- •Пособие
- •По развитию навыков устной речи
- •Студентов неязыковых факультетов
- •Педагогических институтов
- •Оглавление
- •2. Suggest the Russian for:
- •Suggest the English for:
- •Unit 1. Manners and Friendship.
- •Try to Be Polite.
- •Exercises.
- •1. Read the text .
- •4. Answer the following questions on the text. Use the expressions:
- •5. Say whether I am right to do ... .
- •6. Make up sentences using both...And.
- •Give synonyms.
- •Say how to introduce oneself; to introduce one person to another; to ask for service; to address a person. Greetings
- •Saying Good-bye.
- •Exercises.
- •1. Say it in Russian:
- •Say it in English:
- •3. Act out the dialogues. Dialogue № 1.
- •Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks)
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read the proper names:
- •My family
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions if necessary .
- •9. Complete the sentences. Use the text.
- •10. Guess who or what it is:
- •11. Describe the place where Jacky lives.
- •Tell your groupmates everything you can about the Roses.
- •II. Role Play.
- •Questions for discussion.
- •1. Speak on the problem of bringing up the children in the Scottish family.
- •2. Say what you like and what you don’t like in their system of bringing up children.
- •3. Say what features of the character you like. Why?
- •4. Speak on your family and family relations.
- •For auld Lang Syne.
- •Unit 3. People’s Relations.
- •A Broken Vase
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the English for:
- •2. Suggest the Russian for:
- •3. Put synonyms instead of underlined words.
- •4. Choose the antonyms to the following words from the right column:
- •5. Make up sentences with the help of the words given in brackets. Use models:
- •6. Make up sentences using models:
- •7. Answer the following questions. Use conversational formulas. Work in pairs:
- •Role Play
- •1. Retell the story on the part of the girl who received that broken vase.
- •2. Retell the story on the part of the fellow.
- •3. Listen to the girl’s version of the story and give her a piece of advice. What should she do: forgive the fellow? forget him? clear the things up?
- •4. Listen to the fellow’s version of the story. Choose a piece of advice for him or give your own variant.
- •5. Act out the dialogues. Make up your own ones.
- •6. Let’s talk about birthday parties.
- •7. What will you advise me to do if I have no money and I am invited to the birthday parties:
- •8. Speak about celebrating a birthday party, buying presents, making fun. Read the text and say why the girl was angry.
- •You are to learn a song which is called «Red Roses». It is blues.
- •Red Roses
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Imagine you have quarreled with your girl-friend and come to the shop to buy flowers for her. Tell the salesman about the aim of your gift.
- •Unit 4. Student Life
- •The Way I study History
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •4. Find another way of expressing the parts in bold type. Consult the text:
- •5. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •6. Choose the right word:
- •7. Complete the following sentences:
- •8. Speak about yourself. These questions will help you:
- •My college
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Insert prepositions where required:
- •4. Insert the articles where required:
- •10. Make these sentences interrogative.
- •11. Agree or disagree with the following statements. While answering use the following expressions:
- •12. Explain the following words and expressions in English:
- •13. Answer the questions on the text:
- •14.Say what you usually do:
- •15. Learn the following dialogue by heart:
- •16. Suggest the Russian for:
- •17. Suggest the English for:
- •18. Insert the missing prepositions.
- •19. Answer the questions:
- •20. Read the dialogues. Act out the dialogues. Dialogue № 1
- •Words and Phrases to be Remembered
- •Dialogue № 2
- •Role Plays
- •21. Advertise your college. Read the advertisement which will help you to do this work: Fitchburg State College
- •2. Translate the following emphatic constructions.
- •Great Russia
- •Unit 5 My Country
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Exercises
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Say whether you agree with the following. While answering use the following phrases:
- •4. Answer the questions.
- •Unit 6 The Land of Great Wonders
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words:
- •3. Read and translate the following derivatives paying attention to the suffixes and prefixes:
- •4. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the Passive Voice.
- •5. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Pay attention to the function of the word “one”.
- •6. Read the text. The Land of White Nights.
