- •Введение
- •Chapter 1.Family. Home Text 1. Oleg Kirillov Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •1. Substitutional patterns:
- •2. Fill in the form:
- •3. Translate the following into English:
- •4. Act the following conversational situations:
- •5. Answer the questions on the text:
- •6. Speak about:
- •Text 2. Oleg’s family Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the questions on text 2:
- •2. A) Say all you know about the hair, eyes, lips, eyelashes, the nose, the forehead, the figure, the mouth.
- •3. Listen to the following statements and respond them.
- •4. Agree if the statements are true to life or disagree if they are not.
- •5. Describe your group mates, let the students guess who the person is:
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. The House of an Englishman Read the text and be ready to discuss the difference between an English house and a Belarusian one.
- •Chapter 2.Meals. Shopping Text 1. Meals Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Oleg’s daily meals
- •2. At the University dining room
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Shopping in the uk Read the text and say why Marks & Spencerstore is famous all over the world.
- •Text 1. Oleg’s student life Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. About the University
- •2. Oleg’s studies
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. An account of a typical day
- •At oxford University
- •Read the text about Christina’s studies at Oxford University.
- •Say what new information you have gained from the text.
- •Chapter 4. Free Time. Travelling Text 1. Oleg’s free time Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Oleg’s day off
- •2. Oleg’s winter and summer holidays
- •Exercises
- •6. Ask your friend:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Speak on the way you usually spend your day off‚ your winter and summer holidays
- •Text 2. The Kirillovs’ week-end
- •Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Adventure holidays at Beacon Park Read the text with a dictionary and be ready to answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 3. Travelling Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. A trip by air
- •2. A trip by railway
- •3. A sea voyage
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Economist Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 3. Philologist Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 4. Historian Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 5. Ecologist Read the text using a dictionary and discuss the vital ecological problems this profession deals with. Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Text 1. Oleg is a teenAger Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Leisure activities of youth
- •Text 1. Belarus Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Geographical situation
- •2. Industry, agriculture, science
- •3. Political set-up
- •Exercises
- •1. Use the text to complete the sentences from the text:
- •2. Decide if the following statements are false or true:
- •3. Answer the questions on the text:
- •4. Be ready to speak about Belarus. Use information from the text as a help to your topic.
- •Text 2. Minsk
- •Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Exercises
- •1. Use text 2 to reproduce the sentences with the following words and word combinations:
- •2. Use the text to complete the sentences:
- •3. Decide if the following statements are true or false:
- •4. Answer the questions on text 2:
- •5. Be ready to speak about the capital of our republic. Use text 2 as a help to your topic. Text 3. Mozyr Read the text and do the exercises that follow it:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •1. Use the text to complete the sentences from the text:
- •2. Decide if the following statements are false or true:
- •3. Answer the questions on the text:
- •Text 2. From the history of Minsk Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it. Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Chapter 8. Great Britain. London
- •2. British industry
- •3. Political set-up
- •Exercises
- •5. Be ready to speak about Great Britain. Use text 1. As a help to your topic. Text 2. London Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •Text 3. Museums of London Read the text with a dictionary and after each paragraph form a question on the main fact or information contained in it.
- •Text 4. London parks Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 5. English character Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 6. Customs, holidays and traditions
- •In Great Britain Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Chapter 9. The systems of education in Belarus and Great Britain Text 1. The System of Education in Belarus Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •1. Pre-school and secondary education
- •2. Higher education
- •Exercises
- •1. Reproduce the sentences from the text using these words:
- •2. Express your agreement or disagreement.
- •3. Answer the questions on the text:
- •Exercises
- •Text 2. Teachers’ training in Belarus Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Text 3. Comprehensive education in scotland Read and translate the text with a dictionary.
- •Text 4. Higher and further education in Britain
- •Read and translate the text with a dictionary.
- •Say about the main differences in British and our higher education.
- •Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Text 5. Famous Universities of the uk Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.
- •1. Oxford
- •2. Cambridge
- •3. Oxbridge specific system of education
- •Chapter 10. Famous people of Belarus and Great Britain Text 1. Famous People of Belarus Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •1. Literature
- •2. Theatre
- •3. Music
- •5. Sport
- •6. Space
- •Text 2. Famous Britons Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
- •Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
- •Additional texts for reading Text 1. Who was Dr. Skaryna?
