
- •Text a: “about myself”
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary (пополни свой активный словарь):
- •Text b: “my biography”
- •Grammar
- •I like coffee and tea. Friendship is very important in our life.
- •I told Jane about that.
- •I have read page eight of the magazine.
- •I don't know the name of this pupil.
- •Притяжательный падеж существительных
- •The boy's books — The boys' books
- •Unit 2
- •Text a: «my working day»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary
- •Text в: «nick's usual working day»
- •Grammar
- •§ 1. Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий
- •Interesting — more (less) interesting — most (least) interesting,
- •§ 2. Порядок слов в английском предложении
- •§ 3. Основные типы вопросов, используемые в английском языке
- •Порядок слов в общем вопросе
- •Порядок слов в специальном вопросе
- •1. Общие
- •2. Специальные
- •3. Разделительные
- •Unit 3
- •Text a: «ann's academy»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary
- •Text b: «moscow state university»
- •Grammar
- •I cannot find this book anywhere.
- •Unit 4
- •Text a: «sochi» «Big Sochi — the best place on the Earth!»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •Text b: «rostov-on-don»
- •Grammar
- •§1. Местоимения little и few и местоименные выражения a little и a few.
- •I have a few friends in Minsk I've got only few pencils in the box.
- •§2. Оборот there is / there are.
- •Unit 5
- •Text a: «the russian federation»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «moscow»
- •Grammar
- •§1. Времена английского глагола.
- •§2. Правильные и неправильные глаголы.
- •Unit 6
- •Text a «the united kingdom»
- •Vocabulary:
- •1) Land, 2) Climate, 3) Population, 4) Ethnic groups, 5) Economy.
- •Text b: "history of london"
- •Grammar
- •Unit 7
- •Text a: «the united states of america»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •Text в: «transport system of the usa»
- •Roads and Railways
- •Grammar
- •§1. Согласование времен в главном и придаточном предложениях.
- •§2. Страдательный залог (Passive Voice).
- •Unit 8
- •Text a: "higher education in the uk»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •Grammar
- •§1. Сложное дополнение (Complex object).
- •§2. Причастие и герундий. Их отличие.
- •Unit 9
- •Text a: "my future profession"
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary:
- •1) What kind of work are you interested in?
- •2) What position would you like to have?
- •Text b «the future of the engineering profession»
- •Grammar
- •§1. Придаточные предложения условия и времени. Действие которых отнесено к будущему.
- •§2. Сослагательное наклонение в условных предложениях,
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «steel»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text с: «methods of steel heat treatment»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev
- •Unit 2
- •Rolling
- •Extrusion
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «drawing»
- •Sheet metal forming
- •Forging
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text c: «metalworking and metal propeties»
- •Vocabulary
- •Famous scientists
- •Unit3 materials science and technology
- •Text a: «mechanical properties Of materials»
- •Vocabulary
- •Text в: «Mechanical Properties of Materials»
- •Vocabulary
- •«Famous people of science and engineering»
- •Unit 4
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «lathe»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text с: «milling machine»
- •Drilling and Boring Machines
- •Shapers and Planers
- •Grinders
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text d: «dies»
- •Wiredrawing Dies
- •Thread-Cutting Dies
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science and engineering George Stephenson
- •Unit 5
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «types of plastics»
- •1. Epoxy resin.
- •3. Polystyrene.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text с: «composite materials»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous inventors
- •Unit 6
- •Gas Welding
- •Arc Welding
- •Shielded Metal Arc
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «other types of welding» Non-consumable Electrode Arc welding
- •Gas-Metal Arc
- •Submerged Arc
- •Resistance Welding
- •Vocabulary
- •Famous people of science and technology
- •Unit 7
- •Automation in Industry
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text в: «types of automation» Applications of Automation and Robotics in Industry
- •Vocabulary
- •Text c: «robots in manufacturing»
- •Vocabulary:
- •4. Станки с числовым программным управлением — хороший пример программируемой автоматизации.
- •Famous people of science and engineering James Watt
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «hardware»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text c: "types of software»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science and engineering
- •Vocabulary:
- •Text b: «windows 95»
- •Vocabulary:
- •4) Create a textual file in WordPad program. Save it as text. Rename it as myfile. Create a shortcut for it. Put the shortcut on the DeskTop.
- •Text c: «introduction to the www and the internet»
- •Vocabulary:
- •Famous people of science and engineering Bill Gates
- •1. Alloys
- •2. Manufacturing of plastics
- •3. Principles and process of polymerisation in plastics production
- •4. Resins
- •5. Industrial plastics:
- •6. Basic principles of welding
- •7. Gear
- •8. Bearings
- •9. Construction of an automobile
- •10. Two-stroke and diesel engines
- •11. Direct-current (dc) generators
- •12. Ac motors
- •13. Engineering as a profession
- •14. Automation in industry.
