- •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
Vocabulary and Speech Exercises:
Ex.1. Pick out from the text all the proper names, transcribe and learn them.
Ex.2. Translate the following words and word combinations and reproduce the sentences in which they were used in the text:
Иностранные языки, Организация Объединенных Наций, путешествовать за границу, трансляционные компании, читать иностранных авторов в оригинале, замечательная история успеха, язык церкви и университетов, заимствовать слова, особенно важно, Юлий Цезарь, по меньшей мере, три четвертых мировой корреспонденции, начать разговор, научные периодические издания, язык моды, конкурс «Мисс Вселенная», язык Англов и Саксов, торговцы и путешественники, Средние Века, деловое соглашение, расширять кругозор, развивать дружбу и понимание, общий язык, почти половина из них, родной язык, язык Христианства, интересоваться происхождением слов, принадлежать каждому из нас, найти общий язык, всемирный язык, современное состояние, все части света, бывшие британские колонии, телексы и телеграммы, превышать сто миллионов.
Ex.3. Find in the text the synonyms for the following words:
Fashion, composer, newspapers and magazines, luck, public (n), point of view, identical, instrumentality, to conserve, previous, to argue, to surpass
Ex.4. Translate the following sentences into English making use of the vocabulary:
1) На каких языках говорят в бывших колониях США и Британии? 2) Английский язык – язык моды и Христианства. 3) Общение помогает развивать дружбу и понимание среди наций. 4) Современное состояние языка не такое, как в средние века. 5) Многие радиотрансляционные компании вещают на английском языке. 6) В нашей республике три официальных языка: молдавский, русский и украинский. 7) В библиотеке нашего университета можно почитать технические и научные периодические издания. 8) Аудитория этого канала превышает 50 тысяч человек. Почти половина из них – дети. 9) На каком языке говорят представители стран, входящих в ООН? 10) Чтение периодических изданий расширяет кругозор. 11) Мне интересно происхождение слов разных языков. 12) Многие деловые сделки в современном мире проводятся на английском языке. 13) Все люди имеют равные права. 14) Много слов было заимствовано из французского языка. 15) Вы читаете зарубежных авторов в оригинале? – Да, я трачу на чтение 2 часа в день. 16) Эта замечательная книга принадлежит мне.
Ex.5. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs:
Belong, use, make, touch, live, speak, listen, appear, die, learn, travel, know, read, help, begin, start, become, borrow, come, be, bring, land, exist, transmit, conduct, exceed, have.
Ex.6. Compose sentences of the following words making use of the Passive Voice:
e. g. English is spoken by many people nowadays – Present Simple Passive Voice. В настоящее время на английском говорят много людей.
1) language |
is |
touch |
2) new poems |
use |
|
3) discovery channel |
are |
bring |
4) this author |
listen |
|
5) business deals |
was |
learn |
6) unknown words |
know |
|
7) the matter |
were |
make |
8) new periodicals |
start |
|
9) business talks |
will be |
transmit |
10) this dialect |
conduct |
|
11) this magazine |
must be |
speak |
12) the question |
read |
|
13) this noise |
can be |
borrow |
Ex.7. Answer the questions on the text:
Why do people learn foreign languages?
What makes your outlook wider?
In what way does knowledge of foreign languages help people?
Does knowledge of foreign languages or common traditions help people to develop friendship and understanding among people?
What language is considered to be common nowadays?
Is English or Mandarin Chinese the language of the planet?
What language can you start speaking when you come to a foreign country? What will be the first phrase?
What helps to understand the present condition of English?
Did English borrow words from the language of Angles and Saxons or Normans?
People of what professions brought new words to the vocabulary of the English language?
What was the language of the church and the universities in the Middle Ages?
Is the rise of English a remarkable success story?
When Julius Caesar landed in Britain the population there spoke English, didn’t it?
When did Julius Caesar land in Britain?
What is the number of people that use English as a mother tongue?
Where do the native speakers of English live?
Where is the English language used as a second language?
How many official languages are there in the United Nations Organization?
What language is mostly used for the half of the world’s technical and scientific periodicals?
In what way is English helpful for you to look for information in the Internet?
Are half of all business deals in Europe conducted in English or in Japanese?
What is the language of sports, glamour, Olympics and the Miss Universe Competition?
What language is used to send a signal of distress on board a plane or ship?
What is the number of audience to which broadcasting is transmitted in English?
What are the largest broadcasting companies?
Ex.8. Prepare the retelling of the text.