- •Introducing people
- •Phonetic Training
- •Training rhymes.
- •Grammar Revision The verbs “to be” and “to have”
- •Training exercises
- •Training exercises
- •English Noun
- •Training exercises
- •Introducing people
- •Training exercises
- •3. Listen to the songs, learn them by heart and sing.
- •Grammar Revision The structure of the English Sentence
- •Training exercises:
- •The plural of Nouns
- •Appearances and Traits of Character.
- •Vocabulary 1
- •Training exercises:
- •Vocabulary 2
- •Training exercises:
- •People’s appearance
- •Vocabulary 3
- •Training exercises:
- •The Brothers
- •Meet the Stewarts
- •Unit 3 Family Life and Relations
- •Phonetic Training
- •Grammar Revision The System of the English Verb
- •The System of the English Verb Forms
- •Training exercises:
- •Present Simple (Indefinite) and Present Continuous (Progressive)
- •Training exercises
- •Family Life and Relations
- •Vocabulary1:
- •Training exercises:
- •Words and expressions to be used in the translation:
- •Read the text and do the exercises after it: What Do Parents Owe Their Children?
- •Tasks to the Text
- •Read the text and fulfill the tasks after it: Work or Family: There’s a Problem
- •Tasks to the Text
- •Role Play: Family Problems
- •Grammar Revision Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
- •Training exercises:
- •III. Occupations
- •Vocabulary 1.
- •Training exercises
- •Choosing an Occupation
- •Tasks to the Text
- •Vocabulary 2. Job Titles.
- •Training exercises.
- •Accountant
- •Acrobat
- •Administrative secretary
- •Airplane-flight attendant
- •Animal trainer
- •Appliance repairer
- •Auctioneer
- •Topics for discussion
- •My Bonny
- •Intonation of different types of questions in the English language.
- •II. Grammar Revision
- •Training exercises:
- •III. Home or House?
- •Vocabulary 1:
- •Training exercise:
- •Vocabulary 2:
- •Training exercises:
- •Vocabulary 3. The interior of the house:
- •Training exercises:
- •Vocabulary 4.
- •Training exercises:
- •Vocabulary 5.
- •Training exercises:
- •Buying a House
- •Tasks to the Text
- •Tasks for discussion
- •B. Living Standards (discussion)
- •1. Let’s have a talk about the living standards. The following questions will help you. While discussing the problem make use of the words and expressions given below.
- •C. Hospitality
- •1. The Russian people are considered to be very hospitable. What hospitability is? Are you a hospitable host?
- •Topics for discussion
- •Training exercises
- •Health and Wellness
- •Vocabulary 1.
- •Training exercises
- •A. Read the text and do the given tasks. Get acquainted with Henry!
- •Keeping fit
- •B. Read and translate the text. Be ready for a discussion. Health & wellness
- •Points for discussion.
- •3. Memorize the tongue-twister.
- •Grammar Revision Present Perfect and Past Simple
- •Training exercises:
- •Then and now
- •Education
- •Vocabulary 1:
- •Read and translate the text. There are 6 parts in it. While reading it match the heading to each part of it.
- •Tasks to the text:
- •Read the text and do exercises after it. Education in the usa
- •Tasks to the text:
- •Speak on Russian Education using the vocabulary and texts a and b. Here is a passage to help you. Add more details.
- •Read the text.
- •Imperial College. London
- •Read the text "Our Institute" and prepare to discuss it. Our institute
- •Vocabulary 2:
- •Training exercises
- •Topics for discussion:
- •II. Grammar Revision Future Tenses
- •Training exercises:
- •Degrees of comparison (adverbs and adjectives)
- •III. Why Do People Travel?
- •Vocabulary 1:
- •Training exercises:
- •Vocabulary 2: the best way of travelling
- •Training exercises:
- •A. Read the text and do the tasks after it. Different means of travel.
