Читай и говори пособие 1 курс

25.What examination did Mr. Morris have to pass before he could go to a grammar school?

26.What exams did he take at grammar school? 27.Which university did he go to after leaving school? 28.What was his main subject?

29.What subsidiary subjects did he take in his first year? 30.What degrees was he awarded?

31.What did he do after getting his M.A.? 32.Did he have to pay for his studies himself? 33.What did he do in the Christmas vacations?

34.What temporary jobs did he have in the summer vacations? 35.What is Mr. Morris’s present job?

36.When did he get married?

37.Where did he and his wife spend their honeymoon? 38.Does Mr. Morris speak Russian?

39.Who are Mr. and Mrs. Morris’s children staying with?

IV. Translate the following sentences into English, wherever possible using words and expressions taken from the texts.

1.Господину Диксону около 45 лет.

2.В комнату вошла молодая симпатичная женщина с длинными светлыми волосами. Она была одета в темно-синюю юбку и белую блузку.

3.Извините, не могли бы Вы сказать, который час?

4.Один из моих знакомых работает в банке.

5.Могу я задать Вам несколько вопросов?

6.Извините, я не расслышал, что Вы сказали. Повторите, пожалуйста.

7.Как пишется Ваша фамилия? Не могли бы Вы произнести её по буквам?

8.Где и когда Вы родились?

9.Кем работает муж Вашей сестры? - Главным редактором местной газеты.

10.Ваша жена работает? - Да, но не полный рабочий день. 11.Я иду сегодня в кино. Не хотите пойти со мной? 12.У Вас есть сестры и братья?

13.Он работает управляющим в большом универмаге.

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14.Он холостяк? - Нет, он женат уже два года.

15.Раньше моя жена работала библиотекарем, но сейчас она домохозяйка. 16.Я окончил университет 5 лет назад.

17.Вы получали стипендию? - Да, конечно.

18.Несколько месяцев назад они объявили о своей помолвке и вот, наконец, поженились.

19.Вы взяли с собой детей? - Да, они с нами.

20.Извините, что занял у Вас так много времени. - Ничего, не беспокойтесь.

21.Огромный привет Вашей жене. Еще раз спасибо за помощь.

V. Retell the text on the name of:

a)Mr. Morris-senior;

b)Mr. Morris;

c)Ilya Smirnov.

VI. Make up a dialogue between

Ilya Smirnov and the editor.

VII. a) Make a list of general questions using the following phrases:

Example: to be a student - Are you a student?

1.to start school at the age of ...;

2.to be a member of any youth organization;

3.to attend a secondary school;

4.to get a grant;

5.to be engaged;

6.to be married;

7.to have brothers and sisters;

8.to have a job before coming to the university;

9.to live with the parents;

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10.to live alone;

11.to have a nickname;

12.to speak any foreign language; 13.to like learning English;

14.to be interested in sport; 15.can play chess;

16.can play a musical instrument; 17.to be abroad;

18.to smoke.

b)Ask one of your groupmates these questions. Note the answers.

c)Write some sentences using the received information. Don’t use the personal name in your sentences.

d)Pass your sentences to the teacher who will read them to the group. The group has to guess who the sentences are about.

Text 1B. The Richest Man in the World.

Read the text and do the exercises given below.

Everyone has head about Bill Gates, the icon of American business and the richest man in the world.

Microsoft, the business he started with a friend in 1975, has become the world’s largest computer software company. Also the company is in big trouble today – the US government has broken it up – experts say it will remain successful.

Bill Gates was born on the 28th of October 1955 in Seattle, USA. Seattle was once famous for producing Boeing aircraft, but is now better known as the home of Microsoft. From his parents Bill got a good business sense and a quick mind. His father is a lawyer and his late mother was a teacher and then a company director.

At school Bill soon showed that he was very intelligent. His favourite subjects were Maths and Science. At 13 he got interested in computers. Bill Gates and his

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friend Paul Allen were soon spending all their time writing programmes and learning about computers instead of doing their homework.

After finishing school in 1973, Bill went to Harvard, America’s most famous university. Most of the time he worked on the computers in the university laboratory. The next year, he and Paul Allen wrote an operating programme for the Altair, one of the world’s first microcomputers. Bill knew, even then, that he would revolutionize the world of computing and he left Harvard before finishing his studies.

The two friends started Microsoft in 1975, and very soon it became a business success.

In 1980, Gates bought a small company that produced an operating system called DOS. He made some changes to it and renamed it MS-DOS. He sold the rights to use this system to IBM. Since 1980 MS-DOS has been the standard operating system for all PCs. Microsoft has also developed such well-known programmes as Windows, Excel and Internet Explorer.

Bill’s dream to computerize everything – TVs, telephones, lights, even the way you cook dinner…

One reason for his success is that Bill has always been very ambitious and hardworking.

