АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК УЧЕБНИК 2 КУРС_макет

rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism or violence – so long as they are quiet.

There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day television consumes vas quantities of creative work. That is why most of the programmes are so bad: it is impossible to keep the pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world becomes a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in pre-literate communities. We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media if communication: pictures and the spoken word.

Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with secondhand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be a splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.

1.1.19. Переведите следующие слова и словосочетания на русский язык:

Statements like this, to occupy our spare time, to enjoy pleasures, to entertain our friends, to listen to broadcast talks occasionally, to gulp down our meals, to be in time, exchanging the news, a leisurely evening meal, absolute silence and attention, addicted to the telly, rubbishy commercials, so long as, creative talent available in the world, vast quantities, to keep pace with, maintain high standards, to become dependent on, encourage passive enjoyment, to become content with, little by little, prevent from communicating, a holiday by the sea, far away from.

1.1.20. Переведите следующие слова и словосочетания на английский язык:

Творческая работа, быть вовремя, обмениваться новостями, неспешная вечерняя трапеза, слушать радиопередачи от случая к случаю, поддерживать высокие стандарты, занять своё свободное время, быстро проглотить свою еду, далеко от, развлекать своих друзей, подобные утверждения, глупые рекламные ролики, идти в ногу с, зависимый от, отпуск у моря, абсолютная тишина и внимание, наслаждаться удовольствием, огромное количество, сгодится бутерброд и стакан пива, стимулировать пассивные развлечения, «прилипнуть» к своим телевизорам, в горах, в полутьме, отрезать от реального мира, не даёт нам общаться друг с другом.

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1.1.21. Найдите в тексте предложения с данными словосочетаниями:

All that long; listen to music; sitting at table; it doesn’t interfere; demands and obtains; to open his mouth; addicted to the telly; to keep the children quiet; vast quantities; primitive media of communication; second-hand experiences; to spend a fine day; become aware;

1.1.22. Объясните по-английски значение данных слов и выражений:

To occupy spare time; civilized pleasures; occasionally; to rush home; a leisurely evening meal; to be quickly silenced; addicted to the telly; a universal pacifier; standard practice; a pre-literate community; passive enjoyment; second-hand experience; semi-darkness; natural surroundings.

1.1.23.Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами:

А) to forget – to leave – to loose

1.She …. the children with a friend for the afternoon yesterday.

2.He always ….where his car is parked.

3.They must realize that they have ….their outstanding opportunity.

4.I ….to return your book to you.

5.John ….his homework on the bus.

6.You can easily ….a child in a busy street.

Б) to listen to – to hear 1…..carefully to the instructions!

2.Don’t …. her – she knows nothing about it.

3.I haven’t ….him offering to help.

4.I’ve ….very interesting news today

5.Do you like ….music?

6.I ….he’s got a new job.

В) to give up – to stop – to finish

1.Suddenly everyone ….talking.

2.I wish you’d let me ….my sentence!

3.He had ….the idea of marring altogether.

4.It was a difficult time but we never …. hope.

5.The game ….with the score 1-1.

6.There is nothing ….you from asking him. He might agree. Г) food – meal – dish

1.Dinner is usually our main ….

2.Prices of ….and clothing have risen dramatically in recent years.

3.Her favourite ….is fried chiken.

4.….of dried fruit and nuts were put on the counter.

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5.All the ….is cooked and served by the volunteer helpers.

6.We could see a film or go out for a ….

1.1.24.Заполните пропуски соответствующими предлогами, где это необходимо:

1.Television hasn't been ….us all that long.

2.We admitted the one-eyed monster ….our homes.

3.We used to be entertained ….our friends.

4.All that belongs ….the past.

5.We gulp ….our meals to be ….time …the programme.

6.Meals shouldn’t inerfer ….the programmes.

7.Television consumes vast quantities ….creative work.

8.We became utterly dependent ….the two most primitive media ….communication.

9.Television cuts us ….the real world.

10.We spend a fine day glued ….our sets rather than go … …the world itself.

11.Television prevents us ….communicating ….each other.

12.She keeps the children quiet ….turning ….the set.

1.1.25.Поставьте вопросы к выделенным словам:

1.We are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it.

2.We used to go outside for our amusements.

3.We rush home to be in time for this or that programme.

4.The telly is the universal pacifier.

5.The children will watch rubbishy commercials.

6.Every day television consumes vast quantities of creative work.

7.Millions watch the same programmes.

8.We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication.

9. Television encourages passive enjoyment.

10.We spend a holiday by the sea.

1.1.26. Задайте альтернативный и разделительный вопрос к следующим предложениям:

1.We often hear statements like this.

2.Television hasn’t been with us all that long.

3.We never found it difficult to occupy our spare time.

4.All that belongs to the past.

5.A sandwich and a glass of beer will do.

6.They are exchanging the news of the day.

7.It is impossible to keep pace with the demand.

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8.There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world.

9.The whole world becomes a village.

10.We quickly discover how little we miss telly.

1.1.27. Прочитайте данные высказывания и укажите, какие из них соответствуют тексту:

1.When there was no television people hardly found the ways to enjoy themselves.

2.Reading books and listening to broadcasts are the main occupations now.

3.Our spare time is regulated by the one-eyed monster.

4.People rush home to be in time for dinner.

5.People usually have a leisurely evening meal.

6.There should be silence and attention when the TV set is turned on.

7.Nobody dears to open his mouth during the programme.

8.Creative talent is unlimited resource available in our society.

9.The more programmes are on TV the higher is their quality.

10.The main media of communication now is pictures and spoken word. 11.Watching TV is an active enjoyment.

12.We live in unreal world watching TV.

1.1.28. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1.What statements about TV do we often hear?

2.How long has the television been with us?

3.How did people occupy their spare time before admitting television into their homes?

4.What is our free time regulated by?

5.What have people given up doing because of television?

6.In what case is the member of the family quickly silenced?

7.What is the standard practice for mother now?

8.Why are most of the programmes so bad?

9.Why is the society reduced to the conditions which obtain in pre-literate communities?

10.How does television cut people off the real world?

11.How does television discourage us from communicating with each other? 12.When do we become aware how little we miss telly?

1.1.29. Закончите предложения в соответствие с содержанием текста:

1.We are already beginning to forget ….

2.We used to enjoy ….

3.People used to entertain their friends and ....

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4.People rush home or gulp down their meals to be ….

5.If somebody dears to open his mouth during a programme ….

6.Anything will do for dinner if ….

7.The whole generation is growing up ….

8.Nowadays it’s common practice for mothers ….

9.It doesn’t matter that the children will watch ….

10.Every day television consumes ….

11.When millions watch the same programmes ….

12.Getting passive enjoyment we become content with ….

13.People prefer watching telly instead of….

14.Only in natural surroundings people realize ….

1.1.30. Переведите предложения на английский язык:

1.Было нетрудно найти себе занятие, когда телевидения не существовало.

2.Люди выходили развлечься в театры, кинотеатры и на спортивные мероприятия.

3.Они бывало слушали радиопередачи и обменивались новостями за обедом.

4.Трудно быстро добраться домой в часы пик.

5.Если они отважатся поехать туда, они получат большое удовольствие.

6.Когда он заговорил об этом, его быстро заставили замолчать.

7.Он очень много играет в компьютерные игры. У него зависимость от компьютерных игр.

8.Она сделала несколько шагов к окну.

9.Иногда трудно поддерживать правильное соотношение между работой и домом.

10.Вряд ли я отважусь пойти туда сегодня.

11.Это как раз тот случай, чтобы предпринять новую попытку. 12.Он всегда вдохновлял нас, чтобы обсудить наши проблемы.

1.1.31.Сформулируйте главную мысль каждого абзаца.

1.1.32.Составьте аннотацию текста.

1.1.33.Перескажите текст по ключевым словам:

Admit, used to enjoy, rush home, demands and obtains, addicted to the telly, creative work, maintain high standards, media of communication, passive enjoyment, glued to, become aware, miss.

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1.1.34. Прочитайте диалог. Выучите и разыграйте диалог в паре со своим сокурсником.

A:I want to watch TV tonight.

B:So do I. Which programme do you want to watch?

A:I want to watch the football game on channel four.

B:What time is this programme on?

A:I think it’s on at eight o’clock.

B:You can’t watch this football game.

A:Why not?

B:Because my favourite quiz is on at that time.

A:Don’t be silly. A football game is more important than a quiz.

B:This isn’t true. Everyone knows that football games are boring and stupid.

A:I don’t want to argue.

B:Well, what are we going to do?

A:I’ve got an idea.

B:What is your idea?

A:Let’s go and buy another television. There are great discounts now.

B:That’s a great idea! When are we going to the store?

A:We need to go before eight o’clock.

B:It is seven forty-five right now.

A:Start the car. I’ll get the credit card.

1.1.35.Прокомментируйте следующие высказывания:

1.Rest is the good thing but boredom is his brother.

2.The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

3.Amusement is happiness of those who cannot think.

4.All work and no play makes Jack a full boy.

5.The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

6.Art is an effort to create beside the real world a more human world.

1.1.36.Составьте и разыграйте диалог со своим сокурсником:

А) Вы – журналист, берёте интервью у редактора канала МУЗ ТВ; Б) Вы – социолог, проводите опрос о влиянии телевидения на воспитание детей.

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Раздел 1.2.

1.2.1. Отработайте произношение слов, уточнив транскрипцию по словарю:

exciting		pres p			волнующий, захватывающий
flash	v				вспыхнуть, пронестись, передать
visible	a				видимый, явный
proof	n				доказательство
achievement				n	достижение, выполнение
achieve		v			достигать, выполнять
conquer		v			завоёвывать, побеждать
blob	n				капелька, шарик
infinitely			adv		бесконечно, безгранично
spectacular			a		эффективный, импозантный
search v					искать, исследовать
search n					поиск, обыск
compete		v			конкурировать, соревноваться
pure	a				чистый, без примеси, чистокровный
attempt		v			попытка, покушение
relieve		v			облегчать, выручать, сменять
suffer	v				страдать, терпеть, сносить, допускать
suffering			n		страдание
starve	v				умирать от истощения, голода
layman		n			мирянин
negligible			a		незначительный, не принимаемый в расчёт
overcome			v		побороть, преодолеть
devote		v			посвящать
overwhelming				pres p	несметный, подавляющий, непреодолимый
squander			v		расточать, проматывать, растрачивать
pursuit		n			преследование, занятие
deprive		v			лишать

1.2.2. Прочитайте текст и скажите, какова позиция автора по отношению к освоению космоса:

Space Race

Almost every day we see something in the papers about the latest exiting developments in the space race. Photographs are regularly flashed to the earth from thousand and even millions of miles away. They are printed in our newspapers and shown on our television screens as a visible proof of man’s newest achievements. The photographs nearly sum up the results of these massive efforts to “conquer space” and at the same time they expose the absurdity of the undertaking. All we

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can see is an indistinguishable blob which is supposed to represent a planet seen from several thousand miles away. We are going to end up with a little moon-dust and a few stones which will be put behind glass in some museum. This is hardly value for money when you think that our own earth can provide countless sights which are infinitely more exciting and spectacular.

The space race is not simply the objective search for knowledge it is often made out to be. It is just an extension of the race for power on earth. Only the wealthiest nations can compete and they do so in the name of pure scientific research. But in reality, all they are interested in is power and prestige. They want to impress us, their spectators, with a magnificent show of strength. Man has played power game ever since he appeared on earth. Now he is playing it as it has never been played before. The space race is just another aspect of the age-old argument that “might is right”.

We are often told that technological know-how, acquired in attempting to get us into orbit, will be utilized to make life better on earth. But what has the space race done to relieve the suffering of the earth’s starving millions? In what way has it raised the standard of living of any one of us? As far as the layman is concerned, the practical results of all this expenditure of money and effort are negligible. Thanks to space research, we can now see television pictures transmitted live half-way across the globe and the housewife can use non-stick frying-pans in the kitchen. The whole thing becomes utterly absurd when you think that no matter what problems man overcomes, it is unlikely that he will ever be able to travel even to the nearest star.

Poverty, hunger, disease and war are man’s greatest enemies and the world would be infinitely better place if the powerful nations devoted half as much money and effort to these problems as they do to the space race. For the first time in his history, man has the overwhelming technological resources to combat human suffering, yet he squanders them on meaningless pursuits.

