Complete the following sentences

Give a description of the technique and the experimental procedure you have followed in your studies of... This is meant as part of a paper, to be presented at a conference or of an article supposed to be published in one of the journals. Use one of the patterns below to introduce the passage.

Compose sentences using the parts in A, B, C.

A

The method they used

The technique the authors applied

The procedure we followed

The method applied in this study

The technique used in this set of experiment

The newly-developed method

The newly-elaborated technique

B

differs (greatly, essentially) from; is (a little, slightly, somewhat) different from; is quite (totally, altogether) different from; has something (little, much) in common with; has nothing in common with; has some (several, certain) advantages over; has many (few, no) advantages over; has certain limitations as compared with...

C

the routine one; the conventional one; other existing techniques; the one used earlier in similar studies; the one used earlier for the same purpose; the techniques which are now generally accepted; the methods which, now appear inadequate and out-of-date; the procedures which are now rarely applied in laboratory conditions; the techniques which are generally regarded as very inadequate for such purposes; the commonly used techniques some of which are, obviously, inappropriate now days; the current techniques used in such studies; the methods previously used in similar situations; the techniques used by other workers in the field; the one we employed in our recent experiments.

1.6. Name a familiar method, technique or procedure of which you would say that it:

a)... allows... (observation, evaluation, determination, etc.);

b)... allows (enables) us to... (compare, detect, identify, etc.);

c)... makes it possible to... (evaluate, examine, measure, etc.);

d)... is capable of... (providing, producing, revealing, etc.);

e)... has one (several) advantage(s) over…;

f)... has many applications in...;

g)... fails to... (detect, reveal, provide, etc.);

h)... is rather ineffective because of its (relatively) small sensitivity.

a) The experimental procedure we followed is like this;

b) The technique the author has used in the above studies is as follows;

c) The technique of these experiments can be briefly outlined as follows;

d) The above technique can briefly be outlined as follows.

1.8. Translate the following words which are used to characterize this or that PROBLEM.

Basic, chief, main, major; fundamental, essential, important; broad, vast; minor; specific, highly-specific, peculiar.

Difficult, challenging, complex, complicated, involved, intricate; confusing, puzzling; obscure, vague.

Attractive, exciting, fascinating, interesting, intriguing, temping.

which deals with the nature of...

relating to the influence of...

bearing on the measurement of...

This is a problem dealing with the role of...

concerned with the effects of...

which bears on the activity of...

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