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ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

 

4 курс

 

 

Под редакцией В.Д. АРАКИНА

Издание четвертое, переработанное и дополненное  

В.Д. Аракин, И.А. Новикова, Г.В. Аксенова-Пашковская,

С.Н. Бронникова, Ю.Ф. Гурьева, Е.М. Дианова, Л.Т. Костина,

И.Н. Верещагина, М.С. Страшникова, С.И. Петрушин

Рецензент кафедра английского языка Астраханского государственного педагогического института

ББК 81.2Англ-923

 

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

 

Настоящая книга является четвертой частью серии комплексных учебни­ков английского языка под общим названием «Практический курс английско­го языка» и предназначается для студентов 4 курса факультетов и отделений английского языка педагогических вузов. Данный учебник рассчитан на дальнейшее развитие навыков устной и письменной речи в результате овла­дения речевыми образцами, содержащими новые лексические и граммати­ческие явления.

Учебник состоит из Основного курса (Essential Course) и Приложения (Appendix).

Основной курс (авторы В. Д. Аракин, И. А. Новикова, Г. В. Аксенова-Пашковская, С. Н. Бронникова, Ю. Ф. Гурьева, Е. М. Дианова, Л. Т. Костина, И. Н. Верещагина, С. И. Петрушин, М. С. Страшникова) состоит из 8 уроков, каждый из которых делится на две части, дополняющие друг друга. Первая часть урока содержит оригинальный текст, где главный упор делается на уг­лубленную работу над речевыми образцами, на изучение, интерпретацию, перевод, пересказ текста, а также на расширение словарного запаса студен­тов и анализ изучаемых лексических единиц (выявление многозначности, подбор синонимов, антонимов и т. д.) в целях дальнейшего развития навыков устной (в том числе и спонтанной) и письменной речи.

В четвертое издание авторы включили в активный вокабуляр существи­тельные широкой семантики и фразовые глаголы, чтобы еще более наглядно показать национальную специфику английского языка.

Тексты, на которых строится работа в первой части каждого урока, взя­ты из произведений английских и американских авторов XX в. (или из издан­ных в Англии учебников), все тексты несколько сокращены. По своему со­держанию они связаны с темой второй части урока. Работа над оригиналь­ным текстом на 4 курсе, ломимо краткого лексико-грамматического анализа, предполагает толкование имеющихся в нем реалий, перевод на русский язык и, наконец, интерпретацию текста для выявления его идейного содержания и стилистических особенностей.

При отборе текстов авторы стремились, с одной стороны, дать образцы высокохудожественной литературы, в которых прослеживаются функцио-нальносгилевые особенности современного английского языка, а с другой стороны, максимально приблизить их к программной тематике 4 курса, что­бы подвести студентов к беседе на определенные темы: «Образование в Со­единенных Штатах», «Суд и судопроизводство», «Писатель и его творчест­во», «Музыка», «Средства массовой информации» и др.

За текстом следуют пояснения (Сommentary), список речевых образцов (Speech Patterns, Phrases and Word Combinations) и лексические пояснения (Essential Vocabulary). Отбор речевых образцов обусловлен их употребитель­ностью в устной или письменной речи.

Раздел упражнений на звуки речи и интонацию предназначен для завер­шающего этапа работы над английской фонетикой и является продолжением аналогичных разделов учебника 3 курса. Его основная цель — расширение и

 

 

углубление отработанного на первых трех курсах материала. Эти упражне­ния состоят из серии обучающих, контролирующих и творческих заданий для дальнейшей автоматизации воспроизведения и употребления основных интонационных структур в английской речи.

Специальные задания на транскрибирование, интонирование и графи­ческое изображение интонации могут быть даны при работе над любым уп­ражнением.

Упражнения по обучению чтению на материале основного текста урока составлены с учетом принципа нарастания трудностей и призваны развивать у будущего учителя иностранного языка высокую культуру чтения, форми­ровать способность интерпретировать художественное произведение во всем многообразном идейном и художественном богатстве.

Одновременно с работой над содержанием текста изучается активный словарь, отличающийся высокой степенью сочетаемости и большими слово­образовательными возможностями. Значительное место отводится наблюде­нию над семантической структурой слова, развитием переносных значений, сужением и расширением значения слов.

Упражнения на предлоги преследуют цель систематизации употребле­ния английских предлогов, которые даются в упражнениях во всех их значе­ниях, с тем чтобы были показаны все основные случаи их употребления.

Вторая часть урока (Соnversation and Discussion) представляет собой дальнейшее развитие соответствующей темы и рассчитана на расширение и закрепление запаса речевых образцов и лексики.

Система упражнений по дальнейшему развитию навыков диалогической и монологической речи строится на речевых образцах, материале основного текста урока, активном словаре урока и завершается при работе над темати­кой курса в разделе «Соnversation and Discussion». Этот раздел пополнился такими активными формами речевой деятельности, функционально связан­ными с профессией учителя, как ролевая игра, диспут, дискуссия. Разговор­ные формулы, организованные по целевому признаку, должны послужить опорой студенту в построении творческого высказывания.

Во всех восьми уроках упражнения по обучению речевому общению на­писаны по единой схеме:

1. Упражнения на свертывание и развертывание информации к тексту информативно-тематического характера.

2. Упражнения коммуникативного характера и клише, сгруппированные по функционально-семантическому признаку. Предлагаемые разговорные формулы, как правило, не содержат новой лексики. Их назначение — помочь студентам облечь свои мысли в естественную языковую форму.

3. Упражнения дискуссионного характера на основе научно-популярных и публицистических текстов.

4. Упражнения для коллективного обсуждения, в которых студенты дол­жны использовать речевые клише и тематическую лексику. Раздел заканчи­вается перечнем тем для творческого высказывания и ситуацией для ролевой игры.

При подготовке четвертого издания учебника авторы стремились в пер­вую очередь пополнить учебник упражнениями творческого характера. Пол­ностью переработаны и значительно расширены разделы, посвященные ра­боте над устной темой, которые теперь имеют комплексную структуру и со­стоят из нескольких блоков. Значительно усилен раздел профессионально-ориентированных упражнений, предусматривающих дальнейшее закрепле­ние профессионально-значимых умений.

 

 

Авторы старались обновить материалы учебников за счет новых публи­каций (Урок 7), заново написанной 2-й части (Урок 3, The Reader’s Choice), расширения иллюстративного материала, существенной переработки прило­жения к учебнику.

В Приложение внесены инструкции по написанию письменных работ, практикуемых на 4 курсе: сочинение-повествование и сочинение-описание с обязательным выражением своего мнения, отношения к заданной теме. Кро­ме того, в него вошли дополнительные тексты по высшему образованию в США, по системе телевешания. Добавлено окончание к рассказу «W.S.» by L.P. Heartley, Unit 3. Специально подобраны ситуации для ролевых игр, совпадающие по тематике с разделами учебника, а также методические ре­комендации студентам, готовящимся к проведению микроуроков (автор И.Н. Верещагина).

Авторы

 

ESSENTIAL COURSE

Unit One

 

text

 

From: DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE

By R. Gordon

Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,1 a ship's surgeon and an assistant editor of the British… "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon's twelve "Doctor"…  

Commentary

1 St Bartholomew's, St. Swithin's Hospitals: medical schools in London. 2 invigilator: a person who watches over students during examinations. 3 Old Bailey: Central Criminal Court, situated in London in the street of the same name.

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. However, I'm not worried. They never read the papers any­way. — You needn't worry about the meals. She never has anything for breakfast… — I'm sure she is perfect for you. Anyway, I didn't mean to im­ply she was deficient.

Phrases and Word Combinations

 

to cheat in exams to adopt an attitude of…

to tick smth off …towards

to swot up colloq. for to study to get through

to keep an eye open for smth/smb to cut smb short

to mark and grade the papers to rally one's thoughts

to come out (about results) to call out names

to raise one's voice

 

 

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1. annoyvt/i 1) to make a little angry, especially by repeat­ed acts; to disturb and nervously upset a person, e. g. Wilfred did not want to pay too… Syn. vex, irk, bother 2) persistent interrupting, interrupting with or intruding on until the victim is angry, or upset, e. g. Clouds of…

To chatter like a magpie

3. cheervt/i 1) to fill with gladness, hope, high spirits; com­fort, e. g. Everyone was cheered by the good news. He cheered up at once when I… to cheer for (cheer on) to support (a competitor) with cheers, to encourage,… cheern 1) state of hope, gladness; words of cheer, of en­couragement; 2) shout of joy or encouragement used by…

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. a) Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words:   authority; contest n, prize-fighter; enthusiastic; solo; des­pondently; paths; invigilator; flagrant; dispassionately;…

A) two principal stresses;

  a) well-established; thenceforward; meanwhile; well-trodden;… b) examination; inevitability; investigation; representative; differentiate; superiority; interrogation; invitation;…

Use proper intonation groups and observe the rhythm. Bear in mind the character of the passage.

 

Make the following sentences complete using the patterns (p. 10)

1. You can just leave. I'm about to tell Bucky to forget it... . 2. I'm done for the moment and ready to join you. I've rinsed my plate and my spoon…   6. Paraphrase the following sentences, using the patterns:

Make up five sentences on each pattern.

