- •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
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- •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:
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- •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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- •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
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- •7 Most Important Interior Design Principles
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- •Text 2. Choose a Dining Room Rug to Complement Your Dining Furniture
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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
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- •5 Considerations Before Starting a Business
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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
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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
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- •II.Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
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- •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
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- •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.
Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
to burn (past burnt, p.p. burnt), massive flood, coal, rainfall, overheat, destruction, downpour, the Northern Hemisphere, river flow, average, to refer, absorption, evaporation rate, global warming, entire, to spill into, to adjust, fossil fuel, coastal land, to slow down, to die out, to melt, outer space, biological communities, to correspond, ozone layer, water circulation pattern, gasoline, greenhouse effect, to increase, carbon dioxide, surface, oil.
Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
refer, absorption, radiate, cause, major, match, conduct, entire, destroy, allow, fossil, average, occurrence, avert, evaporation, rate, increase, induce, intake, circulation, event, vaporization, destruct, invade, emit, reduce, cycle, correspond, main, carry out, prevent, permit, allude, whole, petrous, standard, size, grow, occupy, diminish.
Translate into English using the words from the text:
Глобальное потепление иногда соотносят с парниковым эффектом.
При сжигании бензина, нефти, угля или даже природного газа в атмосферу попадает все больше и больше углекислого газа.
Люди вовлечены в незапланированный глобальный эксперимент по изменению целой планеты.
Если мы не замедлим использование ископаемого топлива и не прекратим уничтожать леса, климат может стать более жарким, чем был за последний миллион лет.
Если углекислый и другие газы продолжат попадать в атмосферу, к середине следующего столетия глобальные температуры могут повыситься на пять – десять градусов.
При существующем темпе вырубки, большинство тропических лесов исчезнет уже к середине нынешнего столетия, что позволит искусственным пустыням вторгнуться в однажды пышные зеленые области.
Уменьшение количества дождей в одном месте, станет причиной увеличения дождевых осадков в других областях.
Если существующее таяние арктического льда продолжится, уровень мирового океана может повыситься и прибрежные районы могут исчезнуть.
Нагревание перестроит целые биологические цепи, что станет причиной вымирания многих разновидностей.
Парниковый эффект обусловлен поступлением в атмосферу Земли солнечной радиации, что становится причиной перегрева воздуха и как результат мы имеем эффект глобального потепления.
Comprehension exercises
Have a talk based on the text.
What is global warming?
What is greenhouse effect?
What activities are unfavorable and change the composition of the biosphere and the Earth's heat balance?
What can prevent the developing of greenhouse effect?
Why are water circulation patterns changing?
What might cause disappearing of large areas of coastal land?
Does the warming affect biological communities?
Is there a correspondence between greenhouse effect and global warming?
Complete the following sentences using the text:
The greenhouse effect is the absorption of…
People are conducting an unplanned global experiment by…
If we do not slow down our use of fossil fuels, the world could…
If carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases continue to spill into the atmosphere …
The present rate of destruction will allow …
Decreased rainfall in some areas will result in …
If the present arctic ice melting continues…
Plants and other wildlife habitats might not have enough time to …
The green house effect is recalled as …
Greenhouse effect and global warming correspond with each other, because …