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Ex. 6. Match a verb in A with a noun in B (See the Vocabulary List). Some words can form several collocations. Illustrate their use with sentences of your own.

Ex. 7. Odd one out. Find in each set one word that does not go with the main one.

DECISIVE: victory, person, factor, respect, moment; WIDESPREAD: corruption, survival, recognition, use, occurrence;

RESPECTED: scholar, figure, businessman, discrimination, newspaper; RESPECTABLE: gentleman, career, place, citizen, shame;

SUPERIOR: tone of voice, disrespect, collection of wines, standards of service, qualifications.

Ex. 8. Short story contest.

Make up a short story (10–12 sentences) with the Active Vocabulary words and present it in class. Don’t read when making your presentation. Choose the best story using the following criteria:

1.interest of the plot;

2.use of the Active Vocabulary (the number of words and their acceptability);

3.grammatically correct sentences.

Ex. 9. Work in pairs. Answer the following questions using the Active Vocabulary.

1.Are you a decisive person? Does it usually take you long to make a decision?

2.What do you think is the best way to learn a language?

3.What do teens do to win the respect of their peers?

4.What new technologies have gained widespread popularity with young people? Why?

5.Why do you think Internet piracy has become a widespread occurrence?

6.Name several public figures that are widely respected. What have they won respect and recognition for?

7.There’s a popular belief that pets can say a lot about their owners. For example, dog-lovers are believed to be good-natured and friendly; cat-owners are thought to be independent, etc. Do you agree?

8.What does a healthy way of life consist in?

Ex. 10. Translate the sentences in English using the Active Vocabulary.

1.Винсент ван Гог (Vincent van Gogh) не получил признания своего таланта при жизни и умер в бедности.

2.Лекарства могут быть очень опасными, если пациент принимает их неправильно.

3.Не думаю, что все товары, произведенные за границей, лучше по качеству, чем товары, произведенные в нашей стране.

4.Можно я возьму твою машину? — Ни в коем случае!

5.Было ясно, что он никогда раньше не был в Бостоне. Я понял это (I could tell that from) по тому, как он рассматривал улицы.

6.Признание независимости Боснии и Герцеговины (Bosnia — Herzegovina) европейскими странами и США вызвало серьезные трудности.

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7.Он всегда хотел иметь собственный дом в пригороде Лондона.

8.Я не испытываю большого уважения к людям, которые ущемляют права других.

9.Эмоции мешали его карьере.

10.Когда Стив окончил школу, ему пришлось выбирать между художественным училищем (art college) и университетом.

11.Фред надеялся, что так или иначе он станет лучшим дизайнером года.

12.Почему ты думаешь, что ты лучше других (превосходишь других)? Если ты будешь продолжать доказывать своё превосходство, ты потеряешь всех своих друзей.

13.Двое подростков шли в школу, когда они увидели человека, который точно (perfectly) соответствовал описанию пропавшего (missing) юноши.

14.В последние годы мобильные телефоны получили такое широкое распространение (стали такими распространёнными), что сейчас трудно представить себе (вообразить) жизнь без них.

15.Отношения между отцом и дочерью были основаны (were based) на взаимном уважении.

WORD BUILDING

Ex. 11. Forming adjectives. Analyze the following patterns. Form as many adjectives as possible from the suggested words using the appropriate suffix and explain how the resulting adjective is connected with the original word.

to believe, use, fashion, to imagine, taste, pain, to enjoy, sense (здравый смысл), knowledge, care, to love, aim, fear, to eat, hair, to separate, to advise, effort, peace, horror

Do all -less adjectives on the list have -ful adjectives as their opposites? Ex.12. Explain what are these:

Ex. 13. Use the derivatives of the words in brackets in the correct form. Translate the sentences.

1.Bruce has many (ADMIRE) qualities.

2.My new job is really (ENJOY); what’s more it pays more than my old one.

3.Never be (BOAST); someone may come along who knew you as a child (Chinese proverb).

4.The dancer made a (GRACE) bow and left the stage.

5.It is not (SHAME) not to know; it is (SHAME) not to ask (Azerbaijani proverb).

6.The long hike up the hill left the group (BREATH).

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7.Writing software programs is an (END), boring task.

8.Any information you may have will be (HELP) to our investigation.

9.It is still (DEBATE) how great this actor’s talent is.

10. More harm was done in the 20th century by (FACE) bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

Ex. 14. Paraphrase the sentences so as to use adjectives instead of the underlined parts.

1.Water must go through water treatment before it can be drunk.

2.There's nothing worse than going to work after a cold night without sleep.

