1.Study the content and composition of a personal invitation to a conference:
Dear Dr. Carry:
On behalf of our Organizing Committee I would like to invite you to the XXV Regional Conference Scientists to the Industrial Development of the Region which will be held in Lugansk under the auspices of the East Ukrainian National University named after V. Dal on April 21-26, 201 The topic of this years conference is Global Warming. In view of your active interest in this field, I would like to extend to you an invitation to present a paper on a subject of choice. If you are interested in attending, please forward the enclosed application form to the Organizing Committee. An Early reply will be appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Paul Brown
The Head of Organizing Committee
2.Compare the following answers. Say:
ü Which of them is more acceptable one, why?
ü What approach is used in each letter?
ü What approach is more acceptable, why?
Example 1:
Dear Dr. Brown:
I will be happy to accept your invitation to participate in the XXV Regional Conference Scientists to the Industrial Development of the Region.
This Conference sounds well planned, and I know it will benefit the people who attend. I am very interested in the subject of this conference and will be pleased to give an invited paper on Modern energy-saving technologies.
Please send me the final program and specific details as soon as you are able.
Sincerely yours,
T.Carry
Example 2:
Dear Dr. Brown:
Your five-days conference that focuses on contribution of scientists to the industrial development of the region certainly sounds well planned.
I know this conference will benefit the people who attend. Improvement of industrial development of our region is one of the most serious scientific problems.
Therefore, I will be happy to accept your invitation to be a speaker at your conference. An abstract of my paper will follow.
Sincerely yours,
T.Carry
3.Write a letter to the Organizing Committee accepting an invitation to participate in a conference. Use the Phrases:
A. Thank you very much for
I am very grateful to you for
I wish to express my
I am honored by your invitation to participate in the
I greatly appreciate your invitation to attend ..
B. I am pleased to accept your invitation.
I am very much interested in subject of this conference
I shall be very pleased to participate
C. I plan to speak on
The title of my paper will be
I would like to give a talk on
I would be pleased to present a paper on .
4.Study the letter declining the invitation. Say:
ü How is the letter structured?
ü What information is presented in the letter?
Dear Dr. Brown:
Thank you very much for your invitation to attend the XXV Regional Conference Scientists to the Industrial Development of the Region. The subject of the Conference is very important and may be very beneficial for those who participates.
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Approximately at the same time conference on problems of energy-saving technologies will be held in Sevastopol under the sponsorship of the National Academy of Sciences. Unfortunately my participation in this conference makes it impossible for me to come to your conference.
I am very sorry, therefore, to have to decline your kind invitation.
Sincerely yours,
T.Carry
5. Complete the letters given below declining the invitation. Use the suggested phrases and sentences:
a) I am very grateful for your letter concerning the conference on perspectives of Machine-building industry. I appreciate very much your invitation to give a talk, .. (A) that . (B) as . (C).
b) Thank you very much for your letter of .., informing me of your intention to gather a conference on Global Warming Problems to be held in Green Hill, April 15-18. I feel honored for being asked to present an invited paper there. Unfortunately, .. (B) as .. (C).
. I am sorry that
I regret that
B. I am unable to attend
I have to decline your invitation
C. My research is not directly concerned with the problems to be discussed.
I have other commitments at the same time.
I have to complete
6.Write letters taking into account the situations suggested:
a) You have received invitations to attend two conferences simultaneously. One is to be held in Kiev, the other in London. The Organizing Committee of the second one informs you that there will be no reimbursement of the air fare to London. Both conferences are of equal professional interest to you; write to both organizes.
b) You are completing an important work to be submitted by October 1. You have received an invitation to a symposium planned in Venice on 20-25 September.
UNIT 10
ABSTRACT WRITING
1. Information presented in an abstract usually includes a description of:
ü the research subject;
ü methods used;
ü results obtained.
Find these components in the abstracts below:
Example1:
Perfection of transport systems of urban transportations
Development and perfection of urban transportation transport systems has been considered. Basic directions of research and improvement of industrial vehicle have been highlighted.
Example 2:
Toothed links coupling characteristics estimation
Estimation method of the toothed links coupling at the stage of planning has been developed. A transmission with evolvent gears, inner gearing and longitudinal modification of teeth has been analyzed. A mathematical model of the tooth evolvent surface has been created using the matrices of coordinate transformation.
Example 3:
Improving design and technological reliability of electrical tool manufacturing
The issues of developing technological process of electric tool manufacturing have been investigated. Combined algorithm to improve design-technological reliability has been proposed.
Example 4:
On the application of Delcam software in parts machining
Analysis of software products used in machine parts manufacturing has been conducted. The algorithm of 3D part models creation using Delcam Power Shape software product has been proposed. The control program for treatment of parts on a NC milling machine has been developed.
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2.Classify the phrases given below into two groups:
ü introducing the subject of the study;
ü considering the results obtained
1.The mechanism of has been fully confirmed; 2.Research into has been done; 3.These data favor the assumption that ; 4. The parameters of has been presented; 5.The results obtained suggest an alternative mechanism of ; 6. Evidence for was provided; 7. The values of were estimated; 8.The components of are examined; 9.The validity of has been established; 10.The consistency of the assumption of has been tested; 11.A series of experiments on were performed; 12.The idea of has been further supported; 13.The function of has been considered; 14.The phenomenon of has been discussed.
3.Read the following abstracts. State what grammatical structures are characteristic for scientific abstracts:
The paper deals with computers. Types of computers and input data have been described. Special emphasis has been laid on the advantages of the computer use.
New directions in metal processing by explosion has been explained and partially grounded quantitatively. The preference has been given to physical phenomenon observance on the micro- and nano-levels for developing tool modified materials.
4.Make up sentences using the structures given below. Use the model:
Model: Subject matter related to the influence of cutting temperatures on wear of high-speed steel tools has been considered.
The results of the theoretical
(experimental) study of (-
has been resented. )
() ..
It has been shown that ,
,
A theoretical dependence of
vs has been formulated.
.
Recommendations for
have been presented.
Conclusions regarding ,
were made.
The role of in
has been discussed.
Subject matter related to , -
has been considered.
The factors considered include
,
5.Write an abstract of your paper. Use the phrases:
The subject and the methods used
The mechanism of was/has been investigated using the method/technique of.
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The structure of was/has been studied by .
The phenomenon of was / has been analyzed .
The process of was/has been examined making use of the technique of
The function of was/has been analyzed by .
The results obtained
The relationship between was/has been established.
The interaction between was/has been determined.
The parameters of were/have been calculated.
Some information concerning was/has been obtained.
The properties of were /have been evaluated.
It was/has been found that
It was/has been shown that
It was/has been postulated that
It was/has been established that
It was/has been suggested that
It was/has been concluded that
The conclusion was/has been made that
An assumption was/has been made that
A suggestion was/has been made that
The results suggest that
The results indicate that
UNIT 11
