Проминская.Английский

Глаголы восприятия

to be, to know, to understand, to think, to love, to recognize, to want, to like, to see, to hear, to feel, to have

НЕ УПОТРЕБЛЯЮТСЯ в Continuous Tense. Эти глаголы нужно употреблять в Present Simple, даже если действие совершается в момент речи.

V. Put the verbs in brackets in Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. What you (to do) here? – I (to download) the music videos of my favorite music group. 2. You (to want) see Mr. Sheppard right now?

– Yes, I (to want). 3. Michael (to know) German rather well, because he lived in Germany before. He (to want) to know English, too, but he (to have) little time for it now. 4. What magazine you (to read)? – It (to be) a French magazine about fashion. 5. Who that girl (to be) who (to stand) with Jackie? – You (not to recognize) her? It (to be) Alice from cheerleaders. 6. Where Tim and Nick (to be) now? – They (to think) over atoms and energy now at physics. 7. It (to take) me 15 minutes to have breakfast. 8. Hi, where you (to go)? – I (to hurry) to the concert.

9.When your lessons (to end) on Monday? – They (to end) at 14.40.

10.It is Friday today and we (to go) to night club! 11. The market (to work) 24 hours. 12. McDonald's (to have) a slogan «I'm loving it».

VI. Open the brackets:

1) Mother is in the kitchen. She (to cook) something tasty for supper. 2) My wife (to cook) very well. Especially she is good at Italian dishes – pizza and pasta. 3) Help yourself with these cakes. I (to cook) just them. 4) What you (to buy)? If this is a skirt then I am pink horse! 5) Would you like something strong to drink, Ms.? – No, I (not to drink) spirits. 6) Where you (to drive)? We've missed the turn! 7) Every day she (to have) a glass of orange juice for breakfast. That's her secret.

8)Today our boss (to have) a business trip. He (to go) there and back.

9)Please, stop tickling me! I (to be afraid) of it! 10) The racer number 14 (to cross) just the finish! We've got winner! 11) What (to want) from me? 12) I never (to forget) about my friends birthdays, because I have net.

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UNIT XII. LIBRARIANSHIP ABROAD

A good library is a place, where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet.

— Samuel Niger

Language focus:

I. Memorize the following words:

1)to serve – обслуживать;

2)rare – редкий;

3)valuable – ценный;

4)sheet music – печатное музыкальное произведение;

5)print – печатное издание/ пресса;

6)distance – расстояние;

7)customer – посетитель/читатель;

8)to house – вмещать;

9)to comprise – включать; содержать;

10)to check out books – брать книги;

11)employee – служащий;

12)officials – руководители;

13)to purchase – приобретать;

14)copy – экземпляр;

15)handwritten inventory – рукописная опись;

16)to announce – объявлять;

17)intention – намерение, замысел.

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Vocabulary work:

I. Match the following words with their definitions:

II. Translate the following sentences:

1. Tom wants to purchase a house in Spain. 2. On the 22nd of July William and Kate announced their son arrival. 3. Officials say the US shooter had mental problems. 4. They found a three-page handwritten inventory of Indian store, dated to 1818. 5. Being employee of the month is a great honor. 6. Our customers are important to us. 7. It wasn't my intention to upset you. 8. The collection includes 3042 pieces of sheet music published in America between 1850 and 1920. 9. This office complex can house 2500 people. 10. The average distance between the Sun and the Earth is about 149 600 000 km.

III. Say in English:

-ценное письмо, ценный подарок, ценный документ, ценная информация;

-обслуживать покупателя; содержать полезные советы, содержать рецепты;

-редкий экземпляр, единственный экземпляр, экземпляр контракта, экземпляр газеты;

-детские печатные издания; печатные издания России.

Reading:

I. Read and discuss the text:

TEXT I. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Most libraries have tons of books, but what is the world‘s largest library? The Library of Congress, of course! It‘s the largest library in the world in both shelf space and number of books.

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The history of Library of Congress is the history of creation of American national library. It was established in 1800 to contain "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress‖. It is known that the world is ruled by those who own the information, so the library began to collect materials on the history of world legislation and served the Parliament. The library gradually became the symbol of American informational power.

Now the collections of the Library of Congress include more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America, including the Gutenberg Bible (one of the most valuable books in the world); 5 million maps; 6 million works of sheet music; 3 million sound recordings; more than 14.7 million prints and photographic images including fine and popular art pieces and architectural drawings. All these collections fill about 838 miles (1,349 km) of bookshelves, that is more than the distance from Moscow to Petersburg.

The Library of Congress is open to the public. One million customers a year visit the Library. Four thousand people are employed in it. The library has 22 reading halls and it can house 1500 readers at a time. The library makes millions of digital objects, comprising tens of petabytes. Users of the library‘s site can find all the information, including lists of catalogues, digital collections and online tours.

Despite the fact that the library is open to the public, very few people are allowed to check out books. These privileged people are library employees, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices and other government officials.

The Library of Congress has the largest Russian collection outside Russia. In 1906 the library purchased the private collection of books which belonged to Siberian merchant Gennady Yudin. The collection included about 100.000 copies. The original handwritten inventory can be found in the Rare Book Division and is also available on microfilm. The gem of the collection is the photos of Old Russia dated to 1908, made by a Tsar‘s photographer.

