- •Предисловие
- •The world around me Section I Appearance and Character
- •Section II Family
- •About my relatives and myself
- •About my family
- •Section III Pastime and Leisure
- •Hobbies for pleasure
- •Section IV The Students’ Life and Studies
- •Vitebsk State University
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Vitebsk State university
- •IX. In what context are these figures mentioned in the text.
- •X. Match the date and the event in the history of vsu.
- •XI. Answer the following questions.
- •XII. Continue the following sentences:
- •XIII. Tell your group-mates about the University you study at.
- •XIV. Read and reproduce the following situational dialogues.
- •Communicational clichés
- •I. Read the following proper names correctly:
- •II. Match the country and its capital:
- •IV. Learn the structure What is/are … like?
- •V. Make up a dialogue of your own by analogy:
- •VI. What country would you like to visit? Why?
- •VII. A) Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Accommodation at a Hotel
- •VIII. A) Read the following dialogues. Learn the phrases in bald type.
- •IX. A) Read and translate the following dialogues. Choose one dialogue for acting out.
- •X. Read and translate the following dialogues. Use the phrases of your own instead of the underlined ones.
- •XI. Read and translate the following dialogues. Make up a list of useful phrases concerning the matter.
- •Great britain
- •Read and learn the following words.
- •II. Match the words with their definitions:
- •III. Read and translate the text. Christmas and new year in great britain
- •IV. Give the English equivalents for these Russian words and word combinations:
- •V. Insert the words in the gaps:
- •VI. Put in the right prepositions:
- •VII. Answer the questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Did you know?
- •Youth and its place in modern society
- •Generation Gap
- •1. Pay attention to these words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and translate them into Russians:
- •2.Read out the following words and memorize their meaning: (Consult the transcription in the dictionary)
- •3. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •4. Read the text and get ready to speak about the problems of teenagers: generation gap
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words and their definitions:
- •Insert the words in the gaps:
- •Read the text and say what youth problems were not mentioned in it, according to your point of view. Youth Problems
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Work in groups:
- •Youth organizations in Belarus
- •1. Pay attention, to the following words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and translate them into Russian:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize their meaning:
- •3. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Make sure you know all the words in the box* Then read their definitions and match the words with their definitions:
- •7. Match the words with the help of the preposition of:
- •8. Read the text and get ready to speak about youth organisations in Belarus: youth organizations in belarus
- •9. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words and their definitions:
- •Make your own sentences using the following word combinations:
- •Read the text. Juvenile delinquency
- •Answer the questions:
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Vocabulary
- •Find synonyms for the words in the frame:
- •Read the text. Social factors
- •Answer the questions:
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Teeps' Tips For Parents
- •Morality: what is it?
- •Let`s think
- •Happiness
- •Let`s think
- •The Unborn Child
- •Is abortion legal in your country?
- •Let`s think
- •Let`s think
- •To look
- •To take
- •Taking care of Mother
- •Let`s think
- •International marriages
- •Additional reading
- •Friends or Lovers?
- •Let’s think
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •The right to die
- •1. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false?
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the missing phrases.
- •Let’s think
- •Study the words.
- •Form the derivatives of the words given in a chart below. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •Compare the words in their usage.
- •4. There are two phrasal verbs in the text: to cut up and to keep alive. What do they mean? Study the examples and match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •To keep
- •5. Translate form Russian into English.
- •Should the Dead Help the Living?
- •7. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •Forming ecological thinking
- •Ex. 4. Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them.
- •Nature Protection
- •Acid Rains
- •Depletion of the Ozone Layer
- •Destruction of the Tropical Forest
- •Measures to Be Taken
- •What You Can Do to Help!
- •Last Chance
- •6. Listen to the recording and mark the following statements as True or False.
- •7. Put the sentences into the right order:
- •8. Choose the environmental problems from the box people face in the future.
- •9. Answer the questions after listening to each paragraph:
- •What do you think?
- •Looking at the issue
- •What’s for dinner?
- •3. Translate from Russian into English.
- •5. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •Looking at the issue.
