- •Theme I. Introductory course
- •1. 2. 3. 4.
- •American English
- •Differences in the spelling of American English and British English
- •What would you say?
- •Unit 2. My Biography Моя биография topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text My Biography
- •Compare
- •Remember!
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text
- •Volga State Academy of the Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Unit 4. Working Day of the Student of the Volga State Academy of the Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism Рабочий день студента Поволжской Академии Физической культуры, Спорта и Туризма
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text Working Day of the Student
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •6. 7.8.
- •Unit 5. Our English Lesson Урок английского языка
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text Our English Lesson
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Questionnaire
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Theme II. Tourism Unit 1. What Tourism is
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text What is Tourism?
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Text for written translation World tourism statistics and rankings
- •Most-visited cities by international tourist arrivals
- •Unit 2. History of Tourism. Topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text History of Tourism
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Unit 3. Types of Tourism topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text Types of Tourism
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Text for written translation United States of America Outline of geographical position, climate, states of the usa
- •Curious reading
- •Introductory text What is culture?
- •View on culture as a process (by Mc Grew)
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Text for written translation Language and Culture
- •Unit 2. Russian Culture
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Introductory text What Russian Culture is
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Pattern I
- •Pattern II
- •TexTs for written translation
- •Russian Architecture
- •Modern Music
- •Russian unofficial Symbols
- •Russian Internet
- •Russian Holidays
- •Funny reading
Vocabulary exercises
Exercise 2. Find in the text equivalents to the following words and phrases.
To compare, desks, широко распространенный, обычно, different tests, different texts, пересказывать, работать много, foreign language, easy, длинный, медленный процесс, compulsory, secondary school, высшая школа, начинать, usually, to ask questions, новые слова, новые выражения, text-books, to answer questions, важный, общаться с другими людьми
Exercise 3. Match the following verbs from column A with those in column B.
A B
1. to work a. получать
2. to compare b. работать
3. to ask c. спрашивать
4. to repeat d. сравнивать
5. to answer e. повторять
6. to receive f. отвечать
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Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences.
1. English is the language of the world.
2. English is the most widespread language on the Earth.
3. We repeat old words and expressions.
4. We write different words and sentences on the blackboard.
5. We read different texts in the text-books.
6. The teacher asks us different questions.
Exercise 5. Match up two halves of the sentences.
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A
B
1. We learn
a) old words and expressions.
2. We repeat
b) our mistakes.
3. We receive
c) many new words and expressions.
4. The teacher corrects
d) excellent and good marks.
5. We sometimes work
e) at the computer.
6. We read
f) different texts.
Exercise 6. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words.
1. We can (понимать) each other if we speak English.
2. On the English lessons the teacher (задавать вопросы).
3. We try (отвечать) well and (получать) excellent marks.
4. We take our text-books and (читать) different texts.
5. Foreign language helps us (развивать) mutual friendship and understanding.
6. Over 350 million people (говорить) it.
Exercise 7. True or False statements.
1. At the very beginning of the lesson we sit down and start to work.
2. We learn few words and expressions.
3. We always make mistakes.
4. We ask and answer different questions.
5. Foreign language doesn’t help us to develop mutual understanding and friendship.
6. Over 23 million people speak it.
Exercise 8. Read the questionnaire. Write down your answers. Be honest!