- •Gender issues in communication
- •Speech Patterns
- •Exercises
- •I.Study the speech patterns and translate the examples into Ukrainian.
- •II.Come up with three sentences of your own with each speech pattern.
- •III.Fill in the gaps with suitable speech patterns:
- •IV.React to the statements below by using the appropriate speech pattern:
- •V.Translate the sentences below from Ukrainian into English using speech patterns:
- •From man, woman and child
- •Commentary
- •Essential Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Word Combinations and Phrases
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •V. Match the words on the left with their antonyms on the right:
- •VI. Fill in the gaps with word combinations and phrases given after the vocabulary notes:
- •VII. Paraphrase the following sentences using the Essential Vocabulary of the unit:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Pay special attention to the words and word combinations in italics:
- •IX. Translate into English with the help of words and word combinations from the Essential Vocabulary:
- •Exercises to the Text.
- •VIII. Reread the text to answer the questions below on its style and composition:
- •IX. As a newspaper Agony Aunt columnist write an answer to one of your readers offering strategies of coping with a certain family problem or conflict. Use your experience and imagination.
- •X. Write an essay of 350 words on one of the following topics:
- •XI. Comment on the following sayings and quotations:
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Text 2 The Art of Listening
Commentary
Harvard University - is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard.
Noah’s ark – built by Noah, who being a good man in a bad world was bidden do it to rescue the best of man and beast from waters of destruction.
MIT - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the institute adopted the European polytechnic university model and emphasized laboratory instruction from an early date.
Vichyssoise - (pronounced vɪʃiswɑːz/ US dict: vi·shē·swäz′) is a thick soup made of puréed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream, and chicken stock. It is traditionally served cold, but can also be eaten hot. The origins of vichyssoise are a subject of debate among culinary historians; some call it an American invention, whereas others observe that the origin of the soup is questionable in whether it's genuinely French or an American creation.
Kama Sutra – a Hindu book that gives information about different ways to have sex.
Essential Vocabulary
Vocabulary Notes
1. brood (noun) a group of young birds who all have the same mother and were born at the same time a. humorous a group of young children who all have the same mother
brood (verb) 1. to think and worry about something a lot: + about/over Don’t sit and brood over it for weeks. 2. if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs until young birds are born.
brooding (adj.) 1. literary making you feel as if something bad or dangerous is about to happen 2. looking as if you are thinking and worrying about something: the brooding expression in his dark eyes.
broody (adj.) 1. Br E wanting to have a baby: Seeing tiny babies always makes me feel broody. 1a wanting to lay eggs or sit on them: a broody hen 2 thinking and worrying about something a lot: Tim plays the role of a broody teenager.
2.martinet (noun) formal someone who is very strict.
3.elevated (adj.) formal 1 raised above the ground or higher than surrounding area: an elevated railway/motorway 1a. at a higher level or amount than previously or than is normal: the dangers of the elevated blood pressure 2 more important or higher in status: an elevated position in society 3 at a high level mentally or morally: elevated notions/standards.
4.gauche (adj.) behaving in a rude or unsuitable way in a social situation.
5.arrangement (noun) 1 often plural a way of organizing things so that problems are solved or avoided: I’m staying with Sally until my heating is fixed – it’s just a temporary arrangement. make an arrangement He husband is away, so she has to make other childcare arrangements 1a. arrangements (plural) practical plans for managing the details of an event involving many people: How are the wedding arrangements coming along? 2 an agreement or plan that you make with someone else: + with They have an arrangement with Pepsi-Cola to share the distribution facilities. come to an arrangement We are trying to come to an arrangement about who should pay the legal fees. by arrangement Evening meals are available by arrangement (= if you agree in advance). 3 a set of things that have been arranged to look attractive: a floral arrangement 3a. the way that things are arranged in a particular order or pattern: the arrangement of bones in the skull. 4 a piece of music that has been changed for a particular type of voice or instrument: He will play his own arrangement of Handel’s Water Music.
6.phoney (adj.) informal 1 not real and intended to trick people, fake: a phoney ID card 2 someone who is phoney pretends to be friendly, clever, kind, etc.
phoney war a period of time during which people or governments are officially at war, but are not in fact fighting.
7.pent up (adj.) pent up emotions are strong feelings, for example anger, that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control: pent up excitement/frustration/fear.