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Предисловие 3

DICTATIONS 6

SECTION 1. TOPICAL DICTATIONS 7

Topic One: Meeting People7

Dictation 1. Things People Say 7

Dictation 2. How Long Have People Been Using Surnames? 8

Topic Two: Your Health 9

Dictation 3. Various Diseases 9

Dictation 4*. Diseases and Common Ailments 10

Topic Three: Family Life11

Dictation 5. The Adams Family 11

Dictation 6. My Aunt Emily 11

Topic Four: Jobs and Occupations12

Dictation 7. David the Teenage Tycoon 12

Dictation 8. Choosing an Occupation 13

Dictation 9*. Job Resume 13

Topic Five: Schooling 15

Dictation 10. My New School 15

Dictation 11. My School 15

Dictation 12*. What do We Know about ESP? 16

Topic Six: Place to Live in17

Dictation 13. The Remarkable Suite 17

Dictation 14*. My Room 17

Dictation 15*. A New House 18

Dictation 16*. A Tudor Mansion 19

Topic Seven: Meals and Food20

Dictation 17. Meals in Britain 20

Dictation 18. The Peculiarities of Russian Cooking 21

Dictation 19. The Wilsons' Party 22

Dictation 20*. American Food 22

Topic Eight: Daily Routine23

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Dictation 21. A Typical English Day 23

Dictation 22. Everyday Life in a British Family 24

Topic Nine: Climate and Weather25

Dictation 23. Weather in New York 25

Dictation 24*. The British Climate 26

Topic Ten: Pastimes 27

Dictation 25. A Sunday Picnic 27

Dictation 26*. Pastimes 28

Topic Eleven: Town Life28

Dictation 27. Budapest 28

Dictation 28. Prague 29

Topic Twelve: Shopping30

Dictation 29. How to Shop in America 30

Dictation 30*. Some Hints on Smart Shopping for Clothes 31

Topic Thirteen: Theatre32

Dictation 31. Theatres in Britain 32

Dictation 32. The History of Entertainment 33

Dictation 33. A Visit to the Bolshoi Theatre 33

Topic Fourteen: Appearance34

Dictation 34. Returning Home 34

Dictation 35. The Engagement 35

SECTION 2. NARRATIVE DICTATIONS 36

Dictation 1. Good Advice 36

Dictation 2. The Witty Farmer 37

Dictation 3. Dutch Cigarettes 38

Dictation 4. A Present from the Son 38

Dictation 5. Does It Make Any Difference? 39

Dictation 6. Little Rose 40

Dictation 7. A Bedtime Story 40

Dictation 8. The Dinner Party 41

Dictation 9. Marie Curie, the Greatest Woman Scientist 42

Dictation 10. The Story of Uncle Theo 43

Dictation 11. The King and the Tortoise 43

Dictation 12*. The Fairy Haunts 44

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Dictation 13*. The King and the Witch 45

Dictation 14*. Gilbert and Mahaut 45

Dictation 15*. Princess Pocahontas 46

Dictation 16*. The Knight and the Dragon 47

Dictation 17*. Piers and the Dragon 47

Dictation 18*. King Canute 48

Dictation 19*. The Invisible Ghost 48

Dictation 20. The Quarrelsome Giants 49

RENDERINGS 50

SECTION 3. STORIES FOR RENDERING 51

Rendering 1. The Reader of Books 51

Rendering 2. 2. An Alternative Cinderella 53

Rendering 3. Two Loaves of Bread (after O’Henry) 55

Rendering 4*. The Pendulum (after O’Henry) 57

Rendering 5. The Story of Othello 59

Rendering 6*. The Oval Portrait 61

Rendering 7*. The Poet 63

SECTION 4.FAIRY TALES FOR RENDERING 65

Rendering 1. Lazy Jack 65

Rendering 2. St. George and the Dragon 67

Rendering 3. How the Tiger Got His Stripes 69

Rendering 4. Caporushes 71

Rendering 5. Catskin 74

Rendering 6. The Baron and the Poor Man's Daughter 77

Rendering 7. Dick Whittington and His Cat 80

Learning to Write in English:Учебное пособие по практике письменной речи английского языка для студентов 1-го курса филологических факультетов и факультетов иностранных языков педагогических вузов / Авторы-сост.: О.В.Афанасьева, И.В.Михеева, К.М.Баранова, О.В.Вострикова, Т.А.Симонян. – М.: МГПУ, 2008. – 86с.

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