- •Практика чтения и письменной речи reading and writing aid
- •Preface
- •Texts for guided reading
- •Doreen pope
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Write an essay on the following topic: “What’s done to children, they will do to society” (k. Meuninger).
- •Education: doing bad and feeling good
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •How to plan for happiness
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Paraphrase the following.
- •Match the following English and Russian proverbs.
- •Writing
- •Compress the information and a) make up an outline, b) write a précis of the text.
- •2. Expand on the following: “He is happy that thinks himself so.”
- •A news report
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Language and literature
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Thin end of the wedge
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Paraphrase the following.
- •Writing
- •How life imitates screen violence
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •The domain of style
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Group the following words and word-combinations into
- •Writing
- •The open window
- •Reading
- •Define means of producing a humorous effect used in the text (deliberate exaggeration, unexpected comparison, words which do not belong in the situation, etc.).
- •Do you find the story entertaining? Say how it appeals to your sense of imagination?
- •If it were up to you how would you change the end of the story? word study
- •Writing
- •Angel pavement
- •Reading
- •Word study
- •Writing
- •Inflation and the transition to a market economy
- •Reading
- •1. Read the title and define the theme of the text.
- •2. Give the gist of the text.
- •3. Identify the type of writing the text belongs to (publicistic, scholarly writing, fiction).
- •Word Study
- •Writing
- •Up the down staircase
- •Reading
- •5. Comment on the cases of humour and irony in the following examples. Say how ironic or humour effect is achieved.
- •6. Comment on the message of the story. Is it criticism of the system of education or its appraisal? Prove your point of view.
- •Word Study
- •1. Match the two columns.
- •2. Fill in the blanks with words or their derivatives from exercise 1
- •Writing
- •Feminism and the School Teacher
- •Reading
- •1. Read the title and define the theme of the text.
- •2. Skim the text and define the type of writing it belongs to (fiction or non-fiction); give the gist in two or three sentences.
- •Word Study
- •Say this in Russian.
- •5. Use an English-English dictionary to differentiate between, to give illustrative contexts for the following.
- •Writing
- •1. Compress the information and
- •2. Write an essay on the gender problem in education.
- •A last will
- •Reading
- •1. Read the title of the text and see of you can define the theme of it.
- •2. Run over the text, define the type of writing it belongs to and give the gist in 2 or 3 sentences.
- •Word Study
- •Writing
- •Texts for non-guided reading
- •The complete plain words
- •In what ways cyber space differs from america The boundlessness of the Internet opens new horizons
- •I/We Gather Together
- •Is School Unfair to Girls?
- •Reading and writing techniques
- •Humour, Irony, Sarcasm
- •Keys to exercises
- •Reading and writing test
- •Contents
- •Reading and writing aid
Reading
Skimming
Read the article and define the type of writing it belongs to. Prove your point.
Define the theme of the article and give its content in 23 sentences.
Scanning
Scan the text for right answers to the following questions.
Struggling against the flames took much effort on the part of the firemen, didn’t it?
Were there any injured people?
Why was it difficult to estimate damage?
Who considered themselves guilty: Mr. Banks, the Chief of the Paxton fire-brigade or the bonfire’s organizer, Mr. Green?
Why did they intend to hold the bonfire again?
Close reading
Analyze the layout of the article and say how it contributes to the clear and logical presentation of the information?
What purpose does the italicized form of writing serve?
Illustrate with examples from the text the journalist’s (the author of the article) attempts to satisfy the interest of the readers in the event described.
Comment on the means used to indirectly characterize the attitude of the main participants to the event (for example “... the wind … unexpectedly strong; the fire was very unfortunate;” etc.).
Critical reading
Prove that the text is a sample of the newspaper style.
What would you change in the manner of writing if you were to report on such an event?
Word study
Pick out all the word-combinations with the word safety.
Choose the definitions of the italicized words from the list on the right.
1) overcome by fumes 2) local charities 3) battled against the flames 4) in attendance at the blaze 5) showers of sparks 6) nearby warehouses 7) still-smouldering debris 8) bonfire-night 9) rival gangs 10) no open space available 11) allegations about fireworks |
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Pick out words and word-combinations having to do with fire.
Say this in English.
меры предосторожности; вызвать пожар; взять под контроль; пострадавшие оставлены для наблюдения; избежать ущерба; проконсультироваться у кого-то по поводу чего-то; враждующие группы молодых людей; не имеет отношения к началу пожара; не было подходящей площадки; строго соблюдать.
Say this in Russian.
it seems unlikely that it had to do with the blaze; the risk involved was negligible; to carry out safety precautions; some sparks have been blown on to the roofs; to raise money for charity; the proceeds from it; to refuse entry to rowdy elements.
Writing
Make up an outline of the text.
Write a précis of the text.
Report on some latest news.
4. No news is good news. Comment on the theme.
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