- •Unit I national stereotypes warm up
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give a suitable Russian translation of the following units from the text.
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian units.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Match the word with its definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using lexical units from the text.
- •III. Find the odd one out. There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.
- •IV. Match the idiom in the left column with the translation in the right one.
- •V. Make up a story with any idiom.
- •VI. Make up a dialogue with as many idioms as possible. Communication skills development
- •1. Choose two adjectives that you think describe the nationalities listed below. Choose two countries of your own to describe.
- •2 . Fill in the following table.
- •Problem solving brainstorming
- •Focused interview
- •IV. What is, in your opinion, the best way to challenge a stereotype.
- •V. What you have seen here are national stereotypes. Can you think of other kind of stereotypes? face 2 face
- •Group talk
- •Brainstorming
- •Role play
- •Group discussion
- •Situations for improvisation
- •Communication round off project
- •Talk show
- •Presentations
- •Networking
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Translate the following article from Russian into English. Британские стереотипы – правдивы ли они в наши дни?
- •II. Act as interpreters, translate from English into Russian and from Russian into English. America as seen by Britons.
- •England as seen by Americans
- •National Traits
- •Hospitality
- •Friendship and Assistance
- •Attitude to work
- •IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •Writing for work and pleasure
- •Enjoy yourself jokes
- •Riddles
- •Communicative fluency The xy society
- •Discussion
- •Widening your horizon
- •Education in britain
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give Russian equivalents for the following.
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian word-combinations.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Paraphrase the underlined using the text.
- •II. Give a word or phrase for the following definition.
- •III. Match the name of an educational institution in the left column with its definition in the right column.
- •IV. Find in the text words and phrases with the opposite meaning.
- •V. Match the English idioms in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column. Use them in a proper context.
- •1. Make up a dialogue using as many idioms as possible.
- •2. Make up a monologue to illustrate the use of some idioms. Communication skills development schooling
- •Look at the photos above and discuss these questions:
- •The ideal school Rank order
- •Face 2 face
- •Communication round off group interview
- •Brainstorming
- •Planning projects
- •Situations for improvisation
- •I. Make up monologues on the suggested situations:
- •II. Make up dialogues on the suggested situations:
- •Presentations
- •Networking
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Act as an interpreter. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and from English into Russian.
- •II. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •B. Education in the united states warm up
- •Widening your horizon
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following units.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Match the word with its definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using words and word – combinations from the text.
- •III. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
- •IV. Find the “odd man out”. There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.
- •Communication skills development group interview
- •Group discussion
- •Face 2 face
- •Communication round off situations for improvisation
- •I. Make up dialogues on the following situations.
- •II. Make up monologues on the following situations.
- •Talk show
- •Net working
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •Enjoy yourself jokes and riddles
- •1. The Perfect Son.
- •Riddles of Alphabet
- •Communicative fluency communicative fluency activities
- •What is being advertised?
- •Unit III c hoosing a career
- •Speaking
- •II. If you had the necessary skills/qualifications, which of these jobs:
- •III. Work with a partner.
- •Warm up
- •Choosing a career
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give Russian equivalents for the following phrases.
- •II. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined part of each sentence choosing the appropriate word or phrase from the text.
- •III. Give the word for the following definition.
- •IV. React to these statements expressing agreement or disagreement.
- •V. Reproduce the context where the following phrases occurred.
- •I. Discuss the following problems and items.
- •VII. Choose the most suitable word given for each space in the text.
- •V III. Complete each sentence with one of the words given. Use each word once only.
- •IX. Choose the most suitable word or phrase given.
- •X. Complete each sentence with a word or compound word formed from the word in capitals.
- •XI. Find the odd one out. There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.
- •Communication skills development brainstorming
- •Communication round off tv interview
- •Optimists and pessimists
- •Group discussion
- •Problem solving
- •Brainstorming
- •Role play
- •Your thoughts
- •Role play
- •Face 2 face
- •Situations for improvisation
- •Net working
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Act as an interpreter. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and from English into Russian. Dialogue I
- •Dialogue II
- •II. Translate the following text into English.
- •Communicative fluency activities
- •Enjoy yourself jokes and riddles
- •Unit IV
- •Applying for a job
- •Job interviews
- •How to create a good impression . . .
- •How to create a good impression at your first
- •Interview
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give Russian equivalents for the following.
- •II. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian words and phrases.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •1. Highlight these words and phrases in the first paragraph of the article. Then work out their meanings from their context - don't use a dictionary.
- •II. Highlight these words and phrases among the dOs and don'Ts. Then work out their meanings from their context without using a dictionary.
