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Attitude to work

"There is a kind of stereotype in other countries that the Russians want to have everything doing nothing. But as for the real situation is concerned there are a lot of young men and women who have got new ideas and projects, and who are real workaholics".

"Russian people work for a better future. They study a lot, they gain knowledge, in a word, do everything for getting a job they like. To prove a Russian hard-working nature, it'll be enough to take Russian teachers and doctors as an example. In spite of a very low salary they are devoted to their job".

"If we look at Russian fairy-tales, we'll see that the main character lies on a furnace and waits, when somebody will help him to marry a princess without his efforts. Russians want to have everything по щучьему велению, по моему хотенью or на блюдечке с голубой каемочкой, but the best is to get скатерть самобранка. The Russians say that работа дурака любит".

"There is a tendency to value self-reliance and hard work. The more you work, the better you work, the more you possess. This truth universally acknowledged seems to have just been understood by lazy Russians. Sometimes the Russians have no time to eat, because they have to work. Unfortunately it often influences personal life, and children become "victims" of their industrious parents".

IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Британцы, должно быть, имели репутацию высокомерных людей.

2. Не может быть, что он кричит на улице.

3. Если бы я смогла, я бы описала самую поразительную черту их характера.

4. Жаль, что они так высоко ценили частную жизнь.

5. Выставив свои эмоции напоказ, она потеряла своё лицо.

6. Имея особое чувство юмора, он всегда готов пошутить.

7. Не может быть, что он пролез без очереди.

8. Мне нравится идея избегать горячих споров.

9. Он, возможно, придерживался этих тем в разговоре.

10. Какие черты типичны для американцев?

11. Говорят, что американцы очень общительны.

12. Похоже на то, что она властная женщина.

13. Что ими владеет? Не столько желание размышлять, как действовать.

15. Ты, должно быть, слышала об английской сдержанности.

16. Он, кажется, считает дурным тоном задавать личные вопросы.

17. Не может быть, что он так бесцеремонен.

18. Какие черты характеризуют русских?

Writing for work and pleasure

a) Look at the people in the photograph. Imagine they are people you know. Write a description of the people. Refer to the following:

  • where they come from

  • what they do

  • their relationship with each other

  • other aspects of their lifestyle (hobbies, food and drink etc).

b) Write an informal letter to someone who is planning to visit your country for the first time. Imagine that he/she comes from a country which is nothing like yours (in a different continent, with completely different geography, weather and people). Help this person by describing the kind of people he/she is going to meet.

Enjoy yourself jokes

1. Q: If you drop a white hat into the Red Sea, what does it become? A: Wet.

2. Q: What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A: A stick.

3. Q: Where do you find giant snails? A: On the ends of their fingers. (Giants' nails.)

4. Q: What travels around the world and stays in a corner? A: A stamp.

5. Q: What is white when it's dirty and black when it's clean? A: A blackboard.

6. Q: What do you call a pig with three eyes? A: A piiig.

7. Q: Why did the boy balloon chase the girl balloon? A: Because he wanted to see her bust!

8. Q: What do you call a fish with no eyes? A: fsh (No letter "i", so no i's.)

9. Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes? A: No idea. (No eye deer)

10. Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes or legs? A: Still no idea.

11. Q: Where do cows go for entertainment? A: They go to the mooovies!

12. Q: What animal is it that has four legs a tail and flies? A: A dead horse!

13. A: What is the difference between a mail box and an elephant? B: I don't know. A: I'm not going to give you any letters to post then!

14. Q: What do you call 'a fly' without wings? A: You call it 'a walk.'

15. Q: What's the difference between a musician and a savings bond? A: A savings bond eventually matures and earns money.

16. Q: What color is a guitar string?

A: Plink! (It is the sound the guitar makes. The word sounds like the color "pink.")