- •Белгород 2005
- •Unit 1 student life reading and discussion
- •My studies
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Express in one word the meaning of each of the following phrases. All the words required are in the Text. You are given the first letter of each word and the number of letters in it.
- •3. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •4. Finish up the sentences of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Make up a plan of the Text and reproduce it according to the plan.
- •My working day
- •7. Read Text 1b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 1b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Studying away from home
- •12. Ask your groupmates about Text 1c and let them answer these questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements.
- •14. Discuss pros and cons of living and studying away from home.
- •15. Retell the story as if it happened to you.
- •16. Make up a story about your student life based on the information given in the above Texts. Speaking
- •Talking of exams
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Talking of studying english
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Discussing the timetable
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Student Life” about Oleg Petrov’s study at the Belgorod State Technological University.
- •24. Listen to the Text “The Student Rob Fellows” about Rob who is a student in England.
- •The Belgorod shukhov State technological university reading and discussion
- •The university I go to
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Indicate one of the meanings in which the given word is used in the Text, the paragraph number is given in brackets.
- •3. Choose the synonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •5. Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.
- •6. Make up a plan of the text and reproduce it according to the plan.
- •Training specialists at the Belgorod shukhov State Technological University
- •7. Read Text 2b and answer the following questions.
- •My university
- •12. Read Text 2c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •15. Read Text 2c again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •16. Make up a story about the Belgorod State Technological University based on the information given in the above Texts. Speaking
- •Meeting a friend
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1.
- •Talking of studying at the university
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •A seminar on electrical engineering studies
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Foreign Students at the Belgorod State Technological University”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Moscow University.”
- •Reading and discussion
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Substitute the underlined parts of the following sentences for the words and word combinations from the Text.
- •3. Choose the antonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Make up a plan of the Text and reproduce it according to the plan.
- •Some cities of Russia
- •7. Read Text 3b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •10. Which parts of the Text correspond to the following headings? Put them in a logical order.
- •11. Read Text 3b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains. Use the expressions given below.
- •Siberia
- •12. Read Text 3c and answer the following questions.
- •Speaking
- •On the Isle of Kizhi
- •18. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •19. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model and the information given.
- •St. Petersburg
- •20. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •21. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue “The Altai”.
- •22. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •23. Make up and act dialogues concerning the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •24. Listen to the Text “Resources of Russia” about natural resources found in the Russian Federation.
- •25. Listen to the Text “St. Petersburg” about the second largest city of the Russian Federation.
- •The Capital of the Russian Federation
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Express in one word the meaning of each of the following phrases. All the words required are in the Text. You are given the first letter of each word and the number of letters in it.
- •3. Put the words omitted in the following. The sentences are all in the piece you have just read.
- •4. Finish up the sentences of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The capital of the Russian Federation” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Moscow – a leading center of science
- •7. Read text 4b and answer the questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •9. Discuss the Text in pairs. Use the pattern below as a model and guidelines.
- •10. Find and reproduce the key sentence in each paragraph expressing the main idea.
- •11. Retell the Text according to the plan made up.
- •Moscow Places of Interest
- •12. Read Text 4c and answer the following questions.
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •15. Read Text 4c again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •16. Make up a story about Moscow based on the information given in the above Texts. Speaking
- •Doing the sights of Moscow
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Seeing Moscow
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Driving to Ostankino
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “The Tretyakov Gallery”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “The Kremlin”.
- •Belgorod
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •3. Substitute the underlined parts of the following sentences for the words and word combinations from the Text.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “Belgorod” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Belgorod Region (social and economic survey)
- •7. Read Text 5b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with there statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 5b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Memorial in honour of heroes of the Battle of Kursk
- •12. Ask your fellow students about Text 5c and let them answer these questions.
- •Speaking
- •Talking of the home town
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as model.
- •Visiting the monument to victory in Prokhorovka
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Talking of Belgorod places of interest
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Some Industries of the Belgorod region”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Newcastle, My Home Town”. Study the following commentary.
- •Reading and discussion
- •The system of Higher education in Russia
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Indicate one of the meanings in which the given word is used in the Text. The paragraph number is given in brackets.
- •3. Choose the synonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong” or “That is not true to the fact”.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The System of Higher Education in Russia” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Education in Russia
- •7. Read Text 6b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •9. Discuss the Text in pairs. Use the patterns below as a model and guidelines.
- •10. Find and reproduce the key sentence in each paragraph expressing the main idea.
- •11. Retell the Text according to the plan made up. Text 6c getting higher education in Russia
- •12. Read Text 6c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases from the previous units.
