- •I. Starting Points
- •II Speech Patterns
- •Exercises
- •1. Paraphrase the following sentences using the patterns:
- •2. Complete the following sentences using the patterns:
- •3. Make up 2 sentences of your own on each pattern.
- •4. Translate into English using the patterns:
- •III. Text Agatha Christie
- •The accident
- •Essential Vocabulary. Vocabulary Notes words
- •Vocabulary notes
- •2. Waggle (n, V)
- •3. Succeed (V)
- •4. Occur (V)
- •5. Peer (V, n)
- •6. Hurl (V, n)
- •7. Athletic (adj)
- •8. Familiar (adj, n)
- •9. Conscious (adj)
- •10. Shot (n, pii)
- •11. Queer (adj, n, V)
- •Word Combinations and Phrases
- •Exercises
- •1. Put 10 questions to the text.
- •2. Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combinations and phrases.
- •3. Make up a story using the word combinations and phrases.
- •4. Find in Text equivalents for the following words and phrases.
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Paraphrase the following sentences using Essential Vocabulary.
- •2. Find information about golf. Speak about its history; describe the rules, the process of the game and the golf course5 using the vocabulary.
- •IV. Exercises on Synonyms
- •1. Choose the right word.
- •2. Translate into English.
- •3. Make up and act out a dialogue using the words and word combinations, essential vocabulary, synonyms.
- •V. Exercises on Prepositions
- •4. Fill in prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Translate into English. Pay especial attention to the prepositions while translating.
- •Sports Armour and Equipment. Playing Area
- •Other Terms
- •3) Scoring System:
- •Words and Word Combinations to the Text
- •Determined to Show the World
- •Inspired to Run
- •C) Questions to the Text:
- •IX. Conversational Situations
- •2) Sharing experience.
- •X. Listening
- •Olympic Games
- •3. Listen again and finish these sentences:
- •4. Follow-Up. Answer the following questions.
- •XI. Practically speaking
- •1) Understanding directions: Following directions (transcript)
- •2) Distinguishing facts and opinions (transcript)
- •XII. Listening Extreme Sports
- •2. Listening. Listen to this story (“Coming Back Up” by Chris Rose) about one man facing his fear. Be ready to say whether these statements are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and answer the questions:
- •5. Read this text and the conversations to find out more about extreme sports. Extreme Sports in the uk
- •XIII. Language Reference
- •XIV. Phrasal Verbs
- •Exercises
- •XV. Conversational Situations.
- •XVI. Revision and Practice (Translation Exercises)
- •I. Translate into English.
- •III. Translate the article into English. Look up into the dictionary for the unknown vocabulary.
- •2012 Рік – рік спорту та здорового способу життя в Україні
- •IV. Translate the following sentences into English. Use the speech patterns, your essential and topical vocabulary, phrasal verbs with “run” while translating.
5. Peer (V, n)
a) Verb [no obj., with adv.] look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something. Syn: to look (intently), to glance, to stare, to gaze
Faye peered at her with suspicion.
■ be just visible the towers peer over the roofs
■ [no obj.] come into view; appear Origin: late 16th cent.: perhaps a variant of dialect pire or perhaps partly from a shortening of appear
- peer at / into / over / past / (a)round / through
- to peer into the distance -to peer over smb’s shoulder
-to peer round the corner -to peer at the photograph
b) Noun
1) a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron;
2) a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person.
He has incurred much criticism from his academic peers.
- vote by peers
- peer-reviewed
- peer pressure
- peer-to-peer
- peer group
6. Hurl (V, n)
a) Verb [with obj. and adv. of direction] throw or impel (someone or something) with great force. Syn: throw, impel
Rioters hurled a brick through the windscreen | he hurled himself into the job with enthusiasm
- hurl away
- hurl down
- hurl out
- hurl together
- to hurl insults at smb.
■ utter (abuse) vehemently
The demonstrators hurled abuse at councillors
■ [no obj.] vomit
You make me want to hurl
b) Noun
1) a ride in a vehicle; a lift Origin: Middle English: probably imitative, but corresponding in form and partly in sense with Low German hurreln
2) a club (armour in sport)
3) a violent throw
7. Athletic (adj)
1) physically strong, fit, and active | big, muscular, athletic boys. Syn: strong, muscular, fit, well-built.
2) [attrib.] relating to athletes or athletics: athletic events | an athletic club | athletic field. Derivatives: athletically, athleticism. Origin: mid 17th cent.: from French athlétique or Latin athleticus, from Greek athlētikos, from athletes.
Athlete, n a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise
– track-and-field athletics
■ a person who takes part in competitive track and field events (athletics)
8. Familiar (adj, n)
a) Adjective
1) well known from long or close association. Syn: known, close, intimate, acquainted.
Their faces will be familiar to many of you | a familiar voice.
■ often encountered or experienced; common
The situation was all too familiar.
■ (familiar with) having a good knowledge of
Ensure that you are familiar with the heating controls.
2) in close friendship; intimate
She had not realized they were on such familiar terms.
■ informal or intimate to an inappropriate degree
- familiar (free) essay
- familiar resort
- thoroughly familiar
b) Noun
1) (also familiar spirit) a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal;
2) a close friend or associate;
3) (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope’s or bishop’s household. Derivatives: familiarly, familiarity Origin: Middle English (in the sense “intimate”, “on a family footing”): from Old French familier, from Latin familiaris, from familia “household servants, family”, from famulus “servant”.