- •The very headline of the article poses a problem.
- •Active vocabulary
- •Tales of st. Pete
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Russian province: family oriented, averse to politics
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Ads have no limits
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Russia confronts aids crisis
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Sherlock holmes revealed at last
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Boiling pleasure
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Tea or coffee?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •Men in the kitchen
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Orphans thrive at a new concept home
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Kids and aids
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Searching for a smile in moscow
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Ghost in the shell
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Elves and hobbits in russian woods
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Active vocabulary
- •British quality
- •Vocabulary notes
- •A school for vip kids
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Experience: teenager from moscow in u.S. High school
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Alma mater abroad
- •Vocabulary notes
- •The wild side of a russian education
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Russian studies: a risky business?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Stay at home fathers
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Marriage made in hell
- •Vocabulary notes
- •An unprotected look at western-russian relations
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Hello. Can u meet 4 coffee asap
- •2 Discuss english lingo, cheers!
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Lost in translation?
- •Vocabulary notes
- •It’s clean air month
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Environmentally friendly moscow
- •Vocabulary notes
- •10 Things that will do you good
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Foods that americans like
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- •Walking for better health
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Architecture may be unhealthy
- •Videoecology explains why megapolis dwellers prefer looking at the ground
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Bad, bad thing
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Tourism chiefs to tout russia’s regions
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Ecotourism
- •Vocabulary notes
- •The baikal
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Dig at stonehenge
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Dna identifies the child victim of titanic
- •Visit was emotional
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Astronomers find earth-like planet
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- •Contents
Vocabulary notes
black and white checkered pattern ['Cekqd] в черно-белую клетку
scruffy ['skrAfI] грязный, неряшливый
recline [rI'klaIn] полулежать , сидеть, откинувшись
painstakingly ['peInz"teIkINli] старательно, усердно
presumably [prI'zju:mqblI] предположительно, по-видимому
well-defined ['weldI'faInd] четкий,вполне определенный
orchestra ['O:kIstrq] оркестр
wizard ['wIzqd] колдун, маг
witch – колдунья, ведьма
tray – поднос
garrulous ['gxrulqs] болтливый, словоохотливый
mailbox ['meIlbPks] почтовый ящик
five-point system – пятибалльная система отметок
roughly ['rAflI] приблизительно
middling ['mIdlIN] посредственный, средний
initially [I'nISqlI] в начале
education council ["edju(:)'keISqnl 'kaunsl] совет по образованию
regardless (of) [rI'gQ:dlIs] не обращая внимания на, не считаясь с, невзирая на
local school tax – местный налог на содержание школ
resident ['rezId(q)nt] постоянный житель
attached (to) [q'txCt] привязанный, преданный
marijuana ["mxrI'hwQ:nq] марихуана
customized ['kAstqmaIzd] ориентированный на потребителя
Analyze the following words
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nearby
appointment
weekly
representative
harmless
painstakingly recall
likeness
entirely
teasing presumably
classmate
mailbox
middling
unusual
information
Find the English equivalents
Освоиться где-л.; направляться к; присоединяться к толпе; обычное одноэтажное здание; сидеть верхом на стуле; принимать как должное, само собой разумеющееся; слиться с окружающими; старательно запоминая; совершенно другой; весь класс; считать себя; иметь что-то общее; вскоре; познакомиться со всем классом; пятибалльная система; высшая отметка; приблизительно то же самое; обратиться за советом; полностью понять; пересмотреть расписание; мгновенно превратиться в; система образования; следить за успеваемостью; выбор дополнительных предметов; кроме того, в довершение; в дополнение; информатика; конкретный предмет; предоставлять возможность; растеряться; специалист в какой-л. области; бурное обсуждение; достаточное финансирование; представители от населения, проживающего в данной местности; независимо от; местный налог на образование; привыкать к чему-л.
Find the synonymous phrases in the text
To go to; to sit with a leg on each side of the chair; to lie back; to accept a fact, action, etc without questions; absolutely different; carefully and thoroughly; to become part of; full of; soon; at first; the best mark; average; I was surprised; besides; to take part; to see; government; the population of a certain area; gradually; to get used to sth; to stop; whatever may happen; to be strange; mainly, chiefly; have enough money; gradually.
Comprehension questions
What surprised the girl when she first came to school in America?
What is the difference between a British public school and an American public school?
Why did she see an entirely different group of teenagers in the next class?
How long did it take her to get to know the whole of her class?
In what way did students sit in the cafeteria?
How long did it take her to get to know the whole of her class?
In what way did students sit in the cafeteria?
What did they all have in common?
What did the girl’s mother get at the end of the first quarter?
How does the American school grade system differ from the Russian one?
Why did Anastasia’s mother go to see the school counselor?
What is a school counselor?
What differences between American and Russian education systems did they find out? Make up the list of these differences.
Why surprised the girl most about class menu?
What extras was it possible to choose?
What does a ‘special mentoring program’ mean?
What editorial assignments did Anastasia get?
Why are schools in America not entirely free?
Why do many residents see them as their own?
What is the main difference between school curriculums in Russia and America?
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ACTIVE VOCABULARY
advertising ['xdvq"taIzIN] реклама
alternative [O:l'tE:nqtIv] альтернатива,выбор, вариант
apply [q'plaI] обращаться
appropriate [q'prqupri"eIt] подходящий, соответственный
choice ['tSOIs] выбор
compete [kqm'pi:t] конкурировать, соревноваться
consider [kqn'sIdq] рассматривать
cost – стоимость
employment [Im'plOImqnt] занятость, трудоустройство
financial [faI'nxnSl] финансовый
influence ['Influqns] влиять, воздействовать
intend [In'tend] намереваться
occupy ['PkjupaI] занимать
оn the whole – в целом
prefer [prI'fE:] предпочитать
preference ['pref(q)rqns] предпочтение
prestigious [pre'stIGqs] престижный
prospective [prq'spektIv] перспективный, будущий
quality ['kwPlqti] качество
research [rI'sE:tS] исследование
specific [spq'sIfIk] особый
take into account [q'kaunt] принимать во внимание
youngster ['jANstq] молодой человек
Practise aloud
quality applicant tourism favour |
graduate compete design research |
European architecture advertising exhibition |
patriotic appropriate prospective alternative |
prestigious national preference residuary |
