- •Preface (Предисловие)
- •Тематическое содержание обучения английскому языку на первом курсе заочной формы обучения
- •Методические рекомендации по выполнению и оформлению контрольных работ
- •1. Warming up. Read and practice the following conversations.
- •2. Word study.
- •2.2 Write out the words that can be used to describe your own appearance and character.
- •3. First reading of the text. Skim (read quickly) the text to get a general idea of the contents. Hi, I’m Tom Bailey
- •4.1 Fill in the synonyms from the list.
- •4.2 Match the following words from the text to their definitions. Suggest the Russian.
- •4.3 Match the following word combinations from the text to their Russian equivalents.
- •3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences.
- •4. Learning the words from the text.
- •4.4 Match the parts.
- •5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully.
- •5.1 Correct the following statements using the expressions from the text.
- •5.2 Answer the questions.
- •6. Speaking. Without looking at the text fill in the blanks with the information from the text.
- •7. Development.
- •7.1 Read the text about Tom’s fellow-students. Meet My Fellow-Students
- •7.2 Fill in the following table with the information from the text.
- •Unit 2 family relations
- •Family Relations
- •3. First reading. Read the text to find out what it is about in general. My Family
- •3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences.
- •4. Learning the words.
- •4.1 Fill in the synonyms from the list.
- •4.2 Match the following words from the text to their definitions. Suggest the Russian.
- •5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully to answer the following questions.
- •6. Speaking.
- •6.1 Without looking at the text add information to the following statements.
- •6.2 Look at the following family tree. Family Tree
- •6.3 Describe the members of the family using the information from the table.
- •Unit 3 university studies
- •University Studies
- •2.1 Choose the best variant to complete the sentences below. Use the text to make the right choice.
- •3. Learning the words.
- •3.1 Fill in the synonyms from the list. Use the context of the text if necessary.
- •3.2 Match the following words from the text to their definitions. Suggest the Russian.
- •3.3 Match the following word-combinations from the text to their Russian equivalents.
- •3.4 Fill in the prepositions from the list where necessary.
- •4. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully to answer the following questions.
- •5. Speaking. Without looking at the texts add information to the following statements.
- •6. Translation. Read the following extract and translate it into Russian in writing. Use a dictionary if necessary. The Belarusian Institute of Law
- •Unit 4 my future profession
- •2.2 Read the following passages. Jobs
- •3. First reading. Read the text to find out what it is about in general. My Future Job
- •3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences.
- •4. Learning the words.
- •4.1 Fill in the synonyms firm the list.
- •4.2 Match the following words and word-combinations from the text to their definitions. Suggest the Russian.
- •3.4 Choose the words from the list to fill in the gaps.
- •3.5 Fill in the prepositions from the list where necessary.
- •4. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully to answer the following questions.
- •5. Speaking. Without looking at the text add information to the following statements.
- •6. Presentation. Use the information from the texts and the vocabulary of this Unit to present the topic ‘My Future Job’. The following plan will be helpful:
- •1. Warming up.
- •1.1 Read the following conversations. Check whether you understand the expressions in the ‘Notes’ before reading.
- •1.2 Complete the following sentences with the words from the ‘Notes’.
- •2. Word study.
- •2.2 Put each of the following words in its correct position in the sentences below. Some words may be used more than once.
- •2.4 Learn the following useful travel words in context.
- •2.5 Cross out the incorrect word in these sentences.
- •3. First reading. Read the text and put the following headings into the correct numbered positions (1-5). By plane to new york
- •3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences.
- •4. Learning the words.
- •4.1 Fill in the synonyms from the list.
- •4.4 What do you call:
- •4.6 Fill in the American equivalents.
- •5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully.
- •5.1 Decide whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the False ones.
- •5.2 Answer the following questions.
- •6. Speaking.
- •6.1 Describe the procedure at the airport
- •6.2 Without looking at the text complete the following statements. Advantages and disadvantages of traveling by plane
- •6. Presentation. Speak on ‘Advantages and Disadvantages of Traveling by Air’. Unit 2 the city of new york
- •1. Warming up. Read and practice the following conversations. Check whether you understand the expressions in the ‘Notes’ before reading.
- •Getting About Town
- •2. Word study. Study the following expressions from the text before reading.
- •3. First reading. Read the text and put the following headings into the correct numbered positions (1-4).
- •The Big Apple
- •3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences below.
- •4. Learning the words.
- •4.3 Fill in the synonyms from the list.
- •5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully to answer the following questions.
- •5. Speaking. Without looking at the text add information to the following statements. Some Glimpses of New York
- •Shopping in New York
- •Eating Out in New York
- •6. Presentation. Speak on the following topics:
- •Unit 3 traveling by train
- •1. Warming up. Read and practice the following conversations.
- •At a Railway Station
- •2. Word study.
