САРАНСКИЙ КООПЕРАТИВНЫЙ ИНСТИТУТ

АВТОНОМНОЙ НЕКОММЕРЧЕСКОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ

ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

ЦЕТРОСОЮЗА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

«РОССИЙСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ КООПЕРАЦИИ»

A GUIDE

TO A SUCCESSFUL EXAM

Методические указания

САРАНСК

2010

УДК 811.111 (075.8)

Составители:

В.С. Елизаров, Н.И. Рокунова, Л.В. Самосудова, М.И. Вечканова

A Guide to a Successful Exam : метод. указания / [сост.: В.С. Елизаров, Н.И. Рокунова, Л.В. Самосудова и др.] ; Саран. кооп. ин-т РУК. – Саранск, 2010. – 76 с.

Настоящие материалы призваны помочь студентам овладеть умением общаться в профессиональной сфере, бегло читать и понимать как страноведческие тексты, так и тексты профессиональной направленности и с их помощью глубже знакомиться с миром изучаемого языка, а также активно обращаться с языковым материалом. Указания включают в себя 26 уроков с текстами страноведческого характера, диалогами, различными упражнениями, которые направлены на формирование словарного запаса, преодоление трудностей перевода и приобретение профессиональных навыков.

Предназначено для студентов неязыковых специальностей, а также для тех, кто продолжает изучение английского языка

Печатается по решению научно-методического совета Саранского кооперативного института РУК.

Unit 1. About myself

My name is Sveta Smirnova. I am 19 years old. I am a first-year student of the Saransk Cooperative Institute. I was born in Saransk, so it is my native town.

First of all I want to tell you a few words about my family. I have a mother, a father, an elder sister and a grandmother. My mother is a doctor. Her hospital is not far from our house. It's good that it doesn't take her long to get to her work. She is a good-looking woman of about 40.

My father is a financier. He is very busy. He is a nice man. My father is lively with humour. My parents have been married for twenty-two years. They have much in common. My parents are hard-working people. My mother keeps house and takes care of my father and me. She is very clever with her hands. She is very practical. My father and I try to help her with the housework. As for me I wash the dishes, go shopping and tidy our flat up. My grandmother is a pensioner. She lives with us and helps us to run the house. My grandmother is fond of knitting. My sister Helen is married and has a family of her own. She works as a book-keeper for a joint venture company.

Now a few words about myself. I am rather sociable and easy to deal with. I have a lot of friends with whom we discuss many things. I am very emotional, it's impossible for me to be always calm. I envy people who are patient and never lose their temper.

I love animals very much. My cat Basil often lies on my knees when I am at home. I would like to have a dog too, but my parents are against it. I can't say that I have any hobby, but I am fond of listening to classical music, though most of my friends prefer pop-music or rock-n-roll. My dream is to be a good financier. I think that I take after my father. I hope that my dream will come true.

Vocabulary Bank

native	родной
it doesn't take her long to get to her work	y нее не уходит много времени на то, чтобы добраться до работы
good-looking	миловидная, привлекательная
lively with humour	искрящийся юмором
tо have much in common	иметь много общего
hard-working	трудолюбивый
tо keep house	вести хозяйство
tо take care of somebody	заботиться о ком- либо
she is clever with her hands	у нее умелые руки
to tidy up	убирать, приводить в порядок
pensioner	пенсионер
tо run the house	вести хозяйство
tо knit	вязать
book-keeper	бухгалтер
joint venture company	совместное предприятие
sociable	общительный
tо lose one's temper	терять терпение, выходить из себя