- •Дорогие первокурсники!
- •Meeting people
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text 1
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it
- •Introducing People
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •Vocabulary to Text 2
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it Forms of Address
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in sentences of your own
- •3. Answer the following questions
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •Dialogue 3
- •Dialogue 4
- •Greeting People
- •Dialogue 5
- •At the Friendship House
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete these conversations. Then practise them
- •Match the opening phrases in the column on the left with the remarks on the right
- •3. You are on a stay in Britain on an exchange programme. Say how you would address each of the following:
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun
- •The activities
- •Role play
- •Introduction
- •1. Marry first and love will come afterwards.
- •2. Marriage is lottery.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the task following it
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •Vocabulary to Text 2
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it a Quiet Revolution?
- •2. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English and answer them
- •4. Speak for or against: a) extended family; b) nuclear family; c) divorce; d) women career advancement
- •5. Discuss the problem of the nature of the family dialogues
- •Dialogue1.
- •Dialogue 2.
- •Dialogue 3.
- •Dialogue 4.
- •Dialogue 5.
- •Dialogue 6.
- •Dialogue 7.
- •Dialogue 8.
- •Exercises
- •1. Translate into English
- •2.Translate the following dialogues and dramatize them in English
- •3.* Questions on the topic
- •4. Read the following announcement and if you are not married write your own announcement
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements by using the phrases like: I (fully/partly) agree. I couldn’t agree more. (I am afraid) I disagree. Try to prove your point
- •Jokes and fun
- •1.Daddy’s Little Girl
- •The activities
- •3. Numbers in my life
- •Let’s share
- •Role play
- •Talking about the weather
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text
- •Text 1.
- •1. Read the following interview and translate it into Russian. Do the tasks following it Angry, Sad, Happy?-Blame the Weather! (Interview with an expert)
- •2. Match English word-combinations with their Russian equivalents
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •4. Find statements in the text you agree with.
- •5. Discuss the text with your friend. Speak on the effect of the weather on people’s health, mood and behaviour. Describe your own experience
- •6. There are two texts. Work in pairs. Student a reads the first text on page 46, Student b reads the second text on page 47 and do the tasks after the texts Weather in Britain
- •Weather in New York
- •2. Answer the following questions
- •3*. Complete the text about the weather in Britain, using appropriate words The Weather in Britain
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 1. Read and dramatize the following dialogue Talking about Weather
- •Read the following dialogue. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech
- •Dialogue 3. Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Dialogue 4. Complete the open dialogue using the vocabulary of the unit
- •Exercises
- •1. A) Fill the gaps in sentences 1-5 with the correct-form of one of these verbs
- •2. Match these adjectives with suitable weather nouns
- •3. Guess the meanings of the weather idioms in italics in these sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian
- •4. Translate into English
- •5*. Translate the following text into English, then write a short text about the weather in your country or another country
- •6*. Translate into English
- •7. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun Read the stories
- •2. The Woman Who Wanted To Sing
- •Role play
- •Keeping fit
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text1.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it Self-Care Has Come of Age – Again!
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it
- •Aerobic dancing
- •2. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English and answer them
- •Give a summary of the text "Aerobic Dancing" using the following words and word-combinations from the text:
- •Dialogues
- •How to ask about people's health
- •Dialogue 1 Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Visiting the Doctor
- •Dialogue 2. Read the following dialogue. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech
- •Dialogue 3.
- •At the Doctor's
- •Dialogue 4.
- •Dialogue5. Complete the open dialogue and learn it by heart
- •Exercises
- •1. Filling gaps. (Cloze technique) Going to the doctor
- •Going to the dentist
- •2. Translate into English
- •3*. Translate into English
- •4*. Translate the following dialogues into English. Use the vocabulary of the unit
- •5. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun
- •Role play
- •Ways of holiday-making. Travelling
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text 1.
- •Text 1.
- •Read and translate the text. Do the tasks following it Planning Holidays
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •4. Find statements in the text you agree with
- •5. Discuss the text with a friend. Work in pair. Speak of your own experience in planning a holiday and spending one
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2.
- •1. Read and translate the following text. Do the tasks that follow it Ways of Holiday-Making
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •Text 3.
