Кудинова Практическиы курс аглиыского языка для студентов международник Ч.1 2014

4.Translate the sentences into English, using one of the structures above:

1) Ваш сын очень похож на вашего отца. 2) Тебе не кажется, что сумка

этой девушки очень напоминает мою, украденную в ночном клубе? 3) Вы совсем не изменились, выглядите как и десять лет назад. 4) По вкусу (in taste) фейхоа напоминает землянику. 5) Они близнецы и потому похожи, как две капли воды. 6) Этот дом с балконами, напоминающими черепа, был построен знаменитым архитектором Гауди. 7) На вкус это мороженое соленое, попробуй! 8) Ты звучишь простуженной, болеешь?

5.Study the difference between the usages of “as” and “like” and then do the exercise below:

6. Circle the correct answer.

1.My sister's hair is dark brown, as /like mine.

2.He was employed as / like an engineer by a large construction company.

3.The election results were seen as / like a victory for the government.

4.As / Like many young people, she's finding it hard to make ends meet.

5.The children dressed up as / like ghosts and witches for the party.

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Reading and Speaking: How the Internet is Changing Lives Forever

1.In pairs discuss which of the following you have used / heard of. What kind of sites are they?

Google, YouTube, eBay, Amazon, Wikipedia, MySpace, Second Life

2. Match these vocabulary units from the text to the correct translation:

bb)торговая точка, магазин

3.In Ex. 2 Find synonyms to these words and phrases:

to post sth on the net, to think about doing sth, to buy sth, a mistake, to influence sth/sb, ordinary/widespread, dishonest.

4. Read the text and find answers to these questions:

1.Why do teens see the world as a smaller place than their grandparents did?

2.What point does the writer make about friendships in the second paragraph?

3.What examples are given of the power of the Internet with regard to:

a) buying and selling? b) getting information? c) social networking? 4. What warnings does the writer give about Internet sites?

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How the Internet is Changing Life Forever

These days with inexpensive air travel, mobile phones, email and the Internet, teenagers see the world as a smaller place than it appeared to their grandparents. Of these innovations, the Internet appears to be the one with the most potential for global influence, and which will change lives the most.

For example, up until recently friendships developed over a lifetime but that has now changed. People often made friends locally at school and continued those friendships into adulthood, but many young people today find the majority of their friendships over the Internet. This is not restricted to teenagers. Paula

Sen, who has just turned 30, says: I’ve met most of my best friends over the

Internet, through common interest forums. I couldn't live without the Internet. It's my lifeline.'

The Internet has also greatly influenced the way people buy and sell goods. International Internet shopping is now common, with people buying all sorts of goods, from sites such as Amazon, the most successful online retail site. The international auction site eBay allows millions of participants to buy from and sell to strangers, setting their own prices. But beware - there are as many unscrupulous salespeople online as on the high street.

One of the Internet's greatest success stories is Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, which is compiled and updated by its users. It carries far more content than any other encyclopaedia and is a great starting point for research, but remember to double-check important facts as it does contain errors. If you don't have time to check your facts, consider purchasing a reliable online encyclopaedia such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The other major information resource on the Internet is Google, a search engine which finds and ranks web pages according to the number of links

made to them.

Probably the biggest impact that the Internet has had is the way in which it has influenced social networking. The most frequently 'googled' word in the world

recently was Bebo - the social networking site. People can meet new friends

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through sites like these, they can renew old acquaintances through sites like Friends Reunited and they can also play games with each other in virtual worlds such as Second Life. This Internet-based, three-dimensional virtual world is 'inhabited' by more than 6.6 million residents from around the world, and global companies such as Adidas and Toyota even have outlets there. It's now much easier to share experiences with others too. Sites such as YouTube allow people to upload and share videos, with unlikely clips becoming huge hits and a number of figures becoming Internet phenomena. Many people remember watching 'sabre boy' wielding an imaginary light-sabre, and laughing out loud at his antics.

Much of the power of the Internet lies in the fact that people are developing new ways to be creative and innovative, combining ideas and skills without an organisation or hierarchy. No one is in overall control. Collective creativity and collaboration are the key ideas. But even more powerful than this is its power to solve crimes, help change the world through giving to charities on sites like justgiving.com or find missing individuals: one website for a missing child was visited by over 40 million people within days of its being set up.

