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I. Read and memorize the following words:

language ['kengwiefз ] мо­ва

e.g. My native language is Ukrainian.

study ['sti di] вив­ча­ти

e.g. We study English at school.

vocabulary [va'kaebjulan] лек­си­ка

 e.g. No dictionary could list the total vocabulary of a language.

read [ri:d] чи­тати

e.g. Gin you read this text?

Writc [rait] luicani

e.g. Can you write thise words?

peculiarity [pijcjuli'aerm] особ­ливість

e.g. Every language has its own peculiarities.

accent [ 'teksant ] ак­цепт, ви­мова

e.g. He speaks French with a foreign accent.

scientific [„saion'tifik] на­уко­вий

e.g. They use scientific approach in their research.

knowledge [ 'nolicfc] знан­ня

e.g. My knowledge of German is poor.

interpret [ in'ta:prit] пе­рек­ла­дати (ус­но)

e.g. Can you interpret Mr. Brown's words?

translate [ trtens'leit ] пе­рек­ла­дати (пись­мо­во)

e.g. I have already translated this text.

word [ wa:d ] сло­во

e.g. і low many English words do you know?

meaning [mi:nin] зна­чен­ня

e.g. What is the meaning of this 

II. Learn the following phrases:

(to) have a good command of... доб­ре во­лодіти

(to) try to do one’s best на­мага­тися ро­бити все мож­ли­ве

(to) be of great importance ма­ти важ­ли­ве зна­чен­ня

as quick as possible яко­мога швид­ше

(to) learn by heart вчи­ти на­пам’ять

mother tongue рідна мо­ва

I beg your pardon ... Ви­бач­те ...

I do not understand you. Я вас не ро­зумію.

Say it again, please. Скажіть це ще раз, будь лас­ка.

Please, speak slowly. Го­воріть, будь лас­ка, повіль­но.

What doеs this word mean? ІЦо оз­на­чає не сло­во?

III. Макс up sentences:

a foreign language to me.

spoken in many countries.

English Is a truly international language.

my favourite subject.

the mother tongue of nearly three hundred million people.

IV. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words in brackets:

1. Please ... the last word, (say, understand, repeat)

2. I can read English but I cannot ... it. (say, tell, speak)

3. I know grammar well, but my ... is poor, (language, pronunciation, meaning)

V. Make up questions and let your fellow-students answer them:

Do you study a foreign language?

speak English?

have English lessons every day?

Are your lessons interesting?

you sometimes tiled after lessons?

Why do you study foreign languages?

can’t you speak English well?

do you learn grammar?

VI. Complete the following sentences:

1. Is there anybody who speaks ... ? 2. What Is the ... for ...? 3. The ... tor ... is ... . 4. If уou want to speak well you .... 5. The word combination "mother tongue"

means ... . 6. English is spoken in ... .

VII. Translate into English

1. Англій­ська мо­ва мій улюб­ле­ний пред­мет. 2. Ба­гато лю­дей іхпмов­лмють англій­ською мо­вою. 3. Англій­ською мо­вою роз­мовля­ють у Ве­ликоб­ри­танії, США, Ка­наді. 4. Чи ви роз­мовляєте англій­ською мо­вою? 5. Англій­ська мо­ва с міжна­род­ною. 6. Ба­гато англій­ських слів ма­ють кіль­ка зна­чень.

VIII. Give synonyms to the words in bold type:

1. What English-speaking countries do you know? 2. What is his mother tongue? 3. To know a foreign language is very important nowadays. 4. He knows French very well. 5. Can you translate this sentence? IX. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:

A: I am studying English now.

B: Are you really? They say it’s very difficult.

A: 1 don’t think English is easy.

B: Why do you think so?

A: Because I have to work hard learning a lot by heart.

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A: I am going to be an engineer.

B: Why?

A : For a number of reasons.

B: What reasoies?

A: The main one is I like engineering .

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A: What do you think tire best sort of Job is?

B: To be a designer.

A: As for me I like engineering.

B: To my mind, tire best one is the job you like the most.

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A: So you've passed your exruns.

B: It wasn’t very difficult.

A: It’s because you worked hard, I think.

B: Well, I was all right In History', but I didn't do so well in Literature.

A: And what about your English?

B: Nut so good, only so-so.

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A: What does that sign say? 

B: Can’t you read English?

A: Why would I ask if I could?

B: Shall I read It to you?

A: That's what I want you to do.

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A: I don't think you work hard enough at your English.

B: Well, I do, I work very hard, but please try to under­stand it's very difficult for mc.

A: Oh, is it? How Iong does It take you to do your home work?

B: A long time, two or three hours, and sometimes even four.

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A: Mrs. Jones, I'd like to introduce you our Ukrainian friend Mr. Kononenko.

B: How do you do?

C: How do you do?

B: You've come to study English, haven't you? Do you find it difficult?

C: Well, I do. It's quite different from what we read in the textbooks. I understand the radio and TV all right, but I don't always understand people in the street.

B: Yes. that's difficult at first. And how do you find life in England?

C: Very interesting. I like it on the whole, although there are some things I find rather strange.

B: Don't worry. You'll soon get used to it.

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A: What do you think about Esperanto?

B: I don't believe it will ever become a world language.

A: Why? Lots of people are learning it.

B: Not compared with those who are learning "real" lan­guages. It's too artificial.

A: You've got a point there. But It's much easier to learn than other languages.

B: That's certainly an advantage, of course, but there's no incentive to learn it as long as so few people speak it. You can't use it at International conference, for example.

A: I think it should be taught at schools.

B: Do you really? To my mind then are quite enough subjects on the school curriculum already.

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A: I'd like to have a good Ukrainian-English dictionary on science and technology. I have to translate an article from Ukrainian into English.

B: Sorry, but we haven't any.

A: It's a pity! I must have this article translated as quick as possible.

B: I can recommend a general Russian-English dictionary. At least it may be of some help.

A: Yes, I'll take it, of course. It's a pity that you have not a specialized dictionary.

X. Complete the following dialogues:

A: Hello. My name is Nick.

B: ...

A: Are you an engineer?

B: ...

A: What's your job?

B: ...

A: Do you speak English?

B: ...

XI.Make up your own dialogues using the following word combinations

mother tongue, to speak a little, to study English, vocabu­lary. be of great importance, have a good command of.

XII. Read and retell the text:

I STUDY ENGLISH

English is an international means of communication. It is studied as a foreign language at secondary and higher schools of our country.

As for me I like English very much. I studied English at school and I'm studying it now. I study it every day because I want to have a good command of the language.

I am sure if I work at it systematically as I do now I will know the language very well. I toy to do my best to master English as quickly as possible. I study pronunciation, vo­cabulary and grammar. I toy to speak English with my teachers and «1th my friends. I read much and do many language exercises. I have many English books. 1 know that foreign languages arc of great importance in our modem life.

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