- •Новосибирск: Изд-во Сиб.Гос.Унив.Водн.Трансп., 2015. – 130 с.
- •Greetins, acquaintance and parting
- •Read and learn the following greetings and possible replies: Greetings:
- •Introductions:
- •1. Memorize the dialogues:
- •6. Translate some dialogues from Russian into English:
- •Read the text to find out what factors the use of greetings, introductions and forms of saying good-bye depend on.
- •2. Answer the questions using a sentence from the right hand column:
- •3. Ask questions to which the following could be the answer:
- •4. Translate some replies in the following dialogues:
- •5. Compose short dialogues using the following sentences:
- •Introducing people:
- •Discuss the following questions:
- •Now look at the different ways you can make conversation with friends and strangers.
- •4. Role play.
- •About myself
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •2. My plans for future.
- •3. Agree or disagree with the statements. Prove your point of view.
- •About myself.
- •Read and translate the text
- •2. Translate the following phrases:
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Prepare for the discussion of the following questions:
- •6. Translate the following phrases:
- •7. Write a composition entitled: "The family of my Dreams". Appearance. Character
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Practiсe these sentence patterns:
- •Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •Express the following in one word:
- •Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets:
- •Complete the sentences in a suitable way:
- •Describe the people in these pictures:
- •Check yourself. Translate into English:
- •1. Read the following composition and put it in the right order:
- •2. Read and translate:
- •3. Read the dialogue:
- •Character
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Express the following in one word:
- •Explain the fixed expressions about character and mood and find the Russian equivalents:
- •Read the text and a) find adjectives which describe Salvador, b) cover the text, look at the heading 1 to 4 and say if what you can remember.
- •Fill in the crosswords and read the italicized word in a:
- •Read your sign with a dictionary. Is it true?
- •Topics for conversation:
- •The University
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Find synonyms:
- •Find antonyms:
- •Find the equivalents:
- •Translate these expressions into Russian:
- •Match the words listed below with the dictionary definitions.
- •Translate into English
- •1. Read and translate the text. The Siberian State University of Water Transport
- •Practice
- •Read and translate the dialogues.
- •Complete the dialogues
- •Use the model and ask your partner about his future profession.
- •Fill in the gaps
- •Read and translate the text Education in Russia
- •The Lomonosov Moscow State University
- •Higher education in britain
- •History of University and College
- •The University of London
- •Higher Education in the usa
- •University of virginia
- •United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
- •Getting About the City
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise
- •1. Practise these sentence patterns:
- •2. Listen to the dialogues and translate them:
- •7. Explain how to get:
- •Vocabulary
- •Fill the gap with the appropriate word from the list.
- •Practise these patterns :
- •Choose a meal and a drink from the menu:
- •Complete each sentence with a suitable ending (1 – 10). Use each ending once.
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •6. Say it in English :
- •7. Read and translate the dialogue
- •8. Write 10 questions of different types to the dialogue. Use the following word combinations:
- •9. Give Russian equivalents to the following proverbs and sayings:
- •10. Hometasks:
- •Shopping
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Define the words/choose the definition from those given below:
- •2. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •3. Insert the missing words:
- •4. Construct the sentences:
- •5. Change the dialogues using the words in brackets:
- •6. Dramatize the conversations:
- •7. Read and translate the text. Supermarkets
- •Read the article and match the headings to the correct paragraphs.
- •Bbc News - History of Harrods department store
- •Answer the questions based on the text:
- •Present your own dialogue or story based on one of the situations:
- •At the doctor's
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.
- •2. Fill the gap with the appropriate word from the list. You need to use some words twice.
- •3. Fill in the blanks. The first letter of each missing word has been given. A Picture of Health
- •4. Read the text and fill in the spaces with the following words: painful; recovery; poison; expression; hearty; muscular; incurable weight; treatment; infect.
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. The Health Service
- •3. A Visit to the Doctor
- •Read and translate the text
- •Say if these statements are true or false according to the text.
- •There are 27 words connected with illness and health hidden in this puzzle. Circle each one you can find. (There are also several words not connected with the topic!)
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Complete the sentences with these words.
- •Complete each in the sentences (a-h) with a suitable ending (1-8).
- •1. Read and translate the text. The Russian Federation
- •Agree or disagree with following statement:
- •Ask your friend:
- •Quiz: How much do you know about Russia?
- •Read and translate the text siberia
- •Translate into English
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Make up your own sentences using the underlined wards:
- •3. Complete the sentences:
- •Novosibirsk
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •1. Prove the statements using the sentences from the text.
