- •2. Build up your vocabulary:
- •3. Find out the words below in the text and detect what word is odd in each of the following sets:
- •4. Work with you partner, compile your own sentences with some of the following words and expressions and then read them to your partner to translate:
- •5. Make up statements matching phrases from column a with phrases from column b. Then translate the acquired sentences:
- •6. Analyze the forms of verb “to be” in the table below and:
- •7. Give short affirmative and negative answers to the following questions according to the model:
- •8. Translate into English:
- •9. Saying numbers in English:
- •Let me introduce myself
- •14. Build up your vocabulary:
- •15. Let’s speak on: a) answer the following questions and be ready to tell your groupmates about yourself:
- •To express your opinion
- •To agree with somebody
- •To disagree with somebody
- •17. Render into English:
- •Unit 2 Modern definitions of economics
- •1. Add these words and expressions to your active vocabulary. They will help you to understand the text ‘Modern definitions of economics’.
- •2. Read and render the text: Modern definitions of economics
- •3. Build up your vocabulary:
- •4. Find the answers to the following questions in the text:
- •5. Find in the text and: a) give Russian equivalent to the following expressions and make up your own sentences with some of them:
- •6. Work with you partner, compile your own sentences with some of the following words and expressions and then read them to your partner to translate:
- •7. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions from the text:
- •8. Analyze the forms of verb “to have” in the table below:
- •9. Analyze the forms of “there is/are” construction in the table below:
- •10. Ask the questions to the following statements, then answer them according to the models.
- •11. Read the text “My University” and say how many Institutes are there: My University
- •12. Build up your vocabulary:
- •17. Render into English:
- •Unit 3 History review
- •1. Add these words and expressions to your active vocabulary. They will help you to understand the text below.
- •2. Read and render the text; match each part to the headings bellow. Give a title to the text as a whole:
- •3. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions in the text (paragraphs a – d):
- •4. Test yourself, match expressions on the left with their translations on the right:
- •5. Work with you partner, compile your own sentences with some of the following words and expressions and then read them to your partner to translate:
- •6. Find English equivalents to the following words and expressions in the text (paragraphs e – h):
- •7. Read the following terms and explain their meaning in English:
- •8. Review the Structure of English sentence. Analyze the table below:
- •9. Review the structure of the Interrogative sentences. What types of Interrogative sentences do you know?
- •10. Answer the questions. Write the numbers in full:
- •11. Read the text “My working day” and say: How many classes a day does Irina usually have? My working day
- •12. Build up your vocabulary:
- •13. Let’s speak on: Answer the questions below and tell about your usual working day.
- •14. Surf the Internet: An unforgettable weekend in New York
- •16. Render into English:
15. Let’s speak on: a) answer the following questions and be ready to tell your groupmates about yourself:
1. What is your name?
2. Where and when were you born?
3. How old are you?
5. Have you got a family?
6. How many people are there in your family?
7. Do you have brothers, sisters, grandparents in your family?
8. Where do you live?
9. Did you study well at school?
10. What school did you finish?
11. Did your teachers help you to choose your future profession?
12. What were your favourite subjects at school?
13. What do you like to read?
14. What sport do you go in for?
15. What are you going to be?
16. Do you still live with your parents?
17. Do you have many friends?
b) make a story about your best friend or acquainted using the words and expressions from the Exercise 14; describe his/her appearance, traits of character, interests.
16. Discussion: Now you begin a course of English study at University. It is very important to know what you think about it. Is it necessary for a future economist to study a foreign language?
a) read pros and cons given below. Think of some more which are important in your opinion:
For |
Against |
- I can read scientific journals in English as soon as they are published. - I can speak to foreign colleagues if necessary. - I can watch English movies without translation.
- I can find more about the World. |
- It takes a lot of time to learn a foreign language.
- It is difficult to learn unknown foreign words by heart. - I can read interesting articles when they are translated into Russian later. - I’m not going to work abroad. |
b) discuss the problem in groups of 2-3 students. When did you last study English? Where you good at English at school? Why? Why not? Did you like English at school? Do you like it now? Tell your partner about a good or bad English learning experience. You may find the following expressions useful:
To express your opinion
I think …
Speaking for myself …
I suppose …
I’m sure …
In my opinion …
As for me …
To agree with somebody
Yes, I agree (with you)
I see what you mean
I think so too / me neither
You’ve got a point there
To disagree with somebody
On the contrary …
I don’t agree (with you)
It’s just not on
I don’t think so
17. Render into English:
1. Экономическая наука – это наука о деятельности, связанной с производством, распределением, обменом и потреблением товаров и услуг.
2. Экономическая наука изучает поведение людей в различных хозяйственных ситуациях, чтобы помочь людям, фирмам и государству понимать и прогнозировать последствия своих сегодняшних решений в сфере экономики.
3. Существуют разные экономические учения, течения и подходы, которые по-разному трактуют и оценивают одни и те же экономические события, явления.
4. Экономические ресурсы, т. е. средства (means), необходимые для производства экономических благ (economic good), ограничены.
5. Экономические знания применяются (are applied) к таким объектам, как предпринимательская деятельность (business) и предприятие.