- •Пермский государственный технический университет
- •Учебное пособие
- •Science and technoligy Part a
- •Learn the following words and word-combinations:
- •Science and technoligy
- •Find in the text the English equivalents to the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •Read the words and expressions and guess what this text is about?
- •A science fiction story
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •What is your opinion about the end of this story? Think over and write down about the fate of the astronauts.
- •Render the contents of the last paragraph into Indirect Speech.
- •The science of chemistry Part a
- •1. Learn the following words and word-combinations:
- •Translate the words without dictionary.
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to the different meanings of the word "matter":
- •Read the text and answer the following questions.
- •The science of chemistry
- •Translate the words in the brackets into English.
- •Ask questions to the words in bold type:
- •Write a plan in form of questions to the text and retell the text according to it.
- •Translate the text into English.
- •Listen to the communication again and say what ideas absent in the first text it contains.
- •Listen to the talk once again if necessary and answer the following questions. Begin your answer with the given opening phrases: opening phrases
- •Using some chemical terms (see below) complete the following sentences in the short text:
- •Read another text on chemistry and choose the most suitable title out of the given ones:
- •Read the text again and say if the following statements are true (t) or false (f):
- •Read the text once again and entitle its paragraphs.
- •Write out a) key words out of each paragraph; b) the sentences expressing the main idea(s) of each paragraph.
- •Retell the text briefly in your own words making use of the key words and the sentences you've written out.
- •Here are two expressions of the role of chemistry. Do you share them? Express your opinion to each one.
- •History of chemistry Part a
- •Do you know the history of chemistry? Answer the following questions:
- •Read the text on alchemy, compare it with your answers and say what information they have in common and what is different. Share your ideas with your fellow students.
- •Read one more text on the history of chemistry and entitle it.
- •The measurements in chemistry Part a
- •Read the following word combinations.
- •Read the following words, mind the stresses.
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to the meanings of the word "order".
- •Give the Russian equivalents of the following words.
- •Read the text and answer the following questions
- •The measurements in chemistry
- •The Metric System
- •Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column.
- •Open the brackets choosing a suitable word. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Read and retell the text.
- •A comparison of a few points of the Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales
- •Translate the text and answer the questions that follow. The Balance
- •Read and retell the text.
- •The general apparatus of inorganic laboratory Part a
- •Learn the following words.
- •Nucleus – nuclei
- •Series – series
- •The general apparatus of inorganic laboratory
- •Fill in the blanks.
- •Describe your chemical laboratory.
- •Translate the following sentences paying attention to the meanings of the verb “to have”:
- •Find the sentences in which “to be” is a modal verb:
- •Part b.
- •Listen to the talk again and answer the following questions choosing the correct answer out of the given ones:
- •Listen to the talk once again if necessary and give reasoning to the choice of the answers you've just given by expressing your opinion. The list of expressions comes handy:
- •Read the text without dictionary. Laboratory Rules
- •Notes on the Text
- •Answer the following questions.
- •What rules would you add to the given ones.
- •Complete the following sentences using modal verbs:
- •Read the text and describe the process with the help of the picture. Distillation
- •Read the text and tell about obtaining hydrogen using the picture. Kipp's Apparatus Used for Obtaining Hydrogen
- •Read the text and tell with the help of the figure about laboratory method of obtaining oxygen. Laboratory Method of Obtaining Oxygen
- •Russian Scientists Part a
- •Pronounce the following words:
- •Read the following word combinations:
- •Read the text and guess what scientist this text is about. Notes on the Text
- •Use the Passive Voice according to the model:
- •Find the sentences in which the form with the suffix "-ed" is a part of the passive construction:
- •Prereading Discussion
- •Listen to or look through the following text and find the facts you've not mentioned in the discussion:
- •Look through the text again and find the sentences where the author describes the following facts:
- •Read the text thoroughly with a dictionary and answer the following questions choosing the correct answer out of the given ones:
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words, word combinations and chemical terms from the text:
- •Match the synonyms in ex. 5 and ex. 6:
- •Find in the text all the sentences containing the sequence of tenses. Translate them into Russian.
- •A) Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •Read the following text attentively and choose the most suitable title out of the given ones:
- •Russian achievements in science Part a
- •Translate the following verbs and adjectives, form nouns from them.