- •Technology and its impact Technical advances affecting daily life
- •IV. Learn the following words:
- •V. Read aloud the words listed below following the teacher’s example:
- •VI. Read and translate the text:
- •VII. Make up the definition of the term ‘invention’ from the scattered words.
- •VIII. Choose the most suitable variant:
- •IV. Read the following words correctly:
- •V. Choose between accident ['xksIdqnt] and incident ['InsIdqnt].
- •VIII. Fill in the blanks with verb in the right tense-form.
- •IX. Fill in the blanks with the right prepositions.
- •X. Translate the words in brackets into English.
- •XI. Ask special questions to the following statements.
- •XII. Give a brief summary of the text.
- •I. Learn the following derivatives and fill in the blanks with the proper one:
- •II. Look: at, up, up to, after, for, through, forward to, out (for), down on smb;
- •III. Learn the following words:
- •IV. A) Form the nouns using proper suffixes.
- •Nanotechnology: How the Science of the Very Small is Getting Very Big
- •I. Learn the following words:
- •II. Fill in the table with the proper derivatives which are possible:
- •III. Find the opposites to the following words and use both words in the sentences of your own:
- •IV. A) Learn the ways of translating Participle I and II in the function of an attribute and an adverbial modifier.
- •V. Read the text for more information.
- •VIII. Find the key sentences in the text and use them in your retelling.
- •IX. Internet Research Project New Communications Technologies
- •A colossal mistake? Art world baffled by 'Goya' masterpiece
- •Next time Angelina, do check the label
- •Joaquin Cortés: 'Dancing is my wife, my woman'
- •House husbands: Are you man enough? More and more men are swapping PowerPoint for potty training and embracing the role of the stay-at-home father, says Casilda Grigg.
- •Great Works: Leviathan (1651), Abraham Bosse and Thomas Hobbes
- •Tests blamed for blighting children's lives
- •The Tempest at Courtyard Theatre, Stratford - review Antony Sher captures the turbulence of Prospero in this deeply felt performance of Shakespeare's great last play.
- •Emperor penguin 'marching to extinction by end of the century'
- •The republic of belarus : social and political aspects
- •1. Read some information about the National Flag of the Republic of Belarus and describe it.
- •2. Read the following information and say what each colour of the National Flag means.
- •3. Read some information about the National Emblem of the Republic of Belarus and describe it.
- •4. Read the following information and say what each element of the National Emblem means.
- •5. Read the words of the National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus, memorize them and then sing the anthem.
- •6. Choose the correct word.
- •7. What political systems do you know? Match the definitions and explain the differences in the ways of running a country.
- •Belarus state system
- •Problems for discussion
- •The united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland: social and political aspects
- •What is the British National Anthem?
- •Shield of the Royal Arms
- •What is the motto of England?
- •Uk political system
- •Comment upon
- •Texts for discussion Part II
- •President Obama announces push to wean us off the gas-guzzler
- •Obama seeks to repair damage in Middle East diplomacy drive Americans are not your enemy, president tells Arabic tv network as us envoy sets out on eight days of talks
- •Russia 'suspends Kaliningrad missile plan'
- •Us policy shift
- •Chief Rabbinate of Israel cuts ties with Vatican over Holocaust bishop
- •Activists threaten to close Heathrow
- •Taxpayer faces bigger bill for 2012 Olympics
- •Brown leads global drive to close down tax havens
- •Israel's president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to form new government
- •Israel's president, Shimon Peres, has asked the Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, to form the country's next government and become prime minister.
- •'Unhappy us' claims over Afghanistan dismissed
- •How to write a business letter in english Read and learn the following words
- •Model № 1
- •Клише, выражения и предложения для деловой переписки
- •Translate the text with the help of dictionary:
- •Translate some rules to help you to persuade your partner:
- •1. The Heading
- •A) letter to mother
- •2. A) letter to father
- •Contents
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A) letter to mother
Dear Mother,
How are you getting on? My heart years to see a line of ink drawn by your hand even if it gives no meaning.
Please, do drop a word.
