Use unit 7 of appendix 11 for written practice exercises

1) Prepare for the conference on the contribution of Russian people into the USA development in all spheres. You may choose, for example, Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (Серге́й Миха́йлович Брин; born 08.21.1973, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin), a Russian American computer scientist and industrialist who, along with Larry Page, is best known as the co-founder of Google, Inc., the world’s largest Internet company, based on its search engine and online advertising technology.

2) Imagine that you are a young scientist and have made a very important invention. But how to patent it? Compose a brief presentation «How to patent an invention/idea» using the following website

http://www.bizmove.com/starting/m1n.htm

3) Find synonyms to the following words from the text: cluster, coil, transition, installation, to intend, to participate. When looking for the synonyms compare at least two Internet resources which might be helpful to you, e.g. Wordsmyth & Webster dictionary or any others usually called thesauruses. Which of the sources turns out to be most efficient?

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