- •2.1 Learn the following useful travel words in context.
- •2.2 Read the following extract. Refer to the list below and fill in the blanks with the best word or words.
- •3. First reading. Read the text and put the following headings into the correct numbered positions (1-4).
- •By Train to Washington
- •3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences below.
- •4. Learning more words from the text.
- •4.3 Fill in the synonyms from the list.
- •5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully to answer the following questions.
- •6. Speaking. Complete the following sentences with the words and word combinations from the text and the exercises. Advantages and Disadvantages of Traveling by Train
- •7. Presentation. Speak on the topic ‘Traveling by Train – Advantages and Disadvantages’. Unit 4 washington d.C.
- •1. Warming up. Read and practice the following conversations.
- •Asking the Way
- •3. First reading. Read the text to decide what it is about in general. A Few Facts
- •3.1 Choose the right variant to complete the sentences below.
- •4. Learning more words from the text.
- •4.1 It is often possible to understand the meaning of a new word from the context. In the following table, each word listed on the left may have two or more meanings described on the right.
- •4.4 Fill in the synonyms from the list.
- •5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully to answer the following questions.
- •6. Speaking. Complete the following sentences with the words and word combinations from the text and the exercises. Washington d.C.
- •There is or it is
- •Be, have or do
- •Pronouns (Personal, Possessive, Reflexive)
- •1. Choose the appropriate pronoun to complete the sentences below.
- •2. Choose the correct form of the nouns to complete the sentences below.
- •Articles
- •1. Choose the correct combination of articles to complete the following sentences.
- •2. Fill in the articles where necessary.
- •Present simple versus present progressive
- •1. Choose between the Present Simple and Present Progressive.
- •2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
- •3. Open the brackets using the Present Simple or the Present Progressive.
- •Present perfect versus past simple
- •1. Choose between the Present Perfect and Past Simple.
- •2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
- •3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.
- •Reading comprehension
- •1. Read the text carefully.
- •2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
- •3. Write questions to these answers.
- •4. Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.
- •1. Put the words in the correct order to make up a sentence (a statement, an imperative, or an exclamation).
- •2. Put the words in the correct order to make up a question.
- •There is or it is
- •1. Fill in the blanks with It or There.
- •Be, have or do
- •1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verbs ‘Be, Do, or Have’.
- •Pronouns
- •1. Choose the appropriate pronoun to complete the following sentences.
- •2. Choose the correct form of the nouns to complete the sentences below.
- •Articles
- •1. Choose the correct combination of articles to complete the following sentences.
- •2. Fill in the articles where necessary.
- •Present simple versus present progressive
- •1. Choose between the Present Simple and Present Progressive.
- •2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
- •3. Open the brackets using the Present Simple or the Present Progressive.
- •Present perfect versus past simple
- •1. Choose between the Present Perfect and Past Simple.
- •2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
- •3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.
- •Reading comprehension
- •1. Read the text carefully.
- •2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
- •3. Write questions to these answers.
- •4. Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.
- •Numbers
- •1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
- •Prepositions (Time, Place, Direction, Movement)
- •1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
- •Past simple versus past progressive
- •1. Choose between the Past Simple and Past Progressive.
- •2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
- •3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
- •Present perfect versus present perfect progressive
- •1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.
- •All the present tenses
- •1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
- •Reading comprehension
- •1. Read the text carefully. The stop-smoking ship
- •1. Choose the best answer.
- •2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
- •3. Choose the best translation.
- •2. Complete the following sentences with
- •Numbers
- •1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
- •Prepositions (Time, Place, Direction, Movement)
- •1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
- •Past simple versus past progressive
- •1. Choose between the Past Simple and the Past Progressive.
- •2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
- •3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
- •Present perfect versus present perfect progressive
- •All the present tenses
- •1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
- •Reading comprehension
- •1. Read the text carefully. Clinton’s train
- •1. Choose the best answer.
- •2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
- •3. Choose the best translation.
- •2. Multifunctional verbs Многофункциональные глаголы be, do, have
- •3. Pronouns Местоимения personal, possessive, reflexive, emphatic
- •Существительные, употребляющиеся только в единственном числе
- •Существительные, употребляющиеся только во множественном числе
- •5. Articles Артикли Основные правила употребления артиклей
- •Некоторые особенные случаи употребления артиклей.
- •6. Present simple versus present progressive
- •7. Past simple versus present perfect
- •Same, such
- •One and none
- •Much, many, a lot of
- •Few and (a) little
- •Fractions Дроби
- •Of place
- •Of direction and movement
- •5. Past simple versus past progressive
- •6. Present perfect versus present perfect progressive
- •Bibliography
- •Contents (Содержание)
- •Пилявец Галина Валентиновна английский язык
2.4 Learn the following useful travel words in context.
1. When traveling people use different means of transport. They may travel by bus, coach, train, plane, taxi, bicycle, car, helicopter, and even balloon.