- •15. History of robotics
- •16. Measurements
- •17. Computers
- •18. History and future of the internet
- •19. Agricultural machinery
- •I come from Russia. — я из России.
- •Наиболее употребительные наречия.
- •II. Префиксы существительных
- •I. Суффиксы
- •II. Префиксы
Vocabulary:
island nation — островное государство
constitutional monarchy — конституционная монархия
European Union — Европейский союз
to comprise — включать
numerous — многочисленные
principality — княжество
North Sea — Северное море
interchangeably — взаимозаменяемо
to accept — принимать, допускать
strictly — строго, зд. строго говоря
include — включать
constituent — составляющий
administratively — административно
entities — зд. субъекты
single — зд. единая
indented — зд. изрезанная
latitude — широта геогр.
prevailing — преобладающий
moderate — умеренный
depressions — зд. циклоны
mean — средний
throughout — на всем протяжении
average annual precipitation — среднегодовое количество осадков
in terms of — говоря (о чем-либо)
GNP (Gross National Product) — валовой национальный продукт.
Exercise 6.1. Translate into English.
1. Официальное название Великобритании — Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии.
2. Соединенное королевство является членом Европейского союза и конституционной монархией.
3. Северная Ирландия занимает северо-восточную часть острова Ирландия.
4. Пролив Ла-Манш отделяет Соединенное Королевство от континентальной Европы.
Exercise 6.2. Use the following phrases and word combinations to retell the text:
1. As I understood from the text...
2. According to the text...
3. According to the author...
4. As it is described in the text...
5. As it is said in the text...
6. As the author puts it...
7. According to the figures (data, information, opinions) from the text...
Exercise 6.3. Discuss the following statements. Use the following phrases to express your opinion:
1. It seems to me (that)...
2. I would like to say that...
3. As I see it...
4. I think that...
5. I guess...
6. I suppose...
7. I (strongly) believe that...
8. I am (absolutely) sure that...
Statement A: The United Kingdom is a small country. It is one of the leading countries now because it had many rich colonies in the past.
Statement B: UK will loose Northern Ireland soon and Wales and Scotland later, like it lost Hong Kong in 1997, because of the differences in languages, culture and history.
Statement C: British people don't travel much because they live not too far from the sea (ocean).
Exercise 6.4. Which events in the modern history of Great Britain had an impact on world science and technology. Choose five the most important and briefly describe them.
Exercise 6.5. What inventions in UK made life more convenient and safer? What inventions have become dangerous for the mankind?
Exercise 6.6. Use the information below to be able to make a report on the following:
1) Land, 2) Climate, 3) Population, 4) Ethnic groups, 5) Economy.
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Table: Modern history of Great Britain
1914
World War I begins.
1918
World War I ends.
1919
First regular London-Paris air service instituted.
1926
John Logie Baird demonstrates television system.
1927
British Broadcasting Corporation chartered.
1928
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
1936
First regular television broadcasts from Alexandra Palace.
1947
Independence for India and Pakistan. Nationalization of coal mines and railways.
1949
Foundation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1952
Britain explodes atomic bomb in Australia.
1955
Irish Republican Army begins terrorist campaign.
1960
Independence for Cyprus and Nigeria. «The Beatles» form.
1969
Oil discovered off Scottish coast.
1980
North Sea oil makes Britain self-sufficient in certain petroleum products.
1986
Trident ballistic missile system ordered from US.
LAND Area 241,752 sq km Highest Point Ben Nevis 1,343 m above sea level Lowest Point Holme Fen 3 m below sea level |
CLIMATE Average Temperatures London January 4C July 18C Edinburgh January 3C July 15C Average Annual Precipitation London 590 mm Edinburgh 680 mm |
POPULATION Population 58,395,000 (1994 estimate) Population Density 242 persons/sq km (1994 estimate) Urban/Rural population 92% Urban 8% Rural Largest Cities London (Greater) 6,933,000 Birmingham 1,017,000 Leeds 724,500 Glasgow 681,000 Ethnic Groups 94,5% English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish 5,5% Other Languages Official Language English Other Languages Welsh, Scots-Gaelic, other minority languages Religions 54% Anglicanism 13% Roman Catholicism 33% Other including other Protestant denominations, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Sikhism |
ECONOMY Gross Domestic Product US$1,023,900,000,000 (1994) Chief Economic Products Agriculture Wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, oilseed rape, livestock, animal products. Fishing Mackerel, herring, cod, plaice Mining Coal, limestone, petroleum and natural gas. Manufacturing Machinery and transport equipment, food products, chemical products, minerals and metal products. Employment Statistics 58% Trade and Services 23% Manufacturing and Industry 16% Business and Finance 2% Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 1 % Military and Defense Major Exports Industrial and electrical machinery, automatic data processing equipment, road vehicles, petroleum. Major Imports Road vehicles, industrial and electrical machinery, automatic data processing equipment, petroleum, paper and paperboard, textiles, food. Major Trading Partners Germany, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan |