- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •Пособие по аудированию
- •Tuning in the usa
- •Vocabulary:
- •Meeting – an occasion when people come together intentionally or unintentionally
- •Vocabulary:
- •Thank goodness! – shows that you’re happy that something bad ended or didn’t Publicity happen
- •Vocabulary:
- •Stuffed animals – in this case means “мягкий”
- •Vocabulary: To have no way to get somewhere
- •Vocabulary: To park
- •Vocabulary: a working trip
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Why is Ellen worried about Robbie?
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary: a reason for smth
- •Vocabulary: fast-food restaurants
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- •Program 7 (2) a County Fair
- •Vocabulary:
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- •Vocabulary:
- •Imagine that you are Ellen or Philip; with your partner present the conversation in class. Pay special attention to the sounds and sound clusters.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Program 13 (2) Take Me Out To the Ball Game
- •Program 14 (1) New Orleans: a Mix of Cultures
- •Program 14 (2) New Orleans: a Mix of Cultures
- •1. Birds Of a feather Flock Together
- •2. In Unity There Is Strength
- •3. It Takes Two to Tango
- •Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it with your partner.
- •4. A Man Is Known By the Company He Keeps
- •5. Misery Loves Company
- •Learn as a dialogue and perform it in class with your partner.
- •6. There’s No Place like Home
- •7. Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
- •8. Two Heads Are Better Than One
- •9. Two’s Company, But Three’s a Crowd
- •10. An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
- •12. If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
- •13. If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out Of the Kitchen
- •14. Leave Well Enough Alone
- •15. Look Before You Leap
- •16. Make Hay While the Sun Shines
- •17. Strike While the Iron Is Hot
- •18. The Way to a Man’s Heart Is Through His Stomach
- •19. When in Rome Do As the Romans Do
- •20. All That Glitters Is Not Gold
- •21. Curiosity Killed the Cat
- •22. Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
- •23. Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You
- •24. Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They’re Hatched
- •25. Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
- •26. Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover
- •27. Don’t Judge a Man Until You’ve Walked in His Boots
- •28. Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
- •29. Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
- •30. Don’t Put Off for Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
- •31. Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse
- •32. A Miss Is As Good As a Mile
- •33. The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
- •34. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
- •35. The First Step Is Always the Hardest
- •36. Forewarned Is Forearmed
- •37. He Who Hesitates Is Lost
- •38. If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
- •39. Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
- •40. No Pain, No Gain
- •41. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
- •42. The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword
- •43. Practice Makes Perfect
- •44. Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
- •45. The Squeaking Wheel Gets the Oil
- •46. You’re Never Too Old to Learn
- •47. Beggars Can’t Be Choosers
- •48. Clothes Do Not Make the Man
- •49. A Leopard Cannot Change His Spots
- •50. Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone
- •51. Money Does Not Grow on Trees
- •52. One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make
- •53. Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
- •54. You Can Lead a Horse to Water, but You Can’t Make Him Drink
- •55. You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
- •56. You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
- •57. The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree
- •58. Barking Dogs Seldom Bite
- •59. Better a Live Coward Than a Dead Hero
- •60. A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted
- •61. He Who Laughs Last Laughs Best
- •Idioms and Phrasal Verbs for the toefl Mini-Lesson 1.1
- •Mini-Lesson 1.2
- •Mini-Lesson 1.3
- •Mini-Lesson 2.1
- •Mini-Lesson 2.2
- •Mini-Lesson 3.1
- •Mini-Lesson 3.2
- •Mini-Lesson 4.1
- •Mini-Lesson 4.2
- •Mini-Lesson 4.3
- •Mini-Lesson 5.1
- •Mini-Lesson 5.2
- •Mini-Lesson 5.3
- •Mini-Lesson 6.1
- •Mini-Lesson 6.2
- •Mini-Lesson 6.3
- •Mini-Lesson 7.1
- •Mini-Lesson 7.2
- •Mini-Lesson 7.3
- •Mini-Lesson 8.1
- •Mini-Lesson 8.2
- •Mini-Lesson 9.1
- •Mini-Lesson 9.2
- •Mini-Lesson 9.3
- •Mini-Lesson 10.1
- •Mini-Lesson 10.2
- •Mini-Lesson 11.1
- •Mini-Lesson 11.2
- •Mini-Lesson 12.1
- •Mini-Lesson 12.2
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24. Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They’re Hatched
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Lydia
Words:
a publisher
royalties
a down payment
a condo
to count on smth
to despair
Answer the following questions:
What book has Lydia written?
What is she planning to spend her royalties on?
What shouldn’t she think about it right now?
Name a person who you can count on.
What may drive you to despair?
Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.
25. Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Lois, Andy
Words:
to knock over
crystal
folks
to shatter
to undo
to spill
Answer the following questions:
Why is the vase so dear to Lois’ heart?
Have you ever been in the similar situation?
What would you say or do in Andy’s place?
Make up your own short story illustrating the proverb and perform them in class with your partner.
26. Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Commodore
Words:
a coach
to have nothing to do with
a genius
rough training
to base on
Answer the following questions:
What’s wrong with the new coach?
Why shouldn’t we base our opinion about anyone on the way s/he looks?
Is the proverb universally true? Are there any exceptions?
Make up your own dialogues with the words above and perform them in class with your partner.
27. Don’t Judge a Man Until You’ve Walked in His Boots
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Josh
Words:
a competition
to compete
I’ll bet!
To hold one’s balance
superior
maneuver
competitor
Answer the following questions:
What did the guys watch on TV?
What are their impressions?
Why did they mention one guy in particular? How did they describe his performance?
Compare the proverb to the previous one. What is the difference between their meanings?
Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.
28. Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Mike
Words:
outright
sleek
to find fault with smth
to get around
patient
Explain what is meant:
It doesn’t look like much.
Didn’t your dad just give it to you outright?
I’m still getting around on my bike.
I shouldn’t find fault with something I got for nothing.
Answer the following questions:
Why doesn’t Mike like his car very much?
How did he get it?
What is the car that he really wants?
According to his friend, what does he have to do to get the car that he wants?
Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.
29. Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Jill
Words:
inheritance
bulk
estate
real estate
government bonds
low-risk
counselor
to look up
Explain what is meant:
to come into quite an inheritance
Never fear.
Now you are talking!
Answer the following questions:
How did Jill get an inheritance?
Why will Jill have to start thinking of ways to invest money?
What does Jill plan to do with the money?
How does her friend offer to help her?
Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.