
- •Module a
- •II. Reading activities.
- •1. Fill in the questionnaire giving some brief details about your background and interests. Questionnaire
- •III. Comprehension check.
- •1. Suggest the English for:
- •2. Decide which is the odd word in each group.
- •3. Complete the story using the active vocabulary. Make sure you can speak about yourself using the clues.
- •4. Match a line in a with a line in b.
- •Words and word-combinations
- •III. Comprehension check.
- •1. Give the Ukrainian for:
- •2. Give the English for:
- •3. Use one of the words or word-combinations from the box to fill each gap.
- •4. Find proofs in the text that:
- •IV. Speaking activities.
- •1. Analyse the reading.
- •2. Render the text “The world of English” using the cues below to help you.
- •3. Read the text and try to comprehend it.
- •4. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
- •5. Make the plan of the text.
Words and word-combinations
lingua franca |
[′lıŋɡwә] |
змішана мова |
borrow |
[′bɔrәu] |
запозичувати |
Romance |
[rә′mæn(t)s] |
романський |
false |
[fɔ:ls] |
хибний |
similar |
[′similә] |
схожий |
spread |
[′spred] |
поширення |
overlap |
[,әuvә′læp] |
частковий збіг |
estimate |
[′estımeıt] |
оцінка |
Malaysia |
[mә′leızıә] |
Малазія |
Europe |
[′juәrәp] |
Європа |
Australia |
[ɔs′trelıә] |
Австралія |
Canada |
[′kænәdә] |
Канада |
Hong Kong |
[hɔŋ kɔŋ] |
Гонконг |
Nigeria |
[naı′dʒıәrıә] |
Нігерія |
calculate |
[′kælkjuleıt] |
обчислювати |
prediction |
[prı′dık∫(ә)n] |
передбачення |
vital |
[′vaıt(ә)l] |
життєвоважливий |
tool |
[tu:l] |
інструмент, засіб |
interlooking |
[′ın′tә:lukıŋ] |
взаємопов’язаний |
although |
[ɔ:l′ðәu] |
хоч |
widely adopted |
[′waıdlı æ′dɔptıd] |
широко простосований |
frequently |
[′frı:kwәntlı] |
часто |
influence |
[′ınfluәn(t)s] |
вплив |
area |
[′ɛәrıә] |
галузь |
actually |
[′ækt∫uәlı] |
насправді |
intriguing |
[ın′trıɡın] |
інтригуючий |
variable |
[′vɛәriәbl] |
непостійний |
somewhat |
[′sʌmwɔt] |
почасти, доволі |
on the other hand |
[′ʌðә ′hænd] |
з другого боку |
it’s not necessarily |
[′nesәs(ә)r(ә)lı] |
не обов’язково |
remain |
[rı′meın] |
залишатися |
there is no doubt |
[daut] |
без сумніву |
for many years to come |
[′menı jıәs kʌm] |
на багато грядущих літ |
reason |
[′rı:z(ә)n] |
причина |
Pilgrim Fathers |
[′pılɡrım fɑ:ðәs] |
англійські колоністи, які оселились в Америці в 1620 |
eventful |
[ı′ventfәl] |
багатий подіями |
religious belief |
[rı′lıdʒәs bı′lıf] |
релігіозна віра |
pioneering spirit |
[,paıә′nıә(r)ıŋ ′spırıt] |
дух першовідкривача |
to break away from |
[breık ә′veı] |
покінчити з чимось |
commander |
[kә′mɑ:ndә] |
командуючий |
guardian |
[′ɡɑ:dıәn] |
конвоїр |
free settlers |
[frı: ′setlә] |
вільні поселенці |
empire |
[′empaıә] |
імперія |
unifying |
[′ju:nıfaıŋ] |
об’єднуючий |
maintain power |
[′meınteın] |
утримувати владу |
throughout |
[θru′aut] |
в усьому світі |
in particular |
[pә′tıkjәlә] |
особливо |
emergence |
[ı′mә:dʒ(ә)ns] |
з’явлення, виникнення |
hugely |
[′hju:dʒlı] |
вельми, надто |
III. Comprehension check.
1. Give the Ukrainian for:
native speakers; speakers of Romance languages; similar sounding words; the spread of English across the world; variable estimates; there is no doubt; to influence and sustain the spread of the language; many years later; the greatest economic and political power; to be followed by smb.; to become a unifying means of control; to maintain the colonizer’s power; the emergence of a new country; to be fashionable; to gloss airline announcements; to carry on travel and tourism; information exchange; regular cinemagoer.