- •Курс з розвитку навичок читання, перекладу, реферування
- •Do you know that:
- •Exercise 1. Translate the derivatives:
- •Exercise 2. Translate the word combinations:
- •Exercise 3. Translate the word combinations:
- •Exercise 4. Match synonyms.
- •Exercise 5. Read, translate and learn nationality words:
- •Exercise 6. Look at language chart (Fig. 1.1) and answer the questions:
- •Exercise 7. Complete the sentences:
- •Exercise 8. Working in pairs, make up dialogues according to the model:
- •Exercise 9. Fill in the table with the verbs: to teach, to build, to invade, to influence, to speak, to spread, to develop, to learn.
- •Exercise 10. Compose sentences with the above given verbs in Passive and ask your partners to translate them. Exercise 11. Make the sentences Passive:
- •Exercise 12. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Translate the sentences:
- •Exercise 13. Translate the sentences:
- •Exercise 14. Give the comparative and superlative degrees for the following adjectives:
- •Exercise 15. Fill in the gaps with the adjective in the correct degree:
- •Task 1. Look at the subtitles of the text and predict what information about the English language and its history you will find. Task 2. Read and translate the text:
- •Task 3. Decide which events these dates refer to:
- •Task 4. Answer the questions:
- •Task 5. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:
- •Task 6. Translate the sentences:
- •Task 7. Ask questions starting with the words in brackets:
- •Statements:
- •Supplementary vocabulary:
- •2. Make up 10 questions on the text and let your partners answer them.
- •1. Skim the paragraphs of the text and find answers to the questions:
- •How is a language often called?
- •What has language made possible?
- •How many languages have a million or more speakers?
- •How do children acquire a command of a language?
- •Supplementary vocabulary:
- •2. Here are the answers to some questions. Work out the questions:
- •3. Translate in writing: Десять мов, якими в основному розмовляють у світі
- •1. Read the text and choose the statements that express the main idea of each part best of all. How to learn a foreign language
- •English in the 21st century
- •Listening comprehension
- •1. Listen to the text and choose the correct answer to the questions:
- •Do you know that:
- •Exercise 1. Translate the derivatives:
- •Exercise 2. Give equivalents to the international words:
- •Exercise 3. Match synonyms:
- •Exercise 4. Translate attributive chains. Do not forget that the noun is always the last word in word combinations of this kind:
- •Exercise 5. Match opposites:
- •Exercise 6. Translate the word-combinations and make up sentences with them:
- •Exercise 7. Match a line in a with a line in b and c:
- •Exercise 9. Give three forms of the verbs:
- •Exercise 10. Disagree with these statements. Use:
- •Exercise 11. Choose the correct form of the predicate. Sometimes both forms are correct:
- •Exercise 12. Ask questions to receive the missing information:
- •Exercise 13. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
- •Exercise 14. Find and correct one mistake in each sentence:
- •Exercise 15. Circle the correct translation:
- •Exercise 16. Compare verbs printed in bold type. Are these actions successive or simultaneous? Translate the sentences:
- •Exercise 17. Translate the sentences:
- •Courses and degrees
- •Recognition of foreign certificates and degrees
- •Supplementary Vocabulary:
- •Task 5. List the phrases in the logical order:
- •Task 6. Think of a detailed answer and speak on the following:
- •Task 7. Make word combinations:
- •Task 8. Decide which words go along with these key words:
- •Task 9. Match words from the box to their definitions:
- •Task 10. By filling in letters, match terms comparable for the education in Ukraine, uk and usa:
- •Task 11. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from the box:
- •Task 12. In Great Britain and the United States of America students of different years are called in a different way. Match the words with their definitions:
- •Task 13. Fill in the gaps with verbs in Active or Passive Voice:
- •Task 14. Translate the sentences:
- •Task 15. Fill in the questionnaire: From international handbook of universities –
- •Institution Questionnaire
- •3. Choose the correct version to complete these statements:
- •4. Compare higher vocational education in Ukraine and in the usa: Points to compare:
- •1. Read the text to find answers to the questions:
- •Listen to the text and answer the questions:
- •Do you know that:
- •Exercise 1. Translate the derivatives:
- •Exercise 2. Translate the word-combinations and make up questions with them:
- •Exercise 3. Match synonyms:
- •Exercise 4. Match opposites:
- •Exercise 5. Fill in the gaps using words in the box in the correct form:
- •Exercise 6. Translate the word combinations into English and make up questions or sentences of your own with them.
- •Exercise 7. Transform the sentences into indirect speech and translate them:
- •Exercise 8. Find a mistake in each sentence:
- •Exercise 9. Translate the sentences:
- •Exercise 10. Choose the right form of the verb. Translate the sentences:
- •Exercise 11. Open the brackets putting the verbs in the necessary form. Translate the sentences.