- •Text 2. Efrosinya Polotskaya Read the text with a dictionary and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete the sentences using the following variants:
- •2. Arrange the items of the given outline in the order according to the text:
- •Text 3. Zhores I. Alferov Read the text with a dictionary and speak on Alferov’s youth, his discoveries and career.
- •Text 4. Isaac Newton Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
- •Exercises
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- •Text 7. Robert Burns Read the text and do the exercises that follow it. Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
- •Exercises
- •Exercises
- •1. Put questions to the words in italics:
- •2. Add 2–3 sentences to the following statements:
- •3. Make an outline of the text and be ready to speak about Darwin’s life and his theories. Содержание
Chapter 10. Famous people of Belarus and Great Britain Text 1. Famous People of Belarus Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.
Study the following vocabulary before reading the texts:
a folk story-tellers – фольклорист
an eternal hit – вечныйхит
an amateur dance group – любительскаятанцевальнаягруппа
an impact – влияние
a scholar – учёный
a merchant family – мещанскаясемья
a written language – литературныйязык
oral folk art – устноенародноетворчество
a non-figurative art = an abstract art
a prose-writer – прозаик
1. Literature
Belarusian culture comprises a wide range of arts which ensure the harmonious development of the citizens. The pride of Belarus is the literary works by Belarusian poets and prose-writers. The sweet poetry of Maxim Bogdanovich and Yanka Kupala, the deep prose of Yakub Kolas and Vasil Bykov, the magic masterpieces of Vladimir Korotkevich and Ivan Borshchevsky are brilliant examples of Belarusian work of literature. Everybody has read famous poems by Yakub Kolas, Yanka Kupala, Petrus Brovka. We all admire the wonderful works of Vasil Bykov, Ales Adamovich, Ivan Melezh, Ivan Shamyakin, Maxim Tank, Nil Gilevich, Grigoriy Baradulin and other talented Belarusian poets and writers.
2. Theatre
There are quite a number of theatres in Belarus. Some of them specialize in modern plays, others prefer classics. The Yanka Kupala State Academic Theatre, the Gorky Russian Drama Theatre, the Opera and Ballet Theatre‚ the Music Comedy Theatre‚ the Puppet Show Theatre are famous for their excellent performances which are always a success. The names of such prominent men of theatrical art as contemporary dramatist Alexey Dudarev, choreographer Valentin Yelisariev, artistic director of the Russian Academic Theatre Boris Loutsenko, actors and actresses like S. Stanyuta, N. Eremenko, the great soprano Larisa Alexandrovskaya and many, many others are known by the Belarusians and by people of other countries.
3. Music
The Belarusian folk singers sing a wide variety of old and new Belarusian folk songs which form the basis of the repertoire of most vocal and instrumental groups. Patriarch of Belarusian pop music Vladimir Moulyavin and his ever young “Pesnyary” always present their eternal hits loved by all generations. Since its birth in 1969 the group has remained true to national Belarusian art. Monuments of Belarusian written language and oral folk art of the 16thand 17thcenturies still exist today. The most typical of them are mourning songs. Many Belarusian folk songs relate to the coming of spring, harvest-time, Midsummer Day, Christmas, marriage and other holidays and events. Choral musicians, in particular H. Shirma (1892–1978) and V. Rovda (1921) did much in research of folk musical compositions.
There are a lot of professional and amateur folklore dance groups in Belarus. We all admire the dances of the groups “Khoroshki”, “Polessye”, “Radost” and others. These groups are well-known not only in our country. They found their fans all over the world.
4. Art
It is known that our republic has many talented artists, who have won the world recognition. The most talented Belarusian artists have a chance to implement their artistic aspirations. The pictures of the past go hand in hand with the works of modern Belarusian artists. The canvases of Mikhail Savitsky, dedicated to the Great Patriotic War are known everywhere. The names of K. Malevich, Mark Shagal, Ya. Drosdovich, A. Isachev, E. Zaitsev, V. Tsvirko, V. Volkov, K. Krasovsky and many others are known far beyond the borders of our country.
The graphic arts in Belarus, in particular painting, are well represented in the galleries of the National Museum of Art in Minsk and Mark Chagall’s exhibition in Vitebsk as well.
The name of Kasimir Malevich (1878–1935) is closely connected with a number of experimental trends in the twentieth-century art. He developed a new course in art which is called “suprematism”. In his books Kazimir Malevich tried to demonstrate the natural development of painting to non-figurative art, which had a profound influence on contemporary painting, architecture and design.