Read and translate the text. Make up a story about yourself

Text A: ABOUT MYSELF

To start with, I should say that it is not an easy thing to speak about myself as it is hard to have a look at yourself from aside but at the same… Let me introduce myself. My full name is Andrey Andreevich Ivanov. I have been… In 2007 I left the secondary comprehensive school in Solntsevo. To tell the truth, I always did well at school and…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

to be named after smb a person with a broad outlook to be proud of smb/smth to appreciate smth to be born the achievements of modern

III. Read and translate the text. Make up a story about yourself

 

Text B: MY BIOGRAPHY

Now I'd like to tell you some words about myself. My name is Ivanova Anna. I am a first-year student of the faculty of Philology, the department of… I have entered the Kursk State University thisyear. I hope to become a… I left school No25 in 2007. I have been working as a librarian in our University reading-hall for a year before…

Text A: MY FAMILY.

I am Alex Lebedev. Alex is my first name and Lebedev is my surname. I am seventeen years old. I want to tell you a few words about my family. My… First of all, some words about my parents. My mother is a teacher of Biology.… My father is a computer programmer. He is very experienced. He is a broad-shouldered, tall man with fair hair and grey…

II. Read text B. Translate it and write out the key words and word-combinations. Use them and compose the story about your family.

Text B: ABOUT MY FAMILY

districts of Kursk. My father Igor Ivanovich is 45 years old. He is a tall and well built man with… My sister's name is Alla. Like her mother Alla has blue eyes and lovely fair hair. She is a very good-looking girl.…

Text C: BRITISH FAMILIES

British families are usually small. An average family consists of a mother, a father and two or three children. No one is really sure how it is…   Text D: (a dialogue)

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

the best kind of smth to collect stamps a well-paid hobby to be informative an ideal situation to fade away

II. Read and translate text B. Compose a story about your hobby.

 

Text B: DIFFERENT HOBBIES.

Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste you are a lucky person because your life becomes more… Hobbies are divided into four large classes: doing things, making things,… The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

according to to be housed in to be lucky world famous collections to be divided into to start in a small way

II. Read and translate text B. Make up a story about your working day, write it down

 

Text B: MY WEEK DAYS

A person's schedule depends on his or her type of activity, and is organized accordingly. It is rather flexible, and can be changed any time, if… The shrill ringing of an alarm-clock wakes me up at half past 6. I do not jump… Then I go home, and it's dinner, if I may call it so. My folks are both at work, so left to my own devices I have what…

Text A: MY DAY OFF

Most people in our country work five days a week but students and pupils work six days. They have only one day off. It is Sunday. I like this day very much. You needn't hurry anywhere and you may go wherever… As soon as I get up I air the room, make my bed and do morning exercises. Then I have breakfast, clean the dishes and…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

week-end later than usual hobby to air the room to enjoy smb's days off to go to the country

Text B: HOW I SPEND MY FREE TIME

After classes together with my friends we like to walk along the streets of our town enjoying the beauty of the city's architecture. Sometimes… I always envy those people, who have two days off. So you may guess, I have… If the weather is sunny, I usually don’t stay indoors, I go to see my friends. But sometimes the day is rainy and…

OUR STUDIES

 

Text A: KURSK STATE UNIVERSITY.

Our University is in the center of the town. It is in Radishev Street which is near Red Square, the central square of the town. The University takes… The head of the University is the Principal. He has some Vice-Principals. They… We study various subjects: Mathematics, Physics, History, Psychology, English and others. Usually we have English…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

to be a first-year student the Principal /a Vice-Principal Kursk State University to be in charge of tuition institution of higher edu- research work

Text B: OUR UNIVERSITY

Our University is one of the largest and oldest institutions of higher education in our country. There are about 18,000 students at the University.… The University has an Evening Department as well as an Extramural Department… The University is staffed by highly qualified teachers. Among them there are some academicians and professors, Doctors…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

to have a post-graduate course a wide range of subjects Extramural Department including fiction and current peri- to get higher education odicals

Text C: THE OLDEST BUT YOUNG AT HEART

Today, the University is the leading science and education center in the Kursk region, and offers a diverse set of specialities, modern educational… More than 7000 full and part-time students study at the University's 16… The University is actively developing international relations. Links with more than 50 universities in Europe, the USA…

OUR FACULTY

T e x t C: THE FACULTY OP PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS

The faculty of Physics and Mathematics trains specialists for different branches of industry and research laboratories, and teachers for secondary… A proper understanding of physical sciences needs a good knowledge of… ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Text B: THE FACULTY OF PEDAGOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Our faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology is quite new compared to the other ones of our University. It got its new name in 2004. Before that it was… The faculty trains specialists for different educational institutions… Therefore, the number of students admitted to the faculty increases with every year. A proper understanding of some…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

in a rapidly changing world numerous others multinational and multicultural unfortunately barriers keep falling agriculture to mix to be in a rather…   I. Answer the questions:

II. Read text B, translate and retell it

 

T e x t B : KURSK – OUR NATIVE TOWN

Kursk is one of the ancient Russian towns. It is situated in a picturesque spot just in the heart of the Central Black Soil Zone of the Russian… Kursk is a town with a rich historical past, which is connected with the… For the first time Kursk was mentioned in the Pechyor Paterikon one of the most famous written monuments of the…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

ancient an unknown author to be situated, in a high-patriotic note in a picturesque spot suburbs

Text C: IN THE VERY HEART OF RUSSIA

  Kursk is situated in the very heart of Russia. It is a big cultural and… Emerged in the XI century, even earlier than Moscow, and being a frontier settlement, Kursk, for many centuries fought…

Text A: GREAT BRITAIN

The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and… The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea… The surface of the British Isles varies very much. The north of Scotland is mountainous and is called the Highlands,…

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

political and economic the governmental part of London commercial centre historic associations financial centre to be crowned

CONTENTS

Text A: About myself……………………………………………………3 Text B: My biography……………………………………………………5 Unit 2.

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