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Read the text again, divide it into logical parts and entitle them.

2. 
   Write out the sentence(s) expressing the main idea(s) of each logical part of the text.
   

3. 
   Write a summary of the text in your own words making use of the plan and the sentences you’ve written out. Provide your summary with a title.
   
4. 
   Translate one of the logical parts into Russian.
   
5. 
   You’ve received an invitation to participate in the Conference on The Structure of Atom to be held on October 21—15, 200... in Missoula, USA. Agree to take part in the conference and write a letter of content to the Organizing Committee. The letter of Dr. V. Yakovlev will serve as an example:
   

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Institute of Chemistry St. Petersburg, Russia

22 March, 200...
Dr. R. H. Lookenbill
Chairman
Organizing Committee
Montana University
Missoula, USA
Dear Dr. Lookenbill,
Thank you for your letter of October the 1 Oth together with the kind invitation to participate in the Symposium on History of Chemistry to be held in Missoula next year.
I shall be happy to participate in this gathering and would be prepared to give a talk on ‘Alchemy”.
I enclose my preliminary registration form and will send an abstract of my paper before the end of the year.
Yours sincerely,
V. Yakovlev


The next letter is for you to reply positively:


The 14th International Conference on the Structure of Atom
Missoula, Montana, USA
25 September, 200...
Dr.
Chemistry Faculty, MSU
Moscow, Russia
Dear Dr....,
This letter is to call your attention to the 14th International Conference on the Structure of Atom to be held October 21—25, 200... in Missoula, Montana, USA.
In view of your active interest in this field, we would be pleased to have you as a participant in this Conference. If you are interested in attending, please forward the application form (also enclosed) to Professor A. B. Hill, Department of Chemistry, Montana University.
Attendance to this Conference is limited to approximately 100 persons. Nevertheless, if you know of anyone who has a significant contribution to make to this Conference, please ask him to send an application form to Professor A. B. Hill.
We are planning to allow room in the programme for short presentations of very recent work warranting general discussion.
If you are aware of such developments, we would be grateful if you could bring them to the attention of the Conference Chairman.
Sincerely yours,
J. L. Phillips
Conference Secretary


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_Yon/гс given additional words and word combinations to write different letters of this kind:

(1)
I am very grateful (for); thank you very much (for); I wish to thank y_C x (for); I would like to thank you (for); May I express my gratitude to /ou (for); I wish to express my gratitude to you (for).
(2)
It is a great pleasure to accept your kind invitation; It is with great pj _:asure that I accept your invitation; I shall be happy to participate
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