- •Доброва т. Е., Копыловская м. Ю. Worldwide news (listen and speak)
- •Методическая записка
- •Раздел in class содержит:
- •Text 1.
- •4 A). Match these words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:
- •In Class
- •B - Comprehension Test 1
- •A - Comprehension Test 1
- •?Text 2.
- •4 A). Match these parts
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •In Class
- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A - Comprehension Test 2
- •Text 3.
- •4 A). Match these parts
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •In Class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and do the exercises below.
- •2. Match positions with the names
- •3. Group these names into these two columns. Provide some arguments to justify your decision.
- •C - Comprehension Test 3
- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 4.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5.Translate the sentences:
- •B - Comprehension Test 4
- •A – Comprehension Test 4
- •Text 5.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Oil row threatens European supply.
- •2. Match the names with the positions.
- •3. Group these word combinations into these columns following the principle: who is/are actor(s)? what action ?
- •4. Give the synonyms to the words: to feud, a stand-off c - Comprehension Test 5
- •B - Comprehension Test 5
- •A - Comprehension Test 5
- •Text 6.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5.Translate the sentences:
- •B - Comprehension Test 6
- •A - Comprehension Test 6
- •Text 7.
- •4 A). Match the words:
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5. Translate the sentences:
- •B - Comprehension Test 7
- •A - Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 8.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Obama’s Landmark Speech and do the exercises.
- •Text 9.
- •4 A). Match these words
- •4 B).Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:
- •In Class
- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 10.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •5. Which is not related to bones?
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 11.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •5. Arrange these words in the right order. Do not add any prepositions.
- •C – Comprehension Test 1
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 2
- •Text 12.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Ice use drops, heroin use rises and do the exercises.
- •2. What do these countries Denmark, the Netherlands, Jamaica, The Check Republic have in common?
- •3. Listen and decide “who is who”?
- •C – Comprehension Test 1
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •In class
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •5. Translate these sentences into Russian
- •In class
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 15.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B).Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 16.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B).Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5. What do words Watergate, Monicagate, Irangate, Cablegate have in common? What does this affix mean? Speak about scandals when newspapers teemed with these words.
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Testing section
- •6. Israel says it took the action
- •8. Palestinian leader blamed Israel for the deaths and said that
- •T1- Variant 2
- •8. After accession the Centre of European Reforms is going to provide both countries with
- •T2 -Variant 2
- •10. The Bulgarian Ambassador to the uk
- •T3- Variant 1
- •1. Pakistan's President is
- •2. Analysts say
- •4. It was one of the attacks in the past six months
- •8. John Bolton believes that situation in Pakistan is
- •1. What is the current state of affairs in Liberia? Where is Charles Taylor now?
- •Vocabulary 2
- •1. Is the illegal entrance to Australia still an acute problem?
- •Vocabulary 3
- •1. How often is the extradition practiced in politics? What can be a reason for this?
- •Vocabulary 4
- •1. What is the current state of affairs of Iran’s nuclear program?
- •2. Work out a set of measures to prevent a threatening scenario and discuss it. Try to predict possible countermeasures of Iran.
- •Vocabulary 5
- •1. Study and speak about the consecutive steps undertaken by the European community to protect the European economy from unpredicted shut-offs.
- •2. Map out the most problematic areas
- •Vocabulary 6
- •1. Find information about latest terrorist attacks committed on public transport.
- •2. Speak about security measures that can be undertaken to protect civilians from terrorist attacks.
- •Vocabulary 7
- •1. Speak about the current state of affairs of us-Russian cooperation in the sphere of the most advanced technologies.
- •2. Suggest a joint project and present it to an imaginary body which is to decide whether invest your project or not.
- •Vocabulary 8
- •1. Speak about b. Obama’s policy in the Middle East.
- •2. Work out a declaration on us-Middle East cooperation in the sphere of education.
- •Vocabulary 9
- •1. Find information about the latest multinational space missions and speak about them.
- •2. Think about possible tasks of such a mission in a five years. How can the goals change with time?
- •Vocabulary 10
- •1. What is being done by scientists to prevent damage to cosmonauts’ health?
