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АВТОНОМНОЙ НЕКОММЕРЧЕСКОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ

ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

ЦЕТРОСОЮЗА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

«РОССИЙСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ КООПЕРАЦИИ»

A GUIDE

TO A SUCCESSFUL EXAM

Методические указания

САРАНСК

2010

УДК 811.111 (075.8)

Составители:

В.С. Елизаров, Н.И. Рокунова, Л.В. Самосудова, М.И. Вечканова

A Guide to a Successful Exam : метод. указания / [сост.: В.С. Елизаров, Н.И. Рокунова, Л.В. Самосудова и др.] ; Саран. кооп. ин-т РУК. – Саранск, 2010. – 76 с.

Настоящие материалы призваны помочь студентам овладеть умением общаться в профессиональной сфере, бегло читать и понимать как страноведческие тексты, так и тексты профессиональной направленности и с их помощью глубже знакомиться с миром изучаемого языка, а также активно обращаться с языковым материалом. Указания включают в себя 26 уроков с текстами страноведческого характера, диалогами, различными упражнениями, которые направлены на формирование словарного запаса, преодоление трудностей перевода и приобретение профессиональных навыков.

Предназначено для студентов неязыковых специальностей, а также для тех, кто продолжает изучение английского языка

Печатается по решению научно-методического совета Саранского кооперативного института РУК.

Unit 1. About myself

My name is Sveta Smirnova. I am 19 years old. I am a first-year student of the Saransk Cooperative Institute. I was born in Saransk, so it is my native town.

First of all I want to tell you a few words about my family. I have a mother, a father, an elder sister and a grandmother. My mother is a doctor. Her hospital is not far from our house. It's good that it doesn't take her long to get to her work. She is a good-looking woman of about 40.

My father is a financier. He is very busy. He is a nice man. My father is lively with humour. My parents have been married for twenty-two years. They have much in common. My parents are hard-working people. My mother keeps house and takes care of my father and me. She is very clever with her hands. She is very practical. My father and I try to help her with the housework. As for me I wash the dishes, go shopping and tidy our flat up. My grandmother is a pensioner. She lives with us and helps us to run the house. My grandmother is fond of knitting. My sister Helen is married and has a family of her own. She works as a book-keeper for a joint venture company.

Now a few words about myself. I am rather sociable and easy to deal with. I have a lot of friends with whom we discuss many things. I am very emotional, it's impossible for me to be always calm. I envy people who are patient and never lose their temper.

I love animals very much. My cat Basil often lies on my knees when I am at home. I would like to have a dog too, but my parents are against it. I can't say that I have any hobby, but I am fond of listening to classical music, though most of my friends prefer pop-music or rock-n-roll. My dream is to be a good financier. I think that I take after my father. I hope that my dream will come true.

Vocabulary Bank

native	родной
it doesn't take her long to get to her work	y нее не уходит много времени на то, чтобы добраться до работы
good-looking	миловидная, привлекательная
lively with humour	искрящийся юмором
tо have much in common	иметь много общего
hard-working	трудолюбивый
tо keep house	вести хозяйство
tо take care of somebody	заботиться о ком- либо
she is clever with her hands	у нее умелые руки
to tidy up	убирать, приводить в порядок
pensioner	пенсионер
tо run the house	вести хозяйство
tо knit	вязать
book-keeper	бухгалтер
joint venture company	совместное предприятие
sociable	общительный
tо lose one's temper	терять терпение, выходить из себя

Exercises

1. Complete these sentences as in the text.

1. It's good that ...

2. My mother keeps ...

3. She works as ...

4. I envy people ...

5. I can't say that ...