- •Предисловие
- •Contents part I
- •Part II
- •Lesson I My Family and Me
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. My family and me
- •Hobby and Free Time
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Hobby and Free Time
- •4. Complete the sentences. Use information from the text above.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with the necessary word given in the box.
- •6. Use the words in the table to describe the following people. Then describe yourself.
- •7. Read the following text and answer the questions.
- •8. Read about Gail Ann Dorsey, and decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •9. Tell about your hobby and free time activities. Use the given expressions.
- •Daily life
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text about Nick and complete the sentences given below. Then tell about Nick’s typical working day. Use the vocabulary. Daily life
- •4. What is your working day like? Describe it using the following questions.
- •5. Match the occupations (a-d) with the texts (1-4).
- •6. What is their occupation?
- •7. Write 2 or 3 sentences about where you work and what you do. Other students will guess who you are.
- •Our University
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Our university
- •4. Put the following words in the right order to make sentences.
- •5. Write your own sentences using the given words.
- •6. Tell about the Tomsk Polytechnic University using the spidergram and the given key-words.
- •My speciality
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and answer the following questions.
- •My specialty
- •4. Match the English words in column a with their Russian equivalents in column b.
- •5. Put the following words in the right order to make sentences.
- •6. Write your own sentences with the following words.
- •7. Give the English equivalents to the Russian words. Use the information from the text “My Specialty” and vocabulary.
- •My Home Town
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and answer the following questions.
- •My home town
- •4. Read the text “my home town” again and decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •5. Read the texts given below. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in these towns.
- •The Town where I live
- •2) Perm is my native Town
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text about Nick and his job, decide if the statements below are true (t) or false (f).
- •4. Answer the following questions.
- •5. Describe your job. Tell about your duties, salary, working hours, conditions and difficulties. You may use the information from the chart below.
- •Engineering Jobs
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text below and fulfil the exercises. Engineering jobs
- •8. Check how many engineering jobs you could name before and after reading the text. State who fulfils the following tasks.
- •9. Work in pairs. Ask your partner.
- •10. Express your personal viewpoint on the following.
- •New energy from old sources
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read the following words and remember their pronunciation.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises: new energy from old source
- •4. Say whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f). If false, correct them according to the text.
- •5. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •6. Translate the sentences into English.
- •8. A) What are the synonyms (a-e) to the words (1-5)?
- •9. Complete the sentences using the information from the text.
- •10. Make up 5 questions to the text, using the given question-words.
- •What is geology?
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Geology
- •6. Give the English equivalents to the Russian words.
- •7. Match the science (1-6) with the description of what it studies (a-f).
- •9. Answer the questions on the text.
- •The uses of geophysics
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. The uses of geophysics
- •4. Read the text. Agree with or reject the following statements from the text.
- •5. Match words from column a with words from column b.
- •6. Fill in the gaps using the words and phrases from the text.
- •Fill in the following table. Remember how adverbs are formed from adjectives.
- •8. Translate the given phrases into Russian.
- •9. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •10. Give a short summary of the text.
- •The physics of the earth
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. The physics of the earth
- •Hydrogeology
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Hydrogeology
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •6. Give the English equivalents to the Russian words.
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •Drilling
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Drilling
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •7. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •Mineral exploration
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Mineral exploration
- •4. Define the sentences which from the text.
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •7. Find 5 sentences presenting the main idea of the text.
- •8. Give a short summary of the text using the words in the box. You may also use the plan which is given below.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms. Pronounce them.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Mining
- •4. Say whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f). If false, correct them according to the text.
- •5. Give Russian equivalents to the following phrases.
- •6. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •8. Complete the given sentences. Use the information from the text.
- •9. Make your own sentences using the following expressions.
- •10. Give a short summary of the text. You may use the plan which is given below.
- •Oil extraction
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Oil extraction
- •4. Say whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f). If false, correct them according to the text.
- •5. Give Russian equivalents to the given word-groups.
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •7. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •9. Complete the sentences.
- •10. Make your own sentences using the words and word-combinations.
- •11. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •Ecology and geoecology
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Ecology and geoecology
- •4. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word-groups.
- •5. Match the words in column a with their translation in column b.
- •6. Say whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f). If false, correct them according to the text.
- •7. Complete the sentences.
- •8. Find the synonyms to the following words.
- •9. Translate the following sentences using the words in the brackets.
- •10. Make your own sentences using the given words and expressions.
- •11. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •Pipeline construction
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pronounce the following words. Pay special attention to the letters in bold.
- •2. Pay special attention to the stress in the following groups of words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text “Pipeline System”; look at the diagram and pay attention to the underlined terms in the text. Pipeline System
- •5. Give an explanation to the following purposes of the pipeline system.
