5. Match the words in the left-hand column with their definitions:

enjoyable point out basic unnecessary schedule (v) constantly chart estimate recreation stack scrap record (v) particularly fit (adj)

a) useless b) pleasant c) small piece, fragment d) to plan e) in good physical condition f) orderly pile or heap g) to write down, to register h) to direct attention to i) sheet giving information in graphic form j) especially k) to form an opinion, judgment of smth l) continually m) fundamental n) rest, refreshment of mind and body

5. Paraphrase the sentences using the vocabulary from the text "How to Study".

1. It all depends on how you deal with the problem.

2. Next you should know what you do.

3. Learn your best methods for studying and then ensure the condi­tions for them.

4. It can help you to remember important things.

5. Work out a plan for a full week.

6. Try to decide how much time a week every subject will take you.

7. The temptation to learn as many facts as possible is strong. But don't give way to it.

8. Whether taking notes in a lecture or class or from a book, re­member these rules.

9. Sum up your information.

10. You have some guidelines to follow, but the final results depend on you.

7. Answer these questions:

1. Which of the rules mentioned in the text "How to Study" do you find useful?

2. Which of them do you usually follow?

3. Have you got any methods of your own that you find particu­larly helpful?

4. Is studying interesting and enjoyable for you? If not, can you make it interesting and enjoyable? How?

5. Why is it important to enjoy your work?

8. Use the text "How to Study" and speak about your method of learning. Mention:

1. your schedule,

2. how you work on vocabulary,

3. how you take lecture notes and notes from books,

4. how you set up the conditions for successful work.

9. Read and translate the text.

A.S. Hornby's Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English is a dictionary that every English speaker in the world should have at his elbow. It is compiled especially for foreign students of English and their teachers.

The history of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Cur­rent English began in 1923, when Albert Sidney Hornby, then aged twenty-four, went to Japan to teach English literature. He found that his students were reading Shakespeare and Dickens with understand­ing, but couldn't speak or write English at all well. He found himself teaching the language rather than its literature and, over the years, became more and more interested in the problems of English language teaching.

The dictionaries his students were using gave direct equivalents to Japanese words in English, leading to absurd mistakes and misunder­standings. It seemed to him that a dictionary entirely in English could teach much more. It could show how words are used, bringing them to life in a context. It could set out the rules that govern the order of words in an English sentence. It could explain idioms. Illus­trations could be used to add an extra dimension to definitions.

The dictionary A. S. Hornby compiled was set in type by Japa­nese printers and the proofs were checked, unfamiliar letter by unfa­miliar letter, by a Japanese publisher. The first copies were ready just before 7 December 1941, when Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbour, and declared war on the USA and Britain. When this happened, Mr. Hornby was still working in Tokyo, but he was such a respected figure in Japan, and held in so much affection by generations of his Japanese students, that special arrangements were made by the authorities for him to leave with the American and British diplomatic staffs.

Later editions of the dictionary were published by the Oxford University Press: the First Edition in 1948, the Second Edition in 1963, the Third Edition in 1974.