Английский язык для аспирантов и соискателей. Минакова Т.В. - 43 стр.

     b) Imagine you want to decline your invitation to the conference. Make up a
situation of your own using the following patterns:

     1 I would be grateful if you could eliminate my name from the programme … 2
I should like to thank you again for your invitation and to wish you all success at the
Meeting. I am sorry… 3 In response to your letter I would like to inform you that I
much regret…

    3.2.3 Answer the following questions so that the answers would make a
comprehensive account of your participation in the work of some scientific gathering

     1 Have you ever had an opportunity to be present at a large scientific gathering?
2 Was it a regional or a national (international) conference (congress)? 3 When and
where was it held? 4 Who was its president? 5 What was the most interesting paper
presented at this scientific meeting? 6 How long did this conference last? 7 How
many simultaneous sessions were held on the same day? 8 Was there any reception
held after the final session? 9 Did you or any of your colleagues present papers at this
conference? 10 Was your paper a success? 11 Was it discussed in detail? 12 Were
there any discussions of general interest held during this conference? 13 What is your
general impression of the conference?

      3.3 Texts and exercises

    3.3.1 Read the text and give Russian equivalents to the underlined words and
word-combinations. Find the answers to the following questions

     a) What are invited and contributed papers?
     b) What is the difference between an abstract and a summary of the presentation
of the paper?
     c) Do you have any papers published in a Digest?

                                 Call for Contributed Papers
       The conference will contain both invited and contributed papers. A number of
contributed papers covering original unpublished work on the meeting subjects will
be accepted for presentations. Each author will be expected to submit the following
material on the paper supplied:
      - A 50-word abstract of the paper for the meeting program;
      - A summary of the presentation. This summary of up to four pages will be
reproduced from the material submitted by the author.
      Summaries of all accepted papers will be printed as submitted in a Digest of the
meeting which will act in a lieu of a conference proceedings. The Digest is to be
distributed at the Conference.
      Completed abstracts and summaries must be received by the Organising
Committee by June 1, 2005.

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