Английский язык: Аннотирование и реферирование текста

296 likely to deliver some of its potential benefits? It is, we believe, to point out potential dangers and abuses and how they can be avoided, but also to emphasize the civilian applications in medicine, the environment, and the economy. It is these benefits that provide grounds for advocat- ing open civilian development programs, and for international coopera- tion that can provide a basis for effective international guidance. To guide nanotechnology will not be simple. We will be con- fronted with a range of choices greater than we have faced before in history. It is only by grappling with those choices that we will be able to affect them for the better. Единые задания к текстам для самостоятельной работы 1. Answer the questions to the text. 2. Make up the plan of the text in the form of questions. 3. Express the main idea of the paragraph in one or two sen- tences. 4. Make up the abstract and the annotation of the text, using the given phrases and expressions. 5. Formulate the author’s summary. 6. Find the synonyms of the following words in the text. 7. Divide the text into several logical parts and (headline) name them (give them headlines). 8. Translate the introduction in written form and define the pur- pose of the article. 9. Read the article and express the key ideas in 2-3 sentences. 10. Make up the abstract and reduce it to the annotation. 11. Translate the following sentences (in written form) and give your comment. 12. Read the article attentively and define its main ideas. 13. Mark the paragraphs, which can be omitted without influenc- ing the content of the text.