3.Living in big cities is full of stress.

4.New food products that can be cooked in a microwave appear every day.

5.Matthew had the body of an athlete, but he had no brains.

6.The paper production is one of the industries that bring the most profit in Sweden.

7.The teenager apologized to his mother for speaking to her in a way that can hardly be excused.

8.Cromwell wanted to improve the morality of the English people and he made every effort to eradicate (искоренять) the customs he considered to be leading to sin.

9.What politician in the West has the most power? (Start with Who)

10. Should a Foreign Service officer know a lot about the country in which he is working?

Project HISTORY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS:

Work RUSSIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

LEVEL 1.

TASK.

Find out the basic facts about Anglo-Russian relations.

1.When and how were the first links between the two countries formed?

2.What interests did each of the two countries pursue? When were diplomatic relations established?

3.When and why did the relations get strained?

4.When and why did the relations improve?

5.Who were the most prominent figures in the two countries who contributed to cultivating good relations?

STAGE 1. TEAM WORK

Work as a team of 3 or 4 students. Choose the head of your team. Decide how you are going to do the task, e.g. who is doing research on each of the above questions? In what form each team member will present the information? Set the time limit for each stage and the fi nal deadline.

STAGE 2. INDIVIDUAL WORK

Find out the information on the question(s) assigned to you.

STAGE 3. TEAM WORK

Discuss your fi ndings with the other members of your team. Make a conclusion about the tendency in the development of Anglo-Russian relations.

If you plan to do level 2 take notes (see level 2, stage 1)

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Chapter 2. Unit 3. Land of Promise?

Английский язык для международников и регионоведов. Часть I

LEVEL 2.

TASK.

Find out what were the most dramatic moments in the relations between Russia and Great Britain.

STAGE 1. INDIVIDUAL WORK

1. Take notes of the collective fi ndings during your team discussion.

STAGE 2. INDIVIDUAL WORK

Analyze your notes and your own fi ndings. Look up for more information if necessary. Write a short (100 words) report on the most dramatic moments in Anglo-Russian relations.

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Russian_relations

http://www.rbcc.com/about/history.html

http://www.rbcc.com/about/press_releases/through_pages_history1.pdf

http://www.rbcc.com/about/press_releases/through_pages_history3.pdf

READING 2. RUSSIANS IN LONDON

LEARN TO READ FASTER.

Understanding from context.

1. Read the passages and choose a Russian translation of each underlined word. If you already know the word, move on to the next one.

1.Three centuries ago, at the age of 26, Peter the Great came to London. When he went home

to build St. Petersburg, Peter summoned England’s finest shipbuilders to build a first-class fleet to go with Russia’s splendid new capital.

summoned

1)вызвал

2)встретил

3)требовал исполнения

2.Modern-day Russians, though, prize the city as the Wall Street of Europe — an Englishspeaking citadel of wealth and opportunity less than four hours by air from Moscow or St. Petersburg.

prize

1)вручают приз

2)разделяют

3)высоко ценят

3.The Russian Embassy in London estimates that there are 100,000 or more Russian nationals living in and around the British capital.

estimates

1)принимает

2)уважает

3)считает

4.Russia’s upper crust now sends its children to posh English boarding schools. The extraordinary number of frequent-flyer biznesmyeni landing at Heathrow persuaded British Airways to provide a VIP “Russian visitors service” to keep them happy.

5.A generation of revolutionaries settled in London. Later came White Russians who fled their country after the Revolution, and, later still, Soviet refuseniks in the 1970s.

fled

1)улетали

2)спаслись бегством

3)уезжали

6.Unlike the Russian diaspora of old today's community is more broadly representative of the motherland. It comprises students and shopkeepers, businesspeople and artists, people who have not turned their back on post-Soviet Russia, but rather brought a chunk of it with them. community

1)общество

2)общность

3)община, землячество

7.Money is a big mover in this new diaspora. Rich Russians come to Sotheby's [] auctions, hoping to repatriate paintings by the likes of Serebriakova and Makovsky.

mover

1)двигатель

2)инициатор

3)движущая сила

8.Natasha Chouvaeva, publisher of the Russian language The London Courier, has witnessed the transformation of the Russian community since she arrived in 1991.“Then there were the rich and the asylum seekers — the two extremes,”she says.“Now the recent immigrants are middle-class Russians…” asylum seeker

1)бедняк

2)искатель приключений

3)тот, кто ищет политического убежища

9.The transformation underway in London extends well beyond the Russian community. Veteran Muscovites on the Thames say long-held stereotypes of Russia — reinforced by Western ignorance — are finally breaking down more than a decade after the end of the cold war.

