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- •Vocabulary Exercises……………………………………………………………………..79
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- •Предисловие
- •People and Relationships
- •I. Topical Vocabulary
- •II. Vocabulary Exercises
- •1) Decide whether the following comments are positive or negative.
- •2) Fill in the gaps with the proper idiom or word-combination.
- •3) Use the proper idiomatic expressions in the sentences below.
- •4) Put the following words in the sentences below.
- •5) Find the idiom or the phrase / word combination with these meanings.
- •6) Put the vocabulary expressions in the dialogues below.
- •7) Put the following nouns into these expressions.
- •8) All the idiomatic expressions in this exercise deal with relationships going wrong. Match the two parts of each conversation.
- •9) Complete the following with one word.
- •10) Choose the most suitable word underlined.
- •11) Complete each sentence with one of the words given.
- •12) Replace the words underlined with one of the phrases given. Do not use any phrase more than once.
- •13) Choose the most suitable word for each space
- •14) Correct the sentences:
- •15) Write sentences with the same meaning, using the word in brackets. In some cases you need to add a verb ending to the word given.
- •16) Choose the words or expressions from the box to complete these texts.
- •17) Match the phrasal verbs underlined in the sentences 1-9 with the definitions a-I below:
- •III. Read, Listen and Discuss Love. Dating. Marriage.
- •1) Work in pairs. Discuss the quotations below. What do you think they mean? Which ones do you agree with? Which do you disagree? Which do you find amusing?
- •2) Look at the vocabulary given in the box. You see these are all adjectives describing a personality. Read the adjectives in turn and explain them in English.
- •3) The author of this short poem compares love to a butterfly. Say what else love can be compared to.
- •1) Listen to the problem page letters then match the sentences to the correct letter.
- •Is there anything that you would add to the list?
- •1) Here are two letters to the “problem page” of a magazine. Work in pairs. Partner 1 reads Letter a, partner 2 reads Letter b. Retell the letters to each other.
- •2) Answer the questions:
- •3) Read the passage and answer these questions:
- •Not Only the Lonely
- •4) Mark the following sentences t (true) or f (false):
- •5) Discuss these questions in pairs or small groups:
- •1) Unjumble the letters in these sentences to find words connected with dating.
- •2) Discuss the question below in pairs and then report back to the class.
- •3) Read the notice given below quickly to find out what it is advertising. Find words in the notice which mean the same as
- •Who will Be Your Perfect Partner?
- •5) Role-game
- •Internet Dating.
- •Is this Really your photo?
- •1) Read these three true stories. Were these people wise or foolish? Discuss your answers.
- •2) Read the following texts. Reporter Discovers That Sex Sells (What a Surprise ...)
- •Rules for Internet Dating
- •1. Use Common Sense
- •Online Dating Goes Mainstream
- •8) Answer and discuss the questions:
- •1) Read the following text. Mail-Order Brides— The Internet Revives an Old Tradition
- •3) Answer and discuss the following questions:
- •Read and discuss the text. Explain the underlined parts of the text using the English-English dictionary. Romantic Love
- •2) Translate paragraph “Transfer of loyalties” in writing.
- •Beware of Love
- •Wedding Traditions
- •Bride of the Sahara
- •3) Match the words (1-5) with their significance in a Tuareg marriage (a-e)
- •4) Choose the best answer for each question. Give your reasons.
- •5) Search the net to make reports about wedding traditions and ceremonies in other countries. Are they different in your country?
- •1) Listen to four people talking about what went wrong on their wedding day. Circle the correct answer a, b or c. Expand on your choice.
- •1) Discuss these questions with a partner:
- •2) With a partner, choose one of the following situations. Prepare your part in the conversation for 4-5minutes, then, have the conversation.
- •3) Read this newspaper article and explain the underlined parts of the text in English. Last to Marry Wins!
- •6). Render in English and discuss:
- •7) Act out talk-show “a Confirmed Bachelor” on the basis of the texts given above.
- •1) Read the following quotations and comment:
- •2) Read the text. Dear Advisor: Should She Propose?
- •4) Read the statements and write true (t) or false (f). Give you reasons in oral.
- •5) Answer and discuss the questions:
- •6) Render in English and discuss: Некоторые заблуждения при решении вступить в брак
- •1) Read the following texts The Government Department of Dating and Marriage?
- •3) Answer and discuss the questions:
- •4) Discuss these three points:
- •1) Discuss the questions in groups:
- •2) Read the article and see if any of your ideas are mentioned. Explain in English and expand on the contextual use of the underlined parts of the text.
- •Is She Really Going Out with Him?
- •1) Which of these relationships do you think are ok? Discuss in groups:
- •2) Read this letter to “Beth’s advice column” in a magazine. Decide what advice you would give before reading the reply. Old Enough to Be her Grandfather!
- •3) Write t (true) or f (false) after each statement below:
- •4) Discuss the following:
- •1) Read the following texts, explain in English the words/phrases marked in bold print and expand on their contextual use. Ponder on the underlined parts of the sentences.
