Exercise 2 Read and translate these words.

familyѝ	policeѝ	nationalityѝ
numberѝ	policemanѝ	universityѝ
favoriteѝ	militiaѝ	occupationѝ
subjectѝ	addressѝ	departmentѝ

Exercise 3 Insert the articles where necessary.

1.Myѝfriend'sѝapartmentѝisѝveryѝcomfortable;ѝthereѝareѝ___ѝ3ѝroomsѝandѝ

___ѝbalconyѝinѝ___ѝit.ѝ

2.Doѝyouѝspeakѝ____ѝEnglish?ѝ

3.Forѝ___ѝbreakfastѝIѝhaveѝ___ѝcoffeeѝwithѝ____ѝmilkѝandѝ____ѝsugar.ѝ

4.Myѝbrotherѝcomesѝfromѝ____ѝschoolѝatѝ____ѝhalfѝpastѝ____ѝthree.ѝ

5.Weѝdon'tѝgoѝtoѝ____ѝUniversityѝonѝSundays.ѝ

6.Nowѝheѝisѝ___ѝstudent.ѝAfterѝgraduationѝheѝwantsѝtoѝbecomeѝ___ѝ investigator.ѝ

7.Iѝthinkѝthatѝisѝ___ѝgoodѝidea!ѝ

8.CanѝIѝaskѝ___ѝquestion?ѝ—ѝOfѝcourse!ѝWhatѝdoѝyouѝwant?ѝ

9.Ourѝclassroomѝisѝonѝ___ѝforthѝfloor.ѝ

10.Russiaѝisѝ___ѝveryѝbigѝcountry.ѝ___ѝcapitalѝofѝRussiaѝisѝMoscow.ѝ

___ѝcenterѝofѝMoscowѝisѝrichѝinѝsights.ѝ

Reading

Before you read, match the questions and the correct replies.

1.ѝWhereѝareѝyouѝfrom?ѝ 2.ѝHowѝdoѝyouѝdo?ѝ 3.ѝWhatѝdoѝyouѝdo?ѝ 4.ѝAreѝyouѝRussian?ѝ 5.ѝWhenѝisѝit?ѝ 6.ѝWhereѝisѝit?ѝ 7.ѝAreѝyouѝaѝstudent?ѝ 8.ѝAreѝyouѝOK?ѝ

a)ѝHowѝdoѝyouѝdo?ѝ b)ѝYes,ѝIѝam.ѝ c)ѝI'mѝfromѝChina.ѝAndѝyou?ѝѝ d)ѝNo,ѝI'mѝAmerican.ѝ e)ѝItѝisѝinѝtheѝcentreѝofѝMoscow.ѝ f)ѝIt'sѝatѝ7ѝp.m.ѝѝ g)ѝI’mѝfine,ѝthanks.ѝ h)ѝI'mѝaѝpoliceman.ѝ

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Exercise 1 Complete this dialogue.

A new student
Paul:ѝѝ	______________ѝ
Nick:ѝѝ	Hi!ѝ
Paul:ѝѝ	_________________________ѝ
Nick:ѝѝ	Fine,ѝthankѝyou.ѝAndѝyou?ѝ
Paul:ѝѝ	________________________.ѝMeetѝourѝnewѝcadet,ѝMike.ѝ
	Byѝtheѝway,ѝheѝisѝinterestedѝinѝcomputerѝgames,ѝasѝyouѝare!ѝѝ
Nick:ѝѝ	Howѝdoѝyouѝdo?ѝ
Mike:ѝѝ	___________________________.ѝGladѝtoѝmeetѝyou.ѝ
Nick:ѝѝ	Welcomeѝtoѝourѝgroup!ѝ_______________________?ѝ
Mike:ѝѝ	Iѝ wasѝbornѝ inѝ Moscow.ѝThenѝ myѝfamilyѝ movedѝtoѝ Klin.ѝ
	AndѝnowѝI'mѝinѝMoscowѝagain.ѝ
Nick:ѝѝ	ѝ_____________________?ѝ
Mike:ѝѝ	I'mѝnineteen.ѝByѝtheѝway,ѝIѝhaveѝgotѝanѝelderѝbrother.ѝHeѝ
	wasѝ aѝ studentѝ ofѝ theѝ Correspondenceѝ departmentѝ ofѝ theѝ
	University.ѝ Heѝ graduatedѝ fromѝ theѝ Universityѝ fiveѝ yearsѝ
	ago,ѝifѝIѝamѝnotѝmistaken.ѝ

Vocabulary

Hi!ѝ/ѝHello!ѝ	Привет!ѝ
Howѝareѝyou?ѝ	Какѝпоживаете/Какѝдела?ѝ
Howѝdoѝyouѝdo?ѝ	Здравстуйѝ(те)!ѝѝ
meet...ѝ	Познакомься,ѝэто...ѝ
Gladѝtoѝmeetѝyou!ѝ	Радѝпознакомиться!ѝ
toѝmoveѝtoѝ	переехатьѝв/наѝ
byѝtheѝwayѝ	междуѝпрочимѝ
correspondenceѝdepartmentѝ	заочноеѝотделениеѝ
ifѝIѝamѝnotѝmistakenѝ	еслиѝяѝнеѝошибаюсьѝ
toѝgraduateѝfromѝ	заканчиватьѝучебноеѝзаведениеѝ

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Exercise 2 Put this conversation into the correct order.