 

Pair work. Make up and act out a dialogue, using the patterns.

9. Translate the following sentences into English:   1. Хорошо. Я принимаю ваш отказ. В любом случае я рада, что мы познакомились. Надоюсь, в другой раз вы будете более…

Note down from the text (p. 6) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 11) and translate them into Russian.

11. Complete the following sentences, using the phrases and word combi­nations:   1. If you are smart enough to cheat in this exam ... . 2. Tick the names off ... .3. I hate swotting up before exams…

Give a summary of the text (p. 6) dividing it into several logical parts.

17. Use the phrases and word combinations and act out the dialogues be­tween:   1. Benskin and Richard Gordon on the technical details of the coming examinations. 2. Richard and his friend…

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary. Give the Russian equivalents for every unit and translate the examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   A. 1. "You are making too much fuss of me, don't worry", he said, with a smile, suggestive of annoyance. 2.1…

B) Make up and act out the stories illustrating the given proverbs.

 

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

 

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Who is who: applicant/prospective student; freshman; sophomore, junior, senior, undergraduate student; graduate (grad) student; part-time… 2. Administration: dean, assistant dean, department chair­man; President of… 3. Structure: college (college of Arts anil Sciences); school (school of Education), evening school;'grad school;…

Higher Education

Out of more than three million students who graduate from high school each year, about one million go on for higher edu­cation. A college at a… _________  

B) Find in the text the factors which determine the choice by in individual of this or that college or university.

 

C) Summarize the text in three paragraphs.

2. Use the topical vocabulary and the material of the Appendix (p. 262) in answering the following questions:   1. What steps do students have to take to enroll in a college/ university for admission? Speak about the exams they…

Average Academic Fees per Quarter

Tuition Colleges non-residential residential

Average College Expenses

(University of Pennsylvania — private)

Tuition and General Fee $ 11,976

Room and meals $ 4,865

Books and supplies $ 380

Educational Technology Fee $ 200

Personal expenses (e. g. clothing, laundry, $ 1,009

recreation)

_________________________

Total: $ 18,430

 

B) Comment on the given information and speak about the financial aspect of getting a higher education in the US A.

4. Read the following dialogue. The expression in bold type show the way people can be persuaded. Note them down. Be ready to act out the dialogue…   Molly. Yolanda, I have big news to tell you. I've made a very big decision.

In trying to persuade others, people use different tactics which can be classified into 3 basic strategies — hard, soft, and rational. Hard tactics aUenate the people being influenced and create a climate of hostility and resistance. Soft tactics — acting nice, being humble —may lessen self-respect and self-esteem. People who rely chiefly on logic reasons and compromise to get then-way are the most successful.

 

 

1) As you read the extracts below pay attention to the difference between the 3 different strategies of persuasion — hard, soft and rational:

 

a) (parent to child) Get upstairs and clean your room! Now. (hard); b) (professor to student) I'm awfully sorry to ask you to stay late but I know I can't solve this problem without your help, (rational); c) (professor to student) I strongly suggest that you work this problem out, if not, I will have to write a negative report about you. (hard); d) (teacher to freshman) That was the best essay I ever read. Why don't you send it to the national competition ? You could do very well there, (soft).

 

2) Turn the given situation below into four possible dialogues by supplying the appropriate request of the first speaker:

John, a high school undergraduate, asks his Latin teacher to write a recommendation for him to apply to the University of Pennsylvania for admission.

 

a) J.:

T.: Sure, John.

b) J.:

T.: Of course, John.

c) J.:

T.: I suppose that's all right, John.

d) J.:

T.: Yeah, that's OK, John.

 

3) In the text below: The teacher is giving Jeff, talented but a very lazy student, his advice, a) Decide if the teacher's strategies are hard, soft or ratio­nal:

 

I guess there is nothing more I can say or do to persuade you to try harder, Jeff. At this point it is crucial that you decide what you really want to do in order to know the language well. It's important to start early. You are very bright but it is still es­sential that you practise on a daily basis. It is also very impor­tant for you to come to class regularly. No one can do these things for you and no one should. It's necessary that you de­cide yourself whether to make these changes in your attitude or to give up your future as a teacher of English.

 

b) Act out a dialogue based on the above given situation. Vary the teacher's strategies by changing the Subjunctive Clauses to Infinitive Clauses and the Infinitive Clauses to Subjunctive Clauses.

 

6. Pair work. 1) From the dialogue in Ex. 4 Use the problems which young people face choosing a career in the USA. Team up with another student and discuss the problem of a career choice. Try to be convincing in defending your views. 2) Use the art of persuasion in making your son apply to the university of your choice which does not appeal to him. Vary the strategies from soft to hard.

 

In some US universities and high schools there are summer schools where high school students may repeat the courses to improve then grades or they may take up some additional courses to get better opportunities while applying for admission to a university. College students attend summer schools for the above mentioned reasons and also to speed up getting a degree by earning additional credits. (The classes are paid for on per hour basis). There have been years of debate to introduce a year-round compulsory schooling. Below is the text about an experiment which was made in Los Angeles.

 

A) Read it carefully and note down the arguments for and against the idea of a year-round compulsory schooling.

 

Year-Round Schooling Is Voted In Los Angeles

The L.A. board of education, has voted to put all its schools on a year-round schedule. This decision does not necessarily increase the number of… The supporters of year-round education believe educators simply cannot justify… But there is a lot of opposition simply because it's a change. It's a deep-seated tradition that kids don't go to…

B) The issue of putting your school on a year-round schedule is to be debated at the sitting of the school board of education. Pair work. Enact a dialogue between a parent and a teacher on the issue offering valid arguments noted down from the text above.

 

C) Work in groups of 3 or 4 (buzz groups) and assign one of the views on the issue of a year-round schooling to each group.

 

D) Spend a few minutes individually thinking of further arguments you will use to back up the opinion you have been assigned.

e) Enact the debates on a year-round schooling at the sitting of the school board of education. Do your best to support those who share a similar…   8. Below are the extracts bringing out some problems American higher education is faced with at present. Read the…

A) Open the group discussion by describing the members of the panel and the chairperson.

b) Split into groups of four students. Pretend you are the TV panel. Elect a chairperson and decide which of the four roles each of you will take:…   c) Consider the questions under discussion and enact the panel:

Unit Two

 

TEXT

From: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

By Harper Lee

Harper Lee was bom in 1926 in the state of Alabama. In 1945-1949 she studied law at the University of Alabama. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is… This book is a magnificent, powerful novel in which the author paints a true… Tom Robinson, a Negro, who was charged with raping a white girl, old Bob Swell's daughter, could have a…

Commentary

1. a jury: a body of persons, in the USA and Great Britain, 12 in number, who have to decide the truth of a case tried be­fore a judge. The jury… 2. Ku-Klux-Klan: a reactionary organization, was formed by Southern planters…  

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. a) Whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who heis,...… No matter who the man might be, you had no right to act in this way.

Phrases and Word Combinations

smb's word against another's to get a square deal (a fair (it's your word against mine) deal) in private and in public (to be) half way (through,

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1.smarta 1) quick in movement, brisk, as a smart walk (pace, trot, etc.), e. g. He gave him a smart rap over the knuckles. 2) clever, quick-witted, skilful, as a smart man (boy, lad, writer, student,… 3) clever, often in an impudent way, shrewd, as a smart answer (reply, etc.), e. g. Don't get smart with me, young…

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. a) Consult a dictionary and transcribe the following words from the text. Practise their pronunciation paying attention to stresses:   unanimous, corroborative, appreciation, naked, aridity, iota, subsequent, contraband, sheriff, circumstantial,…

Note down from the text (p. 40) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 46) and translate them into Russian.

10. Complete the following sentences:   I. 1 understand that it's only his word against mine but... . 2. 1 ... to get a square deal in this court. 3. Douglas…

II. Make up two or three sentences of your own on each phrase and word combination.

 

Using the phrases make up a suitable dialogue and act it out in front of the class.

13. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations:   1. Вы выступаете против того, что утверждает он, но это все сло­ва, вы не приводите никаких доказательств. 2. Финч…

Give a summary of the text.

 

Retell the text a) close to the text; b) as if you were one of the characters prerent in the court-room.

  18. a) Make up and act out dialogues between:  

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   A. 1. When Jean and Henry left the night club in his smart car, they took the road that cut through the woods. 2.…

B) jerk, shove, twitch

  6. Fill in the correct form of the phrasal verb:  

COURTS AND TRIALS

 

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Courts:trial Courts, common pleas courts, municipal and county courts, mayors' courts, courts of claims, courts of appeals, the State Supreme… The Federal courts, district courts, the US Supreme Court, juvenile court. 2. Cases:lawsuit, civil cases, criminal cases, framed-up cases.

Juvenile delinquency is an issue about which people all over the world are concerned.

a) Read the extracts given below which present information on the gravity of the problem:   a) Youth gangs have been a part of Los Angeles since the fifties. Back then their activities were largely confined to…

Below is an interview with a judge on crime and punishment. The judge says why he gives help in some cases and punishment in others.

a) Work in groups of 3 or 4 and assign different opinions on the problem of the punishment to each member of the group:   Interviewer. Are there ever times when you just feel desper­ate, you know, you realize there's absolutely nothing that…

B) Spend a few minutes individually thinking of further arguments you will use to back up your own opinion on the usefulness and types of punishment.

c) Now discuss the issue with other members of the small group using the arguments you have prepared. Do your best to support those who share a…   6. In arguments involving suggestions, partial agreement and disagreement certain functional phrases of attack and…

D) Act out the situation similar to the one given above. Use various tactics of attack and response.

7. In a students' debating club the motion is "punks, heavy metal fans, rockers, nostalglsts, green hippies and others should be prosecuted by law."

 

A) Make a list of arguments for and against any legal sanctions against such groups of young people.

b) Define your own attitudes to these groups. Do you think they pose a threat to public order?

C) Participate in the discussion. Use the technique of defending your views by being forceful in presenting your arguments. Use the functional phrases of attack and response.

The success of a lawyer, especially a prosecutor, among other things depends on a skill in making a capital speech, based in some cases on the ability to attack, to force bis opinion on the Jury. Act as an attorney for the state in an imaginary case and prove at least one piece of evidence against the accused. Exercise your ability to ask the right kind of question, to be forceful in proving your point in attacking the counterarguments.

9. Panel discussion:

 

Suppose the fundamentals of a new criminal code of Russia are being worked out. Six experts are invited to a panel discus­sion to your University. They are Dr. Kelina (LL.D.), a leading researcher with the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Orlov (LL.D.), the same Institute,

 

Dr. Stem (LLJD.), professor of the Cincinnati University, Mr D. Fokin, a people's assessor, Mr S. Panin, a people's judge and a criminal reporter for the national newspaper.

 

A) Open group discussion. Describe the members of the panel and elect the chairperson.

B) Split into groups of 5-6 students and assign the roles of the panel.

  — It's a time-honoured misconception that the stricter the punishment, the… — Law is developing: it has no impunity in the court of time. A number of offences should be altogether excluded from…

Write an article (3 paragraphs). In the newspaper to contribute to the discussion of a new Criminal Code. The topic can be chosen from the list of the problems given in exercise 9 (d).

Give a brief talk to the ten graders on the Criminal Law and its role hi combatting Juvenile delinquency.

  Case 1. A driver while speeding hit a cyclist off her bike. She was badly… Case 2. The accused is a doctor who gave an overdose to an 87-year-old woman. She had a terminal illness, was in…

Unit Three

TEXT

 

From: W.S.

By L. P. Hartley

Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972), the son of a solicitor was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford and for more than twenty years from 1932… Henry James was a master he always revered; and, like James, he was frequently… LP.Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his tales are admirably told. "W.S." comes from "The…

Commentary

2. Lincoln Cathedralis in the ancient town of Lincoln, North Midlands. The magnificent Cathedral Church of St.Mary, rising to 271 ft, was built… 3. Gilbert, William Schwenck:(1836-1911), an English dramatist and poet. 4. psychic:having the alleged power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. He was just going to pitch the postcard in the fire when suddenly he decided not to. David was just about to order a plane ticket when suddenly he decided not… The little boy seemed ready to jump into the icy cold water but then he decided not to.

Phrases and Word Combinations

to get/come to grips with to have things (too much) smb/smth (informal) one's own way to take up time and energy to get into a groove/rut

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1. come vi (esp. up to, down to) to reach, e. g. The water came (up) to my neck. come about to happen, e, g. I'll never understand how it came about that you… come along (on) to advance, to improve, e. g. Mother's coming along nicely, thank you.

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Pay attention to the stresses:   conscientious, photograph, anonymous, antithesis, ambig­uous, homogeneous, megalomania, coincidence, cleavage,…

Make up two sentences of your own on each pattern.

 

Make up and act out in front of the class a suitable dialogue using the speech patterns. (Pair work)

 

Note down from the text (p. 73) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 78) and translate them into Russian.

9. Paraphrase the following sentences using the phrases and word combi­nations:   1. The speaker talked a lot, but never really dealt seriously with the subject. 2. It used much of her time and energy…

Make up and practise a suitable dialogue using the phrases and word combinations.

12. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations:   1. Мы должны серьезно взяться за решение этой проблемы. 2. Красивая мелодия надолго запала в душу. 3. Врач сам не…

Pair work. Make up and act out situations using the phrases and word combinations.

14. Explain what is meant by:   projections of his own personality or, in different forms, the antithesis of it; to experiment with acquaintances;…

Give a summary of the text.

 

 

17. Make up and act out dialogues between: 1) Walter Streeter and his friend whom he showed the postcard from York Minster; 2) Walter Streeter and the police officer about the postcard business.

 

18. Trace oat on the map of Great Britain W.S.'s itinerary and do library research on die geographical names mentioned.

 

Write your own ending of the story. Share it with the students of your group and decide which of the different possible endings seems most likely.

 

2ft. Read the story "W.S." by L.P. Hartley to the end (p. 275), and say whether it has come up to your expectations. What do you think is the point of the story?

 

21. Write an essay praising your favourite contemporary novelist and advanc­ing reasons why other members of the class would enjoy this writer's novels/ stories.

 

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   A. 1. My son has begun to come along very well in French since the new teacher was appointed. 2. The attempt did not…

Object(s) — subject(s); to object — to oppose; to obtain — to come by; to happen — to come about; to yield — to give in

1. How did you ... that scratch on your cheek? 2. I haven't been able ... that record anywhere; can you... it for me? 3. The accident ...last week.…   8. Review the essential vocabulary and translate the following sentences into English:

B) Explain in English the meaning of each proverb.

 

C) Make up a dialogue to illustrate one of the proverbs.

 

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

BOOKS AND READING

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Categorisation:Children's and adult's books; travel books and biography; romantic and historical novels; crime/thrillers; detective stories;…    

MURIEL SPARK

Many professions are associated with a particular stereo­type. The classic image of a writer, for instance, is of a slightly demented-looking… Nowadays we know that such images bear little resem­blance to reality. But are… She insists on writing with a certain type of pen in a certain type of notebook, which she buys from a certain…

C) Summarize the text in three paragraphs.

2. In spite of the Russian proverb one can argue about taste: everybody does, and one result is that tastes change. If given a choice what would you…   "A novel appeals in the same way that a portrait does — through the richness of its human content."

C) Do library research and reproduce a talk with an important writer.

5. Read the following extract and observe the way literary criticism is written:   Jane Austensaw life in a clear, dry light. She was not with­out deep human sympathies, but she had a quick eye for…

A) Turn the above passages into dialogues and act them out.

 

b) Choose an author, not necessarily one of the greats, you'd like to talk about. Note down a few pieces of factual information about his life and work. Your fellow-students will ask you questions to find out what you know about your subject.

 

Pair work. Discussing books and authors involves exchanging opinions and expressing agreement and disagreement. Team up with another student to talk on the following topics (Use expressions of agreement and disagreement (pp.290).

 

"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good."

(Samuel Johnson)

 

"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

(Mark Twain)

 

"There's an old saying that all the world loves a lover. It doesn't. What all the world loves is a scrap. It wants to see two lovers struggling for the hand of one woman."

(Anonymous)

 

"No furniture is so charming as books, even if you never open them and read a single word."

(Sydney Smith)

 

"Books and friends should be few but good."

(a proverb)

 

Group discussion.

    1.The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien

The Diary of Anne Frank

28.Sons and LoversD.S. Lawrence 29. To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf 30. If this isa ManPrimo Levi

MY FAVOURITE LIBRARY

There are many libraries which I use regularly in London, some to borrow books from, some as quiet places to work in, but the Westminster Central… As you come in, the first alcove on the right contains tele­phone directories… Next there are technical dictionaries in all the principal languages. I counted 60 specialised technical dictionaries…

Prepare to give a talk on an important library, its history and facilities.

11. Group work. Work in groups of three or four to discuss the pros and cons of reading detective novels and thrillers. Consider the following:   "It has been estimated that only 3 percent of the popula­tion in Britain read such classics as Charles Dickens or…

Unit Four

 

TEXT

From: RAGTIME1

 

By E.L. Doctorow

Ragtime is a novel set in America at the beginning of this century. Its characters reflect all that is most significant and dramatic in America's… The author E.L. Doctorow, an American writer, is famous for his other novels…  

Commentary

1. Ragtime:the form of music, song and dance of black US origin, popular in the 1920's in which the strong note of the tune comes just before the…    

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. ... there was somethingdisturbingly resolute and self-im­portant in the way he asked her... There was something strange in (about) the way he greeted me that morning. There was something disturbing (in) about the way the girl entered the room.

