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- •Mind the prepositions
- •About after at [3] for [2] from in [3] into [2] of [7] on to [2] with [3]
- •Grammar review
- •Present, Past, Future Indefinite Active and Passive)
- •Lilliputian train*
- •Samara state railway academy
- •A) The school I went to
- •B) Entering the Academy
- •C) You are a freshman now
- •Cambridge
- •Students' life
- •1) What are students “sconced” [штрафовать] for?
- •2) What do the so-called “Bulldogs” do if a student whom they come up to runs away?
- •3) In what case is “Boredom Button” pushed?
- •Traveling by train
- •Mind the prepositions
- •1) В час пик a) a four- or five-car set
- •According to at [3] by [3] for [6] forward to from [3] in [5] on [6] of [3] to [4] with without
- •Grammar review (Modal verbs and their equivalents; Present, Past, Future Continuous Active and Passive)
- •On the platform
- •Mistaken identity (after m. Twain)
- •To arrive to catch to cost to get to go to leave to reach to take
- •Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •Dialogue 3
- •Dialogue 4
- •The man who took notice of all the notices
- •How to avoid travelling (after g. Mikes)
- •4.50 From paddington (after a. Christie)
- •From the history of railway transport
- •Mind the prepositions
- •According to [4] as far as [2] because of [2] by means of [3] due to in addition to [2] in front of in order to [3] on account of owing to in spite of [3]
- •About at [2] before by [4] for from [3] on of [2] to [4] with
- •Grammar review
- •(Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs;
- •Present, Past, Future Perfect Active and Passive)
- •From the history of railway transport Part 1
- •(A) начало строительства железных дорог в россии
- •(B) the oldest railway in russia
- •The stephenson family
- •The brunels family
- •George westinghouse (1846 – 191
- •Casey jones (1864 – 1900)
- •The trans-siberian mainline
- •The rise and fall of the american rail system
- •Underground railways
- •Grammar review (Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect Active and Passive; Participle I, Participle II)
- •8) If ___ alone, the dog could spoil many things at home.
- •10) When ___ the street, be careful at the crossroads.
- •6) Having entered the room f) through the locked door.
- •Underground railways
- •London underground Part 1
- •Moscow underground
- •Метро в самаре
- •Modern railways
- •Mind the prepositions
- •Against [2] at because of for [2] in [2] instead of of [3] on with grammar review (Gerund; attributive groups)
- •To answer to change to finish to fly to go to help to install to lose to make to pass to pay to see to show to take part to take up to test to think
- •After [3] before [3] by [2] for [3] instead of on [2] without [4]
- •The analysis
- •1) Tractive stock a) курсы повышения квалификации
- •Российские железные дороги
- •Rio revives the commuter rail network
- •India’s railway project
- •Usa (Dallas) light rail* arrives in the lone star state
- •Tunnels and bridges
- •Движение исследование неудача оставаться [2] паром переходить приводить к проект следовать стоимость шум экстренный
- •Grammar review (Infinitive; Complex Object; Complex Subject; attributive groups)
- •Channel tunnel (Part 1)
- •(Part 2)
- •Progress in tunnel engineering
- •Bridge construction
- •Computers
- •Access e-mail error fax machine file hard disk keyboard mouse processing remote control rewind screen screen saver sounded spread switch on
- •Grammar review (Conditional Clauses. Different functions of the verbs to be and to have. Compound Conjunctions.)
- •Computer systems
- •Feed in english, print out in french
- •Heartless unfeeling soulless indifferent inhuman liable to error/ subject to error to provide an enormous variety of choice to reduce the element of risk it depends
- •Viruses and vaccines
- •Mother should have warned you!
- •Hackers of today
- •Keep clicking!
- •Surfing the net
- •10 Программистов
- •How modern are you? (pop quiz)
- •Add up your score and read the analysis
- •The analysis
- •Supplementary texts
- •[1] Railways
- •[2] Passenger transportation in the usa
- •[3] The battle of the gauges Part 1
- •[4] Development of american railroads
- •[5] Sleeping cars in the usa
- •[6] Monorail
- •[7] Street railway*
- •[8] Building the railroad
- •[9] French transport
- •[10] Australian transport
- •[11] Сhinese railways
- •[12] Japanese transportation
- •[13] Railroad modernization
- •[14] Advances in transportation
- •[15] Bridges
- •[16] Charles babbage (1792–1871)
- •[17] Automation in transportation.
- •Краткий грамматический справочник
- •§ 1. Глагол to be
- •§ 2. Глагол to have
- •§ 4. Функции глагола to be
- •§ 5. Функции глагола to have
- •§ 6. Основные формы глагола
- •§ 7. Времена групп Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect в действительном и страдательном залогах
- •Спряжение глагола to ask в действительном залоге
- •Перевод глагола to write в разных временах
- •Спряжение глагола to ask в страдательном залоге
- •§ 8. Согласование времён (Sequence of Tenses)
- •§ 9. Модальные глаголы (Modal Verbs)
- •§ 10. Эквиваленты модальных глаголов (Equivalents of Modal Verbs)
- •§ 11. Порядок слов в утвердительных предложениях
- •§ 12. Порядок слов в вопросительных предложениях
- •Порядок слов в вопросительных предложениях с простым сказуемым
- •§ 13. Порядок слов в отрицательных предложениях
- •§ 14. Притяжательный падеж имени существительного (The Possessive Case)
- •§ 15. Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий (Comparison Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs)
- •§ 16. Личные и притяжательные местоимения (Personal and Possessive Pronouns)
- •§ 17. Причастие (The Participle)
- •Participle I
- •1) Часть составного глагольного сказуемого в Continuous.
