Р.Г. Головчанская, м.Н. Горанская, э.С. Тайбакова take time to read

IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS! 9

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TABLE OF LEVELS AND TYPES OF READING 11

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UNIT 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

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1.1 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FAMILY TREE

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1.2 THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH

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1.3 The use of English as a global tongue

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1.4 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ENGLISH

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1.5 DIALECTS AND REGIONAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

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1.6 PIDGIN ENGLISH AND CREOLE ENGLISH

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1.7 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

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1.8 RUSSIAN-ENGLISH “FALSE FRIENDS”

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1.9 CRAZY ENGLISH

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1.10 SIMPLIFIED ENGLISH

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1.11 REASONS FOR LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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1.12 HOW MANY LANGUAGES CAN PEOPLE SPEAK?

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1.13 TRICKS FOR LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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1.14 A TEACher of ENGLish

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1.15 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN STUDENTS’ LIVES

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UNIT 2. GENERAL ENGLISH

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2.1 GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION

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2.2 TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAMILY!

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2.3 WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

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2.4 HAVE YOU GOT A HOBBY?

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2.5 NEA’S HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

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2.6 PHYSICAL Exercise ………………..

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2.7 ARE YOU FOND OF PETS?

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2.8 CHOOSING A PEN PAL

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2.9 WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN?

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2.10 WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL DAY LIKE?

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2.11 A BUSY DAY

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2.12 AN INTERVIEW WITH A FAMOUS PERSON

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2.13 WHAT’S IN YOUR OFFICE?

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2.14 A TYPICAL MANAGER’S DESK AND A TYPICAL SECRETARY’S DESK 56

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2.15 MY OFFICE

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2.16 TWO WORKERS IN AN OFFICE

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2.17 The Rocks

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2.18 THE Secrets of Straight-A Students

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2.19 THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSITIES

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2.20 THE KARELIAN BRANCH OF THE NORTH-WEST ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PETROZAVODSK

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2.21 LAW ACADEMY

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2.22 LIVING IN The library

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2.23 WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LIBRARY

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2.24 A HOMELY FACE

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2.25 A helpful directory

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2.26 Roses

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2.27 the use of pesticides

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2.28 the intruder in the salad

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2.29 A British spy

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2.30 FLIGHTS AND FARES

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2.31 Pea-sized universe not so far-fetched

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2.32 Three Young Men, Death and a Bag of Gold

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2.33 The Very Fine Clock

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2.34 Dog Star

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2.35 Poetry

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UNIT 3. Countrystudy

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3.1 THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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3.2 THE QUEEN

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3.3 LONDON

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3.4 EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

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3.5 THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

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3.6 J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter

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3.7 HallOWEEN

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3.8 VALENTINE’S DAY

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3.9 St. Patrick’s Day

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3.10 Why do the British drive on the left?

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3.11 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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3.12 WASHINGTON, D.C.

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3.13 NEW YORK

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3.14 SYMBOLS OF THE USA

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3.15 The system of Government in the USA

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3.16 THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA

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3.17 George Washington

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3.18 John Kennedy

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3.19 HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES

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3.20 CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES

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3.21 George Gershwin

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3.22 HOLLYWOOD AND THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

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3.23 AMERICAN FOOD

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3.24 FASHION IN THE USA

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3.25 SPORTS IN THE US

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3.26 CANADA

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3.27 AUSTRALIA and new zealand

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3.28 Russia

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3.29 rUSSIAN cULTURE

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3.30 THE REPUBLIC OF KARELIA

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3.31 Petrozavodsk

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3.32 WE ARE DIFFERENT

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Unit 4. Business English

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4.1 A New Product IS Introduced

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4.2 A Plant in Chicago

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4.3 Business with Italy

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4.4 “Europa Marketing”

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4.5 Mr. Brown’s Firm

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4.6 The BP Group

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4.7 The Founder of IBM

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4.8 LARGO FOODS INVESTS $4M IN NEW PRODUCTION LINE

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4.9 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

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4.10 THE TARGET MARKET

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4.11 Distribution

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4.12 basic terms of delivery

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4.13 Trocaire voice concerns for Far East toy makers

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4.14 Ratings rising for talk show hosts on Internet

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4.15 Someone Somewhere Has You Taped

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4.16 THE DEMING GUIDE to QUALITY and COMPETITIVE POSITION

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4.17 JOB ADS

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4.18 JOB DESCRIPTION

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4.19 JOB BENEFITS

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4.20 THE AMERICAN DREAM

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4.21 A Day in the Job of Richard Carrick, marketing director of Airtours

