- •Английский язык для первокурсников english for freshmen
- •Часть 1
- •Введение
- •Unit 1 hi, nice to meet you!
- •Vocabulary page 1 personal information
- •Grammar-vocabulary page 2 to be (functions)
- •Speech practice
- •Fill the gaps in the sentences.
- •3. Practice mini-dialogues with your partner. Then make up dialogues on analogy of your own.
- •4. Match the following expressions used to describe what people are like: their personal features, capabilities and preferences, likes and dislikes with their Russian equivalents.
- •5. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with proper words.
- •2. Tell the group about yourself using the Vocabulary Page 1 as an aid.
- •6. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with proper prepositions:
- •7. Translate from Russian into English.
- •What are we like? what do we look like?
- •8. Read the text and translate it into Russian. What Makes People Different?
- •10. Do you have a keen eye? Can you describe your new group-mates from your memory? Describe a person who is sitting behind you without looking at him or her.
- •Vocabulary page 3 appearance what do they look like?
- •Vocabulary page 4 personal traits what is he like? what is she like?
- •11. Do you know these people? Check your answers with the chart below. Match the names of the celebrities with what they do.
- •13. Choose anyone from the list and describe him or her. Sample gapped description below may be of help:
- •14. Everyone has a hidden talent. If you want to know what yours is, take this test. Your hidden talent
- •15. Answer the following questions
- •16. Interview your group-mates and fill in the chart below:
- •17. Describe your friend (group-mate, roommate, neighbour, relative, etc). Questions for discussion
- •Unit 2 student life roller-coaster or why go to university?
- •1. Read the text and make up lists of new words according to categories: social roles, learning procedures and stages of education.
- •2. Study Vocabulary Page 5 “University Life”. Use English-Russian Dictionary to consult for the meaning of the words unfamiliar to you.
- •Vocabulary page 5 university life
- •Vocabulary practice
- •3. Match English expressions with their Russian equivalents.
- •4. Learn the following idioms find their Russian equivalents 2 explain their meanings.
- •5. Match the following Russian expressions with their English equivalents
- •Student glossary
- •6. Match the words with their definitions. Compare your answers with the information from Appendix I (English-English Dictionary). What are the Russian equivalents of these words?
- •7. Consult Appendix II English-English Dictionary for definitions of the following notions:
- •8. English language teachers use a lot of commands during an English class. Are they all familiar to you? classroom english
- •9. Translate from Russian into English:
- •10. Answer the questions Ask your these questions your groupmates:
- •11. Translate from Russian into English:
- •12. Read the text and make a list of new words. Universities of the world. Historical notes
- •12.1. Find the expressions below in the text and give their Russian equivalents. Give definitions to the words and expressions in bold type.
- •12.2. Give English equivalents to the following expressions
- •Comprehension questions
- •14. Each university has its own symbol. Match the symbols and the universities they belong to.
- •15. Read the text and retell it in brief. Harvard university changing the history of education
- •15.2. What are the most significant events in the history of Harvard?
- •15.3. What makes Harvard a very special among American universities?
- •16. Read the text and retell it in detail.
- •Festu: Past, Present & Future
- •Speech practice
- •17. Act out the following mini-dialogues substituting phrases from the lists for the ones in italics (you are welcome to add your own alternatives from the curriculum below).
- •18. Study the sample of curriculum and prepare a description of your studies.
- •20. Do you want to know how good student you are? Do the test. Study skills self assessment
- •21. On the basis of the test above mark out your strong and weak points in your studies and assess them on the scale from 1 (the poorest) to 5 (the strongest) scale.
- •22. Read the text and develop brief recommendations for improving student capabilities. Which of the recommendations given here do you consider useful for yourself? general study tips
- •23. The key person you have to contact with while at university is a teacher. Read the text and translate it into Russian. What teachers make
- •24. Answer the following questions:
- •Questions for discussion
- •Grammar practice grammar page 1
- •Exercises
- •1. Read and answer that this is right for another person or object:
- •2. Give a characteristic to a person or a subject and substitute pronouns for the nouns in the initial sentence.
- •3. Read and express your surprise using really.
