- •Т.В. Поплавская т.А. Сысоева
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- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •3. In what situation would you use the following set expressions? Give your own examples.
- •4. Match the words and their definitions.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Violent English
- •A Confluence of Cultures
- •How to Plan a Town
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •Bungalows for sale
- •3. Look at the verbs below. Match each one with an appropriate phrase from the list on the right. Use the expressions in contexts of your own.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. The following extracts from guide books describe five of the world’s most famous cities. Work in small groups. Read the descriptions and decide which city is being described in each text.
- •2. Read the extracts again and point out the facts that helped you decide which city is being described.
- •3. Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •4. Complete these sentences using appropriate phrases from the text. Make any changes to the phrases that are necessary.
- •5. Look at the adverbial phrases below and decide which of them have negative or limiting meaning.
- •6. Rewrite the sentences below, starting with the word or words given.
- •7. Speak about your plans for the holidays. Use at least ten expressions from Ex. 5 and 6.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •5. Match the words to make up phrases. Explain their meaning in English.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •4. Becky is in the habit of itemizing clothes (her own and other people’s). How does she describe/speak about clothes? Compile “Becky’s clothes and fashion vocabulary”.
- •Shopaholic Abroad
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable word from the box. Put the words in the correct form.
- •3. Define the following words and phrases in English. Make up sentences with these words.
- •4. Match the words and their definitions.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •Shopaholic Ties the Knot
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Match the words and their definitions.
- •3. Fill in the words from the active vocabulary list.
- •4. In what situations would you say the following? Provide your own context for these utterances. Then find them in the text and check their actual usage.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •2. Read the whole text. Do we have the press we deserve?
- •3. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •5. Explain how you understand the following idiomatic expressions: to throw out the baby with the bath water, a toothless watchdog, to get a rough ride. In what contexts can you use them?
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Publican Jailed for Assault
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text. What is the topic and the implied main idea of paragraphs 6, 7 and 9?
- •2. True or false.
- •3. Select the best answer.
- •4. Discuss the following issue: What is the most important overall message the writer wants the reader to understand about stress?
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •Bill’s Eyes
- •5. Complete each sentence with the appropriate phrase.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •4. Explain the final scene of the story. Were you shocked by it or was it quite predictable? Give your reasons.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •The Emergency Ward
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Choose the best definition of the italicized word.
- •3. Match the words to make up word combinations from the text.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Choose the best answer. Explain your choice by providing evidence from the text.
- •3. On the basis of the evidence from the text, mark these statements as accurate inferences, inaccurate inferences or insufficient evidence.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Home reading
- •2. Can we call Champagne and Jane opposites? Prove it. Do you believe such opposites could “attract”?
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the required extracts from the book “Can You Keep a Secret?” by s. Kinsella and consider the following questions.
- •2. Agree or disagree: Being stressed out is an excuse for blabbering all your secrets to a complete stranger.
- •4. Look at the expressions in bold in these sentences. Is mind a verb or a noun in each one?
- •5. Match each expression in Ex. 4 with one of these meanings.
- •II.Discussing the text
- •II. Discussing the text
- •3. Comment on the “look-alike” pattern theory. Does it work in real life?
- •II. Tasks for “Man and Boy” by t. Parsons
- •III. Tasks for “Man and Wife” by t. Parsons
- •IV. Tasks for “How to be Good” by n. Hornby
- •Reference
- •Читай и обсуждай Пособие по курсу «Практикум по культуре речевого общения»
МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ
Минский государственный лингвистический университет
Т.В. Поплавская т.А. Сысоева
ЧИТАЙ И ОБСУЖДАЙ
Read and Talk
Пособие по курсу
«Практикум по культуре речевого общения»
В двух частях
Часть вторая
Минск 2012
УДК 811.111’24(075.8)
ББК 81.432.1 – 923.1
П57
Рекомендовано Редакционным советом Минского государственного лингвистического университета. Протокол № 3 (31) от 29.11.2011 г.
Рецензенты: кандидат филологических наук, доцент С.А. Дубинко (БГУ); кандидат филологических наук, доцент С.А. Хоменко (БНТУ)
Поплавская, Т.В.
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Читай и обсуждай = Read and Talk : пособие по курсу «Практикум по культуре речевого общения». В 2 ч. Ч. 2 / Т.В. Поплавская, Т.А. Сысоева. – Минск : МГЛУ, 2012. – 120 с. ISBN 978-985-460-477-0 (Ч. 2). ISBN 978-985-460-476-3. |
Вторая часть пособия «Read and Talk» предназначена для использования на аудиторных занятиях и для самостоятельной работы в рамках дисциплины «Практикум по культуре речевого общения» (аспект «Чтение»). Целью пособия является развитие навыков дискуссии на основе аутентичных текстов на завершающем этапе обучения английскому языку. Включенные в него материалы представлены различными жанрами (отрывками из произведений малых художественных форм, романов, публицистических текстов) и сформированы в четыре тематических блока. Пособие также содержит задания для домашнего и индивидуального чтения.
Адресовано студентам третьего курса факультета межкультурных коммуникаций МГЛУ, обучающимся по специальности «Лингвистическое обеспечение межкультурной коммуникации».
УДК 811.111’24 (075.8)
Ббк 81.432.1 – 923.1
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ISBN 978-985-460-477-0 (Ч. 2) ISBN 978-985-460-476-3 |
© Поплавская Т.В., Сысоева Т.А., 2012 © УО «Минский государственный лингвистический университет», 2012 |
Contents
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INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………..
UNIT 1. ASPECTS OF CULTURE……………………………………
English Is a Crazy Language……………………………………………...
A Confluence of Cultures…………………………………………………
How to Plan a Town………………………………………………………
Capital Cities………………………………………………………………
UNIT 2. MODERN LIFESTYLE……………………………………….
Confessions of a Shopaholic………………………………………………
Shopaholic Abroad………………………………………………..............
Shopaholic Ties the Knot…………………………………………………
UNIT 3. THE PRESS…………………………………………………..
Do We Have the Press We Deserve?..........................................................
UNIT 4. MEDICAL CARE……………………………………………...
Laugh Your Stress Away………………………………………………….
Bill’s Eyes…………………………………………………………………
The Emergency Ward……………………………………………………..
HOME READING……………………………………………………….
Simply Divine……………………………………………………………..
Can You Keep a Secret?..............................................................................
Revenge Is Sweet………………………………………………………….
The Way up to Heaven……………………………………………………
For Services Rendered…………………………………………………….
Makeover………………………………………………………………….
APPENDIX……………………………………………………………….
Tasks for Non-Guided Reading……………………………………..
I Tasks for “The Undomestic Goddess” by S. Kinsella…………………...
II Tasks for “Man and Boy” by T. Parsons………………………………..
III Tasks for “Man and Wife” by T. Parsons……………………………...
IV Tasks for “How to be Good” by N. Hornby…………………………...
REFERENCE……………………………………………………………
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