- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1. Culture and cultural differences
- •Reading
- •Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •Now read the text and check your answers. Text 1. Culture
- •3. Read the text again and complete the chart below:
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •6. Fill in the blanks with words from the word-box. There are two extra vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •Text 3. Cultural values
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •9. Circle the word that does not fit into the group. Explain why.
- •10. Make up a short situation using your active vocabulary:
- •Speaking
- •2. Have you ever had problems or embarrassing moments because of the lack of knowledge on culture? What happened? Why do you think people get into such situations?
- •4. Read about some attributes of Americans that are often misunderstood by foreigners. Then use the dialogue above as a model to speak about Americans. Understanding American Cultural Values
- •5. Have you ever been to Mexico? Have thought of visiting it? What do you now about this country and its people?
- •It's interesting to know.
- •50 Facts about russia in the eyes of foreigners
- •Unit 2. Communication around the world
- •Reading
- •Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •Now read the text and check your answers. Text1. International communication
- •3. Read the text again and complete the chart below:
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •Text 2. Meeting and greeting
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •Text 3. Dress for success
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •Text 4. Non - verbal communication
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •9. Circle the word that does not fit into the group. Explain why.
- •Speaking
- •1. What are white lies? When can you tell a white lie? Think of a situation when a white lie can help you sound polite and avoid hurting other people's feelings.
- •2. Role-play the situation.
- •3. What do you know about going to parties in Britain? Complete the sentences:
- •It's interesting to know russian people well-known in the usa
- •Unit 3. Business communication
- •Reading
- •Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •Now read the text and check your answers. Text 1. Socializing with colleagues
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •9. Circle the word that does not fit into the group. Explain why.
- •10. Make up a short situation using your active vocabulary:
- •Text 2. Relationship and communication
- •2. Now read the text and check your answers.
- •Alternative Happy Tips
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •9. Circle the word that does not fit into the group. Explain why.
- •10. Make up a short situation using your active vocabulary:
- •Text 3. Business success
- •Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •4. Use dictionaries to study the meaning of the following vocabulary items:
- •8. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:
- •9. Circle the word that does not fit into the group. Explain why.
- •10. Make up a short situation using your active vocabulary:
- •1. How do you feel about interviews? Do you get nervous? Why?
- •2. Read parts of interviews with four different candidates. Say whether the people want to get a job or a place at a university. Do any of the things above apply to the candidates?
- •3. Look at the advertisements below and prepare to act out an interview with partner.
- •It's interesting to know russia: business etiquette
Unit 2. Communication around the world
The aim of the unit is to make you become aware of different traditions for addressing people in different business cultures, different ways of introducing oneself and besides to make you realize the importance of this knowledge for doing successful business abroad.
Reading
Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
What is International communication?
Why is it important to know foreign languages?
Why does English play such a great role in modern world?
Now read the text and check your answers. Text1. International communication
Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
Brigham Young
http://quotations.about.com/cs/inspirationquotes/a/Communication6.htm
International communication (sometimes referred to as global communication) is any type of communication exerted from one to another or several other countries, or implying at least two nations. As a field of study, international communication is a branch of communication studies. A related (but not identical) field is that of intercultural or cross-cultural communication.
One of the most obvious manifestations of international communication are world news, when the media of one country cover news from abroad. But, apart from journalism, international communication also occurs in other areas (culture, technology, sciences) and the nature of the "information" that is circulated can be classified in a wide variety of categories, such as cultural (music, films, sports, TV shows from one country to another), scientific (research papers published abroad, scientific exchange or cooperation), and intelligence (diplomacy reports, international espionage, etc.).
Every day we can see that it is very important to know foreign languages. The Internet and satellite TV enable us to get information from all over the world. We are able to get education or a job in any country of the world. But we all know that we have to know the language of the country we want to study or work in. English is the world's first truly universal language. Today there are more than 1.5 billion English speakers in the world. At any station or airport in the world we can find instructions in English. Pilots and air traffic controllers, sailors speak English at all international airports and ports. English is also the language of the information age. Computers talk to each other in English. More than 80 percent of information of any kind (scientific, commercial, personal) is stored and exchanged in English. Business and trade can't exist now without English. It is the official language of international aid organizations such as OXFAM and Save the Children Fund as well as of UNESCO, NATO and the United Nations. If we listen to the talk of young people we'll hear words like 'rap music', 'bodybuilding', windsurfing', 'computer hacker' and others. English has become a part of youth culture all over the world and in Russia too. If we want to feel ourselves comfortable in our modern world we must know English. But it's not the limit. The knowledge of one foreign language extends our mind more than twice. So let's not put limits on our minds and souls and study more foreign languages.
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