- •Exercise 12. Make up two sentences using the necessary tense. Explain the difference between them:
- •Exercise 13. Reconstruct the questions and answer them:
- •Exercise 14. Translate the sentences:
- •Task 1. Give your opinion on the following:
- •Task 2. Look through the text and agree or disagree with statements given after it. Task 3. Read and translate the text:
- •Task 4. Find answers to the questions:
- •Task 5. The words in a are from the text. Match a word in a with its definition in b:
- •Task 6. Divide the words into three groups:
- •Task 7. Transform the sentences according to the model:
- •Task 8. Translate the sentences:
- •1. The text deals with the following topics. Put them into the logical order giving numbers from 1 to 6:
- •2. Look through the text. Guess the meaning of the words in italics from the context. Use a dictionary to check the meaning.
- •4. Put the following events of Einstein's life into chronological order:
- •5. Read the text more carefully again. Ask each other and answer questions about his life:
- •1. Write a short essay on the development of science in your country. Mention the names of scientists working in your University and the fields of science they are working in.
- •Do you know that ...
- •Exercise 4. Match opposites:
- •Exercise 5. Translate the attributive chains:
- •Exercise 6. Translate the word combinations:
- •Exercise 7. Define whether the words in bold type are the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or participles:
- •I. Past Simple (I did) and Past Progressive (I was doing)
- •Exercise 8. Choose the correct form: Past Simple or Past Progressive:
- •Exercise 9. Choose the correct form to complete the sentences:
- •Exercise 10. Complete the sentences according to the model:
- •Exercise 11. Express your disagreement with the statements. Use:
- •Exercise 12. Restore the questions to these answers:
- •Exercise 13. Choose the correct English version of the statements:
- •Exercise 14. Translate the word-combinations:
- •Exercise 15. Translate the sentences:
- •Exercise 16. Match lines in a and b to make one sentence:
- •Exercise 17. Make sentences beginning with Having…:
- •Task 1. Give your ideas on the following. Use: I think… I suppose … I’m sure…:
- •Task 2. Does competition offer any advantages to consumers? Describe them. Use: First of all… Secondly … Also… Finally…. Task 3. Read and translate Text 4a:
- •The nature of business
- •F ig. 4.1. The economy has a circular flow of goods and services and an opposing flow of money to pay for the goods and services.
- •How the economy grows
- •Task 4. Answer the questions how needs and wants are satisfied in the world of business:
- •Task 5. Make word-combinations. Match adjectives (or nouns) to nouns (a) and verbs to nouns (b):
- •Task 6. Define one different word or word combination:
- •Task 7. Match words in the box with their definitions:
- •Task 8. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
- •Task 9. Find and correct one mistake in each sentence:
- •Task 10. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, Active or Passive:
- •Task 11. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Look through the text and explain why it is so important to manage time:
- •Fig. 4.2. Things-to-do list
- •Supplementary vocabulary:
- •2. Think and choose which skills are vital for your career in business? For ideas:
- •3. Think and explain what you should, must and can do to make your career.
- •4. Write a page of an essay to explain how your education will help you achieve your long-range goals.
- •1. The sentences have been removed from the text. Read Text 4d and decide in which numbered gap each one should go. (There is one extra sentence, which you do not need to use).
- •2. List these events in order of their occurrence. Then use them as a plan to speak on:
- •3. If you could have asked Mr. Ford only three questions, what would you have asked?
- •1. Choose the correct statement:
Listening comprehension
1. Listen to the text and choose the correct answer to the questions:
1. What is the oldest kind of writing?
2. Who wrote their words from right to left?
3. How did the Greek write?
4. What is the origin of the word alphabet?
5. Is the use of capital the same in different countries?
JOKES AND ANECDOTES
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Alfred Utley, a famous fiddler, was writing a letter one day when he asked a friend how to spell a certain word.
"Why don't you buy a dictionary?" asked the friend.
"What would I do with a dictionary? If I can't spell the words, I couldn't find 'em, and if I can spell 'em, and I don't need a dictionary."
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Prof.: "Hawkins, what is a synonym?"
Stud.: "It's a word you use in place of another when you cannot spell the other one."
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Prof.: "What is the difference between an active and a passive verb?"
Stud.: "An active verb shows action and a passive verb shows passion."
A university should be a place of light, of liberty and of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli
(1804 – 1884)
Unit 2
EDUCATION
Do you know that:
…the word university comes from the Latin universitas, the term for corporation or guild in the Middle Ages?
…Oxford University is the oldest English-speaking university in the world?
… the oldest University in the world is the Egyptian University in Azhar (established in 989)?
… the largest University building in the world is the Moscow University?
