- •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
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V. Act out the situations
1. You must urgently fly from London to New York. Phone the travel agency or a booking office and book a seat on a plane. Give the date on which you want to leave London, If you want a return ticket, say so to the clerk. Say when you are planning to fly back to London.
2. You are at London airport. Ask someone how to get to the counter you want (you're flying by a British Airways plane). Thank the person who has shown you the way.
3. You are checking in at the British Airways counter. Unfortunately, you have excessive weight. Ask the agent how much you must pay extra Ask him if the plane has been called yet, and which gate it is boarding at.
4. You are meeting a friend at an airport in Canada. The plane hasn't arrived on time. Ask the clerk at the inquiry office why there is a delay and how long it is going to be. Thank him for the information he gives you.
5. You are going through security check. You don't want to put your camera on the belt, because you're afraid the film might be damaged. Ask the officer if he could check your camera by hand.
VI. Ask your friend:
– Одинаковы ли правила для пассажиров, путешествующих за рубеж?
– Что нужно заполнить перед тем, как пройти таможенный досмотр?
– Что можно увидеть на посадочном талоне?
– В каком случае нужно платить дополнительно?
– Как нужно заполнять иммиграционный бланк?
– Что нужно указать в иммиграционном бланке?
– Куда нужно идти после выполнения всех формальностей?
– Где можно заполнить декларацию и иммиграционный бланк?
Spending free time
Vocabulary 1
free time/ spare time – свободное время
to spend (spent, spent) one’s free time – проводить свое свободное время
frankly speaking – откровенно говоря
day-off – выходной
brunch – поздний завтрак (например, в выходной)
fascinating – увлекательный
to be a huge fan – увлекаться, быть фанатом чего-то
soap (-opera) – мыльная опера, сериал (syn. series, serial)
episode – серия (сериала)
circus - цирк
the Zoo – зоопарк
performance – представление, сеанс (в кинотеатре)
evening performance/ matinee (for theatres) – вечерний/дневной спектакль
to be on – идти (о фильме в кинотеатре или спектакле в театре)
to be fond of – любить
to book tickets in advance – бронировать билеты заранее
I’d prefer to do…/I’d rather do… – я бы предпочел сделать, я б скорее сделал…
to go skiing, to go skating, to go shopping – пойти кататься на лыжах, коньках, по магазинам
to watch TV – смотреть телевизор
to invite smb – приглашать кого-то
viewers/spectators – зрители
My Day-Off
a) Before reading answer the questions:
Does a student in Russia have a lot of free time? When do you have your days-off?
What is your favourite occupation for a day-off?
Make up sentences with ing-verbs on the models:
I like… (doing smth)/ My favourite occupation is … (doing smth) |
b) Read what a student named Daniel tells about his way to spend free time.
Frankly speaking I do not usually have much of free time because I am a third-year student of a full-time department at the university now and have a lot to do for my classes. Besides I have to combine study with work – I am working as a technician in a small record-company in the evening after classes. So I am more or less free only in the week-ends.
On a day-off I like getting up at round about afternoon – a rare pleasure for me usually. So, I get up, have something tasty for brunch, watch a bit of TV – my favourites are programmes on some topics connected with science – like those on BBC Discovery or the like. I like Myth Busters for example – they always tell about something scientific in an unusual and funny way, like why we shouldn’t cook eggs in the microwave oven – it’s very fascinating. I also like watching films – an action or adventure or a detective story. I am not a huge fan of soaps, but I usually watch with pleasure such series as “House M.D.” for example. Closer to the evening I usually go to see my friends and we decide what to do next. Sometimes when there is some new blockbuster on, we can go to the cinema.
I have a small sister, she is too small to share most of my interests, but sometimes I take her to the Zoo, she likes to watch animals, or to a circus – she is a huge fan of watching the clowns of all sorts and trained doggies or cats. I personally also like circus but I prefer performances of gymnasts and horse-riders – when I was at school my parents sometimes took me to the country where we rode horses. I liked that very much. Sometimes we can go to the theatre or to the opera-house or to a concert of classical music which my parents are very fond of – they usually book tickets in advance, prepare nice clothes and make me also to wear something more formal than my usual jeans and a t-shirt.
c) In his story Daniel uses the word “like” in different meanings. Find sentences with this word and translate them. Make up your own sentences with this word in different meanings.
d) Use the words from the box in the sentences of your own:
frankly speaking honestly to tell the truth if you ask me personally |
Model: To tell you the truth, I am not a huge fan of soaps.
e) Make up a plan of the text.
f) Make up some questions to the text of different types. Ask your partner to answer them using the information given by Daniel in the text.
g) What about you? Think what you can tell about your usual day-off: how you spend it, where you go, who you invite to go with you. Discuss with your partner your views on a perfect day-off.