9. Can you read a paper in English at a conference or a congress? Could you do so three years ago? How did you feel about it?
10. Prof. B. is a Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the coming congress. You would like him to tell you of the preparations being made and the whole amount of work being done at present for the congress to be held.
11. It was decided to hold the congress in question in 1999 in this country. Tell us what preliminary steps had been taken before it was decided toehold it here.
12. You would like to know if Peter talked to his super visor about the newly obtained results. You asked him if they would be reported at the coming conference.
13. You made a report about the International Confer ence, which your University is preparing for now. You spoke of the difficulties the Organizing Committee is faced with in making the arrangements. You described the situa tion as very grave and called for immediate steps. Your fellow-workers would like to know your impressions. You're telling them of the alarm and growing concern over the situation.
14. You seem rather curious to know if your fellowworker has attended any conference for the last six months and you ask your colleague about it. It appears he hasn't, as there hasn't been any.
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15.The research-workers of your laboratory have been having many conferences and meetings for the last two years. They discuss the results presented at the conferences.
16.Your friend is not very good at languages and asks you to help with a letter to Boston on the subject of re search.
17.Discuss with your supervisor the data relating to the subject you are concerned with.
18.Conferences of the kind usually last three days. However die conference you attended in May lasted longer. No wonder, for it covered a vast number of subjects. What were they?
19.Your report at the conference in Perm didn't bring about a discussion. Does it mean the problem for the in vestigation is not acute?
20.Some chemical mechanisms involved in processes were discussed at the conference. However no obvious agreement was reached.
21.Tell your colleague about your tomorrow's pro gramme of the conference, about the most interesting and useful reports.
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22.Act as a guide for your foreign colleagues at the conference.
23.You attended the morning plenary session. I saw you there after die session was over talking to Prof. Moon. What was the subject of your conversation?
24.You listened to the speech made by Prof. Zolotova at the closing session last night but as you sat too far in the back row you couldn't make out a word. Ask your col league if he could catch what was said.
25.Your scientific adviser's speech at the closing ses sion was met with whole-hearted support of all those pres ent at the conference in Ekaterinburg. They were applaud ing a great deal as he spoke.
26.A few days ago. you went to the airport to meet a delegation of foreign scientists, participants in the coming symposium. What are you going to speak about on your way to the hotel?
27.Make a comprehensive study of the phenomenon. Report the results of your work at the session of the de partment. Discuss the plan of your report with your scien tific adviser.
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28.A very important seminar is held in your laboratory. It is attended by workers from other laboratories. Discuss the results of the experiment.
29.Prof. Brown is Chairman of the Organizing Com mittee of the coming congress. You would like him to tell you of the preparations being made and the whole amount of work being done at present for the congress to be held.
30.Present a brief survey of the recent advances in the field at die conference in Moscow.
31.A friend of yours is starting on a tour to London. He is going there on a short visit to attend a session of the In ternational Union of Political Sciences. His family is busy at home making arrangements for his departure. Ask him whafs going on at his home at the time.
32.After the results had been analysed and compared with those previously obtained, they were summarized in tables.and reported at the University annual conference.
33.You have been invited to an international exhibi tion. Talk to the stand-attendants.
34.You are discussing with your scientific adviser the results of your participation in the international conference. He asks you about difficulties you came across.
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35.The conclusions made from your recent studies were going to be discussed in details by co-workers.
36.Try to persuade your scientific adviser that the re sults of recent questionnaire are valid.
37.The results you had obtained then later appeared to be quite out of line with all those reported in literature. Tell
the professor about this fact.
SCIENTIFIC MISSION
1.You are in New York. You are invited to the theatre. But you seldom go to the theatre for matinee performances. Youjust don't like it. What will you do?
2.You are telling a group of scientists from Cambridge University you've lived in Ekaterinburg all your life and can certainly show them round. They didn't know that and are quite surprised. They will be pleased to have you as their guide.
3.You would like your colleague to come to a dance with you and ask her if she could do you a favour. She re fuses saying she hasn't danced for months and is rather out ofpractice.
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