- •III. Discuss these questions:
- •Communication skills development
- •I. The remarks of this dialogue about a job interview have been mixed up. Rearrange them in a proper order.
- •Face 2 face
- •Sample of a resume
- •References
- •University of London Glasgow Herald
- •II. Make up your own cv 10 years after University graduation. Let your imagination run away with you!
- •III. Your friend is looking for a job. Give him recommendations as to how a resume should be organized. Use should and any other means to give advice.
- •IV. You want to work as:
- •V. Write a Cover Letter and a Letter of Recommendation.
- •Cover letter
- •Letter of recommendation
- •Work with english-speaking tourists
- •3. Now write your own letter in answer to the question above, trying to incorporate the best features of Letter a and Letter b.
- •VIII. Speak on the following situation: You want to apply for a job. Below are the questions your new employer may ask you. Try to answer them.
- •X. Speak on the following situation. Your colleague applied for a new job but was turned down. Why did it happen?
- •XI. Discussion point.
- •XII. Write a letter to your friend and describe how you were interviewed to get a new, more interesting and better-paid job and whether you were lucky to get it. Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Translate into English.
- •II. Translate the following dialogue from Russian into English. Джон хочет поменять работу
- •III. Act as an interpreter. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and from English into Russian. Preparing a resume
- •IV. Render the following text into English.
- •V. Translate into English.
- •Communicative fluency The right experience for the job
- •Betty, aged 45
- •Role play
- •Interview for a job
- •Success
- •“Nothing succeeds like success.” Proverb
- •Warm up
- •S o you want to be a success
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give a suitable Russian translation of the following units from the text.
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Match the word with its definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using words or word-combinations from the text.
- •Widening your horizon
- •The ten commandments of street smarts
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give a suitable Russian translation of the following units from the text.
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Give the word for the following definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using words or word-combinations from the text.
- •Communication skills development
- •I. Match the English idiom in the left column with its Russian equivalent in the right column.
- •Problem solving
- •Communication skills development
- •I. Comment on the following quotations.
- •Presentations
- •I. One of you is to interview the other student who is a very successful person in any field.
- •II. Read the following interview and be ready to discuss it.
- •III. Make up your own interview with some Russian successful star. Communication round off project
- •Situations for improvisation
- •Writing for work and pleasure
- •Networking
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •Enjoy yourself jokes
- •Riddles
- •Communicative fluency Group holiday
- •Handouts
- •Unit VI money talks
- •Warm up
- •What is the quickest way to make money honestly?
- •Widening your horizon
- •The only thing people are interested today is earning more money
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give Russian equivalents for the following phrases from the text.
- •II. Give English equivalents from the text for the following words or word-combinations .
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Match the word with its definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using words or word-combinations from the text.
- •III. In each sentence choose one or more appropriate words.
- •IV. Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
- •V. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.
- •VI. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the sentences below.
- •VII. Put each of the following words or phrases into their proper places in the given sentences.
- •VIII. Complete each sentence with one of the words given.
- •IX. Match each sentence a) to j) with a sentence from 1) to 10) which has a similar meaning.
- •X. Replace the words underlined by one of the words given.
- •XI. Replace the phrase underlined in each sentence with one of the phrases given. Do not use any phrase more than once.
- •XII. In each sentence, replace one or more words with one of the words given, so that the sentence has an opposite meaning.
- •Communication skills development
- •I. Agree or disagree with the following.
- •II. Reproduce the situation where the following word-combination was used in the text :
- •III. Comment on the following quotations.
- •V. Match the English expression in the left column with its Russian equivalent in the right column.
- •VI. Do you know any others? Think of an example sentence for each expression.
- •VII. Make up a short story with one of them.
- •VIII. Make up the dialogue using as many idioms as possible. Group discussion
- •7. Who is for redistribution in Russia? Do you support this idea? brainstorming
- •Role play
- •Writing for work and pleasure
- •1. Write a short news item about a rich and famous person in Russia who has been involved in a scandal. Use real information, if you have any, or invent the person.
- •2. Write a formal letter to a rich and famous person, appealing on behalf of your favourite charity. Refer to the following:
- •3. Write an essay: How a million changed my life!
- •Communication round off project work
- •Vocabulary focus
- •III. Match the phrases from the listening with the correct definitions.
- •Language to go
- •Problem solving
- •Role play
- •Face 2 face
- •1. Read these short conversations and act them out.
- •Going through the bills
- •Situations for improvisation
- •Networking
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Translate the following sentences.