Elaine:ѝPleaseѝcallѝmeѝElaine.ѝ Kate:ѝMorning,ѝOleg.ѝHowѝareѝyou?ѝ

Oleg:ѝYes,ѝitѝis.ѝLetѝmeѝintroduceѝyou…ѝExcuseѝme,ѝMrsѝRedfold.ѝMayѝIѝѝ

ѝѝѝѝѝѝѝѝѝѝintroduceѝyouѝtoѝKateѝJohnson,ѝourѝexpert?ѝ Oleg:ѝGoodѝmorning,ѝKate!ѝ(1)ѝ Kate:ѝPleasedѝtoѝmeetѝyou,ѝMrsѝRedfold.ѝ Oleg:ѝFine,ѝthanks,ѝandѝyou?ѝ Kate:ѝAndѝpleaseѝcallѝmeѝKate.ѝ Elaine:ѝHowѝdoѝyouѝdo?ѝ Kate:ѝFine.ѝIsѝthatѝMrsѝRedfordѝthere?ѝ

Exercise 3 Act out the dialogue above or make up your own ones.

Reading

Before you read, answer this question.

WhatѝdoѝyouѝknowѝaboutѝMargaretѝThatcher?ѝ

Exercise 1 Read the career history of one of the most famous woman politicians.

	Margaret Thatcher
(1925)ѝ	BornѝinѝGrantham,ѝLincolnshire.ѝ
	Daughterѝofѝaѝgrocer.ѝAttendedѝ
	GranthamѝGirls'ѝSchool.ѝStudiedѝ
	ChemistryѝatѝOxford.ѝ
(1947—1951)ѝ Workedѝasѝaѝresearchѝchemist.ѝ
(1951)ѝ	MarriedѝDenisѝThatcher,ѝaѝbusi-
	nessѝexecutive.ѝ
(1951—1954)ѝ StudiedѝTaxѝLaw.ѝ
(1953)ѝ	Hadѝtwins,ѝaѝsonѝandѝaѝdaughter,ѝ
	MarkѝandѝCarol.ѝ
(1954)ѝ	Qualifiedѝasѝaѝlawyer.ѝ
(1959)ѝ	ElectedѝMemberѝofѝParliament.ѝ
(1970—1974)ѝ SecretaryѝofѝStateѝforѝEducationѝ
	andѝScienceѝinѝtheѝCabinet.ѝ
(1975)ѝ	ElectedѝleaderѝofѝtheѝConservativeѝparty.ѝ

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(1979)ѝ	ConservativeѝpartyѝwonѝGeneralѝElection.ѝBecameѝPrimeѝministerѝ
	(1stѝwoman)ѝ
(1983)ѝ	WonѝaѝGeneralѝElectionѝ
(1987)ѝ	WonѝaѝThirdѝGeneralѝElectionѝ
(1990)ѝ	ReplacedѝasѝPrimeѝMinisterѝbyѝJohnѝMajorѝ
(1992)ѝ	Becameѝaѝlifeѝpeerѝ
(1993)ѝ	Publishedѝaѝbook,ѝTheѝDowningѝStreetѝYearsѝ1979—1990ѝ

Exercise 2 Study the following verbs.

toѝattendѝ—ѝattendedѝ—ѝattendѝ(s)ѝ—ѝwillѝattendѝ—ѝпосещатьѝ toѝworkѝ—ѝworkedѝ—ѝworkѝ(s)ѝ—ѝwillѝworkѝ—ѝработатьѝ toѝmarryѝ—ѝmarriedѝ—ѝmarriѝ(es)ѝ—ѝwillѝmarryѝ—ѝвыходитьѝзамужѝ toѝreplaceѝ—ѝreplacedѝ—ѝreplaceѝ(s)ѝ—ѝwillѝreplaceѝ—ѝзаменятьѝ toѝbecomeѝ—ѝbecameѝ—ѝbecomeѝ(s)ѝ—ѝwillѝbecomeѝ—ѝстановитьсяѝ toѝpublishѝ—ѝpublishedѝ—ѝpublishѝ(es)ѝ—ѝwillѝpublishѝ—ѝпубликоватьѝ toѝhaveѝ—ѝhadѝ—ѝhasѝ—ѝwillѝhaveѝ—ѝиметьѝ

toѝqualifyѝ—ѝqualifiedѝ—ѝqualifiѝ(es)ѝ—ѝwillѝqualifyѝ—ѝполучатьѝдипломѝ

(квалификацию)ѝ toѝelectѝ—ѝelectedѝ—ѝelectѝ(s)ѝ—ѝwillѝelectѝ—ѝизбиратьѝ

Exercise 3 Say whether these statements are true or false.

