- •Если … Переклад с. Маршака
- •Переклад м. Лозинского
- •Contents
- •Book Organization
- •Vocabulary
- •Author Acknowledgements
- •A Time for Everything
- •Glad to Meet You
- •A Résumé / a Curriculum Vitae (c.V.)
- •A Career Mosaic
- •Biographies of Famous People a: Albert Einstein
- •B: Bill Clinton
- •C: Percy Bysshe Shelly
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1.Read the following rhyme concentrating your attention on phonetics.
- •Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises
- •1.Derive nouns denoting profession.
- •2.Make up sentences with the following words.
- •3.Ask and answer questions about Bill Clinton and Albert Einstein.
- •4.Translate
- •Conversational Activities
- •1.Answer the questions.
- •The Seven Ages of the Man
- •Translation Practice
- •1.Translate at sight. Hobart Earle
- •Writing Assignments
- •Family at a Glance
- •My Family
- •The Average British Family
- •The Changing Patterns of Families
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •3.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
- •4.Match the verbs with the nouns or noun combinations
- •5.Fill in the gaps.
- •Grammar Exercises
- •1.Comment on the italicised grammatical structures.
- •Conversational Activities
- •10.Agree or disagree explaining your answers.
- •Translation Practice
- •1.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
- •Writing Assignment
- •1.Compare an average British and Ukrainian family.
- •Skin - шкіра
- •Carriage – постава, осанка, манера триматися
- •Set Expressions
- •A Bit More About My Family
- •Mary Tyrone
- •James Tyrone
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1. Learn by heart. She Was a Phantom of Delight
- •The Twins
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Derive nouns from the adjectives.
- •2.Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following adjectives:
- •3.Form as many compound adjectives with –eyed, -haired, -shouldered as possible.
- •3.Circle the synonyms.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the table.
- •6.What do we call people who
- •7.Supply antonyms to the following words.
- •8.Match the opposites.
- •11.Group the adjectives which a) are positive in meaning, b) are negative in meaning, c) can be either positive or negative.
- •12.Arrange these words under the following headings:
- •13. Match the nouns with their definitions.
- •14. Read the following description of the main character of a famous novel. Identify the novel.
- •15.Make up sentences using the following adjectives and forming their derivatives according to the models.
- •16. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in brackets.
- •17. Give equivalents to the following idiomatic expressions .
- •Grammar Exercises
- •1.Make up sentences according to the patterns.
- •Conversational Activities
- •The Pessimist
- •5.Describe qualities that are typical of your Zodiac sign. Which of them do you have? Cast horoscopes for your friends using the chart. Do you believe in horoscopes? Why? Why not?
- •10. Read the following statements on honesty and lie. What is your understanding of these notions?
- •11. Use in situations of your own.
- •11. Act as a career adviser. Make up a dialogue using the following prompts. Complete the chart.
- •Translation Practice
- •1.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
- •A Stranger
- •2.Translate in written form.
- •3. Render in English.
- •1.Correct the mistakes if any.
- •2.Translate the following.
- •3.Describe a famous pop- singer.
- •4. Make up a situation to illustrate one of the proverbs.
- •1.Correct the mistakes if any.
- •2.Translate the following.
- •3.Describe what is typical of a person when he/she is :
- •4. Make up a situation to illustrate one of the proverbs.
- •1.Correct the mistakes if any.
- •2. Read the text. Describe twenty parts that you play in life.
- •3.Describe a famous politician.
- •4.Describe what is typical of a person when he/she is :
- •5. Make up a situation to illustrate one of the proverbs.
- •Friends
- •A Letter from a Pen Pal
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1.Ge ready to read the following poem expressively. The Arrow and the Song
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Give definitions.
- •2.Make up sentences with the following words.
- •Conversational Activities
- •1.Answer the questions.
- •2.What do these proverbs suggest about the meaning of friendship?
- •3.Explain the following statements?
- •4.In groups, brainstorm 6 main categories that friends must agree on (probably politics, religious beliefs, moral values) and place them in order of importance. Explain your choice.
- •5.Use the following proverbs in situations of your own.
- •6.Discuss the following extract. What is your opinion on this point?
- •Writing Assignments
- •1.Write your answer to the letter in Text 2.
- •A Woman’s Place
- •The Politics of Housework
- •Why I Want a Wife
- •Love Is Never Enough
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1.Transcribe the following words.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Make up sentences with the following words.
- •2.Complete the sentences using the words from the box.