- •Enjoy yourself
- •A cross
- •Riddles
- •Communicative fluency
- •Values continuum
- •Values continuum (handouts)
- •Unit VII we’re all in the same boat
- •Warm-up
- •1. What does the expression "We're all in the same boat” mean?
- •2. Give some world problems – problems which face the world as a whole, e.G. Growing population; famine; war; poverty; aids; etc.
- •4. In one minute, list all the pollutants and pollution you can think of. Compare your lists.
- •Widening your horizon
- •Humans destroying the natural world
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give Russian equivalents of the following units from the text.
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents of the following Russian units.
- •1. Человек уничтожает окружающий мир
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Match the word with its definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using words from the text.
- •III. Complete each sentence with one of the words given.
- •IV. Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
- •V. Find the odd one out. There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Translate the following article into English. Охрана окружающей среды
- •The earth is our home
- •III. Act as an interpreter. Translate English sentences into Russian and Russian sentences into English. Dialogue I
- •Dialogue II
- •IV. Translate the following dialogue between English teenagers and the club. Waste not, want not.
- •Group discussion
- •Is it possible to "use cars less"? Discuss these ideas:
- •Project work
- •Writing for work and pleasure
- •Wild life
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give Russian equivalents of the following phrases from the text.
- •II. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Find in the text words similar in meaning to the following.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined part of each sentence choosing the appropriate word or phrase from the text.
- •III. Find in the text words and phrases with the opposite meaning.
- •IV. Give the word for its definition.
- •V. Match the word with its definition.
- •VI. Match the name of the mommy with the offspring.
- •VII. Match the English idioms in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column. Use them in a proper context.
- •V III. Match the words listed to the creature with which they are associated. Do not repeat the same word more than once.
- •IX. Use a word from the list to complete each phrase. Do not use a word more than once.
- •X. Choose the most appropriate word underlined.
- •Communication skills development
- •I. Reproduce the context where the following phrases occurred.
- •Communication round off role play
- •Face 2 face
- •Communication skills development
- •Group discussion
- •Brainstorming
- •Enjoy yourself jokes and riddles
- •Communicative fluency
- •Unit VIII the press warm up
- •Widening your horison
- •Newspapers and magazines in great britain
- •Comprehension check
- •Vocabulary presentation and practice
- •Vocabulary in context
- •I. Give a suitable Russian translation of the following units from the text.
- •II. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian units.
- •Vocabulary in practice
- •I. Give the word for its definition.
- •II. Paraphrase the underlined using words or word-combinations from the text.
- •Communication skills development group interview
- •Problem solving Newspapers
- •1. Does this advert remind you of any newspaper in Russia? What is it?
- •2. Make up an advert for some newspaper in Russia using lexical units of the advert and any other suitable for the purpose. Try to be very persuasive as you are a journalist from this newspaper.
- •3. Imagine the stories that might go with these headlines:
- •From a million pounds to nothing - in 6 months!
- •Newspaper Parts Below are 18 typical extracts from different parts of a newspaper. Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
- •Newspaper Headlines
- •1. Match each of the following words from the headlines above with its meaning below.
- •2. For each of the following headlines find the sentence below which expresses it as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.
- •3. Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.
- •6. Make brief headlines from the following news stories.
- •7. Express the following headlines in ordinary English.
- •8. Think of a news headline for the following countries: America, Britain, France, China, Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Germany. Ranking
- •All the good news
- •IV. Replace the words underlined in each sentence with one of the words or phrases given.
- •V II. Match each word given with one of the descriptions.
- •V III. Complete each sentence with one of the words given. Use each word once only.
- •I X. Complete each sentence, using one of the words given.
- •X. Match the parts in a) to j) with the wholes in 1) to 10).
- •X I. Complete each sentence with one of the words given. Use each word once only.
- •XII. Choose the odd one out. There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.
- •Communication skills development
- •Keeping up to date
- •What happened?
- •Giving your opinions
- •1. Read these two quotations and then note down your own views on whether it's best to get your news from television or a newspaper.
- •2. Work in pairs. Compare your notes. Have you got enough material to write about 150 words on the topic? If you have too much, what would you leave out?
- •III. Work in pairs. Look at these typical exam questions. Make notes of the points you could make if you wrote each of these articles.
- •Project work Radio or tv interview
- •Procedure
- •Notes for interviewers
- •Notes for assistants
- •1. Your job is to provide the interviewer with basic information about the guest. This should include:
- •Problem solving group discussion
- •Face 2 face
- •Trying your hand at translation
- •I. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •II. Act as interpreters and translate from Russian into English and from English into Russian. Dialogue I
- •Dialogue II
- •Networking
- •Enjoy yourself jokes and riddles
- •Communicative fluency
Communication skills development group interview
One of you is the author of the text. All the group interviews you on the press in Great Britain.
