Кудинова Практическиы курс англиыского языка для студентов международник Ч.2 2014

range noun (of) - 1) ряд, серия, цепь (событий, явлений) 2) круг, область, сфера 3)

предел, размах, амплитуда; диапазон a range of interests — круг интересов

to range verb (from sth to sth)- колебаться в известных пределах

His interests in music range from classical operas to heavy metal. – В круг его

музыкальных интересов входит все от классических опер до тяжелого металла.

litter noun = rubbish noun = garbage noun = trash noun = refuse noun – мусор, отходы,

отбросы, хлам

to litter verb - мусорить

1.Ты живешь в центре города или на окраине? – Я вообще живу за городом. - Да ты что? Давно ты уехал за город? – Уже полгода назад.

Обожаю деревенскую жизнь – медленный ритм жизни, никто никуда не спешит, тишина и покой, великолепный пейзаж. Волшебно! – Да, но ведь скукотища же! Никаких развлечений, никакого доступа к очагам культуры! – Ну что ты, у меня очень широкий круг интересов – прогулки, верховая езда, общение с соседями!

2.Как называется деревня, в которой живет твоя бабушка? – Да это даже не деревня, а маленький поселочек – всего несколько домов.

3.Я живу в многоквартирном доме почти в самом центре города. Мне все нравится, но есть один недостаток – прямо перед моим окном построили транспортную развязку, и теперь я день и ночь наблюдаю за разнообразными транспортными средствами – от общественного транспорта до гоночных автомобилей. Особенно весело в час пик!

4.Несмотря на то, что в городе толпа полицейских, я не чувствую себя в безопасности, так как уровень преступности очень высок.

5.Как же много мусора в лесу после всех этих пикников на майские праздники! Неужели люди не понимают, что если все будут мусорить, то очень скоро в лес просто невозможно будет войти!

Reading: Discussing Your Environment

1. What don’t you like about your local environment? Discuss the following list of problems people experience. Which are the worst for you? Can you

add any others to the list?

1. noise

2. graffiti

3. people drinking in the street

4. young people / children misbehaving

2.Put the problems above in order of importance for your area. Compare your ideas with a partner.

3.Read the text and find equivalents to the following Russian words and

expressions: открывать (показывать), тревожность, влиять, реагировать на что-л., мера (предел), обеспокоенный чем-л., занимать какое-л. место,

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жилец, неудовлетворенный чем-л., хлопанье дверьми, жалоба, взаимоуважение, разбираться с чем-л., задача первостепенной важности.

Noisy neighbours and all the things that drive us

mad

By Ross Lydall Noisy neighbours, uncollected litter and graffiti are among the things that really annoy us, according

to a new survey.

The findings come from a Mori poll of more than 2,000 residents in three UK cities – London, Dundee and Newcastle.

The government-commissioned survey revealed that other issues, such as dog mess and abandoned

vehicles, also cause so much anxiety that they can affect our quality of life. Designed to measure how people respond to noise, the survey also

established the extent to which we are troubled by other anti-social problems. While almost one in three people said noisy neighbours were a problem, they placed it eighth on a list of what troubled them most. They were more than twice as concerned about litter and rubbish – the main problem to affect their quality of life. They said noise was a problem of similar scale to abandoned cars and drinking in the street.

However, the effect of noisy neighbours ranked much more highly among residents already dissatisfied with their home – jumping to second place. It is also the second biggest quality-of-life issue among residents in mediumor high-rise flats.

The study – carried out for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – found that loud music, shouting and banging attracted far more complaints than noisy parties. As many as two in five people annoyed by noise have complained to their council or the police, while one in four have complained directly to neighbours.

The survey finds that people are able to develop 'immunity' to traffic and trains while neighbourhood noise is synonymous with a lack of consideration'.

The Environment Minister said tackling noise pollution was a government priority.

The Evening Standard

4 Read the article and answer the questions.

1.How many people took part in the survey?

2.Which groups of people have a particular problem with noisy neighbours?

3.According to the survey, how many people have protested:

a) to their local government or the police?

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b) to their neighbours?

4.According to the article, why is transport noise not a bigger problem?

