Contents. Part I. General course

Передмова…………………………………………………………………………3

PART I. GENERAL COURSE....................................................................... 4

Unit 1................................................................................................................ 4

GRAMMAR: Passive Voice.............................................................................. 4

TEXT 1. Particles and Fields........................................................................... 7

TEXT 2. Where Does the Thunder Come From?........................................... 10

Unit 2.............................................................................................................. 12

GRAMMAR: Modal Verbs............................................................................. 12

GRAMMAR: Modal Verbs with Perfect Infinitive.......................................... 15

TEXT 1. Physics Lab Safety Rules................................................................ 16

TEXT 2. Our Place in the Universe................................................................ 19

Unit 3.............................................................................................................. 22

GRAMMAR: Conditionals............................................................................. 22

GRAMMAR: Subjunctive Mood.................................................................... 24

TEXT 1. Properties of Light........................................................................... 26

TEXT 2. The Atomic Structure of Matter....................................................... 28

Unit 4.............................................................................................................. 31

GRAMMAR: Participle 1.............................................................................. 31

TEXT 1. Laser............................................................................................... 35

TEXT 2. Cutting Through a Myth About Modern Lasers............................. 38

Unit 5............................................................................................................. 40

GRAMMAR: Participle II.............................................................................. 40

GRAMMAR: Absolute Participial Construction............................................ 43

TEXT 1. Maser.............................................................................................. 45

TEXT 2. Fun Facts About Lasers.................................................................. 48

Unit 6.............................................................................................................. 50

GRAMMAR: Gerund..................................................................................... 50

TEXT 1. The World Is Made of Subatomic Particles..................................... 56

TEXT 2. The Big Bang Theory...................................................................... 59

Unit 7.............................................................................................................. 62

GRAMMAR:Infinitive................................................................................... 62

GRAMMAR:Bare Infinitive.......................................................................... 64

TEXT 1. Fiber-optic Technology................................................................... 66

GRAMMAR:Infinitive vs. Gerund................................................................ 69

TEXT 2. Copper and Technology.................................................................. 71

TEST YOURSELF....................................................................................... 75

PART II. SPECIAL SKILLS....................................................................... 81

TOPIC: Resume.............................................................................................. 81

TEXT. Creating The Effective Resume........................................................... 81

TOPIC:Business Letters................................................................................. 85

TEXT. Business Correspondence................................................................... 89

TOPIC: Sammary and Abstract Writing......................................................... 94

TEXT. Tips on Writing an Abstract............................................................... 95

PART III. ADDITIONAL READING.......................................................... 98

Plasma............................................................................................................ 98

Plasmas in space............................................................................................. 98

Mechanisms of Electron Losses: Electron-Ion Recombination........................ 99

The MHD equations...................................................................................... 100

Elements of Quantum Mechanics. History.................................................... 101

Density dependence of the quark structure of light nuclei............................. 102

An astrophysical application: alpha-capture reactions................................. 103

Dating the Shroud of Turin........................................................................... 104

Double Beta-Decay....................................................................................... 105

Advances in Carbon Nanotube Characterization.......................................... 106

How lasers work........................................................................................... 107

APPENDIX 1: List of irregular verbs........................................................... 111

APPENDIX 2: Guidance on reading terminology......................................... 113

APPENDIX 3: Useful phrases for abstracts................................................. 116