- •Им. В.Г. Шухова
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Express in one word the meaning of each of the following phrases. All the words required are in the Text. You are given the first letter of each word and the number of letters in it.
- •3. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •4. Finish up the sentences of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Make up a plan of the Text and reproduce it according to the plan.
- •My working day
- •7. Read Text 1b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 1b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Studying away from home
- •12. Ask your groupmates about Text 1c and let them answer these questions.
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Discussing the timetable
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Student Life” about Oleg Petrov’s study at the Belgorod State Technological University.
- •24. Listen to the Text “The Student Rob Fellows” about Rob who is a student in England.
- •The Belgorod shukhov State technological university reading and discussion
- •The university I go to
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Indicate one of the meanings in which the given word is used in the Text, the paragraph number is given in brackets.
- •3. Choose the synonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •5. Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.
- •6. Make up a plan of the text and reproduce it according to the plan.
- •Training specialists at the Belgorod shukhov State Technological University
- •7. Read Text 2b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •12. Read Text 2c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. The following phrases may be helpful:
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1.
- •Talking of studying at the university
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •A seminar on electrical engineering studies
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Foreign Students at the Belgorod State Technological University”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Moscow University.”
- •Reading and discussion
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Substitute the underlined parts of the following sentences for the words and word combinations from the Text.
- •3. Choose the antonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Make up a plan of the Text and reproduce it according to the plan.
- •Some cities of Russia
- •7. Read Text 3b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •10. Which parts of the Text correspond to the following headings? Put them in a logical order.
- •11. Read Text 3b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains. Use the expressions given below.
- •Siberia
- •12. Read Text 3c and answer the following questions.
- •18. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •19. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model and the information given.
- •St. Petersburg
- •20. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •21. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue “The Altai”.
- •A new-comer in St. Petersburg
- •22. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •23. Make up and act dialogues concerning the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •24. Listen to the Text “Resources of Russia” about natural resources found in the Russian Federation.
- •25. Listen to the Text “St. Petersburg” about the second largest city of the Russian Federation.
- •The Capital of the Russian Federation
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Express in one word the meaning of each of the following phrases. All the words required are in the Text. You are given the first letter of each word and the number of letters in it.
- •3. Put the words omitted in the following. The sentences are all in the piece you have just read.
- •4. Finish up the sentences of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The capital of the Russian Federation” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Moscow – a leading center of science
- •7. Read text 4b and answer the questions.
- •12. Read Text 4c and answer the following questions.
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Seeing Moscow
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Driving to Ostankino
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “The Tretyakov Gallery”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “The Kremlin”.
- •Belgorod
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •3. Substitute the underlined parts of the following sentences for the words and word combinations from the Text.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “Belgorod” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Belgorod Region (social and economic survey)
- •7. Read Text 5b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with there statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 5b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Memorial in honour of heroes of the Battle of Kursk
- •12. Ask your fellow students about Text 5c and let them answer these questions.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as model.
- •Visiting the monument to victory in Prokhorovka
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Talking of Belgorod places of interest
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •Reading and discussion
- •The system of Higher education in Russia
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Indicate one of the meanings in which the given word is used in the Text. The paragraph number is given in brackets.
- •3. Choose the synonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong” or “That is not true to the fact”.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The System of Higher Education in Russia” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Education in Russia
- •7. Read Text 6b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •9. Discuss the Text in pairs. Use the patterns below as a model and guidelines.
- •10. Find and reproduce the key sentence in each paragraph expressing the main idea.
- •11. Retell the Text according to the plan made up. Text 6c getting higher education in Russia
- •12. Read Text 6c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases from the previous units.
- •14. Speak on the following questions.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Dialogue 2 talking of studies
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Some Facts of the History of Education in Russia”.
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •3. Put in the words omitted in the following; the sentences are all in the piece you have just read.
- •4. Finish up the sentence of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “Great Britain” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Cities of Great Britain
- •7. Read Text 7b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions; reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 7b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •12. Ask your groupmates about Text 7c and let them answer these questions.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Talking of impressions about britain and the British a British reporter puts questions to three American students who recently spent a year at British universities.
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Talking of the British
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Wales” about one of the parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- •24. Listen to the Text “William Shakespeare’s Birthplace” about Stratford-on-Avon.
- •Reading and discussion
- •The capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Find proper explanations to the following.
- •3. Substitute the words and word combinations from the Text for the parts underlined.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •5. Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The Capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in English according to the plan made up.
- •London traffic
- •7. Read Text 8b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •12. Read Text 8c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Sightseeng in London
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 2 as a model.
- •Walking round the city of London
- •24. Listen to the Text “Big Ben”.
- •Reading and discussion
- •The system of Higher education in Great Britain
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. For each of the following phrases find another one in the Text that explains it.
- •3. Supply the missing member of the pair in each case based on the Text.
- •4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong” or “That is not true to the fact”.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •Universities and colleges
- •6. Read Text 9b and answer the following questions.
- •7. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •8. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases from the previous Units.
- •9. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •10. Read Text 9b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •Oxford University
- •11. Ask your groupmates about Text 9c and let them answer these questions.
