- •Э. Г. Беззатеева, в. И. Сидорова, и. Н. Чурилова effective english английский: путь к успеху
- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Module I My Identity
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations.
- •2. Say: a) what relatives by birth; b) what relatives by marriage you or other members of your family have.
- •3. Form derivatives according to the model.
- •4. In each column find the word with the more general meaning.
- •5. How do you call a person:
- •6. Fill the gaps with the proper words.
- •12. A) Make up 5 sentences about the occupations of your relatives. Use the following words:
- •13. Read the following words and make up some sentences about your hobby and hobbies of your relatives.
- •Reading
- •14. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions.
- •Meet my family
- •15. Answer the following questions:
- •16. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •17. Work in pairs. Correct wrong statements.
- •18. Give English equivalents for the following word-combinations and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •Speech Practice
- •Find out about your group mates (their countries of residence, birthplace, nationality, age, family, etc.).
- •Write down the special questions to which the following sentences are the answers:
- •Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue about your family. Try to get as much information about the family of your partner as you can.
- •Do the quiz. Guess the names of the people described below:
- •Translate into English.
- •25. Look at the chart of events in the life of an English writer Miriam Field and make a brief biographical account. You may start with the phrases:
- •26. Find the Russian equivalents of the following proverbs:
- •27. Tell the class about yourself and your family. Check List to Module I
- •Module II University Training
- •Vocabulary Training
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations.
- •2. Group the words and word-combinations according to their morphological structure:
- •3. Complete the following phrases.
- •4. Fill the gaps with the proper words.
- •5. Fill in prepositions or adverbs if necessary.
- •6. Let the members of the class ask and answer questions. Give short answers and add a sentence of your own.
- •Reading
- •8. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions.
- •Higher Education in Russia
- •9. Complete the sentences.
- •10. Compose sentences using word combinations:
- •11. Answer the questions.
- •12. Put questions to the sentences.
- •13. Give English equivalents for the following word-combinations and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •14. Read the text about the University you study at.
- •15. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •16. Give equivalents to the following sentences.
- •17. Give English equivalents to the following words and word combinations using the text.
- •18. Make up sentences using the following words:
- •19. Answer the following questions.
- •20. Read the text about the higher education in Great Britain and be ready to answer the questions. Higher Education in Great Britain
- •21. Answer these questions.
- •22. Read the text and try to understand all the details.
- •Copy the table in your notebook and fill it in.
- •Speech Practice
- •24. Look through the dialogues given below and make up your own dialogue on the following situation: a foreign student wants to know as much as possible about the system of higher education in Russia.
- •26. Express your opinion answering the questions.
- •27. Speak on the university you study at. Check List to Module II
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations.
- •2. Work in pairs. Student a translate these sentences into Russian, student b translate them into English.
- •3. Read the geographical names.
- •10. Translate the sentences into Russian and then back into English.
- •11. Express your opinion.
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Choose the right word.
- •Reading
- •14. Study the following text.
- •1 5. Express your opinion.
- •16. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •17. Say it in English using the model:
- •18. Fill in the missing words and phrases from those listed below.
- •19. Finish up the sentences according to the model:
- •20. Translate the following sentences.
- •Speech practice
- •Part 2. Political system and parties
- •Vocabulary training
- •Study the following proper names.
- •Fill in the missing words and phrases from those listed below.
- •Make sure if you remember the Passive Voice.
- •Rearrange the sentences putting the words in the correct word order.
- •Reading
- •Study the following text.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Speech practice
- •18. Work in pairs.
- •1 9. Learn the dialogues.
- •20. Role play. Work in two groups, one – acting mPs supporting the bills to be introduced the other – rejecting it. Discuss all pros and cons of the bills given below, and give your arguments:
- •Part 3. Industry and agriculture
- •Vocabulary training
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Read the following international words and compare them with corresponding Russian ones.
- •Match the words in a with those in b:
- •Complete the sentences with English words instead of their Russian equivalents.
