- •М инистерство образования и науки Российской Федерации южно-уральский государственный университет
- •Unit 1. Personality
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •1.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate into English using new vocabulary.
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play "a Formal Gathering".
- •Unit 2. Travel
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •Inoculations
- •Inevitable
- •2.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Split into pairs and act out the following situation.
- •Unit 3. Work
- •3.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play «Passing an Interview".
- •Unit 4. Languages
- •4.1. Vocabulary
- •4.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 5. Advertising
- •5.1. Vocabulary
- •5.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Creating Adds»
- •Unit 6. Business
- •6.1. Vocabulary
- •6.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Negotiating a Bank Loan»
- •Unit 7. Design
- •7.1. Vocabulary
- •Industrialisation
- •7.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 8. Education
- •8.1. Vocabulary
- •In order to do smth.
- •8.2 Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role Play. "a Talk in the Living-Room".
- •Unit 9. Engineering
- •9.1. Vocabulary
- •Unit 10. Trends
- •10.1. Vocabulary
- •Infant mortality
- •10.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 11. Arts and media
- •11.1. Vocabulary
- •11.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Interviewing a Celebrity»
- •Unit 12. Crime
- •12.1. Vocabulary
- •12.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play
11.2. Exercises
1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
1. «US Today» задумывалась как истинно общенациональная газета. Ее тираж недостаточен для США. Кроме того, она печатает только статьи общего содержания, что недостаточно для страны, где читателя больше всего интересуют местные новости.
2. Исторические романы, приключенческие книги, детективы, научная фантастика, романы и стихи, которые мы читаем ради удовольствия или по рекомендации преподавателей, создают особую атмосферу.
3. Радио и телевидение - это средства массовой информации, которые информируют людей об основных событиях сегодняшнего дня, воспитывают население и помогают провести свободное время.
4. Что касается книг и компьютеров, я твердо уверен, что компьютеры не заменят книги.
5. Я делаю все от меня зависящее, чтобы овладеть языком, так как я решила поступать на журналистику и стать корреспондентом-международником.
6. Знаменитости признают, что очень страдают от пристального внимания журналистов к их личной жизни, поэтому предпочитают жить где-нибудь в укромном уголке, вдали от объективов и вспышек фотокамер
2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
“Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. “
G.K. Chesterton
“We can't quite decide if the world is growing worse, or if the reporters are just working harder.”
The Houghton Line, November 1965
“I always turn to the sports section first. The sports section records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.”
Earl Warren, quoted in Sports Illustrated, 22 July 1968
“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock”.
Ben Hecht
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
Thomas Jefferson
“A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.”
Henry Fielding
“Journalism is literature in a hurry“”.
Matthew Arnold
3. Role play «Interviewing a Celebrity»
Student A: You are the famous writer Stephen King. You are going to be interviewed by young and dapper reporters. Tell them about your childhood, youth, family and plans for the future. Be open and friendly.
Students B, C, D etc: You are reporters interviewing Stephen King at the press conference. You should ask him different questions.