- •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
Television Questionnaire.
How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?
less than 5 hours
5-10 hours
10-15 hours
15-20 hours
more than 20 hours
What sort of programmes do you like watching?
Are there any sort of programmes you don’t like?
Like
Dislike
The news
Discussion programmes
Documentaries
Plays
Films
Serials
Quiz shows
Classical music programmes
Pop music programmes
Children’s programmes
Variety shows
Sports programmes
Others
What is your favourite programme?
Are there any sort of programmes you would like
a) more of? b) less of?
You can begin like this, “Excuse me, I am doing research into the types of television programmes people watch. Can I ask you some questions about television?” And don’t forget to finish with, “Thank you very much for answering my questions”.
Student B
Student A is going to ask you questions about the types of television programmes you watch. Answer his/her questions. Before starting, here are some of the most common types of programmes on television:
The news
Discussion programmes
Documentaries
Plays
Films
Serials
Quiz shows
Classical music programmes
Pop music programmes
Children’s programmes
Variety shows
Sports programmes
Summarize your observations and report them to the group.
Write a newspaper criticism of a TV programme that you have seen of any of the following types: a) a news programme, current affairs review, etc., b) a documentary, c) an entertainment programme, show, etc., d) a children’s programme, e) a film shown on TV, f) a sports programme, g) an educational programme or any other.
Group work. Your TV company needs a TV host/hostess for a children’s programme. Work in groups of three and four. One of the group is a candidate for the job, and the others are interviewing him/her before starting, the interviewers should prepare a list of questions and the interviewee should prepare his/her curriculum vitae. The interviewers should ask questions about the candidate’s previous job; the certificates/diplomas/degrees/experience he/she has had; his/her personal situation (married, with children); the candidate’s reasons for applying for the place in a children’s TV programme and other questions. (Use appropriate clichés. See the Supplement). After about ten minutes the applicants change to another interviewing panel and so on. Each group decides on the best applicant and gives reasons for the choice.
Do the library research and prepare an essay on one of the following topics.
Television and cinematography. Will one oust another?
Television in the USA: a) news programmes; b) educational programmes; c) children’s programmes; d) entertainment programmes.