- •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:
Vocabulary Exercises
1.Define the following.
A nuclear family an extended family offsprings kinship affinity adoption in-laws an egalitarian family breadwinner household divorce rate the traditional idea of the family adults a blended family an adoptive family
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a foster family an interracial family a single-parent family a childless family a two-worker family deterioration financial burden nonfamily households a dual-career family cohabite unprecedented number a controversial issue eventually under constant scrutiny disruption emphasize
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3.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
Sworn brothers; brother in arms;
To be gathered to one’s father’s; city fathers; Father Christmas; Father Time; founding father; is your father a glazier?; like father, like son; spiritual father;
Does your mother know you're out?; if mother could see us now; like mother, like child; mother of pearl;
The fatal sisters; a weak sister;
If my aunt had been a man, she’d have been my uncle; my giddy/sainted aunt!;
To come the uncle over smb; to cry uncle; to talk to smb like a Dutch uncle;
A bread-and-cheese marriage; marriage goes by contrasts; marriage is a lottery; marriage makes or mars a man; a marriage of convenience; marriages are made in heaven; to defile/violate the marriage-bed.