- •Great britain great britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •Adjectives
- •Passive Vocabulary
- •2. Read the following sentences and paraphrase the words in italics using the necessary substitute among those offered below.
- •7. Reproduce these pieces of explanation on the House of Commons choosing the right form of the words.
- •11. A. Read the text about Britain’s Crown and find out what role the Queen plays in the life of modern Britain.
- •The house of commons
- •10. What is the difference between the Commons and the Lords? Speak about the Houses of Parliament.
- •1 2. Complete the table. Use all the texts in this section to help you. Speak about the British political system.
- •14. Work in pairs. Complete this table using the information given above.
- •19. Which of these places would you choose to go to on holiday? Why?
- •20. Complete the texts selecting among the given arguments the one that can be added in full accordance with the contents.
- •21. The network below shows the most important types of industry in the uk.
- •22. How much do you know about Great Britain’s imports and exports. Examine the network and share this information with your groupmates.
- •23. Comment on the following problems and quotations:
- •Comprehensive Prolonged Project
- •Supplemantary material
- •2. Constitution
- •3. The Government
- •4. Elizabeth Is Proclaimed Queen
- •5. Interesting Facts
- •8. Industry
- •9. What are England's Natural resources?
- •Coal (non- renewable resources)
- •Oil and Gas (non- renewable resources)
- •Wind Power (renewable resources)
- •Minerals (non- renewable resources)
- •Farming (Agriculture)
- •10. Your foreign colleague has taken you on a sightseeing tour of London. Read the following dialogue in parts and act them it using modifications.
Great britain great britain
Vocabulary
Active Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
authority |
/O:'TPrqti/ |
власть, власти |
bill |
/bIl/ |
законопроект, билль |
border |
/'bO:dq/ |
граница |
constituency |
/kqn'stItjVqnsi/ |
избиратели |
density |
/dFnsIti/ |
плотность |
landscape |
/'lxndskeIp/ |
пейзаж, ландшафт |
legislature |
/'lFGIslqCq/ |
законодательная власть |
plain |
/'pleIn/ |
равнина |
possession |
/pq'zFSqn/ |
владение |
scenery |
/'sJnqri/ |
пейзаж, вид, ландшафт |
strait |
/streIt/ |
узкий пролив |
valley |
/'vxli/ |
долина |
Verbs and Verbal Phrases
acknowledge |
/qk'nPlIG/ |
признавать |
bound |
/baVnd/ |
ограничивать |
estimate |
/'FstImeIt/ |
оценивать |
remain |
/rIrmeIn/ |
оставаться |
share |
/'SFq/ |
делить, владеть совместно |
Adjectives
constituent |
/kqn'stItjVqnt/ |
избирательный |
executive |
/Ig'zFkjqtIv/ |
исполнительный |
hereditary |
/hI'rFdItqri/ |
наследственный |
judiciary |
/dZu:'dISqri/ |
судебный, законный |
overseа |
/'qVvqsi:/ |
заморский |
populous |
/'pPpjqlqs/ |
густонаселенный |
Passive Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
bluebell |
/'blu:bFl/ |
колокольчик |
census |
/'sFnsqs/ |
перепись |
daffodil |
/'dxfqdIl/ |
бледно-желтый нарцисс |
decline |
/diklaIn/ |
упадок, ухудшение |
dependency |
/di'pFndqnsi/ |
зависимое государство |
leek |
/lJk/ |
лук-порей |
motto |
/'mPtqV/ |
девиз |
shamrock |
/'SxmrOk/ |
кислица |
thistle |
/'TIsql/ |
чертополох |
vehicle |
/'vJIkql/ |
сухопутное транспортное средство |
Verbs and Verbal Phrases
attract |
/q'trxkt/ |
привлекать, притягивать |
locate |
/lqV'keIt/ |
устраивать(ся) |
Adjectives
ancillary |
/xn'sIlqri/ |
вспомогательный |
picturesque |
/"piktSq'rFsk/ |
живописный |
I. Oral Practice Section
1. Look through the following quotations and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
1. “When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles – but never England”. George Mikes (1912-1987)
2. “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.” Samuel Johnson
3. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
4. “… every government is the exact symbol of its people, with their wisdom and unwisdom…” Thomas Carlyle
5. “I hope succeeding generations will be able to idle. I hope that nine-tenths of their time will be leisure time…” Richard Jefferies