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ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ АГЕНТСТВО ПО РЫБОЛОВСТВУ

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ

ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

"МУРМАНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ"

Кафедра

иностранных языков

НАУКА И ТЕХНИКА

(SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

Методические указания по развитию навыков чтения

для младших курсов всех специальностей

Мурманск

2008

УДК

ББК

Составитель -

Смирнова Ирина Владимировна, доцент кафедры иностранных языков Мурманского государственного технического университета

Методические указания рассмотрены и одобрены кафедрой, протокол №3 от 21.11.2008 года.

Рецензент -

Н.А.Алексеева, старший преподаватель кафедры иностранных языков Мурманского государственного технического университета

Редактор Г.В. Зобнина

© Мурманский государственный технический университет, 2008

Оглавление

Введение 4

Введение

Данные методические указания предназначены для формирования навыков чтения текстов по темам "Наука и техника. Выдающиеся российские и британские ученые. Великие открытия", у студентов младших курсов всех специальностей.

Методические указания состоят из двух частей, в каждой из которых содержится от трех до четырех разделов. Каждый раздел включает в себя тексты по теме, дотекстовые, текстовые и послетекстовые упражнения для формирования и закрепления навыков различных видов чтения, а также умения работать со словарем.

Методические указания могут быть использованы как на аудиторных занятиях, так и для самостоятельной внеаудиторной работы студентов.

PART 1

A. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

Exercise 1. Read the information and memorize the words:

1. Newspapers and magazines.

newspaper/paper	A set of large folded sheets of paper containing news, articles, pictures, etc, which is printed and sold every day or every week
journal	A serious magazine on a particular subject, containing articles by university teachers, scientists, doctors, etc
magazine	A large, thin book with a paper cover, often printed on a shiny paper, which contains stories, articles, photographs, and sometimes also news
the press	Newspapers and the people who write for them
the media	All the organizations that are involved in providing information to the public, especially newspapers, television, and radio
tabloid	A newspaper that does not contain much serious news, but has stories about famous people, sport,etc

2. Parts of a newspaper or magazine

headline	The words in big letters at the top of a newspaper report that tell you what the report is about
News reports	A page in the newspaper where the articles covering up-to-date events are printed
The editorial	a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the editor's opinion about something, rather than reporting facts
Business news	A page in the newspaper where the business news are printed
horoscope	a description of your character and the things that will happen to you, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth
Small adds	A page in the newspaper where letters from members of the public are printed
scandals	A page in the newspaper where some shocking news about famous people are printed
Letters page	A page in the newspaper where letters from members of the public are printed
TV/sport/business/fashion page (feature articles)	A page in a newspaper that tells you about television, sport, business, or fashion
listings	Lists of films, plays, and other events, with details of the times, dates, and places where they will happen
TV listings	Lists of programmes that are on television and the times they are on

3. What is written in newspapers and magazines

Article	A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject
Story	A report in a newspaper about a recent event
Feature	A special report in a newspaper or magazine about an interesting subject, place, or person
Scoop	An important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper before any of the others know about it
Editorial	A piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news
Exclusive	A news story that is printed by one newspaper before any of the others know about it
coverage	When something is reported in newspapers or magazines, and the way in which it is reported

4. To write for a newspaper or magazine

To write	To write news reports or other articles for a newspaper or magazine
To report	To find out and write about news stories for a newspaper or news programme
To cover	To report the details of the events or a series of events for a newspaper or news programme

Exercise 2. Using the information from the Exercise 1 put the necessary words into the right places:

1. Read our latest Royal Dairy …

2. Open any newspaper and you’ll see many … about shootings and muggings.

3. Here you can read a special … about the lives of homeless people.

4. I bought some … for the journey – Cosmopolitan and Vanity Fair.

5. The release of Nelson Mandela was given massive … throughout the world.

6. I like to sit in the bed and read the Sunday …

7. The letter must have been leaked to … by a White House official.

8. The famous film star sold her story to one of the …

9. The … reads: “ SPACE ALIENS MEET WITH PRESIDENT”S CAT”

10. Their research was published in the British Medical …

11. She … articles about health for a women’s …

12. He was sent to Bangladesh to … on the flood there.

13. She was in New York to … the St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

14. Particular items like cartoons and … often had high readerships; leading articles did not.

15. Their … always criticize the government, whatever it does.

Exercise 3. Choose any newspaper (it could be in your own language if you can’t find an English one) and complete the following sentences:

1. The main story today is about …..

2. The editorial is about …

3. There are readers’ letters on page … and they deal with the following topics: …

4. The most interesting feature is about …

5. There is some scandal on page … , a crossword on page …, a cartoon on page … and some small adds on page …

6. The most interesting business story is about …

7. The largest sports article is about ….

8. The most striking photograph shows …

9. There are advertisements for … and …

10. An article about … on page … made me feel …

Exercise 4. These newspaper headlines have got separated from their texts. Put each one with a suitable text.

1. “NEW APPROACH TO CANCER TREATMENT”

2. “ PRIME MINISTER SETS OUT VIEWS ON EUROPEAN UNION”

3. “NEW ARGUMENT OVER ECONOMIC RECESSION”

4. “SOLUTION TO AGE_OLD MYSTERY IN KENYA”

5. “SCIENTIST REJECTS CLAIMS OVER FAST FOOD”

6. “SITUATION IN SAHEL WORSENING DAILY”

1. …she said if the world community failed to respond, thousands of children could die…

2. …there was no proof at all that such things were harmful…

3. …also said that he believed that most people had a similar vision of …

4. …tests were being carried out to see if the new drug really did …

5. … the bones proved beyond doubt that human beings had inhabited the region during …

6. …Mr Wallis denied that this was true and said instead that aa the evidence pointed to …

Exercise 5. Draw lines from the left-hand column to the right-hand column joining each sentence with a suitable label:

1. The earth is in orbit around the sun.	a) problem
2. World poverty and overpopulation.	b) evaluation
3. God exists and loves everybody	c) fact
4. I’ve run out of cash.	d) belief
5. It has proved to be most efficient.	e) view
6. They should get married, to my mind.	f) issue

Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word to refer to the underlined parts of the sentences ( one word is extra):

1. So you were talking about animal rights? That’s quite a big … in Britain nowadays.

2. We are running short of funds. How do you propose we should deal with the …

3. Is there life on other planets? This is a … nobody has yet been able to answer.

4. She thinks we should all fly around in tiny helicopters. This … to the traffic problem in cities is rather new and unusual. I wonder if it is viable.

Approach, problem, question, topic, issue