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4.22 Sleeping at the office on Wall Street

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4.23 Make the most of business trips

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4.24 How to Behave Appropriately on a Business Trip

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4.25 Classic designs with presents in mind

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4.26 Bulletin Board

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UNIT 5. Public Administration

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5.1 THE TERM “PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION”

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5.2 HISTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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5.3 DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PRUSSIA

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5.4 DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN FRANCE

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5.5 DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE

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5.6 DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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5.7 DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE EAST

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5.8 EMERGENCE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN DEVELOPING NATIONS

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5.9 CLASSICAL PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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5.10 MODERN PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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5.11 IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONS

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5.12 INTERNATIONAL INTEREST IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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5.13 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

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5.14 CIVIL SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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5.15 CIVIL SERVICE IN CANADA

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5.16 CIVIL SERVICE IN BRAZIL

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5.17 CIVIL SERVICE IN FRANCE

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5.18 CIVIL SERVICE IN GERMANY

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5.19 CIVIL SERVICE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

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5.20 CIVIL SERVICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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5.21 GRADES IN CIVIL SERVICE IN THE UK

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5.22 THE MANDARINS OF WHITEHALL

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5.23 VIVIAN BROWN: A BRITISH CIVIL SERVANT

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5.24 WOMEN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE IN THE UK

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5.25 SUSAN CLARKE: A GIRL FROM THE TOWN HALL

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5.26 WHAT IS THE FAST STREAM?

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5.27 FAST STREAMERS’ PROFILES

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UNIT 6. Finance and Credit

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6.1 FROM THE HISTORY OF EARLY MATHEMATICS

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6.2 THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD “MONEY”

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6.3 THE HISTORY OF MONEY

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6.4 ELECTRONIC MONEY

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6.5 BRITISH MONEY

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6.6 AMERICAN MONEY

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6.7 THE EURO

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6.8 MONEY COLLECTING

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6.9 CONTERFEITING OF MONEY

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6.10 QUIZ “ARE YOU A SPENDER OR A SAVER?”

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6.11 TIPS ON SAVING MONEY

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6.12 STEPS TO UNLIMITED WEALTH

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6.13 MONEY AND HUMOUR

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6.14 BANKS

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6.15 WHAT ARE BANKS FOR?

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6.16 BANK ROLE

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6.17 CENTRAL BANKS

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6.18 DEMAND GROWS FOR BANKING FROM HOME

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6.19 AT THE BANK

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6.20 GETTING A LOAN

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6.21 CREDIT CARD

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6.22 FLEXIBLE MORTGAGES

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6.23 FUNDRAISING BASICS

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6.24 A JOB OPENING AT A BANK

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6.25 THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN FINLAND

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6.26 BENEFITS BETTER, CLAIMS WELFARE

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6.27 THERE ARE PENSIONS AND THERE ARE EAGLE STAR PENSIONS

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6.28 PRICE DISCRIMINATION

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6.29 ACT INVESTS IN LONDON COURT

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6.30 PRINCESS ATTRACTS INTEREST OF ARCON

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6.31 ACCOUNTANCY FIRMS TO MERGE

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6.32 ACCOUNTING

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UNIT 7. Law

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7.1 The Government and Policy of the Russian Federation

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7.2 FROM The Constitution of the Russian Federation

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7.3 The Reform of Local Government in Russia

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7.4 Judicial Bodies of the Republic of Karelia

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7.5 The Political System of the USA

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7.6 The Separation of Powers in the USA

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7.7 The President of the USA

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7.8 Half a Million Lawyers in the USA

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7.9 JURY DUTY

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7.10 TRIAL BY JURY

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7.11 The Federal Bureau of Investigation

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7.12 FBI’S INVESTIGATIONS

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7.13 The September 11 Attacks

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7.14 INVESTIGATION

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7.15 Detectives and their work

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7.16 Cross-examination

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7.17 Bill Napolitano – A New York City Cop

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7.18 Escape plot

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7.19 OUTLINES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

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7.20 Employment law in england

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7.21 Employment

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7.22 employment at the Royal Household

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7.23 How companies encourage ethical behavior

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7.24 fight against computer hackers

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7.25 Types of marriage

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7.26 Common-law marriage

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7.27 A DREAM HOUSE

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7.28 REASONS FOR CRIME

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7.29 Law Society president wants clarification

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7.30 Gift versus Bribe

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7.31 GAMBLING

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7.32 A Taste of Democracy

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References

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