- •Tasks to the text:
- •Vocabulary 3:
- •Training exercises:
- •B. Read the text and expand on its contents. People and Diplomacy
- •Traveling Alone
- •Traveling With Someone
- •How to Meet People
- •Tourists, Travelers, and Local Culture
- •II. Grammar Revision a. Passive Voice.
- •Training Exercises
- •Training exercises.
- •Training exercise.
- •C. Употребление артиклей с географическими названиями.
- •Training Exercises
- •Ex 5. Replace the part of the model in bold type by the following:
- •Ex 6. Read Grammar Revision c and fill in the definite or indefinite article if necessary:
- •Ex 7. Fill in prepositions if necessary:
- •Ex 8. Put the adjectives in brackets in the required degree of comparison:
- •Ex 9. Answer the following questions:
- •A. Read the text and do the tasks after it.
- •Task 1. Read the statements and decide whether they are true or false.
- •Task 2. Prepare a talk on some other traits of the English character. B. Read the text and do the tasks after it.
- •Task 1. Read each statement and decide whether it is true or false.
- •Task 2. Match the information in column a with the corresponding information in column b.
- •Task 3. Say more about Americans. Share your experience of communicating with them if you have some..
- •II. Grammar Revision. A Reported Speech (Affirmative sentences and Statements)
- •1) Утвердительные предложения.
- •Training exercises:
- •2) Imperative Sentences (повелительные предложения)
- •Training exercise:
- •3) Вопросы в косвенной речи
- •Training exercises:
- •Training exercises:
- •Revision Exercises
- •III. Business Trip. Staying at a Hotel.
- •Vocabulary 1. At the Airport
- •Airport Formalities
- •Tasks to the Text:
- •At the airport
- •Tasks to the text:
- •Vocabulary 2. At the Customs
- •Immigration and customs
- •Tasks to the text:
- •Make up your own dialogues. Before you do it study the following ways of expressing modality.
- •1. Various ways of making a request & possible replies ranging from informal to very polite:
- •3. Ways of expressing gratitude & suitable replies.
- •4. Phrases used to asked for information, ranging from less formal to more formal:
- •Vocabulary 3. Staying at a hotel.
- •Training exercises.
- •At a Hotel The Grand Hotel "Europe"
- •Tasks to the text:
- •Topics for discussions
- •Appendix
- •I. Countries & Nationalities
- •II. “Traditions and Habits of American People”
- •Introductions (Episodes 1-3) characters:
- •Formulae of introduction
- •Family life (Episodes 1-3)
- •Proper names:
- •The blind date. (Episode 2)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Grandpa’s trunks. (Episode 3)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Proper names:
- •Home. (Episodes 11, 7)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Episode 11 proper names:
- •Episode 7 (man’s best friend)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Proper names:
- •Education (Episode 9 “it”s up to you”)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Going abroad. Accomodation. ( Episode 15)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Proper names:
- •Elections. (Episode 18)
- •Vocabulary:
- •American traditions. (Episode 19 “I do”)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Family life. (Episode 20 “quality time”)
- •Vocabulary:
- •Episode 20 proper names:
- •Vocabulary to episode 21 “a big fish in a little pond”
- •Proper names:
- •Vocabulary to episode 22 “career choices”
- •Proper names:
- •Literature
- •Contents
Vocabulary 3. The interior of the house:
|
hall |
прихожая |
|
coat-rack |
вешалка |
|
chest of drawers for shoes |
ящик для обуви |
|
a hanger |
плечики |
|
living-room |
гостиная |
|
wall-units |
стенка |
|
stereo system |
стереосистема |
|
upholstered suite (furniture) |
мягкая мебель |
|
indoor plants |
комнатные растения |
|
bedroom flat two-bedroom flat |
спальня |
|
dressing table |
туалетный столик |
|
nursery (children’s room) |
детская |
|
a bunk-bed |
двухъярусная кровать |
|
drop-flat writing surface |
откидной столик |
|
kitchen |
кухня |
|
upright freezer |
морозильная камера |
|
a kitchen cupboard |
сервант |
|
cooker unit (gas cooker, electric cooker) |
кухонная плита (газовая плита, электрическая плита) |
|
sink unit |
мойка |
|
bathroom |
ванная |
|
mixer tap |
смеситель |
|
a study |
кабинет |
|
a dining-room |
столовая |
|
a bathroom cabinet |
шкафчик для ванной |
Training exercises:
Ex.1. Complete the description:
Model: The bedroom – that’s where you sleep.