As Russians broaden their horizons, it seems, Britons are doing the same. ignorance

1)пренебрежение

2)невежество

3)неприязнь

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Английский язык для международников и регионоведов. Часть I

Now read the text and say if the statements below are true or false.

Russians in London

The Russians are back in London — so much so that Newsweek International published the article “London calling” which describes it in some detail. Here are some excerpts.

Three centuries ago, at the age of 26, Peter the Great came to London. The Russian tsar toured the Houses of Parliament and the Tower of London. Dressed as a sailor, he strolled incognito through the streets of 17th century London, excited by the symbols of England’s maritime mastery docked along the Thames. When he went home to build St. Petersburg, Peter summoned England’s finest shipbuilders to build a first-class fleet to go with Russia’s splendid new capital. “The English island is the best and most beautiful in the world,” Peter said at the time.

Modern-day Russians, though, prize the city as the Wall Street of Europe — an English-speaking citadel of wealth and opportunity less than four hours by air from Moscow or St. Petersburg. The Russian Embassy in London estimates that there are 100,000 or more Russian nationals living

in and around the British capital. So many Russians have bought one million-and-up properties that they are known in real-estate circles as “the new Arabs”. Russia’s upper crust now sends its children to posh English boarding schools. The extraordinary number of frequent-flyer biznesmyeni landing at Heathrow persuaded British Airways to provide a VIP “Russian visitors service” to keep them happy.

The history of the links between these two countries on the far reaches of Europe is long and well-known. Trade relations go back at least as far as the days of Queen Elizabeth and Ivan the Terrible, when the English Muscovy Company exported cloth to the Russians in exchange for furs, wax and rope. Russians have always envied the English for their liberal political culture. In the 19th century, expat dissident Alexander Herzen chose London as the home of his influential emigre journal. A generation of revolutionaries settled in London, and the Reading Room of the British Museum counted Lenin and Trotsky among its famous visitors. Later came White Russians who fled their country after the Revolution, and, later still, Soviet refuseniks in the 1970s.

Unlike the Russian diaspora of old today's community is more

broadly representative of the motherland. It comprises students and shopkeepers, businesspeople and artists, people who have not turned their back on post-Soviet Russia, but rather brought a chunk of it with them. They're here to make money, get an education

or just get away for a while.

Money is a big mover in this new diaspora. Rich Russians come to Sotheby's auctions, hoping to repatriate paintings by the likes of Serebriakova and Makovsky. At one recent auction of Russian art, Russians snapped up nine of the 10 most expensive paintings.

Natasha Chouvaeva, publisher of the Russian language The London Courier, has witnessed the transformation of the Russian community since she arrived in 1991. “Then there were the rich and the asylum seekers — the two extremes,” she says. “Now the recent immigrants are middle-class Russians who just want to try their luck in the West. We used to be an expat newspaper. We'd tell readers how to find a solicitor

(адвокат) or how to find a good school for their children. But now people don't need that. They just want to keep the cultural side up and pass the language on to their kids.”

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The transformation underway in London extends well beyond the Russian community. Veteran Muscovites on the Thames say long-held stereotypes of Russia — reinforced by Western ignorance — are finally breaking down more than a decade after the end of the cold war. As Russians broaden their horizons, it seems, Britons are doing the same. Aliona Muchinskaya, director of the Red Square PR agency in London, recalls her first visit to the British capital 11 years ago. “People asked me whether we had refrigerators in Russia”. I said, “No. We use the snow”. And they thought I was serious! Now people are much more aware of what is going on in Russia”.

The changing face of London's Russian community seems less an astonishment—and more like another chapter in a very long story. “We're part of a living tradition,” says maestro Gergiev, the music director of St. Petersburg's acclaimed Mariinsky Opera. “The bridge between Britain and Russia has always existed. We're just walking freely over it again”.

True / False Statements:

1.Peter the Great was the first Russian tsar to establish trade relations with England.

2.A VIP “Russian visitors service” at Heathrow is a sign of rich Russians’“invasion” in Great Britain.

3.London has always been the home of Russian revolutionaries and dissidents.

4.The Russian diaspora in London has changed a lot over the past decade or so.

5.The English are both ignorant of and hostile to Russians.

THE RIGHT WORD IN THE RIGHT PLACE

EVERY, EACH, ALL

Notes:

1. EVERY and EACH can be used with plural pronouns and possessives to express

neutral gender as the reference is made to representatives of both sexes. (The

NB

variant given in the chart is preferred to Every individual is responsible for his actions.)

