О.В.Борисова Английский язык

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Complete the sentences.

a.Nick _________ a book.

b.John _________ on the phone.

c.Bill and Peter ________ glasses.

d.Bill and Peter ________ hats.

e.Peter ________ a sandwich.

f.Alex _________ a hat.

3.5 Describe the picture. What are the people doing? Write sentences.

1. (bark) - The dog is barking.

2. (cry)

3. (argue)

4. (walk)

5. (play)

6. (eat)

7. (jog)

8. (read)

Now cover the words on the right and try to remember the sentences.

3.6 Listen to the description of a picture and draw it.

4. Listening and grammar

4.1 Nigel and his family are on holiday. Listen to the telephone conversation between Nigel and his colleague, Bill.

Complete Bill’s questions. Listen again and check.

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6. Conversation patterns

6.1 Which reply is the best in these situations? Listen to the conversations and check.

2)Yes, of course.

6.2Listen and copy the rhythm.

a.Can you say that again, please?

b.Can you write it on the board, please?

c.Can you play the recording again?

d.Can I use your phone?

e.Can I have a pen?

f.And can I send a fax, please?

6.3Practise asking politely for more things. Work in pairs. Let your partner reply.

a.You want the bill in a café.

b.You want to use a computer.

c.You want to send an email.

d.You want to have a glass of water.

e.You need some paper.

f.You ask to open the door for you.

g.You want to know the time.

h.You want to use the toilet.

i.You want someone to take your photo.

7. Writing

International undergraduate students have to complete a special application for admission form.

1.Read the sample form of Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Complete the form carefully with your personal details.

2.Write a short personal statement to explain which course you want to take and why. Choose a course from the list.

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Course title ……………………………………………………………………………

Name …………………………… Nationality ………………………………………

Male/female………………………... Date of birth …………………………..………

Tel. ………………………………… Email …………………………………………

Please list in chronological order all the academic studies completed and current. You must include certified copies of your certificates and exam results. English languages qualifications can be listed here.

…………………………………………………………………………………...........

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

Include reasons why you want to study at Leeds Met, the reason for your choice of course and any future career plans.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

Date …………………………….. Signature …………………………………………

__________________________________________________________________

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3. Grammar

3.1 Read and listen to a part of Paloma’s conversation with her friend. What is missing?

Friend: How’s London?

Paloma: I’m not ____ in London now. I’m

____ in Oxford.

3.2What is missing from these sentences?

a.Paloma: I ___ ____ a flat with four friends in Oxford.

b.Christian: This week I ___ ____ ready for my Friday seminar in Anatomy.

c.Jessica: I ___ ____ my life right now.

3.3Listen to the short conversations and complete the sentences.

What ___ you ___ ? – I___ ___ my hair.

What ___ he ___? – He___ ___ TV.

___ I ___ in your seat? – Yes, you ___!

___ you ___ to the radio? – No, I___ not.

___ the train ___? – Yes, it ___.

3.4Look at the five men in the picture. What are the men’s names?

Alex is wearing glasses.

Nick isn’t eating.

Peter isn’t talking on the phone.

John and Nick aren’t wearing hats.

Alex and Bill aren’t reading.

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Christian, medical student, Stanford:

I’m in my first year, and I’m working really hard. This week, for example, I’m getting ready for my Friday seminar in Anatomy and I’ve got five textbooks to read! I also have time to do non medic things – play my guitar, or take part in student political campaigns.

Jessica, engineering student, Sheffield:

I think I’m more organized and self disciplined than other students because I’m continuing my basketball training at university. I decided that living in halls is not for me, so I’m living in a house with three people from my basketball team. There is a lot of pressure because I have to combine my studies and training, but I’m enjoying my life right now.

Colin, IT student, Leeds:

I spend almost all my time at my computer, and always did. I can be really nerdy sometimes. Building professional skills is demanding. I try to get involved in IT projects for first year students. The only problem is self discipline – if I work during the night I can skip a lecture or two in the morning.

2.2Find sentences in the texts which mean the same.

a.Becoming a professional takes a lot of work.

b.In my flat there are four more people, and we pay for accommodation together.

c.Sometimes I can think only about my studies and don’t do anything else.

d.Individual training is everything for my profession.

e.I don’t like living in student halls.

f.I try to take part in student projects.

g.I sometimes don’t attend morning lectures.

h.It’s very difficult to study and do sport training.

2.3Complete these sentences about yourself.

a.I’m sharing a _____ with _____.

b.I have to attend classes _____ a _____.

c.I’m in my _____ _____ at university.

d.I have/don’t have time to take part in _____.

e.I think I am/am not _____ and self-_____.

f.I think _____ is not for me.

g.I spend almost all my time _____.

h.I try to get involved in _____.

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List of courses for international undergraduate students:

Electrical Engineering; Health and Safety; International Management; Public Relations; Information Technologies; Sport Management; Petroleum Engineering; Construction Design; Architecture; Geology; Forest Management etc.

OVER TO YOU:

1.Can you describe a university course?

2.Can you say what students have to do to complete a degree at your university?

3.Can you say what you have to do to become a specialist in your field of studies?

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Module 5

ALMA MATER

Look at the photo. What is this place?

When was the photo taken? (1948/1968/2008)

1. Pronunciation and grammar

1.1 Listen and choose the year you hear. Practise pronouncing the years.

1.3Make true sentences. Use the dates from 1.2.

a.The Russian Revolution was in _____.

b.The Beatles were popular in _____.

c.The Second World War was from _____ to _____.

d.The first man was in space in _____.

e.In ____ the President of Russia was Vladimir Putin.

f.Friends was one of the most popular TV shows in ____.

g.The XXI Olympic Games were in Vancouver in ____.

1.4Complete the questions with WAS/WERE. Work in pairs, ask and answer the questions.

a.When ____ you born?

b.Where ____ your mother born?

c.What ____ the name of your first teacher at school?

d.Who ____ the first President of the USA?

e.____ the Beatles from the USA?

f.____ Moscow the capital of Russia in 1917?

g.What day of the week ____ yesterday?

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Module 6

MY LIFE AS A STUDENT

Do you like being a student? How much spare time do you have in a day? Do you have time for sports (TV, friends, hobbies)? Do you have a job?

1. Pronunciation and vocabulary

1.1 Listen and underline the stressed parts of the words. Repeat the words.

discipline involved lecture independent

1.2Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Listen and check.

a.I _____ English and German classes twice a week.

b.We have to prepare a presentation for the next _____ in History.

c.Sometimes I feel too much _____ because I have to study and work at the same time.

d.First-year students get _____ in university sport activities.

e.A new antidrug _____ starts this month.

f.When is the next _____ on Physics?

g.I like active _____.

h.Ukhta Industrial Institute became an _____ higher school in 1967.

i.My _____ at university is different from school.

2. Reading and vocabulary

2.1Read four interviews with first-year students. Answer the questions.

a.Who has no problems with self-discipline?

b.Who is independent from his/her parents now?

c.Who has to read a lot of books.

d.Who takes part in student projects?

Paloma, St.Martin’s school of art:

I’m from London, and my mum decided that I had to leave home and learn to be independent. So, now I’m sharing a flat with four friends in Oxford. My lifestyle is not really normal, because I’m a dancer. It’s all about personal training, so I have to attend classes seven days a week.

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7.2Match the sentences and the paragraphs 1-7.

a.Small universities usually don’t have many facilities.

b.You can get information from the internet or visit the university yourself.

c.Living away from parents can have its pluses and minuses.

d.You can find more traditional courses in older universities.

e.If a subject is popular, there are many courses of it at different universities.

f.Tuition fees in prestigious universities are usually very high.

g.If you are interested in some specific activities, you have to find more information.

7.3Read the article again and make a list of seven tips for school leavers about how to choose the right place to study.

OVER TO YOU:

1.Can you describe what you did yesterday?

2.Can you describe the courses and structure of this university?

3.Can you speak about the history of this university?

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1.5 Listen to the past forms of the regular verbs. Do they end with [t], [d], or [ d]?

worked studied arrived loved needed waited believed lived

wanted liked decided invented travelled walked started died

2. Grammar

2.1 Angie is a student at Glasgow University. It was her day-off from classes yesterday. Listen and tick 9the things she did yesterday. Which verbs are irregular?