- •Exercises
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •4. Say what buities and achievements of Russia make one be proud of. Begin with “I am certainly proud of …”.
- •5. Express the following thoughts in some other way.
- •6. Complete the following sentences according to the evidence of the text.
- •7. Answer the questions on the text. Begin with the following expressions:
- •8. Prove the following statements.
- •9. Role play.
- •10. Discuss with your friend what places of interest you would like to see in Karelia, in the land of White nights. Unit 7 Moscow
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read these words, define the parts of speech and give their Russian equivalents:
- •3. Read the sentences paying attention to their construction and translate them according to the model.
- •4. Read the sentences and translate them into Russian paying attention to the modal verbs.
- •5. Read the sentences paying attention to Gerund.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Respond and comment using these conversational formulas.
- •4. Say what it is. Begin with the words:
- •5. Describe any Moscow sight you like. Your groupmates will listen to you and guess the place you have chosen.
- •6. Read and learn the following dialogues. Dialogue № 1
- •Dialogue № 2
- •7. Make up your own dialogues. Ask your groupmates how to get to any place. Use the following expressions:
- •8. Play the role of a guide. Show the tourists round Moscow. Begin with the words.
- •9. Learn the song. Moscow Suburb Nights
- •The History of Moscow
- •Exercises
- •1 . Find the following English expressions in the text:
- •Answer the questions. Begin with the words:
- •3. Speak about hard times for Moscow. Use the information from the text.
- •4. Read the text. The Kremlin
- •1. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •2. Answer the questions. Begin with the words:
- •3. Speak on the best-known cathedrals and art treasures of the Kremlin. The Tretyakov Art Gallery
- •Exercises
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Say whether it is true or not. Begin with the phrases.
- •4. Answer the following questions on the text. Begin with the following phrases.
- •5. Listen to the description of these paintings and guess what they are and who the painter is.
- •6. Describe your favourite picture.
- •7. Speak on the Tretyakov Art Gallery.
- •8. Do a project “Russia Is a Great Country”.
- •Unit 8 History of Primorye
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text. When in doubt refer to the transcription below.
- •2. Read the following words and translate them into Russian.
- •3. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to: be/get used to
- •History of Primorye
- •1. Suggest the English for:
- •2. Answer the following questions on the text.
- •3. Speak on the ancient states on the territory of Primorye and the destiny of their people.
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words:
- •3. Read and translate the following derivatives paying attention to the suffixes and prefixes:
- •4. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the Passive Voice.
- •Primorye.
- •Exercises
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Say whether these statements are true or false.
- •5. Answer the questions on the text.
- •6. Prove that:
- •7. Role play.
- •8. Read the following texts and say what new facts about different parts of Primorye you have learnt. Terneyskiy District
- •Nature Preserves (Заповедники)
- •9. Chose a project you’d like to do.
- •Unit 10 Ussuriisk.
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text. When in doubt refer to the transcription below:
- •Ussuriisk.
- •Exercises
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Answer the questions on the text.
- •4. Explain the meaning of:
- •5. Role play.
- •6. Do a project “My Home Town”.
- •Unit 11 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks)
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text when in doubt refer to the transcription below:
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words:
- •3. Read the geographical names correctly:
- •4. Define the parts of speech of the following words:
- •5. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Pay attention to the form with the suffixes – ed.
- •The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Say, what parts of the United Kingdom these words are associated with. Make up sentences with these words.
- •5. Respond to the following using expressions of agreement or disagreement.
- •6. Comment on the following statements. While answering use the expressions:
- •7. Say what is meant by:
- •8. Speak on Great Britain according to the plan:
- •9. Sing a song. My Bonnie.
- •Unit 12 how britain is governed
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text. When in doubt refer to the transcription below.
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words.
- •3. Define the parts of speech of the following words:
- •How Britain is Governed
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Give answers to these questions. Begin your phrase with: in answer to your question I’d like to say this; if I’m not mistaken; it’s like this; well, you see; I suppose.
- •4. Match each word with its meaning.
- •5. Insert prepositions.
- •6. Complete the following sentences.