- •2) Summarize and discuss the texts. Family Life
- •3) Read and expand on the underlined parts of the text, which concern your own experience: Family Daily Routines
- •The American Family
- •3) Agree or disagree. Give your reasons.
- •4) Answer and discuss the questions:
- •5) Prepare a report on the Russian family and make a presentation to your group mates.
- •1) Read the following texts and explain the underlined vocabulary using the English-English dictionary. Marriage – Women’s Crucible for Growing Up
- •2) Sum up the differences in understanding adulthood by men and women. Give your own ideas.
- •3) Comment on the title of the story. The Post-Soviet Family
- •Those Lazy Husbands
- •1) You will read an article about stay-at-home dads. Before you read, discuss the following:
- •3) Scan the article and find information about Maddie and Paul Hamill, Mollie Allen and Tom Kiehfuss.
- •4) Some paragraphs have been removed from the article. Add them from the paragraphs given in the box (a-h). There is one paragraph you do not need to use. Man about the House
- •5) In your own words explain the underlined euphemism.
- •6) In your own words explain the words and phrases marked in bold print.
- •2) Read the text and recall the situations with the vocabulary given above. Being a Househusband
- •3) Act out the interview for the Women’s Lib. Magazine “Spare Rib” as if you were: Hank Groves, his wife, the vicar, the brush salesman, the caller and the representative of the Women’s Liberation.
- •The Matter of Birth
- •1) Discuss the questions:
- •2) Read the following texts, make sure you know the vocabulary marked in bold print. Having a Baby
- •3) Find all these figures and places in the text. Then show how they are relevant.
- •4) Reproduce the story as if you were her husband, one of her friends, one of her parents, an obstetrician.
- •1) Read the text. Older Mom Not So Bad
- •3) Explain the meaning in your own words:
- •4) Fill in the gaps with the correct words and expressions:
- •5) Discuss the questions:
- •1) Discuss the following:
- •2) Read the article below. Mark these sentences t (true) or f (false):
- •Second Child for Diane
- •3) With a partner, try to agree on one alternative from each of the following:
- •1) Read the text. When Does Life Begin? (background reading)
- •4) Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text:
- •5) Discuss the following questions:
- •1) Listening for the Main Idea
- •2) Listening for Details
- •3) Text Completion and Discrete Listening
- •1) Read the article. Choose the statement that summarizes the author's viewpoint.
- •The Eggs (opinion reading)
- •5) Explain the meaning in your own words:
- •6) Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text:
- •7) Answer the questions:
- •8) Work in groups. Read the statements below. Discuss whether Codrescu and/or McCollister would agree with them. Discuss how and why the two opinions are the same or different.
- •Case Study: Rules for Frozen Embryos.
- •2) Find the word in the text:
- •4) Discuss the following questions:
- •5) Role-game.
- •Adoption
- •1) Discuss the following:
- •2) Complete the text using the correct forms of the appropriate verbs from the box below:
- •3) Discuss the text in pairs or in small groups, then report your idea to the rest of the group. The Name Game
- •1) You are going to read an article about a family choosing a name for a baby. For questions 1-10 choose from the people a-d. The people may be chosen more than once.
- •3) Explain the title of the text.
- •4) Retell the text as if you were an expecting mother.
- •1) Read and Discuss. What’s in a Name
- •Children - Parents
- •1) You are going to hear a story about a young boy and his cart. Choose the correct answers – a, b, or c. Give the reasons.
- •2) Imagine Mrs Branthwaite decides to write to the author’s parents to complain about their son’s behaviour. Write her letter saying what you want the boy to do now.
- •3) Work in pairs and discuss.
- •1) Read the magazine article below and fill in the gaps with one of the words from the list below. Then close your books and talk about the qualities of a good babysitter.
- •What Makes a Good Babysitter?
- •2) Match the words with the appropriate definitions.
- •3) Fill in the gaps with one of the words from the list below.
- •4) Match the playground items with their corresponding activities.
- •5) Read the text and answer the questions:
- •Guidelines for Buying Toys
- •6) Fill in the gaps with one of the words below. Then close your books and say why playing games is important to young children.
- •"All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy"
- •7) Read the dialogue below. Then close your books and discuss under what circumstances parents should or should not give their children toys.
- •9) Match the possible accidents that could happen at home with the precautions that could be taken.
- •10)Discuss what activities you would use to keep a 12-year-old, an 8-year-old and a 3-year-old occupied, and how you would ensure their safety.
- •1) Listen to the dialogue between Duncan and Tom and tick the things that Tom doesn’t like about living with his parents.
- •2) Discuss the things you don’t like about living with parents.
- •3) Do the questionnaire below and discuss your parenting style in pairs. Give the reasons. What is your parenting Style?
- •1) Work in groups. Group a, read Text a from a novel. Group b, read the Text b from a play. What do you think of the texts? Make some notes about the following.
- •2) Paraphrase the underlined parts of the text.
