6. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Какие государственные праздники ты знаешь?
2. Заём был выплачен с процентами.
3. В какой вуз ты хочешь поступить?
4. Его специализация – экономика.
5. На собрании присутствовали все первокурсники.
6. Почему они живут на окраине города?
7. Моя мечта – получать стипендию.
8. Ты уже видел нашего декана?
9. Учиться в этом вузе престижно, но дорого.
10. Мои родители платят за моё обучение.
11. Ты живёшь в общежитии в студенческом городке?
12. Наш университет предоставляет помощь студентам в поиске работы.
13. В нашей Академии курс обучения на степень бакалавра длится 4 года.
7. Explain how you understand these proverbs.
1. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. — Выученное наспех быстро забывается.
2. Live and learn. — Век живи — век учись.
3. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. — Недоученный хуже неучёного.
(Ср.: Всякое полузнание хуже незнания).
4. То know everything is to know nothing. — 3нать всё, значит ничего не знать.
5. It is never too late to learn. — Учиться никогда не поздно.
8. Prepare a list of sentences (up to 10) for translation from the British National Corpus with the use of the following words from the above text: education, dean, to repay a loan, Bachelor of Arts, tuition fee. Use the site www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/ .
9.
VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose
several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s
search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations
/ collocations of each word.
10. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out about the system of education in Britain or Canada. Share what you have discovered with your partner(s) at the next lesson.
11. Writing
Develop your writing skills
A. What do I have to include?
Read this question.
You saw this advertisement for a course and contacted the college for more details, taking the notes below. Read the advertisement and the notes carefully. Write a letter to your penfriend who you know is interested in languages, telling him about the course.
Saluton. Kiel VI fartas?
Confused? Don't be. That's Esperanto for “Hello. How are you?” Esperanto is an artificial language spoken by many people around the world. How would you like to learn Esperanto from home? With our new home study course you could be communicating in Esperanto with people from many countries in just two months. Absolute beginners are welcome. Low fee. Call 01276 333451 for further details. Course director: Mr Hope, Eurolingua College.
Invented: 1887
Speakers: 2 million
Fee: € 60 for 2 months course
Textbooks: extra
Could do it over the summer
It is very important to include all the right information from your notes. Tick which of the following pieces of information you have to include.
Esperanto isn't a confusing language.
It was invented in 1887.
You have to pay extra for the textbooks.
The fee is €60.
Your friend could do the course over the summer.
“Saluton” means “Hello” in Esperanto.
There are 2 million speakers of Esperanto around the world.
B. How did they do?
Read these two paragraphs from letters written by different students in answer to the composition question above. Underline where they mention the points from the notes above.
1. I called them for you yesterday. The secretary told me about the guy who invented it in 1887, but I can't remember his name. I do remember that there are something like two million speakers around the world, though. She said it was €60 for a two-month course, which you could possibly do over the summer. You can get more information from the course director, Mr Hope. Do you want the number?
2. There are two million speakers around the world. Esperanto was invented in 1887. The fee is €60 for a two-month course, over the summer if you like. Textbooks extra. The course director is Mr. Hope. Call him on 01276 333451.
Write the correct number, 1 or 2, to answer the following questions.
Which writer has...
a) written natural sentences using the prompts? ____________
b) copied one of the prompts without understanding it? ____________
с) forgotten to mention one of the prompts? ____________
d) used an appropriate style? ____________
e) not thought about the grammar of the prompts? ____________
C. Write a paragraph
Here is an incomplete answer to the question above. Tick which of the following points the writer has mentioned.
a) Esperanto was invented in 1887.
b) You have to pay extra for the textbooks.
с) The fee is €60 for the 2-month course.
d) Your friend could do the course over the summer.
e) There are 2 million speakers of Esperanto around the world.
Now write the missing paragraph in your notebook, including the remaining points from above.
Dear Jenny,
Hi! How are you? Thanks for your last letter. Great news about your cat. Seven kittens! Your house must be chaos at the moment!
Anyway, listen. I know you said you were thinking of learning a new language but you couldn`t decide which one. Have you thought about Esperanto, the artificial language? I saw an ad for a home study course the other day and it sounded perfect for you. I called the college and they told me a bit about Esperanto. It was invented in 1887 and there are about two million speakers around the world.
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What do you think? I`ll send you the number of the college if you`re interested.
Almost forgot. Peter says hello. I have to go now – German homework. You`re not the only one doing languages, you know!
Lots of love,
Tina.
D. Read your partner's writing
Swap paragraphs and read what your partner has written. Using your partners paragraph, answer the following questions.
Has my partner used all the remaining prompts? _________________________
Has my partner put them into natural sentences? _________________________
3. Has my partner used an appropriate informal style? _________________________
COMPOSITION DEVELOPMENT
Read this composition question and do the exercises that follow.
You saw this advertisement for a course and contacted them for more details, making the notes below. Read the advertisement and the notes carefully. Write a letter to your penfriend, who you know is interested in improving his memory, telling him about the course.