- •Предисловие
- •The world around me Section I Appearance and Character
- •Section II Family
- •About my relatives and myself
- •About my family
- •Section III Pastime and Leisure
- •Hobbies for pleasure
- •Section IV The Students’ Life and Studies
- •Vitebsk State University
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Vitebsk State university
- •IX. In what context are these figures mentioned in the text.
- •X. Match the date and the event in the history of vsu.
- •XI. Answer the following questions.
- •XII. Continue the following sentences:
- •XIII. Tell your group-mates about the University you study at.
- •XIV. Read and reproduce the following situational dialogues.
- •Communicational clichés
- •I. Read the following proper names correctly:
- •II. Match the country and its capital:
- •IV. Learn the structure What is/are … like?
- •V. Make up a dialogue of your own by analogy:
- •VI. What country would you like to visit? Why?
- •VII. A) Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Accommodation at a Hotel
- •VIII. A) Read the following dialogues. Learn the phrases in bald type.
- •IX. A) Read and translate the following dialogues. Choose one dialogue for acting out.
- •X. Read and translate the following dialogues. Use the phrases of your own instead of the underlined ones.
- •XI. Read and translate the following dialogues. Make up a list of useful phrases concerning the matter.
- •Great britain
- •Read and learn the following words.
- •II. Match the words with their definitions:
- •III. Read and translate the text. Christmas and new year in great britain
- •IV. Give the English equivalents for these Russian words and word combinations:
- •V. Insert the words in the gaps:
- •VI. Put in the right prepositions:
- •VII. Answer the questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Did you know?
- •Youth and its place in modern society
- •Generation Gap
- •1. Pay attention to these words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and translate them into Russians:
- •2.Read out the following words and memorize their meaning: (Consult the transcription in the dictionary)
- •3. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •4. Read the text and get ready to speak about the problems of teenagers: generation gap
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words and their definitions:
- •Insert the words in the gaps:
- •Read the text and say what youth problems were not mentioned in it, according to your point of view. Youth Problems
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Work in groups:
- •Youth organizations in Belarus
- •1. Pay attention, to the following words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and translate them into Russian:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize their meaning:
- •3. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Make sure you know all the words in the box* Then read their definitions and match the words with their definitions:
- •7. Match the words with the help of the preposition of:
- •8. Read the text and get ready to speak about youth organisations in Belarus: youth organizations in belarus
- •9. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words and their definitions:
- •Make your own sentences using the following word combinations:
- •Read the text. Juvenile delinquency
- •Answer the questions:
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Vocabulary
- •Find synonyms for the words in the frame:
- •Read the text. Social factors
- •Answer the questions:
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Teeps' Tips For Parents
- •Morality: what is it?
- •Let`s think
- •Happiness
- •Let`s think
- •The Unborn Child
- •Is abortion legal in your country?
- •Let`s think
- •Let`s think
- •To look
- •To take
- •Taking care of Mother
- •Let`s think
- •International marriages
- •Additional reading
- •Friends or Lovers?
- •Let’s think
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •The right to die
- •1. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false?
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the missing phrases.
- •Let’s think
- •Study the words.
- •Form the derivatives of the words given in a chart below. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •Compare the words in their usage.
- •4. There are two phrasal verbs in the text: to cut up and to keep alive. What do they mean? Study the examples and match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •To keep
- •5. Translate form Russian into English.
- •Should the Dead Help the Living?
- •7. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •Forming ecological thinking
- •Ex. 4. Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them.
- •Nature Protection
- •Acid Rains
- •Depletion of the Ozone Layer
- •Destruction of the Tropical Forest
- •Measures to Be Taken
- •What You Can Do to Help!
- •Last Chance
- •6. Listen to the recording and mark the following statements as True or False.
- •7. Put the sentences into the right order:
- •8. Choose the environmental problems from the box people face in the future.
- •9. Answer the questions after listening to each paragraph:
- •What do you think?
- •Looking at the issue
- •What’s for dinner?
- •3. Translate from Russian into English.
- •5. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •Looking at the issue.
- •Technology and its impact Technical advances affecting daily life
- •IV. Learn the following words:
- •V. Read aloud the words listed below following the teacher’s example:
- •VI. Read and translate the text:
- •VII. Make up the definition of the term ‘invention’ from the scattered words.
