- •Наш университет our university
- •I. Text About myself
- •Active vocabulary
- •Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary practice exercises
- •1. Give English equivalents to the following word-combinations:
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following word-combinations:
- •3. Substitute the underlined words with their synonyms.
- •4. Write an adjective of personality for each comment.
- •5. Insert prepositions, where necessary.
- •III. Additional reading and speech practice exercises
- •1. Answer the questions in the quiz to discover what type of person you are.
- •2. А) Read the introduction to the article. Do you agree with the
- •What’s Your Soundtrack? Your taste in music can reveal a lot about you …
- •3. А) Read the questionnaire and mark your answers.
- •How Lucky Are You?
- •4. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give true information about yourself.
- •5. Read and reproduce the following dialogues. Make up your own ones.
- •6. Read the following questions. Choose some of them and ask your class-mate. Then tell us, what you've found out about your partner. You may ask your own questions as well.
- •7. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •IV. Writing
- •I. Text My Family
- •Active vocabulary
- •Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary practice exercises
- •1. Give English equivalents to the following words and word- combinations:
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word-combinations:
- •3. Complete the sentences using the words or word-combinations from the box.
- •4. Match the words to the definitions.
- •5. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •III. Additional reading and speech practice exercises
- •1. Explain the meaning of the following words.
- •2. Read the interview about a Canadian family. Use the questions to speak about a typical Russian family.
- •3. А) Read and translate the text. My Aunt Emily
- •4. Read the questions 1-6 and find the answers in the texts a-g. One text is extra.
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give true information about yourself.
- •6. Read and reproduce the following dialogues. Make up your own ones.
- •7. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •IV. Writing
- •I. Text. Our University
- •Active vocabulary
- •Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary practice exercises
- •1. Give English equivalents to the following words and word-combinations:
- •4. Complete the sentences using the words and word-combinations from the box.
- •5. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •III. Additional reading and speech practice exercises
- •1. Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations
- •2. Read the text about British university students and then choose the correct answer a, b or c.
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Thursday 18th March
- •4. Read and translate the text. Decide if the statements after the text are true or false. A Student in Economics
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •5. Agree or disagree with these statements. Give true information about yourself.
- •6. Read and reproduce these dialogues. Make up your own ones.
- •7. Translate the text about British universities into English.
- •IV. Writing
- •Supplementary Reading Text 1 Passwords Reveal Your Personality
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Text 2 Families Have a Great-Great Future
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Text 3 Modern British Family
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Text 4 Family Forms and Trends in the usa
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Text 5 The Royal Family
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Text 6 Differences Between British and American Universities
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Библиографический список
- •Содержание
Vocabulary Notes:
1. Dean of Men - преподаватель-воспитатель, ведущий работу среди
студентов-мужчин.
2. summons - повестка
3 on the verge of flunking out- на грани отчисления
4. A grade - самая высокая оценка в колледже, университете.
F grade - самая низкая оценка
5. get behind - отстать, не сделать что-то вовремя
6. catch up - догнать
7. high school (амер.) - средняя школа
8. with honours - с отличием
9. turn in - сдавать
10. be suspended - быть исключенным
11. I can luck through on my finals - я как-нибудь сдам свои выпускные экзамены
5. Agree or disagree with these statements. Give true information about yourself.
1. I'm a second-year part-time student of Far Eastern State Transportation
University,
2. Our university is 100 years old.
3. Our university is a large modern higher education institution.
4. Our university trains specialists in medicine and pharmacology.
5. I study at the Institute of Economics; I'm going to become a specialist in
finance.
6. I've passed my entrance exams successfully.
7. I don’t miss lectures and practical classes.
8. I'm good at humanities and social sciences.
9. I don't pay tuition fee; I study free of charge.
10. I live on the campus.
11. My schedule is very busy and leaves almost no time for fun.
12. The university curriculum is not very complicated.
13. I find it very easy to study at the university.
6. Read and reproduce these dialogues. Make up your own ones.
1. – What do you think of the exams?
– I think they were deadly easy.
– Maybe they were easy enough for you, but they were much too hard for
me.
– Oh, come on. You've probably done better than you think.
– Carol, I can see from your face that the results of the exams weren’t exactly what you wanted – am I right?
– Yeah. You know I want to study medicine at Cambridge, and they won’t give me a place unless I’ll get three As and a B.
– And what did you get?
– A in chemistry and biology but only a B in physics and a C in maths.
– What are you going to do now?
– Well, first I’ll get in touch with the university. Perhaps they’ll still accept
me – but I don’t think they will, so … I’ll probably take my A levels again next year.
– Vicky, what language do you study?
– English.
– What's the most difficult aspect of learning it?
– Well, I'm very embarrassed when we have to speak English in front of the class. Terrible pronunciation and things like that. Also I think listening comprehension is very difficult, because it's always difficult to keep up.
– Yes, studying languages is much harder than studying math or history or something. Especially, if you are not gifted.
4. – How did you do in your informatics test? – Oh, don't ask!
– Oh, dear. What did you get?
– Twenty percent. I came last. I thought I was going to do really well.
5. – Can you help me with my math homework? We're doing algebra.
– Believe me, I would if I could, but I don't know the first thing about
algebra. Sorry.