Writing a short personal profile

Active Vocabulary

personal profile	персональные сведения	quite	вполне
headings	заголовки	rather	достаточно, весьма, совершенно
physical description	словесный портрет, описание внешности	unfortunately	к сожалению
for short	сокращенно	quite well	вполне нормально
a typical Australian	типичный австралиец	really	действительно
to go surfing	заниматься серфингом	be embarrassed by	смутиться
be quiet by nature	быть спокойным по натуре	be ashamed of	стыдиться
a sense of humour	чувство юмора	be keen on	быть страстно увлеченным
enjoy going to discos	любить ходить на дискотеки	be proud of	гордиться
is interested in	интересуется	be bored with	быть утомленным
passion	страсть	be good at	быть способным к
outside a town	загородом	curly	кудрявый
be not good at	быть неспособным к	stocky	приземистый, коренастый, толстый
to intend	намериваться	wavy
fascinating	вызываяющий интерес, замечательный	of medium build	среднего телосложения
to look forward	ждать с нетерпением	short	невысокого роста
foreign	зарубежный\иностранный	fair	светлый
quite	вполне, совсем	slim	стройный
straight	прямой	well-built	крепкого телосложения
achievments	достижения	future plans	планы на будущее

PHONETIC DRILLS

[ei] communicate name nature fascinating same

[ж] black hat passion jazz family Maths languages

[e] sense French penfriend

[ai] my I eyes outside find height find

[ͻ: ] for short tall Australian cork forward call small bored abroad

[aʊ] brown town

[i] typical interested intend discos interesting History Chemistry built

[ ɜ:] surfing world curly

[ju:] humour music blue new

[ʌ ] summer but subject culture comes much

[eə] wear parents

[aiə] quiet science

[i:] beach teachers speak Zealand

[a:] barbecues fast dark

Упражнение 41. Fill in the table. Putt the words from Phonetic Drills into three columns Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and find Russian equivalents for them:

NOUNS (30) VERBS (7) ADJECTIVES (21)

Упражнение 42. Here is a personal profile of Sam. There are five paragraphs in this profile, but no punctuation.

1. Add the correct punctuation;

2. Match the five paragraphs in Sam’s profile with these headings.

1. Future plans

2. Physical description

3. Home and education

4. Character and interests

5. Nationality

Personal Profile

(1) my name is Samantha mary dunsford or sam for short I am 17 years old tall and have black hair and brown eyes

(2) i don’t know if im a typical Australian or not I go surfing but I don’t wear a cork hat

(3) i’m quiet by nature but my friends say I have a sense of humour I enjoy going to discos and we have beach barbecues in the summer I’ve always been interested in music but my passion is jazz

(4) my family live in a bungalow outside town my parents are teachers I have two sisters the most interesting school subjects for me is history I can speak French i am not good at maths

(5) I intend to visit the usa as I find its culture fascinating I’m looking forward to studying at one of the foreign universities

Упражнение 43. Adjectives and adverbs

Make Sam’s profile more interesting and informative. Put these adverbs and adjectives in a suitable place in her profile. Use the following adverbs and adjectives in the order they are given.

full * quite * straight * dark * rather * best * usually * very * the greatest * large * always * just * older * unfortunately * quite well * really

Упражнение 44. Adjectives and prepositions.Mach these adjectives and nouns to the prepositions

1. b)

interested on in short

embarrassed in outside nature

ashamed of by discos

keen with to summer

proud by at town

bored at for the university

good

Write four sentences about what you or your friends are interested, embarrassed, ashamed, keen, proud or bored.

Упражнение 45. Words describing appearance

curly * stocky * wavy * of medium build * black * round * brown * short * fair * slim * well-built * green * blue

1. which of these adjectives can describe

hair size eyes

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2. use some of the words to write four sentences describing your appearance

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Упражнение 46. Indefinite articles

a) Look at Dan’s personal profile. He has left out some personal information. Imagine what the information might be and complete the gaps.

My name is Daniel Bradford but I’m sometimes called Dan for short. I am …… years old, …….

and have ……….. hair and ……… eyes.

I’m ……….. by nature but all my friends say that I have great sense of humour. I enjoy …………

with friends because I like sports. I’ve always been …………….. in sports but my real passion is ………….. .

I don’t know whether I’m typical American or not. I like fast food but never say “Hi, man!”, as people think Americans do.

I intend to go to study to Australia one day. I find …………………… fascinating. I’m looking forward to having new friends there.

I live with my mother and two brothers in small town. My mother works in office. The most interesting subject for me to study is ………………….. . I can speak Spanish but ………………… is subject I am not very …………………… .

b) Dan also left out all the indefinite articles. Correct Dan’s profile using indefinite articles where necessary.

c) Dan used the order of the paragraphs in his personal profile differently. Change Dan’s profile using Sam’s order of the paragraphs.