- •16. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •17. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •18. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •19. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •20. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •21. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •22. Listen to the Text “Universities” about higher education in Britain.
- •23. Listen to the text “Modern Universities”.
- •Unit 10
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Indicate one of the meanings in which the given word is used in the Text. The paragraph number is given in brackets.
- •3. Choose the synonyms from the right column to the phrases given in the left one.
- •4. Finish up the sentences of the Text.
- •5. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •6. Reproduce the topic “The United States of America” in English according to the plan made up.
- •The melting pot
- •7. Read Text 10b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •12. Read Text 10c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases mentioned in the previous Units.
- •14. Speak on the following subjects.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model. Collect the necessary information.
- •Talking of the usa
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue. The most populated state
- •Alaska, the largest state in the us
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “New Orleans”. Study the following notes:
- •24. Listen to the Text “American English”.
- •American English British English
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Express in one word the meaning of each of the following phrases. All the words required are in the Text, you are given the first letter of each word and the number of letters in it.
- •3. Put in the words omitted in the following: the sentences are all in the piece you have just read.
- •4. What would you say if you took part in the following dialogue? Act it.
- •5. Put questions to which these are the answers. The important words in the answer are underlined. Act the dialogue.
- •6. Reproduce the topic “The Capital of the United States of America” in English according to the plan made up.
- •Sightseeing in Washington, d.C.
- •7. Read Text 11b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions and reproduce the context in which they are used.
- •9. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Give your reasoning. Use the introductory phrases given in the previous Units.
- •10. Put the following headings in a logical order according to the Text.
- •11. Read Text 11b again. Give a brief outline of the information each paragraph contains.
- •The White House
- •12. Ask your groupmates about Text 11c and let them answer the questions.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •The streets of Washington
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Washington cabs
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Position of the City” about geographical and climatic features of Washington, d.C.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Different Washingtons”. Study the following notes and commentaries:
- •Unit 12
- •The system of Higher education in the United States of America
- •Active vocabulary to remember
- •Exercises
- •1. Pronounce correctly.
- •2. Choose the Russian equivalents from the right column to the following English words and phrases.
- •3. Substitute the words and word combinations from the Text for the parts underlined.
- •4. Correct the following sentences beginning with: “I am afraid that is wrong”, or “That is not true to the fact”.
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Reproduce the Text “The System of Higher Education in the United States of America” in English according to the plan made up.
- •The historical background of higher education in the usa
- •7. Read Text 12 b and answer the following questions.
- •8. Reproduce the parts of the Text in which these words and phrases are used. Use these phrases in short stories of your own.
- •9. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases given in the previous Units.
- •10. Speak on the following subjects.
- •11. Retell the Text according to the plan made up.
- •Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- •12. Read Text 12 c and answer the following questions.
- •13. Discuss the Text in pairs. Use the pattern below as a model and guidelines.
- •17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
- •18. Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
- •Talking of the general pattern of the system of higher education and degrees
- •19. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 2.
- •20. Fill in the missing remarks of the dialogue.
- •Talking of the cost of education
- •21. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 3.
- •22. Make up and act dialogues considering the following assignments.
- •Listening
- •23. Listen to the Text “Instruction Conducted at Colleges and Universities”.
- •24. Listen to the Text “Harvard University”.
- •Student life
- •The student Rob Fellows
- •Foreign students at the Belgorod State Technological University
- •Moscow University
- •Resources of Russia
- •St. Petersburg
- •The Tretyakov Gallery
- •The Kremlin
- •Some industries of the Belgorod region
- •Newcastle, my home town
- •St Petersburg University
- •Some facts of the history of education in Russia
- •Big Ben
- •Universities
- •American English
- •Unit 11
- •Different Washingtons
- •Instruction conducted at colleges and universities
- •Harvard University
- •Оглавление
- •Гарагуля Сергей Иванович
- •308012, Г. Белгород, ул. Костюкова, 46
Big Ben
Big Ben is the name of the huge clock on the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament. One can get a good view of the Tower from Westminster Bridge. The Clock Tower is 313 feet high and 41 feet square. The present clock was made by Mr. Dent. It first came into service in 1859, and, except for a few stoppages, it has run continuously ever since.
When the great bell was cast in a London foundry in 1858, the question of its name was discussed in Parliament. One member said, “Why not call it Big Ben?” There was much laughter among the members because the Chief Commissioner of Works at that time was Sir Benjamin Hall, a very tall stout man, whose nickname was 'Big Ben’. From that time, the bell has been known as Big Ben.
The Clock has four dials each 22 feet in diameter. The Bell weighs 13.5 tons. It has four little Bens round him. Big Ben strikes only once an hour but the other four tell the quarters and the half hours. At the side of Big Ben there is a huge hammer weighing over 200 kilograms. The faces of the clock are very large. The minute hands are 14 feet long, the hour hands 9 feet, and the figures are 2 feet long.
People are allowed to get inside the tower if they wish to see the work of Big Ben. There is no lift in the Tower and there are three hundred and forty steps up to Big Ben.
