Английский язык для исследователей (English for Researchers). Никульшина Н.Л - 24 стр.

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finding; if, however, he discovered no relationship the finding would be less interesting and would have no real practi-
cal relevance to his organization.
He therefore decided to amend his topic to exploring and understanding the impact of a forthcoming stress manage-
ment course on the relative levels of stress experienced by social workers before the course. The results of this research
would be interesting and important whether or not the course had an impact.
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7. Find Russian equivalents of the English words and word combinations used in the text.
1) clarifying the research topic
a) завладеть воображением,
увлечь
2) initial research idea
b) внесение поправок в теорию
3) to undertake a project
c) привлечь внимание
4) relevance tree
d) потенциальный результат
5) to capture smb’s imagination
e) исходная идея научного ис-
следования
6) to grab smb’s attention
f) преимущественно
7) fresh insights
g) сбор данных
8) predominantly
h) уточнение темы научного
исследования
9) to browse recent publications
i) тщательное обдумывание
10) to spark off a thought
j) выполнять проект
11) to evaluate research ideas
k) оценивать исследовательские
идеи
12) potential outcome
l) причинно-следственные от-
ношения
13) rigorous thinking
m) современное понимание
14) intelligence gathering
n) просматривать последние
публикации
15) amendment of a theory
o) предсказание, прогноз
16) eventual answer
p) вызывать мысль
17) cause and effect relationships
q) окончательный ответ
18) prediction
r) дерево относительной важ-
ности
19) to pursue the idea
s) обзорная статья
20) review article
t) рассматривать идею
8. Look through the text again and find the words which mean the same. The paragraph numbers are given
in brackets.
1) a sentence or phrase taken from a work of literature or other piece of writing and repeated in order to prove a
point or support an argument (1)
2) a student who is doing a university course for a first degree (3)
3) a university degree that students get if they study for one or two years after their first degree (3)
4) to look through or read parts of a book, magazine, etc. without any clear purpose (3)
5) a way of developing new ideas through a discussion in which several people make lots of suggestions and the
best ones are chosen (4)
6) standards that are used for judging something or making a decision about something (5)
7) facts or physical signs that help to prove something (6)
8) a reason you give for something that has happened or something you have done (7)