- •Учебное пособие по развитию навыков устной речи для студентов I и II курса технических специальностей
- •Part I me and my family
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, and translate the texts. About myself
- •My family
- •III. Supplementary vocabulary:
- •3. Relationships
- •IV. Using the supplementary vocabulary and the above stories, speak about yourself and your family.
- •V. A) Give the Russian equivalents for the following English proverbs and sayings (or translate them into Russian).
- •VI. Topics for oral compositions:
- •V. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Working day of a student
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read and translate the texts:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Higher education
- •I . Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II . Read, translate and retell the text:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Our university
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II .Read, translate and retell the text:
- •AltStu academic divisions
- •Institutes:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •In the city Barnaul
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text:
- •III. Complete the text with the words and phrases from the list below.
- •IV. Underline the correct word or phrase.
- •V. Underline the correct grammar form of the verb.
- •VI. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VII. Choose one of the prepositions.
- •VIII. Finish the sentences
- •Around the world
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Imagine some friends are coming to visit your town or city. They only have time to see three things. What three things should they see? Make a list.
- •III. Read the extract from a guide book for Cape Town.
- •IV. Put the sentences a-f back in the gaps 1-6 of the article.
- •V. Work in pairs. Imagine you have a free trip to Cape Town but you can only see three things. Which of the places would you like to visit most? Decide which three places are the best to go to.
- •VI. Match column a to column в to make sentences about things you can do in Cape Town.
- •VII. Anny and Nick are visiting Cape Town. Complete the sentences and put the adjectives in brackets into the superlative form. Where are they in each conversation?
- •VIII. Make questions with the phrases below about your native city. Use the superlative form of the adjectives. Make two more questions of your own.
- •Directions
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Fill in the gaps with up, into, through, round, onto, from...To, over or down.
- •III. Look at the pictures and speak about Robert`s driving lesson. Put a preposition from the box into each gap.
- •IV. Underline the correct word(s).
- •V. Follow the directions on the map and write down the name of the place. Try to guess where the woman wants to go.
- •Transport
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Put these types of transport in order from fast to slow.
- •III. Read the text. Can you guess which numbers go in the gaps?
- •IV. Look back at we text and choose the correct words to go together.
- •V. Which sentences are true for your country? Correct the false ones.
- •Shopping
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text: Shopping
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VI. Ask your friend:
- •VII. Act out the situations using the following words and word combinations:
- •Part II Travelling
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered
- •Going abroad
- •II. Read, translate and reproduce the text
- •III. Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Answer the questions
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text: Travelling
- •IV. Answer the questions:
- •V. Ask your friend:
- •IV. Words and word combinations to be remembered
- •V. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues
- •Airplane reservation
- •Booking train tickets
- •Hotel reservations
- •At a hotel
- •Shopping
- •1. Lev Shkolnik - l. S., Salesman – s.
- •2. Saleswoman - s., Olga Rozova - o.R.
- •V. Act out the situations
- •VI. Ask your friend:
- •Spending free time
- •Vocabulary 1
- •Opinions
- •Vocabulary 2a
- •Vocabulary 2b
- •Vocabulary 3
- •Eating out/ meals
- •Vocabulary 4
- •Vocabulary 4a
- •2) Translate the sentences into English:
- •The Career Ladder
- •1. Read the texts and put down new vocabulary.
- •3. Read the article and check your answers to 2.
- •4. Imagine you could do two jobs. Which two jobs would you like to do? Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •5. Work with a partner. The beginnings and ends of these sentences are mixed up. Rearrange them to make realistic sentences.
- •6. Work with a partner. Complete the interviews with can, can't, have to or don't have to.
- •Career moves
- •2. Decide…
- •3. Practise the dialogue. What does an interactive media designer do? Does it sound interesting to you? Why or why not? Find gerund phrases.
- •4. Make up sentences as in the example. Give your opinions about the jobs.
- •5. Find phrases in the list that are usually paired with each verb.
- •6. Practise the dialogue. Find comparisons.
- •7. Match the information to make sentences. Then rewrite each sentence in a different way.
