- •Contents
- •Введение
- •Unit 1 Professional Communication
- •1. Work in small groups and answer these questions:
- •2. Read the advertisements and find out the main requirements for the jobs.
- •In small groups, discuss the statements:
- •Would you like to apply for any of these positions? Why/Why not?
- •3. Match the following words with their definitions:
- •4. Complete the sentences using the following words:
- •5. If you have found an interesting job in some advertisement you must write a covering letter and a cv /resume. Have you ever written any of them? What information should you give in them?
- •7. Listen again (Recording 1.1). What are the counsellor’s answers to the questions? Make notes to the questions you wrote in Exercise 6.
- •8. Read Josh Reed’s covering letter and complete it with the words and phrases from the box:
- •10. Work with a partner and discuss the following:
- •12 Read Carmen Frazier’s cv and answer the questions:
- •1. Study the information about the people and complete the organogram below.
- •2. If you are working, tell your partner about your job. If you are still studying, think about someone you know and tell your partner about their job, using the phrases below:
- •4. Read the dialogue and fill in the missing phrases:
- •5. What do these companies do? Talk about each companies activities, using the words from the table
- •8. Match the sentence halves.
- •9. Match these words and phrases from exercise 7 with a word or phrase from exercise 8 that has a similar meaning.
- •10. Work in pairs. Study the information about the companies and share it with your partner. Task for Student a:
- •Task for Student b:
- •11. Listen to the text about Sony Corporation and fill in the gaps. (Recording 1. 3)
- •12. Work in two groups. Make a list of good things you know about Sony.
- •What is so good about sony corporation?
- •13. Role-play the following situation. The tv channel invited the Sony ceo, Sony worker, customer to the show about successful corporations. Study the information and prepare for the role play.
- •14. Read the dialogue and fill in the missing phrases.
- •15. Talk to your partner about the company you work for or would like to work for in a in a similar way.
- •16. Study the information and answer the questions:
- •17. Write a memo to the employees of your company requesting them to come to the company picnic.
- •7. Listen to a conversation between Frank and Sue. What product are they discussing? Who likes it? (Recording 1.5) Listen again and complete the product description.
- •8. Inventions. Put these inventions into two columns – the best and the worst. There are two which appear in both columns:
- •11. Listen and fill in the gaps. (Recording 1.6) Cardboard Box Solar Cooker Wins the Prize
- •14. Choose a single product and prepare to give a brief product review.
- •1. In small groups, discuss the following:
- •2. Read the text and correct wrong statements:
- •What is design?
- •3. Look at the pictures and describe these products and their designs using adjectives and useful phrases from the boxes:
- •4. Listen to two designers talking about ideas for a new product and answer the questions (Recording 1.7):
- •5. Look at the sentences from the conversation. Translate them into Russian paying attention to modal verbs:
- •6. Complete the sentences with appropriate modal verbs:
- •7. Form adjectives or nouns from the words in the box:
- •8. Complete the description of a robotic vacuum cleaner with appropriate words from Exercise 7:
- •10. Listen to the presentation of a new product (Recording 1.8). What product is it? Complete the form:
- •11. Choose one of the products given below and complete the product design specification. Invent any additional information you need: product design specification
- •12. Read a report on two mobile phones and answer the questions:
- •13. Write a report on two hand dryers:
- •Unit 2 Scientific Communication
- •Submitting a Research Proposal
- •1. In small groups, talk about these questions:
- •2. Read the following extract from a website and then, in pairs, answer the questions.
- •6. Read your colleague's completed project summary. Then say what you think the commercial applications of her research might be.
- •Project summary
- •7. Match each highlighted section in the summary (a-f) to the correct function (1-6) from the list in Exercise 5.
- •8. Look at the highlighted sections a-f again. Underline the words that you could use in your own project summary.
- •9. Complete another project summary using the correct word or phrase from the box.
- •11. A) Match a sentence (a-e) from the Exercise 10 to the correct paragraph (1-5) of the full project summary. Nsf grant proposal for stabilization and optimal control of dynamic shell models
- •1. In small groups, talk about these questions:
- •3. Read and translate the text then, in pairs, answer the question bellow.
- •Why it's important for you to present your data at scientific conferences
- •4. Look at the online poster advertising a conference and answer the following questions:
- •5. Complete the following words and phrases from the poster using the words in the box.
- •6. Match the words and phrases (1-10) in Exercise 5 to the definitions (a-j).
- •7. Look at the list of typical conference activities (a-h) below and then discuss the following questions.
- •10. Look at the sentences from the conversations in Exercise 8c. Complete the spaces with the words in the box. Then listen and check your answers (Recording 2.2).
