Vocabulary Bank

education	образование
to find out	узнавать
discover	открывать
optional courses	курсы по выбору
to deepen	углублять
to attend	посещать
capacity	способность
successful	успешный
increasing	возрастающий
thanks to	благодаря
joint ventures	совместное предприятие
recently	недавно, за недавнее время
to appear	появляться
profound knowledge	глубокие знания
to transfer	передавать
persistent	постоянный
to conquer	завоевывать
significant	значимый, важный
spread	распространение
expansion	расширение
emergence	появление, возникновение
to convince	убеждать

Exercises

1. Answer the following questions:

   1. Why is education very important nowadays?

   2. How can you describe an educated person?

   3. How can pupils deepen and improve their knowledge?

   4. The role of foreign languages is also increasing today, isn’t it? Give your reasons.

   5. Why should we learn foreign languages?

   6. When did the movement of English begin?

   7. Are you persistent in your studies?

   8. Why is English considered to be the world language at present?

2. Make these sentences negative and interrogative:

   1. Education is very important in our life.

   2. He always tries to learn.

   3. The role of foreign languages is also increasing today.

   4. Research and innovations should improve living.

   5. A language that came from nowhere to conquer the world.

   6. There are many reasons why we begin to study foreign languages.

   7. It has replaced French in the world of diplomacy.

3. Find the definitions of the following words using the dictionary:

Education, knowledge, to increase, innovation, to conquer, official language, science, communication.

4. Find some interesting facts about English-speaking countries using the Internet.

5. Open the brackets. Use the Passive Voice. Tell the students why the young man liked his holiday.

Learning english abroad

Last summer I went abroad for my holiday which included a short course of English. All arrangements for the holiday (to make) by the travel agent: the tickets (buy), hotel accommodation (to book), I (to admit) to a language school. At the airports (in Moscow and at the destination) my visa (to check), my luggage (to examine), some forms (to fill in); some points (to clear up), particularly about my English school.

When I arrived at the hotel, I (to expect). I (to ask) about my name, nationality and address. I (to give) a nice room. My luggage (to take) to my room by the porter. The hotel was very comfortable. All my things (to wash/press) in the hotel laundry. Different meals (to serve) at the restaurant from seven in the morning to twelve at night. A table (to reserve) for me in the restaurant. The cuisine was wonderful. The guests (to offer) European and local dishes. In the evening dances (to put on). Every day excursions (to arrange) for the holiday-makers.

Unfortunately I missed them sometimes because I had English classes every day. English (to teach) to the students by native speakers. As the students came from different countries only English (to speak) at the lessons. At first it was difficult. But as more and more exercises (to do), tapes (to listen to), and different languages games (to play), we began to understand our teachers better.

On the day of my departure I was afraid to oversleep my early morning flight. I (to wake) by the receptionist. Breakfast (to bring) to my room. A taxi (to book) to take me to the airport. I enjoyed my holiday tremendously and improved my English.