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Part I
Texts for reading and discussion
(Tasks to be done in class)
Text 1
Exercise 1. Read and translate the following words and word combinations.
Pure and applied science, totally different activities, interconnection, to establish
relationships, phenomena, the working laws of science, to carry out work, practical
affairs, to confine attention to explanation, events.
Exercise 2. State the part of speech of the following words and determine their
meaning without using a dictionary.
1. Apply, appliance, applicable, applicator, application.
2. Act, action, active, activity, actor, activist.
3. Differ, difference, different.
4. Connect, connector, connection, connective, connectivity.
5. Relate, relation, relationship, relative, relatively, relativity, relativism,
relativist.
6. Practical, practically, practice, practitioner.
PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE
As students of science you are probably sometimes puzzled by the terms "pure"
and "applied" science. Are these two totally different activities, having little or no
interconnection? Let us begin by examining what is done by each.
Pure science is primarily concerned with the development of theories (or, as
they are frequently called, models) establishing relationships between the
phenomena of the universe. When sufficiently validated these theories (hypotheses,
models) become the working laws or principles of science. In carrying out this
work, the pure scientist usually disregards its application to practical affairs,
confining his attention to explanations of how and why events occur.
Comprehension check-up.
Task 1. Answer the following questions.
1. What definition of “pure science” does the author give?
2. When does a hypothesis become a principle of science?
3. What problems does the pure scientist deal with?
4. What is your own explanation of “pure science”?
Task 2. Match the synonyms.
1. total a) most important

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