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

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Ex. 2. What is the capital of: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Scotland, Iran, Iraq, Sweden, Ireland, Mexico, Finland, Thailand, Australia, Greece, the USA, Brazil, Saudi Arabia?

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Ex. 3. Name the nations that live in: Wales, Holland, Sweden, Turkey, Austria, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Cyprus, Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Scotland, Saudi Arabia, Ireland?

Ex. 4. What nation lives in: Vienna, Bang'kok, Edinburg, Riyadh, Cairo,

Tehran, Reykjavík, 'Lisbon, 'Stockholm, Bagh'dad, Beijing, Helsinki, 'Athens,

'Amsterdam, 'Ankara, Rome, Jerusalem, Islamabad, Buenos Aires, Nicosia?

Ex. 6. Supply one or more synonyms to these words and word

Ex. 7. Translate into English, using the active vocabulary:

1.Где бы вы хотели жить – за городом в одноэтажном доме или в центре города в многоквартирном здании?

2.Сельская жизнь тоже может быть насыщена событиями.

3.Сейчас, наверное, за городом тепло и можно загорать.

4.Цены на все товары в этом магазине колеблются от 7 до 10 долларов.

5.Давайте уберем весь мусор с участка, установим урну, и больше не будем бросать на землю окурки и пакеты от чипсов.

6.У Норы стоит побывать – никто не умеет так принимать гостей, как она. – Обязательно посещу ее, как только у меня будет такая возможность.

7.На этот фильм стóит сходить? – Думаю, тебе сначала стоит прочитать книгу, на которой он основан.

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8.На этот сериал стоит подсесть. – Да ты не можешь обходиться без него!

9.Он гений и общение с ним стóит того, чтобы мириться с некоторыми его причудами. Его любимые изобретения абсолютно бесполезны.

10.В моем новом мобильном очень удобное меню.

11.Почему бы нам не попытаться сделать нашу комнату более уютной? Мне кажется, результат будет стоить затраченных усилий.

12.Как вы относитесь к забастовке? – Что касается ее причин, то они вполне понятны.

13.Ты уже обедал? – Нет, только заморил червячка – съел пончик.

14.Полиция быстро справилась с грабителями, но что касается организатора ограбления, то его вряд ли когда-нибудь задержат.

15.Бег на длинные дистанции (long-distance running) истощает организм.

16.Я подожду, пока вы смиритесь с мыслью, что вы теперь богаты.

17.После того, как Рональда сократили, он не сразу начал искать себе новую работу, а съездил в Кению, о чем давно мечтал.

18.Президенты пожали друг другу руки после заключения соглашения.

19.Теннисист пожал руку сопернику и признал, что победил сильнейший.

20.Вас сложно обмануть, это действительно искусственный краситель.

21.Кто сбил собаку? – Велосипедист, поэтому только он и пострадал, с собакой все в порядке.

22.Не надо так плохо отзываться обо всем американском только потому, что тебе не понравился один представитель этой страны!

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Unit Five. Money

Reading and Vocabulary: Money

1. Read the text and find equivalents to the following words:

измерять ценность, хранить богатство, банкнота, первобытное общество, иметь равную ценность, конкретные нужды, совпадать, крупный рогатый скот, зерно, перо, слоновий бивень, компактный, долговечный, узнаваемый, делимый, иметь на себе надпись или рисунок, денежная стоимость, номинальная стоимость, независимо от, обращаться с чем-л., валюта, наличные деньги.

Money

Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and / or storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and paper notes of one kind or another. However, this has not always been true. In primitive societies a system of barter was used. Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods. Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the market-place that they considered to be of equal value. Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's precise needs seldom coincided. People needed a more practical system of exchange, and

various money systems developed based on goods which the members of a society recognized as having value. Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, feathers, skulls, salt, elephant tusks and tobacco have all been used. Precious metals gradually

took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable and divisible into larger and smaller units of value.

A coin is a piece of metal, usually discshaped, which bears lettering, designs or numbers showing its value. Until the eighteenth and

nineteenth centuries coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value, the value that governments

choose to give them, irrespective of the actual metal content. Coins have been made of gold (Au), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), aluminium (Al), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), plastic, and in China even from pressed tea leaves. Most governments

now issue paper money in the form of notes, which

are really "promises to pay". Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world. Cheques, bankers' cards, and credit cards are being used increasingly and it is possible to imagine a world where "money" in the form of coins and paper currency will no longer be used. Even today, in the United States, many places - especially filling stations - will not accept cash at night for security reasons.

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2.Answer the questions:

1.What is money used for?

2.What was the main system of buying and selling in primitive societies called? How did it work? Why wasn’t it successful?

3.What other systems were used?

4.Describe the modern system of buying and selling.

5.Why did coins made of precious metals turn out to be (оказались) more practical?

6.Speak about the history of coins / paper money / other modern systems of paying.

5.Round and flat in shape.

6.An exchange of goods for other goods.

5.Study the definitions in the box, then put the words in the correct places in the sentences below: coins / cash / currency / money.

A coin - a flat, typically round piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Cash - money in coins or notes, not checks, money orders, or credit. Currency - a system of money in general use in a particular country. Money - coins and banknotes collectively.

1.The __________ of Japan is the yen.

2.She has got a lot of __________ in her bank account.

3.It costs £10 if you're paying__________. It'll be more if you pay by cheque.

4.Can you change this pound note into __________ for the coffee machine?

