- •Ethnic groups
- •Languages
- •Religion
- •Exercises
- •I. Pronounce the following words correctly.
- •II. Give the Russian equivalents to the following English words and word combinations.
- •III. Give the English equivalents to the following Russian words and word combinations.
- •IV. Explain the following in English.
- •V. Complete the following table.
- •VII. Look at the head-line of the article and say what it is going to be about. Read the article and give your opinion on the issue using the questions given below.
- •VIII. Listen to the disc and do the following exercises.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Express your opinion on the issue.
- •2. People (part I)
- •Introduction
- •Views of Britain The official view
- •The people’s view
- •Exercises
- •I. Give the English equivalents to the following Russian words and word combinations.
- •VII. Comment on the following author’s statements.
- •VIII. Answer the questions.
- •IX. Read all the texts one more time and render their general contents in several sentences.
- •X. Read the text and list all the problems it deals with. The Telegraph
- •Ten core values of the British identity
- •Эти странные англичане Как, по их мнению, к ним относятся другие
- •Как их воспринимают на самом деле
- •Эти странные шотландцы «Извечный враг»
- •Какими они хотят казаться
- •People (part II) a foreigner view of the British
- •Exercises
- •I. Pronounce the following words correctly.
- •II. Give the Russian equivalents to the following English words and word combinations.
- •IV. Answer the questions.
- •Issues to be discussed.
- •VI. Make up a dialogue on the topic under review imagining that.
- •VII. Listen to the following piece of information of a person, who was born in Northern Ireland and now lives in England and do the following exercises.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Make up a list of issues on which the Irish and the English have different points of view.
- •VIII. Comment on the newspaper article “White Britons will be outnumbered by 2066 if the rate of immigration continues, researchers have claimed” given below.
- •White Britons will be outnumbered by 2066 if the rate of immigration continues, researchers have claimed
- •3. The family Family structure
- •Working mothers
- •Young people
- •Exercises
- •VI. What would you do if you encountered such a situation?
- •VII. Analyze this table and say at what age in Russia you can do the following.
- •VIII. Read an extract from the book “Britain Now” and take part in discussing of the following issues. Family life in the past
- •4. Leisure Spare Time
- •How People Relax
- •Reading
- •Exercises
- •I. Pronounce the following words correctly.
- •II. Translate the following sentences into Russian and say what lexis from the texts under consideration is used in those sentences.
- •III. Search the text for the words similar in meanings to the ones given below.
- •IV. Search the text for the words opposite in meanings to the ones given below.
- •V. Ask your group-mates questions about leisure time in Britain and in Russia using the suggested words and word combinations from the texts above.
- •VI. Prepare a short talk on places and activities, which help you to have a rest with your friends or members of the family.
- •VIII. Comment on the following article from “Britain Explored”.
- •Gаmbliпg
- •IX. Scan the text for the information that will help you to answer the questions given after the text. Sports and recreation
- •X. Compose dialogues on the following topics.
- •XI. Discuss it with your group-mates.
Exercises
I. Give the Russian equivalents to the English words and word-combinations.
Paid employment; provision; child care; generation; to estimate;
couples; working habits; to bring up; to market; motivation; consumer society; restrict.
II. Give the English equivalents to the Russian words and word-combinations.
Быть занятым на работе; количественное соотношение;
в большей степени, в большей мере; заменять, вытеснять; рано или поздно, в какой-то момент; резкое повышение; незаконнорождён-ность; срез данных; строгий, суровый; отражать, свидетельство-вать; преимущество; уровень жизни; виды, планы на будущее.
III. Explain the following in English.
Full-time work, part-time job, maternity leave, nuclear family,
extended family, patterns of remarriage, single parents, Rastafarians, Skinheads, Victorian attitudes.
IV. Find in the texts “Family structure” and “Working mothers” all words and phrases concerning marriage and divorce, translate them into Russian and think of situations in which you would use them.
V. Comment on the following author’s statements.
The following phrases will be helpful.
It’s my opinion that …, I think (believe, suppose, maintain, feel) that …, Personally, I …, I dare say …, I mean to say …, I want to press the point …, More than that ….
1. And despite the changes in working habits it is usually the woman, who has overall responsibility for domestic life: the traditional division of the family responsibilities still persists.
2. Britain has a high percentage of working mothers compared to some other countries (for example Italy, Ireland and Japan), but provisions for maternity leave and child care are amongst the lowest in Europe.
3. Despite media reports, not all young people in Britain are punks or football hooligans.
4. Ever since the media discovered the world of the teenager films,
videos, TV programmes and magazines have all been marketed towards
the young.
VI. What would you do if you encountered such a situation?
a) You are a teenager and have a lot of friends. Your parents approve of
them on the whole, but there is one, who they don’t like at all because they think he may harm you. They are sure it is he who teaches you to drink alcohol and smoke. It is he who incites you to miss classes and be rude with your parents. They urge you to break off any relations with him;
b) You are a 16 years boy and fall in love with your classmate. She is very beautiful and charming, but she agrees to be your girl-friend only if you spend rather a great deal of money on her: if you buy tickets to the cinemas, theatres, concerts; if you bring her to the cafes and bars… You don’t work at the time and the only way to get money is to ask your parents to help you just every time you are going to entertain her;
c) You are a mother, having a 15 years daughter, who comes one day and says she is pregnant, but she is not going to marry because she doesn’t love the father of her future child. At the same time she intends to leave school and give birth to a child.