- •8. Choose two summer jobs from the list. Then use the questions to compare them.
- •9. Read this letter of application for a job at Reynold's Department Store. Use the words and expressions above to improve the parts of the letter that are underlined.
- •10. Write your own letter of application for your dream job.
- •11. Read, translate and retell the text: planning a career
- •12. Ask your groupmates:
- •The main cities of america
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and reproduce the text: New York
- •III. Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents:
- •2. Translate into English:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Circle t if the sentence is true. Circle f if the sentence is false.
- •5. Discuss the answers to these questions with your classmates.
- •Part II
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read and translate the text Glimpses of Geography
- •III Note the pronunciation of the geographical names:
- •IV. Look at the map and describe
- •« Город Огней»
- •VI. Grammar
- •VII. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VIII. Ask your friend:
- •IX. Answer the questions.
- •X. Act out the situations:
- •The contents
- •In the city………………………………………………………….26
III. Complete the following sentences:
1. When you want to buy something ..: 2. There are different kinds of shops in our city: ... 3. A department store is divided-into-several departments:... 4. In the men's clothing department you can find... 5. In the women's clothing department you can choose ... 6. After you have chosen the thing you ... 7. If you need a jacket or a pullover you can go to... 8. Shoes are sold at... 9. In a supermarket you can buy ... to. The greengrocery is stocked by ... 11. At a dairy you can buy ...
III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
Dialogue 1:
Ass: Can I help you?
Cust: No, it's alright. Thanks, I'm just looking.
Ass: Have a look around then. May be you would like something in our shop.
Cust: (in some minutes) I like this navy-blue jacket very much. Can I try it on?
Ass: Certainly. The fitting room is in the right-hand comer.
Cust: Oh, it suits me very well, doesn't it?
Ass: That's a really nice jacket. Pure wool, a modern fashion.
Cust: How much is it?
Ass: $ 55. English clothes are really of good value. They are so well-made.
Cust: All right. I can afford the price.
Dialogue 2:
Ass: Can I help you?
Cust: Yes please. I would like to have something from this shopping list.
Ass: Oh, your shopping list is very big. We stock only three items you ask for: butter, milk and cheese.
Cust: Two packets of butter, a pound of cheese and three bottles of milk, please.
Ass: Here they are. Pay by cheque at the cash desk.
Cust: Excuse me, do you happen to know where I could find some ham, minced meat and beef sausages?
Ass: They are all sold at the butcher's.
Cust: And I wonder if you stock any cigarettes here?
Ass: I'm afraid we don't You should try the shop next door for the cigarettes.
Dialogue 3:
Cust: Hello. I'm looking for a pullover. Can you show me one?
Ass: Certainly, madam. What kind of pullover do you want?
Cust: A woolen one. Medium size.
Ass: How about this one? It's very attractive.
Cust: Yes, but it's too thick.
Ass: How about this yellow one?
Cust: Oh, it's quite nice but it's too short and I don't like the colour.
Ass: What colour do you want?
Cust: I think blue or brown will do.
Ass: Well, we have some pullovers of that colour. Here they are, which one do you like best?
Cust: Can I try this brown one?
Ass: Of course, madam... Oh, it fits you perfectly. It's exactly your size.
Cust: Yes, but I don't think it suits me. Can I try that blue one? It matches the colour of my eyes.
Ass: Which one? The dark blue or the light blue?
Cust: Light blue suits me better. But you see it's too long. Can I try another one?
Ass: May be this one is what you need. The price is 25 pounds.
Cust: Good heavens! That's a lot of money.
Ass: Nowadays that's cheap, madam.
Cust: No, it's too expensive for me. I'll look for something less expensive.
Ass: Unfortunately, we can't offer you exactly what you want. The colour, size, material, price are all wrong. Try another shop, please.
Cust: Good-bye, then.
Ass: That's right. But you'd better go to a big supermarket next time. You'll find everything there.
Cust: Thank you very much. It was very kind of you to explain me all that. I'm a foreigner here and I'm not accustomed to your service and prices yet.