- •2. Pill the gaps with words in brackets.
- •1. Read and translate the text. Novosibirsk
- •2. Read and translate the text. Akademgorodok
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and translate the text. State Public Scientifiс and Technical Library
- •2. Read and translate the text. Opera and Ballet Theater
- •Great britain
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and translate the text. Geographical position of Great Britain
- •The State and Political System
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Find the equivalents in the texts:
- •4. Which word is the odd one?
- •5. Complete the information about British Isles
- •6. Which characteristics of the British have been noticed by different people?
- •7. Use any places mentioned on the maps.
- •8. What is a traditional English breakfast? Complete the text with the words
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Combine words into sentences and translate them into Russian.
- •Translate into English.
- •Read and translate the text. Which four World Heritage Sites does London contain?
- •Put special questions to the following sentences.
- •Put the sentences in the right order.
- •Read and translate the text
- •Make dialogues.
- •Make presentation about your native town or city. The united states of america
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Complete the sentences.
- •2. Use synonyms(from the topical vocabulary) for the words in bold.
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Ask your friend:
- •Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Read and translate the text
- •Read and translate the text
- •Read and translate the text The Empire State Building
- •Read and translate the text Statue of Liberty
- •Read and translate the text Golden Gate City
- •Read and translate the text The White House
- •Discuss the answers to the questions with your groupmates.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Read and translate the text The Capitol
- •Imagine you are a member of Congress. Write 2 new laws. Share your laws with your classmates.
- •Read and translate the text National us Holidays
- •Make up your own sentences with highlighted expressions.
- •Questions.
Translate into English.
Лондон находится на реке Темзе и простирается более чем на 30 миль с востока на запад.
Лондон имеет высокоскоростное железнодорожное сообщение «Евростар».
Лондонское метро - самое старое в мире.
Лондон является главным центром высшего образования, преподавания и исследований.
Этот город имеет четыре объекта мирового наследия.
Самые известные лондонские соревнования это Уимблдонский теннисный турнир.
Регион плотно заселен семьями из рабочего класса.
Лондонский Тауэр раньше использовался как крепость, дворец и тюрьма, а сейчас это музей.
Многочисленные банки, офисы и компании находятся здесь, включая фондовую биржу и центральный уголовный суд.
Традиционно литературными центрами были Хампстед и Блумсбери.
Texts
Read and translate the text. Which four World Heritage Sites does London contain?
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It stands on the river Thames and stretches for over thirty miles from east to west. There are 17 bridges that cross the river. The city is very old and has more than 20 centuries old history. London was founded by the Romans in
43 A.D. and was called Londinium. Now its population is over 8 million people.
London is incredibly well-connected, with five international airports and the high-speed Eurostar rail link. London Heathrow Airport is an international airport in West London and the third busiest airport in the world. The London Underground (“the Tube”) is the oldest underground railway network and the second longest metro system in the world, dating from 1863. The city has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken there.
London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's Church and the Royal Observatory Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT. Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and etc. London is home to numerous museums, galleries and cultural institutions, many of which are free of admission charges. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. It is a major centre of higher education, teaching and research: London University, King's College London, The London School of Economics , The London Business School and etc.
The largest parks in the central area of London are three of the Royal Parks-Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Regent's Park. Regent's Park contains London Zoo, the world's oldest scientific zoo which is near the tourist attraction of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Hyde Park is popular for sports and hosts open-air concerts. Kensington Gardens is a place for walking, leisure with many fountains and a lake.
London’s entertainment district is in the West End with great number of cinemas, bars, clubs and restaurants, including the city's Chinatown district (in Soho), and just to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing specialty shops.
Europe's busiest shopping area is Oxford Street, a shopping street nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long, making it the longest shopping street in the United Kingdom. London is home to designers Vivienne Westwood, Galliano, Stella McCartney and Jimmy Choo. Its modern art and fashion schools make it an international centre of fashion.
The literary centers of London have traditionally been hilly Hampstead and Bloomsbury. Writers closely associated with the city are the diarist Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Geoffrey Chaucer' , William Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle's and others.
London's best-known annual sports competitions is the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, held at the All England Club in the south-western suburb of Wimbledon.
Played in late June to early July, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and the most prestigious. In 2012 London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times and in 2017 it will host the World Championships in Athletics.
Questions
What is the capital of Great Britain?
What is its population?
What river does London stand on?
How many universities are there in London?
What are the largest parks in the city?
What are the literary centers of London?
Did Wimbledon Tennis Championship play in May?
How many times did London host Summer Olympic Games?
Would you like to visit London?
Have you read any information about London history in the reference books?