- •Unit 5 University Life Essential Vocabulary
- •I. Find in the dictionary, read and memorize the following topical words and expressions:
- •II. Transcribe, learn to read and give Ukrainian equivalents of these words:
- •III. Translate and learn the following word-combinations:
- •III. Read the names of the faculties and specialties. Give Ukrainian equivalents:
- •Vocabulary Activity
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Translate the following into English in writing:
- •VI. Read the following text: Text 1.Our University
- •VII. Answer the questions.
- •VIII. Prove that:
- •Situation Practice
- •IX. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:
- •X. Complete the following dialogues:
- •Exercises
- •XI. Identify the following words by writing the relevant numbers against the respective definitions:
- •Reading and Speaking Practice
- •XVII. Read and translate the text: Text 2. About books and libraries
- •XVIII. Answer the questions:
- •XIX. Express your opinion:
- •XX. Read and dramatize the dialogue. Enact similar dialogues.
- •XXI. Read and translate the text. English as a means of international communication
- •XXII. Answer the questions:
- •XXIII. Ask as many questions on the text as possible: How to use a dictionary
- •Vocabulary Activity
- •Reading and Speaking Activity
- •Spoken english and broken english
- •Exercises
- •XXXII. Translate into English:
- •XXXIII. Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the meaning of each sentence.
- •XXXIV. Fill in the blank with the word that best fits the meaning of each sentence and expand on the sentences.
- •XXXVI. Think of situations using the following words and word combinations:
- •XXXVII. A) Make up a dialogue on the following situation:
- •XXXVIII. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the following proverbs. Describe situations illustrating the proverbs:
- •XXXIX. Communicative situations.
- •Read the text. Note all unfamiliar words and look them up in the dictionary.
- •Xli. Ask questions on the text.
- •Xlii. Speak on:
- •Xliii. Discussion points:
Spoken english and broken english
by G. Bernard Shaw
… If you are learning English because you want to travel in England and wish to be understood there, do not try to speak English perfectly because, if you do, no one will understand you.
… Though, there is no such thing as perfectly correct English, there is presentable English which we call “Good English”, but in London nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand people not only speak bad English but speak even that very badly. You may say that even if they do not speak English well themselves they at least understand it when it is well spoken. They can when the speaker is English: but when the speaker is a foreigner, the better he speaks the harder it is to understand him. Therefore the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong foreign accent, and speak broken English: that is English without any grammar. Then every English person will at once know that you are a foreigner, and try to understand and be ready to help you.
He will not expect you to be polite and to use correct grammatical phrases. He will be interested in you because you are a foreigner. If you say: “Will you have the goodness, sir, to direct me to the railway terminus at Charing Cross,” pronouncing all the vowels and consonants beautifully, he will not understand you, and will suspect ‘you of being a beggar. But if you say “Please. Charing Cross. Which way?” you will have no difficulty. Half a dozen people will give you directions at once.
Exercises
XXXII. Translate into English:
1.У нашій майбутній роботі дуже важливим є знання англійської мови. 2. Як ви сподіваєтеся скласти іспит з англійської мови цього року? 3. Я почав вивчати англійську мову ще в школі. 4. Тепер діти починають вивчати англійську мову самостійно. 5. Ви добре володієте англійською мовою. 6. Я хотів би мати міцні знання з розмовної англійської мови. 7. Запам’ятайте мою пораду: що більше ви будете спілкуватися іноземною мовою, то швидше ви навчитеся розмовляти нею.
XXXIII. Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the meaning of each sentence.
1. He has missed a lot - he’ll have to ... ... ... the group. 2. We’ve done a lot of work today. Now let’s have a .... 3. I ... you a four. 4. - Why are you so sad? - I ... my History exam. 5. I have ... from the Institute. 6. You look happy today - I have just... my Literature exam. 7. I think you are ... a lot of progress. 8. Last year I entered the ... 9. How many ... is the University year divided into? 10. What lectures do you ... ? 11. I’m going to be a teacher. I study at... . 12. He gets only good and excellent marks. He is a ... student.
XXXIV. Fill in the blank with the word that best fits the meaning of each sentence and expand on the sentences.
1. If you ... a book from a library, you take it away with you for a fixed period of time. 2. Most ... allow their members to borrow items for certain periods of time. 3. Some public libraries have good ... sections. 4. If he wants to find a necessary book he uses the ... . 5. Jack ... to a local library. 6. We can ... this book for you to use at home. 7. It’s a ... library; you can use these books, but you cannot take them away. 8. If you want to find this book, use our classified … .
XXXV. Make up sentences using the following word combinations:
to be angry with; to take part in; to give a mark; to get a mark in (a subject); to make progress; to be good at; to be lucky; to join smth.; to find out; to make up one’s mind; to make mistakes; to do homework (lab work); to go in for; to take an exam in (a subject); to pass the exam; to get rid of; to be proud of; one can’t help doing smth.; to master the language.