Kolomna
2011
Министерство образования Московской области
ГОУ ВПО
«Московский государственный областной
социально-гуманитарный институт»
Кафедра английского языка
Ахренова Н.А., Евтюхина Н.Я.,
Новикова Ю.Б., Шмыткина Е.Н.
ENGLISH-1
Учебно-методическое пособие
по практике устной речи
для студентов 1 курса
Коломна
2011
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Ахренова Н.А., Евтюхина Н.Я., Новикова Ю.Б., Шмыткина Е.Н. English-1/ Учебно-методическое пособие по практике устной речи для студентов 1 курса. – Коломна: МГОСГИ, 2011. - 157 с.
Данное учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено в соответствии с программой по практике устной речи английского языка для 1 курса языкового вуза. В нем представлены аутентичные тексты, которые снабжены специально разработанными упражнениями на развитие навыков чтения, говорения и письма. Достоинством пособия является аутентичность текстов, которые ставят своей целью расширение страноведческой и культурной компетенции. Тексты удачно подобраны по тематике и стилю, что несомненно вызовет интерес при обсуждении проблемных вопросов.
Рецензент:
Соклакова О.В.
кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры английского языка МГОСГИ
Contents
Personal Identification………………………….. .4
The Daily Programme. Leisure Activities……… 21
Houses and Homes……………………………... 32
Eating and Drinking…………………………… 47
Shops and Shopping……………………………. 67
Learning Foreign Languages…………………… 79
Languages. Countries. People………………….. 94
Seasons and Weather…………………………… 117
Travelling……………………………………….. 141
Personal identification
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
BASIC WORDS
to be born, to christen, to baptize a baby (child), to register a baby's birth
name n, v: first (Christian, given, family, maiden, pet) name, forename, surname, nickname, namesake; to call someone a name; to name after someone.
family: nuclear/ extended, one-parent/ single-parent/ large ~; parents (folks): mother (mo, ma, mummy (BrE), mommy (AmE)), father (dad, daddy), single-parent
children (offsprings, kids, twins, triplets, orphan), foster child, adopted child
close (distant) relative\relation, kin (next of kin): sister, brother, grandparents, uncle, aunt, grandchildren), niece, nephew, in-laws, half-brother (sister), wife, husband
to marry smb, to get married, to be married to smb; newly-weds/just married; to divorce, to preserve one's union
widow, widower, bachelor, spinster
age: young, middle-aged, elderly, old, in one's 30's, in one's early (mid, late) teens, in one's early (mid, late) 20's, mid-life
build: skinny, bony, thin, slim, fat, plump, corpulent, obese, squat, medium build, well-built, broad-shouldered, muscular, overweight
height: 1.70m, medium height, average height, below average height, tall, short, tallish, shortish, petite
hair colour: black, brown, red, fair, blonde, grey, white, dyed, a brunette, a blonde, a redhead, mousey, dark, dirty blond, platinum blond
hairstyle: long, short, straight, wavy, curly, neat, untidy, with plaits, a fringe, swept back, in a bun, pony-tail, bald, balding, thinning
face: thin, long, round, oval, square, heart-shaped, high cheekbones, high forehead, thin (full) lips, long (straight, turned-up, broken, crooked, hooked) nose, cleft (pointed, double) chin
eyes: blue, grey, brown, long (thick, bushy) eyelashes, thin eyebrows
complexion: pale, sunburned (tanned), olive (pale, dark)-skinned, oriental, brown, black
distinguishing features: beard, moustache, sideburns, unshaven, clean-shaven, a scar, a beauty-spot, a mole, with freckles, with dimples, with spots, with wrinkles, with lines, with glasses, (well)-made-up, tattoo.
positive features: ambitious, cheerful, clever (bright), easy-going, flexible, friendly, generous, hard-working, honest, kind, loyal, nice, optimistic, pleasant, punctual, relaxed, reliable, sensible, sensitive, strong, tolerant, warm
negative features: arrogant, bossy, cold, dishonest, fussy, horrible, inflexible, insensitive, intolerant, lazy, mean, miserable, moody, nosey, pessimistic, pushy, rude, spiteful, stupid (thick), tactless, tense, unambitious, unfriendly, unkind, unpleasant, unreliable, weak
types of people: a big-head, a coward, an extrovert, a gossip, a laugh, a liar, a model to follow, the perfect type of (the Englishman), a show-off, a snob, a trouble-maker
describing people: to look like, to be (very much) like somebody, to be not a bit alike, to resemble smb, to bear (no) resemblance to smb; to take after smb in character or appearance, to be the very image of smb; to enjoy good health/ to be a picture of health, to have little make-up on the face, to look after one's appearance, to have delicate features, to have much/ nothing) in common; to like/dislike the way one walks/talks/speaks/behaves/dresses, wears one's hair.