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- •Предисловие
- •Contents
- •P review
- •Look at the picture and answer the questions below.
- •Which of the following happens to you for the first time when you meet someone?
- •Can you remember when and where you met some of the following people for the first time?
- •Vocabulary 1: jobs
- •Match professions with their definitions.
- •Write down at least one job from the list that would probably be impossible for these people.
- •Look at the family tree and complete the sentences below.
- •Correct the mistakes.
- •Work with a partner. What is a phrasal verb? What makes it different from other verbs? Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
- •Complete the text using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in Exercise b.
- •Who do you live with? Do other members of your family live near you, or do you have to travel to see them?
- •Read the statistics about families in the usa and the uk. How do you think the same statistics would be different in Russia?
- •Find the examples of Present tenses in the text “Modern families”.
- •Look at the verbs expressing attitude. Describe relationship between James, Louise and Richard.
- •Fill in the gaps with the most suitable words using the information from the sites:
- •Study the typical questions for Application Form.
- •You are going to visit your grandmother living abroad. You will need to fill in the application form similar to the one above. Write your answers.
- •Discuss.
- •Here are some verb phrases connected with daily routine.
- •V ocabulary 1: daily routine
- •Study the following. Sleep
- •Keeping clean
- •Evenings
- •Housework
- •Now complete some more word partnerships and expressions by matching the verbs on the left with the correct word on the right.
- •Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.
- •Read the following statements. Which do you think are true for your country? Compare your ideas in groups.
- •How we really spend our time
- •Write down four things from the text that you think are surprising or interesting. Compare with your partner.
- •Are you happy with the way you use your time? What would you like to spend more/less time doing? Discuss in groups.
- •Choose the best alternative between Past Simple or Past Progressive.
- •Read the text and open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Perfect tenses.
- •Supply the suitable form of past tenses.
- •Insert the proper words and write the questions.
- •Make up tag questions.
- •Make an embedded question or a new sentence from the question in brackets.
- •You are going to interview your partner in order to complete a similar pie-chart how he/she spends his/her time. First spend a few minutes preparing for the interview. Think about:
- •Vocabulary 2: work duties
- •Study the following. What do you do?
- •Working hours
- •Read the email and answer these questions:
- •Work in pairs. What do the people in the photos do?
- •How would you personally start job hunting? Use the phrases in the box to help you.
- •What do you remember about your first day at school or university? Describe your feelings and behavior (mind using Past Tenses).
- •Here are some “dos” and “don’ts” about how to behave in a new job. Can you tell which are which?
- •Read the article and find “dos” and “don’ts” from the list on the previous page.
- •Read the article again and find out why…
- •Vocabulary: personal traits
- •Match the descriptions in column b with the personality adjectives in column a. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •You will hear a manager interviewing a person for a job. Listen out for these verbs, and then use them to complete sentences 1-5.
- •Listen again to the interview and complete the notes the interviewer makes.
- •Read the short extract from the interview and recognize any constructions expressing Future Actions.
- •Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using either to be going to or will form of the future tense.
- •Put the verb into the most suitable form with future meaning, Present progressive or Present simple.
- •Put the words into the correct order paying attention to the usage of tenses denoting future actions.
- •Open the brackets paying attention to the usage of tenses denoting future actions (negative/question/affirmative forms).
- •Role-play the following situation.
- •Read Adam Hall’s Curriculum Vitae (cv).
- •What do you know about Russia? Match the above pictures 1-6 with descriptions a) – f). What information can you give about the pictures?
- •Use the dictionary to find the meaning of the following words:
- •How would you say these numbers?
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Complete the fact file about Russia.
- •Match pictures 1-4 to a)-d).
- •Look at the graph below and complete the sentences with to, at, of, by.
- •Put the parts of a sentence in the correct order and describe the graph below.
- •Read a part of a business plan and draw the graph of the rate of inflation.
- •What kind of movement do the verbs below describe? Match them to the symbols. Use some symbols more than once.
- •What do you know about Tatarstan? Do the quiz and say which of the data were surprising for you?
- •Read and translate the text. History
- •Geographical position
- •The capital
- •The government
- •Industrial regions
- •Answer questions to the text. Make up a dialogue on the basis of this information.
