- •Учебное пособие по развитию навыков устной речи для студентов I и II курса технических специальностей
- •Part I me and my family
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, and translate the texts. About myself
- •My family
- •III. Supplementary vocabulary:
- •3. Relationships
- •IV. Using the supplementary vocabulary and the above stories, speak about yourself and your family.
- •V. A) Give the Russian equivalents for the following English proverbs and sayings (or translate them into Russian).
- •VI. Topics for oral compositions:
- •V. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Working day of a student
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read and translate the texts:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Higher education
- •I . Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II . Read, translate and retell the text:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Our university
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II .Read, translate and retell the text:
- •AltStu academic divisions
- •Institutes:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •In the city Barnaul
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text:
- •III. Complete the text with the words and phrases from the list below.
- •IV. Underline the correct word or phrase.
- •V. Underline the correct grammar form of the verb.
- •VI. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VII. Choose one of the prepositions.
- •VIII. Finish the sentences
- •Around the world
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Imagine some friends are coming to visit your town or city. They only have time to see three things. What three things should they see? Make a list.
- •III. Read the extract from a guide book for Cape Town.
- •IV. Put the sentences a-f back in the gaps 1-6 of the article.
- •V. Work in pairs. Imagine you have a free trip to Cape Town but you can only see three things. Which of the places would you like to visit most? Decide which three places are the best to go to.
- •VI. Match column a to column в to make sentences about things you can do in Cape Town.
- •VII. Anny and Nick are visiting Cape Town. Complete the sentences and put the adjectives in brackets into the superlative form. Where are they in each conversation?
- •VIII. Make questions with the phrases below about your native city. Use the superlative form of the adjectives. Make two more questions of your own.
- •Directions
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Fill in the gaps with up, into, through, round, onto, from...To, over or down.
- •III. Look at the pictures and speak about Robert`s driving lesson. Put a preposition from the box into each gap.
- •IV. Underline the correct word(s).
- •V. Follow the directions on the map and write down the name of the place. Try to guess where the woman wants to go.
- •Transport
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Put these types of transport in order from fast to slow.
- •III. Read the text. Can you guess which numbers go in the gaps?
- •IV. Look back at we text and choose the correct words to go together.
- •V. Which sentences are true for your country? Correct the false ones.
- •Shopping
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text: Shopping
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VI. Ask your friend:
- •VII. Act out the situations using the following words and word combinations:
- •Part II Travelling
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered
- •Going abroad
- •II. Read, translate and reproduce the text
- •III. Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Answer the questions
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text: Travelling
- •IV. Answer the questions:
- •V. Ask your friend:
- •IV. Words and word combinations to be remembered
- •V. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues
- •Airplane reservation
- •Booking train tickets
- •Hotel reservations
- •At a hotel
- •Shopping
- •1. Lev Shkolnik - l. S., Salesman – s.
- •2. Saleswoman - s., Olga Rozova - o.R.
- •V. Act out the situations
- •VI. Ask your friend:
- •Spending free time
- •Vocabulary 1
- •Opinions
- •Vocabulary 2a
- •Vocabulary 2b
- •Vocabulary 3
- •Eating out/ meals
- •Vocabulary 4
- •Vocabulary 4a
- •2) Translate the sentences into English:
- •The Career Ladder
- •1. Read the texts and put down new vocabulary.
- •3. Read the article and check your answers to 2.
- •4. Imagine you could do two jobs. Which two jobs would you like to do? Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •5. Work with a partner. The beginnings and ends of these sentences are mixed up. Rearrange them to make realistic sentences.
- •6. Work with a partner. Complete the interviews with can, can't, have to or don't have to.
- •Career moves
- •2. Decide…
- •3. Practise the dialogue. What does an interactive media designer do? Does it sound interesting to you? Why or why not? Find gerund phrases.
- •4. Make up sentences as in the example. Give your opinions about the jobs.
- •5. Find phrases in the list that are usually paired with each verb.
- •6. Practise the dialogue. Find comparisons.
- •7. Match the information to make sentences. Then rewrite each sentence in a different way.
- •8. Choose two summer jobs from the list. Then use the questions to compare them.
- •9. Read this letter of application for a job at Reynold's Department Store. Use the words and expressions above to improve the parts of the letter that are underlined.
- •10. Write your own letter of application for your dream job.
- •11. Read, translate and retell the text: planning a career
- •12. Ask your groupmates:
- •The main cities of america
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and reproduce the text: New York
- •III. Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents:
- •2. Translate into English:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Circle t if the sentence is true. Circle f if the sentence is false.
- •5. Discuss the answers to these questions with your classmates.
- •Part II
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read and translate the text Glimpses of Geography
- •III Note the pronunciation of the geographical names:
- •IV. Look at the map and describe
- •« Город Огней»
- •VI. Grammar
- •VII. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VIII. Ask your friend:
- •IX. Answer the questions.
- •X. Act out the situations:
- •The contents
- •In the city………………………………………………………….26
III. Exercises
1. Give the English equivalents:
Соединенный мостами; названный в честь герцога Йорка; статуя, подаренная Соединенным Штатам Францией; основанный поселенцами из Голландии; подъезжая к Нью-Йоркской гавани; включая университет Колумбии; командующий Английской армией; многонациональный город; небоскреб; высшие учебные заведения; 300 тысяч студентов; первое впечатление; история иммиграции; воздвигать здания; простираться на … километров с севера на юг; люди могут стоять внутри факела.
2. Translate into English:
1.Нью-Йорк – один из самых больших городов мира. Его население 18 млн. человек, включая пригород.
2. Самая длинная и широкая улица Нью-Йорка – Бродвей.
3. Рокфеллер Центр – самый большой деловой и развлекательный центр в Америке.
4. Люди в Нью-Йорке говорят на 75 языках.
5. Высота самого высокого небоскреба Нью-Йорка 381 метр.
6. Нью-Йорк – крупнейший научный и культурный центр страны. В нем много научных институтов, известных университетов, театров и музеев.
7. Концертные залы Радиоцентра и Оперного Театра привлекают много посетителей.
8. Статуя Свободы – одна из самых известных в мире. Она стоит на острове в Нью-Йоркской гавани.
3. Answer the questions:
1. What kind of a city is New York?
2. When was it founded?
3. Who founded the city?
4. What name did the city have at that time?
5. What districts does New York consists of?
6. How many people live in the city and its suburbs?
7. Why is the city called “ modern Babylon” now?
8. What is the centre of New York?
9. What is the most distinguished feature of the city?
10. What cultural and scientific institutions are there in New York?
11. Whose joint project was the creation of the Statue of Liberty?
12. What exhibits does the museum in the bottom of the Statue contain?
4. Circle t if the sentence is true. Circle f if the sentence is false.
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True
False
Twelve people can stand inside the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
T
F
The United States helped France gain its independence in 1776.
T
F
The visitors pass 192 steps to the observation deck in the crown of the Statue.
T
F
Frederic – Auguste Barthould was a French engineer.
T
F
Alexendre Eiffel figured out how to make the Statue stand.
T
F
Americans designed the pedestal for the statue.
T
F
5. Discuss the answers to these questions with your classmates.
1. Do you have any famous statues or monuments in your country? What are they?
2. What famous statue, monument or building do you think is the most beautiful or interesting? Which do you think is the ugliest?