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Put the words in the correct column.Seminar, trainee, presentation, hotel, participant, visitor, trade fair, presenter, training course, exhibition, company offices, conference center, university, exhibitor, exhibition center.
II. READING
2. Study the textas an example to write an article about the exhibition Students’ Achievements in Science and Technology. EXHIBITION This is the headquarters of the Information Centre of the exhibition Students’ Achievements in Science and Technology which is in Moscow now. The exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry…. . 34 higher educational establishments are taking part in it. The exhibition draws attention to research (both pure and applied) done by the students in the fields of physics, chemistry, mechanics, cybernetics, electric and metallurgical engineering, economics and other areas. The Information Centre has been set up to enable one to obtain information on any exhibit (object on show) easily and in the shortest possible time. The exhibition is to open in a few days’ time and now all sorts of last-minute preparations are under way. It is necessary to assemble, install, mount, check, adjust and fix different devices, machines, mechanisms, meters, apparatus and installations and to make special demonstration stands. I am responsible for technical services at the exhibition. I think I understand the fundamentals of mechanics, cybernetics and other sciences well enough to be able to handle any mechanical or electric equipment. I’ve got specialized laboratory training and can now fix the trouble in case of equipment failure. I myself have a piece of research equipment here on display. It’s a microprocessor. People say it’s ahead of its time but I don’t think so. The present exhibition is more representative than the previous one. Its object is to exchange experience in scientific and technical work done by the students, to encourage their initiative and stimulate interest in research. A feature of this year’s exhibition is a great number of participants and a great variety of exhibits. A special office has been set up for discussions and there is a hall for demonstrating films and giving lectures, conferences, seminars. Meetings (Get-togethers) with prominent scientists are also on the programme. The section of the exhibition dealing with laser technique and holography is extremely interesting. There are a lot of remarkable exhibits there demonstrating the use of lasers in industry, medicine and research. And in all the exhibits one can see the latest achievements of science: electronics, solid-state physics, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, electrodynamics and computer sciences, not to mention mathematics. III. VOCABULARY
The phrases and questions below may guide you in preparing your talk on participating in a seminar or arranging it. Seminar – a meeting for discussion or training (a one-day management seminar) Exhibition - the act of showing sth, for example works of art, to the public
I’ve had some experience in arranging seminars. We are supposed to 1) make up the agenda, 2) keep in touch with mass media, 3) inform the people concerned by letter or phone, 4) make the administration provide the necessary facilities, 5) have the theses and proceedings published.
When and where is the seminar to be held? How many people are expected to speak? What events ought the seminar to have bearings on? Who is supposed to speak on … ? Who is the agenda supposed to be approved by? Is the seminar likely to be covered by the press? Who will provide all the necessary facilities? Who is appointed the chairperson? How long will the seminar last? What’s the subject –matter of the seminar? What’s the aim/motto of the seminar? What are the purposes of the seminar and the tasks of the participants? IV. GRAMMAR REVISION
V. SPEAKING Make up some entries (complimentary and critical ones) for the Visitors’ book of the exhibition you’ve just visited. Say what exhibit you would give a quality mark to, and what requirements it should meet. VI. LEARN TO LISTEN and SPEAK Listen to the text “Recognizing a person by his pronunciation” and answer the following questions. Does the hearer really hear all the sounds produced by the speaker? What helps him to understand the speaker? Do people pronounce words and sounds exactly alike? What enables us to recognize a person by his voice?
VII. DO IT YOURSELF Translate into Russian (in writing). Cabex-2013 is launched! Today, on March 12, 2013 Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre witnessed the opening ceremony of Cabex, the XII International Exhibition of cables, wires, and accessories. This is a large-scale professional event for the industry, that annually reflects the Russian cable market trends and unites Russian and foreign leading manufacturers within one exhibition space. Cabex continues to attract hundreds of professionals and experts in the field – manufacturers, engineers and big clients for cables, wires, and accessories. The opening ceremony was attended by Mikhail Basheleishvili, CEO, MVK, part of the ITE Group; Aleksandr Tatarnikov, Deputy Head of the Moscow City Energy Department; Aleksandr Volchenko, Deputy Director of the Entrepreneurship and Investment Department under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation; Vladimir Lavrukhin, Counselor to the President of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and other distinguished guests. The exhibition will be running in Pavilion 4 until March 15 inclusive. CABEX (Cable, wire and accessories) Exhibition Themes:
Organizer: MVK Venue: pavilion 4, Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Moscow, Russia Date:3/12/2013 — 3/15/201 Official site:www.cabex.ru Official support: Russian Academy of Sciences, Intercable International Association, Svyazstroy Concern, Roselectromontazh Association; Mosenergo, PC; Svyazinvest, PC; Electrotechnics Academy of the Russian Federation. UNIT TWO MEANS of COMMUNICATION I. WARM-UP In pairs, discuss the following questions. 1. How often do you… a. use the telephone? b. send and receive faxes? c. send things by a courier? d. use internet mail? e. use the postal service? f. have face-to-face meetings? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods of communications mentioned in question1? Think about the following: bulk and weight, reliability, confidentiality, convenience, technology, image, cost, speed, quality 3. Are there any rules in writing e-mails, letters, faxes? II. READING Read the following article in a business magazine and discuss the questions below with a partner. DOES GRAMMAR MATTER? According to report published recently, standards in written English are failing. This is mainly because people see the e-mail as an informal way of communicating where the normal rules of grammar and punctuation do not apply. In a survey by MSN, two-thirds of those aged 18-24 admitted that they were more concerned about the content than the grammatical correctness of their e-mails. One in four of older users also said they were not concerned about grammatical correctness in their messages. Surprisingly, in the same survey, most people said they were annoyed by errors in the e-mails they received. This intolerance is even greater when it comes to conventional letters. In another survey by the UK’s Royal Mail, bosses said they would not do business with companies whose correspondence had mistakes in it. Unbelievably, they thought it was worse than overcharging. The survey calculated that bad writing skills could be costing offending firms two billion pounds in lost contracts. 1. Do you see e-mails as an informal way of communicating? 2. If someone sends you a badly written e-mail, do you find it annoying? Are you more tolerant if you know they are not writing in their first language? 3. Do you think bosses in the survey were right? Why? 
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