- •Министерство образования и науки российской федерации
- •И.В. Атакищева, е.А. Таныгина культура и традиции стран изучаемого языка
- •Оглавление
- •Предисловие
- •Введение
- •Unit ithe british family
- •Vocabulary
- •Which of the following phrases do you think is the best description of an "average British household"?
- •Read the text a to find out if you are right.
- •Answer the questions
- •Stay in or go out!
- •Look at the table. True, false or don't know?
- •Fill in the missing prepositions.( in, of, with, for, at, …
- •Read the text and say whether these statements are true or false or there is no information in the text:
- •Use Text b to tell about yourself and your family
- •Unit iiat home
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a
- •Study the advertisements for holiday accommodation and answer the following questions.
- •Write a dialogue in your notebook where a tourist phones one of the places in exercise VI and asks for information. Then make a reservation.
- •Match the words with the correct definitions.
- •Use Text b to describe your home.
- •Unit iiisouth-west state university
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Read and translate text a
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words and translate the sentences:
- •Use your dictionary to explain the difference between the following words and phrases.
- •Fill in the blanks with one of the following words: occupation, profession or trade.
- •What are the jobs of the following speakers?
- •Complete the wordgrid with words about education and school.
- •Use text b to tell about your native town.
- •Unit iveducation in great britain
- •I. Read and translate text a.
- •Vocabulary:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Read and translate text b.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read the following text through. Then read it again and fill each blank with a right word . You may need to use a dictionary.
- •VI. Do you agree or disagree? Make some notes, in your notebook, for and against the following statements. Discuss your ideas in class.
- •VII . How many professions do you know? Match each person on the left with the correct definition on the right.
- •What do these expressions mean? What do the people do?
- •All of these areas of study end in –logy. Can you fit the correct beginning in each of these examples?
- •Decide whether these sentences are true or false.
- •Make phrases by combining the words in two columns.
- •Speak about the educational system in England close to the text. Unit vlondon
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a.
- •II. Read and translate text b.
- •Vocabulary:
- •III. Answer the following questions.
- •Retell the text.
- •Read the following dialogue. Work “in pairs’’ and replace the words underlined with the alternatives below. Write the new dialogues and act them out. Work in pairs.
- •Match each word in column, with a word or expression with the same or similar meaning in column two.
- •Read and decide if the following statements are true or false.
- •Unit vibritish food
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Put the following words under the correct heading in the box below. Translate the words.
- •Using the clues below, complete the words in the word grid 1-8 and find the mystery word.
- •Retell the text.
- •Read and translate text b.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Practice reading the following sentences. Learn them by heart.
- •Read the following dialogues. Dramatize it.
- •Unit viishops and shopping
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a
- •Work “in pairs’’ asking and answering the following questions:
- •What do they sell?
- •Where would you buy the items in the box? Match them with the list of shops.
- •Read text b and be ready to discuss it.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •What have your family bought recently? Discuss with your partner.
- •Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.
- •Read the following dialogue. Dramatize it.
- •The left hand column lists some objects, the right hand column lists the shops( or places) where you can find them. Match the correct item from column a to the place in column b.
- •Unit viiisport in britain
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read and translate text b.
- •Describe one of the sports mentioned in the text. Don't
- •Do you agree or disagree? Make some notes, in your notebook, for and against the following statements. Discuss your ideas in class. Begin with “I (dis)agree that..”.
- •Find the words – games and sports.
- •Read the short article and say what some sports persons do before a game.
- •Which of the items below do you think an athlete should have if he or she wants to show better results in sport? Give arguments.
- •In the sentences below find English equivalents to the Russian phrases.
- •What do you think about risk taking (sky diving, bungee jumping, rock climbing, white-water rafting)? Discuss your ideas in class.
- •Here are the names of eight runners in a recent 100 metros race:
- •Make sure you know which sports these places are associated with.
- •XIII. Speak about the British and sport. Unit ixtransport system in britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate text a.
- •Answer the questions
- •Using the text choose the best way to travel for the following people. Give reasons for your answers,
- •Read the text and say what the differences between the driving-test in your country and in Britain are.
- •Read text b and be ready to discuss it
- •Read the sentences below and decide which ones are connected with a hotel (h) and which with a train station (t). If the sentence could be both (h) or (t), mark it (ht).
- •Look at the following questions and choose the correct answer
- •Unit xthe united states of america ("u.S.A.")
- •Read and translate text a
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate Text в
- •Answer the questions to text b
- •Pair work. Game “Learn about the usa”.
- •British and American vocabulary
- •The adjectives in the left-hand column were used to describe Yankees. Match each adjective with the best phrase from the right-hand column.
