).
- •1. Read and memorize the active vocabulary.
- •2. Give English equivalents to the following word-combinations:
- •3. Read and translate the article. Choose the best title from those given below:
- •4. Read these phrases and combine them as additional ones with the appropriate passages.
- •5. Look through the article again and
- •6. Describe the facts using the verbs state, think, know, learn, consider, find, believe, expect, etc. Report in Complex Subject or Complex Object or use subordinate clause.
- •7. Make a short review of this article.
- •Advantages and Disadvantages of Nanotechnology
- •8. Read and translate the sentences. Say what things (facts) are set against and which ones are approved. Use the word-combinations underlined in the “For and Against” discussion.
- •9. Webquest. Use the Internet and find the information about modern investigations in «Nanoscience». Be ready to put it briefly in the group. Here are some possible items to consider.
- •Appendix II passive voice: When to Use It and When to Avoid It
- •Appendix III Conference. Submission Form
- •Bibliography
- •625003, Г. Тюмень, ул. Семакова, 10
3. Here are some other points to keep in mind about abstracts. Read and translate them.
1. Avoid if possible avoid trade names, acronyms, abbreviations, or symbols. You would need to explain them, and that takes too much room.
2. Do not refer in the abstract to information that is not in the document.
3. Don't use citations. Your abstract should be able to stand alone without any footnotes.
4. Avoid using I or we, but choose active verbs instead of passive when possible (the study tested rather than it was tested by the study).See Appendix I.
5. Usually the context of a paper is set by the publication it appears in (for example, CHEMICAL ENGENEERING magazine's articles are generally about novelties and improvements in chemical technology). But, if your paper appears in a somewhat un-traditional venue (e.g. Ecology), be sure to include in the problem statement the domain or topic area that it is really applicable to.
4. Read the summary and decide
1. What pieces of this text fit with motivation and purpose of the research?
2. How many sections does it consist of?
3. What is the subject of the research?
4. What sentence is methodology specified in?
5 What piece of this text describes the result?
6. What sentence is concerned with practical significance?
Tatyana A. Kremleva, Tatyana I. Moiseyenko, Vitaliy Y. Khoroshavin, Alexеy A. Shavnin
Geochemical features of natural waters of western siberia: microelement composition
SUMMARY. Small water-bodies of Western Siberia not subjected to direct anthropogenic impact are still not investigated, therefore the analyses of water sample is required to assess ecological state. Generalization of data concerning microelement composition of waters of small lakes was carried out. For the 130 lakes of various natural zones ranged from tundra to forest steppe concentration of more than 60 trace elements were determined by atomic emission analysis (ICP-MS). For each natural area medians, both minimum and maximum concentrations of trace elements in lakes were calculated. Moreover all the trace elements are ranked in descending order according to their content in the waters of lakes of certain natural zones. It was found that the content of macroelements are in their highest concentration in the areas of southern taiga and forest steppe, except for iron and aluminum, their concentrations being higher in the swampy waters of tundra and northern taiga zones, characterized by high color index and acidity. Moreover, the highest concentrations of Ti, Ni and Bi were also determined in the northern lakes. The data obtained can be used above all as background values for assessment of anthropogenic impact on aquatic ecosystems of Western Siberia.
KEYWORDS: Macro, -microelement composition, concentrations, small lakes, zonal features.
5. Look through the previous summary again and say what the words in bold serve for. Analyze all the verbal forms underlined.
6. Read the summary and divide it into logical parts. Say which words the author uses to a) switch from general information to specific one; b) add some facts/figures; c) to emphasize the conclusion; d) make generalization; e) for the sake of contract.
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