Упражнение 47. Match the English words and word combinations with their Russian equivalents

1.enjoy going to discos	a. вызываяющий интерес, замечательный	13.be proud of	m. невысокого роста
2.is interested in	b. достижения	14.be bored a with	n.крепкого телосложения
3.passion	c. ждать с нетерпением	15.be good at	o. светлый
4.outside a town	d. интересуется	16.curly	p. стройный
5.be not good at	e.арубежный\иностранный	17.stocky	q. гордиться
6.to intend	f. прямой	18.wavy	r. планы на будущее
7.fascinating	g. любить ходить на дискотеки	19.of medium build	s. быть способным к
8.to look forward	h. страсть	20.short	t. волнистый
9.foreign	i. намериваться	21.fair	u.среднего телосложения
10.quite	j.вполне, совсем	22.slim	v. кудрявый
11.straight	k. быть неспособным к	23.well-built	w. быть утомленным
12.achievments	l. загородом	24.future plans	x.приземистый, коренастый, толстый

Упражнение 48. Write your personal profile, making notes about these things:

• personal details

• character

• activities you find interesting/boring

• achievements you are quite proud of

• school subjects you are good or not good at

• future plans

UNIT 3. My Visit Card

PHONETIC DRILLS

[ ɜ:] firstly, first-year, turn, person, work, extrovert

[ju:] introduce, student, education, usually, computer, future, graduation, universities,

[ʌ ] plunge, studying, successful, result, success, discuss

[a:] department, start

[ai] my, myself, advice, besides, reliable, quick-minded, kind

[ei] name, graduation, making, ages, tastes, communicate

[ͻ: ] for, short, or, important, always, all, abroad

[e] freshman, help, them, very, connected, depend, best, profession, enter, medical

[ж] frankly, passion, languages, plans, management, manager, academy

[iə] career, sphere, year

[əʊ] closely promote hope

[i] abilities, quick, risky, children, different, visiting

[i:] believe, speaking, colleagues

[ɒ] common, possible, stop, top, hospitals, responsible, conferences

[ʃ ] pediatriсion, ambitious

[ʒ ] prestigious

Упражнение 49. Read the following words in transcription

[k’ləʊsli] [‘pжʃn] [‘pɜ:sən] [,gredju’eiʃn] [‘eiʤiz] [ri’laiəbl] [jiə] [plʌnʤ] [pres’tiʒəs] [edju’keiʃən]

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

firstly	во-первых	to go off	уходить, сбегать
besides	кроме того	let me	позвольте мне
moreover	к тому же	to plunge into	окунаться, погружаться
thus	таким образом	to introduce myself	представляться
frankly speaking	откровенно говоря	to bring up	растить, воспитывать
first of all	прежде всего	to believe	верить
as quickly as possible	как можно скорее	to depend on	зависеть от
for short	сокращенно	to shower smb with	осыпать, завалить
you see	видишь ли; дело в том что	to turn to them for	обращаться к ним за
knowledge and skill	знания и навык	to try to promote	стараться продвинуться
passion to	страсть /любовь к	to do my best	сделать все возможное
advice	совет	to hope to start	надеяться начать
a first-year student a freshman	первокурсник	to enter the academy	поступить в академию
important	важный	to discuss	обсуждать
a common pediatriсion	обычный педиатр	to mention	упоминать
management	управление, руководство	to communicate	общаться
abilities	способности	urgent	экстренный, неотложный
colleagues	коллеги	quick-minded	сообразительный
an extrovert	дружелюбный, общительный человек	reliable	надежный
issues	вопросы, проблемы	successful	успешная
attention	внимание	responsible	ответственный
graduation	окончание вуза	ambitious	грандиозный, серьезный
professional career	профессиональная карьера	prestigious	авторитетный, прославленный
foreign languages	иностранные языки	of different ages and tastes	различного возраста и вкусов
a good education	хорошее образование	closely connected	тесно связанный
in the sphere	в сфере	academic	усердный, хорошо успевающий
in making friends	в приобретении друзей	abroad	за рубежом

GRAMMAR

Упражнение 50. Read the text My Visit Card and

1. write out the verbs in Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple in three columns

Present Simple

Past Simple

Future Simple

2. make the sentences with the verbs found negative

3. make the sentences with the verbs found interrogative.

Упражнение 51. Complete the sentences. Use these verbs in a proper form:

cost think have speak teach read turn to believe promote start

1. We ……… our professional career in seven years.

2. When I was a child I ….. many books from my parents’ library.

3. Tina is a teacher at our university. She ….. anatomy to medical students.

4. Food is expensive in the cafй. It ….. a lot of money.

5. The freshmen ….. many new subjects next year.

6. Our professor ….. English and German with foreign students yesterday.

7. My friends often ….. me for help and advice.

8. I ….. a lot about my future profession before entering the university.

9. Peter is a good specialist. I hope he ….. professionally very soon.

10. Our colleague …. that modern medicine is closely connected with IT technologies and foreign languages.

Упражнение 52. Complete the sentences. All of them are negative. Use don’t/doesn’t/didn’t/won’t + one

of the following verbs.

believe work spend learn open happen go use know stay go

1. Toni learns French but she ……………………. German and English.

2. The student went to lecture but they ……………………. to the clinic.

3. It will be cold in this class room and we ……………………. the windows

4. They worked in the laboratory on Monday but they …………………… there on Tuesday.

5. The party was not very good, so we ……………………. there long.

6. I’m sorry I’m late. It ……………………. again.

7. When I feel not very well, I ……………………. to the university.

8. I often turn to my friend for advice but sometimes I ……………………. It.

9. I ……………………. much about computers. I’m not interested in them.

10. It’s not true. I ……………………. it!

11. The university hostel isn’t very expensive. I ……………………. much money to live there.

Упр. 53. Write sentences from these words. Put the verb in the right form.