- •6. Look at the diagram of Russian pipeline gathering system.
- •Introduction to Economics and management
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following terms.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. What does economics study?
- •4. Answer the following questions.
- •5. Complete the sentences. Use the information from the text.
- •6. Give the English equivalents to the following words and phrases from the text.
- •8. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •What is chemistry?
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. What is chemistry?
- •4. Discuss the following questions.
- •5. Look through the text again and a) find all the definitions that are given in it; b) give your own definitions to the chemical terms in bold.
- •6. Match the words in column a with their definitions in column b.
- •7. Find English equivalents to the following Russian words, word combinations and chemical terms in the text.
- •8. Using a dictionary give the plural form of the following Latin words and translate them into Russian.
- •9. Look through the text again and deduce which of the following ideas are not expressed in the passage.
- •11. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •Matter in the universe
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
- •2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.
- •3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Basic states of matter
- •4. Look through the text again and find the sentences where the author describes:
- •5. Find English equivalents to the given Russian words, word combinations and chemical terms.
- •6. Match the Russian words, word combinations and chemical terms from Ex.5 with their English equivalents.
- •7. Answer the following questions to the text using the dictionary.
- •Why is water so important?
- •Vocabulary
- •The most common material on earth
- •5. Give Russian equivalents to the following words, word combinations and chemical terms. Where exactly are they used in the text?
- •6. Match the words in the Ex.5 with their synonyms given below.
- •7. Match the opposites in a and b.
- •8. Read the text using a dictionary and answer the following questions.
- •9. Look through the text again and find the sentences which are summarized in the following way.
- •10. Complete the sentences and give a short summary of the text.
- •References
5. Translate the sentences into Russian.
1) Demand must be moderated, and intensive efforts must be made to expand the overall energy supply.
2) Energy is available to use in practically unlimited quantities from other sources.
3) Engineers cover the surface with glass which lets in the rays, but holds heat.
4) The next step is mass production of homes, office buildings and schools – all heated by the Sun.
6. Translate the sentences into English.
1) Энергетическая проблема – это результат многих сложных и разнообразных факторов.
2) Большое количество энергии может быть получено от энергии ветра и солнечного тепла.
3) Чтобы поглощать солнечное тепло большинство солнечно-отопительных систем используют черную поверхность.
4) Солнечные батареи с большим успехом используются в космической программе.
7. Match the English equivalents with the Russian ones.
1) a world-wide demand |
а) неограниченное количество |
2) gasoline consumption |
b) широко распространенный |
3) intensive efforts |
c) потребление бензина |
4) energy supply |
d) энергоснабжение |
5) unlimited quantity |
e) мировой спрос |
6) wide-spread |
f) интенсивные усилия |
8. A) What are the synonyms (a-e) to the words (1-5)?
1) different |
a) to get |
2) to use |
b various |
3) amount |
c) vapour |
4) to receive |
d) to apply |
5) steam |
e) quantity |
b) What are the opposites (a-e) to the words (1-5)?
1) new |
a) to cool |
2) increase |
b) unlimited |
3) limited |
c) decrease |
4) expensive |
d) old |
5) to heat |
e) cheap |
9. Complete the sentences using the information from the text.
1) At present the energy problem is _______________ .
2) Large amount of energy can be received from _________________ .
3) The sun’s heat is used for _______________________ .
4) Most solar-heating systems use __________ .
5) The solar cell converts sunlight ____________ .
6) These cells are used _____________ .
7) The next step is __________ .
10. Make up 5 questions to the text, using the given question-words.
What? –
Where? –
How? –
Why? –
Which? –
PART II
Lesson I
What is geology?
Lead-in
What does the word “geology” mean?
What does geology deal with?
Vocabulary
1) crust (Earth) |
- кора (земная) |
2) event |
- ход событий |
3) force (s) |
- сила |
4) evidence |
- доказательство, подтверждение |
5) to interpret |
- интерпретировать; понимать |
6) to affect |
- воздействовать на, влиять на |
7) endogenous |
- эндогенный |
8) exogenous |
- экзогенный |
9) to originate |
- происходить, возникать |
10) volcanic activity |
- вулканическая активность |
11) earthquake |
- землетрясение |
12) destructive |
- разрушительный |
13) effect |
- воздействие |
14) weathering |
- выветривание |
15) erosion |
- эрозия |
16) transport (of rock material) |
- перенос |
17) to pertain to |
- относиться, иметь отношение ( to - к чему-л. ) |
18) to be concerned with |
- связанный с чем-л. |
19) to draw on |
- собирать информацию |
20) to decipher |
- расшифровывать, понимать |