Английский для бакалавров

б) Посмотрите на рисунки. Сделайте рассказ полным, добавив личные местоимения.

IV. Заполните пропуски походящими по смыслу местоимениями.

1)I had many English books. I read .... every day.

2)Kate is my friend. I often meet .... in the office.

3)We are students. This is .... classroom.

4)Ben and Nick, open .... books at page 9.

5)Take this book and read .... at home.

6)Read these words and learn .... well.

7)With .... do you usually speak about your work ?

8)I don’t know .... . What’s his name ?

9)Take the dictionary. – It’s not my dictionary, it’s .... .

10)This is a photo of a modern shop. .... windows are wide and

high.

11).... magazine is over there ? – It's mine.

12).... is your cousin ? – A journalist.

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was wonderful at the party. 4. They were at the cinema yesterday. 5. The

X.Переведите предложения. Обратите внимание на устойчивые сочетания с глаголом to be.

students .... four or five exams. Last January we .... five exams. This summer our group .... five exams too. 5. My mother always .... much work to do. 6. My parents usually .... little free time. 7. Each faculty of

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our University .... scientific laboratory. These laboratories .... modern equipment. 8. I hope all our graduates .... interesting work in the future.

XII. Составьте вопросы, используя глаголы to be, to have в нужной форме.

Образец: Your brother/young.

Is your brother young ?

1)Jane/brothers.

2)George/nine years old.

3)Mrs. Brown/a large family.

4)Your sister/pretty.

5)Why/they/absent.

6)Where/Betty/now.

7)They/relatives/here.

8)It / the right answer.

9)Your neighbour / any pets.

10)You / any problems / with your parents.

11)Why / it / great / to have a brother or a sister.

12)You / an only child / in the family.

XIII. Вставьте глагол to have в нужной форме. Переведите.

1. My friend .... not many children. He .... two sons. 2. I .... no paper to write a letter. 3. Jack .... not got that Spanish magazine. 4. We

.... got an interesting article about Moscow. 5. .... you got enough time to

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XIV. Напишите три собственных предложения по каждому образцу.

XV. Напишите следующие слова a) во множественном числе:

a house, a mouse, a potato, a piano, a dish, this baby, this valley, that knife, a roof, that woman, a tooth, that child, this box, my brother-in-law, this boy, a toothbrush, a workman, a classroom, an armchair, a matchbox,

XVII. Переведите.

1. Его рабочий день очень длинный. Он всегда занят. 2. У меня два брата, один – студент, другой – школьник. 3. Она хорошо разбирается в математике. 4. Нам очень нравится современная музыка. 5. Мы гордимся своими родителями. 6. Вы боитесь собак ? - Нет. 7. Никто не был готов к уроку. 8. Братья были очень похожи друг на друга. 9. У меня болит голова. 10. Не беспокойтесь, я сделаю это сама. 11. Вы нервничаете? Вы чувствуете себя хорошо ? 12. Сам фильм не был интересным, но музыка

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была замечательная. 13. В следующем месяце ей будет 18 лет. 14. Кто самый старший в вашей семье ? 15. Что у вас обычно на завтрак ? 16. Он очень приятный человек. Как его зовут ?

Р А Б О Т А С Т Е К С Т О М

Text A. Learning Foreign Languages

Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and effort. Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign languages.

English is one of the most speaking languages in the world. Over 300 million people speak English as a mother tongue. It is the national language of Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. It is also one of the official languages in Canada, the Irish Republic and the Republic of South Africa. As a second language it is spoken in India, Singapore, Pakistan and many other former British and US colonies in Africa and Asia.

Millions of people speak English as a foreign language. It is the major international language of communication in politics, science, business, education, mass entertainment and international tourism. Half of the world’s scientific literature is in English. It is also the language of computer technology. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization.

English is a wonderful language. It is the language of William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens.

The great German poet Goethe said, “He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own one”. To know English today is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist.

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I.Read the text ‘Learning Foreign Languages’ and answer the questions:

1.Is it easy for you to learn a foreign language ?

2.Why do people learn foreign languages ?

3.Why do you learn exactly English ?

