- •Upper-Intermediate English Course Moscow 2006
- •Preface
- •To the Teacher
- •Content of the workbook
- •Brainstorming
- •Vocabulary
- •It’s All Began There…
- •Jamestown – the First British Colony
- •Developing Your Writing Skills
- •Russian Imperial Expansion and Maturation Brainstorming
- •Vocabulary
- •Russian Expansion
- •Uprising Led by Emel’yan Pugachev
- •Vocabulary
- •Merchandiser, missionary, government, charter, indigenous, convert, interceded, unjust, rank, fur, approval, declined, unprofitable, genius, unique.
- •Russians in Alaska.
- •Make a list of food products and write a request to Saint Petersburg for the Colony supply.
- •Vocabulary assignment.
- •Vocabulary
- •Livestock, crops, agricultural, dams, fertilizers, harvest, irrigate, self-sufficient, fertile, farmers
- •Brainstorming
- •Lewis and Clark Expedition
- •Mexican – American Wars
- •Developing Your Oral Speech Skills
- •Vocabulary
- •Seal, Penguin, Polar bear, Beaver, marten, fox, whale
- •Russians are coming…
- •Idiomatic Expressions
- •Vocabulary Prefixes study:
- •Miser, miserable, scrupulous, noble, brave, courageous, intrigued, modest, exacting, persevering, resourceful, inventive, boastful, haughty, fun-loving; witty, smart, curious.
- •Conflict or War
- •New Power Appeared
- •Vocabulary:
- •American Constitution and Democracy
- •Vocabulary:
- •Make a draft; round out; anticipate; transfer; restrain; reinforce; regulate; stimulate
- •Russia Fights Back Napoleon
- •Invasion Began.
- •Battle for Smolensk
- •The Right Strategy
- •Moscow and Napoleon
- •Developing Your Writing Skills
- •Retreat of Napoleon
- •Idioms and Proverbs
- •Vocabulary Study.
- •Level off; peak; shoot up; remain stable; increase; decrease
- •Discriminated, ghetto, heritage, immense, mistrust, pedigree, persecution, plurality, quota, radical, racial, refuge, refugee, synagogues, temple, cathedral, willing
- •Vocabulary:
- •Strengthen, protect, reprimand, establish, fortify, advance, embody.
- •Expansion with Central Asia
- •Peace and War with Khiva?
- •Enlightening in Turkistan
- •Vocabulary
- •Riots and Gazavat
- •Unit Five. Industrialization in America
- •Industrial Revolution in the United States and Russia.
- •Industrialization of the Soviet Union
- •Brainstorming
- •Vocabulary
- •Industry and Agriculture
- •New Miracles in Russia
- •The "New Economic Policy"
- •Collectivization and Industrialization – First Steps to Independence
- •Collectivization and industrialization in practice
- •Fascinate; repair; apprentice; set up; settle down; fit; withdraw
- •Vocabulary
- •Invade; launch massive attacks; wage a war; counter-offensive; sacrify; occupy new territories; defeat; siege; evacuate; aggressive; annihilate
- •It looked the war was getting different
- •Y alta Conference
- •Grammar Subjunctive Mood in simple sentences
- •Some particular difficulties at translation of American Newspapers’ articles
- •How Do You Feel About the Future in Russia?
- •Vocabulary:
- •Assess; savings; grim; equally; throughout; decrease; limited; important
- •First, second, soon; then; next; later; some time later; after a while; at last; finally; eventually; afterwards; as a result; meanwhile; in the meantime; at the same time; on the other hand; however
- •The Paragraph Writing
- •Genius and Self-Demanding Journalist - Vladimir Pozner
- •Exercise № 90. Read over texts about famous personalities once again and decide on using a simile, a metaphor and personification for every described person. Doing it, try to be precise and objective.
- •Aleksey Elmolov
- •Exercise № 91. Study phrases above and use them in your own sentences about famous Russian personalities. Discussion Point:
- •In groups of two decide on what makes all these people famous.
- •Vocabulary
- •Idioms with the word ‘Time’ and ‘Money’
- •Modal verbs: Need and Dare
- •Writing Topics in toefl
- •Appendix One. List of irregular verbs
- •The Russian Federation
Exercise № 91. Study phrases above and use them in your own sentences about famous Russian personalities. Discussion Point:
In groups of two decide on what makes all these people famous.
Unit Nine. Nothing but the Truth about Modern Life
People over the world live depending on time and money. The more time people need to spend on hard work, the more it makes their social life dependable. The same problem arises with money. The more money people possess the better they live. But happiness does not often depend on amount of money.
Vocabulary
All the words in columns A and B have got something to do with money. Match a word in the column A with its closest opposite. Use your dictionary to understand the meanings.
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A
B
generous
luxury
brand new
save
income
profit
loss
expenditure
waste
second-hand
poverty
stingy
Now, complete the following sentences, including words from columns A and B.
Fewer Russian people can’t afford a brand new Ford Escort …
Many Russians businessmen always complain on being hard up, but in fact …
Top Russian managers always get into debts and then they have to visit bankers …
Russian people prefer …
The United States provides humanitarian aid to …
Many American people consider gambling as …
Idioms with the word ‘Time’ and ‘Money’
Translate these idioms into English
for the time being
in the nick of time
to bide one’s time
many a time
at the best of times
the time will tell us
behind the times
time to kill
live on borrowed time
for old time’s sake
before someone’s time
from time to time
time bomb
time-expired
span of time
As we mentioned before linguistically and logically these words have many similarities. It’s interesting that the words ‘time’ and ‘money’ can be used with the same verbs.
Compare and study these expressions:
to earn money / time
to waste money / time
to kill money / time
to save money / time
to spend money / time
to make money / time
to be short of money / time
to loose money / time
to bargain money / time
to count money / time
Exercise № 92. Translate these sentences into English using the given expressions.
1. Они проводили свое время счастливо. 2. Она позвонила ему в офис и предупредила, что она задержится в Чикаго до пятницы. Этим она получила время на осуществление своего плана. 3. Часто он проводил свои вечера здесь, среди молодежи гениально убивающей время и деньги на вечеринки, алкоголь и наркотики. 4. Он усердно работал на свою строительную компанию уже шесть лет, и сумел накопить целое состояние – семьсот долларов. 5. Они часто играли в азартные игры с однорукими бандитами, и очень скоро стали крайне нуждаться в деньгах, столь необходимых на жизнь.
Speaking
How would you consider yourself if you:
Fell on hard times?
Couldn’t make ends meet?
Were made of money?
Were down and out?
Had to tighten your belt?
Grammar