- •Itinerary of William Smith, trip to New York, 23-26 November
- •Tell if you agree or disagree with these quotations.
- •Match phrases 1)–8) with pictures a)-f), some of them can be used more than once:
- •We say 'on the front/on the back' of a piece of paper.
- •Study the vocabulary
- •Read and translate the dialogue.
- •What countries is English the first language? Match English-speaking countries with their national flags and capitals.
- •Do you know where English is the second official language? Rearrange the letters and read some of these countries, name their capitals.
- •Module 1 Across Britain
- •Study the vocabulary from Exercises b, e.
- •Write down the italicized phrases from the text. Match them to these uses of ‘the’.
- •With a partner study the popular activities offered to tourists in England. Choose any three you would wish to do and give arguments to support your choice. Use the language skills given above.
- •Before you read, think about main characteristics of a nation's economic system.
- •Skim-read the text and compare your answers with those offered in the text.
- •Look in the text and find the following words and phrases.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Draw the table ‘Britain’s economy over the last decades’ and complete it.
- •I. Summarize the information about Britain’s Economy. Use the headings below.
- •Make a list of all geographical names mentioned in the text. Be sure that you can read them correctly. Use dictionary if necessary.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words from the text with their definitions, use vertical prompts if necessary.
- •I. What is the main point made by r. Kennedy? (4) Do you agree with him?
- •Missing word cloze quiz. Choose the correct word from 1) – 8).
- •Read Canada Profile and ask questions to the given pieces of information.
- •Verb forms change in the following way:
- •Read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •I. Use words from each box to make word partnerships from the text:
- •Discuss the following questions in groups.
- •You will hear a radio discussion in which two students are talking about their first few weeks in higher education. First discuss these questions.
- •Listen again. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer a, b or c.
- •Vocabulary
- •Complete the sentences with the correct word. Use each word once only.
- •Match the phrasal verbs in italics in the sentences to the definitions a) – j) below.
- •Which of these would make most students happy and why?
- •Before you read, answer these questions.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •Find words in the text that mean:
- •Choose the correct answer to the following.
- •Define the paragraph that contains the following information.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Continue the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions.
- •Find the words in the text which mean:
- •Make your sentences with the words.
- •Open the brackets by putting the adjectives and adverbs into the correct form.
- •Complete the sentences using soon, well, much, many and translate them into Russian.
- •Put the words in the right order to form a statement.
- •Complete each sentence using the information in brackets.
- •Admission
- •Business star
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Say which paragraphs contain information on:
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Look through paragraphs 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, write out 6 phrasal verbs and give their Russian equivalents. Define the type each of the phrasal verbs belongs to:
- •Find in the text 9 noun chains.
- •Find in paragraphs 1, 3, 7, 8 words and word combinations with the meaning «чтобы», «чтобы не», «так, чтобы / таким образом, чтобы».
- •Say which of the following sentences presents most accurately the main idea of the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Look through paragraphs 1,2,4,7 and find 6 verbs which go with the word “business” and 4 collocations with this word. Give their Russian equivalents.
- •Say which paragraphs contain information on:
- •Say which of the following sentences presents most accurately the main idea of the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Say whether the following statements are true, false or there is no information on the subject in the text.
- •Say which paragraphs contain the information on:
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •Find in the text words or word combinations which are equivalent in meaning to the following ones:
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Say whether the following statements are true, false or there is no information on the subject in the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following agricultural terms:
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following derivatives:
- •Find in the text 10 ed-forms of English verbs and translate them into Russian paying attention to different functions they perform in the sentences.
- •Say whether the following statements are true, false or there is no information on the subject in the text.
- •Say which paragraphs contain the information on:
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Say which paragraphs contain the information on:
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Say whether the following statements are true, false or there is no information on the subject in the text.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •Find English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Справочник по грамматике английского языка Cуществительное (The Noun)
- •Общие сведения об артиклях
- •Неопределенный артикль
- •Определенный артикль
- •Определённый артикль употребляется:
- •Артикли не употребляются:
- •Употребление определенного артикля
- •Множественное число имен существительных
- •Исключения
- •Личные местоимения
- •Притяжательные местоимения
- •Указательные местоимения
- •Вопросительные местоимения
- •Относительные местоимения
- •Возвратные местоимения
- •Неопределенные местоимения
- •Отрицательные местоимения
- •Взаимные местоимения
- •Оборот There is / There are
- •Местоимения some, any, no и их производные.