- •In each column find nouns and give their Russian equivalents:
- •11. In each column find adjectives and give the Russian equivalents:
- •Reading
- •12. Study the following text.
- •17. Answer the questions.
- •18. Complete the following sentences.
- •Speech practice
- •19. Ask questions and give answers according to the model.
- •20. Read the dialogues in pairs, noting the most essential patterns of asking and accepting help.
- •21. Speak about:
- •22. Suppose you are to give a lecture on the current state of British economy.
- •23. Role play.
- •Check List to Module III
- •Module IV London – the capital of Great Britain
- •Vocabulary training
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Practice the reading of the proper names:
- •3. Find the synonyms:
- •4. Form the derivatives.
- •5. Make up word-combinations:
- •6. Read and translate the following word-combinations and phrases.
- •Reading
- •11. Study the following text.
- •12. Find in the text the words which have an opposite meaning.
- •13. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:
- •14. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •15. Answer the following questions.
- •16. The information given below contains different points of view of the American students on some aspects of social life in Great Britain.
- •Speech practice
- •17. Use the following words to speak about:
- •1 8. Learn the dialogues.
- •19. In groups, hold a discussion on the following situation:
- •20. Comment on the following proverbs and sayings. (Explain their meaning, give their Russian equivalents.)
- •21. Role play
- •Check List to Module IV
- •Module V The Russian Federation
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Reading
- •Early History of Russia
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Reading
- •Speech Practice
- •Speech Practice
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Reading
- •23. Read and translate the text about new Russia. Modern Russia
- •24. Work together with your desk - mate.
- •Speech Practice
- •Supplementary Reading
- •Countries where the Russian language is spoken
- •29. Work in groups of three or four.
- •Speech Practice
- •30. Make groups of three or four and prepare a multimedia presentation on the topic “The Russian Federation – the past and the present”. Check List to Module V
- •Module VI Omsk – our native city
- •Vocabulary training
- •North-flowing, Trans-Siberian railway, mineral-mining towns, important air gateway, the Far East. Reading
- •Location
- •11. Complete the following sentences using the contents of the text
- •Vocabulary Training
- •12. Read and remember the following words and word combinations:
- •15. Find in the text the English equivalents to the words or word combinations given:
- •Reading
- •16. Skim the text and define the general message of this text.
- •17. Answer the questions to the text.
- •18. Work with your partner.
- •Vocabulary Training
- •19. Read and remember the following words and word combinations:
- •20. Skim the text below and say that in English:
- •Reading
- •21. Scan the text quickly.
- •The new boom
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Reading
- •27. Answer the questions to the text above.
- •Speech practice
- •28. Work with your partner.
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Reading
- •32. Read the text about the Soviet period in the history of Omsk.
- •38. Search the Internet to find out more information about Omsk petrochemistry and share it with the rest of the class.
- •40. Work with your partner. Match synonyms:
- •Reading
- •41. Scan the text and express its general idea. Architecture of Omsk
- •Check List to Module VI
- •Module VII Jobs and occupations
- •Vocabulary Training
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word combinations:
- •6. Work as a group now and think on the following:
- •7. Work with your desk-mate and say how quick you can do the following things.
- •8. Work as a class and match the following verbs with nouns:
- •9. Match the following Russian and English word combinations:
- •Reading
- •10. Now scan the information quickly and say what this passage generally is about.
- •11. Answer the following questions.
- •12. Read the second text carefully and think of the possible title to this text.
- •13. Look through the sample cv and pay attention to the details.
- •Curriculum vitae
- •14. Answer the following questions.
- •15. Complete the following sentences using the contents of both texts.
- •16. This time the text is about a cover letter, read it carefully.
- •17. Think of the heading to the text and express its general idea in one or two sentences.
- •1 8. Work with your partner. Study the sample cover letter (job application letter). Sample Job Application Letter
- •19. Work in pairs. Correct wrong statements.
