- •Содержание
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I. Professions. The Work Itself
- •Applied social psychology Stuart Oskamp
- •Working Conditions (Impersonal)
- •Interpretation of the Text
- •Key Notions and Words Complete the list of the vocabulary using dictionaries and reference books, transcribe the words and practice their pronunciation.
- •Learn the necessary vocabulary and complete the list.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •I. Give synonyms to the following words and explain the difference in their usage and meaning:
- •II. Fill in the gaps.
- •III. Translate from Russian into English.
- •IV. Translate from English into Russian.
- •V. Look at this article from “Today” and put words from below in the spaces. Not all the words are used.
- •200,000 Pounds to fly smokeless sultan
- •Getting the ax
- •VII. Jobless combinations. 'Jobless' is often used in the combinations below. Group the expressions under the three headings.
- •VIII. Match the two parts of the expressions and use them to complete the article from “Newsweek”.
- •Discussion Exercises
- •I. Read the following text and answer the questions.
- •While discussing the text use the following conversational formulas.
- •Work and wages: in whose interest?
- •II. Look through the text again and say what the secret of an ideal job is; what the sources of unemployment are.
- •III. Comment on the following proverbs. Choose one to express your viewpoint better. Account for your choice.
- •IX. Would you agree with the presented professional code of interpreters? What would you add or cross out?
- •Code of Professional Conduct and Business Practices
- •Interpreter code of ethics
- •Code of Ethics
- •Профессиональный кодекс члена союза переводчиков россии
- •X. Study the article. Agree or disagree. Are there any peculiarities of this job in your town/ city?
- •Tricks of the trade: tips for finding a translator
- •When Do You Need a Translator?
- •Finding a Translator
- •When Purchasing Translations – Ask the Following:
- •XI. From the following dialogue list the problems which interpreters can face in daily life.
- •Do you agree with the interviewee on the issues discussed?
- •Каково это – быть переводчиком?
- •XII. Think of some necessary tools of interpreters. Is pc indispensable in present day reality for adequate translation? What is your personal experience of using it for professional purposes?
- •Do you believe in future computer translation? What may be the typical errors of machine translation (give examples)?
- •Tour-guide
- •Key Notions and Words
- •XIII. Rules and Regulations.
- •Положение
- •1. Общие положения
- •2. Квалификационные требования к профессии гида-переводчика:
- •3. Квалификационные требования к профессии экскурсовода:
- •XV. Read the general description of tourist destinations paying special attention to the word combinations in bold type and their meaning.
- •1. Complete the expressions and collocations in these sentences, using words from the text above.
- •2. Look through the extracts from travel and tourist advertisements and complete the exercises following them
- •3. In your own words, say what they mean. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •4. Use words from the extracts to fill the gaps, based on the words given in brackets.
- •5. Answer these questions
- •XVI. Professional Humour.
- •XVII. Look through the given ads.
- •1) Make up your own.
- •2) Write an application, advertising your services as a tour-guide.
- •XVIII. Write a letter advertising your services as an interpreter or a translator.
- •XIX. Write an essay, describing a day in the life of: a) an ordinary tour-guide; b) the chief of the tour/traveling agency (about 350 words). Use the following notes:
- •Project work Carry out your project work and make its presentation “Famous cities”.
- •Unit II. Professions Teachers and teaching
- •Laughter William Saroyan
- •Interpretation of the text
- •Key notions and words
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •VII. Translate from Russian into English.
- •VIII. Give three lexical exercises of your own based on three levels: word, word combination, sentence.
- •IX. Use appropriate grammar and vocabulary to make your speech more initiative, convincing, argumentative, emotional, imaginative:
- •X. Study the text and find Russian equivalents for the words in bold type. Translate the text from English into Russian. Teachers of english
- •XI. Translate from Russian into English paying special attention to the words in bold type. Не заставляйте их ходить в школу Может быть, тогда они перестанут создавать нам проблемы
- •Discussion exercises
- •The qualities of a teacher
- •V. Do profound reading of the text and express your opinion on the following:
- •What is education for?
- •What is it for you personally? an education for life?
- •The reality of teaching in a comprehensive school in 1986
- •VII. What might be the response of h.C. Dent to the authors of all above mentioned texts?
- •IX. Think over the technique of the text presentation:
- •X. Comment upon the following essays. Render their contents in your own words. Say whether your personal impressions coincide with the author's. A School Playground
- •In Praise of Teachers
- •Rules and regulations
- •XIII. Match the two halves correctly to make reasonable instructive rules and regulations:
- •XIV. Put the words in the correct order to make quotations of famous people:
- •XV. Choose several pairs of controversial quotations. Account for your choice finding evidence to support your answer.
- •XVII. What text, quotation, rule, proverb … corresponds to h.C. Dent’s points of view most of all? Prove it. How do they correspond to your personal opinion?