5.Find words or phrases in the

article which mean:

1. results (paragraph 2)

2. survey (para. 2)

3. subjects often discussed / argued about (para. 3)

4. size/level (para. 6)

5. become unaffected by (para. 10)

6. closely connected with (para. 10)

7.not thinking about other people's feelings (para. 10)

8.something very important (para. 11)

6. Which of the underlined phrases in the article do the following?

1.introduce who asked for the survey (2 phrases)

2.gives the purpose of the survey (1 phrase)

3.compare two results of the survey (2 phrases)

4.introduce facts from the survey (3 phrases)

7. Discuss these questions about local environmental issues.

1.What are the issues in your local area?

2.What questions would you like to .■ ask in an opinion poll about the environment?

3.What should the government priorities for the environment be?

Reading for Information: Inside the House (by Bill Gates)

1. Read the text about Bill Gates’ smart house and find out whether the following statements are true (T), false (F) or there is no such information (NI) in the text.

1.Bill Gates began thinking about building a new house around 1987 or 1988.

2.Bill Gates wanted a simple and conservative house.

3.The property he found was close to Microsoft.

4.The living space of his house will be the largest in the world.

5.There will be twelve bedrooms in the house.

6.There will be enough space for a hundred guests.

7.The house will have a different approach to every guest.

8.Technology will be imposed on the guests all the time.

9.People will be able to use the technology not only for entertainment, but also to get some information they need.

10.There will be pictures of Bill Gates and his family all around the house.

11.If Gates and a guest are in a room at the same time the house will always choose the audio and visual imagery Gates prefers.

12.Gates is sure that such “smart” houses will soon become widespread.

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13. Gates doesn’t support the idea that “smart” houses will stop people from socializing.

Inside the House

I began thinking about building a new house in the late 1980s. I wanted craftsmanship but nothing ostentatious. I wanted a house that would accommodate sophisticated, changing technology, but in an unobtrusive way

that made it clear that technology was the servant, not the master.

I found some property on the shore of Lake Washington within an easy commuting distance of Microsoft. Living space will be about average for a large house. The family living room will be about fourteen by twenty-eight feet, including an area for watching television or listening to music. And there will be

cozy spaces for one or two people, although there will also be a reception hall to

entertain one hundred comfortably for dinner.

First thing, as you come in, you'll be presented with an electronic pin to clip on your clothes. This pin will tell the home who and where you are, and the house will use this information to try to meet and even anticipate your needs — all as unobtrusively as possible. Someday instead of needing the pin, it might be

possible to have a camera system with visual-recognition capabilities, but that's

beyond current technology. When it's dark outside, the pin will cause a moving zoneof light to accompany you through the house. Unoccupied rooms will be unlit. As you walk down a hallway, you might not notice the lights ahead of you

gradually coming up to full brightness and the lights behind you fading. Music will move with you, too. It will seem to be everywhere, although, in fact, other people in the house will be hearing entirely different music or nothing at all. A movie or the news or a phone call will be able to follow you around the house, too. If you get a phone call, only the handset nearest you will ring.

You won't be confronted by the technology, but it will be readily and easily available. Hand-held remote controls and discreetly visible consoles in each room will put you in charge of your immediate environment and of the house's entertainment system. You'll use the controls to tell the monitors in a room to become visible and what to display. You'll be able to choose from among thousands of pictures, recordings, movies, and television programs, and you'll have all sorts of options available for selecting information.

If you're planning to visit Hong Kong soon, you might ask the screen in your room to show you pictures of the city. It will seem to you as if the photographs are displayed everywhere, although actually the images will materialize on the walls of rooms just before you walk in and vanish after you leave. If you and I are enjoying different things and one of us walks into a room where the other is sitting, the house might continue the audio and visual imagery for the person who was in the room first, or it might change to programming both of us like.

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I will be the first home user for one of the most unusual electronic features in my house. The product is a database of more than a million still images, including photographs and reproductions of paintings. If you are a guest, you'll be able to call up portraits of presidents, pictures of sunsets, airplanes, skiing in the Andes, a rare French stamp, the Beatles in 1965, or reproductions of High Renaissance paintings, on screens throughout the house.

I believe quality images will be in great demand on the information highway. This vision that the public will find image-browsing worthwhile is obviously unproven. I think the right interface will make it appealing to a lot of people.

A decade from now, access to the millions of images and all the other entertainment opportunities I've described will be available in many homes and will certainly be more impressive than those I'll have when I move into my house. My house will just be getting some of the services a little sooner.

One of the many fears expressed about the information highway is that it will reduce the time people spend socializing. Some worry that homes will

become such cozy entertainment providers that we'll never leave them, and that, safe in our private sanctuaries, we'll become isolated. I don't think that's going to happen. As behaviorists keep reminding us we're social animals. We will have

the option of staying home more because the highway will create so many new

options for home-based entertainment, for communication — both personal and professional — and for employment. Although the mix of activities will change, I think people will decide to spend almost as much time out of their homes.

The highway will not only make it easier to keep up with distant friends, it will also enable us to find new companions. Friendships formed across the network will lead naturally to getting together in person. This alone will make life more interesting. Suppose you want to reach someone to play bridge with.

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The information highway will let you find card players with the right skill level and availability in your neighborhood, or in other cities or nations.

I enjoy experimenting, and I know some of my concepts for the house will work out better than others. Maybe I'll decide to conceal the monitors behind conventional wall art or throw the electronic pins into the trash. Or maybe I'll grow accustomed to the systems in the house, or even fond of them, and wonder how I did without them. That's my hope.

2. Find words or phrases in the text which mean:

1.the quality that something has when it is beautiful and has been very carefully made (paragraph 1);

2.vulgar and showy, designed to impress or attract attention (par. 1);

3.to provide room for sth (par. 1);

4.advanced, developed and complex (par. 1);

5.hardly noticeable (par. 1);

6.a building or buildings and the land belonging to it or them (par. 2);

7.daily trips by train (to work and back) (par. 2);

8.not far from sth, easy to reach by train

9.usual, ordinary, standard (par. 2);

10.comfortable, warm, and relaxing (par. 2);

11.to receive (someone) as a guest and provide them with food and drink (p. 2);

12.a small piece of metal for fastening or attaching things (par. 3);

13.to expect or predict (par. 3);

14.power or ability (par. 3);

15.the part of a telephone that is held up to speak into and listen to (par. 3);

16.a device that controls an apparatus from a distance (par. 4);

17.intentionally unobtrusively (par. 4);

18.to put sb in control (par. 4);

19.disappear suddenly and completely (par. 5);

20.worth the time, money, or effort spent; of value or importance (par. 7);

21.a place of refuge or safety (par. 9);

22.with the personal presence or action of the individual specified (par. 10);

23.traditional, usually done or believed (par. 11);

24.to manage to live or survive (par. 11).

3a. Complete the table.

3b. What suffixes are used in 3a to form a) adjectives b) nouns? Think of or find in the dictionary more examples of words formed with the help of these suffixes (5 examples of each suffix).

4.Translate into literary (!) Russian the italicized sentences in the text.

5.Translate into English, using the words from ex. 2 and the box below:

1.Мы с моей девушкой живем в двух шагах друг от друга, поэтому мы часто случайно сталкиваемся на улице.

2.Я изо всех сил старалась найти работу, до которой было бы удобно добираться на машине от моего дома. К счастью, мне представилась такая возможность, и теперь я могу подольше поспать утром. Это очень удобно.

3.Нам нужно встретиться и обсудить все детали. Какое время будет вам удобно?

4.Она вдруг почувствовала себя так уютно на этом мягком удобном диване, что, сама того не ожидая, крепко уснула.

5.Существует высокая вероятность, что концерт отменят.

6.Никогда не жалей об упущенных возможностях – это бессмысленно!

7.Пока, мам! Не скучай! Я позвоню тебе, как только у меня появится такая возможность.

8.Ты упустил свой шанс. Я постараюсь помочь тебе, но не уверена, что смогу сотворить чудо.

9.Японский робот стóит 1 млн. долларов.

10.Все книги этого автора стоит читать.

11.Этот девайс стоил потраченных денег.

12.Выставка стоила того, чтобы отменить все наши планы на тот день.

13.Твой план не стоит усилий/ сил, потраченных на его реализацию.

14.Да не мой ты свою машину каждый день – она того не стоит.

15.Я заплатил за эту статую 3 000 долларов, но стóит она гораздо больше.

Reading and Speaking: Houses and Homes

1. Before you read the text answer the following questions:

1.What is home? What is the difference between a house and a home?

