- •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
Appendix 4: Abbreviations and Shortenings
Abbreviations and Shortenings |
Latin |
English |
Українська |
A. D. |
Anno Domini |
|
нашої ери |
B. C. |
|
Before Christ |
до нашої ери |
a. m. |
ante meridiem |
|
до полудня, ранок |
p. m. |
post meridiem |
|
після полудня, день, вечір |
etc. |
et celera |
and so on |
тощо |
exc. |
|
except |
крім, окрім |
e. g. |
exampli gratia |
for example |
наприклад |
i. e. |
id est |
in other word(s) that is |
тобто |
id. |
|
the same |
один і той самий |
cf. |
confer |
compare |
порівняй |
fig. |
|
figure |
1) цифра 2)малюнок, схема |
v. s. |
|
see above |
дивись вище |
vs. |
versus |
as against |
проти |
v. v. |
vice versa |
on the contrary |
навпаки |
Appendix 5: Mathematical Symbols and Expressions
+ |
addition, plus (to add) |
− |
subtraction, minus (to subtract) |
˟ |
multiplication (to multiple (by), times) |
: |
division (to divide (by)) |
= |
is, equals, is equals |
≠ |
is not equal to |
~ |
similar to |
> |
greater than |
< |
less than |
≥ |
equal or greater than |
∞ |
infinity, infinite |
[ ] |
square brackets |
( ) |
round brackets |
{ } |
braces |
52 |
five squared |
63 |
six cubed |
75 |
seven to the fifth power |
' |
minute, foot, feet (pl.) |
" |
second, inch |
|
angle |
|
a prime |
|
a second prime or a double prime |
|
a third prime or a triple prime |
|
limit |
|
Logarithm |
|
function of x |
|
Summation |
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differential of x |
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absolute value of x |
|
integral of |
|
integral of a function of x over dx |
|
integral between limits n and m |
|
a sub one |
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a sub two |
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x squared |
|
round brackets opened x minus a |
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R sub one multiplied by x |
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a to the -th power |
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the ratio of the product pl divided by the product ae |
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cube root (out) of |
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the square root of four |
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the n-th root out of a to the m-th (power) |
Appendix 6: Measurement
Units of measurement of distance (Linear Measures)
a nautic mile (knot) |
1852,18 metres |
морська миля |
a mile (mi) |
1609,33m |
миля |
a yard (yd) |
91.44centm |
ярд |
a foot (feet pl.) |
30.48cm |
фут |
an inch (in) |
2.54cm |
дюйм |
a point |
0.351mm |
пойнт |
Units of measurement − of weight
a pound (lb) |
453.59 grams |
фунт |
a ounce (oz) |
28.35 gr. |
унція |
a grain |
64.8 mil.gr. |
гран |
Units of measurement − of liquids volume)
a barrel (depends on a product) |
140,6 – 190,9 liters |
барель |
for liquids |
119,2 (Am) 163,6 (Br) |
|
a gallon (gal) |
4,55 liters (Br) 3,785 (Am) |
галон
|
a quart (qt) |
1,14 liter (Br) 0,95 (Am) |
кварта
|
a pint (pt) |
0,57 liter (Br) 0,47 (Am) |
пінта
|
Appendix 7: English language − around the world
AFRICA
Ascension is a part of the UK as a dependency of Saint Helena.
Botswana was a Crown Colony until 1966. Besides English, Setswana is the other official language, and Bantu is spoken as well.
Cameroon was a Crown Colony until 1961. English and French are the two official languages, plus 24 major African language groups exist here.
The Gambia gained independence from Britain in 1965, English is the official language but Mandinka, Wolof, Fulani and other indigenous vernaculars are spoken.
Ghana became an independent country from the UK in 1957. English is the official, but African languages (Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe and Gг) are native.
Lesotho was a protectorate until 1966. Sesotho is official besides English, and Zulu and Xhosa are other important languages.
Liberia is the country where liberated slaves from the US were settled from 1822. It has been an independent country since 1847. English is the native tongue of about the 96% of the population, and 20 local languages from the Niger-Congo language group are spoken.
Malawi was a protectorate until 1964. The two official languages are English and Chichewa.
Mauritius became independent from Britain in 1968. English is official, but Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka and Bojpoori are spoken.
Namibia used to belong to South Africa. Its final independence was gained in 1990. Although English is the official language, it is spoken only by 10% of the population. Afrikaans is the language of 60%, and German and some indigenous languages like Oshivambo, Herero and Nama are spoken.
Nigeria was a Crown Colony until 1960. English is official and spoken as a first language by about 50% of the population (that is 44,000,000 people). The other native languages are Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo and Fulani.
Saint Helena is a dependent territory of the UK, English is the native language.
Seychelles gained independence in 1976. English, French and Creole are all official, and English is the first language of about the 2% of the population (2000 people).
Sierra Leone was a dependency of Britain until 1961. English is official, but regular use is limited to minority. Mende, Temne and Krio are native languages.
South Africa: The two main official languages are English and Afrikaans, plus other nine languages including Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. English is the first language of only 10% of the population: about 3,000,000 people.
Tristan da Cunha is a part of the UK as a dependency of Saint Helena.
Uganda has been independent from Britain since 1962. Besides English, Swahili is official, and several indigenous languages such as Luganda, Bantu and Nilotic languages are spoken.
Zambia was a colony of Britain until 1964. English is the official, but about 70 indigenous languages (Bantu) are spoken.
Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain in 1980. English therefore is official, and Bantu languages like Shona and Sindebele are native.