- •2) Listen again. Here are some points made by the students.
- •1) Read the following text and choose the most suitable title from the three below.
- •2) Find the words or phrases in the text which match the definitions below. The words are in the order that they appear in the text.
- •3) Choose the best answer.
- •4) Read the short extract and fill in the gaps with the words below. Say how mother raised Jessica.
- •5) Read the extract from a magazine article on the declining role of fathers in the family today and answer the questions below.
- •6) Discuss the questions:
- •1) Express your opinion about the following statements:
- •3) Read the text below. Find the reasons for the conflicts between generations in the text. Generation Gap
- •4) Answer the questions:
- •1) What sorts of problems might teenagers have? Think about: school, family and home, friends.
- •2) Read the extracts from an article quickly and match the teenagers with their parents.
- •Teenager Nightmares
- •4) In pairs put down 10 questions to ask your groupmates.
- •5) Which of the following is the best description of the article these extracts appeared in?
- •Going through a Stage
- •1) Read the text below and translate paragraphs 3 and 4 in writing.
- •2) Compare the given below points of view on the problem of growing old.
- •3) Say what you think on this problem. Growing Old
- •1) Read the following text and discuss it using the following questions:
- •The Children
- •2) Read the following article, then answer the questions. Michael Jackson Dangles Baby over Balcony
- •1) Read the statements. Which one do you think is more likely to be true? Give reasons for your opinions.
- •2) Read the texts below Causes of Conflict between Adolescents and their Parents
- •What Do Parents and Teenagers Fight About?
- •3) Discuss the questions:
- •4) Now prepare a talk on the causes of conflict between adolescents and their parents. Use the following plan:
- •1) Read the text and answer the questions below. Sibling Conflict
- •2) True or false?
- •3) Discuss:
- •Children and Discipline
- •1) Work in pairs. Make a list of ways in which parents and teachers discipline children. For each punishment on the list discuss the following questions:
- •3) Make four true sentences:
- •4) Work in small groups. Discuss these statements:
- •1) Read the text. What These Kids Need Is Discipline
- •3) Explain the idea in your own words:
- •4) True or false?
- •5) Discuss the questions:
- •1) Read the text. Should Smacking Ban Get Backing?
- •3) Discuss the questions:
- •4) Read the two letters. Which one do you agree most with? Why?
- •5) Match the phrasal verbs in bold with the definitions below.
- •6) Work in pairs. Look at the sentences again. Are any of them true for you? Do any of them remind you of people you know or knew?
- •7) Discuss the questions:
- •1) Read the text below, think and write down the questions in the interview. Compare with your partner. Parent Trouble?
- •3) Discuss the following questions:
- •4) Act out a conversation between parents (or a parent) of a troubled child and a psychologist.
- •1) Read the following news item which appeared in The Daily Telegraph. Discuss the questions below in pairs:
- •2) Now read the views of Ashley and the headmaster.
- •1) Before you read, discuss the following.
- •Binge Drinker Aged 12
- •4) Explain the meaning of the words and use in sentences or a story of your own:
- •5) Fill in the gaps with the correct word or expression:
- •6) Discuss the following questions:
- •1) Read the text Laying Down the Law
- •2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of these verbs from the article.
- •3) Answer the questions.
- •4) Discuss the questions in pairs.
- •5) Make up a conversation between the mother and her son.
- •1) Read the text. The Teenage Brain
- •Parent – Child Interaction
- •1) Read the text and speak on the problems raised in it. Love and Help Children
- •2) Say what points in the abc below you consider most important and why. The abc’s of Happiness
- •Divorce
- •1) Discuss the questions in pairs or small groups:
- •2) You are going to read an article about the changing state of the family. Look at the following statements and discuss which of these things are happening in your country and why.
- •3) Read the article and tick the topics above if they are mentioned. A Quiet Revolution?
- •4) Read the article again. Which one of the following statements is not true according to the information in the main text?
- •5) Read the following extract on divorce and explain the words marked in bold print.
- •Divorce: a Fifty-Fifty Chance?
- •2) Read the statements and write true (t) or false (f). Give you reasons in oral.
- •3) Answer and discuss the questions:
- •4) Read these two opinions about divorce. Which one do you agree with more?
- •5) Mark the sentences below with “s” if they are what Sue says and “j” if they are what Julia says.
- •6) Complete the text below with the correct form of these words and discuss it.
- •1) Read the definition and the two articles and look for the answers to your questions.
- •2) Read the following texts. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
- •Polygamist Goes to Jail; Judge Ignores Pleas of His Wives and Children
- •6) Answer and discuss the following questions:
- •8) Role game
- •Infidelity
- •1) Listen to the article “The Hows and Whys of Cheating” about infidelity and answer the questions
- •2) Read the following texts and find the English equivalents for the following:
- •Ask Penelope
- •Oh, Come All Ye Unfaithful
- •The Matter of Death
- •1) Discuss the following questions in groups:
- •2) Read and translate the text in written.
