- •Новосибирск: Изд-во Сиб.Гос.Унив.Водн.Трансп., 2015. – 130 с.
- •Greetins, acquaintance and parting
- •Read and learn the following greetings and possible replies: Greetings:
- •Introductions:
- •1. Memorize the dialogues:
- •6. Translate some dialogues from Russian into English:
- •Read the text to find out what factors the use of greetings, introductions and forms of saying good-bye depend on.
- •2. Answer the questions using a sentence from the right hand column:
- •3. Ask questions to which the following could be the answer:
- •4. Translate some replies in the following dialogues:
- •5. Compose short dialogues using the following sentences:
- •Introducing people:
- •Discuss the following questions:
- •Now look at the different ways you can make conversation with friends and strangers.
- •4. Role play.
- •About myself
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •2. My plans for future.
- •3. Agree or disagree with the statements. Prove your point of view.
- •About myself.
- •Read and translate the text
- •2. Translate the following phrases:
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Prepare for the discussion of the following questions:
- •6. Translate the following phrases:
- •7. Write a composition entitled: "The family of my Dreams". Appearance. Character
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Practiсe these sentence patterns:
- •Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •Express the following in one word:
- •Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets:
- •Complete the sentences in a suitable way:
- •Describe the people in these pictures:
- •Check yourself. Translate into English:
- •1. Read the following composition and put it in the right order:
- •2. Read and translate:
- •3. Read the dialogue:
- •Character
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Express the following in one word:
- •Explain the fixed expressions about character and mood and find the Russian equivalents:
- •Read the text and a) find adjectives which describe Salvador, b) cover the text, look at the heading 1 to 4 and say if what you can remember.
- •Fill in the crosswords and read the italicized word in a:
- •Read your sign with a dictionary. Is it true?
- •Topics for conversation:
- •The University
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Find synonyms:
- •Find antonyms:
- •Find the equivalents:
- •Translate these expressions into Russian:
- •Match the words listed below with the dictionary definitions.
- •Translate into English
- •1. Read and translate the text. The Siberian State University of Water Transport
- •Practice
- •Read and translate the dialogues.
- •Complete the dialogues
- •Use the model and ask your partner about his future profession.
- •Fill in the gaps
- •Read and translate the text Education in Russia
- •The Lomonosov Moscow State University
- •Higher education in britain
- •History of University and College
- •The University of London
- •Higher Education in the usa
- •University of virginia
- •United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
- •Getting About the City
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise
- •1. Practise these sentence patterns:
- •2. Listen to the dialogues and translate them:
- •7. Explain how to get:
- •Vocabulary
- •Fill the gap with the appropriate word from the list.
- •Practise these patterns :
- •Choose a meal and a drink from the menu:
- •Complete each sentence with a suitable ending (1 – 10). Use each ending once.
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •6. Say it in English :
- •7. Read and translate the dialogue
- •8. Write 10 questions of different types to the dialogue. Use the following word combinations:
- •9. Give Russian equivalents to the following proverbs and sayings:
- •10. Hometasks:
- •Shopping
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Define the words/choose the definition from those given below:
- •2. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •3. Insert the missing words:
- •4. Construct the sentences:
- •5. Change the dialogues using the words in brackets:
- •6. Dramatize the conversations:
- •7. Read and translate the text. Supermarkets
- •Read the article and match the headings to the correct paragraphs.
- •Bbc News - History of Harrods department store
- •Answer the questions based on the text:
- •Present your own dialogue or story based on one of the situations:
- •At the doctor's
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.
- •2. Fill the gap with the appropriate word from the list. You need to use some words twice.
- •3. Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given. A Picture of Health
- •4. Read the text and fill in the spaces with the following words: painful; recovery; poison; expression; hearty; muscular; incurable weight; treatment; infect.
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. The Health Service
- •3. A Visit to the Doctor
- •Read and translate the text
- •Say if these statements are true or false according to the text.
- •There are 27 words connected with illness and health hidden in this puzzle. Circle each one you can find. (There are also several words not connected with the topic!)
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Complete the sentences with these words.
- •Complete each in the sentences (a-h) with a suitable ending (1-8).
- •1. Read and translate the text. The Russian Federation
- •Agree or disagree with following statement:
- •Ask your friend:
- •Quiz: How much do you know about Russia?
- •Read and translate the text siberia
- •Translate into English
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Make up your own sentences using the underlined wards:
- •3. Complete the sentences:
- •Novosibirsk
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •1. Prove the statements using the sentences from the text.