If a man deprived himself and his family of food in order to buy and run a car, we would consider him mad. Individuals with limited budgets usually get their priorities right: they provide themselves with necessities before trying to obtain luxuries. Why can’t great nations act in the same sensible way? Let us put our house in order first and let space look after itself.

1.2.3. Прочитайте следующие высказывания. Исправьте неверные высказывания в соответствие с содержанием текста:

1.Photographs from space are often flashed to the earth.

2.The sights of the earth are more spectacular than of the other planets.

3.The space race is just for getting knowledge.

4.They are interested only in research.

5.Man has never played the power game.

6.Space research has greatly improved our life.

7.Space research has solved the problem of starvation.

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8.It raised the standard of living.

9.Soon a man will be able to travel to the far away stars.

10.Life will get better if powerful nations spend less money for space race. 11.Thanks to space research we can now see pictures transmitted live half way

across the globe.

12.Man has no technological resources to stop human suffering.

	1.2.4. Заполните пропуски следующими словами:
Research		power	sights	to combat	to relieve	budgets
devote		wealthiest	in order	expenditure represents extension
1.	The picture …… a planet seen from several thousand miles away.
2.	We can find numerous …… on earth that are infinitely more exciting.
3.	Space race is just the …… of the race for power on earth.
4.	Only the …… nations can afford space research.
5.	In fact they are interested in …… and prestige.
6.	What has the space race done …… the suffering of the starving millions?
7.	Space …… hasn’t improved our standard of living.
8.	The practical results of all this ……. are negligible.
9.	The world will be better place if wealthy nations ……. more money to these
	problems.

10.We have the overwhelming technological resources …… human suffering. 11.People with limited …… usually get their priorities right.

12.Let us put our house …… first.

1.2.5.Прокомментируйте следующие высказывания:

1.Error is discipline through which we advance.

2.Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of vigorous mind.

3.Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

4.Little things affect little minds.

5.The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

6.All wish to possess knowledge, but few comparatively speaking are willing to pay the price.

1.2.6.Выскажите своё мнение об исследовании космоса.

1.2.7.Письменно составьте 5-7 вопросов к тексту и задайте их своим сокурсникам.

1.2.8.Сформулируйте главную мысль каждого абзаца.

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1.2.9. Напишите аннотацию текста, используя фразы:

Exciting developments, visible proof, hardly value, the race for power, negligible, devote money to, limited budget, priorities.

Раздел 1.3.

1.3.1. Прочитайте текст и определите его основную идею:

When I was a child I seemed to spend half of my life in front of a television. Every day coming home from school, all day long at weekends when we were at home and for much of the summer holidays, we set in front of the box. Before the age of 10 I most enjoyed watching children’s programmes. After this I had a period in which I enjoyed watching films and dramas, also soap operas, I shamefully admit.

However, as my views of the world changed, I found other interests, my attitude towards TV changed greatly. In the last few years I have very rarely switched on a TV, but often switched one off. In fact, for a couple of years I think I didn’t see a TV at all. I don’t really think that it’s good that all the people watching a television channel receive, learn and believe the same information, and are confronted with a very small selection of perspectives on things. I think it subconsciously influences people greatly, especially in their attitudes, and people become programmed in the way they think by what they absorb from the television. I don’t know, you could say that if it wasn’t for TV, they would receive a smaller amount of information about the world, about what’s going on, but I feel that in these circumstances people would receive more information from their immediate environment and live more real, practical lives based more on first-hand experience and less on second-hand information. I also see that television has a strong influence on people’s political ideas and very rarely offers any kind of religious or spiritual perspective on life, and I think that that’s not healthy for the society. I think that a lot of time people spend sitting in front of televisions could be spent developing themselves in more direct ways – learning skills, exercising, reading, creating things or any of the number of more useful activities.

1.3.2.Озаглавьте текст. Дайте не менее трёх вариантов заголовка.

1.3.3.Письменно переведите текст со словарём.

1.3.4.Напишите небольшую заметку (10-12 предложений) на тему: «Advantages And Disadvantages Of Television».

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