Практикум представляет материал, который состоит из текстов, организованных по тематическому принципу, и предназначен для студентов неязыковых факультетов
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Введение Данный практикум представляет материал, который состоит из текстов, организованных по тематическому принципу, и предназначен для студентов неязыковых факультетов. Он содержит материал, направленный на развитие умений монологической и диалогической речи. Весь материал подобран с учётом требований типовой программы по иностранному языку для студентов неязыковых факультетов. Материал разбит по темам. В начале каждого текста даётся тематический словарь, на который следует обратить внимание и который поможет в дальнейшей работе. Только после этого можно приступать к работе с текстами. Каждая глава включает несколько текстов разных уровней. Тексты отличаются новизной информации, активной современной лексикой. Из того количества текстов, которые предлагаются к каждой теме, преподаватель может выбрать те, которые соответствуют профилю факультета, или же те, которые соответствуют уровню студентов в той или иной группе. Главы содержат также дополнительные тексты для чтения и обсуждения. Эти тексты могут быть использованы как учебный материал для чтения на занятиях в аудитории, а также при подготовке к занятиям дома. После текстов даются упражнения, помогающие проверить понимание текста, а также способствующие формированию умений устной речи. Таким образом, тематический практикум делится на 10 частей:
Цель практикума – формирование умений устной речи. Chapter 1. Family. HomeText 1. Oleg Kirillov Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.Study the following vocabulary before reading the texts: to enter – поступать куда-нибудь to be fond of – увлекаться, любить что-то to go in for – заниматься to be keen on – увлекаться, быть помешанным на чем-то well built – хорошо сложенный Oleg lives in Belarus. He is Belarusian. He comes from the town of Retchitsa, Gomel region. He lives in Chapaev street. He finished school № 2 in 2005. His favourite subject at school was mathematics. That’s why he entered Mozyr State Pedagogical University, Physics and Mathematics faculty. Now he is a first-year student. In appearance he looks impressive: 180 cm. tall, well-built and strong. He has an oval face, a straight nose, blue eyes and an attractive smile. So people find him good-looking and even handsome. Oleg is particular known for his warm and friendly character. He is an active and energetic person. He is open-minded and has got a great sense of humour. He never looks moody. In general Oleg is an interesting person. He is well-read. He likes reading fiction and books on history. He is fond of modern and classic music and computers. He is keen on sports. He goes in for cycling and football. His hobby is kung fu. He also likes travelling, exploring new places, countries and their sights. Oleg likes animals and he spends a lot of time walking with his 2 dogs: a sheep-dog and a dachshund. It looks amusing and people always pay attention to them. Oleg is single and he is not going to marry yet. Though he has a girl-friend.People enjoy spending time with him. Exercises 1. Substitutional patterns: Pattern: – He comes from England. – Really? He doesn’t look English. (France-French, Sweden-Swedish, Germany-German, the United States-American, Japan-Japanese, Greece-Greek, Italy-Italian, Denmark-Danish) 2. Fill in the form: Surname – First name – Nationality – Date of birth – Occupation – Place of birth – Date of arrival in London – Address – Length of stay – 3. Translate the following into English: 1. Меня зовут Андрей. Мое полное имя Андрей Анатольевич Шевчук. 2. Я русский, но живу в Беларуси. 3. Мне почти 20 лет. 4. Я студент третьего курса государственного университета г. Гомеля. 5. Я собираюсь стать юристом. 6. Мне нравятся занятия в университете, и я стараюсь не пропускать их. 7. Я родился в семье инженеров. Мой отец – инженер-системотехник, а мать – инженер-строитель. 8. После окончания университета они приехали работать в Брянск и живут там уже 16 лет. 9. Я окончил школу № 2 в Брянске и уехал к бабушке в Беларусь. 10. Летом я обычно езжу к родителям. 11. Я не женат пока, но собираюсь жениться через год. 4. Act the following conversational situations: 1. Hello! My name is Mary. I’m 20 years old and I come from a town called Ivanovo. I’m a student and I live at a hostel. I study at the University. My elder brother is also a student of the University and lives at a hostel too. We are going to become engineers. 2. There is very little I can tell you about my friend. You know he is an orphan. His parents died many years ago. He used to live with his grandmother in his childhood. He hasn’t any close relatives except her. He is a good sportsman now and he doesn’t like to speak about himself. 