- •Департамент образования и науки
- •Предисловие
- •Contents
- •Unit1. Education and Career
- •1. Answer the questions using words and word -combinations from the box:
- •2. Read and translate the following words:
- •3. Make up your own sentences using these words.
- •4. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. Education and Career
- •5. Insert the following words in the gaps in the text below.
- •6.Project work: Applying for a job and cv .
- •Unit 2. Inventions and inventors
- •1. Read and answer the questions:
- •2. Test your general knowledge. Do the quiz! Match the items in column a(who, when) and column b(what).
- •3. Study the following chart: The Passive Voice
- •4. Make up your own sentences using this chart as a model and verbs from the box.
- •5. Read and translate the texts about British inventors:
- •6. A) Find the examples of the Passive Voice in the text.
- •3. Read and translate the text. Pros and Cons of High-Tech Life
- •4. Project work: Make a report. Think about a high-tech thing that is very important for you. Write down its advantages and disadvantages. Unit 4.Small Business
- •1. Read and answer the questions:
- •2. Study the active topical vocabulary.
- •3. Match the new words from Ex. 1 with their definitions:
- •4. Read and write a note.
- •5. Open the brackets using Present Perfect Tense in the following sentences:
- •6. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using Present Perfect Tense:
- •7. Match English word-combinations with their Russian equivalents:
- •8. Before reading the text study the meaning of the following new words:
- •9. Read the text. Small Business Discovers Its Strength
- •10. Translate verbs with Present Perfect form.
- •11. Answer the following questions.
- •12. Render the article.(Use Supplement 3)
- •3. Guess the meaning of the word “business” in the following sentences:
- •4. Read the text and answer the questions:
- •5. Translate the underlined words in bold type.
- •3. Find English equivalents to the following words and word combinations and write them down.
- •4. Make a table about types of design:
- •5. Read and translate this text in written form. Design and business
- •6. Make a rendering.(Use Supplement 3)
- •7. Project work. Choose one type of design and make a presentation. Follow the plan:
- •Supplements
- •I. Introduction
3. Read and translate the text. Pros and Cons of High-Tech Life
Some people think that technology will save the world and make it better, some others think that technology will ruin the society because we are too dependent on electric and electronic gadgets and machines.
Let’s consider advantages and disadvantages of a high-tech life.
In favour of new technology I may name some things I can’t live without. At first it’s my mobile phone. I need it to get in touch with my family members or friends quickly, or when I am in a dangerous situation. I also couldn’t live without a computer because I need it for my studies, work and free time entertainment. I can go on the Internet and get some useful information, and I can communicate with other people. The third thing I find useful is my car because I can get everywhere I want, I can use it for work and for traveling.
However, for every plus there is a minus. For example, to have a mobile telephone is very expensive. Moreover it’s dangerous for health because of the rays it produces when ringing. As for computers, some people become the Internet addicts; they spend too much time and money on it. As a result they might have psychological problems in socializing with people. Using a car might be dangerous and slow in the city especially during the rush hour and in traffic jams.
In conclusion, a high-tech life is our reality. All modern inventions are made to help people, but how to use them everyone should decide himself.
4. Project work: Make a report. Think about a high-tech thing that is very important for you. Write down its advantages and disadvantages. Unit 4.Small Business
1. Read and answer the questions:
1) What kind of organization do you want to work for? (private or state)
2) Would you like to have your own business?
3) What sphere of small-business is the most productive today?
2. Study the active topical vocabulary.
1.compete (v)– состязаться, соревноваться, конкурировать
competition (n) – соревнование, состязание, конкуренция
competitive (adj)- состязательный, конкурирующий
competitor (n) – участник соревнований, конкурент
2. collective voice - «коллективный голос», общее мнение
3. enterprise [′entəpraiz] – 1) смелое предприятие;
2) предприимчивость, смелость, инициатива;
3) предпринимательство;
4) промышленное предприятие (фабрика, завод и т.п.).
free/private enterprise – свободное (частное) предпринимательство;
entrepreneur [α:ntrəprə′nə:] – предприниматель
4. lobby – 1) вестибюль, приемная, холл; 2) группа лиц, «обрабатывающих» членов парламента в пользу того или иного законопроекта;
5. to have a good head for – иметь хорошие способности делать что-либо
6. a representative – представитель
7. an employer – работодатель
an employee – работник по найму, служащий
3. Match the new words from Ex. 1 with their definitions:
1. a person who starts and manages her or his own business
2. a method of organizing commercial projects
3. a group of private persons who try to affect law making
4. to have a good ability to do something
5. a person authorized or empowered to act for another or others
6. an act of competing
7. a person, firm, product etc. that competes
8. a person who gives work for pay to others