Методическое пособие по английскому языку для студентов 4 курса, обучающихся по программе бакалавриата

carry out (an experiment / research) conduct I intend to carry out

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• B Carrying out research After completing her first degree in zoology Meena went on to
• 2 Fill in the missing words in this paragraph. As part of my MA Ive been doing some research on language acquisition. Ive been working (1)

carry out (an experiment / research) conduct I intend to carry out a series of experiments. make up constitute Children under the age of 15 make up nearly half of the country's population. be made up of consist of Parliament is made up of two houses. point out observe Grenne points out that the increase in life expectancy has led to some economic problems. point up highlight The study points up the weaknesses in the current school system. set out (to do something) aim In his article Losanov sets out to prove that... set out describe The document sets out the terms of the treaty. go into discuss In this book Sergeant goes into the causes of the Civil War in some depth. go/look back over revise, review * Please go/look back over this term's notes. go through check Go through your calculations carefully. * Revise is the BrE synonym and review the AmE synonym. (Revise in AmE only means to edit or change something to make it better; review is not used in BrE in the context of preparing for a test as focused on here.) B Carrying out research After completing her first degree in zoology Meena went on to1 apply to graduate school. She wanted to work on2 animal behaviour at a well-known institute in New Zealand. She set up3 a series of experiments investigating how bees communicate. She has noticed some curious behaviour patterns but has not yet worked out4 why her bees behave as they do. What she has observed seems to go against5 current theories of bee behaviour. When she has completed all her research she will have to write it all up6. 1 do something after doing something else 2 study, work in the field of 3 prepared, arranged 4 come to a conclusion about 5 not be in agreement with 6 (of an important document) write in a final form TIP Consult a good dictionary when you use phrasal verbs in your writing. For example, a good dictionary tells you when the object can be used before the particle (e.g. write your results up) and when it cannot (e.g. this goes against current theories). Exercises 1 Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined word in each sentence with a phrasal verb from A. Note that both versions of each sentence are equally appropriate. We conducted a series of experiments to test out our hypothesis. Before the test you should revise Chapters 7 and 8 of your textbooks. In his article on the American Civil War Kingston discusses the reasons why the situation developed in the way it did. Cole presents some fascinating theories on the development of language in his latest book. The psychologist observed that it was very unusual for a young child to behave in this way. Please check your work again carefully before handing it in. In this article Simpson aims to prove that the Chinese reached America long before the Vikings. Women now constitute over half the student population in most universities in this country. 2 Fill in the missing words in this paragraph. As part of my MA I've been doing some research on language acquisition. I've been working (1)……………. how young children learn their mother tongue. I've been carrying (2)……………… some experiments to see how much reading to young children affects their language development. I've had a great supervisor who has helped me set (3)……………… my experiments and she's also pointed (4) …………………… lots of interesting things in my data that I hadn't noticed myself. I'm busy writing my work (5)…………………. now and I think I should be able to put (6)………………….. some useful ideas. It's been really fascinating and I hope I may be able to go (7)………………… to do a doctorate in the same field although I certainly never set (8) …………………to do a PhD. жүктеу/скачать 3,86 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу: