- •Волгоградский государственный технический университет
- •Unit I education and career
- •A. University’s Attractions
- •1. Study the list of some features that can make a university interesting. Say what attracted you to the University.
- •3. Here are some words from the text below. Match the adjectives (1-5) with the nouns (a-e) and the verbs (6-10) with the nouns (f-j).
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •6A. Use the above questions as the example and write down 3 questions you would like to be asked about your choice of the University.
- •6B. Work in pairs. Exchange question sheets and interview one another using these questions. Tell the class what you have found out about your partner.
- •7. Study this information about Sheffield University. Would you like to study at this University? What would attract you to this University?
- •8. Work in groups of four. One of you plays the role of a student from Sheffield University and the others interview him/her about studies at the University. B. Student Life
- •1. Study the words and phrases from the text below and put them into two groups: studies or sociallife.
- •2. Read the email exchange between two girls. What do they do?
- •3. Complete the following sentences using the information from the emails. Develop the idea.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Study “How to write a Cover Letter” on your own, then work in pairs and agree on the strong and weak points of the application above.
- •4. Listen to the dialogue between the Chairperson of the “International Society” and a newly-arrived student. Complete the sentences by filling in the gaps.
- •5. Practice the dialogue with another student. Then act out a conversation between you and the Chairperson.
- •Text a. “Massachusetts Institute of Technology”
- •1. Read and translate the text. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Match the italicized words from the text with the meanings (1-10).
- •4. Read the text again and decide if the sentences below are true (t) or false (f).
- •Text b. “The First Diploma in Engineering”
- •2. Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-5) below are true (t) or false (f).
- •3. Read Text c again and match the following people with a suitable course. One person isn’t suitable for any of the courses.
- •4. Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner the following questions. Then present your ideas to the rest of the class.
- •4. Comment on the ‘Job hunting hints’. Which of them do you agree or disagree with? Add at least two hints of your own.
- •3. Work in groups of 3 or 4 and comment on the differences about the work customs in the usa and Russia.
- •5. Listen to the interview again and fill in the gaps.
- •6. Work in pairs. Use the questions from the interview and talk about your country.
- •3. Work in pairs. Ask each other questions about your last vacation. Talk about:
- •5. Read the story, title it and retell in the name of the author’s neighbour (wife or husband).
- •6. Discuss all the advantages and disadvantages of this work. Would you like to have such a job?
- •Text a. “What is a cv?”
- •Personal details: your name, address, date of birth, telephone number and email.
- •3. In the text find the English equivalents to the following Russian words and expressions.
- •4. Complete the following sentences based on the information from the text.
- •Text b. “Your cv”
- •1. Read the following cv. Compare it with the cv layout you have made on the basis of Text a.
- •2. Read the cv again and mark the sentences below true (t) or false (f).
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Read the following phrases from the job advertisements and choose the correct meaning of the words in italics.
- •4. Read the definitions and find words in the text that mean:
- •5. Read the following e-mail application letter written in response to the first job ad. Is this message formal or informal? Justify your answer.
- •Unit III
- •3A. Complete the following sentences using information from the emails. Develop the idea using the following words and expressions:
- •3B. Write a letter to Margaret (Email 3).
- •4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions about you and your friends.
- •4. Read the advertisement below for the Hope Valley and comment on the following:
- •5A. Write a similar advertisement for some place in your region or country.
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Match the italicized words in the text with the definitions below.
- •4. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •5. Complete the definitions below with the following standard international (si) units and the people they are named after.
- •6. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner.
- •Text b. “The usa Science Centers”
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Using a dictionary, find the English definitions and the translations of the following words from the text. Make up 3-4 sentences of your own with any of these words.
- •4. Complete each sentence with the correct ending a-f from the box below.
- •5. Use the Internet to find information about world-famous science centers.
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Work in pairs and talk about your answers to the questions in the text.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •2. Read the conversation, fill in the gaps with the appropriate word from 1, then act out the dialogue.
- •3. Study useful words and expressions.
- •4. Listen and complete this shopping dialogue using the words from 3.
- •5. Work in pairs. One of you plays an assistant. The other one is a customer. Change some of the details in 4 and act out the conversation.
- •2. Based on the information from the text, decide if the sentences below are true (t) or false (f).
- •3. Complete the definitions (1-6) below with the italicized words in the text.
- •4. Read the warnings below (1-8) and match the sentences with the signs (a-j).
- •2. Match the italicized words from the text with their translations.
- •3. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •D. Nobili Spa Sun Lamp Faucet
- •2. Read the texts again and match the characteristics below with the gadgets.
- •3. Decide if the sentences below are true (t) or false (f).
- •4. Match the italicized words from the text with the meanings (1-10) below.
- •5. Think of a gadget you use in your home. Describe it (without naming it) to the class using the following plan:
- •3. Think of the leisure activities which are popular in your country and complete the column about Russia in the chart.
- •4. Listen to the interview with Jessica from Canada, and decide where these questions go.
- •5. Practice the dialogue with another student, then take turns to talk about your time off using questions a-f in 4. B. A day out
- •Factfile
- •2. Fill in the chart about the events you read.