- •2. Match the following words and word combinations. Give definition to them
- •3. Answer the following questions
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 1. Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Dialogue 2. Read the following dialogue. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech
- •Dialogue 3. Read and dramatize the following dialogue
- •Dialogue 4. Learn the following dialogue by heart
- •Dialogue 5. Complete the open dialogue. Use the vocabulary of the unit
- •Exercises
- •1. Fill in prepositions where necessary
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Translate into English
- •4*. Translate the following dialogues into English. Use the vocabulary of the unit
- •5. Questions on the topic
- •Jokes and fun
- •3. The Vacation In Florida
- •Short activities
- •Role play
- •Education
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text 1.
- •Text 1.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks that follow it How to Educate a Child
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •4. Find statements in the text you agree with.
- •There is a text. Work in pairs. Student a reads the first part of the text on page 106, Student b reads the second part of the text on page 108 and do the tasks that follow it
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2. Higher Education Part one
- •6. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •7.All Students a do task I together
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2. Part two
- •8. Match the following words and word combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •9.All Students b do task I together
- •10*. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them
- •11. Speak for or against: a)European system of education; b)American system of education; c) Russian system of education
- •12. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of bachelor's degree, master's degree
- •13. Discuss the problem of higher education
- •Dialogues
- •Dialogue 1 Read and dramatize the dialogue
- •Dialogue 2.
- •Education in England
- •Dialogue 3.
- •Dialogue 4.
- •Dialogue 5.
- •Exercises
- •1. Read three different descriptions of early school memories. What are the memories about? Are the memories happy or unhappy? Note down three memories for each speaker
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Questions on the topic
- •4. Talking points
- •Jokes and fun
- •2. Dreams
- •3. Income Tax
- •I opened the door and income tax. Role play Dramatize one of the following situations
- •5. Speak with your friend about Ufa State Aviation Technical University. Use the words given below
- •6. Make up and write down 10 questions which you would include in a questionnaire for a University graduate in Ufa
- •7. Discuss with your friends the career opportunities open to young people in this country
- •New technologies
- •Introduction
- •Vocabulary to Text 1.
- •Text 1.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks that follow it.
- •Virtual reality
- •2. Match the following words and word-combinations, use them in the sentences of your own.
- •3. Translate the following questions into English, then answer them.
- •4. Speak for or against virtual reality.
- •Vocabulary to Text 2.
- •Text 2.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Do the tasks that follow it
- •Intelligent Intranets
- •1. Match the following words and their definitions. Use them in the sentences of your own
- •6. Compare the differences between the Internet and Intranet.Discuss their advantages
- •7. Discuss the present day technologies with your friends dialogues Dialogue 1.
- •Dialogue 2.
- •Exercises
- •1. Filling the gaps (cloze technique) the twenty-first century
- •2. Are you a ‘computer nerd’ or a ‘technophobe’?
- •3. Crossword puzzle
- •Villagers adapt to laboratory life
- •5*. Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap Computers in the Classroom
- •6*. Translate into English
- •Questions on the topic
- •Active voice
- •Passive voice
- •Indirect speech Sequence of Tenses
- •Exercise 2. Change the following sentences Into Indirect Speech
- •Modal verbs Obligation and Likelihood Must, Need
- •Should /Ought to
- •Ability, Likelihood and Permission
- •May, Might
- •The infinitive
- •Complexes with the infinitive Complex Object
- •Complex subject
- •The verbals
- •The participle
- •The subjunctive mood
- •Grammar Tests Test 1 Tenses
- •Test 2. Modal Verbs
- •Test 3.
- •Verbals
- •Test 4. Subjunctive Mood
- •Final Test
- •Keep the conversation going
- •Situation 1.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 2.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 3.
- •Invitation is Incomplete
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 4.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 5.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 6.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 7.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 8.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 9.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 10.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 11.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 12.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 13.
- •Vocabulary
- •Situation 14.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Supplementary reading Unit 1. Cultural adjustment
- •Initial
- •Isolation
- •Integration
- •Individual reactions
- •"Comfort Zones"
- •Business Cultures
- •Eye Contact
- •Shaking Hands
- •North America
- •Titles and Names
- •Beating Culture Shock
- •Unit 2. The Japanese Family
- •American Family Trends
- •An Irish Wedding
- •Climate
- •Climate, Vegetation and Wildlife
- •Climate in Canada
- •Climate in Australia
- •Eurorailing
- •Why laughter is the best medicine.
- •Long life
- •Are you on top of the world? Some things that can make you feel better...
- •Getting moving
- •A lively social life.
