- •Содержание
- •Введение
- •Orenburg - city and fortress
- •1.1.1 Learn the following words and expressions
- •1.1.2 Make up your own sentences using these words for your fellow students to translate them into Russian
- •1.1.3 Complete the following sentences with the words from ex. 1.1.1
- •1.1.4 Find the synonyms in the right column to the words in the left column
- •1.1.5 Paraphrase the following
- •1.1.6 Find the words and phrases from ex. 1.1.1 in the text below and translate the sentences with them into Russian
- •1.1.7 Read the text and make a plan of it
- •Expedition
- •1.2.4 Complete the sentences using the information from the text
- •1.2.5 Say whether the following statements are true or false
- •Fortification
- •1.3.5 Put your own questions to the words and phrases in italics
- •1.3.6 Identify the Tenses in the following sentences and prove that they are used correctly
- •1.3.7 Make up dialogues discussing the figures (2, 3 and 4) in the text
- •1.4.1 Find the following words and phrases in the text and make a note of where they occur. Put them in the sentences of your own. Learn the given words
- •1.4.2 Quickly skim the whole text to decide what the general theme of the text is. Give your heading to the text
- •1.4.3 Compare your heading with ones of your classmates, discuss which the best title is and express your opinion why you think so. Use the following phrases for agreement or disagreement
- •1.4.4 Look through the text once again to find the answers to the following questions
- •1.5.1 Answer the following questions:
- •2.1.3 Read the text without the dictionary, try to understand it with the help of the words and expressions given above
- •I.I. Nepliuev
- •2.1.4 Compare your answers to the presupposed questions that you’ve made up before reading the text with the real facts from the original and say what was wrong and what new info you have gained
- •2.1.5 Answer the following questions
- •2.1.6 Complete the sentences the way they are put in the text
- •3.1.2 Read the text and try to understand it with the help of the given above words and expressions
- •3.1.3 Prepare a list of eight- ten questions to ask about the text. Be ready to interview the students in the group
- •Use your skimming and scanning skills to find out key words and phrases in the following text. Write them down in the sentences of your own.
- •Read the text and summarize what it is about in 8-10 sentences.
- •3.3.1. Skim the following text to find out what it is about in general. Find the main themes of paragraphs and give each one a suitable heading
- •3.3.3. Make up 5 questions to the text
- •3.4.1. Find the following words and expressions in the text and make a note of where they occur. Learn them
- •3.4.2 Read the text and try to understand it with the help of the given above words and expressions
- •4.1.1 Read the new words according to the transcription, mind their pronunciation and meaning
- •4.1.2 Pay attention to the meaning of the words, belonging to the group of mineral resources. Mind their pronunciation
- •4.2 Read the text. Translate it The Concise Reference of the Orenburg Region
- •4.2.1 Answer the questions to the text
- •4.2.3 Arrange items for plan according to text
- •4.2.4 Speak about the Orenburg region according to the plan
- •4.3. Read the text. Translate it
- •4.3.1 Find the equivalents
- •4.3.2 Find the equivalent
- •4.3.3 Pronounce the following words
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •Words and phrases to be remembered
- •What is this city famous for?
- •An introduction to the Orenburg region, its commercial opportunities
- •Список использованных источников
Содержание
Введение……………………………………………………………………. |
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1 Unit1 First steps…………………………………………………………… |
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2 Unit2 Father of the town ………………………………………………….. |
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3 Unit3 Final location ……………………………………………................. |
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4 Unit4 The Concise Reference of the Orenburg Region …………………... |
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5 Unit5 Supplementary reading ……………………..................................... |
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6 Unit 6 Situations …………………………………………………………. |
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7 Unit 7 Additional info …………………………………………………….. |
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Список использованных источников ……………………………………. |
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Введение
Данный спецкурс предназначен для студентов, изучающих углубленно английский язык и представляет собой обзорный материал по страноведческой тематике Оренбургского региона.
Цель пособия – помочь студентам приобрести знания, умения и навыки необходимые для того, чтобы вести беседу на английском языке или сделать сообщения по данной теме.
Тесты взяты из учебной и научной литературы, частично сокращены и адаптированы. Тесты сопровождаются упражнениями, снижающими трудность восприятия основного текста. Все упражнения рассчитаны на развитие речевых навыков и умений и способствуют достижению основных целей обучения иностранному языку студентов неязыковых специальностей.
Orenburg - city and fortress
Unit 1 FIRST STEPS
SECTION ONE
1.1.1 Learn the following words and expressions
Stronghold - оплот, крепость
Remote – отдаленный, далекий
To cope with – справиться
Vast – обширный
To secure - охранять
To establish close links - установить прочные связи
Fatal mission - зд. неудачно, трагически закончившаяся
экспедиция
To be occupied – быть занятым
Intercourse – общение, общественные связи
To succeed – достигать цели, преуспевать ( in ); иметь успех
To cause – послужить причиной / поводом для чего-л.,
мотивировать что-л.
To swore – присягать; поклясться
To be faithful – быть верным, стойким, преданным
1.1.2 Make up your own sentences using these words for your fellow students to translate them into Russian
1.1.3 Complete the following sentences with the words from ex. 1.1.1
Russia was in great need to found a town that could be a center of ………. with Asia.
Orenburg was founded in the territories of ……. steppe.
There were no ……. on the …….. borders of Russia those times that’s why Orenburg was founded.
Peter the Great thought that Russia had to …………………… with other countries and especially with the East.
Orenburg was a fortress to ………. all the troubles that could arise on the frontier.