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Using a dictionary find the English definitions and the translations of the following words from the text. Make up 3-4- sentences of your own with any of these words.
- •4. Complete each sentence with the correct ending a-e from the box below.
- •5. What other tv programs do you know which popularize scientific or engineering achievements? Choose one and tell about it to the class according to the following plan:
- •Text b. “a Price to Pay”
- •1. Read the text. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (a-h) for each part (1-7) of the text.
- •Danger when a computer becomes your best friend
- •2. Read the text again and decide if the sentences below are true (t) or false (f).
- •3. Match the italicized words from the text with the definitions below (1-14).
- •4. Translate from Russian into English using the vocabulary from the text.
- •1. Read and complete the text by putting a word or number from the box in each space.
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Match the numbers in the box with their verbal nominations below (1-10).
- •4. Work in pairs. Dictate your numbers to your partner so that he/she could write them down correctly.
- •Unit VI modern science and technology
- •3A. Translate the adjectives. Say what they describe in the reviews.
- •1) How is Sam going to test the greatest crowd density at a music gig?
- •4. Match the sentences 1), 2), 3) with the advances a, b, c in 3.
- •6. Listen to the interview with a scientist from the Space Flight Center. She appears in a new National Geographic Channel series "Known Universe." While listening tick the correct sentences.
- •7. Listen again and fill in the gaps:
- •8. Discuss the questions in class.
- •4. Discuss the following questions.
- •1) Look at these words: “My father always told me, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’. Do you agree with Jim Fox? What words in Jobs speech have a similar idea?
- •5. Discuss and defend your aims in life.
- •Text a. “Nanotechnology”
- •1. Read and translate the text. Nanotechnology
- •2. Based on the information from the text, decide if the sentences below are true (t) or false (f).
- •3. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •4. Complete the definitions below (1-8) with the italicized words from the text.
- •5. Below, some of the most frequently asked questions (faQs) on nanotechnology are listed. Choose one of them and prepare a short report on it. Discuss your findings and ideas with the class.
- •How can I participate in or influence the nanotech revolution?
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Using a dictionary find the English definitions and the translations of the following words from the text. Make up 5 sentences of your own with any of these words.
- •4. Complete each sentence with the correct ending a-e from the box below.
- •5. Complete the text by putting one word from the box in each space. Check the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.
- •Text c. “Futurology”
- •1. Read and translate the text. Futurology
- •2. Answer the questions on the text.
- •3. Match the italicized words from the text (see the box) with the meanings
- •4. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary from the text.
- •5. Read the following predictions made by futurists. Which of the predictions would you like or not like to come true? Why?
- •6. Work in pairs. Make predictions about each other in twenty years’ time. Say what you think about your partner’s predictions.
- •Supplement
- •Tapescripts Unit 1 Section I c
- •Unit II Section I b
- •Unit 1ii Section I c
- •Unit 1v Section I c
- •Unit V Section I a
- •Unit VI Section I c
- •Библиография
- •Master english
8. Discuss the questions in class.
1) Have you seen the science fiction TV series ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’? Did you like them?
2) What sci-fi films have you seen? What’s your favourite?
C. Love
1. Do you know these famous inventors? What countries are they from?
a. Match the people with their inventions.
1) Marie Curie a) laser
2) Alexander Lodygin b) ATM (Automated Teller Machine)
3) Steve Jobs c) radium
4) Tim Berners-Lee d) dynamite
5) Robert Adler e) WWW
6) John Sheppard Barron f) a diving apparatus
7) Theodore Maiman g) iPad
8) Alfred Nobel h) wireless remote control for televisions
b. Explain the words (a – i) to your partner. Your partner listens and says what word you are describing.
2. Look at this information. What else do you know about Steve Jobs?
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Born |
Steven Paul Jobs February 24, 1955 San Francisco, California, USA |
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Died |
October 5, 2011 Palo Alto, California, USA |
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Nationality |
American |
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Alma Mater |
Reed College (dropped out in 1972) |
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Occupation |
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, Apple Inc. CEO, Pixar |
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Years active |
1974-2011 |
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Board member of |
The Walt Disney Company, Apple Inc. |
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Religion |
Buddhism |
3. Steve Jobs gave the commencement address in Stanford University's graduation ceremony on June 12, 2005. Read the second part of his speech and give its main idea.
'You've got to find what you love'
“My second story is about the love and loss. I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started the Apple in my parent’s garage when I was twenty. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just two of us in a garage into a 2 billion dollar company with over 4 thousand employees. We just released our finest creation – The Macintosh – a year earlier, and I just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from the company you’ve started? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented, to run a company with me. And for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge, and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. And so, at 30 I was out, and very publicly out. What had been a focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I’d let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down, that I’ve dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the Valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me. I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I’d been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by a lightness of being a beginner again. Less sure about everything. It’d freed me to one of the most creative periods of my life.
During the next 5 years I’ve started a company named Next, another company named Pixar and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer-animated feature film, “Toy story”, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought Next, and I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at Next is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awfully-tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick - don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going is that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don’t settle”.