
- •Методичні вказівки
- •Передмова
- •Contents
- •Topic: University Life
- •1. Next to each letter write a word, a phrase or a sentence characterizing a student. Follow the example.
- •2. Students’ Vocabulary
- •3. Answer the following questions, based on the information you’ve just got acquainted with:
- •4. Match the words in three columns to make complete sentences.
- •5. Match the words from Students’ Vocabulary with their possible definitions.
- •6. Complete the following sentences with the translation of the words and word combinations from the brackets. All of them were used in previous exercises. The example was done for you.
- •7. Unjumble some words from Students’ Vocabulary.
- •8. Cross out one odd word in each line. The example was done for you.
- •Practice reading and pronouncing the following words.
- •11. Translate the following words and word combinations into English, using the text in the previous exercise.
- •12. Insert prepositions (in, for, of, at, to) if necessary.
- •13. Think of the words that fit the definitions below. All the required words are in the previous 11 sentences.
- •13. Write Luc’s letter to Martin, telling about his university life, subjects, research work, success and difficulties.
- •14. Finish the sentences below with information about yourself and your plans for the future. The first one was done for you.
- •15. Work in pairs.
- •Create the dialogue between Helen’s brother, Josh, and Helen’s friend, Mike.
- •Topic: Ways of Studying
- •1. Read the word combinations from the table below and try to remember them.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions where necessary. The table from Ex.1 may be helpful for you.
- •4. Match the words with their definitions. University teachers
- •7. Suggest the English versions for the words and word combinations. Write them down (in the infinitive) into the table.
- •8. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets and translate.
- •9. Complete the crossword, using the previous Exercises.
- •Vertical:
- •10. Translate the following phrases into English. All of them you’ve met in the previous exercises.
- •Topic: English Universities
- •4. Skim over1 the text and outline a plan2 of it. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Match the two parts of famous proverbs and sayings. Explain how you understand them. Render them into Ukrainian.
- •Topic: The Academy
- •1. Read and translate the text about the educational institution Volodymyr studies in. Be ready to do exercises after it. My academy
- •2. Imagine, that you are Volodymyr’s friend. Retell this text from the first person.
- •3. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations from the text “My Academy”. The example was done for you.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with the proper words or word combinations according to the text “My Academy”. Circle the correct variant.
- •There are many faculties in my academy. Here are some of them:
- •6. Match the words on the left with their possible definitions on the right.
- •Topic: Oxford University
- •2. Read and the text about Oxford do the instructions after it. Oxford
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Give the headline to each of the three paragraphs of the text “Oxford”.
- •5. Put questions to underlined word combinations. You have to set at least 2 questions to each sentence.
- •6. Complete the dialogue between Pablo, who studies in Botswana University, and Clare, who studies at Oxford, with appropriate questions.
- •7. Read the stories of four people, living in Oxford. What do the four people do? Note if their opinions are positive, negative, or both positive and negative.
- •8. Find out your learning style.
- •Questionnaire
- •Now transfer your scores to the table and add them up.
- •V ocabulary
- •Supplementary. Exercises for Translation
- •1. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English.
- •2. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English.
- •3. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •References
11. Translate the following words and word combinations into English, using the text in the previous exercise.
E.g.: у майбутньому – in future
математика; предмет; проте (однак, втім), обов’язок; роком пізніше (через рік); навчання; отримати диплом про вищу освіту; прагнення (мета); проводити науково-дослідну роботу; гарно навчатися; крім того (опріч); магістр; сфера; дисертація; пишатися.
12. Insert prepositions (in, for, of, at, to) if necessary.
My cousin applied …. Oxford university, but failed.
He is doing his research …. the field …. Metal and Wooden Constructions.
He was especially good …. such subjects, as Mathematics and Physics.
My brother’s main ambition ….. life was ….. go …. university.
I was really happy, when I managed …. take a place in Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratuik University.
Now my brother is working …… his thesis.
I major … Civil Engineering and make good progress….. my studies.
Our family is really proud ……him.
Professor Jenkins considered Megan …. a promising researcher ….. future.
He was very hard-working and did …. well ……. school.
I was working …. my first degree …. 2008, when being a senior.
13. Think of the words that fit the definitions below. All the required words are in the previous 11 sentences.
E. g.: to study well, to get good mark: to do well;
to be unsuccessful at examinations; not to pass an examination or test; to get a bad mark: ___________________________;
a person, connected with science; someone, who invents or discovers: _________________;
a place where you can study after leaving high school: ______________;
a
completed course of study in this or that specialization at an institute or a university: ____________________ ;
a dissertation work, that is the result of post-graduate studies: ________;
a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design and construction: ___________________;
a fourth-year student in a U. S. high school or college: _____________;
strong desire to get something: ________________;
a famous scientist, the founder of cosmism: _________;
a course or area of study, a discipline: ___________;
a college or university teacher: __________________;
a famous university in England: _________________;
to fill in some papers and to hand in some documents in order to enter a university: ________________________;
to enter the university: __________________________.
13. Write Luc’s letter to Martin, telling about his university life, subjects, research work, success and difficulties.
Massachusetts Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard University October 24, 2012 Dear Martin, I’m terribly sorry, that I did not write you any letters for almost two months, but I was really busy at the university. As you know, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I have almost completed my thesis in the field of Metal and Wooden Constructions, so I still have a lot of papers to cope with. Don’t worry, if there are no messages from me. My best regards to Alice! Yours very sincerely, Luc |