Пензенский государственный университет

Педагогический институт имени В. Г. Белинского

М. В. Разумова

Н.Ю. Лакина

English as a Second Language

Учебное пособие

П енза - 2013

УДК 43(075.8)=20

ББК 81.2 Англ

Разумова М.В., Лакина Н.Ю. English as a Second Language. Учебное пособие. – Пенза, 2013. – 108 c.

Данное пособие предназначено для студентов, обучающихся по направлению «Педагогическое образование» 050100, профиль «Иностранный язык» (английский).

Пособие содержит текстовый материал, соответствующий содержанию и тематике экзаменационных тем. Цель учебного пособия – помочь студентам развить навыки устной речи, перевода, умение выражения своего мнения, а также обогатить словарный запас. Пособие включает различные задания для формирования и развития навыков монологической речи, активизирует употребление изученных лексических единиц. Задания составлены таким образом, чтобы научить студентов анализировать прочитанное, искать синонимы, антонимы, давать грамотный парафраз, уметь составлять свои предложения по данным образцам.

Пособие составлено в соответствии с требованиями программы дисциплины «Второй иностранный язык» ООП ФГОС.

Рецензенты:

к.п.н., профессор кафедры иностранных

языков ПГТА Ясаревская О.Н.

к.филол.н., доцент кафедры английского

языка и методики преподавания английского языка

ПГУ ПИ им. В.Г. Белинского Потылицина И.Г.

Contents

1. Family__________________________________4

Age_________________________________4

Stages of Life_________________________8

Family______________________________16

Jobs________________________________28

2. Friends_________________________________35

Love and Romance____________________51

Marriage____________________________55

General Appearance___________________65

3. Houses and Homes________________________72

The Living Room______________________75

The Kitchen__________________________78

The Bedroom and the Bathroom__________79

Accomodation________________________82

Housework and Household Chores________98

Vocabulary – Age

1. Basic vocabulary

Translate these words into your own language:

generation adult

middle-aged teenager

old child

adult young

2. Match the expressions on the left with those on the right:

1. She's 3 days old. a. She's still a child.

2. She's is months. b. She's a newborn baby.

3. She's 8. c. She's a teenager.

4. She's 14, d. She's an adult.

5. She's 20. e. She's a toddler.

3. Do the same with the following:

6. He's 28, f. He's in his early forties.

7. He's 35, g. He's fairly elderly.

8. He's 48. h. He's in his mid-thirties.

9. He's 42. i. He's middle-aged.

10. He's 85, j. He's in his late twenties.

The expression ‘elderly people’ is a more polite way of talking about old people.

4. Look at this example:

He's two years old. > I've got a two-year-old son. Re-write these examples in a similar way:

1. My son is eleven. I've got an………………………… …………………

2. We’ve got a daughter of six. We've got a………………………………..

3. Their baby's only two months old. They've got a………………………...

Look at this example:

They are all 10 years old. > They're all ten-year-olds. Now re-write these examples in a similar way:

4. I teach kids of seven and eight. I teach…………………………………………

5. Most of them were only sixteen. They were mostly……………………………

6. The boy the police arrested was only nine! He was only a……………………..

5. Use these words to complete these expressions with age:

of look your same

get at all child

1. the .... age as (me)

2. when I was . . . age

3. people of . . . ages

4. when you . . . . to my age

5. at the age .... 43

6. you don't .... your age 7. a .... of his age 8. your age

6. Now use the expressions in the sentences below:

a. Do you think you should be smoking ? I mean, you're only 15.

b. You're lucky to have the chance to go to university……………… I had

to get a job and start earning some money.

c. John R Kennedy became one of the youngest Presidents of the United States……………..

d. Isn't Pecet home yet? A should be in bed by 10 - at the latest!

e. The great thing about roller-blading is that……………….. seem to be doing

it - young and old.

f. Our son is the boy next door They're in the same class.

g. You're not really 50, are you? 1 don't believe it………………………………

h ,you'll realise there's more to life than going clubbing and riding motorbikes.