- •Содержание
- •Межличностное общение
- •1. Study the following terms.
- •2. Match the words to their definitions.
- •Introducing Myself
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Introduce yourself to some other students.
- •3. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Choose the correct Russian equivalents of the following word combinations.
- •5. Answer the following questions about your family.
- •6. Speak about:
- •7. Read and translate these texts. Speak about Rob and Maggie using the words and word expressions in bold. The student Rob Fellows
- •The student Maggie Wood
- •Student’s Working Day
- •1. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •What a busy day!
- •Day Off, Hobbies
- •1. Here are some people talking about their hobbies. Can you guess what the hobby is in each case?
- •2. Read, translate the following texts describing different kinds of hobbies and answer the questions that follow them.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Replace the words in bold with others from the list.
- •5. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
- •7. Tell about your day off.
- •Travelling, Hotel
- •1. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Learn the information to know more about types of hotels and hotel accommodation.
- •4. Put these sentences in a logical order.
- •5. Fill in the words correctly.
- •6. Read the conversation and role-play it. Hotel reservation
- •Vocabulary
- •7. Learn this information to know more about different ways of travelling and choose the correct word in the sentences that follow it.
- •8. Read and translate the text paying attention to the words and word expressions in bold. Make up a summary of it. Travelling by Air
- •9. Read the article and choose the correct words in bold, then replace them with synonyms from the list.
- •Trains are the best!
- •10. Read the microdialogues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and match them with the different types of transport (a, b, c, d, e).
- •11. Complete the dialogues and act out similar ones.
- •12. Write two advantages and two disadvantages for each of the four forms of travelling (by air, by train, by bus, by car).
- •13. Read and smile. A Story Too Terrible To Tell
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Study the words and read the text that follows them.
- •Business Dinner at a Restaurant
- •3. Make up a summary of the text.
- •4. Cross out the word in each group which cannot follow the verb.
- •5. Learn the information to know more about cafes and restaurants.
- •6. Read the dialogue and choose the correct word or expression.
- •7. Read out the dialogues in pairs. Explain the words in bold. Role-play them.
- •In a restaurant
- •8. Discuss with your partner.
- •Shopping and Banking
- •1. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Read the dialogue and fill in: match – go with suit – fit. Act out a similar dialogue.
- •5. Read and translate useful words and expressions.
- •6. Complete this shopping dialogue.
- •7. Read and translate the text “Changing money”, do the test. Changing money
- •Vocabulary
- •8. Read the conversations and role-play them.
- •9. Make a project work:
- •1. Study the following terms.
- •2. Match the words to their definitions.
- •Great Britain, British Agriculture
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Choose the correct definitions of the given words.
- •3. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it. Great Britain
- •4. Give English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.
- •5. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
- •6. Answer the questions to discuss the details of the text.
- •7. Read the following dialogues and supply the missing words. Act them out.
- •8. Read the text “British Agriculture” and answer the questions that follow it. British Agriculture
- •9. Make a project work “Great Britain”.
- •10. Test yourself. A re you good at great britain?
- •Belarus, Agriculture of Belarus
- •1. Study the words.
- •2. Choose the correct definitions of the given words.
- •3. Translate the sentences containing the words of your active vocabulary.
- •4. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it. The Republic of Belarus
- •5. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
- •6. Work in groups. Find out from your partners:
- •7. Read and translate the following dialogue. Act it out.
- •8. Read the text “Agriculture of Belarus” and answer the questions that follow it. Agriculture of Belarus
- •9. Make a project work “The Republic of Belarus”.
- •Customs and Traditions of Great Britain
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Choose the correct definitions of the given words.
- •3. Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •4. Give English equivalents to the following word combinations.
- •5. Make up a summary of the text.
- •6. Read and translate the text. English Character
- •7. Make a project work: “a character sketch of the typical Englishman”. Belarusian Customs and Traditions
- •1. Study the following words from.
- •2. Choose the correct definitions of the given words.
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •5. Make a project work: “a character sketch of the typical Belarusian”.
- •Youth and Society, The Belarusian State Agrarian and Technical University
- •1. Study the words.
- •2. Choose the correct definitions of the given words.
- •3. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •4. Match the sentence beginnings with the correct endings.
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •6. Read the text and say how students’ life is organized at British Universities.
- •Smoking
- •1. Conversation Questions. Discuss them in pairs.
- •2. Read and translate the text with the help of a dictionary. Try to Give Up Smoking
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below. Smoking
- •Education/ University
- •1. Conversation Questions. Discuss them in pairs.
- •Higher education in Great Britain
- •3. Make a project work: “Universities of the uk”.
- •4. Read the text “The Belarusian State Agrarian and Technical University” and answer the questions that follow it. The Belarusian State Agrarian and Technical University
- •Vocabulary
- •Ecology, Environmental Protection in Belarus
- •3. Choose the best way to define these.
- •4. Read the text and do the exercises that follow it. Nature Protection
- •5. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •7. Read the dialogues and role-play them.
- •8. Make up a project work “Environmental Protection in Belarus” using the questions as a plan.
- •9. Read the text and say if the sentences are true or false. Then explain the words in bold.
- •Pesticides
- •10. Answer the questions.
- •11. Fill in the gaps with the numbers below.
- •Did you know?
- •12. Read the text. Then explain the words in bold.
- •3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- •13. Say if the sentences are true or false.
- •14. Choose the correct word.
- •15. Make a project work. Speak about your ways of helping the environment. Technological Progress and Mankind Problems
- •1. Study the following words from the topic “Technological Progress and Mankind Problems”.