- •Self-indulgence
- •Schooling
- •Secondary Education
- •Public Education: Historical Review
- •American School System
- •Higher Education
- •Higher education in Russia
- •Computers: History and Development
- •Key Developments of the Information Age
- •Teacher’s corner
- •1. Tongue twisters
- •2. Associations
- •3. Brainstorm round a word
- •4. Damaged property
- •5. General knowledge
- •Intermediate Level
- •6. Questions about a statement
- •7. The Moon survival problem
- •Cultural adjustment
- •Celebrating holidays and special events
- •American holidays
- •Whom do you invite to dinner party?
- •Plan the Perfect «Core» College Curriculum.
- •1. Pizza
- •2. That Terrible Bus
- •Improve your ability to use the idioms in conversation with a couple of your classmates by acting out one or more of the roleplays below:
- •American slang
- •1. Read the following dialogue in slang and try to guess the meaning of the underlined expressions At school
- •2. Use the explanations given below and compile the dialogue in standard English
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Read the same dialogue translated into Standard English and compare it with your variant of translation At school
- •4. Read the following dialogue in slang and try to guess the meaning of the expressions At the movies
- •5. Use the explanations given below and compile the dialogue in standard English
- •Vocabulary
- •Read the same dialogue translated into standard English and compare it with your variant of translation At the movies
- •7. Complete the phrases by choosing the appropriate words from the list below
- •Match the two columns
- •9. Underline the word that best completes each phrase
- •Speak test
Дорогие первокурсники!
Вы держите в руках учебное пособие «English ad Verbum», и это значит, что вы хотите учиться и предпочитаете делать это с удовольствием! Мы не случайно назвали наше пособие «English ad Verbum», тем самым определив общий настрой процесса обучения. Мы полагаем, что занятия английским языком вызывают у вас только положительные эмоции. Как известно, сделанное с радостью, приносит двойную пользу.
«English ad Verbum» – дополненное и переработанное издание учебного пособия «Per Aspera ad Astra». В нем появились новые разделы не только для вас, но и для преподавателя.
Вы любите анекдоты и шутки? В этом пособии они есть в каждом разделе, а если вы человек серьезный, то этот раздел можно и пропустить. Возможно, вас заинтересует уникальный сленговый материал. Если захочется проверить правильность перевода, выискивать в словарях значения сленговых выражений не придется, они представлены в диалогах в двух вариантах.
Есть в пособии и еще один интересный раздел. Если вы человек нерешительный и трудно принимаете решения, то этот раздел для вас. Заинтригованы? Тогда смелее вперед!
А теперь расскажем о структуре пособия, которое состоит из введения, 7 глав, списка литературы и специализированных блоков, выделенных в самостоятельные разделы. Каждая глава посвящена определенной разговорной теме и включает задания, составленные на основе разнообразных аутентичных текстов. Вы увидите, что часть заданий отмечены звездочкой – это задания повышенной сложности (уровень Upper Intermediate).
Есть в пособии грамматический блок, включающий упражнения по грамматическим темам и соответствующий требованиям рабочей программы.
В отдельный блок вошли тексты для дополнительного чтения. Для удобства работы тексты сгруппированы в соответствии с темами глав.
Раздел “Keep the conversation going” представляет собой подборку писем, в которых вполне реальные люди описывают затруднительные для них ситуации и спрашивают совет у психолога.
Раздел “Teacher’s corner” предназначен исключительно для преподавателя и представляет собой дополнительный материал к урокам: скороговорки, разнообразные игры, уникальный сленговый материал и многое другое. Все использованные ситуации логично связаны с темами практических занятий.
Gaudeamus, igitur, juvenes dum sumus…(Будем веселиться, пока мы молоды…)
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Unit 1.
Meeting people
Introduction
Read the following English proverbs, think of their Russian equivalents. Comment on them
1. So many countries, so many customs.
2. East or West – home is best.
3. There is no place like home.
Vocabulary to Text 1
to introduce smb to – представить кого-либо
nowadays – в настоящее время
newcomer – вновь прибывший, незнакомец
to present smb to smb – представить кого-либо
royal – королевский
to pronounce – произносить
as a rule – как правило
to add – добавлять
conversation – беседа, разговор
response – ответ
perfectly – совершенно
to remain – оставаться
handshaking – рукопожатие
rare – редкий
to touch – касаться
especially – особенно
instead – вместо этого
however – однако
Text 1