- •Philosophy Task 5
- •Word study
- •5. Find in the text antonyms for:
- •6. Give a complete definition of “Humanism”. Use the necessary word-combinations from the brackets:
- •7. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Comprehension check
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Choose the right statement:
- •3. Divide the text into logical parts and make up an outline of the text.
- •4. Speak on the meaning of Humanism. Task 6
- •Word study
- •6. Give derivatives of the following words:
- •7. Think of all possible situations where you can use the following word-combinations:
- •8. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Comprehension check
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Explain what is meant by the following statements:
- •3. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •4. Divide the text into logical parts and make up an outline of the text.
- •5. Speak on the following points:
- •Word study
- •7. Complete the sentences with correct words. Put down some questions to the text:
- •Comprehension check
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •3. Look through the text and ask ten questions concerning the life story of Kant:
- •Immanuel Kant
- •4. Complete the following sentences:
- •5. Speak on the following points:
- •Word study
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Comprehension check
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •3. Complete the following sentences:
- •4. Speak on the following points:
- •20Th century philosophy
- •Word study
- •6. Complete the sentences with correct words. Put down some questions to the text:
- •7. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Comprehension check
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •3. Discuss the following quotations with your partner(s) and comment them:
- •Task 10
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •Word study
- •In relief to change one’s mind given some time to consider to advocate lonely to share a view to complain of to catch a cold
- •6. Make up your own sentences with the following words and word combinations:
- •7. Develop the following situations:
- •Comprehension check
- •1. Speak on the text as if:
- •3. Do you agree with the idea that:
- •4. Read and translate the quotations of famous philosophers. Develop the situations where they can be used:
- •Eastern Religion and Philosophy
- •Russian religious aesthetics
- •Philosophy in Ukraine
- •Text for Reading and Discussion What is Philosophy?
- •I’m Sorry
- •Moral Miscellany Do You Have to Be Scum to Get Ahead in Business?
- •Killing Bambi’s Mother
- •Business english Lesson 1 the resume / curriculum vitae
- •How to write resume:
- •Sample Resume Name
- •Lesson 2
- •Presenting Yourself Successfully – Before, During & After Your Job Interview
- •How to Give a Good Presentation
- •Discussion Questions:
- •Incoming Calls:
- •Telephone - connecting quiz
- •Telephone - wrong number quiz
- •Telephone - appointments quiz
- •Comprehension сheck and vocabulary exercises
- •Grammar
- •2. Complete the sentences with suitable infinitives which follow adjectives.
- •3. Rewrite these sentences using perfect infinitives.
- •5. Complete the sentences with the words in the list. Use possible forms.
- •6. Change the sentences into the passive.
- •7. Complete the sentences with correct form of the verbs in brackets: infinitive with or without to, -ing form.
- •9. Rewrite the sentences beginning with the given words.
- •11. Underline the correct word(s).
- •2. Complete the sentences. Use gerund phrases as subjects.
- •4. Transform the sentences according to the model. Use gerund phrases as objects.
- •5. Make up sentences from the table. You can use the same prepositions more than once.
- •6. Practice using gerunds following prepositions and answer the questions in complete sentences.
- •7. Choose the correct way of completing each sentence.
- •8. Do you know which verbs are followed by – ing forms and which are followed by infinitives? Make two lists.
- •10. Choose the correct forms of the verbs. Sometimes two answers are possible.
- •11. Supply an appropriate form of the gerund for each verb in brackets (Active, Passive or Past forms).
- •Expressing Preference (-ing forms/infinitive)– The Participle - Expressing Positive/Negative Agreement
- •2. Fill in the gaps with prefer, would prefer, would rather, as.
- •3. Complete the sentences with two to five words including the word in bold.
- •4. Transform the sentences using the perfect participle.
- •5. Transform the sentences using the past participle.
- •6. Transform the sentences using absolute construction with participle.
- •7. Transform the sentences using the present participle.
Word study
1. Give Ukrainian/Russian equivalents for:
temper, socially-minded, urbane, inconsistency, to contemplate, conversant, sober, to abolish, pursuit.
2. Give English equivalents for:
панувати, спосіб мислення, виявляти інтерес до соціальних питань, в межах кримінального права, добродушний, чемний, непослідовність, розмірковувати, незгода, стверджувати, природним способом, зробити крок, невзмозі зрозуміти, стримуватись від, в пошуках теоретичної послідовності, доводити до логічного висліду, відміняти, скасовувати, передбачати.
3. Arrange the following in pares of synonyms:
consistent contemplate sober conform antecedent subtle subversive |
destroying delicate prior / preceding annul adapt serious non-self-contradictory |
4. Give derivatives of the following words:
represent, crime, consistent, agree, epistemology, complete, cause, conclude, doubt, reject, defend.
5. Translate the following sentences into you native language and make up your own sentences with them:
by no means; in favor of; in a natural way; no doubt; in his view; in turn; in this respect; as opposed to; in part.
6. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the conjunction but. Make up your own sentences of the same kind:
Thought is nothing but reflection of objective material reality.
For some philosophers the universe is but an idea in the mind of God.
But the interpretation of science must be based upon the actual methods of the sciences.
Matter is not an abstract something in itself, but is a name for all kinds of things that compose the world.
Hegel’s idea of Becoming is the combination of the ideas of Being and Nothing but not mixing together of the two.
7. Complete the sentences with correct words. Put down some questions to the text:
In Germany, the reaction _______ (against/for) Hume’s agnosticism took a profound form.
Kant, Fichte, and Hegel developed a new kind of philosophy, intended to safeguard _____ (as/both) knowledge and virtue from the subversive doctrines of the late 18th century. In Kant, and still more in Fiche, the subjective tendency that begins _______ (at/with) Descartes was carried to new extremes. _________ (In/From) this respect there was at first no reaction against Hume. As regards subjectivism, the reaction began ______ (at/with) Hegel, who sought, through his logic, to establish a new way of escape from individual __________ (on/into) the world.
Kant, the founder of German idealism, is not himself politically important, though he wrote some interesting essays _________ (on/at) political subjects. Fichte and Hegel, _______ (on/in) the other hand, both set forth political doctrines which had, and still have, a profound influence ________ (for/upon) the course of history. Neither can be understood _________ (with/without) a previous study of Kant.
Comprehension check
1. Answer the following questions.
What empiricists dominated in philosophy of the eighteenth century?
What conflict was there in these men?
Why did their philosophical theories lead to subjectivism?
What inconsistency does Russell see in Locke’s theory?
How did Berkeley try to end this inconsistency?
What held him back to be completely consistent?
What did Hume show and do by his consistency?
Why did Locke manage to reply to the criticism of his theory?