- •General English for non-linguists
- •Содержание
- •Вводно-коррективный курс
- •I. Правила чтения в английском языке Чтение ударных гласных:
- •Чтение безударных гласных:
- •Чтение сочетаний гласных
- •Чтение некоторых гласных перед сочетаниями согласных
- •Чтение сочетаний гласных с согласной
- •Правила чтения согласных букв и буквосочетаний
- •Чтение некоторых согласных букв и буквосочетаний
- •Немые согласные буквы
- •II. Словообразование
- •Конверсия как способ словообразования. Oт существующего слова без изменения его звуковой или графической формы образуется новое слово, относящееся к другой части речи:
- •Глаголы с послелогами. В словаре сначала нужно искать основной глагол, а затем ниже его значение с послелогом:
- •III. Порядок слов в английском предложении
- •Построение отрицательных предложений.
- •Вопросительные предложения.
- •Общие вопросы.
- •Специальные вопросы.
- •Альтернативные вопросы.
- •Разделительные вопросы.
- •Видовременные формы английского глагола в действительном залоге
- •Unit I. Family. Hobbies. Lesson 1. My family. Pre-reading
- •My family
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •Text a. The family relationships
- •Text b. British and American families
- •Lesson 2. Hobbies. Pre-reading
- •Hobbies
- •Vocabulary
- •Word Formation
- •Grammar
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading History of the term “Hobby”
- •Unit II. My studies. My University. My work. Lesson 3. My Studies. Pre – reading
- •My Studies
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading English has no equals!
- •The subjects I studied at school. My favourite subject.
- •Lesson 4. My University. Pre-reading
- •My Home University
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •4) Употребляется для выражения разрешения (наряду с глаголом may):
- •1) Обозначает необходимость, долженствование:
- •May (might)
- •Глагол to be в модальном значении
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •Open University
- •Unit III. My working day. My week-end. Lesson 5. My working day. Pre-reading
- •My working day
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •In the Royal Welsh Army
- •Add exercise into your daily life
- •Bring Happiness to Your Daily Life
- •Lesson 6. My Weekend. Pre-reading
- •My Weekend
- •Vocabulary
- •Comprehension
- •Additional Reading
- •An Awful Weekend
- •Unit IV. Cities of Russia. Lesson 7. Tambov. Pre-reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Сomprehension
- •Additional reading Historic background of Tambov
- •Lesson 8. Moscow. Pre-reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Past simple (простое прошедшее время)
- •The past perfect tense ( прошедшее совершенное время)
- •Comprehension
- •Additional Reading
- •Cultural life of Moscow
- •Education and science
- •Unit 5. Towns and Cities of Great Britain. Lesson 9. London. The Capital. Pre-reading
- •London. The capital.
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Comprehension
- •Westminster Abbey
- •St. Paul’s Cathedral
- •Buckingham Palace
- •Trafalgar Square
- •The Tate Gallery
- •Albert Hall
- •The Tower of London
- •Tower Bridge
- •Piccadilly Circus
- •Lesson 10. Towns and Cities of Great Britain Pre-reading
- •The city of Birmingham
- •Manchester
- •Edinburgh
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Grammar rules Revision participle
- •Participle
- •Participle I
- •Present continuous
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •The city of Liverpool
- •Cardiff
- •History of Birmingham
- •The city of Cambridge
- •The history of the city of Manchester
- •Landmarks of Manchester
- •Unit 6. Higher Education. Lesson 11. Higher Education in Great Britain Pre-reading
- •Higher Education in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Word-Formation
- •Grammar Present perfect (I have done) – Настоящее перфектное время
- •Сравните использование Present Perfect и Past Simple:
- •Participle II - Причастие II.
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •Cambridge 'Tripos' exams
- •Lesson 12. Higher education in Russia Pre-reading
- •Higher education in Russia
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar Word Formation
- •1. “- Educate-“ (it is a root-word).:
- •2. “-Ty” (it is a suffix):
- •Participle II - Past Participle Причастие прошедшего времени
- •Present perfect
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •Educational system in Russia
- •Unit 7. Travelling. Lesson 13. Means of Travelling Pre-reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Степени сравнения прилагательных
- •Формальные признаки частей речи английского языка. Существительное (The Noun)
- •Прилагательное (The Adjective)
- •Местоимение (The Pronoun)
- •Наречие (The Adverb).
