- •English on municipal administration
- •Module 1 City managers and their responsibilities
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Match Russian definitions with English terms:
- •3. Remember the pronunciation of the following geographical names:
- •4. Match the columns:
- •5. Translate the sentences paying attention to the forms and the functions of Participle I, II.
- •6. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions.
- •7. Review the terminology of the text:
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •11. Remember the pronunciation of the following geographical names: Hampshire ['hæmpʃɪə] – Хэмпшир; Missouri [mɪ'zuərɪ] – Миссури.
- •12. Form derivatives according to the models.
- •Grammar
- •13. Find out Participle I, II in the sentences below, define the form and the function.
- •14. Translate the sentences paying attention to the Absolute Participle Construction.
- •Reading and Analysis
- •15. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Responsibilities
- •16. Translate from Russian into English:
- •17. Answer the following questions.
- •19. Write a summary of the text above.
- •20. Make a brief report on the topic. Module 2 Leadership
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Match the columns:
- •Plutarch ['pluːˌta:rk] – Плутарх;
- •Grammar
- •Reading and Analysis
- •Text a Leadership and its Early History
- •7. Review the terminology of the text:
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •9. Answer the following questions.
- •10. Write a summary of the text above.
- •Vocabulary
- •11. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •12. Match the columns:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •13. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Leadership Theories
- •Module 3 Finance management
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Match Russian definitions with English terms:
- •3. Match the columns:
- •Grammar
- •4. Find out Infinitives in the sentences below, define the form and the function.
- •Reading and Analysis
- •5. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a
- •6. Review the terminology of the text:
- •7. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Write a summary of the text above.
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •11. Match the columns:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •12. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Working capital management
- •Module 4 Community Development
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •7. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Community Development
- •8. Translate the sentences into Russian and then back into English.
- •9. Answer the following questions.
- •10. Work in pairs. Correct wrong statements.
- •11. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •12. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •13. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •14. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Community Development
- •15. Give the answer to the question below.
- •16. Complete the sentences.
- •17. Write a summary of the text above.
- •18. Make a brief report on the topic. Module 5 Decision making
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Match the words in a with those in b.
- •3. Find the synonyms:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •4. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Decision making
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Find in the text the words which have an opposite meaning:
- •7. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •8. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •9. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •10. Group the words according to their morphological structure:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •13. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Problem Analysis vs Decision Making
- •Module 6 Performance Measurement
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Choose the right word.
- •3. Work as a class and match the following verbs with nouns:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •4. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Performance measurement
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •7. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •12. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Principles of performance measurement
- •If we don’t measure ……
- •13. Answer the following questions.
- •14. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •15. Write a summary of the text above.
- •16. Make a brief report on the topic. Contents
Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
Государственное образовательное учреждение
высшего профессионального образования
«Омский государственный технический университет»
English on municipal administration
Практикум по английскому языку
для студентов специальности «Государственное и муниципальное управление»
Омск
Издательство ОмГТУ
2 011
Составители: Беззатеева Э. Г., канд. филол. наук, доцент;
Алейникова Т. В., канд. филол. наук, доцент
Практикум предназначен для студентов II курса специальности «Государственное и муниципальное управление» экономических факультетов вузов. Состоит из 10 уроков, содержащих задания по развитию и закреплению навыков чтения и анализа текстов профессиональной направленности.
Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета
Омского государственного технического университета
© ГОУ ВПО «Омский государственный
технический университет», 2011
Module 1 City managers and their responsibilities
Vocabulary
Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
1)
city manager – представитель городской администрации
8)
charter – устав
2)
council-manager form – модель управления "совет-управляющий"
9)
body of law – совокупность правовых норм; свод законов
3)
be referred to as – именовать, называться
10)
assign [ə'saɪn] – назначать, определять, устанавливать
4)
chief executive officer (CEO ['siːiːəu]) – главный исполнительный директор
11)
varying ['vɛərɪɪŋ] – варьирующий, изменяющийся
5)
chief administrative officer (СAO)- главное административное должностное лицо; управляющий
12)
mayor [mɛə] – мэр
6)
discretion [dɪ'skreʃ(ə)n] – свобода действий
13)
government ['gʌv(ə)nmənt] – форма правления
7)
set forth – излагать, формулировать, изъяснять
14)
in part – частично
Match Russian definitions with English terms:
1) |
chief executive officer |
a) |
форма организации местного самоуправления, при которой выборный городской совет приглашает на должность руководителя муниципалитета профессионального управляющего, работающего полный рабочий день; менеджер самостоятельно набирает штат для управления городским хозяйством; |
2) |
council-manager form |
b) |
менеджер, осуществляющий распорядительскую деятельность в рамках стратегических решений, принятых руководством; |
3) |
administrative manager |
c) |
руководитель, который отвечает за основную часть текущей деятельности корпорации и исполнение решений совета директоров, при этом часто занимает также пост председателя совета директоров, президента, заместителя председателя совета и т. п. |