Министерство образования и науки

PART I. HOT ISSUES

UNIT 1. GLOBAL LANGUAGE LEARNING

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Text 1. Some Facts about English

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Text 2. The Future of English

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Text 3. To Learn or not to Learn Foreign Languages?

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Text 4. A Language Teacher’s Personal Opinion

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Text 5. Divided by a Common Language

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UNIT 2. PERSONALITY AND FAMILY ITEMS

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Text 1. Appearance: Beauty and Parts of the Face

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Text 2. How Good Looks Can Guarantee Lifetime of Opportunity

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Text 3. Age and Average Age

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Text 4. Personal Quality Meter

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Text 5. My Hobbies and Interests

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Text 6. My Working Day

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Text 7. My Flat

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Text 8. Steve Jobs: Apple’s Creative Genuis

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Text 9. Tom Cruise: Long Way to the Top

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Text 10. Michael Jackson: the King of Pop

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Text 11. Family Relationships

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Text 12. British Family Life

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Text 13. Generation Gap

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Text 14. Sibling Rivalry

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Text 15. My Family and Me

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UNIT 3. EDUCATION AS IT IS

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Text 1. The School System in Great Britain

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Text 2. Private Education in Great Britain

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Text 3. Higher Education in Great Britain

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Text 4. Oxbridge

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Text 5. The Open University

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Text 6. Education in the USA

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Text 7. American Private Universities

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Text 8. Going to College in the USA

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Text 9. An American View on Russian Education

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Text 10. Education in Russia

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Text 11. Types of Higher Education Institutions in Russia

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Text 12. Moscow State University

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Text 13. History of Technical Education in Russia

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Text 14. National Research University

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Text 15. How to Cope with Exams

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PART II. WORLD AROUND

UNIT 1. GREAT BRITAIN

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Text 1. When in Britain…

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Text 2. Amazing Facts about Great Britain

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Text 3. Icons of Great Britain

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Text 4. How the British Relax

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Text 5. How the British Complain

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Text 6. The British and the Food

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Text 7. British Proverbs and Superstitions

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Text 8. Political System of Great Britain

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Text 9. British National Customs and Traditions

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Text 10. British Holidays, Natable Dates and Festivals

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Text 11. Sport and Competition in Britain

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Text 12. Four Characters of the British

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Text 13. Some Views on the English Character

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Text 14. Personal Impressions of London

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Text 15. Sights of London

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Text 16. Great Britain

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UNIT 2. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Text 1. Fantastic Facts about America

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Text 2. Funny Facts about American Presidents

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Text 3. The Long Road to the White House

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Text 4. American Symbols

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Text 5. The Values Americans Live By

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Text 6. Washington, DC

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Text 7. New York

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Text 8. Los Angeles

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Text 9. Welcome to Chicago

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Text 10. Alaska: the Great Land

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Text 11. Hawaii: the Pacific Paradise

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Text 12. The Silliest American Laws

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Text 13. The Independence Day or Happy Birthday, America!

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Text 14. Thanksgiving Day

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Text 15. The USA

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UNIT 3. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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Text 1. Tourism in Russia

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Text 2. Seven Wonders of Russia

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Text 3. Lake Baikal: the Pearl of Siberia

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Text 4. What is Russia Famous For?

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Text 5. Russian Character

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Text 6. Russians

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Text 7. National Symbols of Russia

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Text 8. Moscow

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Text 9. Foreigners in Moscow

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Text 10. St. Petersburg

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Text 11. The Russian Federation

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Text 12. About Smolensk

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Text 13. Museums of Smolensk

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Text 14. Churches of Smolensk

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Text 15. Smolensk

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LITERATURE

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