- •Complete the saying.
- •People who became words.
- •When people enter the usa they get the following form.
- •Part II introducing great britain section 1 edinburgh
- •Read and translate the text
- •Present perfect. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below.
- •Section 2 about roman britain
- •Read this passage and make questions for the answers below.
- •Read ad translate the text
- •Read the text again. Which of the following sentences are true (t) and which are false (f)?
- •Change the sentences below from active to passive.
- •Section 3 the lake district
- •Read and translate the text
- •Section 4 york
- •Read and translate the text
- •Look at these sentences. Three are false. Which ones?
- •Make a sentence with 'still' to go with each of the sentences below.
- •Read the passage, then make questions for the answers below.
- •Section 5 oxford and stratford-upon-avon
- •Read and translate the text
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Write a paragraph about William Shakespeare using these notes and what you remember from the text.
- •Section 6 wales
- •Read and translate the text
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Which sentences below are true and which are false?
- •Read the sentences and choose the correct preposition.
- •Put 'have to' or 'don't have to' in the sentences below.
- •Section 7 bath
- •Read and translate the text
- •Answer the questions.
- •3. Imagine you are talking to a guide in the Pump Room. These are the guide's answers. What are your questions?
- •Section 8 brighton
- •Read and translate the text
- •Which of the following sentences are true and which are false?
- •Part III texts for additional reading
- •International activities of swsu
- •Faculties and their specialties
- •Information Computing Technology Faculty
- •National emblems of the united kingdom
- •The royal family
- •Diana — the people's princess
- •Transport system in britain
- •Road rage
- •The problems of public transport
- •Integrated transport
- •American symbols
- •Independence day
- •History of the united states
- •Independence and expansion
- •Civil war and industrialization
- •Parties, ideology, and politics
- •New york
- •Education in the usa
- •National food in the usa
- •Sports in the usa
- •Halloween
- •Australia
- •Christmas in australia
- •Sport in australia
- •Government and politics of canada
- •Geography and climate of canada
- •Библиографический список
- •Заключение
- •Аткищева Ирина Викторовна Таныгина Елена Александровна культура и традиции стран изучаемого языка
Answer the following questions:
Is the educational system in England complicated?
What educational purposes does the educational system embrace?
Is general education given to all children?
What opportunities does the English educational system give to the most able children?
What are the main advantages of the comprehensive schools?
What subjects are taught at comprehensive schools?
Read the following text through. Then read it again and fill each blank with a right word . You may need to use a dictionary.
Uniform, private, public, GCSE, packed, year, strict, mixed, hockey, vegetarian, boarding.
Sarah goes to a large comprehensive school in North London. Her parents could pay for her to go to a __ school, but they don't agree with __ education. Sarah is happy at her school. She is 16 and in the fifth __ studying for her __ exams. She says herself that if she were at a __ school, she would miss her parents a lot. She prefers to be able to go home at night. She takes a __ lunch with her.
She doesn't like the school meals and she's a __ so she prefers to take her own lunch. The school she goes to is not very __ but they have to wear a red and grey __ . Sarah thinks this is a waste of money and she would rather wear her own clothes. Her school is __, but she has not got a boyfriend there at the moment because she says she's too busy with her studies. She likes sport and she is the captain of the __ team.
VI. Do you agree or disagree? Make some notes, in your notebook, for and against the following statements. Discuss your ideas in class.
Students should wear a school uniform.
Students shouldn`t pay for their school dinners.
P.E. (physical education) should be voluntary.
No homework should be given to students in the first six years.
Teachers should be more strict.
Classes shouldn`t be given on Saturday mornings.
There should be more written tests.
The summer holiday is too long.
The number of students in each class should be less than it is now.
Pupils should be allowed to smoke at school.
VII . How many professions do you know? Match each person on the left with the correct definition on the right.
1 an editor |
a) a person who sells meat |
2 a newsagent |
b) a person who entertains people in the circus |
3 a reporter |
c)a person who sells newspapers and magazines |
4 аn estate agent |
d)a person who helps people to buy and sell houses |
5 a greengrocer |
e)a person who sells bread and cakes |
6 a butcher |
f)a person who makes money on horse races |
7 a bookkeeper |
g)a person who prepares books, newspapers and magazines for publication |
8 a bookmaker |
h) a person who sells fruit and vegetables |
9 an undertaker |
i) a person who makes arrangements for funerals |
10 a baker |
j)a person who writes for newspaper |
11 a chemist |
k)a person who prepares and sells medicines |
12 a clown |
l)a person who keeps the accounts of a business company |