2.3. The part of the recording you will hear now is about the schedule of the course. Listen and fill in the missing information on the grid below.

1.	Breakfast	begins	ends
2.	1st session	begins	ends
3.		begins 10.15	ends 10.30
4.		begins 10.30	ends
5.	Break	begins	ends
6.	...session	begins	ends 12.45
7.		begins 1	ends 2
8.		begin 2.30	end
9.		begins 4.30
10.	dinner	begins	ends

2.4. Listen to the part of the recording describing the social programme and sort the pieces of information given below into two columns.

Tuesday Trip Thursday Trip

guided tour of the colleges trip to Oxford trip to Stratford trip to London dinner in a pub trip leaving at 5 o’clock trip to the National Theatre alternative trip

2.5. Listen to the last part of the recording and note down the centre’s facilities, completing the patterns below.

There’s 1. They have 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

2.6. Listen to this part of the recording again and note down the sports and games they can do or play there. (There are 9 of them in all.)

3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check

3.1. While listening to the recording this time try to pick out the synonyms of the following expressions:

be responsible for sth

call sb’s attention to sth

last (about sessions)

be on time

get excited about sth

be planned

ahead of time

3.2. Complete the sentences from the recording filling in the appropriate prepositions where necessary.

1. Good evening ... and welcome _______ the course.

2. I’m _______ charge _____ the general organization ______ the course.

3. If any of you have any suggestions or any complaints? Please come to me and I’ll take care _____ them.

4. You should all have a copy _____ the programme waiting _____ you when you book _____ _____ the reception desk.

5. The first session runs _____ . ______ ..

6. But I’m afraid we have to change the trip _____ Stratford which was scheduled ______ Tuesday.

7. We’re sorry ____ that.

8. Sorry _____ the change.

9. ____ the grounds we have plenty ____ space for jogging or cycling.

10. Before I hand _____ now ____ Alan...

4. Follow-Up Activities

4.1. Work in pairs. Role-play a conversation between a student of the course and his/her friend who is interested in the programme.

4.2. Think of a similar programme for the course of Russian for overseas students at your University. Present your programme to the group.

Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING

Text Title: Enquiring for a course

Cassette: From Task Listening, by L.Blundell, J.Stokes

1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary

Study the word to avoid any difficulty of understanding.

registration fee [] - an amount of money you pay for registration

2. Listening Exercises

2.1. Listen to a telephone conversation between Peter, a student and a receptionist of the English language courses at Swan School. Identify the statements given below as True or False.

a) Swan School provides language courses only in summer.

b) Swan School is in Cambridge.

c) Swan School is quite popular.

d) Swan School provides various kinds of language courses.

e) There is a hall of residence for students at Swan School.

2.2. Listening to the recording this time, follow the receptionist giving information about dates, numbers and prices. Write down the answers to Peter’s questions listed in the chart below.

English Language Courses
How long?
Dates
How many hours?
How many students in class?
How much?
Deposit?
Accommodation
How much for:
Bed and breakfast
Bed and breakfast and dinner

3. Follow-Up Activities

3.1. Write a passage about the organization of the language courses at Swan School.

3.2. Write a passage about the organization of full-time and part-time language courses at your University.

UNIT 2

Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING

Text Title: It’s a long story, really

Cassette: From Synthesis, by W.Fowler, J.Pidcock

1. Pre-Listening Exercises

1.1. Go through the translation of these words to avoid any difficulty in understanding the recording.

managing director - управляющий

engineering firm - машиностроительная фирма

do research [] - заниматься научно-исследовательской работой

resign from [] - увольняться

take over as - вступать в должность

1.2. Make sure you understand the words and word-combinations in the left-hand column. Match them with the definitions on the right.

A. ambition a. to make money in order to pay for the things

B. eyesight you need

C. to earn one’s living b. a strong desire to achieve sth. (e.g. career)

D. to appoint c. to give up one’s work

E. to keep the family d. to support, take care of the family

F. to retire e. ability to see

f. to choose sb for a post (job)

2. Listening Exercises

2.1. Listen to the recording and state the general topic of the text:

a) the speaker’s ambitions in life

b) the speaker’s way to his present position

c) the speaker’s career as a school director

d) the speaker’s teaching experience

2.2. Choose the correct answers for the questions given below:

1. Who is telling his life-story: a school teacher, a pilot, an engineer, a company agent, a school director, a travel agent?

2. What has influenced the speaker’s career more: his own ambitions or some life circumstances?

3. Do you think the family is important for the speaker? Yes/No

2.3. Fill in the boxes given below with the names of places where the speaker studied and worked.

2.4. Listen to the recording again and write down the continuation for the given sentences.

1. My ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force, but ...

2. I wanted to do research at the University, but ...

3. I expected to stay in the engineering firm, but ...

4. I applied for a job with another engineering company and would have accepted it, but ...

5. They wanted to send me to South America, but ...

2.5. Explain why the speaker:

a) took a job in Spain

b) started giving English lessons at school

c) resigned from the travel agency

d) became the director of the school

3. Language Focus

3.1. Insert the verbs used in the recording choosing from the suggested variants:

A. My eyesight wasn’t good enough, so I had to ____ that idea.

a. give away b. give up c. give out

B. I wanted to ___ there and do research.

a. stay on b. stay in c. stay

C. I expected to ___ that job for a long time.

a. stay on b. stay c. stay in

D. I didn’t ___ with the managing director.

a. get well b. get on c. get on well

E. He asked me to ___ as the director.

a. take over b. take in c. take after