- •1. Read the text and answer the questions:
- •An experimental research paper
- •5. Read an extract from the introduction of a paper about the ability of lichens and microbes to survive in deep space. How many of the questions in Exercise 2 can you answer?
- •6. Complete the following summary on variables using the words in the box.
- •7. Match the instruments (1-8) to the pictures (a-h).
- •8. What meaning do the following suffixes add to the words in Exercise 7?
- •9. Complete the table below using the extract from the following research paper to help you.
- •10. The gapped words below all describe physical or chemical properties of substances. The meaning of each word is given on the right. Complete the words with the correct vowels (a, e, I, o, u)
- •11. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct preposition (a, b or c).
- •1 2. Look at the diagram from a review of supercritical fluid technology.
- •13. Complete the paragraphs from the results section of a paper using the words and phrases in the box.
- •1. Read the text and then do Exercise 2. The presentation journey
- •2. Write ‘who’, ‘why’, ‘what’ or ‘how’ next to each phrase. Check any vocabulary you don’t know.
- •3. All the phrases in italics below are appropriate when giving a formal talk on your research. Read extracts 1-8. Then listen and underline the phrase Milan uses in each one (Recording 2.3).
- •4. Match each pair of phrases (1-8) from Exercise 3 to their correct function (a-f) below. Note that one of the functions may be expressed with three different pairs of phrases.
- •5. Think of a piece of research you have done recently. Use the words and phrases in Exercise 3 to help you plan the introduction to a presentation about your research.
- •6. Below are five extracts from the main part of Milan's presentation. Match the beginnings (1-5) to the endings (a-e).
- •8. Read the text below. Why are signposts important? how do signposts work?
- •9. Phrases 1-22 below are examples of signposts. Read them and check any vocabulary you don’t know.
- •10. Milan has come to the end of his presentation. In pairs, look at the list (a-e) and decide on the best order for him to do these things. Then listen and check your answers (Recording 2.4).
- •12. Listen to the end of the presentation again (Recording 2.4) and complete the following phrases using between one and three words in each space.
- •13. Read the text about the ‘finish’ of a presentation and answer the questions below. Make your final message clear
- •2. Now compare your answers to the results of surveys of managers in several different countries. In your groups, discuss:
- •4. Read excerpts from a brochure by a global organisation on how to handle first meetings in four different countries. Which countries are being described?
- •5. Nigel Hastings is a director of an intercultural consultancy. Listen to him talking about managing first meeting in different cultures (Recording 3.1).
- •6. Complete these open questions which you could use in a first conversation with a stranger.
- •7. Closed questions, which require a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer, can also help small talk. One way to ask closed questions is to make a statement followed by a short question tag, for example:
- •8. Read about the impact of cultural differences on conversational styles and answer these questions:
- •10. People from different cultures not only speak different languages but also use non-verbal communication in different ways.
- •3B Negotiations
- •2. Define ‘negotiation’ in a sentence. Then compare definitions with the rest of your group.
- •3. Look at the list of behaviours typically used by negotiators. Which do you consider to be the most important for a successful negotiator? Are there any you consider unimportant?
- •10. Wang Mei Ling works for an electronics company based in Shanghai. Listen to Ms Wang talking about her experience of negotiating with an American company (Recording 3.3).
- •8. Complex negotiations may require several participants and each team member must play a specific role. Complete the team roles model below using the pairs of words in the box.
- •9. Read the text about team negotiations and answer these questions:
- •3C Contracts and Agreements
- •1. Have you ever negotiated / entered into a contract? What kind of contract was that? Tell the group about your experiences.
- •3. Now complete the sentences with one of the terms above. Use the correct form of the words.
- •4. Read the text about contracts and answer the questions. Requirements for a Contract
- •5. Match the types of contract to their definitions.
- •6. Contracts often use formal and outdated language. Look at the example. Can you guess what the word “hereinafter” means?
- •7. Read an extract from a contract between a supplier and a customer. Contract Agreement
- •1. Definition of Terms:
- •2. Duration of the Contract
- •3. Delivery
- •4. Price
- •8. Cof Solutions is one of the uk's premier suppliers of high-quality office furniture. Read their advertisement.
- •9. Work in pair. Role play the following situation.
- •10. The customer agrees to place an order with cof Solutions. In small groups prepare a draft contract using the example in Exercise 7.
- •3D Project Management
- •1 . Read three definitions of project management. Use your dictionary to help you understand.
- •3. Read about how project management skills are used in different careers. Project management in action
- •Business Owners
- •Engineers
- •4. Which project management skills are mentioned in the text?
