- •С истема открытого образования
- •Improve your speaking skills in english Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Часть 2
- •Unit III jobs and careers
- •What Are We Working for?
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •A) What do you do?
- •B) Word combinations with ‘work’
- •C) Types of job and types of work
- •D) Words used in front of ‘job’ and ‘work’
- •1) Fee 2) pay 3) salary 4) wage
- •Discussion Focus
- •Very important important not important not relevant
- •Which of the features exist in your present job (or the job you’re
- •Very important important not important not relevant
- •Work in bermuda
- •Frank Mare
- •Intelligence and ability; emotional stability; conscientiousness.
- •Practicing Vocabulary
- •A) Choosing the Right Career
- •B) Leaving a Job
- •Choosing a Job
- •A) Marketing Interview
- •B) My First Job
- •Read and Discuss Text 1
- •Reading
- •How Much is Job Worth?
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Follow the Leader
- •Post-Reading
- •C Comment on the meaning of the two phrases:
- •Reading
- •Life at the Bottom: Hard-Up, Tired but Content
- •Post-Reading
- •Interviews may be carried out in one-to-one situation; or a group of interviewers may interview a single candidate; or a single interviewer may interview a group of candidates.
- •Reading Read through the text “Your First Job Interview” and do the exercises that follow. Your First Job Interview
- •Post-Reading a Mark these sentences as t (true) or f (false) according to the
- •Information in the text.
- •B On the left are the words and phrases from the text. Study their meanings in the context and match them with their equivalents on the right.
- •Reading
- •How to Select the Best Candidates – and Avoid the Worst
- •Post-Reading a Explain the following in alternative English words:
- •Reading
- •Post-Reading
- •Solicitor or Barrister?
- •Attorney at Law
- •Unit IV healthy lifestyles Starting-Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •5 What doctor will you go to?
- •What doctor will you go to if you
- •Discussion Focus
- •You’ve got your own defence system here’s how to make it work
- •Important materials in your food
- •Vegetarians
- •Ten tips on how to lose weight
- •Do you consider selling your tv to be an effective way of keeping fit?
- •Practising Vocabulary
- •A Visit to the Doctor’s
- •The Benefits of Exercise
- •The Power of the Mind
- •Hypochondriacs
- •Snoring
- •Alternative Therapy
- •Anorexia
- •A Disastrous Holiday
- •Vegetables
- •The Brain
- •Choose Your Sport Carefully
- •Can We Live Longer?
- •The Dangers of the Sun
- •Exam Worries
- •Read and Discuss
- •Reading
- •Self-care has come of age – again!
- •Post-Reading
- •Medicine’s unsolved mysteries
- •Reading
- •Eat Greek and Live Longer
- •Post-Reading
- •Healthier milk
- •Reading
- •Effect of music on the human system
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Exam fitness
- •Exercise
- •Body Clocks and Sleep
- •Some Points to Remember:
- •Final Points
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Grocery list
- •Post-Reading
- •Stress and Stress Management
- •Shift Down a Gear to Find a Sweeter Lifestyle
- •References
- •Contents
- •Improve Your Speaking Skills in English
- •Часть 2
- •220007, Г. Минск, ул. Московская, 17.
Post-Reading
A Say the following in alternative words.
1) … impossible to avoid listening to it (music); 2) This idea is now being challenged; 3) … music can affect us … ; 4) … music can help us to relax … ; 5) … may provoke violent reactions … ; 6) It was just incredible … ; 7) … my feeling of anxiety … ; 8) I (un)clenched my hands … ; 9) Our patients come to us shattered … ; 10) … bring peace to both their body and mind … ; 11) … turns people’s morality upside down … ; 12) … it affects every cell of the body – to its detriment.
B Find in the text the equivalents for the following:
1) by chance; 2) very quickly; 3) change states of mind; 4) I don’t agree with; 5) unconvincing evidence; 6) can be categorized as; 7) This coordinates with your own experience; 8) popularity throughout the world; 9) become dependent on; 10) soon.
C Give the English for the following:
1) измерить кровяное давление; 2) приемный покой; 3) запломбировать зуб; 4) чувство беспокойства, страха; 5) в лечебных целях; 6) пациенты, находящиеся в больнице длительное время; 7) быть прикованным к больничной койке; 8) успокоительные и снотворные средства; 9) сильная боль в спине; 10) биение сердца.
D Choose the answer which you think fits best.
1) Researchers have found that people are ..................................... .
a) affected only by music they like
b) affected only by music the dislike
c) affected by music they both like and dislike
d) unaffected by music whether they like it or not
2) In the waiting room there was soft background music and
Dr Ryman ................................................................................. .
a) felt like going to sleep
b) felt completely relaxed and happy
c) was wondering what was going around
d) understood that the music was making him feel relaxed
3) According to Dr John Diamond the effect of music depends on .... .
a) a physical and emotional state of a person
b) the intention of the composer
c) the volume of the sound
d) the musical instrument used
4) The most healing effect of all is produced by ............................ .
a) rock music
b) Indian folk music
c) orchestra music
d) early classical music
5) In his research Dr Ryman has found that ................................... .
a) rock music is neither healing nor harmful
b) rock music acts like a drug
c) it affects every cell in the body
d) it develops the addiction of the body to the beat
E Discuss these questions:
1) What are the examples of a comforting effect of music on
patients?
2) What encouraged Dr Ryman to start his research?
3) How does Dr Diamond classify music according to its effect
on people?
4) What has the latest research of the effect of rock music shown?
5) Which conclusions of the researchers seem convincing to you
and which seem flimsy enough?
6) How are you affected by the kinds of music mentioned in the
interview: Bach, Indian music, harp music, rock music, early
classical music?
Text 4
Pre-Reading
A Discuss with other students your experience of taking exams.
1) What is the most difficult thing about getting ready for an exam? 2) Can you describe your mental and emotional state on the eve of an exam? 3) Do you know any tricks to pass an exam successfully? Have you ever used any of them?
B Before reading the article, find out the meaning of the
following words:
pasty, alertness, dip, pep up, (in) sync, adverse(ly)