Unit 1
RESEARCH IN LUTSK NTU
Task
1. Read
and learn the words and word combinations.
research наукове дослідження
science наука
scientific науковий
scientist вчений
to carry out an
investigation вести
дослідження
to work out розробляти
to improve вдосконалювати
to develop розвивати, створювати
applied прикладний
as well as а також
to be of practical
value мати
практичне значення
to supervise здійснювати керівництво
supervisor/ advisor науковий
керівник
per year на рік
annually щорічно
to obtain results отримувати результати
mutually beneficial взаємовигідний
Specialized Academic Board спеціалізована
вчена рада
to initiate започатковувати, запроваджувати
to confer a Candidate degree присвоювати науковий ступінь кандидата наук
to
be awarded a Candidate degree отримати кандидатський
ступінь
Task
2. Make up sentences with the words
and word combinations given in the task 1.
Task 3. Read the
text and discuss it. Write a synopsis of the text in five sentences.
RESEARCH IN LUTSK NTU
Research work performed by Lutsk
NTU professors and students forms the basis of training and education, it is
the ground for their constant intellectual growth and preparing specialists of
world standards.
For
years the scientists of the University have been carrying out the fundamental investigations in physics,
mathematics, theoretical mechanics,
chemistry and economics. As a result such trends as
In particular, the scientific
The scientific trend of the Physics department is
Physics of Semiconductors. A cycle of fundamental investigations
of electronic properties of multi-valley semiconductors with radioactive
effects has been carried out.
The
work of great practical value in the area of Composite Materials is headed by
Prof. P. Savchuk The
problems of Powder Metallurgy are actively worked out. They cover a wide
field of problems - those of physics
and sintering processes mechanics,
micro-mechanics, mechanics of powders and composites compaction. The work is supervised by Prof. V.Rud’
The Economics school, headed by Dr. of Economics,
Prof. N. Vavdiiuk, embraces investigations of
the problems of social and economic development of the region, power saving and
management in industry.
Research work in Lutsk NTU is characterized by high level of performance and
practical value of the obtained results. It is proved by 15-20 patents for inventions per year. Annually the University
scientists publish 5-10 monographs and over
300 articles. The
results of investigations contribute to the development
of mutually beneficial economic and academic contacts with foreign countries,
such as
At the
University there are several Specialized Academic Boards for conferring
Doctor’s and Candidate’s Degrees in Technical and Economic Sciences . They
confer academic degrees in engineering and economics in the following
scientific specialities:
1. Science of Materials.
2. Mechanical Engineering.
3. Agricultural Production Mechanization.
4. Agricultural Machinery.
5. Regional Economy.
Task
4. Translate the following words and
word combinations:
Дослідницька робота, ґрунтовні дослідження, світові стандарти, порошкова
металургія, енергопостачання, машинобудування, матеріалознавство, теоретичні та
прикладні засади, механіка деформованого твердого тіла, властивості
напівпровідників, практичне значення, розвиток регіону, менеджмент у
промисловості, енергозбереження, високий рівень виконання, отримані результати,
взаємовигідні контакти, присвоювати науковий ступінь, публікувати статті,
регіональна економіка.
Task
5. Find synonyms
in the list below, arrange them in pairs:
1)
device,
research, technology, branch, obtain, importance, collaborator, team,
scientific adviser, to enable, thesis, journal, to prove a thesis, to collect,
data, to encounter, to be engaged in, to be through with, scientific papers,
rapidly;
2)
quickly,
publications, instrument, technique, to finish, to be busy with, field, to get,
significance, to come across, information, to gather, coworker, group,
supervisor, to defend a dissertation, scientific magazine, dissertation, to
allow, investigation.
Task
6. Find antonyms
in the list below, arrange them in pairs:
1)
theory,
to obtain, rapidly, experimentator, to finish, to
increase, new, experienced, unknown, wide, passive, to enable, high,
complicated;
2)
simple,
low, practice, to give, to disable, active, slowly, theoretician, narrow,
famous, to start, to decrease, old, inexperienced.
Task
7. Choose the right variant
1. The scientists of the University have been carrying
out the fundamental investigations in …
a) ecology and biology.
b) physics, mathematics, theoretical mechanics
and chemistry.
c) history and social sciences.
2. The scientific school of
a) the problem of electronic properties of multi-valley semiconductors.
b) mechanics of powders and composites
compaction.
c) the problem of improving agricultural
machinery design.
