- •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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VII. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
1.
– If you have a chance to visit an English speaking country which would you go to?
– Have I a chance I’d start to the USA.
– Why would you?
– Most of all I’d like to visit Niagara Falls. I look forward to visit two American cities, New York and Washington, District Columbia.
– Why do you want to visit just these two cities?
– New York is considered to be one of the most densely populated and bustling cities and, on the contrary, Washington, D.C, is the capital of the United States.
– New York is called the city of contrasts. Do you like contrasts?
– I’m a young person, so I enjoy contrasts and strong impressions.
– I want to see the whole world. Washington, District Columbia, is a great contrast to the city of New York. It is the most quiet city of the USA.
– What attracts you in Washington?
– There are many beautiful parks and gardens in the city. I’m eager to see famous cherry trees in blossom in the streets of Washington. These trees are the gift from Japan. They were brought there in 1912.
– And what are the most impressive sights in Washington?
– There are a lot of sights in the city. You can see magnificent monuments. The Washington monument is the most famous one. It was erected to the memory of the first President of the USA in 1888. It is called “The Pencil” because it is one of the tallest constructions in the world.
– Don’t you want to visit the White House?
– As far as I know it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States.
– You are right. Every year more than 1,5 million visitors go through the five rooms that are open to the public.
– By the way do you know that President Washington never lived in the Presidential Palace and the house was not white?
– I’ve heard that the house was grey but it was rebuilt and painted white. The fact is that the Palace was burnt by the British in 1814. To cover the marks of the fire it was painted white.
2. A Shopping Mall
– Ann, could you tell me what the word ‘mall’ means?
– Sure. Malls are popular places where people can shop in the hundreds of stores under one roof. Malls are like town centers.
– Oh, as far as I know many Americans like to go there.
– People like malls for many reasons. Malls have police stations or private security guards and people feel safe. Parking is usually free and the weather inside is always fine.
– And what about having a rest?
– The newest malls have beautiful rest area with waterfalls and palm trees.
– One can hardly believe that! Do you happen to know what the largest mall in America is?
– Um…, I think the Mall of America in Minnesota. As far as I know it has more than 300 stores, many nightclubs and a very big amusement park!
– Do you know how many people can shop there?
– Oh, all the population of Barnaul would be able to shop there every week.
– You don’t say so!
– Exactly so! There are parking spaces for more than 12.000 cars!
– Do you know when the first indoor mall was built in America?
– To tell the truth, I don’t, I’ve heard it was built more than fifty years ago. People loved doing their shopping in one place.
– Now, people come to malls to do many things.
– Of course, they shop, they also eat…
– Oh yes, they eat in food courts that have food from all over the world.
– And how about seeing a movie?
– The largest mall in America has both shopping and entertainment. People see movies at multiplex theatres.
– In other words, people can do just about everything in malls.
– You are right. They can see a doctor or a dentist and even can attend church.
– Oh, my god! And if I’m very tired and can’t go home… what shall I do then?
– Don’t worry! The latest trend is condo-malls. Now residents can actually live in their favorite shopping centre!