- •Учебное пособие по развитию навыков устной речи для студентов I и II курса технических специальностей
- •Part I me and my family
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, and translate the texts. About myself
- •My family
- •III. Supplementary vocabulary:
- •3. Relationships
- •IV. Using the supplementary vocabulary and the above stories, speak about yourself and your family.
- •V. A) Give the Russian equivalents for the following English proverbs and sayings (or translate them into Russian).
- •VI. Topics for oral compositions:
- •V. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Working day of a student
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read and translate the texts:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Higher education
- •I . Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II . Read, translate and retell the text:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •Our university
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II .Read, translate and retell the text:
- •AltStu academic divisions
- •Institutes:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •IV. Ask your friend:
- •V. Act out the situations:
- •In the city Barnaul
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text:
- •III. Complete the text with the words and phrases from the list below.
- •IV. Underline the correct word or phrase.
- •V. Underline the correct grammar form of the verb.
- •VI. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VII. Choose one of the prepositions.
- •VIII. Finish the sentences
- •VIII. Make questions with the phrases below about your native city. Use the superlative form of the adjectives. Make two more questions of your own.
- •Directions
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Fill in the gaps with up, into, through, round, onto, from...To, over or down.
- •III. Look at the pictures and speak about Robert`s driving lesson. Put a preposition from the box into each gap.
- •IV. Underline the correct word(s).
- •V. Follow the directions on the map and write down the name of the place. Try to guess where the woman wants to go.
- •IV. Look back at we text and choose the correct words to go together.
- •V. Which sentences are true for your country? Correct the false ones.
- •Shopping
- •I. Words and word-combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text: Shopping
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VI. Ask your friend:
- •VII. Act out the situations using the following words and word combinations:
- •Part II Travelling
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered
- •Going abroad
- •II. Read, translate and reproduce the text
- •III. Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents
- •2. Translate into English
- •3. Answer the questions
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and retell the text: Travelling
- •IV. Answer the questions:
- •V. Ask your friend:
- •IV. Words and word combinations to be remembered
- •V. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues
- •1. Lev Shkolnik - l. S., Salesman – s.
- •2. Saleswoman - s., Olga Rozova - o.R.
- •V. Act out the situations
- •VI. Ask your friend:
- •Spending free time
- •Vocabulary 1
- •My Day-Off
- •Opinions
- •Vocabulary 2a
- •Vocabulary 2b
- •Vocabulary 3
- •Eating out/ meals
- •Vocabulary 4
- •Vocabulary 4a
- •2) Translate the sentences into English:
- •The Career Ladder
- •1. Read the texts and put down new vocabulary.
- •3. Read the article and check your answers to 2.
- •4. Imagine you could do two jobs. Which two jobs would you like to do? Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •5. Work with a partner. The beginnings and ends of these sentences are mixed up. Rearrange them to make realistic sentences.
- •6. Work with a partner. Complete the interviews with can, can't, have to or don't have to.
- •Career moves
- •2. Decide…
- •3. Practise the dialogue. What does an interactive media designer do? Does it sound interesting to you? Why or why not? Find gerund phrases.
- •4. Make up sentences as in the example. Give your opinions about the jobs.
- •5. Find phrases in the list that are usually paired with each verb.
- •6. Practise the dialogue. Find comparisons.
- •7. Match the information to make sentences. Then rewrite each sentence in a different way.
- •8. Choose two summer jobs from the list. Then use the questions to compare them.
- •9. Read this letter of application for a job at Reynold's Department Store. Use the words and expressions above to improve the parts of the letter that are underlined.
- •10. Write your own letter of application for your dream job.
- •11. Read, translate and retell the text: planning a career
- •12. Ask your groupmates:
- •The main cities of america
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read, translate and reproduce the text: New York
- •III. Exercises
- •1. Give the English equivalents:
- •2. Translate into English:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Circle t if the sentence is true. Circle f if the sentence is false.
- •5. Discuss the answers to these questions with your classmates.
- •Part II
- •I. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •II. Read and translate the text Glimpses of Geography
- •III Note the pronunciation of the geographical names:
- •IV. Look at the map and describe
- •« Город Огней»
- •VI. Grammar
- •VII. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
- •VIII. Ask your friend:
- •IX. Answer the questions.
- •X. Act out the situations:
- •The contents
- •In the city………………………………………………………….26
III. Complete the following sentences:
1. When you want to buy something ..: 2. There are different kinds of shops in our city: ... 3. A department store is divided-into-several departments:... 4. In the men's clothing department you can find... 5. In the women's clothing department you can choose ... 6. After you have chosen the thing you ... 7. If you need a jacket or a pullover you can go to... 8. Shoes are sold at... 9. In a supermarket you can buy ... to. The greengrocery is stocked by ... 11. At a dairy you can buy ...
III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
Dialogue 1:
Ass: Can I help you?
Cust: No, it's alright. Thanks, I'm just looking.
Ass: Have a look around then. May be you would like something in our shop.
Cust: (in some minutes) I like this navy-blue jacket very much. Can I try it on?
Ass: Certainly. The fitting room is in the right-hand comer.
Cust: Oh, it suits me very well, doesn't it?
Ass: That's a really nice jacket. Pure wool, a modern fashion.
Cust: How much is it?
Ass: $ 55. English clothes are really of good value. They are so well-made.
Cust: All right. I can afford the price.
Dialogue 2:
Ass: Can I help you?
Cust: Yes please. I would like to have something from this shopping list.
Ass: Oh, your shopping list is very big. We stock only three items you ask for: butter, milk and cheese.
Cust: Two packets of butter, a pound of cheese and three bottles of milk, please.
Ass: Here they are. Pay by cheque at the cash desk.
Cust: Excuse me, do you happen to know where I could find some ham, minced meat and beef sausages?
Ass: They are all sold at the butcher's.
Cust: And I wonder if you stock any cigarettes here?
Ass: I'm afraid we don't You should try the shop next door for the cigarettes.
Dialogue 3:
Cust: Hello. I'm looking for a pullover. Can you show me one?
Ass: Certainly, madam. What kind of pullover do you want?
Cust: A woolen one. Medium size.
Ass: How about this one? It's very attractive.
Cust: Yes, but it's too thick.
Ass: How about this yellow one?
Cust: Oh, it's quite nice but it's too short and I don't like the colour.
Ass: What colour do you want?
Cust: I think blue or brown will do.
Ass: Well, we have some pullovers of that colour. Here they are, which one do you like best?
Cust: Can I try this brown one?
Ass: Of course, madam... Oh, it fits you perfectly. It's exactly your size.
Cust: Yes, but I don't think it suits me. Can I try that blue one? It matches the colour of my eyes.
Ass: Which one? The dark blue or the light blue?
Cust: Light blue suits me better. But you see it's too long. Can I try another one?
Ass: May be this one is what you need. The price is 25 pounds.
Cust: Good heavens! That's a lot of money.
Ass: Nowadays that's cheap, madam.
Cust: No, it's too expensive for me. I'll look for something less expensive.
Ass: Unfortunately, we can't offer you exactly what you want. The colour, size, material, price are all wrong. Try another shop, please.
Cust: Good-bye, then.
Ass: That's right. But you'd better go to a big supermarket next time. You'll find everything there.
Cust: Thank you very much. It was very kind of you to explain me all that. I'm a foreigner here and I'm not accustomed to your service and prices yet.