- •I. Before you read:
- •1.5 Comment on the grammar. Pay attention to the verb to be. You may continue the sentences:
- •1.6 Comment on the grammar. Pay attention to the plural forms of the nouns:
- •II. Reading:
- •III. After you have read:
- •4.2 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the task 4.1
- •1.4 Comment on the grammar. Pay attention to the verbs in the Present Simple Active. Give the negative and question –forms.
- •II. Reading:
- •3.1. Make up sentences from these words:
- •3.2. Find
- •3.3 Put the verb into the Past Simple or Future Simple. Use the words: yesterday, ago, last/next week, month, year, tomorrow, in some years/months etc. Give the negative and question –forms.
- •IV. Brush up your talk:
- •4.1Complete the short dialogues using the phrases from the text:
- •4.2 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the task 4.1. These phrases and words may be helpful for you.
- •4.3Tell about your own family using all information you have got.
- •1.4 Make up sentences paying attention to Simple and Progressive Tenses. Translate the sentences.
- •1.5. Comment on the grammar.
- •II. Reading
- •1. 1True or false?
- •1.2 Make up sentences from these words:
- •1.3 Give the missing forms of adjectives. Make up sentences with these adjectives.
- •1.4 Put the verb to take part into the correct tense-form. Pay attention to the words given in the brackets.
- •1.5. Put the verb in the brackets into the necessary tense form.
- •IV. Brush up your talk:
- •4.1Complete the short dialogues using the information from the text:
- •4.2 Read and learn:
- •4.3 Make up your own dialogues using the models from the tasks 4.1 and 4.2
- •4.4 Summarize the text «My University».
- •I. Before you read:
- •1.1 Read the words properly:
- •1.2 State the part of speech:
- •1.7. Comment on the grammar. Make up negative and question forms if it is possible.
- •II. Reading
- •3.1 Make up the sentence of two parts:
- •3.2 Make up all possible questions to these sentences. Give the negative form:
- •3.3 Write the Passive Progressive of these sentences. Use words now, from … till, the whole month/morning etc:
- •IV. Brush up your talk:
- •4.2 Read the following quotes from different articles about the problems of higher education in Russia. Formulate the main idea of each statement. Do you agree with these opinions?
- •4.3 Discuss* these topics using all information you have got.
- •I. Before you read:
- •1.1 Read the words properly:
- •1.2 Find the Russian equivalents:
- •1.3 State the part of speech:
- •1.4 Analyse the use of modal verbs and their equivalents. Translate the following sentences:
- •II. Reading:
- •III. After you have read:
- •3.1 Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •3.2 .Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •3.3. Substitute the modal verbs for the possible equivalents:
- •3.4 Insert the modal verbs may or can:
- •3.5 Insert the necessary modal verb or it equivalent:
- •IV. Speaking
- •1.4 Analyse the use of modal verbs and their equivalents. Translate the following sentences:
- •II. Reading:
- •III. After you have read:
- •3.1. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •3.2 Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •3.3. Substitute the modal verbs for the possible equivalents:
- •3.4 Insert the modal verbs may or can:
- •3.5 Insert the necessary modal verb or its equivalent:
- •IV. Review:
- •4.1 Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
- •4.2 Give the negative and question form of the following sentences:
- •4.3 Point out the sentences with Passive.
- •V. Speaking
- •5.1 Answer the following questions:
- •5.2 Speak about Karl Benz using his profile:
- •5.3 Use the following phrases and word combinations to retell the text:
- •In 1830 Thon completed his most ambitious design to date, that of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour15 in Moscow (fig. 17).
- •15.4. After you have read:
- •Тема 1 - Урок 1 - Диалог 1
4.3 Discuss* these topics using all information you have got.
1. The transition to a two-stage model: pro and contra.
2. Is higher education a way to success?
3. Study at the State University – Education-Science-Production Complex (State University-ESPC): prospects and problems.
*Note:
1. Discussion is from the Latin word that means exchange of opinions. Discussion is based on equal conditions for everybody. Each participant has the right both to ask and to state. The problem is not always solved during discussion, differences in opinions are left sometimes. It is necessary to use argumentation – statements and explanations. Each participant should hold certain discussion regulations:
– to be well-prepared;
– to speak clearly and logically;
– to explain arguments;
– to express opinions quietly;
– not to digress from the topic;
– not to speak too long;
– to listen to others without interrupting them.
2. Here you can see some discussion phrases. They may help you.
– May I put a word in? –Можно вставить слово?
– Generally speaking...- В общих чертах
– Strictly speaking...Честно говоря
– That depends on...-Это зависит от
– I want to press the point that...-Я хочу подчеркнуть,что
– On the one hand...- С одной стороны
– On the other hand...- С другой стороны
– As far as I am able to judge...-Насколько я могу судить
– To sum it all up...- Подведя итоги…
– On the whole...В целом
– To be brief/ In a short word...Короче говоря
– If I am not mistaken...-Если я не ошибаюсь
– If my memory serves me rightly...-Если память меня не подводит..
– As far as I know...- Насколько я знаю
– There is no doubt... Без сомнений
– It is quite obvious/ evident...- Это совершенно очевидно
– It is common knowledge that...- Это общеизвестно, что
– It seems to me...- Мне кажется
– To tell the truth...- По правде говоря
– And what about you? – А ты?
– As for me...- Что касается меня
– To begin with...Начнем с ..
- What for? — Зачем?
-Let's drop the subject — Давай оставим эту тему
-Let's clear it up — Давай разберёмся.
-What are you talking about? — О чём ты!
-What are you driving at? — К чему ты клонишь?
That's not the point — Это не относится к вопросу
-It doesn't prove a thing — Это ничего не доказывает
-That's very well, but — Это всё очень хорошо, но…
-So what? — Ну и что?
-You can take it from me — Можешь мне поверить
-What of it? — И что из этого?
I have no idea — Понятия не имею
I wish I knew — Хотел бы я знать!
It doesn’t matter — Это не важно
It's all the same to me — Мне без разницы
It's beside the point — Это не относится к вопросу
It's out of place — Это неуместно
It's waste of time — Это трата времени
It's a lie — Это ложь
It doesn't make sense — Это не имеет смысла
It's new to me — Первый раз слышу
Enough of it — Довольно об этом
I mean it! — Я серьёзно
UNIT 5. OUTSTANDING PEOPLE IN THE ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT AND ARCHITECTURE
TEXT 1. IVAN KULIBIN (1735 - 1818)
I. Before you read:
1.1 Read the words properly:
Mechanic, inventor, childhood, mechanisms, special interest , prolific imagination, egg-shaped clock, Catherine II, to assign, pocket-clock, current, month, design, miniature, microscopes, girder, push-cycle cart, lantern, source, industrially, lighthouses, flywheel, gearbox, roller bearing, prosthetic device, entrepreneur, screw, feasible, cargo, poverty.