- •Астраханский государственный технический университет
- •Contents
- •Unit 1. Appearance.
- •General appearance
- •How Important Is Your Appearance?
- •Checkmate.
- •Unit 2. Character and disposition.
- •Character
- •Intellectual ability
- •8. Reveal your attitude to the types of people described.
- •Intelligence.
- •Revealing Faces.
- •Unit 3. Family life topical vicabulary
- •Mr Know-It-All
- •Unit 4. Parents and children
- •The Bell Family Charter
- •The abc’s of Happiness (by r. Vallet)
- •11. Points to ponder.
- •The Sitting of the Teachers’ Council.
- •Unit 5. Friends and friendship
- •Unit 6. Customs and traditions
- •The Field of Folklore
- •2. Discuss the following problem questions.
- •3. Read the short passages and answer the questions giving your impressions to the point.
- •Problems for Discussion.
- •Unit 7. Choosing a career. Jobs and employment.
- •3. Say what job these can belong to. Continue the list.
- •Imagine you are Andrew Foster (ex. 14) and you are looking for a new position. Fill in the job application form below. Job application form Private and Confidential
- •Unit 8. Crime and punishment
- •3. Read the text and comment on it. Methods and Measures.
- •4. Answer the following questions.
- •5.Comment on the following quotations.
- •6. Use the following proverbs in situations of your own. Give Russian equivalents if possible.
- •Unit 9. Man and arts
- •Man and arts. Painting.
- •Impression and judgement
- •Genre paintingis a painting, which represents scenes from everyday life in a more or less realistic way.
- •Man and arts. Music.
- •For or Against Pop Music
- •Man and arts. Theatre.
- •Imagine that you are in London and you have a free evening. You’d like to go to the theatre. Study the information how to book your theatre tickets in London. How to Book Your Theatre Tickets
- •The Green Table.
- •Unit 10. Women and their role in the society.
- •1.Use the proper word.
- •2. Which is the odd word out.
- •3. Complete the following.
- •Sex Roles In America
- •Imagine the life of women in the following century.
- •Unit 11. Mass media
- •Mass media. Television.
- •Major British and American Broadcasting Companies, Networks, News Agencies
- •Television Questionnaire.
- •Mass media. Press.
- •The British and American Press
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •Mass media. Internet.
- •The Internet – a Brilliant Source of Information or a Menace to Our Health?
- •Unit 12. Man and nature. Environmental protection.
- •What Must We Care About to Prevent Disaster?
- •Supplement conversational expressions
- •Sources
Imagine you are Andrew Foster (ex. 14) and you are looking for a new position. Fill in the job application form below. Job application form Private and Confidential
Please complete this form and return it to the Personnel Director. | ||||||||
Which post are you applying for? How did you hear about it? | ||||||||
Surname |
Forenames Mr/Mrs/Miss
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Permanent home address
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Telephone | |||||||
Permanent home address (if different from above)
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Telephone | |||||||
Date of birth Nationality
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Place of birth | |||||||
Marital status Number of children (sex and age)
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Maiden name (if applicable) | |||||||
Name and address of next of kin (please state relationship)
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Have you ever been employed by us before? (If so, please give details)
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Please list schools, colleges, universities attended | ||||||||
Date
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Name
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Subjects taken |
Results | |||||
What training courses or further studies have you undertaken?
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Languages (state proficiency)
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Technical or professional qualifications
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Give names and addresses of previous employers, working backwards from present/last job. | ||||||||
Dates
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Name and address
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Salary
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Job title and duties
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Reason for leaving | ||||
What is your general state of health?
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How much time have you had off work, through illness, in the last five years?
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What are your main current interests, hobbies, membership of clubs, etc? | ||||||||
Names and addresses of two referees (References will not be taken up without your prior consent) | ||||||||
I believe the information given to be true I understand that I may be required to undergo a medical examination Applicant’s signature Date | ||||||||
FOR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT USE
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Choose one of the following statements as your opening sentence, write about your attitude towards careers advice, explaining your reasons.
Careers advice is waste of time and effort because I know what I want to do when I graduate from the University.
Careers advice could be useful to me for the following reasons…
Unit 8. Crime and punishment
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
-escape; -try (investigate); -trial; -guilty (innocent); -prison (US. penitentiary, jail); -imprisonment; -justice; -evidence; -abundant evidence; -convict; -conviction; -alibi; -witness; -court; -inquire; -inquiry; -release (on bail); -charge; -on a charge of; -accomplice; -complicity; -accuse (the accused); -attorney; -case; -examine (hear, close) a case; -take a matter to court; -summon smb to court; -court hearing; -plead guilty (not guilty); -jury (members of the jury); -foreman of the jury; -keep (break) the law; -commit a crime; |
-cause a disturbance; -get publicity; -make official complaints; -identification parade; -incite (encourage) smb to do smth; -resort to (violence, etc); -generate fear; -be at war; -a grave (serious, petty) crime; -prevent crime; -criminal; -custody; -be in (take into) custody; -the defence; -defence counsel (lawyer); -defendant; -the dock (be in the dock); -give evidence; -plant evidence on smb; -frame a person; -bribe; -tax evasion; -battery; -maim; -rob; -plunder; -loot; -steal; -burglarize; -kidnapping; -murder; -blackmail; -rape; |
-serve a term in prison; -sentence (verdict); -pass sentence on smb; -commute a sentence; -commute a death sentence to life imprisonment; -the trail of; -at a trail; -(punishable) offence; -suspended (nominal) sentence; -go on trial; -put smb on trial; -commit smb for trail; -bring in a verdict; -witness for the prosecution (the defence); -a false witness; -swear in a witness; -cross-examine (a witness); -community service (public works); -dismiss the case; -Department of Justice; -Attorney General; -Procurator General; -Supreme Court; -Circuit Court; -District Court; -Court of Appeal; -Grand Jury (US); -Magistrate; -Solicitor (Barrister); -Investigating Judge;
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Which is the odd word out?
- to steal, to pilfer, to filch, to purloin, to rob, to smuggle, to thieve, to plunder;
- to chase, to trace, to pursue, to follow, to seek, to be after, to hunt;
- a scoundrel, a robber, a thief, a burglar, a murderer, a killer, a gangster, a bandit, a crook, a swindler;
- a prisoner, a defendant, a prosecutor, an eyewitness, a judge, an attorney, a sheriff, a lawyer, a barrister;
- blackmail, smuggling, theft, robbery, burglary, felony, bribery, swindling, drug addiction, kidnapping, fraud, infidelity.
Choose the right word.
guilt – blame – fault.
1) You want Alan to take the ***.
2) They say it was the boy’s ***.
3) To my horror in the public prosecutor’s office Oscar’s *** was said to be known and classified.
4) The evidence against him was so incontrovertible that the defendant had to admit his ***.
5) John’s attempt to shift the ***for his defeat on his companion met no response.
6) He could not prove my *** for the accident.
7) He acknowledged his ***.
to rob – to plunder – to loot – to steal – to burglarize.
8) The bank was *** today by two masked gunmen.
9) Invaders *** and *** throughout the entire country.
10) Can’t you see how the great trusts have *** your treasures?
11) The house of Julia Murton was *** on Wednesday night.
12) His mail was repeatedly ***.
13) He gathered a small army and descended upon the Big House which he *** and distributed the spoils among the poor people.
14) The thief ***the drawers of the contents.
15) You’ve … me of my ideas
16) The maid was accused of having … her mistress’ jewelry.
17) The villa must have been *** by some teenagers.