- •Уо «Мозырский государственный педагогический университет
- •Essential vocabulary
- •Basic American Values and Beliefs
- •Introduction
- •Basic american values and assumptions a land of diversity
- •Individual Freedom and Self-Reliance
- •Joining and protesting
- •Hurry, hurry, hurry
- •Are americans materialistic?
- •Straight talk
- •Equal ity
- •Achievement, action, work, and materialism
- •Directness аnd assertiveness
- •Equality of opportunity and competition
- •Material wealth and наrd work
- •Vocabulary Check
- •1. Analyze the following abstract notions аз they are treated in the text:
- •2. Study the following idioms and see if you can supply contexts for them:
- •3. Reading comprehension check. Write the letter of the best answer according to the information in the chapter.
- •Cloze Summary Paragraph
- •The Protestant Heritage
- •Vocabulary Check
- •Comprehension Check
- •Cloze Summary Paragraph
- •American Values at the Crossroads
- •A. Vocabulary Check
- •B. Comprehension Check
- •D. Cloze Summary Paragraph
- •Customs vary with culture
- •Usa and uk in comparison
- •Character and characteristics: a humorous look at
- •Stereotypes
- •What the British Think of Americans…
- •What Americans Think of the British...
- •4 Assessing Students' Comparative Skills
- •I Look at the chart and decide whether the student
- •Socio-cultural portrait of the uk & usa
- •British values and assumptions. Monarchy the island people
- •The island people (II)
- •Essential vocabulary
- •I. Define and comment on the following terms used in the texts
- •II. Study the following list of geographic names.
- •The united kingdom
- •Introduction
- •As others see us
- •0 Wad1 come Pow'r the giftie2 gie3 us
- •It wad frae5 mony6 a blander free us
- •Views of britain. The official view
- •Тhe people's view
- •British society a changing world
- •Attitudes
- •Stereotypes and change
- •English versus british
- •Multiculturalism
- •Conservatism
- •Being different
- •The love of nature
- •The national trust
- •The love of animals
- •Formality and informality
- •The scruffy british
- •Public spiritedness and amateurism
- •I. Mark the following areas of activity as 'professional' or 'amateur / voluntary':
- •II. Sort out the following as positively or negatively viewed by the British:
- •Privacy and sex
- •Lovely weather we're having
- •II. Explain the meaning of the following:
- •III. Match the adjectives with the nouns they collocate with:
- •IV. Explain the use of articles with the word England:
- •I. Fill in the grid:
- •II. Sort out the details for each "stereotype" of the English person
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Do you agree that
- •No longer an island
- •Have the english finally left their
- •Island mentality behind?
- •Cast in the same mould
- •Change of direction
- •I. Match the following proper names with relevant characteristics:
- •Monarchy
- •Vocabulary
- •The royal family
- •The Sovereign
- •The Royal Family
- •The Monarchy
- •I. Great Britain is a monarchy. Find out from your partner: what is the role of the monarch in a highly developed modern country?
- •II. Choose the correct equivalent for the word:
- •V. Say if you agree or .Disagree with the following and explain why:
- •VII. Express your opinion on the following:
- •Adapt or die?
- •I. Find out the following.
- •II. Make sure you understand the following words and expressions:
- •III. Match the words on the left with their definitions in the right-hand column:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the prepositions:
- •In groups and pairs discuss:
- •III. Choose the right preposition:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps where necessary with suitable notional or functional words, using your active vocabulary:
- •V. Translate from Russian into English, using your active vocabulary:
- •Russian and belarusian values and assumptions. Sharing Your Own Culture
- •1 Pre-Reading Discussion
- •2 Vocabulary Development
- •3 Reading, Thinking, Sharing
- •1 * What do the Americans who visited Russia or Belarus think about these countries and their people? Read an extract from a diary and list the areas which provoke culture shock in Russia.
- •15 August, 1996 - Vladimir
- •1 September, 1996 - Vladimir
- •A man of the people
- •Russian mentality
- •People of belorussia
- •1. Strike off one inappropriate word in each tine. Translate those used in the text. Make sure you know the weaning and the pronunciation of the rest words.
- •2. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary from the text.
A. Vocabulary Check
Match the word with its definition.
1. coercive a. spying
2. disgrace b. relating to an action that forces someone to do smth
3. enforcement с sad; with little hope
4. espionage d. shame; loss of honor and respect
5. exaggerate e. to say something is better or worse than it really is
6. gloomy f. shy or fearful
7. law-abiding g. making sure a law is carried out
8. mutual h. shared equally by two people
9. sabotage i. obeying the laws
10. timid j. secret actions to destroy plans or property
B. Comprehension Check
Write the letter of the best answer according to the information in the chapter.
1. In a televised address to the nation in July 1979 President Carter said that
a. the Vietnam war must be ended.
b. the future of America was very promising. с the American spirit was in decline.
2. The majority of the American people were discouraged mainly by
a. the immorality of the Vietnam War.
b. failing to win the Vietnam War.
с the amount of money wasted in the Vietnam War.
3. Which of the following was not a part of the Watergate scandal?
a. The President accepted many bribes while he was in office.
b. Agents of the President conducted many illegal activities against his political opponents.
с The President told the American people that he was innocent of all wrongdoing.
4. In the 1970s and the 1980s Americans began to discover new limits on their material abundance in three important areas. Which of the following was not one of them?
a. water supplies
b. living space с farmland
5. Public opinion experts observed that during the decade of the 1970s the American people
a. had developed a new sense of limits.
b. had an optimistic faith in the future.
с had come to believe that most national problems could be solved.
6. By the early 1980s public opinion experts observed that many Americans believed that
a. the present was the best time for their country.
b. the future would be the best time for their country. с the past was the best time for their country.
7. President Ronald Reagan tends to believe that
a. business institutions do much more good for the nation's values than government institutions.
b. government institutions do much more good for the nation's values than business institutions.
с business and government institutions are equally good for the nation's values.
8. Conservation has never been a strong value in the United States mainly because
a. business has been a dominant institution.
b. the nation's resources have been vast.
с political leaders have always discouraged it.
9. Which of the following is not one of the values that works against a spirit of national cooperation in the United States?
a. individual freedom
b. competition с hard work
10. Which of the following aspects of its historical experience was given as an explanation of why the value of national cooperation is weak in the United States?
a. Americans have never had to follow the directions of unelected leaders.
b. Americans were permanently divided by the Civil War.
с Americans have never had their homeland invaded by a foreign enemy.