Oral practice

4.1. Using additional information make a short presentation about:

1. The situation of the United States of America

2. The structure of the USA

3. The surface of the USA

4. Rivers in the USA

5. The USA is a constitutional republic

6. The economy of the USA

7. American cuisine

8. The population of the USA

9. American symbols

4.2. Read and practice the conversation with your partner. Act it to the group.

Julia and Paul are in the street. They couldn't buy tickets to the cinema. So they decided to visit Lincoln Memorial but they don't know the way to it and Paul asks a passer-by for help.

PAUL: Excuse me, please.

PASSER-BY: Yes?

PA UL: Could you tell us how to get to Lincoln Memorial?

PASSER-BY: Oh_, well, let me see. Walk down the road. Take the first turn to the right and walk straight until you come to the square.

PAUL: Square?

PASSER-BY: Yes, you can't see it quite clearly from here. When you come to it, walk across it.

PAUL: Down the road, turn to the right, then straight again and across the square. Am I right? Thank you very much.

PASSER-BY: Not at all

JULIA: Is it very far? I mean how long it will take us to walk there?

PASSER-BY: About 15 minutes, if you walk quickly.

PAUL: Thank you.

PASSER-BY: Don't mention it.

4.3. Complete the dialogues.

1) A:.........

В.: Yes?

A.: ... the Central Stadium?

В.: ... Well, go down the street and then take the second turn to the left.

2) A.: Library?

В.: .........

A.: Is it far from here? ...

В.:.........

3) A.: Excuse me, could you …

B.: … the road, ... turn, … straight ... across the bridge

A.: Thank you very much.

Writing practice

3.1. You decided to stay at one of the hotels in New York. Complete the information on the form in order to book rooms for you and your friends.

THE PLAZA HOTEL

Room Reservation Request

Please reserve (insert numbers of rooms):

Twin bedded □

Double bedded □

Single □

From night of _____________________________________

To morning of _____________________________________

With breakfast □

Without breakfast □

Name ____________________________________________

Address __________________________________________

Telephone No ______________________________________

Approximate time of arrival ___________________________

Unit 8 higher education in great britain

Vocabulary

1.1. Прочитайте слова, познакомьтесь с их значением.

	admission	прием
	to admit	принимать
	appoint	назначать
	appointment of staff	назначение штата
	approach	подход
	Bachelor’s degree	степень бакалавра
	to become	становиться
	building material	строительный материал
	to call	называть
	to confer	зд. присваивать
	to convert	преобразовывать
	curriculum	учебный план
	to decide	решать
	degree	ученая степень, звание
	to differ	отличаться
	division	деление, разделение
	Doctor's degree	степень доктора наук
	education	образование
	education by correspondence	заочное обучение
	special eminence	особое положение
	enough	достаточно
	to expand	расширять
	extra-curricular	внеаудиторный
	favourable	благоприятный
	financial support	финансовая поддержка
	to found	основывать
	fulltime work	полная занятость
	governing council	правление
	graduate (from)	заканчивать (вуз)
	grant	стипендия
	to grant	предоставлять
	higher education	высшее образование
	independent	независимый
	local authority	орган местного самоуправления
	lodging	жилье
	Master’s degree	степень магистра
	postgraduate	аспирантский
	postgraduate (student)	аспирант
	private	частный
	to provide	предоставлять
	to receive	получать
	redbrick universities	университеты, построенные из красного кирпича
	research	научно-исследовательская работа
	scientist	ученый
	to scorn	презирать
	secondary education	среднее образование
	session	1) сессия, 2) учебный год
	to suppose	предполагать
	theology	теология
	thesis	диссертация