- •3) Read the two articles below. Surprising Honesty at Funeral
- •Home Burial Causes Anger
- •4) Answer the questions:
- •1) Look through these thoughts on death, noting some of the many words and expressions that may be required on this delicate subject.
- •2) Guess the word due to the definition:
- •Health and Medicine
- •I. Topical Vocabulary
- •II. Vocabulary Exercises
- •3) What are the causes for the following conditions?
- •4) Which Specialist would you visit if:
- •5) Fill the gaps with a suitable word:
- •6) What do you think the doctor said to each of the following patients:
- •8) What medical problems might you have if…
- •9 ) Complete the following table:
- •10) Correct the mistakes in the sentences:
- •11) Rewrite the underlined parts of these sentences using words and phrases from the topical vocabulary:
- •12) Choose the most appropriate word underlined:
- •13) Match the words in the box with the explanations given:
- •14) Match everyday sentences with more formal vocabulary given in the box:
- •15) Complete the text, using the correct form of the word in brackets. Make all the words negative and make any other necessary changes.
- •17) Agree or disagree with the following comments. Explain why.
- •18) State the “maniac”, described by each of the following sentences:
- •19) Who would be most likely to say the following?
- •21) Guess the word due to the definition:
- •23) Study this conversation extract. If the underlined verbs are wrong, correct them using either the past perfect (active or passive) or past perfect continuous.
- •24) Study the underlined parts of this email. Make corrections if necessary. Give alternatives where possible.
- •1) Before listening make sure you know the vocabulary:
- •1) Before listening make sure you know the vocabulary:
- •2) You will hear people talking in eight different situations. Answer the questions and render the passage you hear. You will hear each passage twice.
- •2) Read and translate the text below. Note the ways that illnesses can be spoken of and reported in the text. Examination Fever
- •1) Read the following text, explain in English the underlined parts of the text. Health Systems
- •2) Read the extracts from a medical information leaflet contained in a packet of headache pills. Change the underlined parts of the text with a proper word or word-combination.
- •4) Render into English and discuss:
- •Crank Medicine Becomes Respectable
- •2) Speak on the underlined parts of the text.
- •2) Discuss the medical benefits of keeping pets, advantages and disadvantages of having a pet.
- •1) Listen to the text about Qigong, a type of therapy. Complete the sentences and expand on your choice :
- •2) Talk about the benefits of Qigong.
- •3) Make 5-7 min. Reports on forms of alternative medicine (choose one from active vocabulary). Great Medical Achievements
- •1) You are going to read a story about n.I. Pirogov, the “wonderful doctor”, as he was called by ordinary people, and a story about Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin.
- •Nikolai Pirogov
- •The Discovery of Penicillin
- •4) Recall how the vocabulary from ex.2-3 refers to the stories.
- •5) Search the net to know something about Russian scientists’ medical achievements and make a 5-7 min. Report.
- •1) Read the texts below and give the synonyms to the underlined words. They Risked Death for Others
- •Science against Pain
- •2) Questions for Discussion:
- •2) Read and retell the following texts:
- •1912. Vitamins
- •1921. Insulin Found to Treat Diabetes
- •1930. Immunization against Viral Diseases
- •1967. Organ Transplantation
- •1971. Ct Scan and mri Introduced
- •Atom Medicine
- •Radioisotopes for Diagnosis
- •Diagnosing Heart Ailments
- •Proton Beams for Brain Operation
- •1938. Nylon is Invented
- •1973. Biotechnology
- •1996. Cloning of an Adult Mammal
- •1) Read the texts, explain the underlined words in English or give the synonyms. Hypochondriacs Arise!
- •A Victim to One Hundred and Seven Fatal Maladies
- •2) Learn one of the texts by heart to act it out in the classroom. Serious Illnesses and their Treatment
- •1) Read the text below and ponder on “Clean living – it’s enough to make you ill”.
- •1) You will hear a speaker on the radio talking about a virus called ebola. Listen and give equivalents to the following:
- •2) Listen again and write down the answers:
- •3) Render the text.
- •1) Read this extract from a leaflet about food safety. The Importance of Temperature
- •2) Answer the questions:
- •3) Organize conference (including presentation) on dangerous bacteria mentioned in the article.
- •About their Health
- •Infertility
- •1) Now you are going to read a true story “I Got Breast Cancer at Twenty”. Explain the underlined vocabulary in English.
- •2) Render and discuss the story. Give your own response on it.
- •1) Skim the text given below and find English equivalents to the Russian ones and memorize them:
- •3) Choose the best answers a, b, c or d. Prove your choice.
- •4) Insert no more than three words from the text.
- •6) Discuss the following: Touchy Topic Time Line
- •Space Takes its Toll
- •3) Ponder on that even heroes find living aloft to be hazardous to health.
- •4) Give your response to the article. Keeping Fit
- •2) Use the list of words to complete the vocabulary chart. You may add your own words:
- •3) Look at the list below, then complete the table that follows with the advantages and disadvantages of doing the following:
- •4) Read the two letters and answer the questions:
- •5) State if the sentences are true or false. Give the reasons.