2. EVERY can be used before plural nouns with numbers to refer to regular intervals of time.

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3.When EACH and ALL refer to the subject (a pronoun), they go in mid position, i.e. before the main and after the auxiliary verb.

They have each spent at least one day interviewing students.

You have all been to weddings in the past.

4.Notice the use of the definite article with ALL:

Make sure you have phone numbers of all the students in your group.

BUT: All 0 students are gifted in their own way (the entire class of objects).

Ex. 15. Choose the right variant.

A.1. Every football team want / wants to have at least one star player in its / their team.

2.Every London train station has / have a link to the Underground.

3.She looks fantastic in that dress. Every guy at the party has / have been staring at her all night.

4.Canada has federal elections every three or four year / years.

5.Everyone was / were nervous, and unsure of his / their lines during the first rehearsal ( репетиция) for our school play.

6.At least 100,000 different chemical reactions occur in the normal human brain every second / seconds.

B.1. You shouldn't make comparisons between your sisters; they each has her / have their own qualities.

2.A good relationship is one in which each person supports / persons support the other.

3.Sophie needs a big notebook for each of / each her classes.

4.Each culture / each of cultures has its / their own unique history.

5.The invitation said they could each / each could invite 2 of their friends.

6.They each want / Each they want / They want each me to help them.

C.1. The sum of all the / 0 angles of a triangle (треугольник) is 180 degrees.

2.All they / They all suffered greatly.

3.No matter how difficult life gets, we can all survive / we all can survive if we have a sense of humour.

4.We understand that not all intentions / all the intentions are necessarily translated into actions.

5.I’m really grateful for all help / all the help you've given us.

6.Although he is a big star, he still personally answers all / all of mail.

Ex. 16. Complete the sentences with EACH, EVERY / its derivatives, or ALL. Sometimes several variants are possible.

1._________ of us are crazy in one way or another.

2.Both countries are multinational states, but ___________ is dominated by a single ethnic group.

3.Confucius once noted that _________ has its beauty, but not _________ sees it.

4._________ time she says hello to him, his face goes red; he likes her.

5._________ at my office hates _________ other, which makes the atmosphere very uncomfortable.

6.His neck ached after sleeping on the couch _________ night.

7.How many of the body's 206 bones are located in _________ foot?

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8.In my grandfather's era, _______ knew their neighbours, and people seemed to care more about _______ other than people do today.

9.In World War II, it cost the Allies about $ 225,000 to kill _______ enemy soldier.

10.Lorna is a very wise woman, so _______ asks her for advice.

11.The goal of our first meeting is to simply get to know _______ other.

12.Not _______ likes the idea of holding a rock concert in the city park.

13.The man appeared before the judge with a soldier on _______ side to guard him.

14.The members of the singing group the Beatles were _______ presented with a medal by the Queen.

15.The music of the Beatles continues to attract people of _______ ages.

16.The patient should place two or three drops of mineral oil into _______ ear once a week.

17.Tracey is a chronic worrier; she gets upset about _______.

18.We can _______ help protect our oceans and coasts.

19.With a ski on _______ foot and a pole in _______ hand he couldn't carry anything.

20.You can get _______ the information you need from our website.

21.You must look at _______ aspect of the problem to really understand why it is happening.

Ex. 17. Translate the sentences. Sometimes several variants are possible.

1.(В магазине) Я возьму все три галстука.

2.Ральф всю ночь готовился к экзамену, поэтому он такой сонный.

3.В каждой руке Фрэнк держал по букету цветов.

4.Вечером они все перебрались (went) в дом.

5.Все компакт диски дороже дискет.

6.Каждый из нас может столкнуться с дискриминацией.

7.Вся еда, которую ей дала с собой бабушка, испортилась.

8.Каждый рассказывал о том, что ему понравилось больше всего.

9.Мне нравится вся музыка.

10. У каждого человека уникальная ДНК (DNA).

Ex. 18. Illustrate the following proverbs and sayings with a short story:

1.All is fair in love and war.

2.All roads lead to Rome.

3.All that glitters is not gold.

4.Every cloud has a silver lining.

5.Every dog has his day.

6.Every man for himself.

7.Money is the root of all evil.

8.You can’t win them all.

Ex. 19. Use the following phrases to speak about real situations that happened either to you or to somebody you know.

1.to have a finger in every pie;

2.a jack of all trades;

3.all of a sudden;

4.every now and then;

5.it’s all Greek to me;

6.at every turn;

7.(better, more interesting, etc.) in every way;

8.all in all.

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