□got up late

□had a big breakfast

□drank tea for breakfast

□studied French

□went shopping

□bought newspapers

□went to work

□stayed at home

□listened to music

□cleaned her flat in the evening

□worked at a computer

□watched sports on TV

□cooked a meal

□had a party

□went to bed late

Which of these things did you do yesterday? e.g. I went shopping.

2.2 Listen to three questions. Which word do they start with? Use this word to answer the questions about yourself.

- ____ you study English yesterday? - ____ you watch TV last night?

- Yes, I ___.

- ____ you cook dinner yesterday?

- No, I ___n’t.

Find out how many people in your class did these things yesterday. Use the phrases from 2.1.

2.3 Angie and her friend Rick meet on Monday. Listen to them and answer the questions.

a.What did Rick do on Sunday morning?

b.What did Angie do on Saturday evening?

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Listen again and complete Angie’s and Rick’s questions.

Angie:

a.Did you have …….?

b.What did you ……?

c.Where ……?

d.Did ……?

e.What……?

Rick:

f.What ……?

g.Who……?

h.Did …….?

i.Did …….?

Work in pairs. Act out the conversation between Angie and Rick.

2.4 What three things Angie didn’t do yesterday? Listen and check. Say what you didn’t do last weekend. Use the phrases from 2.1.

3. Conversation patterns

3.1Listen to five short dialogues. How do people show their interest?

1I went shopping yesterday.

Really? What ………?

2We went to that new Italian restaurant last night.

Mmm! ………

3We saw a lot of our friends in the coffee bar.

……….

4I played tennis at the weekend.

………

5The party on Saturday was great!

………

3.2Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your last weekend / your last night out. Show interest in your partner’s answers. Use the ideas for the questions from the box.

Who/go with? What/wear? Where/go? What/do? What/have to eat and drink?

/meet anyone? How/go home? What time/get home? /have a good time?

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Choosing a university: ideas for school leavers

Every course and every university is different, and each student wants different things. Do you want the best course? Do you want the ideal work placement? So how do you choose a university?

1. The choice of subject and type of course narrows down the number of possible universities. If you want to study the Burmese language, there is only

one place to go. If you are interested in one of the major subjects such as

English, chemistry, law or mechanical engineering, there are hundreds of courses.

2. Going away to university and living at home give you rather different experiences. Living far away from your parents and your home town, you are free to study and socialise when you like. On the other hand, it is expensive. You also have shop and cook for yourself, and there is no comfort of home.

3. Another important factor is the tuition fees. Generally, the central and prestigious universities are more expensive. Some very popular degree programmes can cost more money.

4. Old universities do more research and offer more traditional academic courses. New universities can be more locally and practically orientated and train more part time students.

5. Universities can be different in size, from fewer than 2,000 students to over 30,000. A small university is more personal and does not have many facilities and non academic activities; in a big university professors can give lectures to hundreds of students at a time.

6. University facilities are can be very important. All universities have a library, a sports hall, a health service, and so on. But there are differences and if you want to play hockey at university, for example, you have to check

out, if the university has a hockey pitch.

7. You can also often take a virtual tour of the university. Departments usually have their own sites, too. You can find information about courses, options, teaching methods and assessment. A personal visit can also be very helpful. You can get a feel of the atmosphere of a university. Don't forget about open days for school leavers.

Good luck in choosing the right course and place.

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4. Listening and speaking

4.1 Look at the photo. Do you know who this man is? What is he famous for?

Listen and answer the questions.

a.What is his name?

b.What did he invent?

c.When did this idea come to him?

d.Why is this idea important?

Listen again and make sentences about his life and his invention. Use the following ideas.

4.2 Think of a scientist/inventor/politician/public figure whose ideas changed the world (in a good way). Tell his/her story to the group. Ask them 6-8 questions to check if they understood you.

5. Reading and vocabulary

5.1 Read the story of Ukhta State Technical University. Make a list of important events. Use the list of the years as prompts.

Years of history

This University is one of the leading higher schools in the north of Russia. It has a reputation for academic excellence and attracts students and researchers from all parts of the country and abroad.

The story started in April, 1958, when Moscow's Gubkin Institute of Petrochemicals and Natural Gas opened an educational support centre in Ukhta. The Institute helped with the library and teaching materials. The training system included a combination of professional correspondence courses and on the job experience.

