- •Contents
- •Part 1: My Academy ………………………………………………………………….38 Part 2: Higher Education in the usa.……………………….......................................56
- •Предисловие
- •Chapter 3 lifestyles around the world Part 1: Lifestyles and the Good Life
- •5. Think of constituents of a lifestyle and fill in the spider graph below. Share your ideas with the class. Constituents of the lifestyle
- •6. Summarize your understanding of the lifestyle concept in writing (60 words).
- •Before you read
- •1. Making predictions. What do you think you will read about in the text “What’s the “good life” to you?” Write down three predictions:
- •2. Read the text to compare American ideas of good life with yours expressed in pre-reading exercise. How different are they? Discuss the differences with your partner. What’s the “Good Life” to You?
- •9. Scan the text to find out what Americans consider the “good life” and how many of them think so. Fill in the chart below. The first one has been done for you.
- •10. Ask questions to these answers. Do it taking turns round the class.
- •Language Focus
- •1. Give English equivalents of the words and word partnerships used in the text.
- •2. Match the definitions on the left with the words used in the text on the right.
- •3. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.
- •5. Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •6. Translate from English into Russian.
- •Comprehension / Interpretation
- •Language Functions Ways of asking for reasons and giving reasons
- •Respond to the following questions in a neutral style.
- •Respond to the following questions in an informal style.
- •Say which job you would prefer and why:
- •Develop the conversation giving sane reasons for this or that decision.
- •Find out about your groupmates’ and other people’s occupation. Use the following dialogues as models.
- •Discussing the lecture. Discuss the following questions about the interview and your own experience. Refer to your notes as necessary. Use the new vocabulary as you talk.
- •Part 2: Healthy hobbies
- •Before you read
- •Healthy hobbies
- •Language Focus
- •1. Give English equivalents of the words and word partnerships used in the text.
- •2. Match the definitions on the left with the words used in the text on the right.
- •3. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.
- •4. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate the sentences into Russian. -tion/-al/-ed/
- •-Less/-ly
- •Self-/-ed/-able/-ly/-ility
- •-Ed/-ment
- •6. Translate from English into Russian.
- •7. This text was translated by a computer. Read the translation and correct the mistakes. What is the main idea of the text?
- •8. Match each hobby (a –k) with the benefits people get from it (1 – 11). More than one answer is possible.
- •9. Organize the following words by putting them in the correct column.
- •10. Match the words and phrases in column a with those in column b. Tick the phrases that apply to you.
- •11. Tell about your hobby/your friend’s/your parent’s. Say what you’ve gained from it. The words in the box can help you.
- •Language Functions Agreeing and disagreeing
- •Exercises
- •2. Read the following illustrative examples of expressing agreement and disagreement.
- •3. Express your agreement or disagreement with someone’s view.
- •4. Make any statements you like. Someone will either agree or disagree with you.
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •6. Express partial agreement with the following statements.
- •7. Discuss the situation with your partner(s) and decide on the proper level of formality. You can use the suggested expressions if you want to.
- •In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring. Have a chat about the topics you liked.
- •Longevity: What helps most? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most helpful at the top. Change partners and share your rankings again.
- •True / false: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (t) or false (f).
- •4. Synonym match: Match the following synonyms from the article.
- •5. Phrase match: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
- •6. Gap fill: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
- •7. Word search: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘long’ and ‘life’. Share your findings with your partners.
- •8. Test each other: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
- •9. Answer the questions.
- •Living without a tv
- •Read the article again. Then cover it and in pairs answer the questions from memory.
- •3. You are going to write a similar article about mobile phones. First, with a partner, make a list of advantages and disadvantages.
- •Chapter 4 education Part 1: My Academy
- •State (n.) – государство, штат; state (adj.) – государственный
- •Before you read
- •My academy
- •Comprehension / Interpretation
- •1. All students study full-time.
- •Language focus
- •Give English equivalents of the words and word partnerships used in the text.
- •Identify the word by its meaning. Make your own sentences with these words.
- •3. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.
- •5. Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate into Russian.
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Language functions Opinions
- •Ways of asking for opinion and expressing opinion
- •Approval and disapproval
- •Ways of expressing approval and disapproval
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the dialogues in parts, pay attention how people express their opinion, approval and disapproval. Then learn one of them and reproduce it with other students in class.