6.A place where you can fill your petrol tank is a filling station. Complete

these sentences:

1.A special room where you can wait is a __________ .

2.A pill which helps you to sleep is a __________ .

3.A license which allows you to drive is a __________ .

4.A glove which boxers wear is a __________ .

5.Oil you can cook with is __________.

6.A pool where you can swim is a __________ .

7.Special liquid you can wash up with is __________ .

8.A boat with sails is a __________ .

7.Translate the italicized sentences in the text into literary Russian.

8.Translate into English:

1.У тебя есть деньги? – Наличных нет. – Мне нужны как раз наличные

– кредитка и чеки у меня у самого есть.

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2.Еще пара монет – и мы сможем позволить себе купить эту замечательную статуэтку.

3.Как называется валюта Вьетнама? – Понятия не имею, посмотри в энциклопедии.

4.Когда появились первые банкноты?

5.У меня кончились наличные. Надо срочно найти банкомат.

Listening and Speaking: Bargaining

Lucy is in the Portobello Road street market in London. She's looking at an antique stall, and she's just seen a brass plate. She collects brass ornaments and she's interested in buying it. Listen to her conversation with the stall-holder, and answer these questions.

1.How much does he say it's worth?

2.How much is he asking for it?

3.What does 'quid' mean?

4.He suggests four different prices. Write them down.

5.She makes four offers. Write them down.

Speaking and Writing: English sayings about money

1. Do the matching task to enrich your vocabulary connected with money:

2. In pairs, discuss the following sayings about money. Use the questions to help you:

1. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. (From “Hamlet” by William

Shakespeare)

a. Have you ever borrowed money from anyone? Who from? How much? b. Have you ever lent money to anyone? Who to? How much?

c. Are you in debt at the moment? (i.e. Do you owe anyone any money?) d. Does anyone owe you any money? Who? How much?

2. Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.

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a.Do you save money? Are you saving for anything at the moment? What?

b.Do you keep your money a) in the bank? b) in a safe? c) in a moneybox? d) under the bed?

c.Have you got a bank account? Do you get any interest? What's the rate of interest? If you had a bank overdraft, how much interest would you have to pay?

3. Live now - pay later.

a. Have you bought anything on hire purchase? What? Did you pay a deposit? Do you think it's a good idea?

b. Have you got a credit card? Which one? (Visa? American Express? Diner's Club? Access?)

c. When you pay cash, is it a reason to ask for a discount in your country?

4. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. (Mr. Micawber from “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens)

a.Do you spend more than you earn, or less than you earn?

b.Do you have a budget for your money?

c.Do you write down your expenses?

5. A fool and his money are soon parted.

a.Where do you keep your money? a) in a purse b) in a wallet c) in a handbag d) in a pocket

b.If you keep it in a pocket, which pocket do you keep it in? a) inside jacketpocket b) back trouser-pocket c) side trouser-pocket d) top front jacket-pocket

c.Have you ever had your pocket picked?

d.When you stay in a hotel, do you hide your money? Where? a) in your

suitcase b) under the mattress c) in the pillow d) in a book e) somewhere else e. Is gambling legal or illegal in your country? Do people bet? What do they bet on? a) cards b) horses c) dogs d) football e) boxing f) national lottery g) something else

6. The customer is always right.

a.Have you bought anything this week? What?

b.What did it cost? Was it worth it?

c.Was it new or second-hand?

d.Was it a bargain? Did you get a receipt?

3.Choose one of the sayings and comment on it. Write 100-140 words. Try to use the active grammar and vocabulary of the previous units.

4.Use the words from the matching task to translate into English:

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1.Представляешь, мне дали скидку за то, что я заплатил наличными.

2.Ты не знаешь, почему Мэри рассталась со своим парнем? – Она случайно узнала, что он играет в азартные игры и делает ставки на скачках. А ты же знаешь, как она относится к тем, у кого расходы превышают доходы.

3.Ну вот! У меня украли последние деньги из кармана… Теперь мне придется пользоваться кредиткой, у меня будет превышение кредита и мне придется платить огромные проценты. Ну что за жизнь, а?

4.Я купила эти джинсы на распродаже. Это была очень выгодная покупка.

5.Я хочу купить машину в кредит. Вчера уже сделал первый взнос. - Думаешь, это разумно?

6.Интересно, у меня остались деньги на счету в банке?

Speaking: Money

Read the quotations below about wealth and fame. Which do you like best?

1.It is not necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It is only necessary to be rich. (Alan Alda, actor)

2.Being a star was never as much fun as dreaming of being

one. (Marilyn Monroe, film star)

3. A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to prevent people recognising him. (Fred Allen, comedian)

4. Money doesn't make you feel any happier. I've got $50 million. But I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

(Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and Governor of

California)

5. I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. (Woody Allen,

comedian and film director)

Revision: Numbers and Dates

1.Compare how differently written and spoken dates are:

Written: 17/9/1951, 17 September 1951, 17 Sept. 1951

Spoken: the seventeenth of September, nineteen fifty-one; September the seventeenth, nineteen fifty-one

2.Work in pairs. Practise saying the following dates:

16 April, 21 July, 3 February, 29 January, 4 November, 1986, 1916, 1960, 1804, 1991, 1620, 28/1/58, 6/6/80, 25/4/76, the 20th century, the 18th century, the 12th century

3. Read about the ways of reading 0 and then pronounce the numbers:

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