Develop Your Skills (Развиваем навыки и умения в английском языке). Часть I. Уроки 5–13. Учебное пособие по практике устной и письменной речи для студ
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3)to listen to the story
4)to look at the screen
5)to wind back the disc
6)to switch off the cassette-recorder
7)to write the noun ‘weather’in transcription
8)to correct the mistakes
9)to hand in the tests
10)to keep silent
18. Answer the following questions.
1)What qualities of character should a good teacher possess?
2)What are the most difficult things in learning a foreign lan-
guage?
3)Do you think it is important to do homework regularly in order to make progress in the language?
4)What is your attitude towards exams: a) a reliable checking system, b) the best way to demonstrate what you know, c) a cruel competition, d) some other?
5)What subjects should be on school programme?
6)Why is higher education important in choosing your future
career?
19.Give a one-minute talk on one of the aspects.
1)All subjects at school should be obligatory.
2)School leavers can choose subjects for their future.
3)An ideal classroom.
4)An ideal group.
20. Write a paragraph about your favourite subject / teacher.
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unit 9
1. Study the vocabulary and make your own sentences with the words and phrases given below.
•a yard
•a hall / corridor
•a balcony
•a coffee-table
•a fireplace
•curtains
•a carpet / rug / mat
•a cushion
•a drawer
•a chest of drawers
•a stereo system
•a DvD player
•a cooker
•a microwave (microwave oven)
•a coffee maker
•a sink
•a water basin
•a dishwasher
•a washing machine
•a bath
•a shower
•a towel
•spacious
2. a) Read the text and look up the unknown words in the dictionary.
MY FLAT
Hello! My name’s Peter. My family and I live in a big city, so we haven’t got a house, we live in a flat. There is a very nice yard in front of our block of flats. It’s very green with lots of trees and flowerbeds.
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Our flat is rather big and well-planned. We’ve got all modern conveniences in it. There’s central heating, running water, electricity and gas. We live on the fifth floor. There are four rooms in our flat: a living-room, a kitchen with a dining-room, my parents’ bedroom and my own room. There is also a hall in our flat.
Our living-room is rather light and cosy. We’ve got new furniture in it. There’s a comfortable leather sofa with cushions and two big armchairs.Inthemiddleoftheliving-roomthere’saPersiancarpetanda glass coffee table with a vase of flowers on it.The coffee table is in front of the sofa and the armchairs are to the left and right of the sofa. Next to oneofthearmchairsthere’sanelegantstandardlamp.Thereisaclassical grandfather clock between two large windows opposite the sofa.
Right behind the sofa there’s a big window with light net curtains, becauseofthistheroomlooksveryspacious.Oppositethesofathere’sa modernTV-set with a flat screen and a DVD player.We like to gather in the living-room and watch our favourite programmes and films. We’ve got a stereo system in the living-room, too. We all like reading very much, so there’re bookcases in the room with different books. On the walls we’ve got some beautiful pictures in oval picture frames.Next to the living-room we’ve got a kitchen and a dining-room. The kitchen is spacious and well-equipped. We have a dishwasher, because Mum doesn’t like doing the dishes. My Dad loves coffee and so we’ve got a coffee maker for him. There’s also a built-in fridge, an electric cooker, and lots of cupboards in the kitchen.There is a round wooden table with a lace table-cloth and several beige chairs around it in the dining-room.
My parents’ bedroom is next to the bathroom. It’s a light room. There’s a double bed in the middle of it with a satin bedcover and two bedside cabinets next to it. Mum has also got her dressing table with a mirror in the bedroom.
My room is opposite the kitchen. It’s my favourite place in the flat. There’s a couch where I sleep, a small cabinet, a mahogany desk where I study, a polished wardrobe and a bookcase. There’s a soft carpet on the floor and posters on the walls.
That’s all about my flat. I like it very much. I think it is lovely and well-planned.
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b) Answer the questions on the text.
1)Where does Peter and his family live?
2)What kind of flat have they got?
3)What kinds of modern conveniences are there in the flat?
4)What kind of room is their living-room?
5)What makes the living-room light and cosy?
6)What articles of furniture have they got in the living-room?
7)What shows that the family enjoys reading?
8)Where is the kitchen in the flat?
9)Who likes coffee in the family?
10)What equipment have they got in the kitchen?
11)What is the parents’bedroom like?
12)What does Peter say about his own room?
13)Do you want to live in such a flat? Why / Why not?
c) Retell the text.