- •2. Compile the sentences:
- •3. Ask someone's opinion on the following, using proper names. The person asked then replies.
- •4. Express your opinion on the questions discussed in an informal style.
- •5. Argue the following statements. Say whether they have a positive or negative connotation.
- •6. Reveal your attitude to the problems discussed.
- •Make short conversations in the following situations:
- •1. Prelistening Questions. Discuss these questions with your classmates.
- •2. Vocabulary Preview. These sentences contain expressions from the conversation. Use the context to match the underlined words and expressions with their definitions.
- •Now listen to the conversation again. Some of the stressed words are missing. During each pause, repeat the phrase or sentence; then fill in the missing stressed words.
- •2. Prepare good reading of the dialogue.
- •1. Vocabulary Review. Discuss your answers to the following questions with a partner. Use the underlined vocabulary from Activity 2 (Vocabulary Preview) in your answers.
- •In groups, each choose one different topic from the list below. Decide if you agree or disagree, and write down at least three reasons.
- •Part 2: Higher Education in the usa
- •Tuition fee (n.) – плата за обучение
- •Before you read
- •Higher Education in the usa
- •Comprehension / Interpretation
- •Language focus
- •1. Give English equivalents of the words and word partnerships used in the text.
- •2. Identify the word by its meaning. Make your own sentences with these words.
- •3. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.
- •5. Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate into Russian.
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •7. Explain how you understand these proverbs.
- •11. Writing
- •Saluton. Kiel VI fartas?
- •Want to improve your memory
- •B. From prompts to sentences
- •D. Plan your paragraphs
- •E. Homework
- •Windsor College Summer Courses in English
- •Language functions How to express your emotions
- •Ways of expressing pleasure / joy and displeasure
- •Ways of expressing excitement and disappointment
- •Ways of showing irritation, anger and sympathy
- •Ways of saying you are bored and ways of expressing surprise
- •Exercises
- •2. Read the dialogues in pairs and state what emotions are expressed in the situations described and how other people react to them.
- •3. Express pleasure, delight or enthusiasm in the following situations. Let another student respond.
- •4. Make up short situations, using one item from each column.
- •5. What would you say in the following situations? Address your remark to a fellow-student, who tries to reassure you.
- •6. Choose a situation from those given in exercise 5 to express your irritation and anger.
- •7. Express your disappointment in the following situations.
- •8. Read the illustrative dialogues in pairs, noting how different degrees of surprise can be expressed more or less formally. Then learn the dialogues and reproduce them with another student in class.
- •9. Respond with surprise to the following statements.
- •10. Read the following statements and let another student respond to them with sympathy.
- •11. Make short conversations in the following situations:
- •Using the Introduction to Predict Lecture Content
- •Taking Notes on the Introduction
- •Three Keys to Writing Effective Lecture Notes
- •Identifying the Three Keys to Taking Effective Lecture Notes
- •2. Situation
- •3. Discussion Questions
- •4. Role-Play
- •Appendixes
- •I. Writing an Essay. Discursive Essays (Дискуссионные сочинения) Тип сочинения и примерный план
- •Useful Language (For and Against Essay)
- •Useful Language (Opinion Essay)
- •Образец эссе с аргументацией «за» и «против»
- •Образец эссе с элементами рассуждения по теме
- •II. Additional Material to the Chapter Education.
- •III. Supplementary reading Books. Reading.
- •Exercises
- •Give English equivalents of the words and word partnerships used in the text and included in the list of words before the text.
- •2. Read the short descriptions (a –k) of literary works of different genres. Match the description to the type of literary work (1 – 10).
- •3. Match the words from the two boxes. Make up your own sentences with word partnerships.
- •4. Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate the sentences.
- •-Ful / -less / -ly
- •5. Read, guess the name of a person described, and translate the texts below.
- •6. Read one of the most popular poem by Robert Burns My Heart’s in the Highlands first in the original and then in translation. Learn it by heart.
- •7. Translate the following sentences into English
- •8. Speak about your favorite author or a book. Use some useful expressions given at the beginning of the chapter.
- •Sources
6. Read one of the most popular poem by Robert Burns My Heart’s in the Highlands first in the original and then in translation. Learn it by heart.
My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,
A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe –
My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go!
All hail to the Highlands, all hail to the North,
The birthplace of valour, the country of worth!
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Farewell to the mountains high cover’d with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below,
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods!
