4. Read the text to yourself and be ready for a comprehension check-up. Scientific attitude

What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry or any other science? What are their special methods of thinking and acting? What qualities do we usually expect them to possess?

To begin with, we expect a successful scientist to be full of curiosity – he wants to find out how and why the universe works. He usually directs his attention towards problems which have no satisfactory explanation and his curiosity makes him look for the underlying relationships even the data to be analyzed are not apparently interrelated. He is a good observer, accurate, patient and objective. Furthermore, he is not only critical of the work of others, but also of his own, since he knows man to be the least reliable of scientific instruments.

And to conclude, he is to be highly imaginative since he often looks for data which are not only complex, but also incomplete.

1. What qualities do we expect to find in a successful scientist? b) Why do we say that a successful scientist is full of curiosity? c) Why is it difficult to see the underlying relationships? d) Why is he critical of his own work? e) Why is it necessary for him to be highly imaginative? f) Give a Russian equivalent of the title and of the data analyzed and the data to be analyzed.

5. Read words and word combinations, find the Russian equivalents.

- paragraph - использованная литература

- key words - благодарность

- topic sentences - заключение

- logical part - общая часть текста

- logical unit -введение

- passage - аннотация

- title -заголовок

- Abstract or summary- отрывок

- Introduction -логическая часть

- materials - логическая единица

- conclusions -ключевые предложения

- acknowledgments - ключевые слова

- bibliography - абзац или параграф

6. Read and memorize the main stamps of annotation.

1. The article (paper, book, etc.) deals with…- эта статья (работа, книга и т.п.) касается…

2. As the title implies, the article describes…- согласно названию, в статье описывается… (В соответствии с названием, статья описывает…)

3. It is specially noted…- Особенно отмечается…

4. A mention should be made…- Упоминается…

5. …is discussed in detail…- … подробно обсуждается

6. … are noted.- Упоминаются.

7. It is reported…- Сообщается…

8. The text gives valuable information on…- Текст даёт ценную информацию о…

9. Much attention is given to…- Большое внимание уделяется…

10. The article is of great help to…- Эта статья окажет большую помощь тем…

11. The article is of interest to…- Эта статья представляет интерес для…

12. It (the article) gives a detailed analysis of…- Она (статья) даёт детальный (подробный) анализ…

13. It draws our attention to…- Она (статья, работа) привлекает наше внимание к…

14. The difference between the terms…and…should be stressed. - Следует подчеркнуть различие между терминами…и…

15. It shoud be stressed (emphasized) that…- Следует подчеркнуть, что…

16. …is proposed.- Предлагается…

17. …are examined…- Проверяются (рассматриваются)…

18. …are discussed.- Обсуждаются…

19. An option permits…- Выбор позволяет…

20. The method proposed…- Предлагаемый метод…

21. Etc.- И т.д.