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1.setvt/i 1) to make to be in a specified condition, as to open the cage and set the bird free; to set the papers (a village, a house) on fire; to…   paste, soft material, etc.) to become solid, e. g. Set the jelly by putting it in a cold place. 6) to write or provide…

An old hand, good hand at smth

2) encouragement given by clapping the hands, as to give a (good, big) hand to, get a (big, good) hand; 3) help (lend a help­ing hand to); 4)… at hand (formal) near in time or place, e. g. She always keeps her dictionary… by hand by a person, not a machine or organisation, e. g. These rugs are made by hand.

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. a) Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciaton of the following words:   rigidly, nuisance, bouquet, chrysanthemums, transient, ex­hilarate, intransigence, awe, ensemble, casino, chord,…

Make up and act out dialogues using the speech patterns.

6. Translate the following sentences into English using the speech patterns:   1. Есть что-то странное в том, как она одевается. 2. Было что-то удивительное в том, как он это сказал. 3. Было что-то…

Note down the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 109) and translate them into Russian.

8. Paraphrase the following sentences:   1. We are losing money right and left. 2. Days went past without any news. 3. Judge its size, please. 4. He presumed…

Give a summary of the text (p. 104).

14. Make up and act out dialogues between:   1. Mother and Father before the tea.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   A. 1. He was given a little money and at times, in the spirit of adventure, he would set off to explore the town. 2.…

Make up short situations or a story using the essential vocabulary.

9. Translate the following sentences into English:   1.Она поклялась никогда не переступать порог этого дома. 2. Учи­тель задал ученикам трудную задачу. 3. Он откашлялся и…

B) Explain in English the meaning of each proverb.

 

C) Make up a dialogue to illustrate one of the proverbs.

 

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

MAN AND MUSIC

 

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Musical genres (styles):classical music (instrumental, vocal, chamber, symphony), opera, operetta, musical, ballet, blues, ragtime, jazz, pop,… 2. Musical forms:piece, movement, sonata, area, fantasy, suite, rapsody,… 3. Musical rhythms:polka, waltz, march, blues, ragtime, jazz, swing, bassanova, sambo, disco, rock.

Understanding Music

If we were asked to explain the purpose of music, our im­mediate reply might be "to give pleasure". That would not be far from the truth,… We might also define music as "expression in sound", or "the… Listening to music can be an emotional experience or an in­tellectual exercise. If we succeed in blending the two;…

C) Summarize the text in five paragraphs specifying the development of 1) opera, 2) operetta and musicals, 3) instrumental music, 4) Jazz and 5) rock.

 

2. Use the topical vocabulary in answering the following questions:1

1. What musical genres do you know and what role does folk music play in all of them? 2. What is meant by the terms classical or serious music, pop, rock, jazz and contemporary music? 3. Do you think the different musical genres named above are strictly separated or do they overlap in some ways? In what ways? What genre do you prefer? 4. What role does music play in your life? Do you want music just to make you happy or does the music that you prefer vary with your mood? How does it vary? 5. Do you think that at school music should be given the same emphasis as subjects such as maths, literature, etc.? 6. Of which instruments does a symphony/chamber orchestra consist? What are the most popular instruments of pop groups, jazz or rock? 7. Why has the guitar become a very popular instrument in recent years? Do you prefer V. Vysotsl^s performances with an entire orchestra or simply with a guitar? Why? 8. What is your favourite instrument? Can you play it? Does it help you to

 

___________

 

1 You may wish to bring in record jackets (sleeves), tapes, and advertise­ments for concerts or programmes, which depict current popular or classical music. These can serve as supplementary materials for several activities in the unit.

 

 

understand music? 9. The;human voice is regarded as a most refined instrument the proper use of which requires a great deal of training. How do you Jfeel about this characterization? Who areyour favourite singers? 10. Do you like opera? Do you agree with the opinion that operas are hard to follow while musicals are more up-to-dale and easier to understand? What other forms have appeared of late? 11. How can you account for the large scale popularity of rock? Is it only an entertainment to young people or does rock music represent their values? What values? 12. Why are some rock fans less interested in the music of the past? Can you think of any similar examples when people attracted by a new style of music forget about the past? 13. What do you know about video clips? How do they affect music? 14. What do you know about the International Tchaikovsky Com­petitions? How often are they held and on what instruments, do contestants perform? Can you give some names of prize winners or laureates of the Tchaikovsky Competitions? What do you know about their subsequent careers?

 

3. Give your impressions of a concert (recital) you have recently attended. Use the topical vocabulary. Outline for giving impressions:

 

1. Type of event. 2. What orchestra, group performed? 3. Pro­gramme. Were the musical pieces well-known, popular, new, avant-guard, etc.? 4. Who was the conductor? 5. Was the event interesting and enjoyable in your opinion? 6. Name the soloists. 7. What did critics say about the event? Do you share their points of view? 8. What impression did the event make on you? Did you take a solemn oath never to attend one/again ?

 

4. Pair work. Make up and act out a dialogue. (Use the chiches of agree­ment, disagreement and reacting to opinion or persuasion (pp. 287, 290, 291):

 

1. You are at a concert of contemporary music, about which you are not very knowledgeable. Your friend tries to initiate you in it. 2. Your father/mother cannot stand rock music and he/she never listens to it. You try to convince him/her that rock music is important in your life. 3. You are talking on the telephone with your friend who wants you to accompany her to a piano recital. You are reluctant to join her. 4. You are an ac­complished jazz musician. But you never participated in jazz sessions. Your friend urges you to be more daring and try your

 

 

hand at it. 5. Your sister has just come back from the Bolshoi Theatre where she heard Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmtia. She tries to describe how much she enjoyed the opera, but you, being no great lover of opera music, turn a deaf ear. 6. You are fond of Tchaikovsky's music and always ready to talk about it. Your friend asks you to tell him/her more.

 

Below are opinions on the development of music.

a) Spend a few minutes individually thinking of further arguments you will use to back up one of the opinions:   1. The line between serious music and jazz grows less and less clear.

B) Now discuss the opinions with your partner. One of the students is supposed to play the role of a student who is not knowledgeable in music. The other — to present a student whose hobby is music. Keep interrupting each other with questions. Use the topical vocabulary.

 

Group work. Split into buzz groups of 3—4 students each.

  1. "Some people prefer only classical music and find con­temporary music… Which side do you agree?

B) Team up with your partner who will be ready to give critical remarks on the statements given above. Use the cliches expressing criticism.

 

C) As a group, now decide which event you will all attend together. When giving your criticism try to be honest, but tactful.

9. Group work. Discuss the effect of rode music on young people. After a proper discussion each group presents its critical remarks. First read…   There are world-wide complaints about the effect of rock. Psychologists say that listening to rock music results in…

Most of the expressions which you found in the dialogue (Ex. 7) are used to criticise something or somebody.

 

Below is a review of the Russian Festival of Music hi which a Scottish journalist extolls the virtues of Russian music, a) Read the text and note down any useful expressions in giving a positive appraisal of music,

B) Discuss the text with your partner.

 

A Feast of Russian Arts

The strong and impressive Russian theme at this year's Edinburgh Festival commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The festival opened on August 9 with three giant compa­nies,the Orchestra of… Other musicians in the first week included the Bolshoi Sextet, and the final week sees the arrival of the Shostakovich…

Unit Five

 

TEXT

From: THE LUMBER-ROOM

 

ByH. Munro

Hector Munro (pseudonym Saki, 1870-1916) is a British novelist and a short-story writer. He is best known for his short stories. Owing to the death… In her Biography of Saki Munro's sister writes: "One of Munro's aunts,…  

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. Older and wiser and better people had told him that there could not possibly bea frog in his bread-and-milk.1 How can I possibly do it? Do it if…   2. She wasa woman of few ideas,with immense power of concentration.

Phrases and Word Combinations

to be in disgrace to change the subject to describe with much detail (for) the greater part of the day (in great detail) (the time; the year; of one's

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1. shiftvt/i to change the place, position or direction of, e. g. The boy shifted from one foot to the other. He kept on shifting his plate on the… to shift the blame on to smbelse to make another person bear the blame, e. g.… to shift one's groundto change one's point of view, espe­cially during an argument, e. g. He shifted his ground…

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. a) Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Pay attention to stresses:   pseudonym, imperious, frivolous, depravity, asperity, obsti­nacy, effectually, artichoke, raspberry, paradise,…

B) Ask your partner to read the exercise aloud; write down all cases of erroneous pronunciation; correct them.

4. Complete the following sentences:   a) 1. I can't possibly... 2. How can I possibly...? 3. We couldn't possibly... 4. You can't possibly.;. 5. How could…

Make up five sentences on each pattern (p. 140).

 

Pair work. Make up and act out a dialogue using the speech patterns.

  а) 1. Как же я могу это сделать, если вы отказываетесь мне по­мочь? 2. Помой,…  

Note down from the text (p. 134) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 140) and translate them into Russian.

9. Complete the following sentences nsing the phrases and word combina­tions:   1. After it was discovered that the politician had stolen others' speeches he was ... in the public eye for a long…

Pair work. Make up and act out situations using the phrases and word combinations.

13. Explain what is meant by:   the fact that stood out clearest in the whole affair; an un­warranted stretch of imagination; the delights that he had…

Give a summary of the text, dividing it into several logical parts.