2. Vehicle is the general word for all types of road transport.
3. Young people often prefer hitch-hiking (getting a free ride by signaling to a passing car, lorry, etc.).
4. Can I have a single (US one-way)/ return (US round trip) ticket to Barcelona?
5. How much is the (train/bus/taxi/air) fare?
6. We hired a car for a week. We had to fill it with petrol (US gas).
7. Can I give you a lift (US a ride)? I’m going to town.
8. Have a good flight.
9. You can see notices showing arrivals and departures of planes on the board or hear announcements.
10. Sometimes buses are not punctual. Where I live buses should run every ten minutes, but sometimes I wait at a bus stop for half an hour with a long queue (US line) of people, and then buses come together, and they are full up. On other occasions the bus is early and I miss it.
11. The plane then taxis (moves slowly) to the runway, and when permission is received, it moves faster and faster along the runway and takes off.
2.5 Cross out the incorrect word in these sentences.
1. You mustn’t ride/drive a motorbike without a crash helmet.
2. She told him to get in/get on the car and fasten his seat belt.
3. Bus fares/tickets are getting more expensive.
4. Buses to the airport travel/run every half an hour.
5. The pilot couldn’t drive/fly the plane in such bad weather.
6. We were late, so we had to take/catch a taxi.
7. I left my house a bit late and lost/missed the bus.
3. First reading. Read the text and put the following headings into the correct numbered positions (1-5). By plane to new york
a) Arrival
b) In the Air
c) At the Airport
d) Advantages and Disadvantages of Traveling by Air.
e) Great News!
1
Hi, I’m Alexander, Alex for short. I’m from Minsk, Belarus and I’m a first-year student at the Institute of Law. I’ve got great news! I’ve gotten a letter from my American friend Tom. It came last week. He has invited me to visit him in the States. That’s great! I’ve never been to America. I have been abroad before. I’ve traveled to Poland as a tourist. I’ve also been to Italy on vacation. But I’ve never been outside Europe.
The best time for my trip is in July, on my holiday. I am to visit New York and Washington. I know there going to be some problems. For example, I have to get an American visa and to buy an insurance policy. I’m going by plane, so the tickets are very expensive. And then there is the bank: you have to exchange rubles for dollars, which is actually not a problem any longer.
2
People traveling long distances often have to decide whether to go by land, sea or air. Man has always wanted to have the fastest way of traveling. On the one hand, aviation is the fastest. But it usually takes a few hours to get to the airport from downtown and then from the airport to the city. Sometimes they delay or cancel flights because of the weather. So you end up wasting a lot of time.
Besides planes have the reputation of being dangerous. They also have the grave disadvantage of being the most expensive form of transport. You can’t walk around and there’s nothing to do. You can’t open the windows and can’t get off. There’s no choice of food and there are never enough toilets. Yet nothing can match them for speed and comfort. Traveling at a height of 30,000 feet, far above the clouds, and at over 500 miles an hour is an exciting experience. It is more comfortable and far quicker than any other method.
3
On the day of departure I took a taxi to the airport and arrived early in order to check-in. First I went to the check-in desk where they weighed my luggage. Usually you are permitted 20 kilos, but if your bags weigh more, you may pay excess baggage. A light bag is classed as hand luggage and you can take it with you on to the plane. The airline representative checked my ticket and gave me a boarding card for the plane with my seat number on it. Then I went through passport control and into the departure lounge to wait for the flight to be called. About half an hour before take-off our flight was called and we went to gate 4, where we waited before we boarded the plane. When I entered the plane I gave my boarding card to the air hostess (US flight attendant) and found my seat.
4
Some people hate flying. It’s a crazy thing to do, they say. Birds fly; people don’t. For me flying is fun. I like being in a big airliner with flight attendants looking after me. They walk up and down the aisle bringing meals and drinks. When the flight is going through some turbulence, the crew warns everybody that it might be a bit bumpy and asks to fasten the seat belts. On a long flight I like listening to music through the headphones available to all passengers, and sometimes I have a sleep. I enjoy it all so much that I never want the plane to land.
5
When the plane finally landed at JFK Airport in New York, I went to the immigration counter where the inspector checked my visa and then to the baggage reclaim where I collected my luggage. Then I passed through Customs. The customs officer didn’t ask me to open my bags. He just asked me a few questions. Did I have anything to declare? I said no. Any foodstuffs? I had some cans (BR. tins). He said canned food was okay. Did I have any fresh or frozen food? No, I didn’t. Any gifts? No, just a few souvenirs. Did I have five thousand dollars or more in any currency? Certainly not! I had absolutely nothing to declare and the officer finally let me go.
Notes:
JFK stsnds for John Fitzgerald Kennedy.