Exercise 2 Answer the following questions.

1. What languages are taught at the Academy? 2. What is the total number of languages in the world? 3. What are the most widespread languages? 4. What is a ‘dead’ language? 5. What dead languages do you know? 6. Who was Great Britain occupied by? 7. Who were the ancient inhabitants of Great Britain? 8. Who were the founders of the English nation? 9. What did the Romans bring into English? 10. What countries is English spoken in?

Exercise 3 Translate and memorize the following words and expressions from the text.

Foreign language, century, reason, politics, science, learning, native, tongue, knowledge, ancient, occupy, period, conquer, pronunciation, desire, the most widespread languages, to differ from, liberation movement, to speak fluently, means of communication.

Exercise 3 Find synonyms (antonyms) among the following words

Study (v), liberty (n), dweller (n), fluently (adj), period (n), communication (n), evolve (v), speak (v), defeat (v), today (adv), tie (n), age (n), freedom (n), conquer (v), ancient (adj), foreign (adj), antique (adj), winning (n), develop (v), alien (adj), call (v), name (v), inhabitant (n), smoothly (adj), universal (adj), learn (v), talk (v), nowadays (adv), conquest (n), global (adj).

Exercise 5 Write a summary of the text, presenting the content of each paragraph in 2-3 sentences. Use the expressions:

The main idea of the text is ... The text deals with one of the most important (urgent) issues ... Much attention (consideration) is given to (classification, description)... It focuses on the matters of … The text gives an overview of... The text is mainly concerned with ... The aim of the survey is to show (demonstrate, find)... Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of... The text gives a detailed analysis of (reports on)... To sum up ... In conclusion ...

Индивидуальное задание для студентов заочного отделения к курсу

«Английский язык»

Вариант № 22/1c

Exercise 1 Read the text and translate it in written form.

What makes a person educated?

Of course we get education at school. The activities of the school day afford different chances for pupil’s self-perfection. They provide many opportunities for deeper study and developing our talents. But school lays only the base, the foundation of our education. Here we get only necessary knowledge and after graduating the school we can continue studying in the universities, institutes or somewhere else. Not only school makes us educated persons. Reading books and press is also very important. It enriches our outlook, broadens the boundaries of our intellect, and offers the opportunities to read the latest news and political discussions.

TV also gives us wonderful and effective possibilities for education. Due to mass media we become better informed by watching documentaries, science programs and discussions. It is the principal role of after-school activities to deepen our knowledge in different subjects. Besides regular schools there are a lot of clubs, where children get education and good habits. There are different groups, where children can succeed in the field they are particularly interested in. Art clubs, Drama and history clubs and groups, studying foreign languages, are among them.

Educational excursions can be also useful in developing the pupil’s intellect. Nature hikes help to explore the world around us. To my mind if we want to be successful in our studies we must have the number of positive qualities of character. First of all we have to be attentive at the lessons. Attention always helps to acquire profound knowledge and to understand the material better.

I think that all people should be educated, because it is very useful and important. Educated persons are always ready to find a good job; they usually have a bright career. Besides, it is also much better to talk to educated, cultured and extraordinary person. I consider knowledge to be the really great power and that is why we must always increase it.

It is necessary to learn foreign languages. That’s why pupils have got such subject as a foreign language at school. Everybody knows his own language, but it is useful to know foreign languages. I learn English, because I understand that I can use it. For example, if I go to England I’ll be able to speak English too. English is used not only in England, but also in other countries. I like to read foreign literature in the original. If I know English well, I’ll be able to go to the library and take books by English and American writers in the original.

I like to travel. But it is difficult to visit countries, when you don’t know the language of these countries. If I know the language of the country, where I am going to, it will be easy do travel there. If I want to ask something, I can do it in English.

You can see a lot of advertisement, signboard, and names in the streets abroad. They are in foreign languages. Very often they are in English. If you know English, you can read and understand them. Now we bay many clothes from other countries. If you know English well, you can read something about the size of this or that thing. It is clear for you what it is made of. There are a lot of films in foreign languages. If you know them, you can understand films without any help. There are international friendship camps in the world. If you can speak foreign languages, it will be easy for you to visit such camps and speak with the boys, girls, men, women who do not know Russian. In short, I understand that I have to learn English in a proper way and I try to do it.