- •Введение
- •Chapter 1.Family. Home Text 1. Oleg Kirillov Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •1. Substitutional patterns:
- •2. Fill in the form:
- •3. Translate the following into English:
- •4. Act the following conversational situations:
- •5. Answer the questions on the text:
- •6. Speak about:
- •Text 2. Oleg’s family Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the questions on text 2:
- •2. A) Say all you know about the hair, eyes, lips, eyelashes, the nose, the forehead, the figure, the mouth.
- •3. Listen to the following statements and respond them.
- •4. Agree if the statements are true to life or disagree if they are not.
- •5. Describe your group mates, let the students guess who the person is:
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. The House of an Englishman Read the text and be ready to discuss the difference between an English house and a Belarusian one.
- •Chapter 2.Meals. Shopping Text 1. Meals Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Oleg’s daily meals
- •2. At the University dining room
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Shopping in the uk Read the text and say why Marks & Spencerstore is famous all over the world.
- •Text 1. Oleg’s student life Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. About the University
- •2. Oleg’s studies
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. An account of a typical day
- •At oxford University
- •Read the text about Christina’s studies at Oxford University.
- •Say what new information you have gained from the text.
- •Chapter 4. Free Time. Travelling Text 1. Oleg’s free time Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Oleg’s day off
- •2. Oleg’s winter and summer holidays
- •Exercises
- •6. Ask your friend:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Speak on the way you usually spend your day off‚ your winter and summer holidays
- •Text 2. The Kirillovs’ week-end
- •Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Adventure holidays at Beacon Park Read the text with a dictionary and be ready to answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 3. Travelling Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. A trip by air
- •2. A trip by railway
- •3. A sea voyage
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Economist Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 3. Philologist Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 4. Historian Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 5. Ecologist Read the text using a dictionary and discuss the vital ecological problems this profession deals with. Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Text 1. Oleg is a teenAger Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Leisure activities of youth
- •Text 1. Belarus Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Geographical situation
- •2. Industry, agriculture, science
- •3. Political set-up
- •Exercises
- •1. Use the text to complete the sentences from the text:
- •2. Decide if the following statements are false or true:
- •3. Answer the questions on the text:
- •4. Be ready to speak about Belarus. Use information from the text as a help to your topic.
- •Text 2. Minsk
- •Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Exercises
- •1. Use text 2 to reproduce the sentences with the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Use the text to complete the sentences:
- •3. Decide if the following statements are true or false:
- •4. Answer the questions on text 2:
- •5. Be ready to speak about the capital of our republic. Use text 2 as a help to your topic. Text 3. Mozyr Read the text and do the exercises that follow it:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •1. Use the text to complete the sentences from the text:
- •2. Decide if the following statements are false or true:
- •3. Answer the questions on the text:
- •Text 2. From the history of Minsk Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it. Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Chapter 8. Great Britain. London
- •2. British industry
- •3. Political set-up
- •Exercises
- •5. Be ready to speak about Great Britain. Use text 1. As a help to your topic. Text 2. London Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 3. Museums of London Read the text with a dictionary and after each paragraph form a question on the main fact or information contained in it.
- •Text 4. London parks Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 5. English character Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 6. Customs, holidays and traditions
- •In Great Britain Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Chapter 9. The systems of education in Belarus and Great Britain Text 1. The System of Education in Belarus Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Pre-school and secondary education
- •2. Higher education
- •Exercises
- •1. Reproduce the sentences from the text using these words:
- •2. Express your agreement or disagreement.
- •3. Answer the questions on the text:
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Teachers’ training in Belarus Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 3. Comprehensive education in scotland Read and translate the text with a dictionary.
- •Text 4. Higher and further education in Britain
- •Read and translate the text with a dictionary.
- •Say about the main differences in British and our higher education.
- •Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Text 5. Famous Universities of the uk Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •1. Oxford
- •2. Cambridge
- •3. Oxbridge specific system of education
- •Chapter 10. Famous people of Belarus and Great Britain Text 1. Famous People of Belarus Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •1. Literature
- •2. Theatre
- •3. Music
- •5. Sport
- •6. Space
- •Text 2. Famous Britons Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
- •Additional texts for reading Text 1. Who was Dr. Skaryna?
- •Text 2. Efrosinya Polotskaya Read the text with a dictionary and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete the sentences using the following variants:
- •2. Arrange the items of the given outline in the order according to the text:
- •Text 3. Zhores I. Alferov Read the text with a dictionary and speak on Alferov’s youth, his discoveries and career.
- •Text 4. Isaac Newton Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 7. Robert Burns Read the text and do the exercises that follow it. Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •1. Put questions to the words in italics:
- •2. Add 2–3 sentences to the following statements:
- •3. Make an outline of the text and be ready to speak about Darwin’s life and his theories. Содержание
Exercises
1. Answer the questions on text 2:
1. Is Oleg’s family big?
2. Will you describe his father?
3. Will you describe his mother?
4. How old are his twin-brothers?
5. Who is the youngest in his family?
2. A) Say all you know about the hair, eyes, lips, eyelashes, the nose, the forehead, the figure, the mouth.
Pattern: The hair may be long, short…etc.
full, straight, thick, large, brown, fair, grey, curly, round, blue, slim, slender, thin, golden, black, blond, oval, tall, stout.
b) Make sentences according to the patterns using the words above and the following statements:
Patterns: 1. Ann’s hair is thicker than Jane’s.
