Find a picture of nature and describe it as fully as you can. Use the topical vocabulary. - раздел Иностранные языки, ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА «Great Waters» By I. Levitan
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«Great Waters» by I. Levitan
In this picture we see a birch-tree growth flooded by water, a river beyond it and a small village on the opposite bank.
It's a warm spring morning. Look at the long dark shadows of the trees in the left-hand corner of the picture. The sun is not high yet, but we feel the warmth of the sunrays. It is calm. The water in the foreground is still and pure and the tall birch-trees in it. They are just breaking into leaf and the tops of the white-yellow birches look greenish. The tall oak and the lonely evergreen fir-tree look dark and remind us of the gloomy, cold winter.
It's been keeping warm for about a fortnight or even a month, though there were bad spells with rain and snow. In the foreground, near the yellow line of the sandy bank, there's a boat that might have been floated off the bank somewhere up the river and brought here by the flood.
Beyond the trees we can see the dark-blue stream of the river. The cold wind makes it rough and dark. The snow has already melted everywhere, but only a few weeks ago one could see ice-blocks drifting down the river. After the ice-drift the river rose higher, overflowed the banks and flooded the meadows and low places.
In the distance we see some wooden shacks standing in the water. The houses of the village are safe on the high bank of the river. The fresh green grass has covered the ground. The first spring flowers, crocuses, have appeared recently - coltsfoot, snowdrops and others. Dandelion is going to appear presently. So, we'll be able to see primroses, daffodils and tulips in the parks and gardens. If the warm weather lasts fruit-trees will break into blossom too.
The sky is bluish-grey - it's overcast with soft clouds. Yesterday it was warm as it is today. In the evening it looked like rain as the clouds had been gathering since midday. It even started to drizzle in the evening. But the night passed and a new spring day began.
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КИРОВ 2012
Практический курс английского языка: Учебно-методическое пособие для студентов 1 курса переводческого факультета. – Киров: НОУ ВПО КИИЯ, 2012
A present for Penelope
Peter: Pass the pepper, will you, please, Percy, old chap?
Percy: Pepper? You're not proposing to put pepper on your porridge?
Peter: Shut up, Percy! Why do you always presume tha
INTONATION
Intonation plays a very important role in English speech. Intonation serves to form sentences and intonation-groups, to define their communicative type and to express the speaker's thoughts.
STATEMENTS
Statements are usually pronounced with the Low Fall. They have the nucleus on the last notional word. Statements may contain two types of the head: High Headand Falling (St
GENERAL QUESTIONS
General questions are usually pronounced with the Low Rise. They have the nucleus on the last notional word. If it is monosyllabic, the rise in the nucleus starts on the lowest level and reaches th
Practise.
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Thin sticks and thick sticks. Sixty-six thick sticks and sixty-six thin sticks.
Oh no! Don't go home
A king and a song.
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Big Mouth John Brown
Who did you see?
I saw John.
John who?
John Brown.
I can't hear you.
I said John Brown.
I can't hear you.
I said John Brown.
ENUMERATION
If a sentence contains enumeration all non-final intonation-groups are usually pronounced with the Low Rise, each forming a separate syntagm. The final intonation- group is pronounced with the Low
Vowels in the stressed syllables.
In the majority of English words the first syllable is stressed. If a vowel is separated from another vowel by one consonant (except r), the syllable division line is before it. Th
Vowels in the unstressed syllables.
e,i,y,a (with the following mute ein the verbal nouns and adjectives)are read [ i ] : ticket [‘tikit],
Read and listen. (Unit 21 d1)
My birthday's on Thursday
Ruth: It's my
Sally Speaks Spanish, But Not Very Well
Sally speaks Spanish, but not very well.
When she tries to speak Spanish,
you really can't tell
what language she's speaking
or trying to speak.
The fir
Listen to the dialogue and practice. (unit 19 d1 )
George’s jaw
Dr Jones: Ah, George, joll
Variant 1
fleecy
beacon
get
china
creature
stitch
steamer
jelty
gibe
feast
gentry
lean
gym
Our family.
Our family is not very large. I have a father, a brother and a sister. We all live together in a new flat in one of the industrial districts of Smolensk.
My father Igor Ivanovich is 45 yea
Vocabulary
district — район
well-built — хорошо сложенный
to work as somebody — работать в качестве кого-либо
talkative — разговорчивый
good-
My Family-2
Let me introduce myself. My name is Irene, Ira for short. My full name is Irina Petrovnalvanova. On the tenth of September I'll be seventeen. I think I'll invite my classmates to the birthday party
Vocabulary
twins - близнецы
twin brothers / sisters - братья / сестры-близнецы
aunt-тетя
nephew — племянник
niece — племянница
Listen and practice. (unit 18 d1 )
Life is a question of choice or chance?
HINTS ON ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
I take it you already know
Of tough and bought and cough and dough
Others may stumble but not you
On thorough, plough, enough and th
Listen to the dialogue and practice reading. (unit 16 d1)
Are you sure you said sheep?
Sheila: Tricia, come
Tall Trees
Chorus
Tall trees, tall trees, big, tall trees
Tall trees, tall trees,
The cost of California
Is a beautifull sight,
With the tal
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I live in a new nine-storeyed block of flats in Pushkin street. Our house is of modern design. There's a big grocery on the ground floor and it's very convenient to do everyday shopping. In front o
Vocabulary.
nine-storeyed - девятиэтажный
design - дизайн
convenient - удобный
central heating - ц
The Flat We Live in
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Vocabulary.
ceiling - потолок
floor - пол
wall-paper - обои
window-sill – подоконник
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Home Sweet Home
Do the puzzle and read an English proverb.
1. You have dinner at it.
2. It’s made of glass, it let’s in light and air.
3. You watch it when you are bored.
4. It’
GETTING READY FOR A TEST
Transcribe:
Vapor
Ceiling
Victim
ceiling
Thirteen
by re
Cardy
TASK 1 TEXT A. AT TABLE
1) Study the dialogues. Render the lines in indirect speech.
2) Retell the situation in the form of narration.
3) Learn these dialogues or make up your own ones w
TEXT B. IN THE DINING-HALL
- Let's go to the dining-hall. We haven't much time left, but we'll manage it all right if you hurry. You take a place in the queue and I'll see what we can get for dinner.
- All right. Wh
LAYING THE TABLE
People can't do without food. It is of course very important what to eat and what to drink. But nevertheless we should pay attention to the way we eat. A nicely laid table makes special atmosphere
ABC of Table Manners
1. Do not attract undue attention to yourself in public.
2. When eating take as much as you want, but eat as much as you take.
3. Don't eat too fast or too slowly, cut as you eat.
Describe the British food and tastes.
The BritishFood
Visitors to Britain usually agree about one thing - British cooking is terrible. You can cook vegetables in so many interesting ways. But the British cook
MEALS IN RUSSIA
Hospitality of Russian people is well-known throughout the world. When a foreigner sets foot in Russia, first he gets acquainted with our cookery, national dishes and meal-times. Frequently he gets
A Visit to a Restaurant
New words:
- to have a sweet tooth
- sea-food
- underdone / well-done
- to be keen on smth
- French beans - фасоль
Rea
Cook something and accompany the dish with the recipe.
Recipe 1 GREEN SALAD
Приготовить этот салат очень просто. Вам понадобятся свежие огурцы, помидоры, лук, перец. Все овощи моете, режете на разделочной доске, перемешиваете. Добавляет
Food Blues
I was sitting in a Motorway Restaurant When the waiter came up and said, "What do you want?" I looked at the menu -- it looked so nice Till he said, "Let me give you some
What Peter Did Yesterday
In the morning Peter woke up at about seven. He jumped out of bed and went to wake up his brother Billy. Billy was still asleep. So Peter splashed cold water on him. Then he jumped out of bed and c
It was my friend who told me everything about it.
1. Doctor Temple cured Mrs. Greene's husband of his stomach disease. 2. Steve treated them all to ice-creams. 3. Her brother told us all about that terrible accident. 4. Your rudeness made her cry.
C) Write it down as a TEST
- Похоже, будет дождь, а я оставила зонт дома. Я промокну и простужусь.
- К счастью, у меня есть зонтик. Давай я его открою.
- Ты боишься грозы?
- Да, немного. А такая по
Seasons and Weather
В году 4 сезона - весна, лето, осень и зима. Весной природа просыпается от длинного зимнего сна. Деревья полны новой жизни, теплые лучи солнца согревают замерзшую землю, погода становится теплее. С
Translate the dialogue. Practice it with your partner.
- Привет. Сто лет тебя не видел.
- Привет. Рад тебя видеть. Я звонил тебе в 5часов вчера, но никто не ответил. Где ты был?
- В художественной галерее.
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Тranslate into English and add some more rules of behaving out of town in wild nature.
Правила поездки на пикник:
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Shopping
Girl Barred from the Store
As fashion-conscious Gilly Woodward left Harrods last Friday, she felt proud of the $90 designer jeans that she __Just_(buy). But when Gilly, 31,__(return) to the store the next day to do some more
Translate into English using the Active Vocabulary
Я люблю ходить в театр. Я всегда принимаю приглашение сходить в театр, особенно, если это премьера. Наши места обычно в первых рядах амфитеатра, в центре. Оттуда можно хорошо видеть все, что происх
Preliminary Examination Translations 1
Позвольте представиться, меня зовут Элизабет Льюис Смит. Мне девятнадцать лет. Я учусь на первом курсе Института иностранных языков и не могу не гордиться этим фактом. Я очень хочу стать переводчик
Новости и инфо для студентов