- •1. My Family and I Words and expressions
- •Exercises 7, 8, 10 page 5-6 (т.А. Карпова Английский язык).
- •Translate the following words and expressions into English:
- •Match the English idioms with Russian equivalents:
- •Write down all the new words you’ve learned from texts and exercises, learn the words, get ready for dictation. Texts
- •Read the text. Make up the same text about yourself. (Прочитайте текст. Составьте такой же о себе):
- •2. Exercises: 5.7 and 5.8 pages 60-62 (Агабекян и.П. Английский язык).
- •4. Read the text.
- •5. Read and retell the text. Is your family nuclear or extended? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both types?
- •6. Read and translate the text about Decline* of the Traditional Family in Britain:
- •2. Do you know what curriculum vitae is? It’s a part of a résumé necessary when you apply for a job. Try to write yours according to a plan below:
- •3. Do you think these statements are true?
- •Additional Tasks.
- •2. People and places around us (making descriptions) Words and expressions
- •Match the idioms with Russian equivalents:
- •6. Make the list of all words from texts and exercises which were new to you. Learn them, get ready for dictation. Texts.
- •1. Exercises 16, and partly: 17, 18, 20, 30; pages 71-79 (Карпова т.А. Английский язык)
- •2. Read about “Best Friends” and answer the question: “How to make a friend?”
- •3. Read the text, comment on the main statement:
- •4. Read the text: and comment on the main statement:
- •Practice more
- •2. Describe your room or flat (or your city or street).
- •3. Read the texts and continue any description you like:
- •Look at your friend and describe him. Additional task
- •1. Apply to the teacher and get a “Business Game”. Buy a house for a certain family.
- •Grammar exercises.
- •1.Pronouns
- •3. Plural form
- •4. Possessive case
- •5. Numerals
- •There is/ there are
- •Degrees of Comparison
- •8. Prepositions
2. Do you know what curriculum vitae is? It’s a part of a résumé necessary when you apply for a job. Try to write yours according to a plan below:
CONTACT INFORMATION Name Address Country Telephone Cell Phone Email
PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth Place of Birth Citizenship Visa Status Gender
Additional Personal Information: Optional Marital Status Spouse's Name Children
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY List in chronological order, include position details and dates of employment Work History Academic Positions Research and Training
EDUCATION Include dates, majors, and details of degrees, training, and certification High School University Graduate School Post-Doctoral Training
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
3. Do you think these statements are true?
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Young people must live away from their parents.
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Old people should live with their children.
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Mothers with young children should not work.
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Everyone can learn a lot from older people.
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Fathers should feed children and change their nappies.
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Children should be looked after by more than one person.
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Old people should live in special places with other old people.
4. Speak about family. Describe your own family, family you’d like to have in the future, ideal family or speak about the problems the modern family faces.
Additional Tasks.
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Read the text “Weddings” (page 307, Т.А. Карпова. Английский язык). Comment on the information you’ve find out from the text.
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Look for the information about the Traditional Family of English-Speaking Countries. Write an essay based on the information you’ve found out.
2. People and places around us (making descriptions) Words and expressions
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Exercises: 8, 9, 10 page 10 and 8, 9, 10 page 13-14 (Т.А. Карпова Английский язык)
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Translate into English words and phrases necessary to describe your flat and house: многоквартирный дом, прихожая, коммунальная квартира, общежитие, отдельный дом, вход, интерьер, соседи, хозяин съемной квартиры, обои, обставленный (мебелью), односпальная кровать, двуспальная кровать, шкаф, посуда (утварь), комнатное растение.
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Translate into English words and expressions necessary to describe your friend: высокий, среднего роста, стройный, изящный, худой, крепкого телосложения, волосы: короткие, длинные, вьющиеся, прямые, темные, светлые, рыжие; глаза: карие, голубые, зеленые; нос: орлиный, прямой, крючковатый, «картошкой», курносый; брови, ресницы, уши, губы: толстые, тонкие; изящной формы, цвет лица, красивый (не менее 2 слов), привлекательный, милый, умный, рассеянный, добрый, веселый, скромный, застенчивый, общительный, аккуратный, вежливый, верный друг.
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Match the idioms with Russian equivalents:
To build one’s castle upon the sand, to build castles in the air, room at the top, to do something under the table, to be in the chair, to take the floor, the window on the world, to camp on somebody’s doorstep, to show the door, to force on open door, to call somebody on the carpet, a magic carpet, walls have ears, to drive somebody on the wall, to shut the door at somebody’s face.
Выступать перед аудиторией, припереть к стенке, указать на дверь, создать что-то непрочное, ковер-самолет, захлопнуть дверь перед носом, председательствовать, верхняя ступенька социальной лестницы, ломиться в открытую дверь, строить воздушные замки, окно в мир, у стен есть уши, дать кому-либо нагоняй, делать что-либо секретно, обивать пороги.
5. Look at the words and arrange them into two columns: 1) bad characteristics, 2) good characteristics: tolerant, irresponsible, ambitious, patent, thrifty, shrewd, generous, unsociable, intelligent, silly, sincere, rude, sympathetic, cruel, sly, even-tempered, greedy, ill-mannered.