2. My friend’s eyes are as pretty as her sister’s ones
sweet, pleasant, ugly, thin, beautiful, small, good-looking, kind, handsome, tall, plump, well-built.
3. Listen to the following statements and respond them.
Use the following conversational formulas:
That goes without saying; Yes, it’s quite so; Yes, of course; That’s right; I (quite) agree with you; Naturally;
1. Tamara’s sister is a pretty girl.
2. Mary looks like her elder sister Barbara.
3. Betsy wears her hair long.
4. Their grandmother is about 65.
5. Mrs. Brown is 55, rather tall and narrow-shouldered.
6. Margaret’s mother is a good-looking woman.
7. Charlie has long arms and legs.
8. Nan’s smile is pleasant.
9. Nick Brown is a happy child.
10. Ann is a small girl.
11. His mother doesn’t look her age.
4. Agree if the statements are true to life or disagree if they are not.
Use the following conversational formulas:
Quite so; That goes without saying; On the contrary; I’m afraid you are wrong/mistaken; Nothing of the kind:
1. Your friend’s father is a man of medium height with a round face and big eyes. He has a grey beard.
2. Your aunt is a tall, beautiful woman with blue eyes and golden hair.
3. Your sister is a slender girl of about 20. Her hair is long, her eyes are dark and her cheeks are rosy.
4. Your neighbour is a very old woman, rather short, with a red face and grey eyes.
5. Your friend’s grandfather is a middle-aged man with a sad face and thin grey hair.
6. Tanya’s brother is a tall handsome man with dark hair and a moustache and blue eyes.
7. Maria’s mother is about 48. She’s a stout woman with a long face and small eyes.
8. Your cousin is a boy of about 10. He is rather tall with long arms. He wears grey trousers and a black shirt.
9. Your group-mates’ English teacher is a good-looking woman of about 40 with brown hair and dark-brown eyes. She wears grey or blue dresses. She is kind.
10. Your boy-friend is a fellow of medium height, broad-shouldered and he wears a long beard. He’s got thick red hair and green eyes.
5. Describe your group mates, let the students guess who the person is:
1) tall, broad-shouldered, face, large, blue, eyes, long black hair, handsome, not to look one’s age, suit;
2) slender figure, thick black hair, grey eyes, beautiful, pretty face, to seem quite young;
3) a slender boy, to look like a pretty girl, in the dress of a boy, long eyelashes, small hands, hair, blond, full lips.
6. The plan will help you to describe one of your friends.
1. General appearance (tall, short, of medium height, slender, slim, stout, etc).
2. His (her) age.
3. His (her) occupation.
4. Most noticeable features (hair, eyes, face, etc.).
5. His (her) character.
6. His (her) interests.
7. Act out the following conversational situations:
1. You are telling your friend that your sister is going to marry a certain Mr. Brown. Your friend has never seen him. Try to describe Mr. Brown.
2. Your friend is busy and he can’t meet his mother who is arriving today. He asks you to go to the station to meet his mother and he describes his mother’s appearance.
3. Describe some personage from a novel by one of the Russian or Soviet writers from the books for your home reading.
8. Speak about:
1) your parents (brothers, sisters, other relatives)
2) your friend’s family
Text 3. The Kirillovs’ flat and a place of residence
Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
The Kirillovs are going to move to a new flat. It is a nine-storeyed block of flats in a new residential area. They are happy because their previous home was a private house without modern conveniences: no central heating, no gas, no running water. It was a long way from the centre of the town and their work.
A new flat is in a good district, not far from the market. Their address is 24 Zavodskaya street. The flat is on the fourth floor. Their 3-room flat is not very large but very comfortable. There is a living-room‚ a study and a bedroom in the flat. The flat also has a kitchen‚ a bathroom‚ a small entrance hall and two balconies. The living-room is the largest in the flat. It overlooks the street and has a lot of sunshine. It is nicely furnished. There is a suite of modern furniture‚ a wardrobe and a bookcase. To the left of the unit there is a corner-sofa with two armchairs and a small table for newspapers. In the opposite corner there is a TV-set with a video and a tape-recorder and a thick carpet on the floor. Curtains on the window match the walls. All this makes the room cosy.
Oleg spends most of his time in his bedroom which he uses as a study. There is a table with a computer‚ a sofa where he sleeps at night and has a rest in the day-time‚ some book-shelves with a lot of books. There is a thick rag on the floor near the sofa. His dogs like to sleep on it. His parents’ bedroom is more spacious than the study. There is a doublebed‚ a mirror-stand‚ two bedside tables and a built-in wardrobe there. It is very convenient to have it as it doesn’t occupy much space.
The kitchen is rather large. There is a set of modern furniture‚ a gas-stove with an oven‚ a refrigerator and a cupboard with dishes. They use it as a dining-room. But when they receive guests they have meals in the living-room.
In front of the block there is a bus-stop. It’s very convenient. There are many new high blocks in this street and no old houses. Across the road there is a shop, a library, a school and two kindergartens.