Study Skills: How to Make a Summary

1. In pairs, say whether the statements are true or false. Give your reasons.

1)A summary is a short version of the original text.

2)To write a summary, you must understand the original text.

3)You should use your own words when summarising.

4)You should never use words from the original text.

5)A summary should include important and unimportant information.

6)You do not include all the important ideas of the original text.

7)You can add information when you summarise.

8)You must not include any quotations from the original text.

9)A summary should not include your own opinions.

10)When summarising, you must not change the order of the ideas in the original text.

Summarising

When you summarise a text, you need to select the key point in each paragraph. The main point is usually made in the topic sentence. This is generally the first sentence of the paragraph, though it may appear in other places, including at the end. You also need to paraphrase the important points to express them in a shorter, different way.

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2 Topic sentences. Look at paragraphs 1-3 of the text “How the Internet is Changing Life Forever”. Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph, and identify one important idea that supports it.

Paragraph 1: Topic sentence: teenagers see the world as a smaller place than it appeared to their grandparents

Supporting idea: this is because of cheap air travel, email, mobile phones ...

3. Paraphrasing. Look at paragraph 1 of the text again and say which paraphrase below is better. Give your reasons.

Paraphrase A

For young people, the world is now much smaller because of new technology and cheap air travel. The most influential innovation is probably the Internet.

Paraphrase B

The Internet, cheap air travel, television, mobile phones, email and other things have influenced teenagers a lot. They sec the world as a smaller place than their grandparents did. The Internet will probably have the most effect on the world in the future.

4.Now paraphrase paragraphs 2 and 3 of the text, then compare your paraphrases with a partner.

5.With your partner, read paragraph 4 of the article. It contains approximately 100 words. Discuss the summary below. Why is it not a good one?

Wikipedia is one of the greatest success stories. It is a great starting point for research, has a lot of interesting content and is reliable. Another major success of the Internet is Google. It is more reliable than Wikipedia, which finds and ranks pages.

6. Read paragraph 5 of the article. Which of the following expresses the main idea of the paragraph?

a)There are several Internet websites providing games and videos.

b)Google is having a major impact on the way people are using the Internet

c)The Internet is helping people to make contacts all over the world.

7.What is the topic sentence in the paragraph? Underline it.

8.What are the other key ideas in the paragraph which support the main idea in the topic sentence? Write the ideas in note form.

9.Editing to shorten. One of the most important aspects of summary writing is being able to shorten text, including shortening your own text. Look at these ways of shortening parts of paragraphs 5 and 6 of the article.

a) removing examples

... global companies such as Adidas and Toyota even have outlets there. –> There are even outlets of global companies.

b) ellipsis (cutting oul repeated words)

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People can meet new friends through sites like these, they-can renew old acquaintances through sites like Friends Reunited and they can also play games with each other in virtual worlds such as Second Life. –> People can meet new friends, renew old acquaintances and play games with each other.

c) joining clauses

Many people remember watching 'sabre boy' wielding an imaginary lightsabre, and laughing out loud at his antics. –> Many people remember laughing at 'sabre boy' wielding an imaginary light-sabre.

9. Use the techniques described above to shorten the following:

1. International shopping is now common with people buying all sorts of goods from sites such as Amazon, the online retail site, and the international auction site, eBay.

2. The Internet helps solve crimes, it helps raise money for charities and it even helps find missing children through websites designed for that purpose.

3. Google, a major source of information, finds the web pages you need and ranks them according to the number of links made to them.

10. Read the article below about eBay. Write a summary of it in approximately 90 words.

Language Spot: Homonyms and Homophones. Listening for Information 1. . Homonyms are words the same spelling and more than one meaning.

a bank in the High Street – the bank of a river

I've supported you up till now. but don't bank on it forever

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2. Work on your own. What do these words mean?

3.Listen and write down the words you hear.

4.Work with a partner. Compare your answers to exercises 1 and 2. Do you have any differences? What are they?