The kitchen – ____________________
The bathroom – __________________
The lounge (living-room) – ______________
The dining-room – _______________
A spare room – ___________________
A study – _______________________
A utility-room (laundry) – _______________
A nursery – ______________________
Ex.2. Explain the difference between the following pairs of words:
a hall – a corridor
a study – a cabinet
a living room – a sitting room
a coat rack – a hanger
upholstered furniture – upholstered suite
a suite of furniture – a piece of furniture
flowers – indoor plants
a two-bedroom flat (apartment) – a two-room flat
a nursery – a children’s room
a bed – a bunk-bed
a drop-flat writing surface – a desk
a refrigerator – an upright freezer
a cooker unit – an oven
Vocabulary 4.
|
to let |
сдавать внаем |
|
to rent |
снимать комнату (квартиру) |
|
to purchase a house (flat) |
покупать дом (квартиру) |
|
mortgage |
ипотечный кредит |
|
to mortgage a house (flat) |
вступить в ипотеку |
|
down payment |
первоначальный взнос |
|
to pay interest |
выплачивать проценты |
|
interest rate |
процентная ставка |
|
to take a loan |
взять кредит |
|
to lend money |
давать деньги взаймы |
|
to borrow money from smb. |
занимать деньги у кого-либо (брать взаймы) |
|
a real estate agency |
агентство по торговле недвижимостью |
|
a real estate agent |
агент по недвижимости |
|
to advertise for a house |
рекламировать дом |
|
to inherit a house (to get as a heritage) |
наследовать дом |
|
freehold |
полная собственность на недвижимость, землю |
|
to lease |
сдавать или снимать дом (квартиру) по договору |
|
to charge for the services |
арендовать помещение |
Training exercises:
Ex.1. Find in the list above the words and word-combinations which match the following explanations:
an office which arranges for the sales of homes;
to ask as a price for services;
a person who is engaged in arranging for the sales or purchase of homes;
to present or praise goods or services to the public in order to encourage sales;
to give, take possession of land, flat, farm, etc.;
to receive property as heir;
land or other real estate in absolute ownership;
give the use of smth in return for regular money payments;
to give money to smb for a certain period of time;
to take money for a certain period of time;
to have use of in return for regular payments;
to give smb a claim as a security for payment of a debt or loan.
Ex.2. Answer the questions:
Who is an estate agent?
What does a person usually do when he wants to benefit from selling the house?
What is a person recommended to do when he wants to buy a house or a flat?
You want to live in a place of your own, but you haven’t enough money. What are the possible ways out of this situation?
What does a bank usually charge if you borrow money from it.
Sometimes you may receive a house or money or smth after someone has died. What verb is used to denote this action?
Ex.3. Give a response to the following statements or questions:
Model:
I’d like to buy a flat and was recommended to consult a real estate agent.
That’s the right thing to do. The nearest agency is just round the corner.
– I inherited a ranch-type house from my uncle abroad.
…
- I’m registered in a counsel house. Now when I’ve saved enough money I want to buy a flat. What would you advise me to do?
…
- I’ve been living in a tenement house for a long time.
…
– I’d like to change dwelling place.
…
– A sky-scraper is rather a dangerous place to rent an office.
…
– It is rather expensive to take care of a cottage in Chita.
…
– As far as I know a ranch-type house is a two-story house out of town.
…
– I’d rather live in a block of flats than alone in a private residence.
…
I’d like to borrow some money from the bank to buy a summer cottage.
…
As far as I know I need some collateral or guarantor to borrow money from the bank.
…
I hear, the interest rate in Sberbank is the highest.
…