Yours,
Jack
b) REPLY TO ABOVE
Dear Jackie,
May God look after you wherever you go.
Yours,
Mummy
2. A) letter to father
Dear Daddy,
I am running short of something. We are always running short of one thing. You know what that thing is?
Yours,
Mary
b) REPLY TO ABOVE
Dear Marry
I am sending something by M.O. tomorrow. If it isn't enough, see through the month somehow.
Incidentally I am myself running short of that thing. When you grow up, work hard, earn and save, you will understand my words.
With best wishes
Yours,
Daddy
Contents
ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ 4
THE WORLD AROUND ME 5
Section I 5
Appearance and Character 5
Section II 8
Family 8
Section III 12
Pastime and Leisure 12
Section IV 15
The Students’ Life and Studies 15
COMMUNICATIONAL CLICHÉS 26
GREAT BRITAIN 34
YOUTH AND ITS PLACE IN MODERN SOCIETY 41
Youth organizations in Belarus 51
MORALITY: WHAT IS IT? 67
LET’S THINK 85
FORMING ECOLOGICAL THINKING 94
Ex. 4. Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them. 95
What You Can Do to Help! 99
TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT 107
TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION 127
Part I 127
Surreal case of the Dalí images and a battle over artistic licence 127
Glasgow issues legal threats to stop poster firms and rock band illegally copying prized painting 127
A colossal mistake? Art world baffled by 'Goya' masterpiece 129
Next time Angelina, do check the label 130
Brad Pitt interview: why I had to face my own mortality 132
On the release of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the actor talks about his girlfriend Angelina Jolie, their six children – and how the film changed the way he looks at life. 132
Joaquin Cortés: 'Dancing is my wife, my woman' 134
Paris Haute Couture Week: Jean Paul Gaultier 138
Jean Paul Gaultier's Haute Couture collection proved once again that his creations were accessible to all generations by his front row status. Stars that also adorned the catwalk included 51-year-old former-model-turned-designer, Ines de la Fressange. 138
Paris Haute Couture Week: Valentino 140
They came, they saw, they interpreted; sadly Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri – accessory designers at Valentino for 10 years and now the joint creative directors of the legendary Italian fashion house – failed to conquer. 140
House husbands: Are you man enough? 141
More and more men are swapping PowerPoint for potty training and embracing the role of the stay-at-home father, says Casilda Grigg. 141
Great Works: Leviathan (1651), Abraham Bosse and Thomas Hobbes 143
National Gallery and Tate end row over 1900 144
Britian's leading public art centres have reached an agreement after a row broke out over the National Gallery's plans for a Picasso exhibition, set to open next week. 144
Polygamy: Muslim peer says issue has been avoided because of 'cultural sensitivity' 146
The issue of polygamy has been avoided by politicians because of "cultural sensitivity", a Baroness Warsi has said. 146
Tests blamed for blighting children's lives 146
The Tempest at Courtyard Theatre, Stratford - review 148
Antony Sher captures the turbulence of Prospero in this deeply felt performance of Shakespeare's great last play. 148
Emperor penguin 'marching to extinction by end of the century' 149
THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS : SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS 152
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS 165
Read the information about British emblem and describe it. 168
The Royal1 Coat of Arms2 carries the symbols representing England, Scotland and Ireland, the Sovereign's motto3 and the lion and the unicorn4. 168
TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION 177
Part II 177
President Obama announces push to wean US off the gas-guzzler 177
Obama seeks to repair damage in Middle East diplomacy drive 178
Americans are not your enemy, president tells Arabic TV network as US envoy sets out on eight days of talks 178
Russia 'suspends Kaliningrad missile plan' 180
Chief Rabbinate of Israel cuts ties with Vatican over Holocaust bishop 182
Activists threaten to close Heathrow 183
Taxpayer faces bigger bill for 2012 Olympics 185
Brown leads global drive to close down tax havens 186
Israel's president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to form new government 188
Israel's president, Shimon Peres, has asked the Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, to form the country's next government and become prime minister. 188
'Unhappy US' claims over Afghanistan dismissed 189