- •3.Which sentences are gender-neutral? Why?
- •4.Fill in the following tables using the words below:
- •Conversational Activities
- •1.In groups, complete The Fix'em List using the table below. You can extend it as much as you can The Fix'em List
- •2.Discuss.
- •Translation Practice
- •Жіноча рука
- •Writing Assignments
- •Write essays on the following topics:
- •Notable Characteristics of Americans1
- •The Englishman and the American1
- •English Compromise
- •Ukrainians1
- •Conversational Patterns
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •Get ready for expressive reading.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Describe Ukrainians, Russian, Americans, Englishmen, Germans, and Frenchmen using five adjectives for each nation..
- •2.Give definitions of the following.
- •3.Paraphrase the following.
- •Conversational Activities
- •Making Teamwork Work
- •6.Consider some of the mainstream values that reflect American culture. Do they coincide with those in your culture?
- •A Few Words About Myself and My Wife Antonia
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions
- •The Children
- •Assignments
- •1.Find statements in the text you possibly agree or disagree with and give your reasons.
- •2.Write a summary of the text.
- •Poor Fish
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions:
- •The Wartons
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions:
- •Harry Chandler
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions:
The Average British Family
A
Peter, the father of the family, is 45. He is a skilled manual worker at a major British engineering company. He met his wife Lucy when he was 24, and they got married two years later. They have two children, Emma and Jack. They live on the outskirts of a large town in the Midlands of Britain.
Peter used to smoke, but gave it up because of worries about his health. Like many Britons, he’s a little overweight for his height and makes occasional – and not very successful – efforts to lose weight.
Lucy is 41, and was working in a shop when she met Peter. She gave up work to rear the children after they had married, but got a part-time job when Jack started full time at school at the age of five.
Unlike Peter, she takes fitness seriously, and worries a lot about her weight and what she’s eating. She watches TV programmes on health and diet avidly.
Emma is 18. Now that she’s left school she’s got a job as a trainee with a nation-wide chain of printing shops, learning the business of design and printing. After her year of work experience she wants to go to college to study graphic design.
Jack is 16, and is still at school. He’s taking his General Certificate of Secondary Education this summer, including English, Mathematics, science and a language. He hopes to pass in at least 8 subjects. He wants to get a job in business, management or engineering. That will require staying on at school to pass advanced level exams, and then studying for a degree or diploma, either at a Polytechnic or a University. He’s keen on outdoor pursuit, and often goes away for a weekend camping and hiking with friends on school outings.
B
Peter and Lucy Goodwin both work in manufacturing companies near their home. Emma Goodwin is spending a year between school and college gaining work experience with a local business.
Peter works for a major British engineering company, Doughty. He is a skilled manual worker supervising a machine that checks that parts have been properly engineered. It is a responsible job, because those parts then go into aircraft landing gear. Any mistake at the manufacturing stage would have very serious consequences for aircraft safety. Peter was given special training to operate the machine he works on. Although it is controlled by a computer programme, his job is still a skilled one; he has to programme it each time and make sure it is carrying out the right programme. Peter belongs to a trade union which negotiates his pay and conditions with the company management. As a part of a scheme run by the company he also owns shares in the business, and a keen interest in its commercial performance.
Lucy works part time as a stock controller for a large confectionery manufacturing company. The tills in customers’ shops are linked into a computer network so that new goods can be ordered from distributors and manufacturers as stocks of the old ones are depleted. Her job is to ensure that orders for delivery to wholesale distributors are assembled, packed and shipped correctly. It’s a job she enjoys. It offers enough responsibility to be satisfying, while allowing her to work the hours that suit her best. It is very clear that the family comes first for her. Like Peter she belongs to a trade union.
Emma Goodwin is getting some work experience before moving on to further education. She works full time for a small printing business. Small printing jobs such as notepaper, notices and small publications can be designed, printed and returned complete to the customer in a few days. Emma’s job is to take the orders. If the job is not a difficult one she is allowed to do the design work. She is planning to go on and study graphic design at art college after her year at work.
Having three members of the family at work boosts the Goodwin’s standard of living. Peter earns 13,118 pounds. His basic pay is around three quarters of this: the rest is made up by overtime and weekend working payments. Lucy works part time – 18 hours a week – which brings in another 4,128 pounds. Emma, as a trainee, earns 4,850 pounds for a 40–hour week, and gives her mother a qurater of her wages for her keep. The family income is thus 18,458 pounds a year.
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