Active vocabulary
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academic (adj) – |
навчальний; академічний |
academic year; academic staff; a strong academic background |
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access (n) – |
доступ |
to have access to world markets; easy access |
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acquire (v) – |
здобувати; оволодівати |
to acquire special skills; to acquire reputation for honesty |
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activity (n) – |
діяльність; дія |
various activities; financial activity |
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admit (v) – |
впускати; допускати |
to admit into club; to be admitted by a college |
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advanced (adj) – |
передовий; прогресивний |
advanced ideas; advanced studies |
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at least – |
принаймні |
to say at least something; to find at least 5 mistakes |
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available (adj) –
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наявний; у розпорядженні |
by all available means; to make something available |
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award (v) – |
присуджувати; нагороджувати |
to award winners; to award the Nobel prize |
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bachelor (n) – |
холостяк; бакалавр |
old bachelor; Bachelor of Engineering |
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both… and…(conj) – |
як …так і... |
both males and females; both in Europe and Asia |
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class (n) – |
заняття |
to take classes in mathematics; classes begin at 9 a.m. |
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competitive (adj) – |
конкурсний; що змагається; конкурентний |
competitive examinations; competitive prices |
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confer (v) – |
присуджувати |
to confer a title upon smb.; to confer a degree |
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consider (v) – |
розглядати; враховувати; приймати до уваги; вважати |
to consider all aspects; we consider him (to be) a clever man |
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course (n) – |
курс (лекцій і т.і.); курси |
course in Electrical Engineering; to complete a course |
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curriculum (- la) (n) – |
учбовий план |
a college curriculum; to design a curriculum |
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degree (n) –
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звання; учена ступінь |
honorary degree; the degree of doctor; to study for a degree |
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department (n) – |
(амер.) кафедра; відомство; міністерство; факультет |
State Department; Department of Health; Chemistry Department
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either…or … (conj) – |
чи…чи…; або…або… |
either here or there; either blue or green |
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engage (in, on, with) (v) – |
бути зайнятим; займатися |
to engage in research; he was engaged with experiments |
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enter (v) –
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входити; надходити; вступати |
to enter a room; to enter a new era; to enter a college; to enter the army |
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entrance (n) – |
вхід; в'їзд; надходження; вступ |
theatre entrance; no entrance; entrance visa; entrance examinations |
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facility (n, pl) –
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зручності; устаткування; засоби |
transportation facilities; to offer excellent facilities; information facilities |
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fee (n) – |
плата; внесок |
tuition fee; admission fee; to pay one’s fees. |
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fellow (n) – |
товариш; побратим; аспірант, що займається дослідницькою роботою |
fellow-student; fellow writing a dissertation |
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fellowship (n) – |
стипендія аспіранта; дотація науковому робітнику |
to award fellowships; fellowship program; application for a fellowship. |
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gain (v) – |
одержувати; здобувати; набирати(ся) |
to gain experience; to gain strength |
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graduate (n) – |
випускник; той, хто закінчив (вищий) навчальний заклад |
he is a Cambridge graduate; graduate student
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graduate (v) – |
закінчити вищий навчальний заклад |
he graduated from Cambridge; to graduate with excellent marks |
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in order to (conj) – |
для того, щоб |
in order to finish work; in order to receive education |
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institution (n) – |
організація; інститут; заклад |
institutions of higher learning; various institutions |
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instruction (n) – |
навчання; викладання |
to provide instruction in Ukrainian; the instruction of youth |
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junior (adj) – |
молодший (за віком, положенням) |
junior partner; junior team
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knowledge (n) – |
знання; пізнання; ерудиція; поінформованість |
knowledge on the subject; to accumulate knowledge; |
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level (n) –
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рівень |
at the same level; to be on a level with other students |
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major (adj) –
major (n) |
більш важливий, значний; (амер.) головний; основний предмет за фахом (у коледжі) |
major part; major industries; major subjects |
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master (n) – |
магістр (учена ступінь) |
master of science; to take one’s master’s degree |
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mutual (adj) – |
взаємний; обопільний |
mutual assistance; mutual benefits |
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offer (v) – |
пропонувати |
to offer help to somebody; to offer programs of co-operation |
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party (n) – |
сторона |
a third party; interested parties; the parties of the contract |
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provide (v) (with) – |
надавати; постачати; забезпечувати |
to provide an opportunity; to provide with money
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recognize (v) – |
визнавати |
to recognize a new country; to recognize foreign diplomas |
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regulations (n) – |
правила; інструкції; положення |
customs regulations; financial regulations; to set regulations |
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research (n) – |
дослідження; вивчення; науково-дослідницька робота |
to be engaged in research; to carry out a research into (for); space research |
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responsible (adj) – |
відповідальний; що несе відповідальність |
to be responsible to smb. for smth.; responsible position |
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scholarship (n) – |
стипендія (в університетах та деяких приватних школах) |
to establish a scholarship; to win (to gain) a scholarship; a travelling scholarship |
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similar (adj) – |
схожий; подібний |
similar in size, similar to smth. |
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skill (n) – |
уміння; майстерність; кваліфікація |
to acquire skills in fast reading; professional skills |
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state (n) – |
положення, стан, держава |
state of the facts; difficult state |
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thesis (n) (pl. theses) – |
дисертація |
doctorate thesis; master’s thesis; to present a thesis |
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tuition (n) – |
плата за навчання; навчання; |
tuition fee; yearly tuition; to pay one’s tuition |
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LEXICAL EXERCISES