- •Grammar page 2 adjectives. Degrees of comparison
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions using words heavy, difficult or easy.
- •Answer the questions according to the model.
- •Express you agreement according to the model.
- •Answer the questions according the model.
- •Translate from Russian into English:
- •Grammar page 3 there is present
- •In the past
- •In future
- •Exercises
- •Answer the following questions according to the Model.
- •Express your surprise using “really”.
- •Ask questions according to the Model:
- •Translate from Russian into English
- •Grammar page 4
- •Indefinite tenses present
- •Exercises
- •Read and answer that this is right for another person using “also”:
- •Read and ask a question about another person.
- •Ask special questions according to the Model.
- •Past indefinite. Regular verbs
- •Read and answer the question according to the Model.
- •Express your doubt using “really”.
- •Past inedefinite. Irregular verbs
- •Ask if the sentence is true for another person or subject. Use “also”.
- •Read and answer according to the Model.
- •Future indefinite
- •8. Answer the following questions according to the Model:
- •Grammar page 5 continuous tenses present
- •Exercises
- •Read and answer the questions using the model.
- •Read and answers using the words in the brackets.
- •Express your surprise according to the model:
- •Supplementary reading 1
- •Supplementary reading 2
- •How many applicants were chosen to be admitted at Harvard in 1954?
- •Give a brief sociological review of the Harvard freshmen 1954.
- •Retell the passage in brief.
- •Give a brief characteristic of the Reading Period?
- •Do all students get through this period successfully?
- •Retell the fragment in brief. Appendix english-english dictionary
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- •Английский язык для первокурсников english for freshmen
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1 commuter [kə'mjuːtə] – пассажир, регулярно совершающий поездки из пригорода в город и обратно (обычно на работу), зд.: студент, проживающий за пределами студенческого городка (обычно студенты, которые не могут это себе позволить из-за ограниченности в средствах).
2 Eleven hundred sixty-two – тысяча сто шестьдесят два (1 162).
3 Brooks Brothers «Брукс бразерс» Компания, известная своей одеждой, прежде всего мужской. В одежде фирмы появлялись президенты США (А. Линкольн, У. Грант, Т. Рузвельт, Дж. Кеннеди) и многие другие знаменитости («Американа-II»).
4 hand-me-down – подержанный (об одежде).
5 Idlewild Airport – в 50е годы название международного аэропорта, названного в последствии в честь президента Дж. Ф. Кеннеди, важнейшего из трех аэропортов, обслуживающих г. Нью-Йорк. («Американа-II»)
6 The Yard – студенческий городок в Гарварде.
7 Кембридж (город в США, штат Массачусетс).
8 Cool cat – отличный парень.
9 I got turned down flat – я получил категоричный отказ.
10 The Coop – торговая сеть, созданная в 1882 году студентами Гарварда, специально для обслуживания студентов Гарварда.
11 aeon ['iːən] вечность.
12 Лёгкий; простой (об учебном курсе, предмете в колледже).
13 Учащийся или выпускник дорогостоящей частной подготовительной школы.
14 Студент подготовительной программы медицинского отделения университета.
15 Nat. Sci. – сокр. Natural Sciences (Естественные науки).
16 free ride – дармовщина, халява.
17 Harris Tweed underground – неформальное сообщество учащихся или выпускников дорогостоящей частной подготовительной школы (Harris Tweed – высококачественный твид ручного производства, намек на дорогую одежду студентов выходцев из состоятельных семей).
18 Hymarx – издательство, выпускающее произведения классической литературы в кратком изложении.
19 Radcliffe College – Колледж Рэдклифф Престижный частный колледж высшей ступени гуманитарного направления для девушек (г. Кеймбридж, шт. Массачусетс). Организационно связанный с Гарвардским университетом (имел отдельную администрацию, но общие помещения и профессорско-преподавательский состав) («Американа-II»).
20 профессорско-преподавательский состав (AmE).
21 Ec. – сокр. Economy (Экономика).
22 come into so much money – деньги.
23 pablum – хлопья «паблум» (популярная торговая марка злакового детского питания).
24 pep pill – таблетка, содержащая стимулирующий нервную систему препарат.
25 to go down – уходить из университета.