3. Put the letters in the correct order.
1) d a r y |
16) w s o h e r |
2) c e h k i n t |
17) t e p c a r |
3) h s c i o u n |
18) d w e r a r |
4) w e t l o |
19) r b d o o m e |
5) y o s c |
20) d s y t u |
6) g r u |
21) c a h r m i a r |
7) a l b o c y n |
22) d f g e r i |
8) r i r m r o |
23) d w r o e a r b |
9) w l a n |
24) o o a b k c e |
10) c o o r e k |
25) e f f c t a l b o e e |
11) l a f r i e p c e |
26) v c n o e i s e n c e n |
12) s h d i a w h s r e |
27) m o c a t o r e b l f |
13) d r o c a h r |
28) p c b u d o a r |
14) b t a c i n e |
29) u r n f u r e i t |
15) t a c u i r n s |
30) n o m e d r |
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4. Make up the words. |
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1) down- |
a) -basin |
2) book- |
b) board |
3) up- |
c) cabinet |
4) rubbish- |
d) -chair |
5) cup- |
e) -chute |
6) dish- |
f) -cleaner |
7) microwave |
g) heating |
8) stereo- |
h) -lamp |
9) standard- |
i) -machine |
10) dressing- |
j) oven |
11) DVD |
k) -maker |
12) central |
l) place |
13) coffee |
m) player |
14) fire- |
n) -shelf |
15) bedside |
o) -system |
16) vacuum- |
p) -stairs |
17) coffee- |
q) -stairs |
18) arm- |
r) -table |
19) water |
s) table |
20) washing- |
t) -washer |
5. Label the pictures.
1) __________ |
2) __________ |
3) __________ |
4) __________ |
___ |
___ |
__ |
__ |
5) ___________ 6) ___________ 7) _________ 8) __________
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9) __________ |
10) _________ |
11) _________ |
12) _________ |
___ |
____ |
___ |
___ |
13) _________ 14) _________ 15) _________ 16) _________
17) _________ |
18) _________ |
19) _________ |
20) _________ |
____ |
____ |
___ |
___ |
21) _________ 22) _________ 23) _________ 24) _________
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6. Express the same in English. |
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A. |
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B. |
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1) |
диванная подушка |
1) |
пылесос |
2) |
микроволновая печь |
2) |
гостиная |
3) |
кухонная раковина |
3) |
зеркало |
4) |
камин |
4) |
книжный шкаф |
5) |
журнальный столик |
5) |
уютный |
6) |
плита |
6) |
шкаф для одежды |
7) |
ванна |
7) |
столовая |
8) |
кресло |
8) |
водопровод |
9) |
коврик / половик |
9) |
фруктовый сад |
10) |
шторы |
10) |
ванная комната |
11) |
полотенце |
11) |
лужайка |
12) |
двор |
12) |
ковер |
13) |
комод |
13) |
туалет |
14) |
удобный |
14) |
просторный |
15) |
спальня |
15) |
стереосистема |
16) |
современный |
16) |
книжная полка |
17) |
загородный дом |
17) |
коридор |
18) |
кабинет |
18) |
шкафчик |
19) |
шкаф, буфет |
19) |
кофеварка |
20) |
душ |
20) |
посудомоечная машина |
21) |
электричество |
21) DVD проигрыватель |
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22) |
холодильник |
22) |
прикроватная тумбочка |
23) |
мусоропровод |
23) |
центральное отопление |
24) |
кровать |
24) |
современные удобства |
25) |
табурет |
25) |
музыкальный центр |
26) |
наверху |
26) |
стиральная машина |
27) |
торшер |
27) |
туалетный столик |
7. Learn some more adjectives to describe the interior.
•attractive
•beautiful
•lovely
•elegant
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•tiny
•modern
•classical
•carefully selected
•matching
•solid
•dark / light
•well-planned / well designed
8. Express the same in English.
1)уютная комната
2)красивые шторы
3)новый пылесос
4)мягкое кресло
5)небольшой балкон
6)просторная гостиная
7)центральное отопление
8)двухэтажный дом
9)старый камин
10)мягкое полотенце
11)неисправная микроволновая печь
12)удобный кабинет
13)встроенная стиральная машина
14)мягкие диванные подушки
15)небольшой шкаф для посуды
16)круглое зеркало
17)чудесная кофеварка
18)старый мусоропровод
19)первый этаж
20)первоклассный DVD проигрыватель
21)красивая раковина в ванной
22)дорогая стерео система
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9. Match the words and the definitions.
1) a towel |
a) a low table in the living room |
2) a cabinet |
b) a machine that cleans floors and carpets |
3) a coffee table |
c) a piece of cloth to dry your body on |
4) curtains |
d) a piece of furniture with drawers for keeping |
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clothes |
5) a vacuum |
e) a piece of furniture with doors, drawers and |
cleaner |
shelves |
6) an orchard |
f) a piece of land with fruit trees |
7) a fridge |
g) a place to keep your clothes |
8) a TV set |
h) running water, rubbish chute and electricity |
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all together |
9) a wardrobe |
i) a place where you keep food |
10) a study |
j) a room where you can work |
11) a dressing |
k) a piece of cloth to cover a window |
table |
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12) a chest of |
l) a tube where you throw rubbish |
drawers |
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13) a rubbish |
m) an area of land covered with grass |
chute |
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14) a lawn |
n) a place to wash the dishes |
15) sink |
o) a table with a mirror, that you use when you |
|
do your hair |
16) modern |
p) equipment like a box with a screen, on which |
conveniences |
you can watch programmes |
10. Fill in the necessary words.
1)Dishes and cups are normally kept in the _____________.
2)A_____________ is a machine where you put dirty plates and it washes them.
3)If a room is big you say that it is _____________.
4)Ifaroomiscomfortableandpleasant,thenitisalso_________.
5)You use a _____________ to go to the ninth floor.
6)Running water and central heating are modern ___________.
7)You can quickly warm the food in _____________.
8)There is a(n) ___________ with apple trees next to our house.
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9)You are beautiful, look in the _____________.
10)Take the _____________ and clean the carpet.
11.Make your own sentences with the words given below.
1) solid furniture
2) matching curtains
3) a tiny kitchen
4) a spacious house
5) an elegant dining room
6) classical design
7) a lovely orchard
8) modern gadgets
9) a light room
10) carefully selected furniture
11) a beautiful flowerbed
12) a comfortable chair
12.Look at the picture and complete the sentences with prepositions and adverbs where necessary. (See Appendix 3)
1)There is a comfortable sofa _____ the living-room.
2)There are some cushions _____ the sofa.
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