Problem solving Newspapers
The newspapers in Britain are proud of the fact that they are different from each other – each tries to have a different profile. The following is a witty, but at least partly accurate, description of the people who read the different papers.
The Times is read by the people who run the country.
The Mirror is read by the people who think they run the country.
The Guardian is read by the people who think about running the country.
The Morning Star is read by the people who think they ought to run the country.
The Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country.
The Telegraph is read by the people who think the country ought to be run as it
used to be.
The Express is read by the people who think it still is run as it used to be.
The Sun is read by the people who don’t care who runs the country as long as the
girl on page three is attractive.
Bearing in mind the readerships described above which of the following adjectives do you think fit the different papers?
1. controversial 5. reactionary 9. reliable
2. liberal 6. progressive 10. dependable
3. sensational 7. objective 11. responsible
4. intellectual 8. informed 12. reasonable
The following is an advert for the Guardian. The advert tells you about the sort of people the Guardian is trying to attract as readers. Who do you think the advert is aimed at?
You don’t have to be brilliant to read the Guardian but it does help to have a bit of common sense. The Guardian treats its readers as equals. Because that’s just what they are. It gives them the news straight and leaves them to make up their own mind about controversial issues.
It keeps to the point and doesn’t try to impress when all it should be doing is giving information. The trick of never using one word when four will do is foreign to the pages of the Guardian.
If you have the common sense needed to make the best use of the Guardian’s sober, unslanted (объективный) reporting – you should be reading it.
1. Does this advert remind you of any newspaper in Russia? What is it?
2. Make up an advert for some newspaper in Russia using lexical units of the advert and any other suitable for the purpose. Try to be very persuasive as you are a journalist from this newspaper.
3. Imagine the stories that might go with these headlines:
Oldest sailor goes round the world.
Miracle cure for car crash victim.
From a million pounds to nothing - in 6 months!
Influenza epidemics caused by UFOs?
Rock star arrested at airport.
Record robbery rocks Rochester.
Whatever happened to the summer?
Write the stories as very brief reports. For example:
Oldest sailor goes round the world.
Jack Daniels, an 80-year-old yachting enthusiast, today left Portsmouth. He plans to sail around the world. He set off towards Canada, and expects to arrive in mid-March.
Newspaper Parts Below are 18 typical extracts from different parts of a newspaper. Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
obituary football report television preview
headline horoscope crossword clues
gossip column auction report weather forecast
recipe new car report readers' advice column
caption court circular parliamentary report
editorial gardening tips travel and holidays
(a) Starting overcast with intermittent rain, followed by sunny spells. Max. temp. 21°
(b) The word is that Clinton Ross, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight
Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Van Post, 26, and is now in Europe.
(c) Prince Edward (left) enjoys a joke with actor Sam Cool (centre).
(d) PREMIER TO PROBE RIDDLE OF 'SPIES IN MINISTRY'
(e) He received a number of international literary awards, culminating in the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1986. He leaves a widow and two sons.
(f) Today is a good day to do business but a bad one for romance. Don't take mem-
bers of the opposite sex too seriously today.
(g) Our front page today gives details of the government's new economic proposals.
Our readers may think, as we do, that these measures are too little and too late. We
say to the government, not for the first time, it is time...
(h) Mix two egg yolks with butter in a frying-pan over a low gas. Add sugar and
then...
(i) A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched £17,000. Bidding was
slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for £55,000.
(j) Yesterday at 7 p.m. Her Majesty gave a dinner-party at Windsor Castle for mem-
bers of the Spanish Royal Family. At noon today Her Majesty will receive the new
Ambassador of the Republic of Venezuela at Buckingham Palace.
(k) Robson equalised with a header from five yards just before the half-time whistle. (l) The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about £480 and Hong
Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is. . .
(m) ACROSS 1 kind of tree (5), 2 child (3), 4 performed (5).. .
(n) Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of Transport could
inform MPs of train-fare concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker de-
clared that.. .
(o) Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2' apart, and cover roots with
6" of soil.
(p) ... but I don't know if I can ever forgive him. What can I do?
Desperately Unhappy, London N.W.
Dear Desperately Unhappy, I think you should see a marriage-guidance counsel-
lor...
(q) A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be
shocked at scenes of. ..
(r) Road holding and fuel consumption are good but otherwise the performance lacks
zip.