Above the clock is an iron lantern, which is lit after sunset when the House is sitting.
UNIT 9
TAPESCRIPT 9A
Universities
British universities are not open to everyone. To get a place, you normally apply in your last year at school, before you have taken your A levels. The university makes you an offer; for example, it will give you a place if you get at least one grade A and two Bs in your A levels. The offer depends on market forces; for popular, high-prestige courses, the university will ask for very good A level results.
The number of students on a particular course (for example, Economics at Cardiff University) is strictly limited. The system does not allow students to follow full-time courses in a casual way, having a job or living in another town as they study. Students are quite closely monitored, and have to see their teachers regularly. Consequently, drop-out and failure rates are low.
The negative side of the system was that, compared with other countries, a rather small percentage of British school-leavers actually went on to university. But there has been a dramatic improvement; the numbers have doubled over the last 20 years. One explanation of this is that in the 1980s many polytechnics and higher education colleges were given university status. As a result, many cities now have two universities – an old one and a new one. For example, in Bristol there is Bristol University and the University of the West of England; in Oxford there is Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University.
Officially, all universities in the country are equal in status. But they differ greatly in reputation and public image. In general, the older a university is, the higher its status. So the most prestigious are the ancient ones – Oxford and Cambridge – followed by long-established ones such as London, Manchester and Edinburgh.
Some of this is just based on tradition and snobbery. In fact, each university has strengths and weaknesses, and sensible students make their choices according to their own particular needs and priorities.
About half of British students go away to university, rather than attend the one closest to home. This is an expensive thing to do; the government used to give grants (money to live on during studies), whereas now students have to borrow money or get their parents to pay. But still many students find that combining study and family life is impossible.
British universities are very popular with overseas students. There are about 70,000 – mostly from Africa, the Arab world and Far Eastern countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. The Erasmus programme arranges exchanges (from three months to one year) for students and teachers between universities in 24 countries including all the members of the European Union. In fact, the UK is the most popular destination, receiving over 25 per cent of all Erasmus students.
TAPESCRIPT 9B
MODERN UNIVERSITIES
With the advance of industrialization in the nineteenth century and the growth of manufacture the government needed technicians and scientists. The older universities did not produce them. Therefore, the government organized science classes in industrial centres and they developed into either technical colleges or the “Modern Universities”, e.g. London, Durham, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, etc.
Every university is autonomous and responsible only to its governing body. The regulations differ from university to university. While there are similarities between them, they all differ considerably from Oxford or Cambridge, where there is a number of separate colleges, each with their own regulations and courses of study. The new, so-called “redbrick” universities which have various faculties, e. g. Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, etc., differ from university to university. In each faculty there may be a number of departments dealing with separate subjects.
The University of Stirling is the first new university built in Scotland. There are more eight new universities that appeared in Britain after the war.
The University of Sussex at Brighton is probably the best known modern one. The University of York, in contrast, is conservative and adopted many of the traditions of older universities.
Among professional educationalists the new Universities provide an opportunity for a wide experiment in teaching methods, and an outlet for the energies and enthusiasms of young and revolutionary teachers: Sussex, East Anglia, and Essex experiment with multi-subject schools of studies instead of the traditional single-subject departments. At Sussex, for example, all students take a preliminary course in philosophy and history as well as their major subject. York, on the other hand, believes that most students will still want single-subject courses, but it introduces a completely new way of studying music at the university.
They also experiment with the social side of university life. At Sussex, for instance, tutors follow students at meals and live in a common room with the students. At most of the universities the students are themselves largely responsible for discipline.
The British government does not think to build more new universities. There is a tendency to expand the older ones and make colleges of technology into universities. An old university can take 3,000 more students by adding staff and laboratories whereas a completely new university for 3,000 students costs up to 15 million pounds. Even at Stirling where the Government already owns the site, the buildings alone cost about 8 million pounds, not including halls of residence. There are thirteen subject departments not to mention the cost of building libraries and buying other equipment. One must mention that many educationalists say that it is better to enlarge the older universities.
We know that the entrance examinations at British universities are very strict. However, at the University of Sussex and some others one can see some relaxation at entrance exams, for the British government needs a large number of capable scientists.
UNIT 10
TAPESCRIPT 10A
New Orleans
New Orleans, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, is the largest city in Louisiana and second most important seaport after New York City. At different times in its history, the area was occupied by the Spanish and the French.
There is still a French-speaking community – the Cajuns. They are descended from French Canadians who went from another French colony called Acadia to Louisiana in the eighteenth century. They became known as Acadians, and the word was shortened to Cajuns.
The music and food of the area is a combination of many influences. Jazz originated in New Orleans as a blend of French and Spanish music, blues, brass-band music, and African slave songs. Cajun music is played on a guitar, accordion, and washboard, and blends French dance tunes, Caribbean music, and the blues.
A typical Louisiana dish, jambalaya, is made of rice and shrimp or chicken, something like a Spanish paella but spicier. Gumbo, a soup or stew, takes its name from a West African word for okra, one of its ingredients.
TAPESCRIPT 10B