В горах моё сердце
В горах моё сердце… Доныне я там,
По следу оленя лечу по скалам.
Гоню я оленя, пугаю козу,
В горах моё сердце, а сам я внизу.
Прощай, моя родина! Север, прощай, -
Отечество славы и доблести край.
По белому свету судьбою гоним,
Навеки останусь я сыном твоим!
Прощайте, вершины под кровлей снегов,
Прощайте, долины и скаты лугов,
Прощайте, поникшие в бездну леса,
Прощайте, потоков лесных голоса.
7. Translate the following sentences into English
1. Когда я была маленькой, я любила читать сказки.
2. Писатель изображает своих персонажей очень правдиво (truthfully).
3. Сюжет романа очень интересный и захватывающий (gripping).
4. Исторические события переплетаются (interlace) с вымышленными событиями.
5. Я предпочитаю детективы, так как я люблю следить (follow) за развитием событий.
6. Действие романа происходит в наши дни в Англии.
7. Автор рассказывает историю от первого лица.
8. Роман имеет большое количество персонажей и сложный сюжет.
9. Роман построен на сложном сюжете, ход событий очень необычен.
10. Его способность рассказывать истории с фантастическим сюжетом удивительна.
11. Этот писатель обладает тонким чувством юмора.
12. Его книги всегда производят глубокое впечатление на читателей.
13. Он читает медленно, пережёвывая каждую страницу, усваивая каждое слово автора.
14. Если книга мне нравится, я «проглатываю» её за день.
8. Speak about your favorite author or a book. Use some useful expressions given at the beginning of the chapter.
Developing writing skills. Writing a review – Написание рецензии.
The layout of the review
Paragraph 1 – Introduction. Introduce the author, the title of the book, the subject.
Paragraph 2 – Development section. Give a short presentation of the content; describe the main heroes.
Paragraph 3 – Development section. Describe how the main heroes act; describe the mastership of the author.
Paragraph 4 – Conclusion. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the book / story/article. Express your point of view on the author / book /story / article.
Sample review
The Secret History
The Secret History is a powerful first novel by an American writer, Donna Tartt. Set in New England, it is the portrayal of an elite group of privileged and self-assured
(самоуверенных) college students. The story is told by fellow-student Richard Papen who has recently moved to the college from California. Richard is eventually accepted into the group, and slowly becomes aware (начинает понимать) of their terrible secret which is to change his own life forever.
The Secret History is rich and detailed in plot, providing many layers for the reader to explore (давая читателю пищу для размышления). Predominantly (преимущественно), it is a murder mystery which is so intricately (сложно, замысловато) constructed that it will hold your attention right up to the final page. The book is absolutely stunning at times, while at others it is greatly amusing. Additionally, for anyone who is interested in classics, the book contains references to Ancient Greece to be enjoyed.
As for the characters, the main heroes, Donna Tarrt is extremely successful in depicting the negative sides of the clique of monster-students, as well as introducing some delightful characters such as tranquilized (спокойные) parents and spaced-out hippies. She is unusually perceptive (хорошо знакома) about New England college life, and contrasts its rich sophistication (утончённость, изысканность) with the less privileged West Coast viewpoint of the narrator most skillfully.
My only reservation (оговорка) about this book is its length. The book contains 500 pages. It is just a little too long. In spite of this, I literally could not put it down! I highly recommend you to read The Secret History, which is a truly magnificent achievement from this young novelist.
Write a review of the novel, a story or an article you like best. The expressions given below can help you to write a full and interesting review.
The author of the book / article is …
The action is set in ….
The author tells the story
depicts the characters
has keen sense of humor
is popular with the public
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…is interesting to read
…is made into a film
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the action happens during the day
the chain of events occurs in the evening / afternoon / winter/June
the story takes place at night / the weekend
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at the beginning of the novel the author says
story the writer states
essay the essayist writes
text explains
depicts
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the opening part is devoted to
the middle section is on
the closing about
the final
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the man character(s) is young / of middle age
are in early / late 20s / 40s
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in conclusion the book is highly informative
all in all the article is a fascinating document
on balance the story is truly enjoyable
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The book is really fantastic / extraordinary / absolutely stunning / amazing / informative / truly gripping / exciting / attractive / successful / a real eye-opener
The article is uneventful / monotonous / in bad taste / completely disappointing / a total disaster / predictable / humorless.