- •1.1. Read the text and find the word equivalent to «scientific method». Scientific меthod and меthods of sciense
- •1.2. Remember some of the verbs followed by a preposition which, is retained in the passive structure.
- •1.3. Try to evaluate a method (technique or procedure) using the words given below.
- •1.4. Translate into Russian.
- •1.5. Compose sentences using the parts in a, b, c.
- •1.6. Name a familiar method, technique or procedure of which you would say that it:
- •1.11. Make statements about problems which in your opinion are difficult to solve, to present or to discuss. Use the following phrases.
- •1.12. Name some problems that can be regarded as:
- •2.1. Read the text and say how the author increase the accuracy of his results.
- •2.2. Remember the following combinations and their equivalents.
- •2.3. Translate into Russian the following sentences.
- •2.4. Give all possible word combinations which go with data (results, findings). Use the words listed bеlоw.
- •2.5. Compose sentences using the parts in a, b, c.
- •Our preliminary results All these data
- •2.6. Make the following sentences complete.
- •2.7. Translate into Russian and identify the predicate.
- •2.8. Use the words listed below to evaluate study (investigation, research).
- •2.9. Make up sentences using a-patterns in combination with b-phrases numbered below.
- •2.10. Complete the following sentences.
- •2.11. Nаme some studies (researches, investigations) or a particular study (research) of which you would say:
- •3.1. Read the text and explain when a hypothesis becomes a principle of science.
- •Рurе and applied science
- •3.2. Substitute the proper English words from the list below for the Russian words in brackets.
- •3.3. Remember the words which are most frequently used with theory and hypothesis.
- •3.5. Translate into Russian.
- •3.6. Compose sentences indicating the time a theory (a hypothesis) was advanced. Use the parts in a, в, с.
- •3.7.Complete the following sentences
- •3.8. Name some theories which are no longer used nowadays as incorrect, inadequate or invalid, also show where the theory is wrong or why it is invalid.
- •3.9. Make use of the adjectives given below to characterize work.
- •3.10. Use the parts in а, в, с to compose sentences evaluating the work done.
- •3.11. Translate the following sentences stating the purpose of the work into Russian.
- •3.12. State the subject of:
- •4.1. Read the text and state the objective of mathematics. Mathematization of natural sciences
- •4.2. Remember the words given below which are used to evaluate.
- •Information
- •4.3. Translate into Russian.
- •4.4. Complete the following sentences.
- •4.5. Write a detailed account of all the available information on your problem, mentioning also the information that is still needed.
- •4.6. Make up pairs of words using adjectives given below as attributes to the word "evidence".
- •4.7. Translate the following. Choose all the sentences showing lack of evidence.
- •4.8. Use the parts in а, в, с to compose sentences showing what the evidence obtained, suggests.
- •The evidence obtained from recent studies in this area
- •4.9.Complete the following sentences:
- •4.10. Characterize and give a possible interpretation of:
- •5.1. Read the text and give a Russian equivalent of the title. Scientific attitude
- •5.2. Distinguish between the following structures. Translate into Russian.
- •5.3. Try to evaluate an experiment using the words given below.
- •5.4.Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •Further experiments of this kind were
- •5.6.Complete the following sentences.
- •5.7.Speak of your resent experiments starting what they have demonstrated, also, the conclusions you have made.
- •5.8. Characterize briefly pioneer experiments in your field of research.
5.1. Read the text and give a Russian equivalent of the title. 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 if the data to be analysed 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.
5.2. Distinguish between the following structures. Translate into Russian.
the data analysed - the data to be analysed
the choice made - the choice to be made
the factor taken into consideration - the factor to be taken into consideration
new complexities disentangled - new complexities to be disentangled
a distinction made - a distinction to be made
5.3. Try to evaluate an experiment using the words given below.
Initial, pioneer, early, earlier, previous, preliminary, recent, current, present, further; fine, ingenious; precise, thorough, specific, highly-specific, technical; promising, meaningful, reliable, successful, encouraging.
5.4.Translate the following sentences into Russian.
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Those were very fine experiments, carefully planned and most beautifully performed.
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Those elegant experiments which Rutherford himself performed were highly-technical, very instructive and very meaningful, too.
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More recent experiments by these workers proved to be highly-specific, although the technique was basically the same as the one used in earlier experiments.
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The above experiments were only preliminary ones. It’s quite obvious that further experiments of the kind are highly-desirable.
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The experiments as suggested by the authors can hardly be followed in further studies of the problem.
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Those pioneer experiments, although thoroughly prepared, proved unsuccessful. The authors failed to overcome the chief difficulty involved in the procedure.
5.5. Use A-patterns in combination with B-phrases.
A
The first experiments in this area were
Further experiments of this kind were
The experiments I have referred to are
Such experiments are, no doubt
Experiments as the authors suggested
These experiments are
The experiments they carried out were
B
extremely important and very interesting, too; not likely to be followed in further studies in this area; hardly possible in the near future because of the difficulties involved in the procedure; very difficult to perform in view of the laborious and time-consuming procedure; limited in number and, therefore, not fully reliable; highly-specific and highly-technical, too; the most thorough experiments of that kind; the pioneer experiments in this area and, obviously needed further support.