- •XVIII. Topical points for creative writing projects (essay, composition, article, verses, etc.):
- •Unit III. Language and Culture
- •How to be an alien g. Mikes (1912-1987) a warning to beginners
- •Here are some more texts by g. Mikes. How do they add each other? Prepare their analyses. Soul and understatement
- •The weather
- •Examples For Conversation For Good Weather
- •For Bad Weather
- •Key notions and words
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •I. Translate the following sentences with active vocabulary from English into Russian. Make up your own sentences.
- •II. Match the words under column a with their synonyms under column b.
- •Ш. Translate the following sentences with particular care for the marked models: If smb does (did, had done) smth – smb will do (would do, would have done) smth; Should smb do smth – smb will do smth.
- •Discussion Exercises
- •IV. Read the following texts and say whether you agree or disagree with the author’s understanding of cross-cultural communication and the problems of it. Cross-cultural communication
- •Cultural kernels
- •The clash of cultures … and how to avoid it
- •Linguistic categories and culture
- •VI. Read and study the following article and then say how it proves the words given above. Point out the main features of a scientific text. Translate the article from English into Russian.
- •IX. Read the story and answer the questions following it. Discuss it with your group mates. Diary of a pilgrimage
- •XI. Read the following Russian article about mistakes made by translators, analyze them and translate the article form Russian into English. Ошибки переводчиков поднимают мертвых из могил
- •How to speak southern
- •How americans (mis) communicate
- •Understatement is a Women’s Weapon
- •Understatement Is the Right of the Strong
- •The Danger of the Understatement
- •A Creaky Wheel and a Protruding Nail
- •Do americans need to know russian
- •Целлюлит на всю голову
- •Чебурашки по бартеру
- •Язык все растворит!
- •1. Совсем не обязательно быть красноречивым.
- •2. Важно отношение.
- •3. Помни о соблюдении очередности.
- •4. Расширяйте свой кругозор.
- •5. Нужна легкость.
- •6. Будьте естественны.
- •Project work Choose among given topics for discussion the one you are interested in most of all. Carry out your project and make its presentation (pair, group or individual work).
- •U nit IV. Threats. Terrorism
- •The quiet american Graham Greene (1904-1991) Part III, Chapter 2
- •Interpretation of the text
- •Key Notions and Words Complete the list of the vocabulary using dictionaries and reference books, transcribe the words and practice their pronunciation.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •VI. Complete the text using the words below.
- •VII. Translate from English into Russian with particular attention to the marked words.
- •VIII. Translate from Russian into English with particular care for the marked words and meaning of modal verbs.
- •VIII. Study the text carefully, complete the tasks that follow it and retell. What are the causes and origins of terrorism?
- •A) Match the two halves:
- •B) Discuss the following questions:
- •IX. Read the text, discuss the style of writing it belongs to and consider its features. Fulfill the exercises after it. Essay on terrorism
- •A) Find the words in the text that mean:
- •B) Discuss the following points:
- •A) Find a proper Russian equivalent:
- •B) Fill in the gaps with a suitable word:
- •A) Make up derivatives from the words below.
- •B) Translate the sentences and explain how the meanings of the italicized words vary in different contexts .
- •Discussion exercises terrorism as a key notion
- •I. Carefully study the scheme and explain it.
- •Warfare
- •Anarchists
- •II. Read the text and complete the tasks that follow it. Terrorism: q & a
- •Is terrorism just brutal, unthinking violence?
- •Is there a definition of terrorism?
- •Where does the word “terrorism” come from?
- •Is terrorism a new phenomenon?
- •IV. Give a title to the text and respond to the following: what do you associate the term “terrorism” with and how are the acts of terrorism different from other acts of violence?
- •I. Study a brief chronology of the significant terrorist incidents /1970 - 2000/ and answer the questions after it.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Terrorism in the usa
- •I. Sequence the news story in a logical way and retell the key events in five sentences. Write your own headline. News story activity
- •Towering determination
- •In times of terror, teens talk the talk
- •Terrorism in russia
- •I. Define the genre of the text. What are the peculiarities of this genre? As a representative of Mass Media would you exaggerate the situation? What linguistic means would help you do it?
- •Трагедия беслана
- •В школах евросоюза почтят память жертв беслана
- •Reactions expressed in verse
- •Unit V. Threats. World disasters
- •Look at the progress we`ve already made Diane Goyle
- •Interpretation of the Text
- •Key Notions and Words Complete the list of the vocabulary using dictionaries and reference books, transcribe the words and practice their pronunciation.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •VI. Write the vocabulary word on the line below the situation it best fits. Use each word once: anticipate / avid / cooperate / endanger / depletion / awareness.
- •VII. Match words with their definitions.
- •VIII. Translate from English into Russian with particular attention to the marked words.
- •IX. Translate from Russian into English with particular care for the marked words and the use of the passive voice.
- •Discussion exercises ecocatastrophe
- •I. Read the article and complete the tasks that follow it.