 

16. Make up and act out dialogues between:

 

1. The aunt and Nicholas.

2. The two aunts after the tea.

3. Nicholas and the children after they all went to bed.

 

17. Suppose Nicholas turned up at the same house 20 years later after his aunt's death. Describe his reactions to his childhood surrounding.

 

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the ilustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   1. James who felt very uncomfortable in that low chair, shifted his feet uneasily, and put one of them on the cat…

Make up and practise short dialogues or stories using the essential vocabulary.

8. Review the essential vocabulary and translate the following sentences into English:   1. Мальчик переминался с ноги налогу, не зная, как ответить на вопрос. 2. С вами бесполезно спорить, вы все время…

B) Explain in English the meaning of each proverb.

 

C) Make up a dialogue to illustrate one of the proverbs.

 

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

 

DIFFICULT CHILDREN

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. A happy child is: a) kind-hearted, good-natured, loving, friendly, affection­ate; confident,… b) alert, motivated; conscientious, active, persevering; en­thusiastic; polite, courteous; considerate, thoughtful;…

The Difficult Child

The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself, and in consequence, he is at war with the world. A difficult child is… The moulded,1 conditioned, disciplined, repressed child — the unfree child,… Adults take it for granted that a child should be taught to behave in such a way that the adults will have as quiet a…

The Bell Family Charter

Homework: All members of the family must do an equal share of the housework according to age and ability. A list of duties will be put up each… Free Time: Children and parents have an equal right to free time. Visitors: Children have a right to bring friends home when­ever they like.

B) Be ready to act out the dialogue in class.

 

Here is a letter expressing concern, opinion and advice. Please note its respectful tone and polite wording.

A) Write a letter in response stating your agreement or disagreement.

b) Using both the letter and the answer as a basis turn the contents into a dialogue and act it out in class:   Dear Helen,

Unit Six

 

TEXT

GROWING UP WITH THE MEDIA

 

By P. G.Aldrich

What do you remember most about your childhood? Run­ning through the long dewy grass of a meadow or the Saturday morning TV cartoons? Sitting in the… Now bring your memories up to date. What did you and your friends talk about,… If your answers parallel those of most young people, you add to the proof that mass media play a large and…

SPEECH PATTERNS

 

1. What I really lackedwas experience.

What he suffered from was inferiority complex.

 

2. I will say this for Sue,she was a kind soul.

I will say this for Ann, she taught me a lot.

 

3. Little did she guess whathe had on his mind.

Little did they realize why he was being so nice to them.

 

Phrases and Word Combinations

 

to come first (second, ...) to become addicted to

up to date to come into existence (being,

to date back to usage)

ill-informed for that matter

(ill-mannered, ill-bred, etc.)

 

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1. bringvt (with prepositions and adverbs) to bring aboutto cause smth, e. g. What brought about this quarrel? to bring back torecall

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words:   dewy, meadow, cartoon, Captain Kangaroo, episode, mass media, influential, environment, catalogue, brochure,…

Make up two sentences of your own on each pattern (p. 169).

 

Make up a short situation using the speech patterns.

 

Note down from the text (p. 165) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 169) and translate them into Russian.

9. Paraphrase the following sentences using the phrases and word combi­nations:   1. Who won the race? 2. This is the latest information on the situation. 3. His illness started after that awful…

Pair work. Make up and practise a dialogue using the phrases and word combinations.

14. Explain what is meant by:   watching television is psychologically addictive; questions involving subtle conditioning and brainwashing; friendly…

Answer the following questions and do the given assignment.

a) 1. How influential a part does the TV play in children's lives? Do recollections of TV programmes provide the most part of the majority of young…    

Give a summary of the text.

17. l) Media inventory.   a) List all the media yon observe in an hour or two in the following places:

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   1. How a few words can bring it all back! 2. Clocks and watches should be brought forward one hour from midnight…

B) Explain in English the meaning of the proverbs.

C) Make up a dialogue to illustrate them.

 

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION TELEVISION

 

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Television:TV; telly (colloq.), the box (BE); the tube (AE), portable television (set); colour television (set); video; video tape-recorder…   2. Operating TV set:to switch on/off; to turn on/off; to turn the sound up/down; to switch (over)/change to another…

C) Summarize the text in 3 paragraphs.

2. Use the topical vocabulary in answering the following questions:   1. What are your favourite programmes? Refer to specific programmes to illustrate your preferences. 2. What qualities…

The Story So Far

The idea of a machine able to broadcast both sound and vision goes back to 1875. But it wasn't until 1926 that a Scottish engineer turned the idea… John Logie Baird produced the first television pictures just eight years after… US television boomed in the late '40s. Commercial stations began to open in almost every city, and national networks…

Read the following and extract the necessary information.

Internet

TheInternethad its origin in a U. S. Department of De­fense program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects) Agency Network), established in 1969… Amateur radio, cable television wires, spread spectrum radio, satellite, and…  

B) Spend a few minutes individually thinking of further arguments you will use to back up the opinion you have been assigned.

 

c) Now discuss the issue with other members of the minigroup using the arguments you have prepared. Do your best to support those who share a similar point of view and try and persuade those who don't agree with you. (Use cliches of agreement/disagreement and persuasion.)

 

8. In a students' debating club the topic of the next session is "Educational TV. Who is it for?”

 

A) Study educational programmes and decide upon the one you would speak on.

 

B) Make a list of its strong and weak points.

 

c) Think of some possible improvements if you were to prepare the pro­gramme.

 

D) Participate in the discussion. (You have only five minutes to talk.) Be prepared to answer any question arising in the course of the discussion.

9. Interviewing people basically involves asking for opinions and expressing personal opinions. Next come some cliches you may use for this…   Asking for opinions: what's your opinion of; what do you think of; how do you feel about; I was wondering what your…

D) Summarize in your own words what you believe to be the best technique for interviewing people (see Appendix, p. 292).

11. Read the following extract on the use of interviews in the foreign lan­guage classroom:   The success of an interview depends both on the skill of the interviewer, on his ability to ask the right kinds of…

A) Pair work.

 

Student A:

You are doing research into the types of television pro­grammes people watch. You stop people in the street to ask them questions and write down their answers. Student B is a passer-by.

 

Television Questionnaire

1.How many hours less than 5 hours a week do you 5-10 hours spend watching 10-15 hours

B) Summarize your observations and report them to the group.

c) Work out a suggested weekly viewing guide based on the recommenda­tions of group members. Beside each programme write the reasons for its…   12. Write a newspaper criticism of a TV programme that you have seen of any of the following types: a) a news…

Unit Seven

 

From: THE TIME OF MY LIFE

 

By Denis Healey

TEXT

 

DRAWING BACK THE CURTAIN

Denis Healey was bom in 1917 and brought up in Yorkshire. After gainig a double first at Balliol College, Oxford, for six years he was a soldier… Another six years as International Secretary of the Labour Party taught him… He is a prolific journalist and broadcaster. He has published Healey's Eye, a book on his life as a photographer, and…

Commentary

1. The Fabian Society — a British organisation of left wing thinkers which was a founder or the Labour Party and used to have an important influence… 2. Oliver Sir Lawrence, also Larry (1907-1989). English actor thought of by… 3. Old Vic — a London theatre originally opened in 1818, the full name of which is the Royal Victoria Theatre.

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. I learned much from those visits, restricted though they were. Hard working though he was, there was never enough money to pay the bills. Strange though it may seem I am a great admirer of the great film-makers of those days.

Phrases and Word Combinations

 

to cany the seeds of to be all the rage

destruction to sweep (the country, the

to reinforce the hostilily place) like a hurricane

to be restored to glory to be in key positions

to see smb at smb's best to be beyond price

to give smb a headache an ally against smb

in the early years after the War signs of the cultural thaw

 

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1. includevt to bring in, to regard as part of the whole, e. g. This atlas contains fifty maps, including six of North Amer­ica. The price is ten… Ant. exclude (from) 1) to prevent smb from getting in some­where, as to… inclusionn including or being included, e. g. The inclusion of several new themes made the novel much more…

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. a) Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words:   purport; illusion; expunge; consciousness; liquidate; fasci­nate; ally; superior; rivals; hostility; rococo;…

Make up five sentences on each pattern (p. 204).

 

Pair work. Make up and act out a diaioue using the speech patterns.

8. Translate the following sentences into English:   А. 1. Хотя это может показаться странным, я особенно люблю читать исторические романы.

Note down from the text (p. 200) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 204) and translate them into Russian.

10. Complete the following sentences using the phrases and word combi­nations:   1. All the Moscow cathedrals and churches have been ... to their former ... .

Pair work. Make up and act out situations using the phrases and word combinations.

14. Explain what is meant by: to expunge it from the consciousness of the people; to be part of a common…  

Give a summary of the text, dividing it into several logical parts.

17. Use the phrases and word combinations and act out dialogues between:   1. A guide and an American tourist planning the itinerary of the letter's stay in Moscow.

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   1. A group of theatrical workers including myself wrote an open letter to The Times. 2. "My dear ... I've been a…

B) Explain in English the meaning of each proverb.

 

C) Make up a dialogue to illustrate one of the proverbs.