5. Answer the questions on the text: 1. Where and when was Oleg born? 2. How old is he? 3. Is he Russian? 4. Has he got a family of his own? 5. Where does he live? 6. Does he work? 7. What is Oleg? 8. What year student is he? 9. What is his future profession? 10. What was his favourite subject at school? 11. What does he look like? 12. What are the main features of his character? 13. What is Oleg interested in? 6. Speak about: 1) yourself 2) your ideal man (woman) 3) your favourite actor (actress) 4) your group-mate Text 2. OLEG’S family Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.Study the following vocabulary before reading the text: broad(narrow)-shouldered – широко(узко)плечий to be of medium height – быть среднего роста to be like each other – быть похожим друг на друга to tell one from the other – отличить одного от другого spirit – настроение Oleg Kirillov’s family is a big one. They are 6: father, mother, a sister, twin brothers, grandparents and himself. His father, Grigory Alexeyevich, is a handsome man of medium height and strong built with a bronzed face. His dark-brown hair is just beginning to go grey. He is 47 years old. By character he is a quiet, intelligent and serious man. Oleg’s father works as a system-engineer. He is fond of his profession. When he is at home he is always ready to help his wife. His favourite pastime is wood-carving and photos. Oleg’s mother, Olga Dmitrievna, is a tall very good-looking woman of 45, but she doesn’t look her age. She is slim and stylish. She has large dark eyes, long thick eyelashes and a charming face. Her blond hair is long, thick and curly. She is energetic, kind and gentle. Oleg’s mother is a doctor. She has a lot of work about the house: cooking, shopping, keeping the rooms tidy, and feeding the pets. So she has little time for her interests: gardening and knitting. His twin-brothers’ names are Mikhail and Nikolay. They are 24. They are very tall, broad-shouldered fellows. Their faces are always clean-shaven with a bronzed complexion and they resemble their father. They are both impatient and restless but hardworking. They are students of the Belarusian State University. They are future journalists. The youngest of his family is Anya. She is 15. She is a pretty, round-faced and blue-eyed girl with golden hair which she wears short. Anya is sociable and self-confident, but sometimes absent-minded. She is always in good spirit. She is fond of animals and is going to become a veterinary surgeon. Anya also likes dancing and singing songs. Oleg has grandparents who live in a village not far from their town. They are pensioners. He also has other relatives: 2 uncles, 3 aunts, 5 cousins, 3 nephews and 1 niece. They are happy when they are together. It is really very important to have a good family where all people are tactful, helpful, tolerant and respect each other. Exercises 1. Answer the questions on text 2: 1. Is Oleg’s family big? 2. Will you describe his father? 3. Will you describe his mother? 4. How old are his twin-brothers? 5. Who is the youngest in his family? 2. a) Say all you know about the hair, eyes, lips, eyelashes, the nose, the forehead, the figure, the mouth. Pattern: The hair may be long, short…etc. full, straight, thick, large, brown, fair, grey, curly, round, blue, slim, slender, thin, golden, black, blond, oval, tall, stout. b) Make sentences according to the patterns using the words above and the following statements: Patterns: 1. Ann’s hair is thicker than Jane’s. 2. My friend’s eyes are as pretty as her sister’s ones sweet, pleasant, ugly, thin, beautiful, small, good-looking, kind, handsome, tall, plump, well-built. 3. Listen to the following statements and respond them. Use the following conversational formulas: That goes without saying; Yes, it’s quite so; Yes, of course; That’s right; I (quite) agree with you; Naturally; 1. Tamara’s sister is a pretty girl. 2. Mary looks like her elder sister Barbara. 3. Betsy wears her hair long. 4. Their grandmother is about 65. 5. Mrs. Brown is 55, rather tall and narrow-shouldered. 6. Margaret’s mother is a good-looking woman. 7. Charlie has long arms and legs. 8. Nan’s smile is pleasant. 9. Nick Brown is a happy child. 10. Ann is a small girl. 11. His mother doesn’t look her age. 4. Agree if the statements are true to life or disagree if they are not. Use the following conversational formulas: Quite so; That goes without saying; On the contrary; I’m afraid you are wrong/mistaken; Nothing of the kind: 1. Your friend’s father is a man of medium height with a round face and big eyes. He has a grey beard. 