- •Read the following words and word-combinations:
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Russian achievements in science
- •Choose the Russian equivalent from the right column.
- •Translate into Russian
- •Write a plan to the text and retell the text according to the plan. Express your opinion to the following theses:
- •Pronounce the following words:
- •Read the following word combinations:
- •Use the Passive Voice according to the model:
- •Find the sentences in which the form with the suffix "-ed" is a part of the passive construction:
- •Read the text and guess what scientist this text is about?
- •Using the data, make up a story about a great Russian chemist. N.N. Zinin (1812-1880)
- •N.N. Semyonov (1826-1986)
- •Accordiny to these plans prepare the reports about such Russian chemists as a.M. Butlerov, n.N. Beketov, n.D. Zelinsky, s.V. Lebedev, a.E. Favorsky. Additional Texts
- •Experimental Chemistry (1748-1757)
- •Text II Great English Scientist in physics and analytical chemistry
- •Faraday
- •Чтение химических формул
- •Сокращения, принятые в химической литературе
- •Список химических элементов
- •Rendering the text
- •Список литературы
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Учебное пособие
ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ
для студентов специальности ХТНВ
очной и очно-заочной формы обучения
I ЧАСТЬ
Березники 2003
Составители: старшие преподаватели Л.К. Ивонина,
Г.Р Чайникова.
Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов специальности ХТНВ очной и очно-заочной формы обучения / Сост. Л.К. Ивонина, Г.Р Чайникова; Перм.гос.техн.ун-т. Пермь, 2003. ??? с.
Рецензенты:
ст.преподаватель кафедры ОНД БФ ПГТУ Е.Б. Кучина,
преподаватель английского языка I категории ПЛ №47 г. Березники Л.С. Мазанова.
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Unit I.
Science and technoligy Part a
Learn the following words and word-combinations:
aim, purpose – цель,
circumstances – обстоятельства,
data – данные,
extent – степень,
gap – брешь, пробел, пропуск,
generalization – обобщение,
impetus – импульс, толчок,
intelligence – ум,
phenomenon (pl. phenomena) – явление, феномен,
prediction – предсказание,
profound knowledge – глубокое знание,
in turn – в свою очередь,
irregularly – нерегулярно,
to deal with – иметь дело с, рассматривать,
to enable – давать возможность,
to extrapolate – приближать,
to obtain – получать,
to observe – наблюдать, замечать,
to occur – встречаться.
Science and technoligy
(1) The fundamental aim of science is to investigate the facts of nature and natural events and to describe them. Sometimes natural events and phenomena the scientist is interested in occur rather rarely, or happen irregularly, or just can't be observed at all in everyday life. Then man makes experiments simulating circumstances and processes that take place in nature. Data obtained during experimental work are often extrapolated to other fields of knowledge to predict events and facts that may happen. But such a prediction demands a sound theoretical foundation.
(2) Thus, another important purpose of science is the formulation, on the basis of experimental facts, of principles and theories which are generalization and which lead to new studies and increased knowledge. It might be said that without theories there would be no science. Indeed, man for thousand of years has been gathering facts, learning more and more about the world he lives in, discovering things unknown and surprising. But the facts alone are often bewildering and one needs a scientific theory to understand how facts are connected with each other and what they really mean. To illustrate all said above about the significance of scientific theory let's take as an example modern chemistry.
(3) Man has been dealing with different chemical elements and various chemical reactions - burning is one of them - from prehistoric times. But only quite recently after the modern theory of atomic structure got developed many facts of chemistry could be explained including the periodic table of elements. Moreover, the theory of atomic structure did not only explain facts already known but led to the discovery some new facts, like the existence of unknown elements that filled the gaps in the periodic table. So, the theory helps us both to understand known things better than we did and to make new discoveries.
(4) And still that isn't all. Better and more profound knowledge about natural phenomena enables us to make more use of them and, if necessary and possible, to change nature. We see, that the theory that grew out of man's practical work, in turn, has made possible to do man's work more effective and more productive, to widen the horizons of human knowledge since every new discovery increases the extent of our contact with unexplored areas, giving a new impetus to man's technical intelligence.