5.Complete the pairs of sentences with the same word used twice.

1)You'll like Paul. He's a really_________guy. Easy-going, and very good looking.

There was a lovely _________breeze coming off the sea.

2)'What's today's _________? – ' The third.'

I've got a _________ tonight. I'm going out with Carol.

3)Friends is a serial _________ in New York.

My wife bought me a chess _________ for my birthday.

4)He goes to the gym every day. He's very __________ . The trousers are too small. They don't _________you.

5)I can't _________ people who never stop talking about themselves. My four-year-old son won't go anywhere without his teddy_________.

6. Think of two meanings for these words.

wave suit fan miss type point train right mind fair

7.Homophones are words with the same pronunciation, but different spellings and different meanings.

[roud] the road to the town centre. She rode a horse. I rowed across the river.

8.A lot of children's jokes are made with homonyms and homophones. Here are two! Which word makes the joke?

9.Write the word in phonetics in the correct spelling.

1.[haul] the_________world a_________in the ground

2.[pi:s] a________of cake war and_________

3.[flaua] a rose is a_________

Please, buy some ________ to make bread

4.[seilz] a yacht has_________

to buy clothes in the_______

5.[sel] salespeople_________things a prisoner lives in a_________

10.Listen to some more jokes. What is the humour in them is based on?

11.Think of a homophone for these words.

bored caught war hire pair plain waist seas sure aloud

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Language Spot: Phrases to Express Your Opinion in Discussions Opinion Talking about results

The implication (of that) is… One consequence can be…

It’ll have a big impact on (sth)… It’ll take its toll on (sth)…

It will lead to sth/ doing sth… It can result in sth/ doing sth…

It may contribute to sth/ doing sth…

It could influence sth…

Introducing a topic

I’m going to tell you about…

The purpose of my talk is to…

Summarising / concluding a presentation

To sum (it all) up, …

Now, I’ll summarise my main points

To conclude my presentation I

would like to…

By way of conclusion I would like

to…

In conclusion I’d like to say…

Signalling structure

My presentation is organized into three sections

I’ll begin with… Next, … and lastly,

…

Firstly, … Secondly, … Finally,…

Moving on

Now let’s consider… Let’s now look at… Moving on to (sth)…

Let’s go on to…

I’d like to draw your attention to (the

fact that)…

Signalling the end of the topic

So, I’ve told you (a bit) about… Right, that’s all I have to say

about…, (please feel free to ask any questions)

OK, that’s it about…

Well, now you know sth about…

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Listening: the Internet.

Listen to a Canadian student webcast and put the following points in the order they are first made

1.The Internet is of benefit to the world due to its search capacity.

2.Some parents do not let their children use the Internet.

3.Parents who restrict Internet use often don't understand the Internet.

4.Using the Internet leads to an inability to retain information.

5.The Internet does not encourage you to explore one topic deeply.

6.Television has many benefits.

7.Some parents do not allow their children watch television.

Reading, Speaking, Listening and Vocabulary: Ten Years In:

How Google Race Ahead

Much of Google's success derives from a business strategy which CEO Eric Schmidt has described as 'ubiquity first, revenues later'. What is the secret behind Google's capacity to innovate successfully? Commentators frequently mention the freedom Google gives to its staff to work on projects of their own choosing, and the fun atmosphere created at the company's headquarters.

1.In groups, discuss what you know about Google.

2.Predict whether the following statements about Google are true or false.

1.Google staff spend half their time on their

own ideas and initiatives.

2.Google is successful because it carries out extensive market surveys.

3.All Google staff have to assess ideas submitted to the 'suggestion box'.

4.Google takes great care when hiring new staff.

Read the article to check your answers.

4.With a partner discuss the question how Google encourages innovation.

5.Complete the gaps in the sentences with the words in the box.

1.There has been a lot of___________ in the teaching of Information Technology recently.

2.The earthquake has badly damaged the region's _____________. All the basic systems and services such as transport and power supplies have been affected.

3.These mistakes will not lead to the ___________ of our company's reputation.

4.You need to have a lot of ___________ to do this job. You have a lot of responsibility.

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