- •Topical vocabulary study
- •Topic: upbringing
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •III. Write a word at the end of the line to describe each of these people.
- •Cross out the word which is wrong.
- •II. Rewrite the sentences starting with the words given. The meaning must stay the same. Use the words and expressions from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •I. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word.
- •II. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •III. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •I. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •III. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Cross out any words in italics which are not possible
- •I. Replace the underlined word(s) with words that have a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Rewrite the Sentences Using the Words or a Form of the Word in Capitals. Keep the Meaning the Same.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined word(s) with words that have a similar meaning.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •III. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •I. Replace the underlined word(s) with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary. Use the initial letters as tips.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Insert the right preposition.
- •Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •II. Insert the right preposition.
- •Replace the underlined words with a word that has a similar meaning.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •III. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •I. Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •III. Replace the underlined words with words that have similar meanings.
- •I. Replace the underlined words with words that have similar meanings.
- •II. Insert the right preposition.
- •III. Correct the mistake in each sentence.
- •I. Replace the underlined words with words that have similar meanings.
- •II. Fill in the gaps using the words from the glossary.
- •Topical vocabulary study Сборник заданий для изучения тематического словаря
- •Keys unit 1.
- •Unit 2.
Федеральное агентство по образованию
Государственное образовательное учреждение
высшего профессионального образования
НИЖЕГОРОДСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ
ЛИНГВИСТИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
им. Н.А. Добролюбова
Topical vocabulary study
Учебно-методические материалы для студентов
IV курса специальности «Филология»
Нижний Новгород 2010
Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета ГОУ ВПО НГЛУ.
Специальность: «Филология». Дисциплина: «Практический курс иностранного (английского) языка».
УДК 811.111 (075.8)
ББК 81.432.1 – 34=Англ
Т 75
Topical Vocabulary Study = Сборник заданий для изучения тематического словаря: Учебно-методические материалы для студентов IV курса филологического факультета. – Н.Новгород: Нижегородский государственный лингвистический университет им. Н.А.Добролюбова, 2010. – 37 с.
Предлагаемые материалы предназначены для совершенствования лексической стороны речи, а именно для расширения словарного запаса студентов и овладения активным тематическим словарем.
УДК 811.111 (075.8)
ББК 81.432.1 – 34=Англ
Т 75
Составитель К.Г. Голубева, канд. филол. наук, доцент
Рецензент А.Г.Калинина, канд. пед. наук, доцент
©ГОУ ВПО НГЛУ, 2010
Введение
Пособие предназначено для студентов IV курса, обучающихся по специальности «Филология», и имеет целью способствовать формированию и развитию навыков чтения, говорения, письма в рамках тем, предусмотренных программой «Практический курс иностранного (английского) языка»: “Upbringing”, “The Teacher’s Profession”, “Education”, “Marriage and Family Relations”, “Youth Problems”.
Пособие состоит из 18 разделов, каждый из которых разделен на глоссарий и практическую часть, включающую упражнения, направленные на совершенствование лексической стороны речи.
Глоссарий обеспечивает расширение словарного запаса студентов за счет углубления знаний о парадигматических и синтагматических связях лексических единиц в системе языка (антонимия, синонимия, словообразование, сочетаемость, употребление предлогов, стилистическая принадлежность).
Активный словарь закрепляется при выполнении практических заданий, иллюстрирующих и тренирующих то, как тематические лексические единицы реализуется в речи, что облегчит их использование в дальнейшем ходе учебного процесса в творческих заданиях типа «Эссе», «Подготовленное высказывание», «Ролевая игра», «Интерпретация текста».
Topic: upbringing
UNIT 1. PROBLEMS.
Glossary:
to bring up – to care for a child, teaching him/her how to behave, until he/she is grown up. SYNS Raise, rear.
Note: to bring up or raise? When it is used in British English to talk about caring for a child, raise is slightly more formal than bring up.
Note: raise or rear? Raise is more often used to talk about children; rear is more often used to talk about animals.
generation (the younger generation/the older generation) – all the people who were born at about the same time. SYN. Peer group - a group of people of the same age or social status.
Note: generation or peer group? Your generation is people who are nearer your age than your parents’ or your children’s ages. Your peer group includes the people of your own age that you actually know and are influenced by.
indispensable – essential; too important to be without.
to lead to/to result in – to cause a particular situation, to have sth as a result.
lenient ['li:niənt] (leniency, noun) – not as strict as expected when punishing sb or when making sure that rules are obeyed. Opp. strict, harsh.
permissive - allowing or showing a freedom of behavior that many people do not approve of. SYN. indulgent (usually disapproving) – tending to allow sb to have or do whatever they want.
negligent – failing to give sb enough care or attention, especially when this has serious results, (negligence, noun). SYN. careless.
indifferent (indifference, noun) – having or showing no interest in sb/sth
to be the cause of - a person, event, or thing that makes something happen. SYN. to be the reason for.
Note: cause for concern, complaint – something that makes it right or fair for you to feel or behave in a particular way.