- •Participle II
- •1) Часть составного глагольного сказуемого.
- •§ 18. Герундий (The Gerund)
- •Формы герундия
- •Функции герундия в предложении и способы его перевода на русский язык
- •§ 19. Функции слов с окончанием -ing в предложении
- •§ 20. Функции слов с окончанием -ed в предложении
- •§ 21. Инфинитив (The Infinitive)
- •Формы инфинитива
- •Функции инфинитива в предложении и способы его перевода на русский язык
- •§ 22. Инфинитивная конструкция “Сложное дополнение” (The Complex Object)
- •§ 23. Инфинитивная конструкция “Сложное подлежащее” (The Complex Subject)
- •§ 24. Условные предложения
- •§ 25. Разные способы выражения определения в английском языке
- •Список использованной литературы
A) The school I went to
1) What school did you go to? [secondary school; gymnasium; vocational school; technical school; lyceum; specialized English school] 2) In what age did you begin to attend it? 3) Where is it situated? 4) What compulsory and optional subjects did you study at your school? 5) What were your favorite subjects? 6) How many times a week did you have your English lessons? 7) What did you do during your English lessons? 8) What was your mark in English? 9) Who was your favorite teacher? 10) What do you think are the characteristics of an ideal /bad teacher? 11) What exams did you pass at school? 12) What did you like and dislike about your school?
B) Entering the Academy
1) When did you first start thinking about entering a higher educational school? 2) Did anybody advise you or was it your own choice? 3) What made you choose the Railway Academy rather than some other higher school? Give your reasons. 4) Do your parents approve your choice? 5) How many entrance exams did you pass? 6) What marks did you get in Physics and Mathematics? 7) How did you prepare for the exams? [You attended the fitting school – подготовительные курсы; your teacher helped you; you read a lot of books yourself or you didn't prepare for your exams at all] 8) What was the most difficult subject for you to take? 9) Was the competition intense? 10) Were you afraid of taking exams? 11) How does it feel to be a student?
C) You are a freshman now
1) Do you like being a student? 2) Was it difficult for you to get accustomed [привыкать] to the system of lectures and seminars after the school system of classes? 3) What do you find more useful: lectures of seminars? 4) Do yon always take notes of lectures? 5) Is it difficult or easy for you to follow the lectures? 6) Some lectures are certainly more interesting than others. What is interest dependent on? [It depends on the subject of the lecture or the personality of the lecturer] 7) Why are some lectures boring (скучный)? [Some lectures are boring because: the subject is boring; the subject is of no importance to you; the subject is too difficult for you to master; you find it hard to concentrate; you are not interested in the subject; you are not yet accustomed to listening to lectures every day; you get tired easily; the lecturer's manner of speech is monotonous; the lecturer speaks too fast for you to make notes; the lecturer gives no original information; the lecturer's arguments are too complicated for you]. 8) What subjects are included in the first-year program at your faculty? 9) What subject is the most interesting; the least interesting; the one you think the most important; the one you find the most difficult? 10) What must you do to pass your winter exams successfully? 11) What marks do you expect to get? 12) How much time do you spend to prepare your homework? 13) Do you have a lot of spare time? 14) What do you usually do during your spare time?
Ex.25. Retell the text about the Samara Railway Academy according to the plan given below:
▪ the name of your Academy ▪ the subjects you study
▪ its location ▪ the equipment the Academy is provided with
▪ some facts about its history ▪ the exams you take and the grants you receive
▪ the departments and specializations ▪ the students' hostels
▪ how long the complete course lasts ▪ your future speciality
▪ the number of students ▪ what you like and dislike about your Academy.
Ex.26. Here are the answers. Write the questions.
1) Almost all the students. 2) During the entrance examinations. 3) Either today or tomorrow. 4) Very difficult. 5) English. 6) At the Railway Academy. 7) Dean of our faculty. 8) It is out of question. 9) I have nothing against it. 10) At the next lesson.
Ex.27. Choose and use. Work in pairs. Make up your own dialogues using the given phrases.
1) How’s life?
a) Nothing to boast of. b) It’s none of your business. c) Nothing to look at. d) Who cares? e) Thank you, I’m fine. f) It is too good to be true. g) So-so.
2) Excuse me, how can I get to the University?
a) Five stops from here. b) It’s far from here. c) Don’t hurry. d) You’d better take the trolley-bus. e) Leave me alone.
3) Excuse me, where is the nearest Metro station?
a) Unfortunately I don’t remember. b) It must be somewhere about. c) It’s over there, on the left. d) You will go far. e) I’ll see you off if you don’t mind.
4) It was a pleasure to talk to you.
a) What do you mean? b) I’m sorry to hear it. c) The more the better. d) The pleasure was mine. e) You are hard to please. f) Indeed?
5) Excuse my being late.
a) See you later. b) Glad to hear it. c) Better late than never. d) You are welcome. e) No need to be sorry. f) It is inexcusable! g) How could you!
6) What do you do?
a) I’m doing well, thank you. b) Nothing to boast of. c) I’m a first-year student. d) It’s none of your business.
7) Thank you for your help.
a) Never mind. b) It was a pleasure for me. c) Glad to hear it. d) Thank you for coming. e) I have nothing to do with it. f) I can’t believe my ears.
8) I’m taking my exam in two days.
a) Take care. b) So long. c) Good luck! d) Let’s hope for the best. e) Nothing good will come of it. f) There is nothing to be done. g) Put it out of your head. h) Are you sure? i) That doesn’t interest me.
TEXT В
Read the text filling in the blanks with the prepositions if necessary. Translate it without a dictionary and find at least 10 differences between our Academy and Cambridge (do it in written form).