References
Main literature:
1.R. Side and G. Wellman. Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced. Longman, 2014.
2. Зубанова И.В., Никольская А.И. Такая Разная Америка. Москва, 2012.
Additional literature:
3.Туробов А. Америка каждый день. Заметки натуралиста. Новый мир, №4/2012.
4. Nick Robinson and others. Face to face. CAE. Advanced. Student’s Book. 2013.
HAND OUT № 12 (132) Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits - 2 Advanced level Practical lesson Lexical theme: Media Grammar:Adjectives as abstract nouns Teacher: assistant professor Akbalaeva Zhanat Kelzhanovna |
Explain
the following proverbs:
If you will learn news, you must go to the oven or the mill. (English Proverb)
He that brings good news knocks hard. (English Proverb)
GRAMMAR
COMMENT: Adjectives as abstract nouns
Grammar: There are few adjectives we can use as abstract nouns. Out with the old, in with the new! I believe in the supernatural! The good, the bad, and the ugly. Adjectives as abstract nouns use a singular verb: The unknown is often very frightening. Adjectives are used in the English language to describe different objects, people or places, adding detail to any sentence or description. However, words in the English language are adaptable to many different sentences and situations. The same adjectives that are used as descriptive words in one sentence can also be used as nouns. It all depends upon what adjectives you are using and how they are being used. |
Translate the following sentences with underlined adjectives (as abstract nouns) into Russian:
1.The wounded were taken to the nearest hospital.
2.I live next to the nursing home for the very old.
3.The young don’t seem interested in politics nowadays.
4. He gave all his money for the poor.
5.The rich don’t understand our problems
Explain the usage of italicized words in the following sentences:
"We were too poor to afford that car." "He donated his car to the poor, "He was a wise old man," "A word to the wise."
Exercise
1.
[T.12]
Listen to the recording “Press in Britain”. Mark sentences T(true), F(false).
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false |
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Tabloid paper is smaller, the so-called quality press, tend to be bigger. |
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A tabloid newspaper tends to have huge pictures, huge headlines……….. |
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The tabloid paper tend to have a much bigger circulation. |
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The quality press has a much bigger circulation than tabloid paper |
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The broadsheet newspapers don’t tend to focus on the more serious stories – political stories. |
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Exercise 2. Give the main idea of the listened text.
Exercise
3.
Skim
the text “Talk Shows”. Speak on “panel discussion” (use about
15 sentences)
The television talk show is, on the face of it, is a rather strange institution. We pay people to talk to us. Like the soap opera, the talk show is the invention of the twentieth century broadcasting. It takes a very old form of communication – conversation- and transforms it into a low cost but highly popular form of information and entertainment through the institutions, practices and technologies of television. A talk show, on the other hand, is as a show that is quite clearly and self-consciously built around its talk. To remain on the air a talk show must adhere to strict time and money constraints, allowing time, for instance, for the advertising spots that must appear throughout the show. The early television stations began to steal away the actors and writers from older, established radio stations. These writers brought their scripts with them, and suddenly many of the shows which had been favorite radio programs for years were being adapted for television. The first, and longest running TV talk show of all time is of course, NBC’s classic “Meet The Press”. This panel discussion program, created by Lawrence Spivak and Martha Rountree, began as a radio show in 1945 and moved to television on November 6, 1947. Just as, NBC’s “Tonight” show dominated late-night programming in the early years of television, the “Today” show (NBC) has long been the standard in early-morning programs. “Today” is network television’s longest running daytime series, as well as one of the most profitable shows in the history of television.
Exercise
4.
Use
the English equivalents of the down given expressions and discuss
their definitions:
мыльная опера-
вести передачу-
вечерний эфир-
идти в эфире-
отдел новостей-
Exercise 5. Read the first paragraph of the text and translate the second one.
The Washington Post on Monday, July 21, 1969 stating 'The Eagle Has Landed'—Two Men Walk on the Moon".
There is a fondness for scientific advancement and technological innovation in American culture, resulting in the flow of many modern innovations. The great American inventors include Robert Fulton (the steamboat); Samuel Morse (the telegraph); Eli Whitney (the cotton gin, interchangeable parts); Cyrus McCormick (the reaper); and Thomas Alva Edison (with more than a thousand inventions credited to his name). This propensity for application of scientific ideas continued throughout the 20th century with innovations that held strong international benefits.
The twentieth century saw the arrival of the Space Age, the Information Age, and a renaissance in the health sciences. Throughout its history, American culture has made significant gains through the open immigration of accomplished scientists. Accomplished scientists include: Scottish scientist Alexander Graham Bell, who developed and patented the telephone and many other inventions in 1872; German scientist Charles Steinmetz, who developed new alternating-current electrical systems in 1889; Russian scientist Vladimir Zworykin, who invented the motion camera in 1919; Serb scientist Nikola Tesla who invented the brushless electrical motor based on rotating magnetic fields in 1884.
In the years during and following WWII, several innovative scientists immigrated to the U.S. from Europe, such as Enrico Fermi, who came from Italy in 1938 and led the work that produced the world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Post-war Europe saw many of its scientists, such as rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, recruited by the United States as part of Operation Paperclip.
Exercise 6. Make a plan to the text.
Exercise
7.
Write
a short opinion essay on the topic: ‘The most useful program of
Kazakhstani television’. (Use 100 words).
Check yourself
1. Find the sentence with abstract noun.
a) The young don’t seem interested in politics nowadays.
b) The young girl is interested in politics nowadays.
c) The your girl is interested in politics nowadays.
d) The youngest girl is interested in politics nowadays.
2. Find the sentence with abstract noun.
a) He gave all his money, the poor.
b) He gave all his money for the poor.
c) He gave the poor people all his money.
d) He gave all his money for poor’s sake.
3. Choose the right variant: The talk show ____a new form of family_______.
A) is | entertainment
B) is | evening
C) are | party
D) are | holiday
4. The early television stations began to steal away ____________from older, established radio stations.
a) the actors and writers
b) the speakers
c) the program leaders
d) the audience
Glossary
English |
Kazakh |
Russian |
advancement [əd’va:nsmənt] |
алға жылжу |
продвижение |
inventions [invenʃnz] |
ойлап шығару |
изобретения |
benefit[‘benefit] |
пайда |
выгода, польза |
to gain[tə gein] |
өнімдеп алу |
обретать |
amenable[ə ‘mi:n b(ə)l |
жауапкершілік |
ответственный |
flurry ['flə:rɪ, 'flʌrɪ] |
аласапыран, қарбалас |
суматоха |
late-night program[‘leit ‘nait ‘prougr æ m] |
түнгі бағдарламалар |
ночные программы |
broadcasting [brɔ:dkɑ:stɪɪŋ] |
бағдарлама жургізу |
вести передачу |
to remain on the air [tə ‘ri’mein ən ði eər] |
эфирде болу |
оставаться в эфире |
soap opera [‘soup 'ɒpərə] |
сабын опера |
мыльная опера |
LIW №17 |
Prepare a presentation on the film ‘Gone with the Wind’ (1939), starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
LIW №18 |