- •5. Match the terms on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •6. Every project life cycle contains five steps:
- •Initiation Planning Implementation Monitoring/Control Closure
- •7. Study the collocations with the verb get which are often used to talk about a project.
- •8. Meetings are central to project management. Most meetings have an agenda - a list of matters to be discussed in the meeting.
- •Imagine that you are the chairperson in a meeting. It is the start of the meeting and you are telling your colleagues about the items on the agenda. What phrases might you use?
- •Заключение
- •Список литературы
- •In english
10. Look at the sentences from the conversations in Exercise 8c. Complete the spaces with the words in the box. Then listen and check your answers (Recording 2.2).
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Conversation 1
(1) was it?
Well, to be (2)_________it was a bit too clinical for me.
Conversation 2
And (3) is Freja Pedersen.
Conversation 3
So where are you (4) ________, Freja?
What are you (5)_______at?
Conversation 4
So are you (6)_______a paper here, Makareta?
Conversation 5
Well, how (7)_________you come out with us tonight?
Conversation 6
So, how did the talk (8)________ ?
Did you get a good (9)_________ ?
Conversation 7
So which other (10)________have you been to today, Milan?
Conversation 8
It’s good to finally meet you, Jacob, and put a (11)______to the name. This might seem a little (12)_______, but I wondered what opportunities there were in your lab for post-doctoral positions.
2C |
Writing a Research Paper |
1. Read the text and answer the questions:
1. What preliminary sections do the research papers include?
2. How many major sections do the research papers contain?
3. How are these sections headed?
4. What do you think which of the sections contain figures?
5. What do you think which section is the most detailed? Why?
An experimental research paper
An experimental research paper is a paper written by a scientist to present the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of the study he/she has performed. The paper is usually published in a professional scientific journal and often needs to be peer reviewed. It has much in common with other types of scientific writing, such as a monograph, a thesis or dissertation.
The term “experimental research” used here is referred to any kind of study in which a scientist states a problem, moves a hypothesis as a possible way to solve the problem, collects, processes and interprets research data which will either support or reject the hypothesis.
A paper which describes experimental research differs from a review paper in one major way: it is not limited to the description of the state of knowledge in a given topic area; here the author is expected to create an entirely new work based on his own experimental findings, their interpretation and evaluation.
The organizational format for all experimental research papers is generally the same, regardless of the field of study in which the scientist is working. A typical experimental research paper contains the following sections in the order they are listed:
• Preliminary sections:
Title
Abstract
Keywords
Nomenclature
• Major sections:
Introduction
Methods and Materials
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
• Supporting sections:
Acknowledgements
References
Appendices
2. Tony is doing research into the panspermia hypothesis as part of a Master’s degree in astrobiology. He has been investigating whether it is possible for bacteria and microorganisms to survive in an environment as harsh as the surface of Mars. He has been advised to organise the text of his introduction around five key questions. Match the beginnings to the endings of the questions.
1. What was I |
a. approach the problem? |
2. Why was it |
b. expect to know after doing the research? |
3. What was already |
c. important? |
4. What did I |
d. investigating? |
5. How did I |
e. known about the subject of my research? |
3. Read five extracts from the introduction to Tony’s paper, ignoring the highlighted words for now. Which question from Exercise 2 is each extract answering? Write the questions above the extracts.
1. Such an extreme environment was thought to be uninhabitable, but microbial ecology studies reported the presence of microorganisms (Amaral-Zettler et al., 2002). Could the surface composition of Mars protect life against radiation?
2. A number of studies have investigated different extreme Martian surface conditions on terrestrial microorganisms. Nicholson and Schuerger (2005) reported that die spores of Bacillus subtilis were able to survive for 19 days under Mars atmospheric pressure and composition. Saffary et al. (2002), however, found that survival decreased due to ...
3. Potential habitability in the subsurface would increase if the overlaying material did play a protective role.
4. For many years now, scientists have speculated about the possibility of life on Mars (Klein et al., 1976; McKay, 1997). The discovery of liquid water on Mars would increase its habitability ...
5. We report here on our studies of protection by Rio Tinto Basin iron oxides and hydroxides on two microorganisms, AcidithiobaciUiis ferrooxidans and Deinococcus radiodurans, under simulated Mars surface conditions.
4. A well-written introduction usually presents general information about the topic first before specific information about the research. What do you think is the best order for the extracts in Exercise 3? Answer the following questions about the extracts in Exercise 3.
1. Write down the highlighted words and phrases which describe:
a. a hypothesis / hypothetical situation
b. current research or knowledge on a particular topic
с. general statements about past research
d. the results or conclusions taken from specific past research
2. What form or tense are the words and phrases in a-d above?