- •7. Express your opinion on the following statements. Say why.
- •8. Retell the text using the plan as hints.
- •9. Write an assay about the work of the British Parliament. Unit 13 london
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text. When in doubt refer to the transcription below.
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words.
- •3. Define to which part of speech these words belong.
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Give answers to the following questions.
- •4. Choose the right word from the given below.
- •5. Respond to the following using expressions of agreement or disagreement:
- •6. Tell your groupmates about the historical places of London. Use some additional texts. Westminster Abbey
- •St. Paul’s Cathedral
- •The Tower of London
- •Art Galleries
- •Turner’s Paitings. Modern Collection
- •7. Do a project “Visiting London Is One of the Most Exciting Things in the World”.
- •8. Sing a song.
- •Iit’s a long way to tipperary
- •Unit 14 Text 1. Schooling in Britain.
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1.Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read the following international words and guess their meaning.
- •3. Read and translate the following derivatives paying attention to the suffixes:
- •4. Give 4 forms of the following verbs:
- •5. Translate the following word combinations. Pay attention to the conjunctions and prepositions.
- •6. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the modal verbs.
- •7. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the use of the Passive Voice.
- •8.Translate the following sentences into Russian. Define the syntactical functions of the ing-forms.
- •Text 1. State schools
- •Exercises.
- •1. Comprehension Questions.
- •2. Suggest the Russian for:
- •3. Suggest the English for:
- •4. Suggest English equivalents of the Russian words given in brackets. Read and translate the whole sentences.
- •5.Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms, using the words from the right side.
- •6. Study the following words; fill in the blanks with the proper words in the correct form.
- •7. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs if necessary. Consult the text.
- •8. Express the following thoughts in some other way. Consult the text.
- •9. Choose the appropriate word from those listed below according to the definition.
- •10. Express the difference between the following:
- •11. Complete the sentences consulting the text:
- •12. Respond to the following using expressions of agreement or disagreement.
- •13. Render the text in English.
- •14. Look at the scheme of the educational system of Great Britain and comment on it.
- •15. Express your attitude towards:
- •Use phrases to delay or avoid answering:
- •21. Imagine you are talking with a charming English woman. She is Sally Johnson and she works in an advertising company. She is telling you about her school years. Here is her story.
- •22. Exchange your viewpoints on the British system of education. Say what you like and what you don’t like in that system.
- •23. Imagine you are the Minister of Education. What would you introduce into Russian school system?
- •If you wish, you may use the following expressions:
- •Text 2.
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2 Read the proper names correctly:
- •3. Read and translate the following derivatives paying attention to the suffixes:
- •4. Translate the sentences into Russian. Study the use of conjunctions.
- •5. Read the sentences and define the functions of the infinitive. Translate the sentences.
- •6. Give the first form of the following verbs:
- •7. Read the following international words and guess their meanings:
- •Public schools
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Comprehension Questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs if necessary. Consult the text.
- •5. Tell your groupmates about public schools.
- •6. Read the article “The Boys in Top Hats”.
- •Мальчики в цилиндрах.
- •6. Speak on how schooling influences the future of children.
- •7. Role play.
- •Unit 15 University Education in Great Britain.
- •1. Learn the following list of words:
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words:
- •3. Read and translate the following derivatives paying attention to the suffixes and prefixes:
- •4. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the function of the verb «to have» and to the differences of its translation.
- •Text 1. University education in great britain
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •2. Suggest the English for:
- •3. Complete the sentences consulting the text.
- •4. Choose the right word from the given below.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •6. Choose the appropriate word according to the definition. Consult the educational terms.
- •7. Explain the meaning of the following words:
- •8. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons whatever you answer. Here are some useful ways of agreeing and disagreeing with someone’s opinion:
- •9. Respond and comment using these conversational formulas:
- •Oxbridge
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the English for:
- •2.Answer the questions on the text.
- •3. Say whether you agree or disagree with these statements. Make use of some useful ways of agreeing and disagreeing with someone’s opinion:
- •4. Ask your partner to give you as much information as possible about:
- •5. Make short dialogues to compare the Oxford University with the other educational institutions in Great Britain about teaching methods; educational facilities; their structure.
