- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •English in the world
- •Section I
- •Section II
- •The indo-european language family tree scheme
- •Indo-european
- •Skim Reading Task
- •From the History of the English Language
- •Text I The Language of Shakespeare
- •Info Box
- •Section III
- •Text II English Has no Equals!
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises:
- •Text III
- •English in the World
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises:
- •Info Box
- •Section IV
- •The English Language
- •Text IV Basic Characteristics of the English language
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises:
- •British English and American English
- •Section V Text V
- •Are You Happy with the Way, You are Taught English?
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises:
- •Discussion Points
- •What makes a good language learner? test your aptitude for learning a foreign language
- •Interpret your score
- •Discussion
- •Section VI
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises:
- •Writing
- •Section VII Discussion Points
- •Listening
- •Appearance
- •Section I Topical Vocabulary
- •Section II
- •Vocabulary and Pre-reading Work
- •Info Box Why hair turns grey when people are old
- •If you put these letters in order according to their numbers you will have a quotation.
- •Discussion Points
- •Skim Reading Exercises
- •My Aunt Emily
- •Writing
- •Discussion and Speech Exercises
- •Section IV
- •Vocabulary and Pre-reading Work
- •Text I
- •A Visit to the Country
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •Word Guide
- •Grammar
- •Believe it or not
- •Section V
- •Vocabulary and Pre-reading Work
- •Word Guide
- •Text II
- •Mr. Rochester’s Visitors
- •Grammar
- •Believe it or not
- •Section VI Word Guide
- •Discussion Points
- •Skim Reading Work
- •Text III
- •Writing
- •Discussion points:
- •Appearance
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercise
- •Dictation
- •Writing
- •Spelling and punctuation
- •Listening
- •1) Darren Appleby, a 31-year-old art director, is married to Nicola, 30. They live in Cheshire.
- •2) Steve King, 28, lives in London and works in the media. He's single.
- •3) Richard Shorney, 40, a business adviser, lives in Cambridgeshire with his wife Sarah, 32.
- •4) Andy Barden, 35, lives in Kent with his wife Sandra, 46.
- •5) James Palmer, 32, is a farmer from Cambridge. He's married to Alison, 27.
- •6) Joel Orme is a 24-year-oid television researcher. He lives in Manchester with his girlfriend Lyndsey Evans, 24.
- •7) Simon Wells, 44, and Rebecca Owen, 59, both teachers, live in London.
- •8) Michael Briggs, 56, is married to Linda, 48. They run a website business together and live in Norfolk.
- •Discussion points:
- •The Key thing is the Heart
- •Word Guide
- •Skim Reading Task:
- •Writing
- •Listening
- •Список использованной литературы
- •Мартынюк н. Л. Oral and written practic in modern english part 1
Text I
Ex.5. Read and translate the text:
A Visit to the Country
Last summer Nick decided to spend his vacation at his cousin’s who lives in the South of Pridnestrovie. It was at the beginning of July when he left for the village of Sofia. The weather was fantastic and the surroundings were full of greenery. The beauty of the countryside impressed him very much. When meeting his cousin Kate at the railway station he got surprised at her change. It was two years ago when he saw her last. This time he found her rather attractive. Instead of a short and clumsy child, now there was quite a different person in front of him: a tall, slim and graceful young girl. He couldn’t but notice her big blue eyes with long and thick eyelashes and dark eyebrows. Most of all he liked her long, curly and fair hair that shone in the sun. She was the sort of person, who seemed to attract everybody, especially when she smiled.
The aunt’s house wasn’t far from the station, so it didn’t take them long to get there. When they approached the house his aunt greeted him. Nick was happy to see her. He stayed at his aunt Maria’s for two weeks. He had a good opportunity to learn a lot of things about the life on the farm and make new friends.
Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
Ex.6. Find in the text synonyms for the following words:
Holiday, start, wonderful, village, before, high, to observe, fortnight, glad, to come to, blond, kind, amazed, to find out, to enjoy, chance
Ex.7. Find in the text antonyms for the following words:
Winter, to die, end, dull, empty, first, ugly, behind, short, straight, cry, near, sad, little, parting, thin, light, a few, death, bad, small
Ex.8. Answer the questions on the text:
Where did Nick decide to spend his holiday?
Where does Nick’s cousin live?
What was the weather like?
What impressed Nick very much?
Why was he surprised when meeting his cousin?
When did Nick see his cousin last?
Who was he met at the station by?
How much time did it take him to get to his aunt’s house? Why?
What did his aunt do when he approached the house?
How long did he stay there?
What did Nick learn about?
Ex.9. Ask questions referring Kate’s appearance.
Ex.10. Describe Kate’s appearance.
Word Guide
Ex.11. Say what it means:
1. I couldn’t face it; 2. My ears are burning; 3. He was up to his ears in love with her. 4. He had no reason to lose face.
Ex.12. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. “It was way too short for me, the couch, but I really could've slept standing up without batting an eyelash.” (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’) 2. “Look here, my dear, I'm up to the eyebrows this morning. Come back on Monday week...” (K. Mansfield, ‘Bliss’, ‘Pictures’) 3. “By George, what presence of mind you showed. I went hot and cold all over, and you never batted an eyelash.” (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Constant Wife’)
Ex.13. Explain the proverbs and sayings:
1) Mother’s eye sees more than ten of the servants. 2) To cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 3) Face is the index of the heart (mind). 4) Face to face, the truth comes out. 5) He who has no head needs no hat. 6) Heart thinks, what the tongue speaks. 7) Hearts may agree, though heads differ.
Ex.14. Guess what it is:
What has a neck but no throat?
It lives alone between two bright stars.