- •А кадемия управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь с истема открытого образования
- •Improve your speaking skills in english
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Часть I
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I people as they are Starting – Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •Discussion Focus
- •Graphology Speed
- •Practicing Vocabulary
- •Jack’s Real Character
- •Ann Johnson – a Confidential Report
- •A What is Smart?
- •B Being Superstitious
- •C Loneliness
- •Read and Discuss
- •It’s Me, Oh Lord!
- •Calling All Eccentrics
- •The Joys of Eccentricity
- •Who’s Nuts? Who’s Reserved?
- •Many Britons Prefer Pets to People, Children, Money and Jobs
- •Happiness
- •Attitude is Everything
- •Unit 2 home, house and facilities Starting-Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •1) To start to live in a place (after moving from somewhere else)
- •Discussion Focus
- •What Do You Need in Your Neighbourhood?
- •3) Do you think the never-never or hire-purchase system is really helpful for many people, young couples in particular?
- •5 Country or City?
- •Back to Nature
- •6 What I like and dislike about my own town or city
- •Flats in the Clouds
- •Multi-storeyed buildings
- •8 The Place of My Dream
- •1) Housing, e.G. Flat; 2) facilities, e.G. Shop; 3) communities,
- •Practising Vocabulary
- •Moving House
- •4) At home, while I make some tea.
- •8) Furniture from the street market near the cathedral.
- •A House in the Country
- •3 My friends live in a small .................................. House in a street where all the houses look alike.
- •14 The most important thing about a house or flat is that it should be .................................. .
- •Read and Discuss
- •Reading
- •Accommodation
- •Post-Reading
- •Just What We Are Looking For!!!
- •Post-Reading
- •Text IV
- •Post-Reading
- •References
- •Improve Your Speaking Skills in English
- •Часть 1
- •220007, Г. Минск, ул. Московская, 17.
A What is Smart?
The British are ever generally regarded as the most
1 untidily dressed people in Europe, but I have often
2 thought that to the opposite is true. Take, for example,
3 the wearing of jeans. In many southern European
4 countries, it seems more perfectly acceptable for
5 both teachers and office staff to wear jeans, whereas
6 in Britain jeans are been considered far too
7 casual and are only acceptable if the work is so
8 dirty or unskilled. One office workers in Britain must
9 follow a very much strict dress code. Even in the hottest
10 weather, male employees are most required to wear
11 a suit and tie and female employees who must be
12 dressed in a skirt and tights. In these schools, the
13 dress code is not quite so formal, but staff still tend
14 to wear out shirts and smartish trousers or skirts.
15 The British may not be as stylish as like their European
16 counterparts, but a dress code still does then exist.
B Being Superstitious
Many people are superstitious about different things.
One particular superstition, however, which it is shared
1 by the many people of the world, is the belief that
2 the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is why some
3 buildings do not have a 13th floor, and why some of
4 people do not like to sit at a table with 12 other people.
5 Despite this, no one really knows why so many people
6 do not like the number 13, although there are several of
7 theories. Another of common superstition is for people
8 to touch or knock on something made of wood if
9 when they want good luck to come their way or to
10 prevent anything bad from happening to them. People
11 used to believe that certain gods lived inside trees
12 and, whenever they were faced a difficult situation,
13 they would knock on the wood of a tree to ask for
14 the god’s help and protection. Although of this practice
15 continues on today, we often just say “touch wood”.
C Loneliness
Loneliness is a disease of modern living, a result of which
people being more mobile and having more opportunities.
1 With the break-up of family units, there is little of
2 stability on which to build good relationships. Loneliness
3 isn’t something that can be solved itself simply by
4 seeing a counsellor, speaking to someone that on the
5 telephone or to being in the company of a lot of people.
6 Advice been often given includes: joining clubs, taking up a
7 sociable hobby or even by trying a part-time job if you
8 don’t work outside from the house. However, none of this
9 advice will provide with an easy answer. To ease the
10 feeling of emptiness it takes time. Friendships have
11 to be allowed to grow on and deep bonds can’t be
12 formed with just anyone. Anyone might be like a
13 victim of loneliness at some time or other in their
14 lives. If you change jobs, get married to or move,
15 you too might have had problems in a new environment.
21 Translate from Russian into English.
1. Филипп вполне порядочный человек. Я думаю, ему можно
доверять. 2. У Грэга скверный характер, и он плохо ладит с людьми. 3. Боб – смышленый мальчик и все хватает на лету. 4. В этом доме я чувствую себя неловко (не в своей тарелке). 5. Мистер Эдвард слишком высокомерен и презирает всех, кого он считает ниже себя. 6. Я бы на твоем месте не полагался на Тимоти. Он способен подвести. 7. Я не люблю безответственных людей, которые обещают и не держат своего слова. 8. Ты говоришь, он простой парень? А мне он кажется хитрецом и пронырой. 9. Джереми – добросовестный и прилежный студент. У него нет проблем со сдачей экзаменов. 10. К сожалению, Патрик не бережлив и легко тратит деньги. 11. Мэтью – спокойный, выдержанный, рассудительный человек. В его характере больше достоинств, чем недостатков. 12. Дядя Том – веселый и общительный человек, хотя и вспыльчивый, но долго он злиться не может. 13. Я завидую тем, кто целеустремлен и настойчив в достижении поставленной цели. 14. Мне бы твою волю и терпение! 15. Толерантность считается признаком образованного, культурного человека. 16. Как ты можешь быть таким лицемерным! Неужели тебе не стыдно? 17. Многие считают, что состояние экономики скоро улучшится, но некоторые эксперты остаются скептически настроенными. 18. У Тима явно технический склад ума, поэтому он хочет поступать в политехнический институт. 19. Английские жены считают наиболее нетерпимыми недостатками своих мужей эгоизм, недостаток ума, инертность, нежелание помогать по дому, неопрятность, нечестность. 20. Английские мужья больше всего осуждают в своих женах сварливость, глупость, сплетни, мотовство, эгоизм.