- •2. Pill the gaps with words in brackets.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Novosibirsk
- •2. Read and translate the text. Akademgorodok
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and translate the text. State Public Scientifiс and Technical Library
- •2. Read and translate the text. Opera and Ballet Theater
- •Great britain
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and translate the text. Geographical position of Great Britain
- •The State and Political System
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Find the equivalents in the texts:
- •4. Which word is the odd one?
- •5. Complete the information about British Isles
- •6. Which characteristics of the British have been noticed by different people?
- •7. Use any places mentioned on the maps.
- •8. What is a traditional English breakfast? Complete the text with the words
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Combine words into sentences and translate them into Russian.
- •Translate into English.
- •Read and translate the text. Which four World Heritage Sites does London contain?
- •Put special questions to the following sentences.
- •Put the sentences in the right order.
- •Read and translate the text
- •Make dialogues.
- •Make presentation about your native town or city. The united states of america
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Complete the sentences.
- •2. Use synonyms(from the topical vocabulary) for the words in bold.
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Ask your friend:
- •Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Read and translate the text
- •Read and translate the text
- •Read and translate the text The Empire State Building
- •Read and translate the text Statue of Liberty
- •Read and translate the text Golden Gate City
- •Read and translate the text The White House
- •Discuss the answers to the questions with your groupmates.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Read and translate the text The Capitol
- •Imagine you are a member of Congress. Write 2 new laws. Share your laws with your classmates.
- •Read and translate the text National us Holidays
- •Make up your own sentences with highlighted expressions.
- •Questions.
1. Read and translate the text. Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia, is situated on both banks of the river Ob. Its foundation is associated with the name of the well – known railway engineer and writer N.Garin – Mikhailovsky. In 1893 hi began to build the Trans-Siberian Railway bridge across the Ob. Nowadays the square in front of the railway station is named after him.
Novosibirsk began as a small settlement, now it is a giant city. It is the third largest city in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg. More than 1.5 million people live in its 10 districts.
Novosibirsk is an important industrial centre. Here there are many plants and factories producing heavy machine – tools, powerful generators, farm machinery, electronic equipment aircrafts and so on.
Our city is the largest railway junction in the eastern part of the country, it also has on international airport, a river port, a bas station. It is first town in the eastern part of the country which has an underground railway opened in 1986.
Today Novosibirsk is a big educational, cultural and scientific centre know beyond the of Russia to scientific and cultural figures. There are many higher and special technical establishments, colleges and secondary schools. As a major cultural centre the city has several theatres, a philharmonic society, a lot of cinemas, many libraries, a documentary film studio, an Art Museum with a fine collection of paintings and sculptures. The State Scientific and Technical Library, opened in 1966, is one of the largest in Russia.
As a scientific centre our city is famous throughout the world. Akademgorodok with its 20 research institutes is the seat of three Academies: the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Scientific, the Siberian Branch of VASHNIL and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Questions
1. How is Novosibirsk connected with the name of N.Garin -Mikhailovsky?
2. The city is a large one, isn't it?
3. Why do we say, that Novosibirsk is an industrial centre?
4. When was the first underground line opened? How many stations has it today?
5. Is the city an educational centre?
6. What can you say of Novosibirsk as a cultural city?
7. Where is the centre of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of sciences?
2. Read and translate the text. Akademgorodok
Novosibirsk is called the city of three Academies: the Siberian Branch of VASHNIL, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The construction of Akademgorodok began in 1957. Its foundation is associated with famous academician M. Lavrentiev, the first President of the SBRAS.
Akademgorodok in Metropolitan Novosibirsk is more like a resort than a center of science with 22 institutes employing 25,000 in laboratories, research and technological projects. Actually a separate city with 56,000 population, Akademgorodok is cut out of a birch and forest, with the general appearance of a well-ordered university town.
Akademgorodok is actually a group of well equipped scientific institutions. They include institutes specializing in nuclear physics, organic chemistry, geology, geophysics and others. There is also Novosibirsk State University, a physics and mathematics school and a chemistry school for talented children, the computer center, the geological and mineralogical museum, the botanic gardens, the House of Scientists, a library, a hotel and a shopping center.
Akademgorodok is very attractively looking. It has a style of its own. Akademgorodok is built right in the middle of the forest. This town extending on the shore of a man-made sea has preserved the pine-wood and birch coppices with sails on the sea, symphony music in the concert hall with the tests of the Hydrodynamics Institute.