- •6) Discuss the questions:
- •2) Read the following text and in English explain the words given in italics. Then agree or disagree with the underlined parts of the text. Health and the Body
- •3) Answer and discuss the following questions:
- •1) Read two texts given below, explain the words in bold and see if your guesses were right: Cholesterol and Health
- •Running and Calories
- •2) Suggest opposites for the underlined words:
- •1) Read the text below Each Man is a Creator of a Temple Called the Human Body
- •2) Answer the questions:
- •3) Agree or disagree and comment on the following statements. Give a reason for your opinion.
- •5) Read the following shaggy dog story and give your response. The Secret of Long Life
- •1) Answer the questions and discuss:
- •2) Read the article and say if your guesses were right. The 75 Toxic Chemicals in Our Blood
- •4) Choose the best answer and prove your choice:
- •5) Discuss the ways to reduce the toxins in your blood:
- •6) Discuss the following:
- •Healthy Diet and Lifestyle
- •1) Answer the questions:
- •3) Place the words in the appropriate column in the table below. You may add ideas of your own.
- •4) In pairs discuss a diet which is low in fat, rich in vitamins and high in fibre for a busy executive with an unhealthy lifestyle who needs to change his diet. Then report it back to the group.
- •5) Use your ideas in the role game: one student will be a busy executive who will describe his daily routine. The other student will be a health expert who will offer advice.
- •6) Match the headings with the short texts, then answer the questions.
- •Is It Right To Eat Meat?
- •2) How will you comment on the following?
- •3) Read the texts below and answer the questions:
- •4) Discuss the questions:
- •2) Read the text The Health Benefits of Vegetarianism
- •3) State whether the statement is right or wrong. Give the reasons. If there is not enough information to answer then ponder on it.
- •4) Complete the sentences, making use of the words from the box.
- •5) Choose from the following sentences the one which best fits each gap: Meat: to Eat or not to Eat?
- •1) How much do you know about diabetes? Try to answer these t/f statements by guessing, then listen to the text and find out if your guesses were correct.
- •2) Name 6 foods diabetics should eat. Name 6 foods they should avoid.
- •3) Listen again and take notes to expand on the following:
- •Eat your Broccoli!
- •2) Ponder on the underlined parts of the text.
- •3) Render the article.
- •1) Discuss the questions:
- •Current Intakes
- •3) Read the text given below to see what official steps have been taken in British Schools to improve the food eaten there. Find the words or phrases in the text which match the definitions:
- •IPod Lure to Cut Down Junk Food
- •4) Choose the best answer and prove your choice.
- •5) Discuss the following:
- •Genetically Modified Food
- •3) Choose the best answer a, b, c or d. Expand on your choice.
- •1) Read the following article. Five sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the sentences a-e the one which fits each gap.
- •New Foods
- •2) Find the words or phrases in the text below which match the definitions:
- •3) Read, retell and discuss the text. Sweet Strawmato is Pick of the Crop
- •4) Discuss the questions:
- •1) Read the article, explain the words and phrases in bold.
- •Brave New Foods
- •2) Ponder on the underlined parts of the text.
- •3) Organize a conference on a new kind of food, gm products (including presentation). Vote on whether this product should be made or not. Give your reasons.
- •1) Read the passage and answer these questions:
- •Why Do We Still Dice with Death?
- •2) Complete these statements by choosing the answer which you think fits best. Prove your choice.
- •3) Expand on the underlined sentences in the text. A Healthy Mind and a Healthy Body
- •1) Which of the things do you think are important for good health? Comment on your idea.
- •2) Answer the questions in the questionnaire:
- •3) Speak on the things that stop people from sleeping and explain why it stops people from sleeping. Now read the text and see if your guesses were right. Are you getting enough sleep?
- •Don’t Get Stressed Out!
- •1) Read dictionary definitions of the word stress
- •3) Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •4) Read the text. Write the paragraph headings in the right places in the text:
- •6) Answer the questions:
- •7) Comment on the following problems from students of English:
- •1) Read a magazine article about how different people handle stress and put down 10 questions to the text. How I Combat Stress
- •2) Explain the underlined phrases and sentences in your own words.
- •3) Tell how you do combat stress. Education
- •I. Topical Vocabulary
- •II. Vocabulary Exercises
- •1) Study the names of written work and their descriptions and then correct the wrong usage of words in the sentences:
- •2) Complete each sentence with a word from the list. Use each word once only.
- •3) Match each person from the list with a suitable description.
- •5) Complete the sentences using the appropriate form of the words from the list:
- •6) Complete the sentences by choosing the appropriate word:
- •7) Complete each sentence (a-j) with one of the endings (1-10). Use each ending once only.
- •8) Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the list below.
- •9) Rewrite the short text using words and phrases from the list in the appropriate form instead of the underlined words.
- •10) Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
- •11) Use the words in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
- •12) Complete each sentence with a form of do, make or take.