- •6. Give a summary of text 2. You can use the following expressions:
- •Speech exercises.
- •Use such phrases:
- •4. Composition Exercises.
- •5. Sing a song.
- •Unit 16 russia and america through cultural lenses
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Read and guess the meaning of the following words:
- •3. Read and translate the following derivatives paying attention to the suffixes and prefixes:
- •4.Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the construction, which is called Complex Subject.
- •5. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to different forms and functions of the Infinitive.
- •6. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to Passive Constructions.
- •Russia and america through cultural lenses. Text 1.
- •Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the Russian for:
- •Suggest the English for:
- •3. Match each word with its meaning:
- •4. Answer the questions on the text.
- •5. Together with your teacher uncover (откройте) some of the unwritten rules of Russian culture:
- •6. Try to answer the following commonly asked questions about Russia and America. When you have finished, compare your responses (ответы) with those given at the end of the unit.
- •7. Find answers to the following questions. Share your ideas with your groupmates. You can create (создать) some drawings or visuals (зрительные образцы) to help show your ideas.
- •8. Read the dialogue. Dialogue 1.
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. Do you share Mr.Razumov’s opinion? Read the dialogue again and try to answer the reporter’s questions by yourselves.
- •12. Read the dialogue and say what new fact you have learnt about Russians and Americans. Dialogue 2.
- •13. Suggest the English for:
- •14. Here is a list of values common to many Americans.
- •Unit 17 environmental protection
- •Exercises (Pre-reading tasks).
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text, when in doubt refer to the transcription below.
- •2. Give words of the same root in Russian. Compare the meanings.
- •3. Translate the following words. Think about the meaning of the prefixes.
- •4. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the if-clauses.
- •Environmental protection.
- •Vocabulary Exercises.
- •1. Suggest the English for:
- •2. Suggest the Russian for:
- •3. Insert prepositions where required:
- •5. Answer the questions on the text.
- •6. Agree or disagree with the following using the phrases:
- •7. List all the problems touched upon in the text.
- •8. What do you think? Give a reason for your opinion. Start your answer with:
- •9. Match the parts of the slogans you’d make for environmental protection campaign.
- •10. We can see the destructive effects of human activity everywhere. Write about the situation with the nature around you. The following question will help you.
- •11. There are two points of view on who is in charge of the Earth. Say whose opinion you share and why.
- •12. Comment on the following quotations.
- •14. Imagine you are invited to a local school. They ask you to speak on the problems of the environment. Voice your worry and concern. Show the way out. Use posters and slogans.
- •15. Render the text.
- •16. Do a project “Ecological Problems in My Country”.
- •17. A) Listen to the song “What Have They Done to the World”. Could it be called a “protest” song? Explain why.
- •What Have They Done to the World
Suggest the English for:
культурные существа, большая часть времени, значение, окружающая среда, образ жизни, здравомыслящий, цивилизованный, предполагать, через порог, одалживать деньги, друг, находящийся в нужде, образованный человек, культурные нормы, смотреть на кого-то через призму своей культуры, замечать, отличаться, судить, таким же образом, свойство, встречать, непохожий.
3. Match each word with its meaning:
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4. Answer the questions on the text.
1. Why are human beings like fish in an aquarium? 2. What are unwritten rules of Russian culture that are not universal? 3. Why is it so easy to forget that the rules of our culture are not universal? 4. How do human beings sometimes react to people of other cultures? 5. Why do people react in such a way? 6. What details about Americans do stand out? 7. What is a universal human quality? 8. How do you understand the notion (понятие) “to see somebody through cultural lenses”? 9. Why do people think and act the way they do?
5. Together with your teacher uncover (откройте) some of the unwritten rules of Russian culture:
People should not shake hands and pass objects across a doorway as it may cause (вызвать) a quarrel (ссора).
A gift of an even (чётный) number of flowers is unlucky.
You should sit quietly before taking a long journey.
One should look in a mirror if something has been forgotten.
