- •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
America
Belize was called the British Honduras until 1981. Spanish, Maya and Garifuna are the languages besides English, which are spoken by 65% of the population (123,000 people).
Bermuda is a dependent territory of the UK, English is native here for 95% (56,000 people).
Canada: English and French are both official and native here. 60% of the poulation speaks English, that is about 16,000,000 people.
Caribbean islands
Falkland Islands is a dependent territory of the UK, English is the native language.
Guyana used to be a Crown Colony (until 1966). English is native here for 75% of the population (567,000 people), and other Amerindian dialects, plus Hindi, Urdu, Chinese and Portuguese are spoken as well.
United States of America: Besides English that is the native language of about 88% (221 million people), Spanish is the one that is spoken by a sizeable minority.
ASIA
Hong Kong became independent from Britain in 1997. English and Chinese are the official languages.
India: Besides English and Hindi, which is the primary tongue of 30%, there are several official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit. Most of them are mutually unintelligible, that is why English has an important role in national, political and commercial communication.
Pakistan: English is the official language, the lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries. Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtu are official as well, and Balochi and other languages are spoken.
Philippines gained independence from the US in 1946. English and Philippino are official, but Spanish and Visajan are spoken as well.
Singapore gained final independence from Britain in 1965. English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil all official languages, and Malay is national.
Australia and oceania
Australia, the British "prison island": English is the native language of about 90% (15 million people), but other native languages of the aborigines are spoken as well.
Cook Islands are in free association with New Zealand, English is official and Maori is spoken as well.
Fiji gained independence from Britain in 1970, but English is not the only official language. Fijian is official as well, and Hindustani and Chinese are spoken.
Kiribati was a Crown Colony until 1979. Besides English, the native Gilbertese language is official as well.
Nauru gained independence from Britain in 1968. English is official and widely understood, but used for government and commercial purposes only and is the first language of only 7% of the population (600 people). The other official language is Nauruian.
New Zealand became independent in 1907. Besides English (first language of 93% - 3 million people), Maori is the language of the aborigines.
Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975. English is official, but spoken only by 1-2%, however, Pidgin English is widespread (66%). Motu and 715 (!) indigenous languages are spoken as well.
Solomon Islands were part of Britain until 1978. English is the official language but used only by 1-2%, and Melanesian pidgin is the lingua franca amongst 120 indigenous languages.
Tuvalu was a colony until 1978. Besides English, Tuvaluan is official.
Vanuatu gained independence from Britain in 1980. English, French and Bislama (Pidgin) are all official, and Melanesian languages are spoken as well.
Western Samoa belonged to New Zealand until 1962. English and Samoan (Polynesian) are both official languages.
EUROPE
Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey) are British crown dependencies, and besides English, French is official, and Norman French is spoken as well.
Gibraltar is a dependent territory of the UK, English and Spanish are the official languages, but Italian, Portuguese, what is more, Russian are spoken as well. English is spoken by the 35% of the population: 10,800 people.
Irish Republic: Irish Gaelic is the other official language besides English (spoken by 3,334,000 people).
Isle of Man is a British crown dependency. Besides the native English, Manx Gaelic is spoken.
Malta has been independent from Britain since 1964. There are two official languages: English and Maltese, and Italian is spoken as well. English is the native language of 70,600 people, 20% of the poulation.
Orkney is a part of the UK.
Shetland is a part of the UK.
United Kingdom: Besides the native English language (spoken by 56,236,000 people, 98% of the population), Welsh is spoken by 26% of the population in Wales, and Scottish Gaelic by about 60,000 in Scotland.