Unit 1 let’s get acquainted! english for you and me

Личные и притяжательные местоимения

Глаголы to be, to have, оборот there + to be

Определенный и неопределенный артикли

Существительное

Числительное

Text A. About Myself

Text B. Student's Working Day

Text C. Alex Sidorov’s Family

Text D. Hobbies And Leisure Time

Text E. Foreign Languages In The Life Of A Modern Man

Everyday English: Greetings

Exercise 1. Read the new words below and translate the sentences.

1) foreign ['fɔrɪn] иностранный	Knowledge of foreign languages is necessary today.
2) appearance [ə'pɪər(ə)ns] внешность	The appearance is very important for actors.
3) to introduce [ˌɪntrə'djuːs] (to) представлять	She introduced me to her parents.
4) few [fjuː] мало, немного	Few students in our group can speak English well.
5) a lot of – много	Our library has a lot of books.
6) enough [ɪ'nʌf] достаточно	He has got enough money to buy new books.
7) rather ['rɑːðə] довольно	It is rather hot in summer in the South.
8) to last ['lɑːst] продолжаться, длиться	Students’ summer vacations usually last for two months.
9) quarter ['kwɔːtə] четверть	Twenty-five cents is a quarter of a dollar.
10) to miss [mis] пропускать	He never misses his classes.
11) to prefer [prɪ'fɜː] предпочитать	I prefer to read English authors in the original.
12) during ['djuərɪŋ] в течение	We speak English during the lesson.
13) several ['sev(ə)r(ə)l] несколько, некоторые	Students pass several examinations at the end of the term.
14) while [waɪl] пока, в то время как	He is reading a newspaper while waiting for a bus.
15) to prepare [prɪ'peə] готовиться к чему-л.	We have enough time to prepare for the examinations.
16) science ['saɪəns] наука	Biology is a science.
17) quite [kwaɪt] вполне, совсем, совершенно	The work is not quite finished.
18) rest [rest] 1) (the ~) остаток; 2) отдых	He spent the rest of the vacation at home. If you are tired you should have a rest.
19) to carry out ['kærɪ] выполнять, проводить	Students can carry out experiments at the laboratory.
20) research [rɪ'sɜːʧ] (научное) исследование	His research is fruitful.
21) various ['veərɪəs] различный, разный	The climate conditions in Russia are various in different parts of the country.
22) course [kɔːs] курс обучения	The university offers courses in various subjects.
23) to connect [kə'nekt] соединять; связывать	We connected an antenna to a TV set.
24) subject ['sʌbʤekt] предмет, дисциплина	Students study a lot of special subjects at the university.
25) equipment [ɪ'kwɪpmənt] оборудование	Computers are used as office equipment nowadays.
26) half [hɑːf], мн. ч. halves половина	She cut the apple in two halves.
27) term [tɜːm] 1) срок; 2) семестр; 3) термин	Academic year consists of two terms. Special terms are often used in professional language.

Exercise 2. Read the following words using the transcription. Find the Russian equivalents.

student ['stju:dnt], music ['mju:zɪk], sport [spɔ:t], Academy [ə'kædəmɪ], engineer [ˌenʤɪ'nɪə], profession [prə'feʃ(ə)n], cafe ['kæfeɪ], coffee ['kɔfɪ], visit ['vɪzɪt], comedy ['kɔmədɪ], park [pɑːk], sphere [sfɪə], experiment [ɪk'sperɪmənt], diploma [dɪ'pləumə].

Exercise 3. Match the antonyms.

to close after here first evening much tomorrow bad to begin to take south white to ask few new

to finish north last before yesterday to give old there morning good many little to open black to answer

Exercise 4. Find an odd word in each line.

1. driver, doctor, teacher, corner, engineer

2. train, car, river, tram, bus

3. week, year, yesterday, month, day

4. man, woman, girl, postman, boy

5. student, professor, lecture, hospital, examination

6. wide, green, brown, white, black

7. February, November, March, Monday, July

8. winter, summer, year, autumn, spring

9. body, arm, leg, head, hand

10. hand, head, leg, arm, foot, shoe

11. Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, August, Sunday

12. Moscow, Tver', Paris, Samara, Novosibirsk

Exercise 5. Match the words from two columns.

course enough equipment foreign half knowledge language quarter rather rest several subject term to carry out to connect to miss to prefer to prepare usually various

выполнять готовить довольно достаточно знания иностранный курс несколько оборудование обычно остаток половина предмет предпочитать пропускать различный соединять термин четверть язык

Exercise 6. Read and translate the following text.