3. The scientific trend of the Physics department is …
a) Composite Materials.
b) Powder Metallurgy.
c) Physics of Semiconductors.
4. The Economics school performs
investigations of …
a) mutually beneficial economic and academic contacts with foreign
countries.
b) the problems of social and economic development of the region, power
saving and management in industry.
c) of powders and composites
compaction.
5. Research work in Lutsk NTU is characterized by …
a) a wide field of problems.
b) carrying out the fundamental
investigations.
c) high level of performance and practical value of the
obtained results.
6. Specialized Academic Boards confer Candidate degree in
…
a) engineering and economics.
b) management in industry.
c) machinery design.
Task 8. Answer
the questions.
1. In what fields of science do the scientists of Lutsk NTU carry out their
investigations?
2. What
academic trends have been initiated and developed?
3. What problems is the scientific school of
4. What is the scientific
5. What does the Physics department deal with?
6. What problems of Powder Metallurgy are actively worked out?
7. What are the investigations of the Economics school?
8. What is research work in Lutsk
NTU characterized by?
9. What Specialized Academic Boards
are there at the University?
Task
9. Make up
English-Ukrainian pairs of words equivalent in meaning:
to
publish, sphere, research, to include, importance, to develop, to collaborate,
enterprise, scientific adviser, scientific degree, to be awarded, department,
to encounter, branch, research team, data, to participate, to take
post-graduate courses, to prove a thesis (dissertation);
захищати дисертацію, навчатись у аспірантурі, опублікувати, галузь, бути
нагородженим, включати (в
себе), (наукове) дослідження, важливість, кафедра, зустрічати(сь), дослідницька група, дані (інформація), розробляти, співпрацювати, брати участь, вчений
ступінь, науковий керівник, підприємство, сфера.
Task
10. Translate the following
sentences.
1. Науковці ЛНТУ проводять ґрунтовні дослідження у різних галузях науки. 2.
Кафедра матеріалознавства займається проблемами композитних матеріалів. 3.
Дослідження науковців кафедри фізики пов’язані з багато польовими
напівпровідниками. 4. Економісти ЛНТУ займаються проблемами економічного
розвитку регіону та менеджменту. 5. Щороку вчені нашого університету публікують
результати своїх досліджень у наукових статтях та монографіях. 6. Дослідницька
робота у Луцькому національному технічному університеті характеризується
високим рівнем виконання та практичною цінністю отриманих результатів. 7. У
нашому університеті відкрито спеціалізовані вчені ради з економічних та технічних
спеціальностей.
Task 11.
a)
You are interviewed by a
correspondent as to scientific work in
b)
You meet a foreign colleague at an
international conference. Discuss the research work being performed in your
Universities.
Lexical
revision.
1. Form nouns by adding suffixes. Read and
translate them
1) - er / - or V + -er / - or N
Example: to research – researcher; to invent - inventor
to
publish, to use, to make, to investigate, to experiment, to compute, to
collect, to advise, to supervise, to report, to work, to collaborate, to write;
2) - ist N + - ist - N
Example: physics - physicist
economy,
technology, science, biology, collective, journal.
2. Make up sentences using the given words
and word-combinations:
a)
Example:
I took post-graduate
courses in economics
and applied quantitative methods.
1) in
economics; 2) in international law; 3) informatics; 4) economics with
mathematics; 5) business administration.
b)
Example:
I am to take the candidate
examination in English.
1) in
philosophy; 2) in the special subject.
c)
Example:
My scientific adviser received the State Prize.
1) got
his Ph.D. degree in Kyiv; 2) made a considerable contribution into economics;
3) took part in various scientific conferences and symposia.
d)
Example:
I take part in annual conferences of our University.
1) in international symposia; 2) in making
experiments; 3) in delivering lecture in economics.
Commonly
misused words. Translate the sentences. Choose the correct usage with the
help of a dictionary if necessary.
1 .I
accept /except your apology. Everyone accept
/except John may leave.
2. When visiting a foreign
country, you must adapt / adopt yourself to the customs
practiced there. The Greens plan to adapt / adopt several
hard-to-place children.
3. Because of Michael's excellent
advice /advise, Bob completed a successful deal. Michael will advice /advise Bob to be
daring.
4. The accident didn't effect
/affect Thomas. The effect /affect on his brother, however, was great
5. When you forget
your medication, you aggravate /annoy your medical condition.
Your forgetting aggravates /annoys me.