- •2. Discuss the possible recommendations to space tourists
- •Vocabulary 11
- •1. Study the media information related to drug issues. What are the most flagrant cases?
- •2. Set up an imaginary commission which is to deal with police involvement in drug trade. What experts should be invited? Why?
- •Vocabulary 12
- •1. What countries are the most successful in their war on drugs?
- •2. Compose a charter of an international organization which can aim to protect society from the drug-related crime.
- •Vocabulary 14
- •1. What is the situation in Cuba like today?
- •2. Compose three possible scenarios of Cuba’s development in the next decade?
- •Vocabulary 14
- •1. What natural disasters are most often reported in news programs?
- •2. Analyse the measures of airports and airlines in April,2010 after Iceland’s volcano eruption?
- •Vocabulary 15
- •1. Why situation in the Korean Peninsula is especially dangerous?
- •2. Write a note of protest of one party to another bearing in mind the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
- •Vocabulary 16
- •1. Why has Julian Assange’s case acquired the worldwide publicity?
- •2. Write a norm for the International Law that can help local jurisdictions to deal with the
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- •Keys to Text 11
- •4. Arrange these words in the right order:
- •Keys to Text 12
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- •Keys to Text 15
- •Keys to Text 16
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- •Ice use drops, heroin use rises
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- •Tapescript 16
- •Tests tapescripts
- •Israel kills 17 in response to Palestinian attacks
- •International intervention needed in Pakistan: experts
- •References
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет
Доброва т. Е., Копыловская м. Ю. Worldwide news (listen and speak)
(пособие для развития навыков аудирования и говорения
для студентов 3 курса)
Санкт-Петербург
2015
Доброва Т. Е., Копыловская М. Ю. 1
WORLDWIDE NEWS 1
(listen and speak) 1
МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ ЗАПИСКА 9
- С- тест – тест множественного выбора; 10
Text 1. 11
Former Liberian Leader Faces War Crimes Tribunal 11
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At home 11
1)plead not guilty 12
people 12
2)terrorize 12
militia 12
3)face 12
soldiers 12
4)conscript 12
to charges 12
5)hack off 12
to the orders 12
6)privy 12
charges 12
limbs 12
In Class 12
1. Charles Taylor is 13
A the acting president of Liberia 13
3. According to the reporter Taylor will 13
4. Taylor is the first African head of the state 13
5. He's facing charges of 13
6. The Liberian president was forced to resign 13
A five years later after national pressure 13
7. Mr Taylor is accused of terrorising the people of Sierra Leone 13
8. One of the victims says Taylor’s 12 year-old soldier brought an axe which they used 13
C to threaten to chop his head off 13
9. In exchange for diamonds Charles Taylor 13
A funded and controlled Sierra Leone’s rebels 13
10. The reporter says they are going to meet people who 13
?Text 2. 16
Ellison canvasses forcing Papuan boats back to Indonesia 16
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At home 16
1. Find in the WWW the information about Tampa Affair in 2001. 16
2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text. 16
3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs: 16
4 a). Match these parts 17
4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above: 17
In Class 17
1. Listen to the Webcast Ellison canvasses forcing Papuan boats back to Indonesia and do the exercises below. 17
2. Match positions with the names 17
3. Group these names into these two columns. Provide some arguments to justify your decision. 18
1. Senator Chris Ellison insists on forcing boats with Papuan asylum seekers. 18
A out of the country 18
2. In the Tampa affair in 2001, the navy forced several boats carrying 18
A Middle Eastern holiday-makers 18
4. According to Senator Ellison the measures they took to deal with illegal immigrants 18
A are quite new 18
5. Senator Ellison refers to the incident as 18
A the people mugging issue 18
A they possessed background information 18
7. The Minister for Customs and Justice is to safeguard the country’s borders against 18
A illegal entrance only when security is at risk 18
8. The measures against illegal immigration would be determined at the time by authorities 18