1.ѝMargaretѝThatcherѝwasѝbornѝinѝLondon.ѝ 2.ѝMargaretѝThatcherѝstudiedѝinѝCambridge.ѝ 3.ѝMargaretѝThatcherѝgotѝmarriedѝinѝ1951.ѝ 4.ѝMargaretѝThatcherѝqualifiedѝasѝaѝlawyer.ѝ 5.ѝMargaretѝThatcherѝbecameѝPrimeѝMinisterѝinѝ1975.ѝ 6.ѝMargaretѝThatcherѝwasѝaѝ53dѝPrimeѝMinisterѝinѝGreatѝBritain.ѝ

Exercise 4 Answer these questions about Margaret Thatcher.

1.ѝWhatѝisѝherѝqualification?ѝ 2.ѝIsѝsheѝaѝmemberѝofѝtheѝBritishѝParliament?ѝ 3.ѝIsѝsheѝtheѝleaderѝofѝtheѝConservativeѝorѝtheѝLabourѝparty?ѝ 4.ѝWhatѝisѝtheѝnameѝofѝherѝbook?ѝ

Exercise 5 Sum up what you know about Margaret Thatcher and her career, use the verbs of exercise 3.

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Grammar: The simple tenses (времена группыSimple)

ВременаѝгруппыѝSimpleѝиспользуютсяѝдляѝвыраженияѝрегулярноѝ повторяющихся,ѝ однократныхѝ действийѝ илиѝ постоянногоѝ признака.ѝОниѝконстатируютѝфактѝсовершенияѝдействия,ѝбезѝуказанияѝнаѝхарактерѝегоѝпротекания.ѝ

ѝ

TheѝPresentѝѝ	TheѝPastѝѝ	TheѝFutureѝѝ
SimpleѝTenseѝѝ	SimpleѝTenseѝѝ	SimpleѝTenseѝ
	Утвердительнаяѝформаѝ

Iѝ oftenѝ translateѝ IѝtranslatedѝtheѝtextѝyesIѝ willѝ translateѝ theѝ textѝ

texts.ѝ	terday.ѝ	tomorrow.ѝ
He/sheѝ oftenѝ trans-	He/sheѝ translatedѝ	theѝ He/sheѝ willѝ translateѝ theѝ
latesѝtexts.ѝ	textѝyesterday.ѝ	textѝtomorrow.ѝ

Theyѝ oftenѝ translateѝ Theyѝtranslatedѝtheѝtextѝ Theyѝwillѝtranslateѝtheѝtextѝ

texts.ѝ	yesterday.ѝ	tomorrow.ѝ
	Отрицательнаяѝформаѝ
Iѝdoѝnotѝoftenѝtrans-	Iѝ didѝ notѝ translateѝ theѝ Iѝwillѝnotѝtranslateѝtheѝtextѝ
lateѝtexts.ѝ	textѝyesterday.ѝ	tomorrow.ѝ
He/sheѝ doesѝ notѝ of-	He/sheѝdidѝnotѝtranslateѝ He/sheѝ willѝ notѝ translateѝ
tenѝtranslateѝtexts.ѝ	theѝtextѝyesterday.ѝ	theѝtextѝtomorrow.ѝ

Theyѝ doѝ notѝ	oftenѝ Theyѝ didѝ notѝ translateѝ Theyѝwillѝnotѝtranslateѝtheѝ
translateѝtexts.ѝ		theѝtextѝyesterday.ѝ	textѝtomorrow.ѝ
		Вопросительнаяѝформаѝ
Doѝ youѝ oftenѝ trans-		Didѝ youѝ translateѝ	theѝ Willѝyouѝtranslateѝtheѝtextѝ
lateѝtexts?ѝ		textѝyesterday?ѝ	tomorrow?ѝ
Doesѝ he/sheѝ	oftenѝ Didѝhe/sheѝtranslateѝtheѝ Willѝ he/sheѝ translateѝ theѝ
translateѝtexts?ѝ		textѝyesterday?ѝ	textѝtomorrow?ѝ
Doѝtheyѝoftenѝtrans-		Didѝ theyѝ translateѝ theѝ Willѝtheyѝtranslateѝtheѝtextѝ
lateѝtexts?ѝ		textѝyesterday?ѝ	tomorrow?ѝ

*SeeѝGrammarѝreferenceѝ

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