- •Пояснительная записка
- •Contents
- •Social etiquette
- •1. Match the English starting forms of conversations to their Russian equivalents
- •2. Read the forms of greeting, farewell and introducing people and complete the dialogues with them.
- •3. Translate the dialogues into English
- •4. Use the table below to translate short dialogues into English
- •5. Look at the expressions in the box. Which are formal / informal? In pairs, act out dialogues for situations 1 – 4
- •Professional etiquette
- •1. Read the dialogue below and find the following expressions in it.
- •2. Read two dialogues below and find the reasons for re-scheduling
- •3. In pairs, schedule and then re-schedule a meeting to your partner. Explain why you can’t meet. Use the dialogues above. Business Etiquette You Should Know
- •Introductions
- •Let’s Speak about your future profession
- •1. Read the text and say if you agree with the title. Biologists are students of the world
- •2. Answer the questions to the text
- •Nature of the Work
- •2. Complete the sentences according to the text. Try not to look at the text.
- •Classification of Biological Professions
- •Working Conditions
- •Training, Other Qualifications and Advancement
- •3. Read the short texts and say what you would like to achieve in professional activity in 2, 5 and 10 years. Quality of Life
- •Reading
- •What is evolution?
- •Global warming: the evidence is strong
- •The Amazon forest and the future of the world
- •Protecting the lions
- •Endangered Species
- •Zoo operations limited operations manager, london zoo
- •Science of the future
- •What’s wrong with genetic engeneering
- •Cloning: future perfect?
- •Some facts about hiv and aids
- •You can’t live without it
- •Do you kill your dinner?
- •Monarch without a kingdom
- •Grammar the active voice (revision)
- •2. Find examples of Present Simple, Present Perfect and Past Simple of the verbs in the text.
- •3. Change the tense of the predicate on the left in accordance with the adverbial modifier on the right.
- •4. Make the sentences from the text negative and interrogative.
- •5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of one of the verbs given below (the first is done for you) Pets
- •6. Use Past Simple, Past Continuous, Preset Perfect or Past Perfect (the first is done for you)
- •7. Make up sentences, putting the words in the correct order and using the appropriate form of the verb.
- •The passive voice (revision) Study the information:
- •Saving Europe’s Woodlands
- •Conditionals. Subjunctive mood
- •2. Translate the following text, paying attention to the use of Conditionals.
- •3. Make sentences, using “If …, … will … ”.
- •4. Discuss the following situations with your partner
- •5. Complete the text by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (the first is done for you).
- •5. Translate the sentences into Russian, mind you grammar in the sentences beginning with “I wish…”, “She wished…”,etc.
- •Reported speech. Sequense of tenses
- •Bibliography
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Protecting the lions
One member of the lion family, the Asian lion, is … in the world. Only about 200 of them survive in a … in the Gir Forest in India. As a result, there is now a special Asian lion … program at the San Diego Zoo. Two prides have been created, with almost twenty lions taken from other zoos.
It is extremely difficult to get an accurate count of lions. They moved about during the night, they shift from pride to pride, and they live across very large … . There are currently about 2,500 lions living in the Serengeti National Park.
Even on the game preserves, lions can be … . Lions have few natural enemies in the wild. But they are often caught in the poachers’ snares, and sometimes still … by hunters, although hunting lions has been … in most of Africa. When they leave the bounds of the preserve and roam into farming …, lions risk being … because they are a threat to cattle.
Because lions are able to live on the preserves in zoos, they are not in … of extinction. But they need continued … if their survival is to be ensured.
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1)Dangerous, 2)feeding, 3)habitat, 4)survive, 5)feed, 6)inhabits, 7)food, 8)mixture, 9)mountains.
The animals of the Rocky Mountains
The animals of the Rocky Mountains are an interesting … of prairie, forest and arctic forms. Each has its own particular requirements and can only … where they exist. In summer, the large grazing animals range throughout the …, each seeking its own preferred … . Mountain goats and bighorn sheep prefer high alpine areas, elk and deer the lush forest meadows, while chipmunks, ground-squirrels and coyotes are not so particular where they … .The black bear, which may in fact be black, brown or even yellow, can be seen by park visitors as it looks for … in open meadows or on mountain slopes. The grizzly bear normally … the more remote regions of the Rocky Mountains. National Park regulations forbid … or molesting any wildlife; bears in particular are … and should be left alone.
Fill in the correct word derived from the words in brackets
One of the world’s … 1(danger) species, the rhinoceros, is still being hunted for its horn. The WWF supports … 2(organize) which try to stop the … 3(hunt) by providing vehicles and … 4(equip) for several national parks in Africa. Protected areas have a high fence around them, so rhinos can roam in … 5(safe). The WWF also helps in the … 6(transport) or rhinos from … 7(danger) areas into protected ones.
It is very important to lessen the demand for rhino horns. Rising … 8(aware) of the problem is one way to help the situation. Rhino … 9(conserve) is one of the WWF’s main task. … 10(hope) the WWF will be able to put a stop to the …11(acceptable) act of rhino hunting.
There are many environmental problems in the world today. Choose two or three of the ones that follow and express your attitude to them. Say whether you would like to join some pressure group. What particular area of work would you choose? Use the information below:
Ecological problems:
Air, river and sea pollution;
Overfishing;
The greenhouse effect;
The destruction of the ozone layer;
Battery farming;
Waste disposal;
Destruction of rainforests;
Overpopulation;
Some species of animals under extinction;
Recycling of rubbish.