Contents. Part I. General course

Передмова…………………………………………………………………………3

PART I. GENERAL COURSE....................................................................... 4

Unit 1................................................................................................................ 4

GRAMMAR: Passive Voice.............................................................................. 4

TEXT 1. Particles and Fields........................................................................... 7

TEXT 2. Where Does the Thunder Come From?........................................... 10

Unit 2.............................................................................................................. 12

GRAMMAR: Modal Verbs............................................................................. 12

GRAMMAR: Modal Verbs with Perfect Infinitive.......................................... 15

TEXT 1. Physics Lab Safety Rules................................................................ 16

TEXT 2. Our Place in the Universe................................................................ 19

Unit 3.............................................................................................................. 22

GRAMMAR: Conditionals............................................................................. 22

GRAMMAR: Subjunctive Mood.................................................................... 24

TEXT 1. Properties of Light........................................................................... 26

TEXT 2. The Atomic Structure of Matter....................................................... 28

Unit 4.............................................................................................................. 31

GRAMMAR: Participle 1.............................................................................. 31

TEXT 1. Laser............................................................................................... 35

TEXT 2. Cutting Through a Myth About Modern Lasers............................. 38

Unit 5............................................................................................................. 40

GRAMMAR: Participle II.............................................................................. 40

GRAMMAR: Absolute Participial Construction............................................ 43

TEXT 1. Maser.............................................................................................. 45

TEXT 2. Fun Facts About Lasers.................................................................. 48

Unit 6.............................................................................................................. 50

GRAMMAR: Gerund..................................................................................... 50

TEXT 1. The World Is Made of Subatomic Particles..................................... 56

TEXT 2. The Big Bang Theory...................................................................... 59

Unit 7.............................................................................................................. 62

GRAMMAR:Infinitive................................................................................... 62

GRAMMAR:Bare Infinitive.......................................................................... 64

TEXT 1. Fiber-optic Technology................................................................... 66

GRAMMAR:Infinitive vs. Gerund................................................................ 69

TEXT 2. Copper and Technology.................................................................. 71

TEST YOURSELF....................................................................................... 75

PART II. SPECIAL SKILLS....................................................................... 81

TOPIC: Resume.............................................................................................. 81

TEXT. Creating The Effective Resume........................................................... 81

TOPIC:Business Letters................................................................................. 85

TEXT. Business Correspondence................................................................... 89

TOPIC: Sammary and Abstract Writing......................................................... 94

TEXT. Tips on Writing an Abstract............................................................... 95

PART III. ADDITIONAL READING.......................................................... 98

Plasma............................................................................................................ 98

Plasmas in space............................................................................................. 98

Mechanisms of Electron Losses: Electron-Ion Recombination........................ 99

The MHD equations...................................................................................... 100

Elements of Quantum Mechanics. History.................................................... 101

Density dependence of the quark structure of light nuclei............................. 102

An astrophysical application: alpha-capture reactions................................. 103

Dating the Shroud of Turin........................................................................... 104

Double Beta-Decay....................................................................................... 105

Advances in Carbon Nanotube Characterization.......................................... 106

How lasers work........................................................................................... 107

APPENDIX 1: List of irregular verbs........................................................... 111

APPENDIX 2: Guidance on reading terminology......................................... 113

APPENDIX 3: Useful phrases for abstracts................................................. 116

List of references.......................................................................................... 117

Навчальне видання

Холмогорцева Ірина Сергіївна

Котова Анна Володимирівна

Англійська мова для студентів фізичних спеціальностей

(Частина 2)

Навчальний посібник

(Англ., укр. мовами)

Коректор О. В. Токар

Комп’ютерне верстання Тепляков І. В.

Формат 60х84/16. Ум. друк. арк. 5,9. Тираж 100 пр. Зам. № 72/14

Видавець і виготовлювач

Харківський національний університет імені В. Н. Каразіна,

61022, м. Харків, майдан Свободи, 4.

Свідоцтво суб’єкта видавничої справи ДК № 3367 від 13.01.2009.

Видавництво ХНУ імені В. Н. Каразіна

Тел. 705­24­32

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