 

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

 

CUSTOMS AND HOLIDAYS

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Symbolic calendar days of rest and celebrations: holi­days;festivals; bank holidays; public holidays. 2. Types of holidays:international; national; local; family; political;… 3. Activities in observance of holidays:to mask; to observe; to celebrate; to commemorate; to honour; to recognize an…

The Field of Folklore

Folklore comprises the unrecorded traditions of a people. The study of folklore records and analyses these traditions be­cause they reveal the… Whenever, out of habit or inclination, the folk indulge in songs and dances,… Folklore comprises traditional creations of peoples, primi­tive and civilized. These are achieved by using sounds,…

Below are opinions on folklore, traditions and customs. a) Read them first.

1. The most widely acknowledged form of Art — Folklore, that is verbal, musical and material (traditional handicrafts), is almost completely devoid… Why? (What makes me say so?) I think it is especially due to the fact that national Art is created by everyone and for everyone within the bounds…

B) Spend a few moments individually thinking of further arguments you will use to back up the opinion.

 

C) Now discuss the opinions with your partner.

5. When people talk about something they are bound to make mistakes. (To err is human.) But not everyone is able to correct these mistakes in a…   a) Read this dialogue. Note down the expressions in bold type the charac­ters use in correcting other people's…

B) Summarize the dialogue.

 

C) Make a speech on the American tradition to celebrate Halloween.

6. Pair work. Make up and act out a dialogue discussing national holidays. Do library research and collect additional materials describing unusual…   1. Staying with your friends in Georgia, you discuss the customs and traditions of a national holiday with your host/…

C) Make a round table discussion of the American holidays.

  8. As you know the Americans and British have very much to common in their…  

Guy

 

When one person says of another, "What a guy!" it isn't always meant as a compliment, and this can be explained by the history of the word. On November 5th in the year 1605 the famous Gunpowder Plot was perpetrated as a protest against the sharp enforcement of the anti-Catholic laws of King James I. The anniversary of this event is celebrated each year in Eng­land and is called Guy Fawkes Day in memory of the chief character in the drama. This fellow Fawkes took a house ad­joining the Houses of Parliament in London, tunneled through to the cellar, and concealed a nice fat charge of gunpowder in the coal bin. Unfortunately one of those conspirators betrayed their leader and this led to the discovery of the plot and Guy Fawkes being tortured and hanged. On this day it is customary in England to carry an effigy of Fawkes through the streets and then to burn it. 1) The children ask passers-by the traditional phrase "Have you got a penny for the guy, please?" collecting the money to buy fireworks with. In the evening on the 5th of November, the children have a big bonfire, eat roast chestnuts and let off the fireworks. 2) Many other people, besides Guy Fawkes, have been burned as dummies on November 5th... Na­poleon Bonaparte became a "Guy" many times during his life­time, and in 1945 a dummy of Hitler was burned on hundreds of fires all over Britain. 3) "Beefeaters" still search the cellars of the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the first day of a new Parliament, before members take their seats. They have always done so since 1605.

 

B) Make up a dialogue with your partner similar to the one on Halloween. Use conversational formulas of correcting people, agreement and disagreement.

 

 

Talking points. Group work.

 

a) Split into small buzz groups of 3-4 and get ready to represent a certain country's national customs and traditions at an international conference or festival.

 

B) Do some library research prior to the discussion.

 

C) Elect the chairperson to conduct and run the conference.

 

D) Delegate a speaker from a buzz group to take part in making a talk and a panel discussion.

 

Problems for Discussion

 

1. The advantages and problems of multinational states for the development of national traditions.

2. The continuity of folk tradition in modern world (pros and cons).

 

10. Do some library research and write a composition on the problem given below:

 

Family traditions in the urban communities and in the coun­try.

 

 

Unit Eight

 

TEXT

From: THURSDAY EVENING

 

By Ch. Morley

Christopher Morley (1890-1957), an American author, received unusual recognition early in his career. Among his widely known novels are Kitty Foyle… The scene is set in the small kitchen of the modest suburban home of Mr and… Laura, who is an attractive little woman aged about twenty-three, is in that slightly tense condition of a young…

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. It makes me wild tothink of working and working like a dog... It made Jane mad to hear the news. It will make the child happier to have his…  

Phrases and Word Combinations

to pick over smth to go back on smb to rummage through to be down on smb to attend to (one's affairs, a word of praise

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1. avoidvt to keep away from, as to avoid a person, speaking to smb. meeting smb, mentioning smth, mistakes, bad compa­ny, a quarrel, an argument, a… avoidablea that can be avoided, e. g. I'm sure the quarrel was quite… Ant. unavoidable, e. g. The accident was unavoidable, the man ran out into the street too suddenly for the driver to…

READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

1. Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words. Pay attention to the stresses:   a) atmosphere, unforgivable, disgusting, absurd, absolute, altar, conceited, irresolutely, automatons, rearrange,…

Listen to the recording of the text and mark the stresses and tunes. Repeat the text after the model

3. Substitute one of the speech patterns (p. 238) for the parts of the sen­tence:   M o d e 1 s: a) He became angry when he thought of working and working like a dog.

Translate the following sentences into English using the speech patterns.

 

Make up two sentences of your own on each pattern.

 

Make up and act out in front of the class a suitable dialogue using the speech patterns. (Pair work.)

 

Note down from the text (p. 231) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 238) and translate them into Russian.

8. Paraphrase the following sentences using the phrases and word combi­nations:   1. At times some praise will work wonders. 2. You'd better explain to him how he is to behave when his wife has…

Make up and practise a suitable dialogue using the phrases and word combinations.

11. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations: 1. Мальчик очень старался не делать ошибок в своем изложении. 2. Почему вы не…  

Give a summary of the text.

15. Make up and act out dialogues between:   1. Laura (Gordon) and a friend discussing the events of Thursday evening.

Write a chatty personal letter to a good friend saying how life has changed since your sister married a year ago. When you have written the letter, deliver it to another student. He or she should then write an answer to it.

 

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

 

Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:   1. We avoided riding through large cities on our trip. 2. One would admire his excellent qualities, but avoid his…

C) Make up a dialogue to illustrate one of the proverbs.

 

conversation and discussion

 

FAMILY LIFE

 

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Family, folks, household, tribe, clan, descent (to be of some descent), descendant, ancestor, forefather, heredity, hereditary, sibling,… 2. To date smb, to be smb's date, to go out with smb, to court smb, boyfriend,…  

The Politics of Housework

It seemed perfectly reasonable. We both had careers, both had to work a couple of days a week to earn enough to live on, so why shouldn't we share… Then an interesting thing happened. I can only explain it by stating that we… Here's my list of dirty chores: buying groceries, carting them home and putting them away; cooking meals and washing…

A) Draw a family tree for yourself and using the topical vocabulary explain the relationship between your immediate ancestors and any interesting facts about them.

 

b) Answer the following questions using the topical vocabulary:

 

1. What are the usual steps that precede marriage? 2. Have you ever witnessed a wedding ceremony? Describe it naming all the participants and their activities. 3. Under what circum­stances can a family foster a child? Think of some example. 4. Do you believe house chores should be distributed among the members of the family? 5. What would you take into consider­ation while distributing house chores in your family? 6. What do you like to do about the house and what do you dislike?

 

7. What would you do if your husband/wife comes home from work tired and irritated? 8. If you feel ill-treated or hurt by your husband/wife do you think you should have, the matter out at once or would you wait till you cool down ?

 

c) Consider the following "Being married or being single". You should: 1. discuss the differences between them; 2. discuss the advantages and disad­vantages they have; 3. say what you would do if you were given the choice (use the topical vocabulary).

 

3. Marriage has always been argued about. Below are statements about marriage which express different opinions. Imagine that they are your opinions, and change them into subjective arguments:

 

1. Society would not exist without marriage. 2. Marriage is un­necessary. 3. Marriage is important for the children. 4. Marriage keeps couples together. 5. A marriage licence is a worthless piece of paper. 6. Marriage restricts freedom. 7. A lot of married people get divorced.

 

4. Choose one of the following topics and prepare to give your views on it for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. You may make notes, but do not try to write out a whole speech. (The students are allowed 15 minutes to prepare this beforehand):

 

1. Husbands and wives who both work should share domestic chores. 2. The problems of having a granny in the family. 3. Courses on marriage and family matters in secondary school might be helpful in preserving the family. 4. Home life feels the stress of social life. 5. Divorce is morally wrong and marriage should be preserved at all costs. 6. Marriages at later ages are more stable. 7. Love begins at home.

 

5. What are the characteristics of a wife/husband and a mother-in-law?

a) Study the following characteristics of:

1. Wife or husband: tolerant, considerate, faithful, affectionate to husband/wife, affectionate to children, hard-working, tidy, home-loving, good-looking, rich, thrifty, quiet, well-educated.

2. Mother-in-law: willing to baby-sit, attractive, generous, young (relatively), well-dressed, rich, good at organizing home, has telephone, has many interests, does not interfere, has other married children, lives nearby.

 

B) Put the characteristics in order of priority.