- •Числительное (The Numeral)
- •Comprehension
- •Lesson 14. Sightseeing Pre-reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Использование.
- •Образование.
- •Вопросительная форма.
- •Comprehension.
- •Additional reading
- •Seven Modern Wonders of the World
- •Pre-reading
- •Burns’ night
- •Shakespeare’s Birthday
- •The Edinburgh International Festival
- •Robert Burns – Роберт Бернс
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Comprehension
- •Additional reading
- •Customs and Traditions in Great Britain
- •The Ceremony of the Keys
- •Lesson 16. Traditions and Holidays in Russia Pre – reading
- •Russian Holidays
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar
- •Additional reading
- •My favourite holiday
- •Список использованной литературы
Unit II. My studies. My University. My work. Lesson 3. My Studies. Pre – reading
Task 1. Think over and choose the right variant.
Which of the following subjects is not an exact science:
Chemistry
Literature
Physics
Who of the following is not a scientist:
Philologist
Philosopher
Philogynist
Which of the following won’t you find at school or university:
classroom
rest room
drawing room
Which of the following is a practice class:
seminary
semination
seminar
Task 2. While reading decide why the author of the text avoids describing his daily routine. Is there anything in the text that seems unusual?
Task 3. Read the following text.
My Studies
My studies… What can I say about it? Once I took pains to look up the etymology of the word 'study'. Guess what, according to the dictionary entry I have never studied in my whole life. No kidding. The word came from the Latin 'studium' through Old French 'estudie' meaning 'zeal, affection, painstaking application'. See what I mean? Maybe, in the days of old people took studies more seriously than we – their descendants – do nowadays.
My studies began at school and I am pretty sure I'm not alone in this part of our life experience. What I was taught there I still partially remember (despite desperate attempts of my brain to forget), but for what purpose I was doing it is a million dollar question. Getting educated, some would say. Learning the basics of social life, others would add. May it be so. In any case, I recollect my schooldays with a feeling of mixed sorrow and joy – I grieve because they are gone and at the same time I rejoice for the very same reason. That's human nature, it's so inexplicable.
For the moment I study at the university. My choice was made in favour of the department of foreign languages. English department, to be precise. Hardly would anyone deny that foreign languages are absolutely necessary nowadays, because of ever growing international contacts. If you ask my fellow students why they decided to study a foreign language you will be probably told that it will help them communicate with other people who speak this language or their future career. With the help of technological development communication now is more simple and convenient, even between people from different countries. There's Internet, so in order to chat with an Englishman you no longer need to go to England. Working in any branch of science, there's a natural wish, or rather necessity, to read scientific books and magazines in other languages to raise professional level. Making business nowadays also needs the ability to speak foreign languages.
Apart from this, one can watch films and read books in the original. Of course there are translations, but that any translation loses some bits of the original information is common knowledge. Sometimes these bits are very important. Sometimes they are crucial to understanding. Take, for example, the title of O. Wilde's play 'The Importance of being Earnest'. It is absolutely impossible to render it into Russian keeping the meaning as it is, because in English 'earnest' (an adjective meaning 'serious, sincere') and the proper name 'Ernest' are pronounced the same way. The whole play is build up on this pun. Needless to say that the Russian pair of words 'serjezny' and 'Ernest' sounds a little bit different.
The great German poet Goethe once said, 'He, who knows no foreign language, doesn't know his own one'. I couldn't have said it better. Knowledge of a foreign language makes our intellectual and cultural horizons wider. Through contacts with people of another culture, their literate, art and music we come to a better understanding of our own heritage. We receive an opportunity to judge something in comparison with something else and that's truly more significant than it may seem at first sight.
Unfortunately, there's reverse side to every medal. I mean that learning a foreign language isn't an easy thing. It is a long, slow and complicated process that takes a lot of time and energy. Learning new words, grammar rules, trying to conquer your tongue to pronounce the words correctly, using the right intonation. There's much more than that to learn if you really want to master a foreign language, but it's worth it and the efforts will be repaid.