- •Практикум по английскому языку для самостоятельной работы студентов первого курса всех факультетов
- •Содержание / contents
- •Foreword предисловие
- •Part 1 the ingredients of happiness self-work 1
- •Brothers and sisters
- •Part 1 the ingredients of happiness self-work 2
- •It’s all in your genes
- •Part 1 the ingredients of happiness self-work 3
- •Personality and Appearance
- •Part 2 education self-work 1
- •II. Learn to distinguish between these synonyms:
- •In what ways do Simon’s parents say his character has changed?
- •Trends in education
- •Part 2 education self-work 2
- •End, purpose, aim, goal, objective, target (цель)
- •II. Find information about higher education in South Africa, India, Republic of Corea, China, Japan and present your finding in a table as in previous exercise. Get ready to speak and compare it.
- •Admissions
- •Part 2 education self-work 3
- •Recognize yourself here?
- •In small groups or pairs conduct your own survey. Interview as many students of your faculty as you can and produce a sketch of the average student of your faculty.
- •In the library
- •Word list to part 2
- •Part 3 projecting self-work 1 conference “house style”
- •Part 3 projecting self-work 2
- •Visual aids
- •Part 3 projecting self-work 3 handling questions
- •The Trans-Siberian Mainline project: a historical analysis
- •Abstracts for project communication
- •Visual aids
- •Presenting a project
- •Список использованной литературы
Part 2 education self-work 1
Grammar to notice:
Present Simple Tense;
Past Simple Tense;
Present Perfect Tense;
Degrees of Comparison.
Passive Voice
II. Learn to distinguish between these synonyms:
Acquire, get, gain, obtain (получать, достигать)
a) Read the explanation to see the difference:
Get is the most general of theses. The use of get in idiomatic phrases is manifold and since some of these idioms may be informal, some feel and need to replace it wherever possible with obtain. Obtain is more formal used in formal contexts where the stress is on seeking out something: e.g. obtain soil samples from the moon and return to earth with them.
Gain goes beyond obtain to indicate greater effort in the seeking process.
Acquire points to a piecemeal process of possession that is continuous and often slow. It can also suggest the effort or exposure required to gain less tangible (материальный) things as in the learning process: e. g. wishing to acquire a speaking knowledge of French.
Translate the following sentences where these synonyms are used:
1) Youngsters might gain more from working a few years and going back to college later. 2) Who gets the prestigious diplomas? 3) This cannot be explained in terms of inborn differences in talent, but only in terms of what he calls the cultural capital that youths acquire from their families. 4). From this service parents gain the freedom to engage in personal and economic activities that they could not otherwise afford. 5).Even if children could gain all the skills they need by reading books alone at home, they would miss some of the main benefits of schooling. The play-ground is a school too.
These “seals of approval” say how well people have performed and those who get very good certificates often gain privileges and jobs of great value. The development of new technologies and the globalization of the world economy have created a high demand of workers with occupational skills that can be acquired at higher educational institutions. 4. The greater the number of “advanced level” passes that students acquire the better their chances are to enter the University of their choice. 5. In the American system bachelor’s degree is ordinary obtained by accumulation of “credits”.
c) Choose the most appropriate synonym:
1. Students work hard to .... good skills in the English language.
a) obtain b) acquire c) gain d) get
2. He would love so much to ... a ticket to his performance.
a) obtain b) acquire c) gain d) get
3. He ... additional honours after his book was published.
a) obtain b) acquire c) gain d) get
4. The certificate can be .... by passing exams with high grades.
a) obtain b) acquire c) gain d) get
III.
Before you listen write some reasons why parents would choose to educate their children at home.
Listen to Simon’s parents and check if your ideas were mentioned.
Listen more and answer the questions:
What didn’t Simon’ parents like about local schools?
Which organization helped Simon’s parents establish their home schooling program?