ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ПЕТЕРБУРГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ ПУТЕЙ СООБЩЕНИЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА АЛЕКСАНДРА 1»
(ФБГОУ ВО ПГУПС)
Кафедра «Иностранные языки»
СБОРНИК
ТЕКСТОВ И УПРАЖНЕНИЙ
ПО РАЗГОВОРНЫМ ТЕМАМ
на английском языке для студентов 1 курса
Санкт-Петербург
2016
UNIT I
GETTING ACQUAINTED
Vocabulary
Cheers! I can’t wait!
How do you do? accountant
How are you? on holiday
Pleased to meet you. weekend
Don’t mention it. exciting
Excuse me. expensive
to graduate from cheap
hard= difficult be from
Have a good weekend. come from
to last live in a flat
railway engineer live in a house
never mind. wear (v)
relationship Let me introduce myself.
see you later. parents
single grandparents
married grandchildren
relatives Nice to meet you.
to study What do you do?
be going to Where are you from?
to plan to How old are you?
to enjoy this evening/tonight
to live in a flat/in a house I’m late.
housewife This is my friend.
to live with Have you got brothers or sisters?
to stay with I’ve got a sister/brother.
Ex.1 Write the words denoting relationships in the correct place.
Girlfriend, father, daughter, wife, son, sister, uncle, grandfather, niece, cousin
Boyfriend – brother –
Mother – cousin (girl) –
Aunt – son –
Grandmother – husband –
Nephew – daughter –
Ex.2 Read about Patrick Binch. Write the people’s names in the correct place.
This is a photo of Patrick and his family. Patrick is fifty-five. His wife’s name is Brenda. She is a teacher. His daughter’s name is Lara. She’s twenty-one and she is Nick’s wife. They are newly married and they are students. Patrick’s son’s name is Rob and he is married to Anne. Rob and Anne have three children: Ben (12), Fanny (8) and Suzy (5). Rob is a railway engineer and Anne is a housewife. Patrick is a railway engineer, too.
Ex.3 Ask and answer questions about Patrick’s family.
Who is Fanny? - She is Rob’s daughter.
How old is Patrick? - He is fifty-five.
What does he do? - He is an engineer.
Ex.4 Read about Lara. Complete the text, using the verbs in the box.
lasts, ‘m enjoying, come from, miss, ‘m going, ‘m studying, ‘m planning, live, really like |
Hello! My name’s Lara Binch, and I __________ London, the capital of England. I’m twenty-one, and I __________ economics at the University of Newcastle. The course _______ four years. It’s hard work, but I________ it a lot. I ______ in a flat with my husband, Nick. He is at the University, too. I _______ my family: my mother and father, and my brother Rob. I_________ to see them on holidays. I want to see my nieces and nephew! I __________ playing football with them. I can’t wait to see them again.
After I graduate, I___________ to work as an accountant in a big company.
Ex.5 Complete the questions about Lara. Answer the questions in pairs.
Where does she come from?
Where _______________ live?
Who _______________ live with?
What _____________ at the University?
______________ married?
What _____________ on holidays?
Who _____________ to see?
What _____________ after she graduates?
Ex.6 Match the questions and the answers. Ask and answer the questions.
Where are you from? Where were you born? What do you do? Are you married? Where do you live now? Who do you live with? Are you studying at the university or school? What are you studying? When did you start University? |
In September. Railway engineering. From Vologda. At the University. No, I’m not. I’m single. In a student’s hostel. With my parents. In Kazakhstan. I’m a student. |
Ex.7 Complete the questions with one missing verb: do, does, did, is, are
___ you like listening to music?
Where ____ you come from?
Where ____ you live?
What ____ you like doing at the weekend?
What ____ you do last weekend?
____ you go to University yesterday?
Where ____ your parents now?
What _____ your mother/father do?
____ you often wear jeans?
____ you wearing jeans now?
What ____ you planning to do this evening?
What ____ you going to do after you graduate?
Ex.8 Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
Ex.9 Marisa is a student at an English language school in Brighton, England. Read her email to Danek, her brother in Bulgaria.
From: marisa@brighton.ac/uk To: danek.2012@star.com Date: 12th August Subject: Hi!
Dear Danek, I’m studying at Rutland School of English. I’m in a class with ten students. They are from different countries: Japan, Brazil, Germany, Russia, Italy and Spain. We have very good teachers here. I live with an English family in a small house near the center of town. Ken and Susan have a daughter and a son, Becky and Ron. They are students at Brighton University. They are studying computer technology. They are very friendly, but it isn’t easy to understand them. They speak very fast! Brighton isn’t very big, but it’s really exciting! Restaurants and night clubs are expensive, but the student bars and cafes are cheap. Brighton is near the sea, and I often go to the beach to sunbathe. I’m very happy here.
Email me soon! Love, Marisa. |
Ex.10 Correct the false sentences.
Marisa is from Poland. No, she isn’t. She is from Bulgaria.
She is on holiday.
She is in Brighton.
Her class is very bi9g.
The students in her class are all from Germany.
Marisa is staying with a Spanish family.
Becky and Ron are both at school.
The student bars and cafes are very expensive.
Marisa is emailing her parents.
Ex.11 Write an email about you, your family and your University.
Ex.12 You are in a new class. Present yourself to your group mates. You can do it in the following way: “Hi everyone! My name’s … I’m 18 years old and I’m from the town of … My father … My mother … I’ve got a brother and a pet cat called Fluffy. I love basketball and listening to music. Nice to meet you all!”
Ex.13 Complete short dialogues with the words in the box. Practise the dialogues in pairs.
planning, studying, University, name, brothers or sisters, do, to visit, meet, nice, from |
- Hello. What’s your _________?
Anna. And you?
I’m Nick. I come from Paris.
Really? I’m _________ to visit Paris in July.
- What do you do?
I’m a student.
Where are you __________?
In Petersburg State Transport ____________.
- Where are you _______?
From Rome, Italy.
Oh, I’d love ________ Italy one day.
You must. It’s really beautiful.
- Have you got any _________________?
Yes. I’ve got a brother.
What does he _____?
He’s a student, too. Oh, I’m sorry. I have to go now. Goodbye.
Bye.
- Well, it was _______ meeting you.
Nice meeting you too.
Can we _______ for a coffee some day?
Yes, that would be lovely.
Ex.14 You are going to study at the Oak Tree School of English. Fill in the following form.
Enrolment form. PLEASE WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
Mr/Mrs/Ms _____ Family name____________ First name___________
Date of birth___________ Nationality__________ Passport №______________
Marital status: single/married/divorced/separated
Address in your country_____________________________________________
Home phone number_______________ Moile_________________
Email address_______________ Occupation__________________
Reasons for learning English: exams/ business/pleasure/other_______________
Date of arrival___________ Date of departure____________