- •13) Complete each sentence with one word.
- •III. Read, Listen and Discuss National Systems of Education
- •1) Read the following text and answer the questions.
- •Schools and Universities in the usa
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •4) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •5) Answer the questions using the information given in the text:
- •1) Read the following text and answer the questions. Primary and Secondary Schools in Britain
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •4) Match the words from the text and their definitions given below:
- •5) Answer the questions using the information given in the text:
- •1) Read the following text and answer the questions. Admission Procedures
- •2) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •3) Substitute the words and word combinations in bold type with those similar in meaning used in the text.
- •4) Answer the questions:
- •5) Discuss:
- •1) Read the following text and answer the questions. Higher Education in Great Britain
- •2) Match the words from the text and their definitions given below:
- •3) Answer the questions using the information given in the text:
- •5) Supply full word combinations for the following initial abbreviations:
- •1) Read the following text and answer the questions. Higher Education in Russia
- •1. Undergraduate Study:
- •2. Post-Graduate Study
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •4) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:
- •5) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Life at College
- •The Value of Education
- •1) Which of the following aims of education are most important? Work with a partner and rank them in order of importance. Give your reasons.
- •2) Which of the following school subjects/activities help with achieving the above aims? Discuss in pairs.
- •1) Listen and decide whether the opinions are expressed by only one of the speakers, or whether the speakers agree. Write t (for Tina), d (for David) or b (for both) where they agree.
- •2) How do you feel about parents educating their children at home? Think about the following:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. A Proper Education
- •6) Answer the questions:
- •An Education for Life?
- •Lessons Leave No Time for Play in Seoul
- •6) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text.
- •101 Ways to Avoid Studying
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •4) For each question choose the correct answer а, в, с or d:
- •5) Discuss:
- •6) Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each space. Learning How to Learn
- •Technology and Games in Education
- •1) Look at the following notes and decide which can be done by computers. Then, listen to some students expressing their opinions and tick the ones which are mentioned.
- •2) Read the article and match the missing sentences (a – I) to the gaps (1 – 7). There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use. There is an example (0). Technology and Learning
- •3) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •4) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •5) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •6) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:
- •7) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read the article and fill in the gaps with words ands phrases from the list:
- •The Pros and Cons of Using the Internet
- •2) Work in groups: think of all the pros and cons of using the Internet.
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Computer Games in Education
- •The Importance of Children's Games
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •4) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •5) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:
- •6) Answer the questions:
- •Intelligence: How Important Is It?
- •1) Listen to the interview with Dr. Brian Green, a lecturer in psychology, about a new approach to language learning. The interview is in three short parts.
- •2) Discuss:
- •1) Listen and learn what is better: a dunce or a genius?
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Scientist Invents Creativity Machine
- •2) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. How Ruth Made History at Oxford
- •Being Intelligent in Different Ways
- •2) Discuss in groups: What type of intelligence do you have?
- •1) Look at the title of the text you are going to read, work in pairs and answer the questions:
- •2) Read the text and see if your guesses were right or wrong. Being Bilingual is Good for Your Brain
- •3) Discuss the text as if you were:
- •It's All in the Mind
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •5) Report your ideas back to the group.
- •6) Read the text and find out if your guesses were right:
- •I Want to Know about… memory Dr. Gita Patel, a memory expert, answers your questions.
- •7) Match the following with the underlined parts of the text:
- •8) Agree or disagree with the following:
- •2) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Study Habits to Maximise your Potential
- •The Brain and Intelligence
- •2) Scan the text and find the English equivalents for the following:
- •3) Paraphrase the following using the words and word combinations from the text:
- •4) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:
- •5) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read the text below and fill each blank with one suitable word: Lionel Mendax: Curriculum
- •2) Read the text below and decide which option (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap. Lionel Mendax: The Truth
- •Examinations in Our Life
- •1) Read the text and speak about different kinds of exams and their advantages and disadvantages. Modern Examinations
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. The Place of Exams in British Life
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •Let’s Ditch Exams
- •2) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •3) Find words and phrases in the article which mean the following:
- •4) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:
- •5) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Don’t Criticise Exams: they’re a lesson in life
- •The Last School to Cane Its Girls
- •2) Scan the text and find phrasal verbs with the following meaning:
- •3) Discuss the questions in groups:
- •1) Listen and learn about the reasons why students cheat at school and university:
- •3) How would you translate the following:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. More Students Are Cheating, More Colleges Are Fighting Back
- •The Economics of Cheating
- •1) Read the article, explain the words and word combinations in bold and answer the questions.
- •12 Ways to Beat Bullies
- •2) Here is the list of “school crimes”. Work in pairs and choose three crimes which are the most serious and three ones which are the least serious:
- •3) Work in groups. Work out what can be done with these “crimes”. What preventive measures and punishments would you suggest for each “crime”? What Makes a Good Teacher
- •1) Look at the list of qualities below. Which, in your opinion, are the most important ones needed to be a good teacher? Listen and tick the ones which are mentioned.