In 2005 the Library started to collaborate with institutions around the globe to develop the World Digital Library, which digitally preserves books and other cultural objects. In 2010 the Library of Congress announced plans to archive all public communication on Twitter

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since 2006. The Twitter archive is the Library's intention to preserve first-person accounts in history.

II. Find in the text:

площадь хранения; создание национальной библиотеки; содержать книги; владеть информацией; мировое законодательство; постепенно; информационное могущество; каталогизированный; коллекция редких книг; звукозапись; архитектурный чертеж; книжные полки; читальные залы; цифровые объекты; петабайт; привилегированный; судьи; принадлежать купцу; жемчужина коллекции; архивировать; сохранить персональные аккаунты.

III. Make the test to the text:

1. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world

__________.

a)in number of librarians;

b)in shelf space and number of books;

c)in reading halls.

2.The Library of Congress is ______. a) the North American national library; b) the Canadian national library;

c) the American national library.

3.It was established in __________________.

a)1800 to serve the needs of American citizens;

b)1880 to serve the needs of Armenian Congress;

c)1800 to serve the needs of American Congress.

4.The Library of Congress contains __________.

a)print materials in 470 languages;

b)470 print objects;

c)dictionaries in 470 languages.

5.The Library of Congress contains ___________.

a)the largest rare book collection in Europe;

b)the largest rare book collection in North America;

c)the largest rare book collection in the world.

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6.The Library of Congress can be used by _________.

a)American congressmen only;

b)every American citizen;

c)governmental officials only.

7.The work of the library is maintained by ________.

a)1500 people;

b)four hundred people;

c)4000 people;

8.The library’s digital materials __________.

a)comprise tens of petabytes;

b)comprise tens of megabytes;

c)comprise tens of terabytes.

9.________________can use the library’s site.

a)1500 readers;

b)all internet users;

c)4000 employees.

10. ______________ are allowed to check out books.

a) Library employees, Supreme Court justices, government officials and congressmen;

b) President and his family; c) all Americans;

11. The Library of Congress has the largest Russian collection

____________.

a)in Russia;

b)outside Russia;

c)in Washington.

12. The gem of the Russian collection in the Library of Congress is ________________.

a)the photos of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century;

b)the photos of Russia, made by Catherine the Great‘s photographer;

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c) the photos of Old Russia dated to 1908, made by Gennady Yu-

din.

13. One of the Library’s intention is to ___________________.

a)archive all public communication on Facebook since 2006.

b)archive all public communication on Twitter;

c)archive all public communication on Twitter since 2006.

By the way:

a) The smallest book in the Library of Congress is Old King Cole. Its size is 9 square cm. Its pages can only be turned using a needle!

b) The largest book in the Library of Congress is 1.5 by 2 meters. Its weight is about 60 kg. It has colorful pictures of the country of Bhutan.

Speaking:

I. Answer the questions:

1)When, where and why was the Library of Congress established?

2)Why did the library become the symbol of American informational power?

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3)How many maps, manuscripts, sound recordings and photographic images has the Library?

4)What is the distance from Moscow to Petersburg?

5)How many readers annually visit the library?

6)Why does the library make millions of digital objects?

7)What can a user find on the library‘s site?

8)Who was Gennady Yudin and where is his valuable collection

now?

9)Why the photos of Old Russia are the gem of the collection?

10)What project was launched in 2005 by the Library of Congress and other world libraries?

11)Would you like your Twitter publications to stay in history in the Library of Congress?

12)Would you like to become a congressman and check something out from the Library of Congress? What would it be?

II. Make up a dialog with your partner. Imagine the situation:

You are a guide in the Library of Congress. You have a group of 2 tourists. Tell them about the library. Answer their questions.

The pictures can be useful to you:

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Writing:

I. Make the following tasks to the text:

-translate the passage 1/2;

-find in the text: национальная библиотека; экземпляр; в раз-

ных форматах; цифровой; базы данных; рисунки; центральное хранилище; читальный зал; справочный отдел; отдел абонемента; сокровища мировой культуры; средневековые; во всех областях; вмещать; вся коллекция.

- answer the questions:

What is the British Library famous for?

What are library‘s holdings?

Where should a person go to see the British Library?

What are the library‘s treasures?

Would you like to visit library? Why?

TEXT II. THE BRITISH LIBRARY

1. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. The library holds over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, music recordings, videos, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. It is the second largest library in the world.

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The library is located in St Pancras, London and has a document storage centre and reading room in West Yorkshire. The library consists of the Reference Division, the Bibliographic Service Division, the National Sound Archive and Development Department in London, and the Lending Division in Yorkshire.

2. The Reference Division includes such treasures of the world culture as a Gutenburg Bible, the Magna Carta, medieval manuscripts and original texts by Shakespeare, Dickens, da Vinci and many others. The Reading Room of the British Library is a centre of serious study in all fields. It is used by university professors and lecturers. The Sound Archive keeps sound recordings from 19th-century cylinders to CD, DVD and MD recordings. The library can accommodate 1,200 readers. Over 16,000 people use the collections each day (in the library and online). It is the fact, that if a person see 5 items each day, it would take them over 80,000 years to see the whole of the library‘s collection.

Grammar:

Tenses

(Употребление времен)

Past Tenses (Прошедшие времена)

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