- •Speech Practice
- •20. Look at the following speech patterns and match questions and answers.
- •21. Match the questions in a with the answers in b. Refer your answer to a particular situation (formal, less formal, informal).
- •22. Say which job you would prefer and why:
- •23. Read and develop these conversations.
- •24. Find out about your group-mates' and other people's occupations.
- •25. Point out the most important factors in choosing your future job.
- •27. Here are two sets of questions. Work with your partner and answer these questions.
- •28. Work as one or two small groups. Chose any situation and act it out.
- •Check List to Module VII
- •Список литературы
15. Complete the following sentences using the text.
1. The Technical University was founded as… 2. Originally it was… 3. The first 25 engineers … from this faculty in 1947. 4. In 1993 the Institute became… 5. OSTU has become … in the Western Siberian Region. 6. It is alma mater… 7. The University has … 8. There are over… working at the University. 9. …to the system approach to improving the training-&-educational process and radical improving the content of education. 10. Using these curricula … students giving them the following three degrees –… (term of training is 4 years), … (5 years) and … (6 years.. 11. The university is persistent in… 12. The university steadily develops… 13. The … of the system for continuous engineering training at the university is a structure of the… 14. …is available for persons who got Higher Education. 15. Both … (3 years) and … (4 years) courses are possible.
16. Give equivalents to the following sentences.
1. The Technical University was founded as the Omsk Machine-Building Institute in the years of the Great Patriotic War (1942..
2. In 1993 the Institute became Omsk State Technical University with 12 Faculties, 12 000 students, 740 professors and instructors.
3. Omsk State Technical University has become one of the leading educational institutions in the Western Siberian Region.
4. The University has 3 institutes (Machine Building Institute, Petrochemical Institute, Energy Institute., 7 faculties (Humanities Faculty, Information Technologies and Computer Systems Faculty, Radio Engineering Faculty, Transport Oil and Gas Faculty, Economics and Management Faculty, Extramural and Distance Learning Faculty, Faculty for Pre-University Training., 600 instructors, 14 000 students, 8 buildings, Sport centers, 8 Dormitories, Publishing House, Medical Center, Sport Camp.
5. The University has a Military Faculty that trains students in 5 military specialties with giving reserved lieutenancy.
6. Besides the University has the faculty “the Interpreter in the Field of Professional Communication” attached to the chair of the Foreign languages.
7. Using these curricula the university has been training students giving them the following three degrees – a bachelor (term of training is 4 years., a specialist (5 years. and a master (6 years..
8. The inseparable part of the system for continuous engineering training at the university is a structure of the after-university training.
9. Both Full-time (3 years. and extramural (4 years. courses are possible.
17. Give English equivalents to the following words and word combinations using the text.
1. был основан, 2. Омский машиностроительный институт, 3. Ворошилово-градский вечерний машиностроительный институт, 4. факультет, 5. закан-чивать факультет, 6. ректор, 7. преподаватели, 8. образовательное учреждение, 9. альма-матер, 10. специалисты, 11. промышленные предприятия, 12. маши-ностроительный институт, 13. нефтехимический институт, 14. энергетический институт, 15. гуманитарный факультет, 16. факультет информационных тех-нологий и компьютерных систем, 17. радиотехнический факультет, 18. фа-культет транспорта нефти и газа, 19. факультет экономики и управления, 20. факультет заочного и дистанционного обучения, 21. факультет довузовской подготовки, 22. факультет «переводчик в сфере профессиональной комму-никации», 23. военная кафедра, 24. лейтенант запаса, 25. обучение, 26. осу-ществляться, 27. бюджетная основа, 28. договорная основа, 29. семестр, 30. одновременно, 31. корпус, 32. общежитие, 33. издательство, 34. доктор наук, 35. кандидат наук, 36. системный подход, 37. улучшение учебно-вос-питательного процесса, 38. бакалавр, специалист, магистр, 39. дистанционное обучение, 40. аспирантура, 41. дневное обучение, 42. заочное обучение.