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Text and vocabulary exercises

12. Find in columns b, c, d the English equivalents for the Russian words from column a:

A

B

C

D

1. управляющий

a. manager

b. manage

c. managing

2. упорно

a. hardly

b. hardback

c. hard

3. руководство

a. guidance

b. guider

c. guide

4. стипендия

a. school

b. schooling

c. scholarship

5. степень

a. decrease

b. degree

c. degrade

6. знание

a. know

b. known

c. knowledge

7. путешествовать

a. travel

b. traveler

c. traveling

8. студент

a. student

b. steady

c. study

9. качество

a. quality

b. quantity

c. quantum

13. Choose the right variant according to the text:

1. My father works as a teacher / manager in the company. 2. My mother is / isn’t very busy. 3. My elder / younger brother is twenty three. 4. I am a first / second-year student. 5. We take exams once / twice a year. 6. My ambition is to do ecological / physical research. 7. I live far / not far from the university. 8. Water / air pollution is one of the serious problems for today. 9. Fresh country air is also considered to be harmful / beneficial for health. 10. I am calm, never panic / nervous in a crisis. 11. My home city Volgograd is on the right bank of the Volga River / on the seaside.

14. Find in the text equivalents to the following phrases:

проводить время; научный руководитель; изучать различные предметы; два раза в год; использовать свои знания (в определенной области); загрязнение воздуха; бесплатное обучение; улучшать ситуацию; гуманитарные предметы; добираться автобусом; полезный для здоровья; ценить искренность; ладить друг с другом; общаться с вежливыми и умными людьми; предавать; ненавидеть.

15. Answer the questions:

1. How old is Olga Smirnova? 2. Who does her family consist of? 3. Is her elder brother taking a post-graduate course? 4. What are her parents? 5. Where does Olga study? 6. The tuition isn’t free for Olga, is it? 7. What are her favorite subjects? 8. What is her future speciality? 9. What is her ambition and why? 10. How long does it take her to get to university? 11. What are her hobbies? 12. Is everyone in her family easy to get along with? 13. How do they spend their free time? 14. What people does she like to associate with? 15. What does she appreciate in people? And what does she hate? 16. Why is Olga proud of her home city?

16. Discuss in pairs the information about Olga Smirnova and her family.

17. Give your group mates some facts about yourself and your family, using the Active Vocabulary from the text “About myself”.

18. Listen to the dialogue and try to remember all facts about Jane’s relatives.

19. Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1) Jane looks like her grandmother in youth.

2) Jane has two aunts and three uncles all born in May.

3) Her uncles live in Chicago.

4) Uncle Bill is a farmer and has two sons.

5) Jack is Jane’s cousin. He is two years younger than Jane.

6) Uncle Bob is a producer and has three daughters.

7) Jane and her cousins used to put on her uncles’ clothes and pretended to be cowboys.

8) Jane has a younger brother. He goes to school.

9) Jane’s mother works for IBM as a software engineer.

10) Jane’s father is a surgeon. He is a workaholic.

11) Jane’s parents have no wedding pictures.

12) Jane has a happy family life.

20. Listen to the dialogue again to check the facts. Create a comprehensive list of known Jane’s relatives and her relationship to them.