- •Unit 1. English around the World
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text and finish up the idea saying why it is important for you. «Learning English is important for me because …»
- •3. Read the text, ask 10 questions and ask your partner to answer. English around the World.
- •6. Work in pairs. Talk about countries and languages as in the models:
- •1. Read the jokes and act them:
- •2. Learn the proverbs.
- •Unit 2. The Russian Federation and its cities
- •1. Read the text and give a short summary of the text. The Russian Federation
- •3. Read the text “Moscow” and add some interesting facts that are not mentioned in it. Moscow
- •4 .Answer the following questions:
- •5. Translate the following into English:
- •Russia's ancient capital
- •12. Answer the following questions:
- •13. Translate the following into English:
- •14. Read the text and summarize your impressions of Saint Petersburg. Saint petersburg
- •Vocabulary:
- •15. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •16. Answer the following questions:
- •17. Translate the following into Russian:
- •Unit 3. Part 1.The british isles
- •One country?
- •What's a county?
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Look at the map of the British Isles. True or false? Correct the sentences that are false.
- •5. Copy and complete the sentences.
- •7. Read the text without a dictionary and give a short summary of it. Great britain
- •The monarchy
- •8. Try to guess :
- •9. Read the text and find out the answer on the question: What does the Queen do?
- •Politics
- •10. Answer the questions , then read the texts:
- •Parliament
- •Forming a government
- •11. Translate into Russian: the government of great britain
- •12. Read the text and answer the questions given below: london
- •13. Answer these questions:
- •14. Now you continue to make up questions and ask your friends to give answers.
- •15. Give the full answers to these questions:
- •16. Speak on the following topics:
- •Part 2. Places to visit and things to see
- •1. Read, translate and remember how to use the words:
- •2. Read the text, using a dictionary when necessary Sights of London
- •The Houses of Parliament
- •Westminster Abbey
- •St. Paul's Cathedral
- •Trafalgar Square
- •The Tower of London
- •3. Name the most impressive places of interest in London.
- •4.Say what they are noted for. Say what makes London one of the world's most enjoyable cities.
- •A Guide to Your City
- •Unit 4.The United States of America
- •1. Translate the words and learn them by heart.
- •2. Tell your group what do you know about the usa (geographical position, climate, education, political life, ect.)
- •3. Read the text and ask five questions.
- •4. Translate from Russian into English.
- •5. Find English equivalents in the text.
- •6. Make up the title of the text.
- •The United States of America
- •13. Make up the sentences the following words:
- •14. Study the diagram below. Then use it to answer the questions that follow.
- •15. Read the text and try to memorize some information about the capital of the usa. Washington, d.C.
- •16. Find English equivalents in the text.
- •17. Write in the missing words in the sentences.
- •18. Finish the sentences using the following variants.
- •19. Answer the questions.
- •20. Tell your group about the capital of the usa.
- •For additional reading: Other American Cities New York
- •1. Translate from Russian into English.
- •San Francisco
- •1. Translate from Russian into English.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •Chicago
- •3. Make up 5 questions and ask your partner to answer.
- •What a memory.
- •5. Learn the proverbs by heart:
- •Unit 5. Canada
- •2. Read the text, try to translate it without a dictionary and make up a plan.
- •7. Finish the sentences using the following variants:
- •8. Translate from Russian into English:
- •9. Make up your own plan of the text and tell your group about Canada.
- •10.Enjoy Yourself: a joke on Conan Doyle
- •11.Learn proverbs:
- •Список использованной литературы
- •Contents
7. Finish the sentences using the following variants:
1. Canada is the second largest country
a)in the world; b) in Europe; c) in Asia
2. About 80% of the population live within 320 km
a)of the northern border; b) of the eastern border; c) of the southern border
3. Canada is an independent
a)Nation; b) person; c) country
4. The capital of the country is
a) Toronto; b) Montreal; c )Ottawa
5. The large ethnic groups of Canada are
a) Russian and German people; b) German, Irish and Scottish people, c) Irish and Russian.
8. Translate from Russian into English:
1. Канада немного больше Соединенных Штатов, однако в ней живет в десять раз меньше людей.
2. Большая часть территории Канады не заселена или мало населена из-за суровых природных условий.
3. Согласно Конституционному акту 1982 года английская королева Елизавета II признана главой государства Канады.
4. Как английский, так и французский являются государственными языками страны.
5. Многие канадцы в западных и восточных областях страны считают, что федеральное правительство не уделяет достаточно внимания их проблемам.
9. Make up your own plan of the text and tell your group about Canada.
10.Enjoy Yourself: a joke on Conan Doyle
Once a French taxi-cab driver had driven Sir Conan Doyle from the station to a hotel. The driver decided to play a joke on him. When the driver received his fair, he said, «Merci, Mr. Conan Doyle». «Why, how do you know my name?» asked C. Doyle.
«Well, Sir, I have seen in the papers that you were coming from the South of France to Paris. Your general appearance told me that you were English. So I guessed at once that it was you».
«That is very remarkable. You have no other evidence to go upon?» Well, said the driver, there was your name on your luggage.
11.Learn proverbs:
Every country has its custom. - У каждой страны свои обычаи.
So many countries, so many customs. - Сколько стран, столько обычаев.
Make hay while the sun shines. - Куй железо пока горячо.
A good beginning makes a good ending. - Легка беда начало.
Список использованной литературы
1.In Britain. Michael Vaughan-Rees. Chanserel Int. Publishes, 1999.
2. О Британии вкратце: книга для чтения на английском языке/ Сост. В.В. Ощепкова, И.И. Шустилова. – М.: Просвещение, 1993.
3. Сатинова В.Ф. Читаем и говорим о Британии и британцах. – 3-е изд. – М.: Высш. шк., 1998.
4. Л.В. Хрусталева, В.Н. Богородицкая. Учебник английского языка для гимназий, колледжей с углубленным изучением английского языка – М.: DeКонт, 1996.
5. Колыханова О.А., Махмурян К.С. Разговорный английский.: Пособие для абитуриентов и студентов гуманитарных факультетов «Travel with us» - М.: АРКТИ, 2002.
6. Английский язык для гуманитарных факультетов/Под ред. И.М. Карогарова – СПб.: Лань, 1997.
7. Topics for discussion. Устные темы по английскому языку. Учебное пособие/Под ред. Кошмановой И.И., Енгалычевой Н.А. – М.: Издат-Школа, 1998.
8. History of the American Nation/ Учебное пособие/Сост. Попова Т.И. – М.: Рича, 1997.
9. Станы Соединенного Королевства. Лингвистический справочник/Сост. Томахин Г.Д. – М.: Просвещение, 2001.