- •Answer the questions:
- •В россии обостряется паводковая ситуация
- •Угроза природной катастрофы в ульяновске
- •Technocatastrophe
- •I. Read the text and translate it into English attaching a special significance to the details. Крупная автокатастрофа в колумбии
- •Unit VI. Art the moon and sixpence William Somerset Maugham
- •Interpretation of the Text
- •Key Notions and Words Complete the list of the vocabulary using dictionaries and reference books, transcribe the words and practice their pronunciation.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •I. Translate the following sentences with active vocabulary from English into Russian. Make up your own sentences.
- •“Picnic”
- •Commentary
- •V. Put the sentences in correct order to make the description of a famous picture by Paul Cezanne (1883-1885) still life with soup tureen
- •Discussion Exercises
- •Вечная тайна джоконды
- •Questions:
- •The Science of Colour
- •The Impressionist Palette
- •The Impressionist Technique
- •Questions:
- •Questions:
- •XIII. Read the text and translate it into English. What is your personal understanding of this famous picture? квадрат
- •XIV. Here are some more Russian texts about painters and paintings. Translate them into English and share your opinion.
- •XV. What problems are raised in the article? What is your personal attitude towards them? the question of good vs. Bad art
- •XVI. What is truth in painting? Do you agree that there are still more Cezannes to come? truth in painting
- •Blowin’ in the wind
- •The sounds of silence
- •Библиографический список
Целлюлит на всю голову
Попробуйте прислушаться как мы говорим и как говорят с нами. «Мой писюк глючит» (компьютер плохо работает – перевод на русский) – это плаксиво кричит ваш сын (или начальник). «Супердисконт на мобильники» (очень дешевые телефоны) – это рекламная «шифровка» из ближайшего метро.
Новая лексика проникает в русский язык через несколько лазеек. Через экономическую сферу пролезли к нам всякие «бартеры-чартеры», «ипотеки» и «маркетинги». Через музыку и телевидение просочились «ток-шоу», «рейтинги», «саундтреки» и «диджеи». Интернет наградил целым букетом иностранных терминов вперемежку с жаргонным сленгом: «Открываете чат, называете ник и висите, пока не надоест!» Добавьте сюда молодежные заимствования «унисекс» и «рейнджер», товарно-оздоровительные нововведения типа «памперсы» и «секонд-хенд» – получите целлюлит на всю голову! В результате из 57 специально опрошенных школьников четвертая часть ответила, что «эмиссия» – это страшный ураган.
Чебурашки по бартеру
Если бы одни заимствования засоряли русский язык – невелика беда. Поговорим-побалуемся да и бросим-забудем, как ребенок надоевшую грушку. Но над русским языком нависли угрозы посерьезнее.
Ощутимо снизился уровень преподавания языка и литературы в школах.
Активно сокращается русскоязычное информпространство в ближнем зарубежье.
Язык замусоривается жаргонизмами и матом. По свидетельству филологов, мы с вами живем в эпоху третьей волны жаргонизмов. Первая была в 10-20-е годы, вторая накрыла Россию в 40-50-е, и вот теперь, елы-палы, братаны, накатила очередная, связанная с повальной криминализацией общества.
Язык все растворит!
Филологи уверены: все, что происходит с языком, - естественный процесс. Например, его упрощение, появление лишних предлогов (вместо «анализ влажности» теперь можно сказать «анализ на влажность»). Или активное внедрение сленга – сначала тюремного, теперь компьютерного. «Русский язык имеет замечательное свойство – обогащаться за счет заимствований. Он, как губка, впитывает в себя иностранные слова, жаргон – они как бы растворяются в нем, - считает профессор МГУ Анатолий Поликарпов. – Взять слово «спонсор» Прижилось ведь! И произвело от себя глагол (спонсировать) и прилагательное (спонсорский). Так что вырождение русскому языку не грозит.
(Дмитрий Писаренко http://aif.ru/online/aif/1214/08/_01 «Аргументы и Факты»)
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XIV. Here is the extract from the book by Larry King “How To Talk To Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication”. Read it, think over those pieces of advice, given by the author, try to use them in your own interview, interviewing one of your friends or group mates, or any celebrity (for example Larry King). Translate the text from Russian into English either in writing or orally in the form of asking and answering the questions.
ИСКУССТВО ОБЩЕНИЯ
Как говорить с любым человеком в любое время и в любом месте Ларри Кинг и Билл Джилберт
Я всегда мечтал стать радиокомментатором. И вот уже 40 лет, как я именно этим занимаюсь. Я считаю, что умение хорошо говорить – одна из величайших радостей жизни и приносит наибольшее удовлетворение.
Не хочу сказать, что это всегда легко. Огромное большинство людей скорее выпрыгнут из самолета без парашюта, чем будут сидеть на званом ужине рядом с незнакомым человеком.
Но чем больше вы работаете в этом направлении, тем становится легче. Я предлагаю вам шесть основных способов научиться говорить с кем угодно, когда угодно и где угодно.