- •VIII. Choose the most suitable variant:
- •IV. Read the following words correctly:
- •V. Choose between accident ['xksIdqnt] and incident ['InsIdqnt].
- •VIII. Fill in the blanks with verb in the right tense-form.
- •IX. Fill in the blanks with the right prepositions.
- •X. Translate the words in brackets into English.
- •XI. Ask special questions to the following statements.
- •XII. Give a brief summary of the text.
- •I. Learn the following derivatives and fill in the blanks with the proper one:
- •II. Look: at, up, up to, after, for, through, forward to, out (for), down on smb;
- •III. Learn the following words:
- •IV. A) Form the nouns using proper suffixes.
- •Nanotechnology: How the Science of the Very Small is Getting Very Big
- •I. Learn the following words:
- •II. Fill in the table with the proper derivatives which are possible:
- •III. Find the opposites to the following words and use both words in the sentences of your own:
- •IV. A) Learn the ways of translating Participle I and II in the function of an attribute and an adverbial modifier.
- •V. Read the text for more information.
- •VIII. Find the key sentences in the text and use them in your retelling.
- •IX. Internet Research Project New Communications Technologies
- •A colossal mistake? Art world baffled by 'Goya' masterpiece
- •Next time Angelina, do check the label
- •Joaquin Cortés: 'Dancing is my wife, my woman'
- •House husbands: Are you man enough? More and more men are swapping PowerPoint for potty training and embracing the role of the stay-at-home father, says Casilda Grigg.
- •Great Works: Leviathan (1651), Abraham Bosse and Thomas Hobbes
- •Tests blamed for blighting children's lives
- •The Tempest at Courtyard Theatre, Stratford - review Antony Sher captures the turbulence of Prospero in this deeply felt performance of Shakespeare's great last play.
- •Emperor penguin 'marching to extinction by end of the century'
- •The republic of belarus : social and political aspects
- •1. Read some information about the National Flag of the Republic of Belarus and describe it.
- •2. Read the following information and say what each colour of the National Flag means.
- •3. Read some information about the National Emblem of the Republic of Belarus and describe it.
- •4. Read the following information and say what each element of the National Emblem means.
- •5. Read the words of the National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus, memorize them and then sing the anthem.
- •6. Choose the correct word.
- •7. What political systems do you know? Match the definitions and explain the differences in the ways of running a country.
- •Belarus state system
- •Problems for discussion
- •The united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland: social and political aspects
- •What is the British National Anthem?
- •Shield of the Royal Arms
- •What is the motto of England?
- •Uk political system
- •Comment upon
- •Texts for discussion Part II
- •President Obama announces push to wean us off the gas-guzzler
- •Obama seeks to repair damage in Middle East diplomacy drive Americans are not your enemy, president tells Arabic tv network as us envoy sets out on eight days of talks
- •Russia 'suspends Kaliningrad missile plan'
- •Us policy shift
- •Chief Rabbinate of Israel cuts ties with Vatican over Holocaust bishop
- •Activists threaten to close Heathrow
- •Taxpayer faces bigger bill for 2012 Olympics
- •Brown leads global drive to close down tax havens
- •Israel's president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to form new government
- •Israel's president, Shimon Peres, has asked the Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, to form the country's next government and become prime minister.
- •'Unhappy us' claims over Afghanistan dismissed
- •How to write a business letter in english Read and learn the following words
- •Model № 1
- •Клише, выражения и предложения для деловой переписки
- •Translate the text with the help of dictionary:
- •Translate some rules to help you to persuade your partner:
- •1. The Heading
- •A) letter to mother
- •2. A) letter to father
- •Contents
Vitebsk State University
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Practice the pronunciation of the following international words.
University, education, institution, tradition, republic, professional, date, type, territory, modern, center, international, regional, conference, agricultural, practice, museum, faculty, decorative, literature, student.
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Remember the following words.
Establishment, to exist, to resume, full-time department, part-time department, to enter the university, to graduate from the university, a graduate, to aim one’s efforts at, to do one’s best, hostel, to contribute.