- •2) Read and discuss the following text. A Teacher's Lot is Certainly a Different One
- •7) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read the text and answer the questions after it. Teachers and Actors
- •2) Scan the text and find English equivalents for the following:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Who is a Good Teacher?
- •2) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •3) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •4) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Methods of Learning a Foreign Language
- •Winston Churchill’s Prep School
- •My New School of Thought
- •2) Scan the text and find the English equivalents for the following:
- •3) Fill in each space with a word from the text:
- •4) Supply the missing prepositions or adverbs.
- •5) Answer the questions:
- •6) Discussion:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. The Teenage Teachers
- •My Future Profession
- •2) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the following words:
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •4) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •5) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:
- •6) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read the text below Teacher Training in Great Britain
- •2) Answer the questions using the information from the text.
- •Sex Education
- •1) Which statements do you most agree with? Which ones do you most disagree with?
- •2) Read the text and answer the questions after it. What Is Sex Education?
- •3) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •4) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Washington Needs a Reality Check
- •2) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •3) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Alfred Kinsey – The Man Who Pulled Back the Covers
- •Instantly Popular Course
- •2) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text:
- •3) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Any Form of Education Other than Co-education is Simply Unthinkable
- •6) Answer the questions:
- •1) Read the article and answer the questions. A Baby … Maybe?
- •2) Render the article into English and discuss it: Вместе Веселее
- •Topical vocabulary
- •II. Vocabulary Exercises
- •2) Find the odd one out in each of the groups of words below. Тhen match each of the groups with a profession you would expect to use them as part of their job.
- •3) Fill in the blank in the sentences below with the correct word from the box. You will not need to use all the words.
- •4) Using a dictionary if necessary, say what the personality traits of these office workers are.
- •5) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct adjective from the box to make a common phrase.
- •6) Read the text below. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits the space.
- •7) Replace the phrases in italics below with a suitable idiom or expression from the list in the right form. You will not need to use all the phrases.
- •7) Use the words and expressions above to talk about your job or the job you would like to do. What problems/benefits do you experience or anticipate?
- •8) Fill in the gaps with the correct word(s) from the list below:
- •9) Complete the following text with the correct derivative of the words in brackets.
- •10) Fill in the gaps with a suitable idiom from the list below:
- •11) Fill in the gaps with a suitable idiom from the list below:
- •2) Here is a list of twelve points which you might find important when you are looking for a job. Which are the most important and the 3 least important points for you? Give your reasons.
- •Job Hunting
- •1) You will hear a radio interview with a woman advising people on how to get a job. Read the following sentences then listen to the tape and fill in the missing parts.
- •2) Now listen and for questions 1-10, complete the sentences with one to three words.
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Fit For Hiring? It's Mind over Matter
- •2) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •3) Explain the underlined phrases and sentences in your own words.
- •4) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the text.
- •5) Fill in the appropriate word(s) from the list below:
- •6) Fill in correct preposition or particle, then make sentences.
- •7) Write or act out an interview between a candidate and his or her prospective employers from the point where the interviewee is invited to ask questions.
- •8) Translate and discuss the following text. Возьмите меня в космонавты
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Are you Ready to Pitch in?
- •You Can Beat those Summertime Blues
- •1. Get professional
- •Have they Really Left the Building?
- •6) Fill in correct preposition or particle, then make sentences.
- •All work and no play…
- •1) Read this article about job stress and answer the questions below.
- •2) "We should work to live, not live to work." What does this saying mean? Do you agree? Why (not)?
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Explain the words in bold.
- •2) Explain the highlighted words in the text.
- •3) Explain the underlined phrases in your own words.
- •4) Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the text.
- •5) Fill in the appropriate word(s) from the list below:
- •6) Fill in correct preposition or particle, then make sentences.
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Explain the words in bold. Say Goodbye to the Monday Morning Blues
- •2) Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.
- •3) Explain the underlined phrases and sentences in your own words.
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Consequences of Messy Desks
- •In your daily grind:
- •In your files:
- •Unemployment
- •Is unemployment a problem in your country? How easy is it for young people to find suitable work?
- •2) Look at the following words in the text and try to explain them:
- •3) Fill in the appropriate word(s) from the list below:
- •4) Underline the correct word.
- •5) Fill in the appropriate word(s) from the list below. Use the word(s) only once.
- •6) Match the idioms with the definitions.
- •7) Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below:
- •8) Fill in the correct words derived from the words in bold.
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. An Analysis of the Problem of Child Labor Worldwide
- •New tendencies
- •1) Read and discuss the following text. Match the headings (a-I) to appropriate passages (1-7). Look at the words in bold in the text and try to explain them. Why Don’t you Get a Proper Job?
- •Getting a Life
- •Meet the New Housewife Wanna-bes
- •2) You will read an extract from an essay about leadership. Before you read, discuss the following.
