- •Unit 1 college life
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •College life
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Find words denoting:
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Complete the sentences choosing the appropriate word or phrase from the list. Change their form if necessary:
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions:
- •7. Translate the words or expressions given below into Russian and ask your classmates- to translate them back into English:
- •8. Read and translate Text 2: Becoming an effective student
- •9. Write answers to the questions on Text 2:
- •10. Choose the correct collocation:
- •11. Translate into English:
- •12. Read and translate Text 3: Koenigsberg University
- •13. Find English equivalents in text 3:
- •14. Role-play and group work:
- •15. Read and translate text 4:
- •16. Find English equivalents in Text 4:
- •18. Translate the text into English:
- •19. Write an essay on the following topics (200 – 250 words):
- •Unit 2 where in the world…?
- •2. Complete the table about France using the topic areas and examples in the box:
- •France – something for everyone!
- •3. Read and translate Text 1: Getting out of the city
- •4. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •5. Choose the word or words that best complete the sentences from the list below:
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •7. Creative tasks:
- •8. Develop the following ideas. In pairs or groups play the situations:
- •9. Writing:
- •10. Read and translate Text 2: Lessons from Curitiba
- •11. Answer the questions:
- •12. Read the text and decide which answer (а, в, с or d) best fits each space:
- •13. Integrated task: An international trade fair
- •Unit 3 professional interaction
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •Professional interaction
- •3. Complete the sentences below using words from the following list. Referring back to the article will help you with some of them:
- •4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the words below:
- •5. Role-play and group-work:
- •8. Fill in the right word from the word column: out of work
- •9. Read and translate Text 2: Resume
- •10. Find in the text Russian equivalents to the following:
- •11. Fill out the blanks with prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •12. Take a word from each column to complete the collocations you need for each space in the text:
- •13. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals:
- •14. Translate the sentences:
- •15. Translate the dialogues from Russian into English:
- •16. Topics for discussions and essays:
- •Unit 4 language of the news
- •Language in the news
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Match the word underlined in the headline to the explanation given on the list on the right:
- •4. Do you know the parts of a newspaper? What information can you find on the following pages?
- •5. Complete the text. Use the words given to form new words that fit the gaps:
- •6. Read the text and discuss the importance of being politically correct in the contemporary society:
- •7. Read the text and decide which answer (а, в, с or d) best completes each collocation or fixed phrase:
- •8. Explain in English the meanings of the following words:
- •9. Translate the text into English:
- •10. Group discussions and role-play:
- •Unit 5 religion
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •The Russian Orthodox Church
- •2. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •3. Fill in the gaps:
- •Christianity
- •4 Choose the right answer:
- •5. Translate into English: религия в современном мире
- •6 Complete the text with appropriate words: the church of england
- •7. Are the sentences true or false? Write t or f:
- •8. Group-work and discussions:
- •3. Read and translate text 1:
- •4. Scan the report and answer the questions:
- •5. Scan the report again. What do the numbers below refer to?
- •6. Read the report again. Are the statements expressed as fact (f) or speculation (s) in the text?
- •7. Read and translate the article and find the words according to the definitions below:
- •Greenpeace
- •8. Read and translate text 2: War on waste
- •9. Read the text carefully. Match sentences a-g with gaps 1-6. There is one sentence that you do not need:
- •10. Look through the text, ignoring the gaps. What is the main objective of the swag campaign?
- •11. Match the two halves of these expressions from the text:
- •12. Choose the correct preposition in these sentences.
- •13. Read and translate Text 3: what’s the earth coming to?
- •Is there any future in futurism?
- •14. Find English equivalents in the text for the following words:
- •15. Read and translate Text 4: democracy vs. The atom technological euphoria
- •16. Find English equivalents in the text for the following words:
- •17. Discussion:
- •18. Translate into English:
- •19. Group work and essays:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Find English equivalents to the following:
- •4. Find the words in the text according to the definitions:
- •5. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Read and translate Text 2: Crime and criminal procedure
- •8. Answer the questions:
- •9. Read the story and fill the gaps:
- •10. Translate into English: Дело Стивена Кизко (Stefan Kizsko)
- •11. Read and translate Text 3: The system of justice
- •12. Answer the questions:
- •13. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •14. Explain in English some terms connected with the legal system:
- •15. Match the criminal with the definition:
- •16. Choose the right answer:
- •18. Read and translate Text 4: The legal profession
- •19. Answer the questions:
- •20. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •21.Choose the right answer.
