- •Министерство образования и науки российской федерации
- •М.К. Гулканян, г.Ш. Гимранова general english
- •Content
- •Предисловие
- •I. Read and translate.
- •II. 1. Studying at a British university
- •3. School vs. University
- •What do we call?
- •2. Replace the underlined verbs with synonym.
- •3. How similar is university education in your own country? Answer these questions.
- •5. Look at the diagramme. Compare Study in Russia and Study in England. What is the difference and is there any similarity?
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Read, translate and discuss the text below.
- •8. Questions on the text:
- •9. Discuss the problem to make a decision: is it necessary for a future engineer to study a foreign language? Give reasons for your decision. Use the expressions given below:
- •10. Translate the proverbs and find Russian equivalents:
- •Translate from Russian into English:
- •Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering
- •2. Answer the questions using the table:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Look at the word map. Make sentences using these words.
- •Itincludes ● thereare ● has ● contains ● consists of
- •5. Circle the odd word.
- •6. Translate the sentences:
- •7. Read and retell the joke.
- •8. Fill in appropriate words.
- •Make a plan and retell text 1.
- •I. Read and re member these words and word combinations:
- •1. Agree or disagree with the statements below using the following expressions
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Translate from Russian into English:
- •4. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Circle the odd words.
- •8. Act the scene. Introduce yourself and try to find out as much as you can about your group mates:
- •9. You are talking to a student of our university about the university:
- •10. Match the following words and word combinations:
- •11. Find a noun suitable to each group of verbs.
- •12. Look at the diagramme below and try to remember all Institutes’ and Departments’ names .
- •13. Answer the following questions:
- •14. Translate the sentences:
- •15. Imagine that a foreign student is asking you about the system of higher education and the studies in your country. Try to answer his questions:
- •16. Game time
- •17. Make a puzzle or crossword (15 words).
- •18. Make a plan and retell Text 2.
- •I. Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Translate the sentences into English.
- •3. Make a plan and retell Text 3.
- •4. Memorize the words and word combinations below. Make up your own sentences with them.
- •5. Translate given word combinations. Find of them out synonyms and opposites. Make a dialogue using them.
- •7. Choose the correct word.
- •10. Let’s go on excursion! (plan is on p.31)
- •Final test
- •1. Supply the sentence with the missing word
- •2. Read and translate the text to learn more about the usa Universities. Try to give all possible Russian equivalents to the forms in bold types.
- •3. Discuss the composition and write your own one. Student’s composition: “My future profession”
- •I. Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •1. Make sentences using these words:
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Are these statements true or false?
- •4. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.
- •5. Find in the text synonyms to the following words and word combinations.
- •6. Finish up the sentences according to the model.
- •7. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text.
- •II. Supplementary reading.
- •1. Read the texts below to get more interesting information about the official name of Great Britain, its climate and scenery.
- •I. Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Are these statements true or false?
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Fill in prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Match the words in the left column with the definitions on the right.
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •II. Supplementary reading.
- •1. Read the texts below to get more interesting information about sights of London.
- •2. Answer the questions and compare the facts with the British equivalents.
- •1. Before you start.
- •1.1. Answer the following questions.
- •I. Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •1. Read and translate the text to learn more about the political system of Great Britain.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Are these statements true or false?
- •4. Complete the following sentences.
- •9. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •II. Supplementary reading.
- •1. Read the texts below to get more interesting information about the political system of the uk, its constitution and its political parties.
- •2. Name (or write) interesting facts you have learnt about the political system of the United Kingdom, especially those different from the Russian ones.
- •Draw a scheme of the political system in the uk and compare it with the political system in the us and Russia. Find similarities and differences in these political systems.
- •4. Comment on the statements.
- •5. Imagine that you are a reporter of the Russian newspaper “Izvestija”. Interview a Conservative party member (a Labour party member) on the aims of their national and local policies.
- •6. Role play.
- •I. Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •1. Read and translate the text to learn more about British economy.
- •6. Comment on the following statements.
- •2. Comprehension check.
- •3. Are these statements true or false?
- •4. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.
- •5. Complete the following sentences using the right words.
- •7. Answer the questions and compare the facts with the British equivalents.
- •8. Role play.
- •I. Read and remember these words and word combinations:
- •1. Read and translate the text to learn more about the system of education in the uk.
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Are these statements true or false?
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.
- •II. Supplementary reading.
- •1. Read the texts below to get more interesting information about universities in Great Britain.
- •1. Read and translate the text to learn more about British traditions.
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Are these statements true or false?
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.
- •II. Supplementary reading.
- •1. Read the texts below to get more interesting information about festivals and holidays in Great Britain.
- •The State
- •The Economy
- •The People, the Way of Life
- •5. London
- •General english
1. Agree or disagree with the statements below using the following expressions
You are wrong. You are quite right. Nothing of the kind. I can’t quite agree with you. On the contrary. Sure. You are not right.
Model: Speaker: You study at the Medical Institute.(Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering).
Student: Nothing of the kind, I study at Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering.
You miss the lectures on surveying technology (attend).
You failed in an exam on higher mathematics (passed).
You live in the students’ residence (with my family).
Your living place is miles away from the University (not far).
You are non-local (from Kazan).
You go to your native town on foot (by train).
You get to the University by bus (by Metro).
It takes you about half of an hour to get to the Institute (30 minutes).
You take examinations three times a year (two times).
Your favourite subject is descriptive geometry (English).
2. Answer the following questions:
1. What Institute do you study at? |
1.Economics and Business Management in Construction
2.Architecture and Design
3.Building Construction
4.Transport Structures
5.Building Technologies, Engineering systems and Ecology. |
2. What is your future profession concerned with? |
1.Architecture 2.Town planning 3.Road construction 4.HVAC 5. Environment conservation 6.Water supply 7.Economics in Construction 8.Building Technologies 9.Real Estate 10.IT in Construction |
3. Translate from Russian into English:
- Ты иногородний?
- Нет, я живу в Казани, но далеко от нашего вуза.
- Как ты добираешься до университета?
- У меня занимает один час времени, чтобы добраться на автобусе.
- А я живу в общежитии недалеко от учебных корпусов; у меня уходит всего пять минут на дорогу.
4. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
Do you know that you’ve got a bad mark … your test?
He failed … the exam … English.
He has been absent … class this week.
All the students … our group attended lectures … various subjects.
The teacher told the student to check … the exercise.
… the end of the term all students are busy preparing … the coming exams.
My neighbour studies … the University … the department of Building Materials. He is … his third year.
How many students are there … your groups?
The names of all bad students are … the lists … the Dean’ office.
The monitor will get books …the whole group … the library.
5. Answer the following questions:
How many subjects do you study now?
Do you find mathematics and descriptive geometry very difficult?
How long does it usually take you to do your homework?
Do you like to do your home task alone or together with a friend?
Where do you borrow the necessary textbooks?
How often do you miss classes?
How long does it take you to get to the University?