- •14. Speak on the following questions.
- •15. Read Text 6c again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •16. Make up a story about higher education in Russia based on the information given in the above Texts.
- •Speaking
- •Dialogue 1
- •An interview for applicants for entry
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Dialogue 2 talking of studies
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Using Dialogue 2 as a model, make up a dialogue about two friends discussing pros and cons of full-time and part-time (correspondence) education. Dialogue 3
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Fill in the missing remarks in the following dialogue and finish it up.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “St. Petersburg University”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Some Facts of the History of Education in Russia”.
- •Unit 7 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •3. Put in the words omitted in the following; the sentences are all in the piece you have just read.
- •4. Finish up the sentence of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “Great Britain” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Cities of Great Britain
- •7. Read Text 7b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions; reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 7b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Speaking
- •An interview
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Talking of impressions about britain and the British a British reporter puts questions to three American students who recently spent a year at British universities.
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Talking of the British
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Wales” about one of the parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- •24. Listen to the Text “William Shakespeare’s Birthplace” about Stratford-on-Avon.
- •Reading and discussion
- •The capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Find proper explanations to the following.
- •3. Substitute the words and word combinations from the Text for the parts underlined.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •5. Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The Capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in English according to the plan made up.
- •London traffic
- •7. Read Text 8b and answer the following questions.
- •The Tower of London
- •12. Read Text 8c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •15. Read Text 8c again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •16. Make up a story about London and its places of interest based on the information given in the above Texts or from other sources. Speaking
- •Places of interest in London
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Sightseeng in London
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 2 as a model.
- •Walking round the city of London
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Trafalgar Square”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Big Ben”.
- •Reading and discussion
- •The system of Higher education in Great Britain
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. For each of the following phrases find another one in the Text that explains it.
- •3. Supply the missing member of the pair in each case based on the Text.
- •4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong” or “That is not true to the fact”.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •Universities and colleges
- •6. Read Text 9b and answer the following questions.
- •7. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •8. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •9. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •10. Read Text 9b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Oxford University
- •11. Ask your groupmates about Text 9c and let them answer these questions.
- •12. Consider the following statements.
- •13. Discuss pros and cons of the fact that some people think that Oxford and Cambridge Universities are too old-fashioned, traditional, and elitist.
- •14. Retell Text 9c.
- •15. Make up a story about higher education of Great Britain based on the information given in the above Texts.
- •16. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •17. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •18. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •19. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •20. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •21. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •22. Listen to the Text “Universities” about higher education in Britain.
- •23. Listen to the text “Modern Universities”.
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Indicate one of the meanings in which the given word is used in the Text. The paragraph number is given in brackets.
- •3. Choose the synonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. Finish up the sentences of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the topic “The United States of America” in English according to the plan made up.
- •The melting pot
- •7. Read Text 10b and answer the following questions.
- •New York
- •12. Read Text 10c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases mentioned in the previous Units.
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •15. Read Text 10c again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •16. Make a story about the United States of America based on the information given in the above Texts. Speaking
- •American cities
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model. Collect the necessary information.
- •Talking of the usa
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue. The most populated state
- •Alaska, the largest state in the us
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “New Orleans”. Study the following notes:
- •24. Listen to the Text “American English”.
- •American English British English
- •Unit 11 Washington, d.C. Reading and discussion
- •The capital of the United States of America
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Express in one word the meaning of each of the following phrases. All the words required are in the Text, you are given the first letter of each word and the number of letters in it.
- •3. Put in the words omitted in the following: the sentences are all in the piece you have just read.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •5. Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.
- •6. Reproduce the topic “The Capital of the United States of America” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Sightseeing in Washington, d.C.
- •7. Read Text 11b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases given in the previous Units.
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 11b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •The White House
- •Speaking
- •Washington, d.C.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •The streets of Washington
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Washington cabs
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Position of the City” about geographical and climatic features of Washington, d.C.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Different Washingtons”. Study the following notes and commentaries:
- •Unit 12
- •The system of Higher education in the United States of America
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •3. Substitute the words and word combinations from the Text for the parts underlined.
- •4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong”, or “That is not true to the fact”.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The System of Higher Education in the United States of America” in English according to the plan made up.
- •The historical background of higher education in the usa
- •7. Read Text 12 b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •9. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases given in the previous Units.
- •10. Speak on the following subjects.
- •11. Retell the Text according to the plan made up.
- •Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- •12. Read Text 12 c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Discuss the Text in pairs. Use the pattern below as a model and guidelines.
- •14. Find and reproduce the key sentence in each paragraph expressing the main idea.
