- •Я студент мурманского государственного технического университета
- •Оглавление
- •I am a student of the Murmansk State Technical University. 14
- •10. Answer the questions using the information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs. 27
- •I am a student of the Murmansk State Technical University. Part one. Getting Acquainted
- •Do you know how people greet each other when they meet? Discuss it with your partner and tell your fellow students.
- •Read the text to know about possible ways of greeting and why people do it.
- •Read the following words and word combinations below and try to memorize them.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •3. Answer the questions to the text.
- •Phrases to remember.
- •Read the following phrases and try to memorize them.
- •Greetings
- •2. Read the dialogues and dramatize them in class.
- •3. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Part two. Unit 1
- •I am a student of the Murmansk State Technical University.
- •Look up the words in a dictionary, find their pronunciation and read them aloud.
- •Read the following words and word combinations and learn them by heart.
- •Read the following words and word combinations and translate them into Russian.
- •4. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases from tasks 1, 2, 3.
- •5. Read and translate the text using a dictionary.
- •Additional vocabulary
- •6. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •7. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •9. Read the following statements and express your agreement or disagreement. When you disagree give the correct information.
- •10. Answer the questions using the information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •11. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and compare them with the given ones. Work in pairs.
- •12. Translate interrogative sentences from Russian into English. Mind the proper usage of the auxiliary verbs and word order. Compare them with the given sentences. Work in pairs.
- •Text 2 My friend’s family
- •Read the following words and word combinations and translate them into Russian.
- •4. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases from tasks 1, 2, 3.
- •5. Read and translate the text using a dictionary.
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •Complete the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •9. Read the following statements and express your agreement or disagreement. When you disagree give the correct information.
- •10. Answer the questions using the information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •11. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and then compare them with the given ones. Work in pairs.
- •12 Translate interrogative sentences from Russian into English. Mind the proper usage of the auxiliary verbs and word order. Compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •Unit3 My study at the University.
- •Read the following words and word combinations and translate them into Russian.
- •4. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases from tasks 1, 2, 3.
- •5. Read and translate the text.
- •6. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •7. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •9. Read the following statements and express your agreement or disagreement. When you disagree give the correct information.
- •10. Answer the questions using information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •11. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and then check them up with the given ones.
- •12. Translate interrogative sentences from Russian into English. Mind the proper usage of the auxiliary verbs and word order. Compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •13. Read the dialogue and dramatize your own dialogue using words and word combinations from the text and these dialogues as a model.
- •Unit 4 My friend’s study at the University.
- •Read the following words and word combinations and learn them by heart.
- •Read the following words and word combinations and translate them into Russian.
- •4. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases from tasks 1, 2, 3.
- •5. Read and translate the text using a dictionary.
- •6. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •7. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •9. Read the following statements and express your agreement or disagreement. When you disagree give the correct information.
- •10. Answer the questions using information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •11. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •12 Translate interrogative sentences from Russian into English. Mind the proper usage of the auxiliary verbs and word order. Compare them with the given answers. Work in pair.
- •13. Look through the text again and make a list of key words
- •14. Ask your friend about his/ her
- •1. Scan the words and word combinations below. Try to remember them.
- •2. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases from task 1.
- •Read and translate the text using a dictionary.
- •Find in the text Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •Complete the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •9. Answer the questions using information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •9. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and compare them with the given ones. Work in pairs.
- •10. Translate interrogative sentences from Russian into English. Mind the proper usage of the auxiliary verbs and word order. Compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •Unit 6 My friend’s day off.
- •2. Make up your own sentences using words and phrases from task 1.
- •3. Read and translate the text using a dictionary.
- •4.Find in the text Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •5. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •6.Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •7. Complete the following sentences using the information from the text.
- •8. Read the following statements and express your agreement or disagreement. When you disagree give the correct information.
- •9. Answer the questions using information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
- •10. Translate the sentences from Russian into English and compare them with the given ones.
- •11. Translate interrogative sentences from Russian into English. Mind the proper usage of the auxiliary verbs and word order. Check up on your answers.
- •12 Ask your friend about his/ her day off.
- •13. Speak about your friend’s day off, using as many words and word combinations from the text.
- •14. Write a composition on the following topics:
- •Part 3 Grammar drill Present Simple
- •Past simple.
- •Revision
10. Answer the questions using the information from the text and compare them with the given answers. Work in pairs.
1. Where do you study? |
I am a first year student of the faculty of Natural Sciences of the Murmansk State Technical University. My specialized field is Water supply and water diversion / Environmental Engineering/ Civil Engineering. |
2. Why do you feel exited? |
I managed to pass entry exams successfully. |
3. Did you decide to enter the University long ago or you follow your parents’ advice? |
I decided long ago where to enter because I wanted to be an engineer and to continue my father’s career. |
4. Why did you choose this specialized field? |
I am sure that this profession guarantees good living conditions and gives promotion. I think I will avoid unemployment or at least I will be able to apply my skills and knowledge in other fields of human activity. |
5. How do you do your study? |
I do everything possible to get as much knowledge as I can. I am a very hard worker I am used to doing everything well. |
6. What are your favorite subjects? |
My favorite subjects are chemistry and mathematics. In fact I am rather good at them. |
7. How often do you go to a library? |
I am a regular visitor of the library where I spend a lot of time. I also go to the reading room to get ready for seminars and practical classes. |
8. What are you fond of? |
I am very interested in reading. |
9. Are you a sporty person? |
Yes, I am. I go in for sports as well. I play volleyball. |
10. Why is family very important for everybody? |
Family is an emotional center of a person’s life, transmitter of culture. In happy families parents are honest with their children without moralizing, and children, in their turn learn how to get along with other people. |
11. What does your father do? |
He works as an engineer at a Water treatment Plant. |
12. What kind of person is your father? |
He is generous and full of joy, but very careless. |
13. Why does he look exhausted? |
He has a lot of work to do in his office. He often works very late. |
14. What kind of person is your mother? |
My mother is a woman of character, well-bread, tactful and fair. She is warm-hearted and at the same time practical, reserved and full of common sense. |
15. Where does she work? |
She doesn’t work. She is a housewife and she does all the housework. |
16. What do you do when you get together with your family? |
We like to spend time together. In the evenings we watch TV, read books and newspapers, listen to music or just talk about the events of the day. |
17. How do you get along with your parents? |
We are all on friendly terms. So, we are the family and we get along fine. |