- •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
Text 1. Belarus Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.
Study the following vocabulary before reading the text:
to border (on) – граничить
flat – плоский
an auroch – зубр
a meadow – луг
fertilizer – удобрение
fibre – волокно
a fodder harvester – кормоуборочный комбайн
to rank – занимать какое-л. место
representative – представительный
legislative – законодательный
executive – исполнительный
an anthem – гимн
1. Geographical situation
Belarus is divided into 6 regions: Brest, Vitsebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev. The capital of the republic is Minsk, one of the most beautiful and modern youthful looking cities with the population of over 1,5 million people.
Belarus is very well geopolitically located. It is situated in the heart of Europe where all roads meet. The country stretches for 560 km from north to south, for 650 km from east to west bordering on Russia in the north and in the east, on the Ukraine in the southeast, on Poland in the west and on Lithuania and Latvia in the northwest.
The population of Belarus is almost 10 million.
Most of Belarus is a flat country. It is the land of forests, fields, meadows, rivers. The largest rivers are the Dnieper, the Nieman, the Sozh and the Pripyat. Belarus is also a lake country. The largest lake is the Naroch, 80 square km. The third of Belarus is under forests. The largest forests are Belovezhskaya, Nalibokskaya and Grodnenskaya. Belovezhskaya Pushcha is famous for its aurochs (European bisons).
The climate of Belarus is influenced by moist winds blowing from the Baltic Sea. The climate varies from maritime to continental. Summer is the hottest season of the year. Winter is the coldest. The temperature is sometimes very low, about 20–25 degrees below zего. The warm days of autumn are called “Golden Autumn”.
2. Industry, agriculture, science
Belarusian industry plays the major part in our economy. Our country is one of the biggest manufacturers of fertilizers, fodder harvesters, tractors, trucks, buses, chemical fibres, commercial wood and other products. Such famous brands as “Horisont” and “Vityaz” producing TV-sets, “Atlant” refrigerators and “Belarus” tractors enjoy world popularity. The “Gefest” gas stoves produced in Brest are widely spread all over European and Asian countries.
Agriculture in Belarus specializes in milk and meat production. Potatoes, flax, grain, herbs and vegetables are cultivated here.
Belarus is a country of well developed science. A great contribution to the development of the national economy is made by the scientists of Belarus. There is the Academy of Sciences with numerous research institutes which work on various topical problems in such fields as mathematics, optics, spectroscopy, energetics, genetics, biology and other branches of learning. About 37 higher educational establishments and about 400 professional schools train highly qualified specialists for various sectors of national economy.
3. Political set-up
Officially our country is called the Republic of Belarus. It is a sovereign independent state with its government, constitution, state emblem, flag and anthem. The Declaration of State Sovereignty was adopted on July 27, 1990.
Belarus is a presidential republic. The highest executive power belongs to a President elected for a five-year term. The parliament, which is the National Assembly, is known as a representative and legislative body of the country. The Parliament consists of two chambers: Representatives and Soviet of the Republic. The executive power is performed by the Council of Ministers headed by a Prime Minister who is appointed by the President of the Republic.
Nowadays the Republic of Belarus is a founder-member of the United Nations Organization (UNO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It has its permanent representatives in the CIS, UN, UNESCO and in other international organizations.