- •22. Choose the correct verb to fill the gaps in this paragraph. Use each verb once only and put it in the correct form:
- •23. Match the headlines from a local newspaper with the first lines of their stories:
- •24. Translate into English: Министерство юстиции
- •25. Write or discuss the answers to these questions:
- •Unit 8 war and terrorism
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •The mass psychology of terrorism
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Choose the correct answer.
- •6. Render the text in English:
- •7. Read and translate Text 2:
- •8. Answer the questions:
- •9. Rewrite the sentences, replacing the words in brackets with collocations:
- •10. Fill in the gaps in the text:
- •11. Render the text in English:
- •12. Scan the text and discuss the situation and measures that could be taken to improve it:
- •Ingushetia - Providing Shelter from the Cold
- •13. Translate from Russian into English:
- •14. Write or discuss the following questions:
- •Unit 9 globalisation
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •Globalisation
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Match the columns:
- •5. Translate the text into English in writing:
- •6. Read and translate Text 2: The new world order
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •9. Find the words in the text according to their definitions:
- •10. Match the columns:
- •10. During the Cold War, the West defined itself j) maintenance
- •11. Translate into English: Глобализация в экономике
- •12. Read and translate Text 3:
- •13. Answer the questions:
- •14. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •15. Match the columns:
- •16. Put each of the following words or phrases into its cottect place in the text below:
- •17. Render the text into English: Глобализация в политике
- •18. Tasks for writing and group discussion:
7. Read and translate Text 2: Crime and criminal procedure
There is a widespread feeling among the British public that crime is increasing. Figures on this matter are notoriously difficult to evaluate, however. One reason for this is that not all actual crimes are necessarily reported. Official figures suggest that the crime of rape increased by more than 50% between 1988 and 1992. But these figures may represent an increase in the number of victims willing to report rape rather than a real increase in cases of rape.
Nevertheless, it is generally accepted that in the last quarter of the twentieth century, the number of crimes went up. And the fear of crime seems to have increased a lot. This has gone together with a lack of confidence in the ability of the police to catch criminals. In the early 1990s private security firms were one of the fastest-growing businesses in the country. Another response to the perceived situation has been the growth of Neighbourhood Watch schemes. They attempt to educate people in crime prevention and to encourage the people of a particular neighbourhood to look out for anything suspicious. In 1994 the government was even considering helping members of these schemes to organize patrols.
There has also been some impatience with the rules of criminal procedure under which the police and courts have to operate. The police are not, of course, above the law. When they arrest somebody on suspicion of having committed a crime, they have to follow certain procedures. For example, unless they obtain special permission, they are not allowed to detain a person for more than twenty-four hours without formally charging that person with having committed a crime. Even after they have charged somebody, they need permission to remand that person in custody (i.e. to keep him or her in prison) until the case is heard in court.
8. Answer the questions:
What is the reason of increased crime of rape in Britain?
Why were private security firms one of the fastest-growing businesses in the country in the early 1990s?
What is the Neighbourhood Watch scheme?
What are the procedures the police have to follow when they arrest a person?
9. Read the story and fill the gaps:
Trial confessed court custody guilty
Convicted enquiry (2) sentenced jury execution
Arrested innocent charged appeal dropped
Pardon judges plea apprehended hunt
Suspect tried executed statements denied
The story began when a man called Timothy Evans was ... for the murder of his wife and baby. He was ... with the double murder, but a short time later one of the charges was ... and he was ... for the murder of his daughter only. During the ... Evans accused the man whose house he had been living in, John Christie, of the crimes, but no attention was paid to him. The ... found Evans ... and he was ... to death. An ... was turned down and he was ... in 1950.
Some time later, more women's bodies were discovered in Christie's house: two, three, four, five, six. John Christie was the police's chief ... and they started a nationwide ... for him. He was soon ... . Alleged ... by Christie while he was in ... cast doubt on the Evans hanging. When he went to ... , Christie ... that he had murdered Mrs Evans, but in private it was said that he ... to that crime. His ... of insanity with regard to other murders was rejected and he was ... of killing his wife. Soon afterwards there was an ... into the ... of Timothy Evans. The ... decided that justice had been done and Evans had been rightly hanged. It was only in 1966 that another ... was set up. This time it was decided that Evans had probably been ... and he was given a free .... Better late than never, as they say.