- •Task 1 Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2 Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3 Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre - reading tasks.
- •Hephaestus
- •Task 2 Comprehension Check
- •Unit 2 Text 1 The Importance of Iron and Advent of Steel
- •Task 1 Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2 Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre - reading task.
- •Some of the Great Names in the History of Metallurgy
- •Task 2 Comprehension Check
- •Unit 3 Text 1
- •Iron in the Middle Ages
- •Task 1 Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre - reading task
- •The Coming of the Vikings
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 4 Text 1
- •Iron - Smelting without Charcoal
- •The First Blast Furnaces
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Indefinite and Distributive Adjectives and Pronouns
- •Text 2 Pre - reading task
- •The Crusades
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •4. The moment he saw her after all those twenty years he understood that the heart once truly loved never forgets. Chapter 2
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar Present Perfect And Perfect Continuous
- •Text 2 Pre - reading task
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •More Progress in Steel Production
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre - reading task
- •Task 2 Comprehension Check
- •Lincoln
- •Directions
- •Prepositions
- •Unit 3 Text 1 Steel Production in Sheffield
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •The blast furnace
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2. Pre-reading task.
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Student Grants
- •Unit 4 Text 1 The British Steel Industry Today
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre - reading Task
- •Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Is your writing narrow?
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2 Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 British Customs and Traditions Pre - reading task
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 2 Text 1 Precious Metals
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre - reading task
- •The usa Land and Climate
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Inviting. Eating out.
- •Unit 3 Text 1 The Alchemists
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre- reading Task
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 4 Text 1 Silverware and Plate Industry
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 The us Government Pre- reading Task
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Chapter 4
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Results of Immigration Pre- reading Task
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 2 Text 1 Basic Metallurgy of Cast Iron
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Listening Comprehension
- •Task 4. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre- reading Task
- •Education
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Unit 3 Text 1 Alloy Steels
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre- reading Task
- •The us Customs and Traditions Thanksgiving Day
- •Information Letter. Going on a Business Trip
- •Unit 4 Text 1 Aluminum
- •Task 1. Phonetic Exercise
- •Task 2. Lexical Exercises
- •Task 3. Focus on Grammar
- •Text 2 Pre- reading Task
- •American English
- •Task 2. Comprehension Check
- •Appendix
- •Systems
- •Some Abbrevations
- •Glossary
Task 2. Comprehension Check
Exercise 1. There are some general statements about American immigration.
For each statement give as many details as you can (examples,
reasons, results, descriptions). Include only details directly
related to each statement.
1. There are changing factors in the pattern of immigration.
2. Earlier groups have suffered through some loss of their cultural heritage.
3. Immigrants have contributed much to the US economic development.
Exercise 2. Do you agree with the author of this article?
Give reasons for your point of view.
Exercise 3. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each
sentence.
1. It had . . . implications for political development.
a) deep b) profound c) serious d) vague
2. I took a course in English with a(n) . . . to work as an interpretor.
a) intention b) purpose c) aim d) obstacle
3. The problems we . . . today are the direct result of your former mistakes.
a) come across b) meet c) face d) cope with
4. The society has no . . . of “rearing immigrants to a working age.”
a) expenditures b) costs c) spendings d) finance
5. My former colleagues . . . me to take this course by promising a good job afterwards.
a) encourage b) advise c) consult d) impose
6. The government has spent $ 1 million on an advertising . . . to encourage energy conservation.
a) promotion b) operation c) enterprise d) campaign
7. It is . . . to work abroad without an official permission.
a) against regulations b) unloyal c) immoral d) illegal
8. It's only a small flat but it . . . my needs perfectly.
a) supplies b) fills c) meets d) settles
Oral Practice
Curriculum Vitae. A Job Interview
A Curriculum Vitae (CV) is a kind of autobiography an applicant for a job should present. Usually the date of the last job is given before educational background.
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Patricia Flynch
Date of birth: 5 April 1968
Nationality: British
Address: 11 High Street, Ramsgate EH3 2LM, Kent, England
tel 01282-448-5612
1991 - 1994 Sheffield Silver-works, engineer
1986 - 1990 B. Eng (Honours), Imperial College of Science, Technology
and Medicine
1990 - 1991 London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Diploma in
Public Relations
1994 to present National Trust Fund. In charge of relations with European
agencies
Windows and Excel user
Fluent French and fair German
Driver's Licence
Personal details: married, with one child
Exercise 1. Write your own CV, the CVs of your friends or parents.
Exercise 2. Here is a sample of a business interview. Learn it by heart
and make an interview of your own.
Interviewer: Who do you work for now, Ms Flynch?
Ms Flynch: The National Trust Fund.
Interviewer: How long have you worked for them?
Ms Flynch: I've worked for them for 3 years.
Interviewer: And what did you do before joining the National Trust?
Ms Flynch: I worked as an engineer for Sheffield silver-works.
Interviewer: Have you got any experience in organizing conferences?
Ms Flynch: Yes, I have actually. Why?
Interviewer: Your future job will require a lot of organizing meetings and
conferences.
Exercise 4. Interview possible applicants for the following positions.
Make CVs which would suit the requirements.
Editor Sales Manager
up to 45 male, 25 - 40
degree in Linguistics University degree
PC trained PC trained
knowledge of Italian/English fluent English
over 5 years experience 3 years experience in sales
salary $ 500 + bonus salary $ 1000 + %