- •Ленинградский государственный университет им. А.С. Пушкина о.И. Просянникова Learn to Render and Summarize
- •Text 1. Benefits of Playing Sports
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Give English equivalents to the following word combinations
- •Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations
- •Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Match the headlines with the paragraphs. Prove your choice using the key words from the paragraph.
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- •State the main idea of the text, identify the most important details, organize and outline ideas, putting them in a logical order, write down a summary.
- •Text 2. Sports Injuries can Affect Long-Term Health for Short-Term Gains
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Give English equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Have a talk based on the text.
- •Match the headlines with the paragraphs. Prove your choice using the key words from the paragraph.
- •Complete the following sentences using the text:
- •State the main idea of the text, identify the most important details, organize and outline ideas, putting them in a logical order, write down a summary.
- •Text 1. Global Warming
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
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- •Translate into English using the words from the text:
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- •Identify the main idea of the text, make up a title for each paragraph and make a summary of the text. Text 2. Ecological Problems
- •Vocabulary exercises
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- •Text 1.
- •7 Most Important Interior Design Principles
- •Vocabulary exercises
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- •Text 2. Choose a Dining Room Rug to Complement Your Dining Furniture
- •Vocabulary exercises
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- •III. Identify the main idea of the text, make up a title for each paragraph and make a summary of the text.
- •Variety and variation
- •Text 1.
- •5 Considerations Before Starting a Business
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
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- •State the main idea of the text, identify the most important details, organize and outline ideas, putting them in a logical order, write down a summary.
- •Text 2. A Holistic Approach to Secure Enterprise Mobility
- •Vocabulary exercises
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- •Text 1. Politics and Power
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- •State the main idea of the text, identify the most important details, organize and outline ideas, putting them in a logical order, write down a summary.
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •II.Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Have a talk based on the text.
- •Complete the following sentences using the text:
- •Identify the main idea of the text, make up a title for each paragraph and make a summary of the text.
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Give Russian equivalents of the following words and expressions:
- •Give English equivalents of the following words and expressions:
- •Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Have a talk based on the text.
- •Complete the following sentences using the text:
- •Identify the main idea of the text, make up a title for each paragraph and make a summary of the text.
Vocabulary exercises
Give Russian equivalents of the following words and expressions:
Carthage, Phoenician ethnicity, Sicily, Tiber river, apply to the citizens, port-of-call, mercenary army, enforce a treaty, reign supreme, be a flashpoint for growing, feel betrayed, declare war, a moveable gangplank, suddenness of the action, manipulate a sea engagement, a land battle, cut supply lines, destroy outposts, content oneself with, force to withdraw, present voluntarily, decisive victory, need reinforcements, sue for peace, embezzle funds, underestimate an enemy, fail to do smth, suddenness of the action, lack expertise, sign a treaty, be engaged in conflict, hold a territory, cross the boundary, drive out of colonies.
Give English equivalents of the following words and expressions:
древний Карфаген, имя происходит от, средиземноморский регион, дань, объявлять войну, находиться под контролем, предавать, соблюдать договор, торговый город, наемная армия, рост негодования/возмущения, изобрести подвижный трап, оказывать влияние, внезапное нападение, не хватает знаний, отрезать от снабжения, быть опытными в морских сражениях, аванпост, усилить, опытные воины, недооценить противника, решающая победа, нуждаться в подкреплении, снимать осаду, вовлечь в конфликт.
Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
engagement, combat, sue, content, strengthen, expertise, owing to, recede, battle, manipulate, supply, reject, influence, competence, provision, affect, reinforce, due to, according to, withdraw, satisfy, refuse, beg.
Comprehension exercises
Have a talk based on the text.
What is the origin of the name Punic?
How did Carthage grow into a powerful city?
What did the treaty with Rome contain?
How did the Carthaginians handle the Romans?
What city became a flashpoint for growing Roman resentment? Why?
What event provoked a conflict between Carthage and Rome?
How did the Romans prepare for sea battles?
What helped the Romans to invent helpful device?
How did they use a corvus?
What strategies did the Romans use in sea battles?
What did the Romans lack unlike the Carthaginians?
Why was Hamilcar surnamed Barca?
What was the reason of the defeat?
What did Durant comment on the defeat?
Why did the war cost more to Carthage?
What were the advantages of Rome?
What caused the siege of Carthage?
Why was the war called Mercenary?
What were the losses of Carthage?
What did the Ebro Treaty declare?
Complete the following sentences using the text:
The name Punic comes from the word Phoenician (Phoinix in the Greek, Poenus from Punicus in Latin) as applied to …
Carthage grew from a small port-of-call to …
The island of Sicily would be the flashpoint for …
Although Rome had no navy and knew nothing of sea battles, they …
They devised a moveable gangplank, which …
Hamilcar was surnamed Barca (meaning `lightning’) because of …
Had the Carthaginian government better supplied and reinforced Hamilcar, they most probably would …
He defeated the Romans at Drepana in 249 BCE but then …
This war was costly to both sides but Carthage suffered more seriously owing to ..
While Carthage would largely ignore the war, …, Rome would …
Though Rome had never had a navy before the First Punic War, they emerged in 241 BCE as …
Hamilcar Barca was called upon to raise the siege and did so, even though Carthage …