It’s good to have a bowl of soup a day.
Vodka has medicinal properties – if you’ve catching a cold, you should have a cup of tea with a little vodka.
Go on with this list.
6. Try to answer the following commonly asked questions about Russia and America. When you have finished, compare your responses (ответы) with those given at the end of the unit.
Why do Americans always smile?
Why do many Russians – especially adults (взрослые) – drink tea so often? Why is soup a very common, even daily, element of Russian cuisine? Why do Americans drink so much water?
Why are many Russians thin?
Why are many Americans fat?
7. Find answers to the following questions. Share your ideas with your groupmates. You can create (создать) some drawings or visuals (зрительные образцы) to help show your ideas.
8. Read the dialogue. Dialogue 1.
We all stereotype others. It can be a shock to hear about how others stereotype us, but it is useful to be aware (знать) that these stereotypes exist.
If we can understand what lies behind the stereotypes, we shall be able to politely correct others’ misperceptions (непонимание) if we choose.
Russian scholar Victor Razumov gives an interview to an American observer. His name is Christopher Thomson.
Thompson: Hello! I’m Christopher Thomson from “Daily Express”. Mr. Razumov,
would you kindly answer some of my questions about a mysterious
Russian soul.
Razumov: Certainly. Go ahead.
Thompson: Here in Russia I noticed major differences between us, for example
Americans are doers and Russians are dreamers. What do you think
of it?
Razumov: Well, as a general rule, you Americans are oriented towards doing.
You measure your own value by what and how much you do.
Russians are more oriented towards contemplating (обдумывание)
ideas and valuing (оценивать) ideas of themselves.
Thompson: I see. A friend of mine who attended (посещать) a Russian conference
described the different way – each group spent conference evenings.
The Russians sat all nights drinking coffee, discussing and reflecting
upon (размышлять) the events and ideas of the day, while the
Americans were thinking of what they had to do the next day and
were preparing for it.
Razumov: You’ve got it to a “t”. (Вы попали в самую точку).
Thompson: Russian people are known to value familiar faces and distrust those to do not know. Is that so?
Razumov: Sure. A famous Russian saying is: “It’s better to have 100 friends
than 100 rubles”. Russian people depend upon (рассчитывают) a close
network (сообщество) of friends, family and familiar (знакомый)
faces, people they can trust. Banks, bureaucracies are not trusted or
depended upon. Strangers are not immediately (тотчас же) trusted
and are kept at an emotional distance.
Thompson: We, Americans, always want to change things but Russians are said to
be fatalistic, aren’t they?
Razumov: You see, the USA is just a little more than 200 years old and American
culture tends to be an optimistic one. Older cultures are more skeptical
because they have experienced more and have been in situation in
which progress was not always made. It is a general Russian cultural
belief that people can’t easily change things or influence events. The
goal is to be patient and persevere (упорно добиваться цели). This
may be because of the physical hardships of Russian life – from the
long winters to shortages of goods.
Thompson: Russians are said to be lazy. If you don’t tell them what to do and
supervise (руководить) them they will do as little as possible or nothing at all. Is that true?
Razumov: It’s a myth. It depends of course (как сказать). On the one hand Russian workers and students appear to prefer (предпочитать) detailed and precise (точный) instructions from supervisors. People may prefer to follow clear directions from above rather than risk errors (ошибки) or innovations that may harm (повредить) their careers.
On the other hand Russian people can do miracles (чудеса) if they have a distinct (ясный) goal. They have won the last war and restored cities and towns. Nowadays doctors, teachers, scientists, military men are underpaid but they are able to work under difficult conditions. Look, how the common people spend their weekends. They work hard on their dachas. The vegetables they grow help them to survive (выжить).
Can you call these people lazybones?
Thompson: Certainly not. I see your point now.
Well, I’ve met a lot of friendly people in Russia. I think sympathy is the key to understanding a mysterious Russian soul. In some cases I was moved (тронут) by generosity and self-sacrifice of Russian people. I hope you’ll get through the hardship.
Razumov: I dare swear (я в этом уверен).