2.What is home for you? Where do you feel at home? Why?

3.Can a person have several homes? Explain why. How many homes do you personally have?

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4. Can you say that Russia is your home? Could you ever live in another country? Why or why not?

2. Match the following vocabulary units to their Russian equivalents to help you understand the text better:

3. Read and translate the words before the text. Mind that there is an odd word there. Fill in the blanks with the proper words and find an odd word. You must use each word only once.

available / climate / concrete / depend / dwellings / h u t / level / mansion / owner / place / provides / status / swimming-pool / taste / together / water

A house is a dwelling (1) __________ for human habitation. Whether a crude (2) __________

or an elaborate (3) __________, and whatever its degree of intrinsic architectural interest, a house (4)

__________ shelter and acts as a focal point for day-to-day living.

The physical characteristics of a house (5)

__________ on climate and location, (6)

__________ building materials, technical skill, and such cultural determinants as the social (7)

__________ and economic resources of the (8)

__________. In rural areas until modern times, people and animals were often housed (9) _________; today's houses frequently include storage, work, and guest areas, with several separate spaces for different activities. Houses can be wholly below ground (10) __________, dug out of the earth, or can be partly below and partly above the ground, most contemporary houses are built above ground (over cellars in cold climates). The primary structural materials employed are wood, earth, brick, and stone, with (11) __________ and steel

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increasingly used, especially for city (12) __________; many of these materials are also used in combination. Choice of material depends on prevalent style, individual (13) __________, and availability. Depending on (14) __________

and available fuels, provisions may be made for heating. In modern industrialized areas, running (15) __________ and interior toilets are common. Whatever its size and conveniences, a house both contains and stands for the basic human social unit.

4. Split into pairs and discuss the following:

“Whatever its size and conveniences, a house both contains and stands for the basic human social unit”. How do you understand this statement? Do you agree with it? Explain your point of view.

5. Match the following English proverbs to their Russian equivalents:

1. The wider we roam, the welcomer a. Дома и стены помогают. home.

2. Every dog is a lion at home.

3. Men make houses, women make homes.

4. Every bird likes its own nest.

5. East or West, home is best.

6. Choose one proverb and comment on it. Write 140-180 words. Try to use the active grammar and vocabulary of the previous units.

Speaking: Smart Homes

Look at the picture and at the list of Smart Technology Features. In pairs discuss how they make the house more convenient and try to point where they are installed.

Listening and Vocabulary: Compounds and dictionary work

1. How many new words can you make by combining a word on the left with a word on the right? Use your dictionaries to give definitions to the words you make, then provide their translation.

compounds in ex. 1. After each conversation, discuss these two questions:

1.Who is talking to whom?

2.What exactly are they talking about?

3.Here are some lines from the conversations. Fill the gaps with a

compound word.

a.She's so cute. Is she __________ yet?

b.Do you think you could possibly water my __________ for me?

c.Don't worry, I know how __________ you are. I'll make sure everything stays clean and tidy.

d.Let's give her a spectacular __________ party when she gets back.

e.Not me. I'm the original happy __________, remember? Four kids,

__________ cakes, __________ vegetables!

f.We're having a __________ party on the 12th. Can you come?

g.'Yeah. Mind you, there's much more __________ to do!' ‘That's a drag!'

h.I never thought you'd be so __________.

4. Translate into English using the words from ex.1:

1.В субботу у нас вечеринка по поводу новоселья. Приходи! – Приду! Что подарить? – Какое-нибудь комнатное растение.

2.Я не буду этот салат, я ем только собственноручно выращенные овощи.

3.Ты же домохозяйка, с чего тебе уставать? – Не знаешь – не говори! Ведение домашнего хозяйства отнимает очень много времени и сил.

4.Когда я доделаю домашнюю работу, мне придется приниматься за работу по дому – сегодня мне надо приготовить ужин, погладить и протереть пыль.

5.Когда я уезжаю отдыхать за границу, я так скучаю по дому, что это портит мне весь отпуск.

6.Мне жалко бездомных.

7.Моя бабушка сильно болеет и не может выходить из дома.

8.Корабль уже направлялся домой, когда он попал в бурю и утонул.

9.Ребекка такая чистоплотная!

10.Их котенку всего 2 месяца, а он уже приучен к туалету.

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