- •15. Read Text 12 c again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •16. Make up a story about higher education in the United States of America. Speaking
- •Talking of the system of higher education in the usa
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Talking of the general pattern of the system of higher education and degrees
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Talking of the cost of education
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Instruction Conducted at Colleges and Universities”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Harvard University”.
- •Student life
- •The student Rob Fellows
- •Foreign students at the Belgorod State Technological University
- •Moscow University
- •Resources of Russia
- •St. Petersburg
- •The Tretyakov Gallery
- •The Kremlin
- •Some industries of the Belgorod region
- •Newcastle, my home town
- •St Petersburg University
- •Some facts of the history of education in Russia
- •Universities
- •American English
- •Unit 11
- •Different Washingtons
- •Instruction conducted at colleges and universities
- •Harvard University
- •Оглавление
- •Гарагуля Сергей Иванович
- •308012, Г. Белгород, ул. Костюкова, 46
7. Read Text 5b and answer the following questions.
1. When was the Belgorod region formed?
2. What is its area?
3. Where is the Belgorod region situated?
4. What connects Belgorod with Moscow and southern regions of Russia and Ukraine?
5. What is the Belgorod regions distinguished by among the region of the Central Black-Earth Soil Zone?
6. What does the region produce?
7. What mineral and non-mineral resources is the region rich in?
8. What are the two large iron-ore mining and dressing plants?
9. What is Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant famous for?
10. What enterprises of the Belgorod region do you know?
11. What can you say about the cement production in the region?
12. What is the agricultural complex of the region characterized by?
13. What other industries are developed in the region?
8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
Within the boundaries, a territorial unit, to make up, a rail-way line, a motorway, a farming land, available, a cement product, a share, to manufacture, to be rich in smth., iron ore mining, an ore dressing plant, an iron ore deposit, to cause, production capacity, per annum, live-stock production.
9. Say whether you agree or disagree with there statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
1. The Belgorod region was formed on January 6th, 1953.
2. The region is situated on the Middle Russian Hills.
3. The region does not produce any iron ore and cement.
4. The Belgorod region is not very rich in mineral resources.
5. Chalk is not produced in the region.
6. The development of the Stoilensky and Lebedinsky iron-ore mining and dressing plants did not have any effect on the growth of industry in Gubkin and Stary Oskol.
7. The cement production per annum is 6 million tons.
8. There are not any cooperative farms in the region’s agricultural complex.
9. Live-stock production is not developed in the region at all.
10. Sugar production is very high in the region.
10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
1. Some specific features of the Belgorod region.
2. The location of the region.
3. Live-stock production.
4. Iron-ore dressing plants.
5. The agro-industrial complex.
6. The formation of the Belgorod region.
7. Mineral and non-mineral resources.
8. Farming.
9. The Oskol Electrometallurgical plant.
10. The area of the Belgorod region.
11. The main industries developed in the region.
12. Food industry.
13. The main rail-way lines and motorways.
14. The population of the region.
15. The Yakovlevo mines.
16. Farming land.
17. Large enterprises of the region.
18. The boundaries of the Belgorod region.
19. Cement production.
11. Read Text 5b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
TEXT 5C
Memorial in honour of heroes of the Battle of Kursk
1. More than fifty years have passed since the day when the Soviet Army hoisted the Banner of Victory over the thrown Reichstag. The Second World War unleashed by the fascist Germany lasted from 1939 to 1945 and carried away dozens of millions of human lives.
2. Many heroic pages have been added by the Soviet people-conquerors and the Red Army into the chronicle of World War II and one of most glorious is the defeat of German troops in the battle of Kursk.
3. In the honour of the heroes of the great battle in 1973 the Memorial was built on the 624th kilometer of the Moscow-Simferopol highway. The authors of the project are the painters from Belgorod A.I.Grebenyuk, V.I.Kazak, V.D.Leus and the architect A.T.Bozhko.
4. In the foreground there is a monument to the Soviet tankmen - a legendary tank T-34. In the hall of Battle Glory there is a display of sacred relics testifying to the feats of combined arms and services, tank and aviation units which took part in combat operations against German-fascist troops in the Belgorod direction. Here are some samples of arms, private things, documents, photos of soldiers and commanding officers. In the common grave which is near the entrance to the hall of Battle Glory there are remains of the perished soldiers-gunners.
5. In the southern part of the Memorial at the attitude of 254.5 trenches, means of communication and a dug-out preserved since war times have been restored.
6. In the center of the Memorial the Everlasting Fire has been set in the memory of the valorous soldiers of Fatherland.