- •The Difference Between Management And Leadership
- •Leadership is a facet of management
- •Differences In Perspectives
- •Subordinate As a Leader
- •Loyalty
- •Be know do
- •3) Describe how you think work will have changed in 15, 30 and 45 years' time. What new jobs will there be? What jobs will have disappeared? What will most people's working conditions be like? Wealth
- •1) Discuss the questions:
- •References
- •Практический курс английского языка
ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
имени А.С. ПУШКИНА
ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА
УЧЕБНОЕ ПОСОБИЕ
САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ
2013
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Рецензенты:
А.В. Зыкин, кандидат филологических наук, доцент (Санкт- Петербургский государственный аграрный университет);
Ю.Г. Давыдова, кандидат педагогических наук, доцент (Ленинградский государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина)
Авторский коллектив: О.А. Базылева, Е.А. Денисова, Т.И. Стефанович, Е.Н. Черменина.
Практический курс английского языка: учебное пособие/ О.А. Базылева, Е.А. Денисова, Т.И. Стефанович, Е.Н. Черменина.; отв. ред. Е. А. Денисова – СПб.: ЛГУ им. А.С. Пушкина, 2013 – 216с.
ISBN
Пособие содержит список ключевых слов, словосочетаний и идиом, лексические и речевые упражнения, интерактивные задания и аутентичные тексты с последующими заданиями, направленными на расширение тематического словаря, развитие монологической и диалогической речи, ведение дискуссии по современным проблемам в бытовых, социальных и профессиональных ситуациях.
Предназначено для студентов факультетов иностранных языков и может быть использовано на занятиях по практике устной речи, а также для изучающих английский язык в качестве второго иностранного или для слушателей курсов профессиональной переподготовки.
Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета
Ленинградского государственного университета
имени А.С. Пушкина
Isbn contents
ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ………………………………………………………….........................4
PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS
Topical Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………………………5
Vocabulary Exercises……………………………………………………………………………….......6
Read, Listen and Discuss………………………………………………............................11
Love. Dating. Marriage……………………………………………………………………………...............11
Wedding traditions……………………………………………………………………………………….….20
Why Get Married? ……………………………………………………………………………………..........22
The Matter of Birth…………………………………………………………………………………………..35
The Name Game……………………………………………………………………………………………..45
Children-Parents……………………………………………………………………………………………..47
Divorce……………………………………………………………………………………………………….68
The Matter of Death………………………………………………………………………………………….75
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Topical Vocabulary……………………………………………………………………….78
Vocabulary Exercises……………………………………………………………………..79
Read, Listen and Discuss…………………………………………………………………86
Health Systems………………………………………………………………………………………………86
Crank Medicine Becomes Respectable………………………………………………………………………88
Great Medical Achievements………………………………………………………………………………...89
Serious illnesses and their Treatment………………………………………………………………………..98
Keeping Fit………………………………………………………………………………………………….107
Genetically Modified Food…………………………………………………………………………………119
Don’t get Stressed Out……………………………………………………………………………………...126
EDUCATION
Topical Vocabulary……………………………………………………………………...128
Vocabulary Exercises……………………………………………………………………129
Read, Listen and Discuss………………………………………………………………..133
National Systems of Education…………………………………………………………………………….133
The Value of Education…………………………………………………………………………………….141
Technology and Games in Education……………………………………………………………………....147
Intelligence: How Important is it? …………………………………………………………………………151
Examinations in our Life……………………………………………………………………………………159
What Makes a Good teacher? ……………………………………………………………………………..170
Sex Education………………………………………………….....................................................................181
JOBS AND CAREERS
Topical Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………….188
Vocabulary Exercises…………………………………………………………………..189
Read, Listen and Discuss……………………………………………………………….192
Choosing a Career…………………………………………………………………………………………192
Job Hunting………………………………………………………………………………………………..193
All Work and No Play …………………………………………………………………………………….200
Unemployment…………………………………………………………………………………………….204
New Tendencies …………………………………………………………………………………………..207
Wealth……………………………………………………………………………………………………..213
REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………215
Предисловие
Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов факультетов иностранных языков и может быть использовано в аудиторных и внеаудиторных занятиях по практике устной речи при изучении тем «PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS, HEALTH AND MEDICINE, EDUCATION, JOBS AND CAREERS».
Основная цель пособия – формирование лингвистической, социолингвистической и коммуникативной компетенций. Пособие содержит список ключевых слов, словосочетаний и идиоматических выражений, лексические и речевые упражнения, интерактивные задания и аутентичные тексты с последующим заданиями, направленными на расширение тематического словаря, развитие умений монологической и диалогической речи, с последующим выходом на дискуссию, что особенно важно в условиях группового обучения. Представленные в пособии тексты и аудио задания направлены на умение вести аргументированную дискуссию по актуальным проблемам современности.
Тексты и задания, содержащиеся в пособии, успешно используются авторами в работе со студентами 2 курса английского отделения на протяжении последних лет.
Материалы пособия могут быть использованы в практическом курсе английского языка как основного, а также для изучающих английский язык в качестве второго иностранного или для слушателей курсов профессиональной переподготовки.