Text 3. 21
Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings 21
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At home 21
1. Find in the WWW the information about the following. 21
2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text. 21
3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs: 21
4 a). Match these parts 22
4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above: 22
In Class 23
1. Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and do the exercises below. 23
2. Match positions with the names 23
3. Group these names into these two columns. Provide some arguments to justify your decision. 23
C - Comprehension Test 3 23
2 The expelled officials are experts from 23
A the United Nations 23
C for threatening national security 23
5. Both of them have lived in Afghanistan 24
A for more than 10 years, through the Civil War period 24
6. They were able to travel freely in these very dangerous insurgency areas, largely because 24
A they had a reliable interpreter 24
A with senior EU members in Afghanistan 24
A with both British and EU negotiating groups 24
A which seek some sort of power sharing arrangement 24
A to bring a more inclusive government 24
B - Comprehension Test 2 24
A – Comprehension Test 3 26
Text 4. 27
Bush denies Iran nuclear threat exaggerated 27
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At home 27
In class 29
1.Listen to the Webcast Bush denies Iran nuclear threat exaggerated and do the exercises. 29
2.Match the names with the positions. 29
3. Group these words and word combinations Iran's nuclear threat, Tehran, America's allies, Israel, Britain, France, Washington, friends, America's foes, the White House, Russia, Europe’s approach. What principle determined your grouping? Write the Key word(s) in the heading line. 29
C – Comprehension Test 4 30
A Iran still poses a danger to the world, 30
A Britain and France 30
A Iran succeeded in its nuclear program 30
B it is "warning signal" 30
A Iran is a danger B the USA is to stop worrying about Iran C nothing's changed in Iran 30
A to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear capacity. 30
B to stop helping Iran in acquiring nuclear weapon 30
C to restrict US interference in Iran’s home policy 30
A and all countries share this opinion 30
B and reflects position of Britain and France 30
A lessen the current tensions around the issue 30
B understand the problem in details 30
C ease financial problem in Iran 30
B - Comprehension Test 4 31
A – Comprehension Test 4 32
Text 5. 33
Oil row threatens European supply 33
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At home 33
1. Discuss the following. 33
2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text. 33
3 a). Form adjectives from these verbs: 34
4 a). Match the words 34
4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above: 34
In class 35
C - Comprehension Test 5 35
B - Comprehension Test 5 36
Text 6. 39
EU travellers face tougher US flight security 39
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At home 39
1. Discuss the following. 39
2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text. 39
3 a). Form nouns with the meaning of the actor from these verbs 39
4 a). Match the words 40
4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above: 40
5.Translate the sentences: 40
In class 41
1. Listen to the Webcast EU travellers face tougher US flight security and do the exercises. 41
2. Match the names with the positions. 41
3.What kind of program is visa waiver program? Who and what is it for? 41
C - Comprehension Test 6 41
B called Muslims to kill political leaders 41
B - Comprehension Test 6 42
A - Comprehension Test 6 43
Text 7. 44
Russia Calls For Equal Partnership with US In High Technology Exchange 44
At home 44
1. Discuss the following. 44
2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text. 44
3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs: 44
3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above: 44
4 a). Match the words: 44
4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above: 45
5. Translate the sentences: 45
6. Are the adjectives lop-sided and unilateral synonyms? Explain the difference between them. 46
In class 46
1. Listen to the Webcast Russia Calls For … and do the exercises. 46
2. All these word combinations contain the same word ….turnover, ... cooperation, Russian …, US-Soviet…, high-technology …, …. barriers. Guess the word and translate these word combinations. 46