4.Do many people in the world speak English as a mother tongue ?

5.What language is used by scientists ?

6.Do you like English ? ( Are you fond of English ? )

II. Read the following selection without a dictionary. Try to understand it.

ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD

"Do you speak English?" - this question is most frequently heard when people from different countries gather. Although there are almost three thousand languages, English is the most universal. It is the official language in over forty countries and the most used language in international business, science and medicine. Some people believe that English should be the international language, they think things would run more smoothly if everyone spoke the same language.

It is important to learn English to feel confident. English is everywhere. It is in signs, clothing, soft drinks and household products around the world. The names of pop groups, computer software and magazines are often presented in English. English words are also used as an element of magic to be included on T-shirts, sweat shirts, caps etc. Some think English is chic, English is stylish, even when the English on these designed items makes no sense. Sometimes we use English words for effect rather than as a language, for example adding "O.K!" or "No problem" to the end of our talk. I don't think whether it is good or not. It's our reality, and we live in it.

Learning English is important for you if you want to know what is going on in the world. With recent advances in technology, the world is changing rapidly in many fields, such as business, arts and medicine. These changes will affect you soon and it is important for you to read and keep up with these changes. In fact, learning English is the answer to a lot of things that you need and want.

Ш. Read the selection again. Identify the key-words and write them out.

IV. Find the key sentence in each paragraph of the text “English Around the world”.

V. Suggest a headline to each paragraph.

VI. Make up the plan of the text ‘English Around the world’. Retell the text according to your plan.

VII. It's interesting to know...

"Hooligan"

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Do you know the word "hooligan"? Yes, you know the word and you don't like hooligans, of course.But do you know that Hooligan was an English surname and not a word? In 1890 there lived in London a man whose surname was Hooligan. He was a very bad man and he behaved so badly, that soon everybody in London knew him and talked about him. When somebody began to behave badly, people said, "Oh, he behaves like Hooligan," and a new word was born. You can find this word not only in English but in some other languages too.

"Mackintosh"

Do you know what a mackintosh is? Of course, you do. But do you know that the word "Mackintosh" is a surname.In 1823 in Scotland lived a man whose name was Charles Mackintosh. It often rained in Great Britain, and Charles Mackintosh got wet quite often.One day he rubberized his coat and it became waterproof. Many of his friends liked his coat and asked him to rubberize their coats too. Soon many people began to rubberize their coats and called those coats "mackintosh".

VIII. Say what you think about the following:

1.What are the reasons for an increasing influence of English on our life?

2.Can you name any words from English that have entered the Russian language?

3.What is English to you?

4.How much has English influenced your thinking and your culture?

5.Is it possible to learn English without the culture of English-speaking countries?

IX. Make up a story about the English language. Use the following scheme:

the English language

Text B. Handicapped people do useful work

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Joseph Emmons can’t use his eyes. He’s blind. He has a trained dog named Buster that leads him where he wants to go. Buster sees for Mr. Emmons. He’s called a seeing-eye dog.

Although Mr. Emmons has a handicap, it isn’t a big problem. He has a useful job and he earns his own money. Mr. Emmons sells brooms and mops to people in this part of the city. He has worked every day except Sunday for forty years.

Mr. Emmons gets up at 6:00 every morning and eats breakfast with his wife. Then he leaves the house at 7:00. He holds Buster and walks from house to house. He carries his mops and brooms with him. While he talks to people, the dog sits and waits. The people choose a broom, and then they pay him.

Buster doesn’t let Mr. Emmons talk to people very long. He likes to keep moving. It takes four and one-half months to walk to every house in this part of the city. Mr. Emmons visits each house every four months, and by then the people are usually ready to buy new brooms.

Mr. Emmons likes his job. He’s very healthy because he works outside every day. But these days he has a problem. His brooms last so long that sometimes they are still good after four months. Then nobody needs to buy a new one.

Mr. Emmons is proud of his brooms because blind people make them. He picks up a new supply of brooms every week. He says, “If you don’t sell people something good, they’re not going to buy from you the second time you come around”.

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II. Find the English equivalents of the following Russian words:

III. Find the opposites to the first word in each line:

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