- •Exercise 3.
- •Exercise 4.
- •Exercise 6.
- •Exercise 10.
- •General and vocational education
- •Exercise 13.
- •Conversation about the education in the uk
- •A) conversation about the education in the usa
- •B) conversation about educational goals
- •Exercise 20. Talk on one of two topics:
- •Unit III science
- •Exercise 3.
- •Exercise 4.
- •Exercise 6.
- •Science and technology
- •Exercise 13.
- •A) conversation about ibmc (international business machines corporation)
- •B) interview with bill gates, president of microsoft
- •Как выразить восторг, удивление
Exercise 3.
a) Translate, analyses the following words with different suffixes, and divide them into two groups: nouns and adjectives:
relationship, scientist, structure, researcher, mathematical, systematic, observation, general, scientific, natural, social, technical, numerous, influence, invention, industrial, development, production, different, television, communication, computer, digital, physical, temperature, international, producer, electric, electronic, dictation;
b) Make up as many words as you can by combining different parts of the words:
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search |
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experiment |
-er |
re- |
invent |
-al |
inter- |
general |
-ment |
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develop |
-ent |
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product |
-ion |
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differ |
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digit |
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nation |
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c) The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences should be changed to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space:
... examine the structure of the cells. SEARCH
A ... computer is a common one. DIGIT
This theory was... proved. EXPERIMENT
He has won a prize at the ... conference. NATION
When we speak about computers, we... mean digital computers. GENERAL
Exercise 4.
a) Try to match up the adjectives in column A with the nouns in column В to form meaningful phrases:
А |
В |
1) broad |
a) word |
2) systematic |
b) problem |
3) natural |
c) theory |
4) Latin |
d) principle |
5) different |
e) groups |
6) general |
f) methods |
7) major |
g) field |
8) industrial |
h) objects |
9) scientific |
i) technology |
10) mathematical |
j) sciences |
b) Decide which of the verbs on the left collocate with the nouns on the right:
to cover... a) clues
to deal with ... b) the cells
to come from... c) the problem
to search for... d) tools
to examine ... e) the field
to investigate ... f) facts
to develop ... g) the word
to divide into ... h) a theory
to provide ... i) groups
to shape ... j) the basis
to invent... k) the views
EXERCISE 5. Translate the following word combinations; pay attention to the prepositions:
comes from, the field of knowledge, deals with facts, among these facts, a wide variety of subjects, search for clues to the origin of the universe, consist of general principles, a part of scientific knowledge, can be divided into, new fields of science, at the same time, the boundaries between scientific fields, numerous areas of science, influence on our lives, the basis of modern technology, inventions of scientists, our views about, in the universe, on the earth, through the ages, speak of technology, about 200 years ago, with the development of the steam engine, the growth of factories, production of goods, aspect of people’s lives, the development of the car, contributed much to modern technology, for example, from iron, for centuries, the structure of the metal.