 

C) Cut them down to the five most important.

d) Expand them to describe exhaustively the most perfect wife / husband and mother-to-law.   8. One of the main problems of family life is the relationship between young adults and parents. Discuss the problem…

B) Turn the above situation into a dialogue and act it out.

10. Look at the following ways of giving advice (some of which appear in the text) and accepting advice or rejecting it:   Giving advice

APPENDIX

Unit One

 

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN THE USA

The school year is usually nine months, from early Septem­ber to mid-June. The common pattern of organization, referred to as the 6-3-3 plan,… Preschool education:A child's introduction to formal edu­cation is usually in… Elementary school:The main purpose of the elementary school is the general intellectual and social development of the…

Unit Three

 

TOOLS FOR EVALUATING A STORY

Any work of fiction consists of relatively independent ele­ments — narration, description, dialogue, interior monologue, digressions, etc.… Most novels and stories have plots. Every plotis an arrangement of meaningful…  

COMPOSITION AND PLOT; FOCUS; VOICE

What are the bare facts of the story? What is the exposi­tion, complication, climax and denouement? Are the elements of the plot ordered…  

CHARACTERS AND SETTING

What are the characters names and what do they look like? Does this have any significance? Are the characters round or flat? Does the narrator…   course of the story do the characters change as a result of their experience? Does the narrator sympathise with the…

THEME AND ARTISTIC EFFECT

What is the general effect achieved? Has the writer caused characters, and settings to come alive? What was the conflict and how was is solved, if…   w. s.

By L.P. Hartley

(continued)   A little comforted, Walter went home. The talk with the po­lice had done him good. He thought it over. It was quite…

Unit Six

magazine programme — programme which is a mixture of "hard" news and feature items. wild/nature life programme — programme showing animals, birds, etc. in their… quiz programme — programme on which members of the audience are asked questions, in case of correct answer they…

INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES

Ten-point plan to make a good impression   1. Be pleasant and polite to the receptionist or secretary who greets you. It will get you off to a good start.

COMPOSITION SUBJECTS

 

Respond to the following situations either in a short story, using a dialogue and a description, or in an essay form.

1. Describe how illustrations can help a reader to enjoy the book. Refer to two or three books you have read. 2. Imagine that one of your friends is missing from the classes visiting his… 3. Recommend a friend (who does not read much) a book which you have recently read. Try to encourage your friend to…

CONVERSATIONAL EXPRESSIONS

(Units One — Eight)

 

Unit One

 

PERSUASION

 

Persuasion involves not only making a suggestion but ac­tively trying to convince someone to agree with you and accept it. As such, it is a mild and (usually) acceptable form of argu­ing.

But evidently to use cliches is by far not enough. What you need is valid arguments to really persuade a person to do this or that. Remember that to be convincing you must abide by certain rules in logics:

 

Persuasion

 

(Oh) come on I don't know, but

Don't you think I'll tell you what

After all Look

What you don't seem to Why don't we

understand is that I know you can do it

I'm awfully sorry to ask It's crucial for you

you ... but It's important for you

If you'll do it... I'll It's necessary for you

 

Going in to persuasions

 

(Well) I guess so All right

Maybe you're right Look — I'll tell you what

Oh, if you insist We'll see

Making suggestions

 

I wonder/was wondering how Why don't you try

to attend What do you say Don't you think

Maybe you could If I were you

I was wondering if you'd ever I have an idea

thought of I think it might be a good idea to

 

Resisting persuasion

 

I don't know No way

Oh (with using information) Absolutely not

We'll see I don't care

I know, but That's all out of the

I don't see how question

That's a good idea, but That might be OK, but

That's true, but I see what you mean, but

 

Some means that can be useful in persuading others

1. Citing facts to support your view, naming their source if the facts are likely to be doubted. 2. Relating relevant incidents or experiences in which you or others have been… 3. Citing authorities who support your view. Brief direct quotations from the authority are impressive.

Unit Two

 

ATTACK AND RESPONSE

Attack   Wouldn't you agree

Response

I see (take) your point Possibly (maybe so) I'd agree with you to a certain extent

Unit Three

 

AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT

Agreeing. Neutral: Yes, I agree. True enough. That's right I can't help thinking the same. Hour true. I couldn't agree more. How right that is. Oh,… Informal: Well, that's the thing. Well, this is it (isn't it) ? Yes, right.… Formal: Oh, I agree entirely. I agree absolutely with... My own view/opinion exactly. I'm of exactly the same opinion.…

Unit Four

 

EXPRESSIONS SHOWING CRITICISM AND VIRTUES

I know I am not good at... As for when I look at myself (in a mirror),... well... then I see someone a bit different.

Unit Five

 

REACTING TO OPINION

Positive response: True... exactly...

Unit Six

 

INTERVIEWING PEOPLE

 

Asking for opinions

 

What's your opinion of...

What do you think of...

How do you feel about...

I was wondering what your opinion of... (tentative)

What about... (informal)

 

Expressing personal opinions

 

In my opinion

From my point of view

Personally, I think that

It would seem to me that (tentative)

As far as I'm able to judge (tentative)

 

As I see it (direct)

Frankly, I think (direct)

I reckon (informal)

 

Asking for clarification

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean by... I'm sorry, could you explain what you mean by... I'm afraid, I'm not really very clear about what you mean by... (tentative)

Giving clarification

what I'm trying to say is (that)... Well, the point I'm trying to make is (that)...

Unit Seven

 

CORRECTING PEOPLE

 

Let's get this straight from the start...

There appears to have been a slight misunderstanding here.

I'm afraid you've got it all wrong...

Actually...

Haven't I already mentioned...

I think I should point out, however...

If I may say so, I believe you've confused...

Am I mistaken in thinking that...

 

Unit Eight

 

GIVING ADVICE AND ACCEPTING ADVICE OR REJECTING IT

 

Giving advice

I would advise you to DO... Personally, I think your best course would be to DO... (slightly formal)

Accepting advice

That sounds a good idea. (certainly) like Thank seems good advice. you.

Rejecting advice

can

I’m not sure I do that. You see

‘d be able to + EXCUSE

 

Isn't there anything else I can/could DO...?

I'm sure that's excellent advice, only + EXCUSE (tentative)

I'm afraid that's not really possible/out of the question. (direct)

 

 

ROLE PLAYING

COLLEGE LIFE/ITS YOUR CHOICE

 

Situation

 

A group of students earned some money during their summer holidays. At a special meeting they discuss the best way to spend the money.

There are the proposals to be discussed:

1. a trip to St. Petersburg

2. purchase of some equipment to launch a disco club

3. distribution of the money among the students

 

Cast list

Helen/Eugene Jane/Andrew students, members of the summer team Lucy/Peter

What you must decide

 

Which two of the proposals would most benefit everybody concerned and the English department? A vote must be taken.

 

Role cards

Helen/Eugene Aged 19 You were one of the team. You are a great traveller. You are happy as in…  

Possible follow-ups

1. Do you think the students' summer work should be relat­ed to their future profession? Whatever your answer, give your reasons.

2. Write up this role-play as a newspaper article.

3. Prepare a talk by a visiting student from Great Britain on students' life (unions, clubs, societies).

 

EXAMS OR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT?

 

Situation

 

A special meeting of the staff of the English Department will be held to discuss a possible shift from exams to continu­ous assessment, i. e. a student's final mark is an average of the marks for all the work he/she has done during the course/ term.

 

Cast list

Prof. G., Head of the English Department Lecturer M. Lecturer E. senior lecturers

What you must decide

 

What form of assessment is more efficient and reliable: exams or continuous assessment? A vote must be taken.

Role cards

Prof. G. Aged 51 You are Head of the English Department and conduct a special meeting to… At the end of the discussion you sum up the arguments presented and hold a vote.

Possible follow-ups

 

1. Speak on the following topic: "Exams or Continuous Assessment".

a) a student's view; b) a teacher's view.

2. Prepare a talk on the comparative study of the British and the Russian marking systems.

3. Write a composition on the following'topics:

a) The most adequate (revealing) tasks for teaching the students' skills in the senior stage.

b) My first exam.

 

DISCUSSING A TEXTBOOK

 

Situation

 

A school textbook is to be re-edited. At a special meeting possible changes to be introduced are discussed.1

 

Cast list

The author

A representative of the publishers

TeacherS.

Teacher D.

Ann/Michael

Jane/Andrew final-year students

Helen/Peter

 

Dorothy/Donald Parker, a visiting English teacher

 

What you must decide

 

What possible changes should be introduced into the sec­ond edition of the textbook?

 

Role cards

The author Aged 55 You are the author of the textbook. It is highly valued by the school teachers…  

Possible follow-ups

 

1. How should the exercises on translation be dealt with:

a) gone over by the teacher in class;

b) corrected by the teacher out of class;

c) corrected by the students themselves by the given keys. Give your reasons.

 

TELEVISION

 

Situation

At a students' debating club a discussion is held on the role of television in society. Some students of the British group who are on an exchange… 1. Television and children. (Whole generations are growing up addicted to…  

Cast list

A journalist A psychologist A postgraduate

What you must decide

 

Whose arguments sounded more convincing?

