B). Use the completed sentences to inform your fellow students about a scientific gathering you attended.

A). Restate the following questions.

PATTERN: What is the purpose of a laboratory colloquium? What in your view (do you think /in your opinion) is the purpose of alaboratory col­loquium?

1. What is the role of scientific gatherings?

2. Why is it important for scientists to discuss their work in public?

3. Why can't reading substitute for a living exchange of views?

4. Which contacts are more important: formal or informal?

5. What ensures free exchange of views and ideas during a scientific discussion?

3.7. (B). Answer the restated questions, giving your COMMENTS and EXAMPLES. Introduce your answers with:

I think/suppose that ...; It seems to me;

In my view ...; As to me…;

In my opinion ...

3.7. (C). Ask your fellow student to tell you about the collo­quium (seminar /workshop) held at his/her Institute. You may use the following layout and the vocabulary given below.

First of all I'd like to know ...

Then I'm interested in ...

I also wonder ...

And finally, could you please tell me...

Vocabulary:

the aim of the colloquium — to keep the researchers up-to-day on major advances and problems in the field;

you can meet — staff members, scientists from other institutes, research stu­dents;

problems /issues – important, relevant, burning, urgent, topical of significance, of interest;

lectures on various problems — to deliver, to read, to give;

reports on the progress of the research — to make, to deliver, to draw up;

the atmosphere — to be friendly, cordial, relaxed;

the participants — to express their ideas and views quite freely, to be open (frank, cordial);

the exchange of views — to be thorough, con­structive, to be typical of a genuine scientific discussion;

re­search students — to familiarize themselves with interesting (current, up-to-date) scientific problems, to discuss the results of their research, to gain experience in (+N /Ving), to hold dis­cussions, to stimulate further research, to keep oneself abreast of the developments in the field, to update ones knowledge, to practice one’s technical skills.

D). a) INTERVIEW your fellow students on the social program of the meeting they attended. Speak on the responsibilities of the Organizing Committee. Use the vocabulary below

Vocabulary:

to become better acquainted with one another; to go sight-seeing; places of interest (=sights of the city); recreational activities; social events; to arrange social activities /a social program; to visit a museum /exhibition; to go to the theatre; to take sb on a tour about the city; to make a boat trip along the river; to hold a reception /a banquet; to attend an official reception /dinner in honour of…; to book a ticket for a theatrical performance; to go on a bus excursion with a guide interpreter; informal/formal dress at a conference dinner; to provide refreshments; to provide transport facilities for cultural events.

B) COMMENT on the following statement using the vocabulary above.

A social program will introduce participants to cultural aspects of the host city and country and will also provide meaningful opportunities for the participants to become personally acquainted.

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