2. Your aunt is a tall, beautiful woman with blue eyes and golden hair. 3. Your sister is a slender girl of about 20. Her hair is long, her eyes are dark and her cheeks are rosy. 4. Your neighbour is a very old woman, rather short, with a red face and grey eyes. 5. Your friend’s grandfather is a middle-aged man with a sad face and thin grey hair. 6. Tanya’s brother is a tall handsome man with dark hair and a moustache and blue eyes. 7. Maria’s mother is about 48. She’s a stout woman with a long face and small eyes. 8. Your cousin is a boy of about 10. He is rather tall with long arms. He wears grey trousers and a black shirt. 9. Your group-mates’ English teacher is a good-looking woman of about 40 with brown hair and dark-brown eyes. She wears grey or blue dresses. She is kind. 10. Your boy-friend is a fellow of medium height, broad-shouldered and he wears a long beard. He’s got thick red hair and green eyes. 5. Describe your group mates, let the students guess who the person is: 1) tall, broad-shouldered, face, large, blue, eyes, long black hair, handsome, not to look one’s age, suit; 2) slender figure, thick black hair, grey eyes, beautiful, pretty face, to seem quite young; 3) a slender boy, to look like a pretty girl, in the dress of a boy, long eyelashes, small hands, hair, blond, full lips. 6.The plan will help you to describe one of your friends. 1. General appearance (tall, short, of medium height, slender, slim, stout, etc). 2. His (her) age. 3. His (her) occupation. 4. Most noticeable features (hair, eyes, face, etc.). 5. His (her) character. 6. His (her) interests. 7. Act out the following conversational situations: 1. You are telling your friend that your sister is going to marry a certain Mr. Brown. Your friend has never seen him. Try to describe Mr. Brown. 2. Your friend is busy and he can’t meet his mother who is arriving today. He asks you to go to the station to meet his mother and he describes his mother’s appearance. 3. Describe some personage from a novel by one of the Russian or Soviet writers from the books for your home reading. 8. Speak about: 1) your parents (brothers, sisters, other relatives) 2) your friend’s family Text 3. The Kirillovs’ flat and a place of residence Read the text and do the exercises that follow it.The Kirillovs are going to move to a new flat. It is a nine-storeyed block of flats in a new residential area. They are happy because their previous home was a private house without modern conveniences: no central heating, no gas, no running water. It was a long way from the centre of the town and their work. A new flat is in a good district, not far from the market. Their address is 24 Zavodskaya street. The flat is on the fourth floor. Their 3-room flat is not very large but very comfortable. There is a living-room‚ a study and a bedroom in the flat. The flat also has a kitchen‚ a bathroom‚ a small entrance hall and two balconies. The living-room is the largest in the flat. It overlooks the street and has a lot of sunshine. It is nicely furnished. There is a suite of modern furniture‚ a wardrobe and a bookcase. To the left of the unit there is a corner-sofa with two armchairs and a small table for newspapers. In the opposite corner there is a TV-set with a video and a tape-recorder and a thick carpet on the floor. Curtains on the window match the walls. All this makes the room cosy. Oleg spends most of his time in his bedroom which he uses as a study. There is a table with a computer‚ a sofa where he sleeps at night and has a rest in the day-time‚ some book-shelves with a lot of books. There is a thick rag on the floor near the sofa. His dogs like to sleep on it. His parents’ bedroom is more spacious than the study. There is a doublebed‚ a mirror-stand‚ two bedside tables and a built-in wardrobe there. It is very convenient to have it as it doesn’t occupy much space. The kitchen is rather large. There is a set of modern furniture‚ a gas-stove with an oven‚ a refrigerator and a cupboard with dishes. They use it as a dining-room. But when they receive guests they have meals in the living-room. In front of the block there is a bus-stop. It’s very convenient. There are many new high blocks in this street and no old houses. Across the road there is a shop, a library, a school and two kindergartens. Exercises 1. Answer the questions on the text: 1. Where do the Kirillovs live? 2. Why do they not like their house? 3. Where do they get a flat? 4. How many rooms are there in it? 5. What furniture do they have in the living-room (bedrooms‚ kitchen)? 6. What street do they live now? 7. What is there around their block? 