 

Role cards

Journalist Aged 54 You are a well-known journalist You were asked to lead the discussion. In…  

Possible follow-ups

1. Choose an evening's viewing for a) a foreign visitor whose Russian is good and who is very interested in… b) a foreign visitor whose Russian is not very good.

THE INVESTIGATION

 

Situation

Mrs June Brown was detained for shoplifting. She was accused of having stolen a girl's woolen pullover. Mrs Brown refused to say anything and… Mrs Brown was in a hurry. She wanted to buy a new pull­over for her daughter…  

Cast list

 

Mrs June Brown, the accused

Mrs Mary Baker, a store detective

Miss Becky Smith, a sales assistant

Mr Clark Timpson, the sales manager

Miss Nora Lain, a customer in the shop

Counsel for the Prosecution

Counsel for the Defence

 

What you must decide (after the role play)

 

On the basis of the evidence collected by the two counsels during the investigation you must decide whether the matter should be brought to court.

 

Role cards

Counsel for the Defence Aged 39 While interviewing the participants of the incident — Mrs Brown, the…  

Possible follow-ups

 

1. Give an account of the incident as it was seen by Anne, Mrs Brown's daughter.

2. Give an account of the investigation as it was seen and heard by a newspaper reporter (mind your style).

3. Write a letter which Mr Brown, the husband of the ac­cused, might have sent to a local newspaper, protesting about the actions of the staff of the store (mind your style).

 

AN INCIDENT AT SCHOOL

 

Situation

During the last week of the term the eighth form register goes missing from the staff room. The form tutor is worried since it's the time for .the… The form tutor warned the pupils that if yhey did not produce the form… Two discussions are held simultaneously — by the pupils in their classroom and by the teachers in their staff room. …

Cast list

 

Teacher W.

Teacher K.

Teacher R.

Teacher B.

 

Julia/Peter

Lucy/Eugene pupils

Nina/Alex

Helen

 

Dorothy Parker, a visiting teacher from Great Britain

Donald/Daisy, an English pupil

 

What you must decide

 

What can be the outcome of the confession and the punish­ment inflicted on the pupil?

 

Role cards

Teacher W. Aged 35 You are a math teacher and a tutor of the 8th form. The dis­appearance of the…  

Possible follow-ups

1. Discuss the following: a) Is one's authority as a teacher undermined by seeking the aid of senior… b) Is one ever justified in punishing a whole class for the misbehaviour of one or two unidentified offenders?

Situation

M.N. Semenova, an English teacher, and her colleague, N.M. Petrova, are receiving Mrs Dorothy Parker, a visiting Eng­lish teacher, at M.N.… The ladies are discussing many things and mainly the com­ing birthday of M.N.…  

Cast list

 

M.N. Semenova, mother

Helen Semenova, daughter

L.G. Bobrova, a form tutor

N.M. Petrova, an English teacher

Dorothy Parker, a visiting English teacher

 

What you must decide

 

Should M.N. Semenova arrange her son a birthday party at all? If not, when should she punish her son, before or after the party?

 

Role cards

M.N. Semenova Aged 45 You are very much annoyed at the news. You love your son who is the apple of…  

Possible follow-ups

 

1. Do you believe in the effect of punishing children?

2. Discuss different sanctions for misbehaviour used in Russian and British schools.

3. Argue the following talking point: "Parents are too per­missive with their children nowadays".

 

STUDENTS' WEDDING

 

Situation

A fourth-year student Nick Petrov and a second-year stu­dent Ann Semenova are going to get married. They both study at the English faculty and live…    

Cast list

 

Nick Petrov, a student

Ann Semenova, a student

Irene Nosova, a student, a member of the ESC

Tom/Dorothy Walter, an English student

Helen Bobrova, a student, Ann's roommate

 

What you must decide

 

Should Nick and Ann have a lavish wedding reception or make it a more modest affair and spend the money otherwise?

 

Role cards

Nick Petrov Aged 22 You are an out-of-door type of young man and think that the only thing worth…  

Possible follow-ups

 

1. What is your attitude towards a lavish wedding recep­tion?

2. Write a letter which Ann might have sent to her friend Mary.

3. Should household chores be shared and to what ex­tent?

4. Prepare a talk: "The pros and cons of living together with parents".

 

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ СТУДЕНТАМ, ГОТОВЯЩИМСЯ К ПРОВЕДЕНИЮ МИКРОУРОКОВ

К началу IV курса студенты уже обладают не только тео­ретическими знаниями, но и определенными профессиональ­но значимыми навыками и умениями,… В процессе обучения языку на IV курсе следует использо­вать ряд более сложных… Наиболее целесообразно начинать работу над микроуро­ками в первом семестре IV курса. В это время студенты ин­тенсивно…

РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ПО ПРОВЕДЕНИЮ МИКРОУРОКОВ ПО РАБОТЕ С РЕЧЕВЫМИ ОБРАЗЦАМИ

1. Проанализируйте речевые образцы с точки зрения трудностей, которые они могут представить для ваших уча­щихся. (Сравнение с родным языком и внутри…   2. Выберите способ раскрытия значения речевых образцов (беспереводный или переводный), исходя из их трудностей,…

Тренировочные упражнения

— имитационные (согласитесь, подтвердите и т. д.); — трансформационные (переспросите, выразите удивле­ние, не согласитесь,… — упражнения на завершение предложений;

РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ПО ПРОВЕДЕНИЮ МИКРОУРОКОВ ПО РАБОТЕ С ТЕКСТОМ

1. Внимательно прочитайте текст и проанализируйте его с точки зрения трудностей, которые могут возникнуть у уча­щихся: — в процессе громкого чтения (трудные слова, сочетания слов, предложения); — в процессе понимания содержания читаемого.

РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ПО ПРОВЕДЕНИЮ МИКРОУРОКОВ ПО РАБОТЕ С ЛЕКСИКОЙ

1. Проанализируйте лексические единицы с точки зрения трудностей (по форме, значению и употреблению), которые они могут представлять для ваших…   2. Вспомните некоторые методические рекомендации по работе с лексикой (вводя новую лексическую единицу, необ­ходимо…

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1. Вспомните, какие формы экспрессивной речи вы знаете (монолог, диалог); какие виды (подготовленная, неподготов­ленная); какие стимулы используются…   2. Вспомните некоторые методические рекомендации по работе над экспрессивной речью. (Работа над монологом про­ходит на…

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При анализе урока вычлените и охарактеризуйте:

1. Обучающий эффект урока. Соответствие характера уп­ражнений формируемой деятельности. Качество и количе­ство упражнений, их разнообразие и последовательность. Ис­пользование различных средств наглядности.

2. Темп микроурока. Чувство времени (в проведении всего микроурока, при проведении отдельных упражнений, паузы и т. д.).

3. Поведение учителя:

— Речь (правильность, эмоциональность, лаконичность и доступность формулировок заданий и т. д.).

— Охват класса (все ли учащиеся равномерно принимали участие во всех видах работы).

— Умение пользоваться доской, средствами наглядности и т.д.

— Работа над ошибками: умение услышать (и увидеть) все ошибки, фиксировать и классифицировать их; характер ис­правления ошибок — обучающий или необучающий и т. д.

 

 

CONTENTS

 

Essential Course

 

Unit One

Text. From: "Doctor in the House" by R. Gordon...................................................................... 6

Conversation and Discussion:

Higher Education in the United States of America ................................................................... 27

Unit Two

Text From: To Kill a Mockingbird" by H. Lee........................................................................... 39

Conversation and Discussion:

Courts and Trial........................................................................................................................... 61

Unit Three

Text. "W.S." by L.P. Hartley....................................................................................................... 73

Conversation and Discussion:

Books and Reading..................................................................................................................... 90

Unit Four

Text. From: "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow ................................................................................ 104

Conversation and Discussion:

Man and Music........................................................................................................................... 121

Unit Five

Conversation and Discussion: Difficult… Unit Six

Unit Seven

Text "Drawing Back the Curtain" ............................................................................................ 200 Conversation and Discussion: Customs and…

Unit Eight

Text. From: "Thursday Evening" by Ch. Morley....................................................................... 230

Conversation and Discussion:

Family Life................................................................................................................................. 250

Appendix

Unit One..................................................................................................................................... 262 … Unit… Unit…

Методические рекомендации студентам, готовящимся

К проведению микроуроков ............................................................................................................................... 319

 

Учебное издание

 

. Аракнн Владимир Дмитриевич,

Новикова Ирина Александровна,

Аксенова-Пашковская Галина Васильевна,

Бронникова Софья Николаевна, Гурьева Юлия Федоровна,

Дианова Елена Михайловна, Костина Людмила Тихоновна,

Верещагина Ирина Николаевна,

Страшникова Маргарита Семеновна,

Петрушин Сергей Иванович

 

ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

Учебник для студентов педагогических вузов   Зав. редакцией А. И. Уткин

Государственное унитарное предприятие

Смоленский полиграфический комбинат

Государственного комитета Российской Федерации по печати.

Смоленск, ул. Смольянинова, 1.


 

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