The development of oil and gas industries demanded more qualified specialists. As a result, the educational support centre became Ukhta

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Industrial Institute in March, 1967. The first Rector was Grigory Panov (1929 1988). There were three faculties: Oil and Gas, Forestry and the faculty for evening and correspondence students. In 1969, there were only six graduates, but already in 1972, two hundred and seventy four skilled engineers graduated from the institute. At that time the institute had five faculties and twenty departments.

The number of students and the range of specialities grew every year.

In April, 1999 the institute achieved university status. It was renamed Ukhta State Technical University. Now it’s a modern research and education complex and has great scientific potential.

a.1958

b.1967

c.1969

d.1972

e.1999

5.2Guess the meaning of the highlighted words. Check it with a dictionary.

5.3Complete the sentences with the words highlighted in the text.

a.Arshavin says the team _____ good results last season.

b.In _____ training you learn your job at your workplace.

c.Canada has a special immigration program for _____ workers.

d.National Express is the _____ bus company in the UK.

e._____ courses are also known as distant learning.

f.A magnet _____ ferrous objects.

g.Students _____ tuition cuts during yesterday’s protest march.

h.Twenty-five Oxford _____ became Prime Ministers.

5.4Cover the text and try to remember at least six facts from the University history.

6. Reading and speaking

6.1 Study the facts about Ukhta State Technical University and answer the questions.

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UKHTA UNIVERSITY: FACT FILE

Location

Ukhta, Komi Republic

Number of students more than 8000

Faculties and departments

1. Oil and gas fields:

Development and exploitation of oil and gas fields; Drilling of oil and gas wells; Design and exploitation of main oil and gas lines and reservoirs; Industrial safety and environment protection; Oil and gas fields’ machinery and equipment;

2. Geological prospecting faculty:

Oil and gas geology; Geophysical methods, Geoinformational technologies and systems; Mineralogy, Geology, Geochemistry and Geodesy; Geophysical methods of mineral deposits search and development; Mineralogy, Applied Geochemistry, Petrology;

3. Information technologies faculty:

Automatic systems of information processing and management; Information systems in business; Electrification and automation of technological process; Information systems and technologies;

4. Timber faculty:

Timber engineering; Timber fields’ machinery and equipment; 5. Architecture faculty:

Industrial and civil engineering; Heat and gas supply and ventilation; Water supply and sewerage; Architecture;

6. Economy and management faculty:

Finance and credit; Economics and management (in fuel and energy complex fields);

7.Faculty of humanities: Public relations;

8.Institute of physical training, sport and tourism Physical culture and sport

9.Faculty for correspondence students

Branches

Usinsk, Vorkuta

Degree levels

Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral

Учебное издание

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English for Engineering Students (basic level)

Английский язык для студентов технических специальностей

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Отдел оперативной полиграфии УГТУ. 169300, Республика Коми, г. Ухта, ул. Октябрьская, д. 13.

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2.3 Complete the questions about your last holiday.

Your last holiday

Where/go? When?

Who/go with?

How/get there?

Where/stay?

How long/be there?

/have good weather?

What/do during the day?

What/do at night?

/have a good time?

/have any problems?

2.4Answer the questions using the words and phrases from 2.1 and 2.2.

2.5Work in pairs. Practise asking and answering the questions with a partner. Use your partner’s answers to tell the class about his/her last holiday.

3. Grammar

3.1 Look at the picture. Which verbs show a complete action in the past? Which show an action in progress at a specific moment in the past?

Last summer Jeff was on holiday in England.

What happened to him there?

Someone took his bag with all his money and passport.

How did it happen?

He was looking at the tower when someone took his bag.

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3.2Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

a.I ______ coffee when I _____ her. HAVE / SEE

b.They _____ golf when it _____ to rain. PLAY / START

c.She _____ an accident when she _____ to the shops. SEE / WALK

3.3Match the halves of the sentences.

3.4Put the verbs into the correct past forms.

a.She (arrive) when we (have) dinner.

b.I (break) my arm when I (play) football.

c.(drive) you fast when the police (stop) you?

d.It (snow) when we (leave) the café.

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