Insert the appropriate article if necessary.

1. We would appreciate to have ... early reply to this invitation. 2 .... 3rd Circular has been sent to you by ... separate mail. 3. Your participation will be ... great contribution to .... success of … Symposium. 4. Please, find ... tentative program of ... XVII International Conference on ... (Genetic engineering, Chemistry, Information Security). 5. It gives me great pleasure to accept your kind invitation to ... Congress. 6. I wish to advise you that ... Program Committee confirms ... topic of your paper. 7. It is ... pleasure to inform you that ... abstract of your paper has been accepted for publication in ... Congress Book of ... Abstracts. 8. The Social Program is elaborated in such ... way as to show ... latest trends in ... microscopic equilibrium of crystal surfaces. 9. Apart from ... plenary sessions we are planning ... poster presentations. 10. I was glad to receive your letter with ... pleasant news that you have accepted our invitation to preside over ... 14th section.

Insert the appropriate word or expression:

Include, inform, contact, to have an appointment, purpose,

hospitality, consent, to elucidate, contribution, to extend an invitation.

1. During the coffee break I ... with Dr. Snow to discuss some important problems. 2. We thank you very much for the warm reception and … you afforded us during the Congress. 3. Please ... the chairman of the Organizing Committee as soon as you arrive in Kyiv. 4. Kindly ... the Chairman of the Program Committee the title of you ... 5. The ... of this Conference is ... such problems as scientific documentation, storage and retrieval of scientific information. 6. Thank you for ... to give a talk on "...". 7. The Social Program will ... also a visit to the theatre. 8. I am happy ... to attend the Conference.

Complete the dialogue with the expressions.

answer responsible attention Good questions present behalf welcome

If I could have everybody’s _______ ? ______ morning. On ______ of Avis I would like to ____ you all here this morning. My name Martin Twist and I’m ______for customer service. This morning I’d like to ______ our new packages for travel agents. If you have any _____ you’d like to ask, I’d be happy to ____ them.

Complete the dialogue with the expressions.

charge for talk many get morning any name show What free

OK, let’s _______ started. ______ everyone. Thanks ______ coming. As _____ of you know, my ___ is Jenny Smith and I’m in ______ of recruitment. ______ I want to do this morning is to _____ to you about recent changes in employment law and ____ you how that will mean changes in the way we recruit people. Feel _____to ask ____ question you like as we go along.

Complete the sentences with the words:

Digressing digress move on expand elaborate

Going back turn turn Moving on expand

I’d like to____ to something completely different. _____ for a moment, I’d like to say a few words about Chicago. I’d like to _____ to the next point if there are no further questions. _____ to something I said earlier, the situation in Chicago is serious. I don’t want to _______ any more on that as I’m short of time. I’d like to ______ here for a moment and just say a word of thanks to Bob. I’d like to ______ more on this problem in Chicago. Let’s _____ now to our plans for next year. ________ to the next point. Would you like me to_______ a little more on that.

Complete the sentences with the words:

Recapping summarize leaving to from conclude summarize of conclude left on recap go back by

I’d like to ____ ___something Jane said in her presentation. If I could just ____ a few points___ John’s report. I don’t have a lot of time _____ so I’m going to _____the next few points. I’d like quickly ___ the main points ___ my presentation. ___ quickly ___ the main points ___ my presentation. I’d like to ___ by ___ you with this thought … If I may ___ ____ quoting Mr. Smith ….

Give the definitions to the keywords and word combinations of the text.

Professional communication, technical communication, outpace, pedagogical principles of rhetoric, review, affiliation, service, summarize, summary, computerize, patent, reference, monograph, indexing services, information search, sufficient information, primary publication, semi-systematic name.

Answer the questions to check your understanding of the text.

1. What is the field of professional communication closely related to? 2. What does professional communication encompass? 3. What does the progress of technologies seem to often outpace? 4. What characteristics did A. Magnus attribute to an alchemist? 5. What are the ways of obtaining information in chemistry nowadays? 6. What kind of information do primary journals publish? 7. Why are secondary publications so important in conducting effective information search? 8. What journal is the most important key to primary literature in chemistry (biology, geology, geography, IT, information security, design)?

Translate the following word-combinations and use them in the sentences of your own.

Field of professional communication, to more effectively communicate in the business world, a variety of settings, to create a demand for skilled communicators, to be immediately made public in scientific journals, abstracting and indexing services, to summarize and evaluate review, helpful in conducting effective information search.

Find English equivalents for the following Ukrainian word combinations.

Створювати потребу в кваліфікованих співрозмовниках, інформаційний пошук, сфера професійної комунікації, відразу здобути публічність, інформаційний обмін, короткий опис, система позначень, пер­винні публікації, реферативна література, оглядова стаття, коротке повідомлення, стендове повідомлення.

Choose the word that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence.

1. The chemist should be aware of the broad framework of information flow within which he works.

1. now b) understand c) assign

2. Primary journals, patents, review journals and books are significant sources of information.

1. rich b) important c) sufficient

3. Chemists often informally exchange results with colleagues at face-to-face meetings, by telephone calls or correspondence.

1. public b) personal c) official

4. Informal networks of this type are called “invisible colleges”.

1. contacts b) communications c) systems

Explain the meaning of the words using synonyms, antonyms or associations.

Communication, to relate, business world, visual communication, information, to exceed, chemical reaction, scientific journal, face-to-face conversation, professional society, domain, secondary sources, abstract, essential, well-informed, trivial, alike, original, primary and brief.

Change nouns in brackets into adjectives.

1. (Essence) characteristics of a scientist are watchfulness, curiosity, honesty, and the ability to see associations of things. 2. Primary and secondary publications are (significance) sources of information. 3. Secondary sources of information are very (importance) and (help) in the literature search. 4. Major (origin) journal articles are monitored and converted into abstracts in secondary publications. 5. Secondary publications normally give (brevity) description of original articles. 6. (Efficiency) info search is impossible without Internet.

Find in the text the following expressions:

Періодичне видання, котре спрямоване на; ретельно переглянутий; задовольняти стандарти якості; бути невід’ємною частиною наукового методу; описувати експерименти та обчислення; зміст сучасних наукових видань; відмічати суттєвий прорив у відповідній галузі.

Complete the sentences.

1. A scientific journal is a periodic … . 2. Although scientific journals are superficially similar to … . 3. The standards that a journal uses … . 4. Articles tend to be highly technical … . 5. There are several types of journal articles … . 6. They are often incomprehensible to anyone …

Explain the following words and word-combinations from the texts.

Peer-reviewed paper journal, conventional paper journal, established electronic version, the assembly of a complete issue, scientific credit, to large for-profit publishing houses, site licenses, a print subscription, free-access journal, author's rights.

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