III. Remember the faculties of VSU.
The Law Faculty, the Physics Faculty, the Philology Faculty, the Mathematical Faculty, the Faculty of Belarussian Philology and Culture, the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Social Studies, the Physical Training and Sport Faculty, the Arts Faculty, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Further and Advanced Training.
IV. Read the ending –s correctly.
Universities, institutions, traditions, professionals, dates, establishments, types, territories, centers, conferences, departments, faculties, studies, buildings, hostels, botanical gardens, biological stations, fields, stadiums, gym halls, camps, houses, museums, arts, numbers, students.
V. Say it in English.
Четыре университета, пять студентов, учебные учреждения, много традиций, три типа, два отделения, одиннадцать факультетов, четыре корпуса, шесть общежитий, пять музеев, семь спортзалов.
VI. Say whether the word is countable or uncountable.
Education, name, republic, foundation, establishment, faculty, biology, practice, museum, television, history, hostel, building, literature, camp, aim, effort, existence.
VII. Ask all possible questions.
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There are two departments at our University. 2. There is an agricultural biological station at our University. 3. There were 10 faculties at the University, and now there are 11 ones. 4. There is no Philosophical Faculty at our University. 5. There will be more classes next week. 6. There are 5 museums at the University. 7. There is the Faculty of History here. 8. There will be a new hostel soon.
VIII. Translate into English.
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В Витебске 4 высших учебных заведения. 2. У нас в университете 11 факультетов. 3. Университет имеет хорошую базу для подготовки специалистов. 4. Завтра у нас будет три пары. 5. У них было время помочь нам . 6. Библиотека университета имеет много литературы. 7. Исторический факультет имеет много хороших традиций. 8. Университет имеет два отделения – дневное и заочное. 9. Я очень хотел поступить на этот факультет. 10. Я направил все свои усилия на осуществление моих планов. 11.В университете существует и ряд других факультетов.
Vitebsk State university
Vitebsk State university named after P.M. Masherov is the oldest higher educational institution in the republic of Belarus. It’s famous for its main traditions in training professionals. The history of our higher educational institution dates back to the year of 1910, when the Ministry of Peoples Education of Russia decided to set up a Teacher-training Institute in Vitebsk. It was the first educational establishment of such a type on the territory of modern Belarus. A new page in the history of the Institute was opened after the October revolution. In May, 1918 an all-Russia Congress of Representatives of Teacher-training Institutes was held. It made a decision to reform Teacher-training Institutes into higher educational establishments. So in October 1, 1918 Vitebsk Teacher-training Institute was renamed into Vitebsk State Pedagogical Institute. It became the first higher educational establishment of Belarus after the October revolution of 1917 and the first higher teacher-training establishment of Belarus. The temporary occupation of the territory of Belarus by fascist invaders stopped the activity of the Institute. After the liberation of Vitebsk from German invaders the Institute resumed its work on October,2,1944. The same faculties that had existed before the war resumed their work. Vitebsk The State Pedagogical Institute became the main centre for training teachers for national schools. 33 590 day-time and part-time students graduated from its departments. In September,1, 1995 Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute named after S. M. Kirov was granted the status of Vitebsk State University. The new name meant also new directions of activities. Research work has become one of the main directions. Today the university is the centre of international, republican and regional conferences. The University has 4 buildings, 6 hostels, a botanical garden, an agricultural biological station, a stadium, 7 gym halls, a publishing house, a calculating and television centres, 5 museums (the museum of the history of the University, Masherov memorial museum, the museum of biology, the museum of literature and the museum of decorative and applied arts. In February 1998 the university was renamed after the statesman of the Republic of Belarus, a graduate of Vitebsk Teachers-training Institute Peter Mironovich Masherov. Today the efforts of the staff are aimed at turning the University into a leading educational scientific and cultural centre of the Vitebsk Region. There are 11 faculties at the University: The Law Faculty, the Physics Faculty, the Philology Faculty, the Mathematical Faculty, the Faculty of Belarussian Philology and Culture, the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Social Studies, the Physical Training and Sport Faculty, the Arts Faculty, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Further and Advanced Training. The scholars of our university, our graduates and students do their best for the stabilization of the economy of the republic and its further development.