Этап №2

Тема: We learn foreign languages.

Перед выполнением заданий следует повторить слова и выражения по темам “We learn foreign languages”, “My working day at technical school”. Рекомендуется пользоваться словарём. Все незнакомые слова нужно выписать и запомнить. Данная работа поможет повторить и пополнить лексический запас по изучаемым темам.

Упражнение 1

Переведите письменно слова и словосочетания, которые помогут понять смысл текста. Прочитайте текст и ответьте письменно на вопросы.

1. English today_____________________________________________________

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2. the most important international language______________________________

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3. to speak English as the first language__________________________________

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4. a foreign language_________________________________________________

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5. the world’s population______________________________________________

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6. a mother tongue___________________________________________________

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7. it is the language of summit meetings and international conferences__________

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8. brilliant world-famous English, American, Canadian and Australian writers and poets______________________________________________________________

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9. the reader can fully appreciate them only in the original___________________

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10. serve as a key to other cultures and their riches_________________________

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ENGLISH TODAY

There are over 2700 languages in the world, but English today is the most important international language. Four hundred million people speak English as their first language. Six hundred million people speak it either as a second or as a foreign language. That is 20 percent of the world’s population.

English has become a world language, because it is spoken as a mother tongue in all the continents of the world. In the 17^th century English was brought to North America by the first colonizers. Then in the 18^th century it was brought to Australia, later on to Africa and India.

Millions of people are learning English today. It is the language of summit meetings and international conferences. It’s also the language of the United Nations. Foreign political leaders usually speak to international journalists in English. The latest discoveries and ideas in all spheres of science and medicine appear in special international journals, of which 60 percent are in English. 80 percent of all information in the world’s computers is in English.

Besides, there are a lot of brilliant world-famous English, American, Canadian and Australian writers and poets who gave the world their wonderful works. The reader can fully appreciate them only in the original.

And finally, many young people learn English as a foreign language because it is the language of rock and pop music.

So, English can be used for many different purposes and serve as a key to other cultures and their riches.

1. How many languages are there in the world?

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2. How many people speak English as their first language?

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3. How many people speak English as a second or as a foreign language?

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4. Why has English become a world language?

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5. Who brought English to the American continent?

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6. Where is the English language an official language?

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7. How can the readers best appreciate world literature in English?

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8. Why do young people want to learn English today?

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9. What purposes can the English language be used for?

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10. Why do you learn English?

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Упражнение 2

Составьте ситуацию, используя данные и словосочетания. (Употребите глаголы во временах группы Simple). Дайте название своему сочинению.

to learn foreign languages, to learn English (French, German, Italian), to have English in the morning, to be a student, to study in a technical school, to stand at the blackboard, to write English sentences, to be at a lesson, to look at the teacher, to write (read) in class, to have dictation, during the lesson, to do a lot of exercises, to speak English to smb. about smth., after classes, to translate from English into Russian, to get good marks, to be in time for lessons, to do homework together, to revise grammar rules, to know the language well.

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Упражнение 3

Ответьте на вопросы, составляя предложения из данных слов.

What is your favourite subject?

I like

mathematics languages chemistry literature

most of all.

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What is your friend good at?

He is

good poor clever

at

drawing; biology; memorizing English words; doing sums; learning poems.

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What marks did you usually get for your compositions, etc?

I usually got

good satisfactory excellent bad

marks

for my

translations; test papers; compositions; homeworks.

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Упражнение 4

Переставьте буквы так, чтобы получились названия предметов.

NGELHSI___________________________________

THASM_____________________________________

HPSIYCS____________________________________

RGAOEGHPY________________________________

OYHSITR____________________________________

TRA_________________________________________

Упражнение 5

Заполните пропуски недостающими по смыслу словами.

1. Yesterday I had four___________________: maths, English, PE and history.

2. My favourite ______________________is a biology.

3. Mark finished the secondary school and now he wants to go to______________

4. He was being noisy during the lesson so the _____________told him to be quiet.

Упражнение 6

Соедините английские и американские варианты слов. Радом с каждым словом напишите перевод.

Американский вариант	Английский вариант
1) subway________________________ 2) cab___________________________ 3) apartment______________________ 4) corporation_____________________ 5) downtown_____________________	1. return ticket____________________ 2. shop assistant___________________ 3. company_______________________ 4. autumn________________________ 5. pavement______________________
6) highway_______________________ 7) attorney_______________________ 8) baggage_______________________ 9) soccer_________________________ 10) railroad_______________________	6. city center______________________ 7. underground____________________ 8. postman_______________________ 9. lorry__________________________ 10. time-table_____________________
11) round-trip ticket________________ 12) salesman______________________ 13) ticket-office___________________ 14) one-way ticket_________________ 15) fall__________________________	11. football_______________________ 12. ground floor___________________ 13. railway_______________________ 14. motorway_____________________ 15. lawyer________________________
16) gas__________________________ 17) schedule______________________	16. single ticket___________________ 17. maize________________________
18) guy__________________________	18. fellow________________________
19) truck_________________________	19. chips_________________________
20) sidewalk______________________	20. surname______________________
21) first floor_____________________	21. note__________________________
22) mailman______________________	22. sweet_________________________
23) grade________________________	23. pub__________________________
24) corn_________________________	24. the chemist’s___________________
25) sneakers______________________	25. petrol________________________
26) French fries___________________	26. luggage_______________________
27) restroom______________________	27. taxi__________________________
28) Last name_____________________	28. public toilet____________________
29) bill__________________________	29. flat__________________________
30) candy________________________	30. form_________________________
31) bar __________________________	31. booking office_________________
32) drugstore	32. trainers

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