CONTENTS

UNIT

USE OF ENGLISH

READING

SPEAKING

ACADEMIC WRITING

1

The Nuclear Astrophysics

pp. 9-24

 

Terms and chemical elements

 

Grammar: comparatives with the…, the….

Text:

The Nuclear Astrophysics

 

Discussing the text

Modern theories of cosmology

Purposes of academic writing

2

Evolution of life on the Earth

 

pp. 25-38

 

Reading the chemical formulas

 

Grammar: Complex Subject

Text:

Evolution of Life on the Earth

 

Discussing the text

High-energy Neutrino Astronomy

 

Writing a paragraph

 

3

“Cold Dark Matter" (CDM) paradigm

 

pp. 39-53

 

Vocabulary on the topic

 

Grammar:

Conjunction (1)

Text:

“Cold Dark Matter" (CDM) paradigm

 

Discussing the text

 

 

Solar Influence on Climate

 

Linking paragraphs together

4

Solar Neutrino Puzzle

pp. 54-66

 

Academic vocabulary and terms

 

Grammar revision

Text:

Solar Neutrino Puzzle

 

Discussing the text

The Primitive Earth

Writing an essay

5

The Concept of the Perfectness and Constancy of the Sun

 

pp. 67-86

 

Academic vocabulary and terms

 

Grammar:

Passive voice

 

Text:

The Concept of the Perfectness and Constancy of the Sun

 

 

Discussing the text

 

Magnetic Fields in Astrophysical Systems

 

Writing an introduction and conclusion

6

Probability Estimation of a Carrington-like Geomagnetic Storm

pp. 87-108

Academic vocabulary and terms

 

Reading formulae

 

Grammar:

Expressing probability

Text:

Probability Estimation of a Carrington-like Geomagnetic Storm

 

Discussing the text

Evidence for Electron Landau Damping in Space plasma Turbulence

Communicating in scientific environment

7

Concept of an MHD Tachocline Tsunami

pp. 109-136

 

Describing qualities of materials

 

Grammar:

Conjunctions (2)

Text:

Concept of an MHD Tachocline Tsunami

 

Discussing the text

Triggering the Girth of New Cycle’s Sunspots by Solar Tsunami

Speech patterns and rhetorical devices (1)

8

MMS Observations of Electron Scale Magnetic Cavity Embedded in Proton Scale Magnetic Cavity

pp. 137-158

Vocabulary on the topic;

Describing graphs

 

Grammar:

Gerund and Participle I

Text:

MMS

Observations of Electron Scale Magnetic Cavity Embedded in Proton Scale Magnetic Cavity

 

 

Discussing the text

A Physical Mechanism of the Solar Tsunami

Speech patterns and rhetorical devices (2)

Self-study files

pp. 159-162

Keys

pp. 163-165

References

pp. 166-168

 

 

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