- •Имя прилагательное (The Adjective)
- •Исключения
- •Наречие (The Adverb)
- •Глагол (The Verb)
- •Основные глагольные формы
- •Инфинитив
- •Причастие I
- •Формы причастия
- •Функции причастия I
- •Причастие II
- •Функции причастия II
- •1. Определением.
- •Герундий
- •Функции герундия
- •Повелительное наклонение.
- •Модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты
- •Can / could
- •To be able to
- •May / might
- •To be allowed to to be permitted to
- •To have (to)
- •Условные придаточные предложения
- •Условные предложения 0 типа
- •Условные предложения I типа
- •Союзы условных придаточных предложений.
- •Правило согласования времен
- •Косвенные вопросы
- •Косвенные команды, просьбы
- •Интернет-ресурсы, использованные при составлении учебного пособия:
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Before you read, think about main characteristics of a nation's economic system.
Skim-read the text and compare your answers with those offered in the text.
Look in the text and find the following words and phrases.
1 торговая держава; за последние двадцать лет; значительно сокращать долю государственной собственности; сократить государственные программы социальной помощи;
2 рабочая сила; уменьшаться; нетто-импортер энергоресурсов/страна с превышением импорта энергоресурсов; на долю энергетической промышленности приходится; банковское дело; страхование; насчитывать/составлять;
3 с момента выхода из рецессии; обгонять/опережать; экономический спад; жесткие условия кредитования; ввергнуть в рецессию; заставлять; осуществлять/вводить ряд мер; сокращать/урезать/снижать налоги;
4 изменения процентной ставки; опросы общественного мнения.
Read and translate the text.
1 The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is one of the quintet of trillion dollar economies of Western Europe. Over the past two decades, the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs.
2 Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with less than 2% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas and oil resources, but its oil and natural gas reserves are declining and the UK became a net importer of energy in 2005; energy industries now contribute about 4% to GDP. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, account by far for the largest proportion of GDP while industry continues to decline in importance.
3 Since emerging from recession in 1992, Britain’s economy enjoyed the longest period of expansion during which time growth outpaced most Western Europe. The global economic slowdown, tight credit, and falling home prices, however, pushed Britain back into recession in the latter half of 2008 and prompted the government to implement a number of new measures to stimulate the economy and stabilize the financial markets; these include part-nationalizing the banking system, cutting taxes etc.
4 The Bank of England periodically coordinates interest rate moves with the European Central Bank, but Britain remains outside the European Economic and Monetary Union, and opinion polls show a majority of Britons oppose joining the euro.
To the given words and word combinations find in the text: A) synonyms; B) antonyms.
A)
slowdown
resources
reduce
B)
join
nationalize
Which words below have a positive meaning? Which have a negative one? Use these words to complete the sentences below.
leading tight falling intensive highly mechanized efficient to reduce to contain to emerge from to outpace to decline to enjoy to cut to stimulate to stabilize to suspend to oppose |
The English do … life.
Production processes in Europe are … …
It is also an … time for the production team.
The health care could be more …
It is one of the UK’s … producers.
6) Credit conditions remain …, while affordability, especially in London, is still poor.
7) UK house prices saw a slight rally last month after … at the end of the year.
8) High interest rates, rising oil and food prices are likely to … growth at about 7.5%, analysts said, down from 9% or more in previous years.
9) … reserves of North Sea gas and oil mean that by the end of the decade, the UK will be a net energy importer for the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
10) The Scottish economy is likely to … recession and return to weak growth by the spring.
11) The rise in London house prices has dramatically … Londoners' salary increases.
12) The prime minister regards help for people on low incomes as the most efficient way to … the economy.
13) Government faced a choice between … taxes, boosting infrastructure spending and helping people on low incomes.
14) But more needs to be done to … financial markets and support economic growth
15) The institution has asked the European Union's highest court to annul a decision by EU finance ministers to temporarily … the rules.
16) Conservative party leader … city parking tax.
17) Northern Ireland’s health trusts have made significant progress in … their financial deficits.