C - Comprehension Test 7 46
B - Comprehension Test 7 47
A - Comprehension Test 3 48
Text 8. 49
Obama’s Landmark Cairo Speech 49
At Home 49
1. Find in the WWW information about the following: 49
2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text. 49
3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs: 50
4 a). Match the words 50
4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above: 50
In class 51
1. Listen to the Webcast Obama’s Landmark Speech and do the exercises. 51
C - Comprehension Test (1 variant) 51
Listen and choose the write answer. Put the letter of your choice into the box below. 51
Listen and choose the write answer. Put the letter of your choice into the box below. 52
Text 9. 53
Space mission looking for Earth-like planets 53
At home 53
1)multinational 53
minute changes 53
2)measure 53
space mission 53
3)to detect 53
life 53
4)ground-based 53
planets 53
5)to carry 53
telescopes 53
6)Earth-like 54
research 54
7)Russian-built 54
to impossible 54
8)close 54
planets 54
In Class 54
C - Comprehension Test 1 55
C Tatarstan cosmodrome 55
B - Comprehension Test 2 55
A – Comprehension Test 3 57
Text 10. 59
New technology may prevent space travel bone damage 59
At home 59
In Class 60
Text 11. 64
New South Wales Crime Commission cop on drugs charge 64
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At home 64
In class 66
Text 12. 70
Ice use drops, heroin use rises 70
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At home 70
In class 72
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C – Comprehension Test 1 72
B – Comprehension Test 2 73
A – Comprehension Test 3 74
Text 13. 75
Castro's departure fails to stir Cubans 75
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At home 75
In class 77
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C – Comprehension Test 1 77
B – Comprehension Test 2 77
A – Comprehension Test 3 79
Text 14. 80
Concerns about volcano overreaction 80
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At home 80
In class 82
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C – Comprehension Test 1 82
B – Comprehension Test 2 83
A – Comprehension Test 3 84
Text 15. 85
Korean tension at dangerous levels 85
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At home 85
In Class 87
1)Yoon Jin-young 87
A resident of Yeonpyeong Island 87
2)Mark Willacy 87
North Asia correspondent 87
3)Tony Eastley 87
The presenter 87
4)Park Sang-hak 87
A protest leader 87
A newsreader 87
C – Comprehension Test 1 87
B – Comprehension Test 2 88
A – Comprehension Test 3 89
Text 16. 90
Lawyers fear Julian Assange could face death penalty 90
At home 90
In Class 91
1)Tony Eastly 92
2)Emma Alberici 92
3)Julian Assange 92
4)Bradley Manning 92
C – Comprehension Test 1 92
B – Comprehension Test 2 93
A – Comprehension Test 3 94
TESTING SECTION 95
T1 - Variant 1 95
T1- Variant 2 95
T2 -Variant 2 98
T3- Variant 1 99
T3 -Variant 2 100
REVISION SECTION 102
Vocabulary 1 102
Vocabulary 2 102
Vocabulary 3 103
Vocabulary 4 104
Vocabulary 5 105
Vocabulary 6 105
Vocabulary 7 106
Vocabulary 8 107
Vocabulary 9 107
Vocabulary 10 108
Vocabulary 11 109
Vocabulary 12 110
Vocabulary 14 110
Vocabulary 14 111
Vocabulary 15 112
Vocabulary 16 112
SELECTED KEYS 114
Keys to Text 1 114
1)plead not guilty 114
to all charge 114
2)terrorize 114
the people 114
3)face 114
charges 114
4)conscript 114
soldiers 114
5)hack off 114
limbs 114
6)privy 114
to the orders 114
Keys to Text 2 114
Keys to Text 3 116
Keys to Text 4 117
Keys to Text 5 119
Keys to Text 6 119
Keys to Text 7 120
Keys to Text 8 122
Keys to Text 9 123
1)multinational 123
space mission 123
2)measure 123
minute changes 123
3)to detect 123
planets 123
4)ground-based 123
telescopes 123
6)Earth-like 123
planets 123
7)Russian-built 123
Soyuz rocket 123
8)close 123
to impossible 123
Keys to Text 10 123
Keys to Text 11 124
Keys to Text 12 126
Keys to Text 13 128
Keys to Text 14 129
Keys to Text 15 130
Keys to Text 16 131
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TAPESCRIPTS 133
TAPESCRIPT 1 133
TAPESCRIPT 2 134
TAPESCRIPT 3 136
TAPESCRIPT 4 137
TAPESCRIPT 5 139
TAPESCRIPT 6 140
TAPESCRIPT 7 141
TAPESCRIPT 8 142
TAPESCRIPT 9 144
TAPESCRIPT 10 146
TAPESCRIPT 11 147
TAPESCRIPT 12 149
TAPESCRIPT 13 150
TAPESCRIPT 14 152
TAPESCRIPT 15 153
TAPESCRIPT 16 155
TESTS TAPESCRIPTS 156
REFERENCES 161