- •2. Choose the correct definitions of the given words.
- •3. Read the text “Technological Progress and Mankind Problems” and make up a summary using the questions as a plan.
- •4. Express the same in English.
- •5. Alice and Paul are talking in the University coffee-bar. Read their conversation and name the advantages of computers.
- •6. Express your attitude.
- •7. Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.
- •Invented, discovered, changed, improved, developed, changed
- •9. Put the words into the text.
- •10. Replace the words in bold in the text above with their synonyms.
- •11. Read the articles. Use a dictionary if necessary. Retell one of the articles. Steve Jobs
- •Albert Einstein
- •12. Make a project work. Speak about inventors and inventions that have changed our life.
- •1. Study the following terms.
- •2. Match the words to their definitions.
- •Belarus today
- •It's interesting to know…
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words.
- •3. Make sure you know all the words in the box. Then read their definitions and match the words with their definitions.
- •4. Consult a dictionary to fill in the missing parts of speech in the table below.
- •5. Read the text “Mass media in Belarus” and make a list of international words used in the text. Pronounce them correctly and learn their meanings. Mass media in Belarus
- •6. Use the text for reference and match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
- •7. Answer the questions.
- •8. Read the text more carefully and retell it using the questions as a plan.
- •9. Match the words in English with their Russian equivalents.
- •10. Read and translate the text. Use a dictionary if nessesary. The Republic of Belarus today: General Outlook
- •11. Check your understanding of the text by marking these statements as True or False. Provide evidence from the text to support your answers.
- •English-Speaking Countries
- •2. Here you can see five flags of the English-speaking countries. Name these countries and match each flag with the proper country.
- •3. Read the texts about some of English-speaking countries and answer the questions. Canada
- •The United States of America
- •Australia
- •New Zealand
- •4. Guess the country.
- •5. Make a project work: “An English-Speaking Country I would like to visit”.
- •Test yourself
- •English-speaking countries in questions
- •The united states of america
- •The commonwealth of australia
- •New zealand
- •6. Read and translate the text. What are the two groups of British newspapers? The British Press
- •8. Answer the questions.
- •Перечень интернет ресурсов, рекомендуемых студентам при подготовке к усрс:
- •Английский язык
6. Use the text for reference and match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
1) More than two thirds of magazines and newspapers |
a) Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and North America. |
2) Printed press is available mainly |
b) are very popular in Belarus, too. |
3) Local editions of major Russian newspapers |
c) are distributed throughout the country. |
4) All in all, more than 4,000 print media outlets |
d) are private. |
5) The channel is available to viewers from |
e) in the Belarusian and Russian languages. |
7. Answer the questions.
1) What does the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus guarantee?
2) What are the basic principles of mass media’s activity?
3) How many newspapers and magazines are being published in Belarus?
4) What are the most influential newspapers?
5) How many countries does telecasting cover?
8. Read the text more carefully and retell it using the questions as a plan.
9. Match the words in English with their Russian equivalents.
1. domestic policy 2. foreign policy 3. legislative 4. executive 5. judicial 6. bilateral 7. constitutional amendment 8. electoral suffrage 9. gain recognition 10. integrity |
a. двусторонний b. судебный c. получить признание d. целостность e. внутренняя политика f. законодательный g. внешняя политика h. исполнительная власть i. поправка к конституции j. избирательное право |
10. Read and translate the text. Use a dictionary if nessesary. The Republic of Belarus today: General Outlook
Belarus declared its independence on 25 August 1991. According to the Constitution, adopted in March 1994, the Republic of Belarus is a unitary democratic social state based on the rule of law, which exercises supreme control and absolute authority over its entire territory, and pursues an independent internal and foreign policy. Currently the Republic of Belarus is a sovereign independent state.
The politics of Belarus takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Belarus is the Head of State, the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, the guarantor of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the rights and liberties of man and citizen.
Under the Constitution, the President is elected directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus for a term of office of five years by universal, free, equal, direct electoral suffrage and by secret ballot.
State power in the Republic is exercised on the principle of division of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary. State bodies, within the confines of their powers, are independent: they cooperate among themselves acting on the principle of checks and balances.
The country's supreme legislative authority is the National Assembly, however the President may enact decrees that are executed the same way as laws. The National Assembly is a bicameral Parliament comprising the 110-seat House of Representatives (the lower house) and the 64-seat Council of the Republic (the upper house). The House of Representatives has the power to appoint the Prime Minister, make constitutional amendments, call for a vote of confidence on the Prime Minister, and make suggestions on foreign and domestic policy. The Council of the Republic has the power to select various government officials, conduct an impeachment trial of the President, and accept or reject the bills passed by the House of Representatives. Each chamber has the ability to veto any law passed by local officials if it is contrary to the Constitution of Belarus.
Executive power in the Republic of Belarus is exercised by the Government – the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus – the central body of state administration. The Government in its activity is accountable to the President and responsible to Parliament. The head of the Council is the Prime Minister, appointed by the President with the consent of the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister manages the activities of the Government and informs the President on its basic guidelines and on all the most important decisions.
The judicial power in the Republic is performed by the Supreme Court and specialized courts such as the Constitutional Court, which deals with specific issues related to constitutional and business law. The judges of national courts are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Council of the Republic. Supervision of the exact and uniform execution of laws by all bodies of state management, local councils and other legal and physical persons is carried out by the General Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Belarus.
Control over the fulfilment of the republican budget, the utilization of state property, the execution of parliamentary acts, regulating the relations with state property, economic, financial and tax relations, is carried out by the State Control Committee.