- •Практикум по формированию навыков чтения и устной речи для студентов
- •I - II курсов неязыковых факультетов.
- •Часть I
- •1.2 Read the following words. Mind reading rules.
- •Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •1.12 Read the dialogues. Introduce your new groupmate to your sister/mother/cousins.
- •1.13 Look through the dialogue. Tell about George Scott & Peter Brook.
- •1.15 Four people
- •1.16 A family tree
- •Microcomputer Centre
- •Is looking for a Marketing Assistant for its London Office
- •14 Clerkenwell Green, London ec 1.
- •Interview 1.
- •Interview 2
- •Interview 3
- •2.1 The Nechaev's Flat
- •Vocabulary:
- •2.8 Make up a story about your flat.
- •2.9 Put in there or it.
- •2.10 Read the information and write about the flats.
- •2.11 Read the letter.
- •2.12 Read the dialogue and tick the items that Bob's got.
- •2.14 Read the dialogues and make up your own ones according to the situations below.
- •2.15 A Candid Letter of a Medical Student to His Uncle.
- •The Uncle's Answer
- •2.16 Help these people to find a proper lodging.
- •Property
- •3.1 Victor Orlov's Working Day
- •3.2 Read the words correctly. Mind the reading rules.
- •3.3Write third person singular.
- •3.4 Memorise the following word-combinations and compose your own sentences.
- •3.5 Compose the sentences using the pattern:
- •3.6 Ask questions & give negative answers using the phrases given below.
- •3.7 Give antonyms to the following words:
- •Week day at an Office
- •3.9 A day in the life of jane wilson
- •3.10 What are you doing on Saturday?
- •3. 11 Finding the time to meet.
- •A student's diary
- •A student's diary
Dialogue 1
- Your name is Mary Bright, isn't it?
- Нет, меня зовут Анна Блэк. Я машинистка. Живу и работаю в Вашингтоне. А вас как зовут?
- My name is John Miller. I am an architect. I live and work in Boston. Are you married, Ann?
- Нет, я еще не замужем. Мне 19 лет. Я живу с родителями. Мой отец художник, а мать - домохозяйка. А вы женаты?
- Yes, I am. I have a wife and two sons. My wife is a sociologist, my sons go to school.
- У вас есть родители?
- Да. Они живут в Германии. Отец работает в офисе, а мать - домохозяйка.
- What is her name?
- Her name is Emily Snow. She is sixty years old. She loves me very much.
- Вы часто навещаете своих родителей?
- Нет. Один или два раза в год. Это очень плохо, не так ли?
- I fully agree with you.
Dialogue 2
- Я знаю, что у вас три сестры. Где они живут?
- My elder sister Carolina lives in Detroit. My younger sister Virginia lives and works in New York. Lucy lives with our parents in Los Angeles.
- У меня тоже есть сестры. Но одна из них живет в Европе, а другая в Австралии. Я очень редко их вижу.
- It's a pity you seldom see them. It makes you unhappy. Am I right?
- Конечно. Мне бы хотелось видеться с ними чаще.
- Don't you want to go to Australia?
- Очень хочу. У меня много работы, и я не могу себе это позволить. (I can't afford it).
1.12 Read the dialogues. Introduce your new groupmate to your sister/mother/cousins.
- Let me introduce myself to you. I am George Wiler.
- How do you do, Mr. Wiler! My name is John Bush.
- How do you do, Mr. Bush! I am a teacher of biology. What is your trade?
- I am an agronomist from California.
- Pleased to know you, Mr. Bush.
- Glad to get acquainted with you, Mr. Wiler.
- Allow me to introduce Benjamin Larke to you, Mr. Flake.
- How do you do, Mr. Flake! Glad to meet you.
- How do you do, Mr. Larke! Pleased to know you. How do you like our city?
- I like it very much, though I haven't seen much of it.
- I can help you. We'll make a car tour of the city one of the days.
- It will be great!
- Alice, is the name of William Porter familiar to you?
- I don't think so.
- I want to introduce him to you. He is very clever, well educated and has good manners. William, this is my sister Alice. Alice, meet William Porter.
- Hi, Alice!
- Hi, William! How are you?
- Never felt better in my life. Thanks. How are you?
- Fine, thank you.
- Mr. Medison, this is Mr. Judson.
- We've met before, haven't we?
- Sure. We played a game of tennis the other day.
- And you won the game.
- That's right.
1.13 Look through the dialogue. Tell about George Scott & Peter Brook.
- Your name is George Scott, isn't it?
- Yes, it is. I am an electronic engineer. I live and work in New-York. And what's your name?
- My name is Peter Brook. I am an editor. I live and work in San- Francisco.
- You are married, aren't you?
- Oh, yes. I am married and I've got two daughters.
- What a coincidence! I've got two daughters, too: Helen and Mary. What are your daughters' names?
- They are Susan and Jane. Susan is ten years old and Jane is eight. They both go to a private school. Do your daughters go to school?
- Not yet. Helen is five years old and Mary is three.
- They are at home, aren't they?
- Sure. My wife Joan doesn't work now. She runs the house and looks after the children. Emily is the name of my wife. She is a designer. She adores her trade and dreams of going to her office again. But she can't for the time being.
- It's only natural. Nowadays very few women are satisfied with being housewives. My wife, whose name is Nancy, is a teacher of Russian. She works at a college.
- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- Unfortunately not. I am the only child in the family. I've got a cousin who lives in Chicago. We are on friendly terms.
- I have got a sister. She is much younger than I am. She lives with our parents in Los Angeles. I've seen very little of her of late.
- Los Angeles is a beautiful city. My aunt lives there and I visit her from time to time.
- It's a long time since I went to Los Angeles.
- Too bad!
1.14 Student A Get to know something about Student B by asking him/her questions and filling in the following form. (Student B will also ask you questions.)
Name:..................................................... .. Age................................. .
Country of origin: .................................... Nationality ........................
Home town/village:....................................................................................
Number of people in family.....................................................................
Mother Father Number of brothers Number of sisters Anyone else
................... ........... ............................ ....................
Father's occupation: ...............................................................................
Mother's occupation ................................................................................
Still at school Yes/No Left school: ............... ....(year)
(If Student B has left school):
Present job:......................................................................................... or
College/University:............................................................................
Length of time spent studying English: .......................... ......years
Interests: ........................................................................................
Favourite colour: ...................................................................................
Foreign countries visited: ........................................................................
Main ambition: ..........................................................................................
Before starting, work out which questions to ask. For example:
What's your name?
Where do you come from?
Have you got any brothers?
What's your father's job?
How long have you been studying English?
Student BGet to know something about Student A by asking him/her questions and filling in the following form. (Student A will also ask you questions.)
Name:...............................................................Date of birth ....................
Place of birth: Town: .................................... Country: ........................
Nationality: ...............................................................................................
Home town/village: .................................................................................
Number of people in family: ....................................................................
Mother Father Number of brothers Number of sisters Anyone else
............................. ............................ .................
Father's name: ........................................... ... Age: ..............................
Mother's name: ............................................. Age: ..............................
Still at school Yes/No Left school: .......... (year)
(If Student A has left school):
Present job: .......................................................................................or College/University: .................................................................................
Started learning English: ...................................... (year)
Interests: .................................................................................................
Favourite pop singer:................................................................................
Languages spoken (apart from English): .................................................
Main ambition:..................................................................................
Before starting, work out which questions to ask. For example:
What's your name?
When were you born?
Where were you born?
Have you got any sisters?
When did you start learning English?