- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
- •ОгЛавление
- •Introducing Myself 7
- •Предисловие
- •Introducing Myself
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Additional Vocabulary
- •Test on Temperament
- •Answer key
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •Informal
- •My Family
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Check yourself.
- •III. Study the Family Tree and say whether the following statements are true or false:
- •IV. A) Read the following extract and translate it into Russian. Use a dictionary.
- •V. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
- •VI. Read through the sentences below then put a circle around the number which most closely coincides with your opinion. Before starting, look at the Key.
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •Introducing yourself and other people Formal
- •Informal
- •Friends and Friendship
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Spoken Etiquette Gratitude
- •Response
- •My Working Day
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •Our University
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •Education in Russia
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Fill in the gaps with the words below:
- •Education in Britain
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •So / Neither / Auxiliary verbs
- •Hobbies
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Read about British people’s pleasures of life. Which of these do you also think are pleasures and which ones do you find strange?
- •IV. Interview your classmates on their spare time activities, prepare a statistical chart like the one given below based on the results of your interview and discuss it in groups.
- •A Few Statistics
- •Spoken Etiquette Likes, dislikes and preferences
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Use the degrees of comparison of adjectives, then retell the text. Winter in Moscow
- •IV. Describe your native city in different seasons.
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •Washington, dc
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •In a Hotel
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing world has been given.
- •The Russian Federation
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Translate into English:
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English:
- •III. Put each of the following words in its place in the passage below.
- •It is Interesting to Know
- •Travelling
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English.
- •At the Doctor’s
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate into English.
- •III. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the best alternative.
- •VI. Imagine you are having a group discussion on the problem of health. Read some view points to start the discussion:
- •My Future Profession
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Translate from Russian into English:
- •Everybody’s Good at Something Do this personality test and find the right career for you.
- •If most of your answers were:
- •Spoken Etiquette Apologizing
- •Informal
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Canada’s Guidelines for Healthy Eating describes an eating style that promotes health.
- •III. Which word is odd? (Set a time limit of one minute).
- •IV. Match the words:
- •V. Tell Me What You Eat
- •Spoken Etiquette Offering food Formal
- •Informal
- •In a Restaurant
- •Our Planet Earth
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Put each of the following words in its place in the passage below.
- •III. Put each of the following words in its place in the passage below.
- •How to be a Friend of the Planet
- •Spoken Etiquette Asking for and Giving Reasons
- •Justifying Arguments
- •Giving Opinions and Reasons
- •At the cinema
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Informal
- •Shopping
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •Theatre
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Speak about
- •III. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous to complete the story. An Evening at the Theatre
- •Spoken Etiquette
- •Invitations and Suggestions
- •At the museum
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Литература
II. Translate into English.
Свежий воздух очень важен для хорошего здоровья, как и абсолютная чистота.
У меня был сильный кашель и поднялась температура.
Доктор посоветовал мне оставаться в постели неделю, чтобы избежать осложнений после болезни.
III. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words.
Every room in the house, especially … should be … cleaned.
Plenty of food rich in … is … for our health.
It is a matter of … not only for doctors but for the whole society.
My mother … the polyclinic and made an … with the doctor.
The doctor gave me a … and said that I was as … as a … .
IV. WHICH DOCTOR ?
Match the health problems with the correct specialist. With a partner add other specialists and health problems to the list.
Physicians–Health Problems
-
General practitioner
1. You have a heart condition
Surgeon
2. You have a sick baby
Cardiologist
3. You have acute appendicitis
Pediatrician
4. You can’t see well
Psychiatrist
5. You need a blood test
Hematologist
6. You have a skin problem
Ophthalmologist
7. You sneeze a lot
Radiologist
8. You are sad and depressed
Dermatologist
9. You need an X-ray
Allergist
10. You don’t feel well anymore
V. Fill in the gaps with the best alternative.
If you are overweight, you’d better go on a ………..
bus holiday diet cure
You didn’t want to go to the party because you had a terrible …….
disease headache infection nostalgia
Your mother sent you to bed because you had a high …..
fever blood pressure cough temperature
You are less likely to become ill if you are ………..
in good shape running physically fit hygienic
Doctors say that drinking alcohol and smoking can ……. your health.
affect improve ruin wound
If you want antibiotics, you’ll have to ask the doctor for a …….
medicine receipt recipe prescription
If you’ve caught a bad cold, it’s no wonder you’re ………..
out of shape under the weather fit as a fiddle
in pick condition
VI. Imagine you are having a group discussion on the problem of health. Read some view points to start the discussion:
Smoking is dangerous for our health. People have to quit smoking.
Meat is essential part of our diet. We cannot do without it.
Eating meat is bad for your health.
Cigarette companies are worried because their profits are falling and their image is suffering.
VII. Find out if any members of the class had first-aid training. If so, find out from them how to treat:
a patient with a snake bite;
a patient whose breathing has stopped;
a patient who is having an epileptic fit;
a patient with a suspected broken arm or leg.
VIII. Translate and memorize the proverbs:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Good health is above wealth.
No pains, no gains.
What can’t be cured must be endured.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
Spoken etiquette
Giving Advice
Formal
I’d advise you not to waste time and start the work at once. – I certainly will. / I’m afraid I can’t.
I think you should work harder. – Yes, I certainly should.
I advise you to travel by air. It’s quicker. – Perhaps, you are right. But I hate take-offs.
You must start playing tennis or you will gain weight. – I couldn’t agree more.
You mustn’t speak so rudely to him. – Do you really think I’m being rude? Sorry.
Informal
You’d better put on a warm coat. – I’d rather not. It’s warm outside.
If I were you, I wouldn’t worry so much about it. – That would be wrong. It is very important.
What would you say?
Read the following dialogues and say which of them is a formal dialogue between a doctor and a patient and which is an informal dialogue between two friends. Then complete each dialogue with the given words.
Ought, should, you’d, I were you
A: I’m feeling really awful. I only slept four hours last night.
B: It’s not surprising, when you are always stuck in front of that computer.
A: What do you mean?
B: Well, you ….. go out a bit more. And if ….. I wouldn’t drink so much coffee.
A: But it keeps me awake.
B: Mmm, and you ….. to do some exercise. ….. feel much better.
‘d advise you, mustn’t, must, ‘ve got, need.
A: I’m afraid you ….. to change your diet.
B: What do you mean?
A: Well, you ….. to eat more fruit and vegetables and you …. eat so much fast food.
B: But I don’t like vegetables and I hardly have any time to cook.
A: I’m afraid you ….. make sure you eat properly. Your cholesterol level is much too high. I ….. to go on one of the cookery courses organized by the local authority.
Make up similar dialogues.