2. Be ready to speak about: 1) your flat (house) 2) your friend’s place of residence 3) your dream about your future flat (house) Additional texts for readingText 1. JACKIE’S FAMILY Read the text with a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it.Let me introduce myself. My name is Jackie. My full name is Jackie Rose. I am 21 and I am in the 4th year of the French and Russian department at Aberdeen University. I live on a farm in the North of Scotland in an area which attracts many tourists because of its beauty – the Scottish Highlands. Agriculture is the main occupation here. My father is a farmer. During the term-time I live in a university flat with 5 other girls and quite often go home at week-ends since it is only a hundred miles away. My mother is a housewife and is always busy looking after the house – the garden and various animals. She is 48 and my father is 51. They both came from quite large families so my 2 sisters, my brother and I have many aunts, uncles and cousins. My mother’s parents are still alive, but we very rarely see them because they live on a small Scottish island. My elder sister Margaret is almost 23 and works for my father in his office as a secretary. It is a well-paid job and she is very efficient but she doesn’t really enjoy it because she works indoors all day. At heart she is a lover of outdoor life and would prefer to work with horses. Last year she trained to be a riding instructress but realized it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a job and since she had already done a year’s secretarial course when she left school at 17, she decided to work for my father. Jocelyn, my other sister, is 17 and in her final year at school. Up to the last year she went to a boarding school in Aberdeen but decided to come home and spend her last year in Inverness at the local comprehensive school because she has so many animals to look after. She owns 2 of our 4 cats, 2 sheep and also keeps several ducks. Jocelyn is very interested in farming and she wants to study agriculture at the university next year. It is perhaps not a very wise choice, since it is extremely difficult for girls to find jobs as farm managers. The youngest member of the family is William, who is 16. He is at a boarding school near Perth, about 150 miles away and comes home once a term and at holidays. Choosing a career is no problem for him – he has always wanted to be a farmer and to take over business from my father. He is tall and strong for his age and works on the farm every holiday. All my family, except for me, is very involved in farming. This isn’t surprising since both my father’s father and my mother’s father and their fathers before them were also farmers – it is a family tradition. Our family is slightly larger than average. But since the age difference between the children is small we all get on very well with each other and with our parents. All in all, we’re a very happy family. Answer the questions on the text: 1. Where does Jackie Rose live? 2. Jackie Rose is in the 4th year at Aberdeen University, isn’t she? 3. Where does she live during the term-time? 4. Does she often go home? How often? 5. What is her mother (father, her elder sister, her younger sister, brother)? 6. What does her mother look after? 7. How old are her parents? 8. Did they both come from quite large families? 9. Jackie, her sisters and her brother have many aunts, uncles and cousins, haven’t they? 10. Do they see their grandparents often or rarely? Why? 11. Does Margaret enjoy her work as a secretary? Why? 12. Why did Jocelyn come home and decide to spend her last year at the local comprehensive school? 13. What is Jocelyn interested in? What does she want to study at the University? 14. What career has William chosen? 15. What is the whole family involved in? Is it surprising? Give your reasons? 16. Do the children of the Roses’ family get on well with each other and with their parents? Text 2. The House of an Englishman Read the text and be ready to discuss the difference between an English house and a Belarusian one.. Many families in London live in flats, but most people live in their own houses in the suburbs. Most of London’s suburban houses consist of two floors, the ground floor and the first floor. All in all there are six or seven rooms in the house. On the ground floor there’s a dining-room, a sitting-room, a kitchen and a hall. In the hall you can see a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas. A staircase leads from the hall to the landing on the first floor. On this floor there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. On the top of the roof there are three chimneys. In front of the house they have a small garden, in which they grow flowers: roses, tulips and so on. At the back of the house there’s a much larger garden, a lawn and some fruit trees. There’s also a vegetable garden where they grow all kinds of vegetables, such as potatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers, onions and tomatoes. At the side of the house there is a garage, where they can keep their car. The garden is enclosed by a fence, with a gate in it. |