This hasn’t left him much time for a normal personal life, but in 1994 he married Melinda French, a Microsoft employee. The couple has two children: a daughter, born in 1996, and a son, born in 1999. bill Gates has written two books, The Road Ahead (1995) and Business and the Speed of Thought (1999). Both books are bestsellers.

Bill hasn’t got much free time, but when he has a chance he likes playing golf and bridge. He is also fond of reading about science.

For such a rich person, his life is simple, and he spends very little on himself. When it comes to helping others, though, Gates is very generous. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has already given $300 million to charity, and he says he plans to give away almost all of his wealth when he retires.

N o t e s :

1.icon [`aikon], n – идол, кумир

2.break up, v - разделить

3.quick mind - сообразительность

4.late, adj - покойная

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5.When it comes to … - Когда дело доходит до …

6.foundation [faun`dei n], n - фонд

7.charity [`t riti], n -благотворительность

8.retire [ri`tai ], v - уходить на пенсию

EXERCISES

I.Choose the right word or word combination.

1.From his parents Bill Gates got …

a)a large fortune; b) a good business sense; c) a pair of microcomputers.

2.At school Bill spent most of his time …

a)doing his homework; b) reading books; c) learning about computers.

3.Many years ago Bill Gates bought a small company that produced …

a)microcomputers; b) operating systems; c) operating programmes. 4.When Bill Gates has got free time he …

a)plays golf and bridge; b) listens to music; c) plays with his children.

II.Complete the sentences.

1.At school Bill’s favourite subjects were …

2.Bill left Harvard before finishing his studies as …

3.Bill’s dream is …

4.One reason for Bill’s success is …

5.Bill is very generous when …

III.Give your impressions of:

1. Bill’s childhood; 2. Bill’s character; 3. the Gates family; 4. Bill Gates’ way of living.

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IV. Think and answer.

1.What education has Bill Gates got?

2.How was Microsoft started?

3.What are Bill Gates’ plans for future?

V.Retell the text on the name of:

1.Melinda Gates,

2.Paul Allen,

3.Bill Gates.

VI. Dramatize the talk between

Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

VII. Make up a short summary of the text.

Audial Practice

Listen to the text and define, which the most accurate summary of the text is:

1.Bernard and Francois Baschet have spent a large part of their lives making new kinds of musical instrumens.

2.The Baschet brothers both work at inventing new musical instruments and teaching children to play them.

Bernard and Francois Baschet have recently begun working with new musical instruments: they invent them, teach children to play them, give concerts and set up exhibitions.

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Think and Do

I. Revise any proverbs or sayings on the topic.

Comment them on.

II.Use the following scheme while speaking about:

a)a friend of yours,

b)yourself.

III.Write a brief account of your life up to the present days.

IV.One student chooses a well-known person, either living or dead, and studies his or her biography. The remaining students try to discover the identity of the person asking questions that demand yes/no answers.

Model: Are you a man?

Are you a woman?

Are you young?

Do you live in Great Britain?

Do you write verses?

Are you a politician?

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V Discuss whether it's a good idea for students to get married before completing their studies?

VI. Comment on the following statement:" The family and family life will become less important in future."

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Just for fun

He (after a quarrel, bitterly): “I was a fool when I married you!”

She (quietly, about to leave the room): “Yes; but I thought you would improve!”

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Lady (at a party): “ Where is that pretty maid who was passing out cocktails a while ago?”

Hostess: “Oh, are you looking for a drink?” Lady: “No, I’m looking for my husband.”

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“Dear Editor, one night I came home and found my wife in the arms of a man who owes me money. Have I grounds for divorce?”

Answer: “The man was just paying a little interest to your wife.”

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Poem to Enjoy

A Word to Husbands

Ogden Nesh

To keep your marriage brimming With love in loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong,

admit it;

Whenever you’re right, shut up.

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TOPIC 2: HIGHER EDUCATION

I. Revise the words and expressions

to enter higher education, but to get to higher school freshman, n

to be anxious to do smth. to be frank

grade, n

to fail an exam

to get behind smb. with (in) smth. to catch up (caught), v

to count on smb./ smth.

with honours beside the point to turn in, v

finals, n compulsory, adj.

tuition, n

to major in smth.

поступить в высшее учебное заведение первокурсник очень хотеть сделать что-то

если говорить откровенно, начистоту отметка, оценка

провалиться на экзамене отстать от кого-то в чем-то догнать рассчитывать на кого-то, что-то с отличием

не по существу сдавать (материал на проверку преподавателю) выпускные экзамены обязательный,

принудительный

обучение специализироваться по какому-либо предмету

II. Give a word or expression for the following.

the exams taken at the end of the whole course of study to specialize in some subject

the education which every person must get to hand in some assignment to a teacher something being not to the point

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