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1. The postgraduate knew that he wouldn’t take part in the conference if he did not prepare a report in time.
2. It was found that the materials were used to mortar the table for
a basement.
3. He called me a few days ago and said he had an important message that day.
4. When the lecturer met his students last month, he said they would take final exams at the end of May.
5. The student promised that he would pass all the exams on the good marks.
Word Study
1. Study your active vocabulary:
to attend – присутствовать
to join – присоединяться
to watch – наблюдать
to carry out – выполнять
to account for – объяснять
to agree upon – приходить к соглашению
to call for – требовать
to refer to – ссылаться
to refer to as – называть
to think of – думать
to think of as – считать
2. Recognize familiar words:
Idea, electronics, material, interest, computer, programming, phenomenon, problem, financial, recommendation, publication, project, crystal, machines, local, philosophers, sociologists, test, laboratory, consultation, operation, attack, president, classification, national, synthetic, parameters, temperature, industrial, procedure, congress, forum.
3. Give Russian equivalents of:
1. to attend the seminar
2. to approach the problem
3. to promise support
4. to offer help
5. to join efforts
4. Match the phrases:
1) Lectures are followed by a) пациенту разрешается
2) The rate of the reaction is b) семинар заменили
Affected c) на скорость реакции влияет
3) The solution of the problem d) решение проблемы вызвано
is called for e) за лекциями следует
4) Seminar has been substituted for
5) Patient is allowed
5. Choose the right translation of the following verbs:
to refer to to call
to refer to as to call for
to think of to agree
to think of as to agree upon
(называть, упоминать, соглашаться, договариваться, думать о, считать, требовать, звонить)
6. Form all possible combinations:
| 1) to enjoy | a) the device |
| 2) to watch | b) the party |
| 3) to carry out | c) the fact |
| 4) to account for | d) the process |
| 5) to deal with | e) measurements |
| 6) to rely upon | g) substances |
7. Fill in the blanks:
1. Recently much attention has been given to this __________.
2. In this paper new experimental observations are presented and __________.
3. The measurements have been __________ with a conventional
apparatus slightly __________ by the author.
4. All possible __________ of error are taken into account.
5. The results are analyzed and the data __________ are compared with those available in literature (phenomenon, discussed, obtained, carried out, modified, sources).
Reading Practice
Text 1
Read the text to yourself and try to understand what it is about.