1. (yesterday/ early/ Denis/ arrive)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. (in bed/ students/ read/often)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. (work/ Margaret/ hard/ before/ exams)…………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. (Natasha/ last Sunday/wear/a beautiful dress)………………………………………………………………………………………

5. (a common/ I /pediatrician/ in 2 months/ work/ as)………………………………………………………………………………

6. (shower/parents/with/ me/in childhood/ love)……………………………………………………………………………………..

7. (people/music/making/help/in/friends)………………………………………………………………………………………………..

8. (we/colleagues/communicate/with/abroad/last year)…………………………………………………………………………..

Упр. 54. Write questions. Use words in bracket (…) + do/does/did/will

1. (where/live/your/parents?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. (students/early/get up/tomorrow?)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. (how often/turn/you/for advice?)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. (last year/enter/your friend/university?)..........................................................................................................

5. (in future/what/my abilities/depend on?)………………………………………………………………………………………….

6. (do your best/you/to help/him/two days ago?)…………………………………………………………………………………………..

7. (she/with her friends/communicate/in 10 years?)……………………………………………………………………………………….

8. (finish/your brother/homework/quickly?)……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Упр. 55. Circle do, does or did to complete the questions.

1……. you want to go to the theatre tonight? (do, does, did)

2. What ….. Joe want for his birthday last year? (do, does, did)

3. ……. the hotels in this town have swimming pools? (do, does, did)

4. Where …….. the students leave their clothes a year ago? (do, does, did)

5. …… your friend live with you? (do, does, did)

Упр. 56. Read the text and complete it with the phrases from the box:

early am academy start late frankly prestigious feel have become reliable study depends will abilities have help turn am campus will give is

My name ….. Kate. I ….. a student and I ………. at a …………….. medical …………… and as most students I live on …………… . My classes ……………….. sometimes rather …………… in the morning and finish …………. in the afternoon. So, …………… speaking, I ….. quite tired when I …………… much to do. But I …… eager to …………… a ……………… doctor and know that my success ……………… on my efforts and ……………….. .

As a doctor I will ………… many children patients and their parents ………. ……….. to me for all kinds of ……… . I’m keen on Medicine so I ………. never ………. up it.

Kate’s mother is very interested in her daughter’s life and studies. Use the information from the text above to complete questions that Kate’s mother asks her.

1. What ………….……………………………………………………………………………?

2. Where ……………………………………………………………………………………..?

3. What time ……………………………………………………………………………….?

4. When ………………………………………………………………………………………?

5. Are …………………………………………………………………………………………..?

6. How many ………………………………………………………………………………..?

7. Will …………………………………………………………………………………………..?

READING

Упражнение 57. POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Describe yourself in five words.

2. Say some words about your family.

3. What is your ideal family?

4. What age, do you think, is perfect for choosing profession?

5. What is necessary to become a reliable doctor?

Упражнение 58.

MY VISIT CARD

Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Denis, Den for short. I am a first-year student or a freshman as students say.

My parents bring me up and shower me with love and attention, and I am a centre of the universe for them. Thus, I always turn to them for help and advice. In our family, a good education is very important. Frankly speaking, I am not very academic, but I am quick-minded, so I usually finish my homework as quickly as possible and go off or plunge into computer studying. You see, computers are my passion, and I think this knowledge and skill will be very necessary in my future profession. Moreover, I am sure a successful professional career in the sphere of medicine is closely connected with foreign languages as to promote professionally I need to communicate with the colleagues abroad when visiting conferences or sometimes on-line discussing all kinds of urgent issues. Besides, I believe that my success will depend on my abilities. I am an extrovert and a risky person, and, I think, nothing can stop me.

My plans for future are rather ambitious: first of all, I will work as a common pediatrician, then will try to promote in the sphere of management, and as a result, I will do my best and try to become a top manager. Therefore, last year I entered the department of Pediatrics at one of the prestigious universities – Medical University, and after my graduation, I hoped to start my professional career at one of the modern hospitals for children.

Speaking about my hobbies, I would like to mention my passion to music. You see, music helps me in making friends. My friends are of different ages and tastes but we have common interests and all of them are responsible and reliable.

Упражнение 59. Comprehension questions and points for discussion

1. Why do many young people turn to their parents?

2. What does Denis say about his relations with his parents?

3. How often do you ask your parents for help? Is it good to depend on parents?

4. Is it good to shower children with much love and attention?

5. What are Dan’s ambitions?

6. What may be necessary for his future profession?

7. How do you see yourself in 10 years' period?

8. Say some words about your family.

9. Why do young people choose medicine?

10. What age, do you think, is perfect for choosing profession?

11. What is necessary to become a reliable doctor?