- •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
Appendix One. List of irregular verbs
Be was / were been
Become became become
Begin began begun
Bet bet bet
Blow blew blown
Break broke broken
Bring brought brought
Build built built
Buy bought bought
Catch caught caught
Choose chose chosen
Come came come
Cost cost cost
Cut cut cut
Do did done
Draw drawn drawn
Drink drank drunk
Drive drove driven
Eat ate eaten
Fall fell fallen
Feed fed fed
Feel felt felt
Fight fought fought
Find found found
Fly flew flown
Forget forgot forgotten
Forgive forgave forgiven
Freeze froze frozen
Get got got
Give gave given
Go went gone
Grow grew grown
Have had had
Hear heard heard
Hide hidden hidden
Hit hit hit
Hold held held
Keep kept kept
Know knew known
Lay laid laid
Lead led led
Leave left left
Lie lied lied
Lose lost lost
Make made made
Mean meant meant
Meet met met
Pay paid paid
put put put
read read read
ride rode ridden
ring rang rung
rise rose risen
run run run
say said said
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
set set set
shake shook shaken
shine shone shinned
shoot shot shot
show shown shown
shut shut shut
sing sang sung
sink sank sunk
sit sat sited
sleep slept slept
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
spring sprang sprung
stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
take took taken
teach taught taught
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written
The Russian Federation
1 Local tribes residing on the territory of the modern USA
2 Members of a religious group of Christian religion
3 Famous Russian explorer of the Far East
4 American island at the edge the western frontier of the US
5 Modern American city situated in California
6 Christian confession widespread among Russians
7 The biggest American river
8 Famous Russian monastery
9 Founder of the Democratic Party of the USA in 1828
10 7th President of the United States, Governor of the State of Tennessee
11 Cossacks were noted for their excellent horsemanship and for a long span of time were forming elite cavalry corps in Russia.
12 These areas nowadays make up The Republic of Uzbekistan and populated with Uzbek people
13 Slight or irregular fights between two small parties
