School Life for a British Boy (Written by Erik) - раздел Иностранные языки, Англійська мова для студентів технічних ВНЗ My School Is A Mixed 11–18 School. There Are About 1,150 Students In My Schoo...
My School is a mixed 11–18 school. There are about 1,150 students in my school, including 200 in the sixth form. It is called a Technology College and specializes in Computers and Maths. My school has over 1200 computers (including over 400 tablet PC’s)
I am in Year 8. I am presently having to decide what GCSEs I would like to start working towards. I am sitting for my GCSE exams next year instead of the year after when most other people of my age will be doing them.
Some subjects are compulsory like Maths, English, Science and a foreign language. I am not sure what other GCSEs I will be taking. I will have to decide soon.
My School Day
I leave home at 6:45 and walk 20 minutes to catch a bus to school. The bus is a special one just for kids going to my school. The journey on the bus takes an hour because it has to keep stopping to pick up other students along the way.
When I arrive at school, I collect my Tablet PC from the Flexi (Flexiable Learning Centre). Then I go to my Tutor Room for Registration at 8:30.
What is Registration?
The attendance of every child attending school each morning and afternoon is recorded in a special book. The teacher reads out each child’s name in turn. On hearing his/her name, the child replies ‘yes Mrs. (teacher’s name)’ and the teacher notes down in the book whether the child is in school or not.
We listen to announcements to see what special things are happening at school today or this week.
At about 8:50 we leave Tutor Room to go to our First Period. Every day I have a different Lesson the first period. Normally it is Humanities but I also have Maths, Drama and Music, and French on the other days. Each period lasts an hour.
All my lessons are in different rooms and places around the school. Each Room either has a three digit number or a name. The numbers are very hard to remember! I have different teachers for each lesson. I have a locker where I can store some of my stuff but otherwise I have to carry it all around with me in my bags.
Swipe Cards
Every Student carries a swipe card. We swipe into every lesson to let the school know that we have attended that certain lesson and where we are in case of emergencies.
There are two stripes, a black and a brown, on the Swipe Card. The brown is to swipe into lessons and the black is to get into the toilets and buildings.
We can put money on our Swipe cards instead of carrying cash around. When we want to pay for snacks at the shop or the canteen we just hand over our cards and they deduct the money.
Subjects
Maths, English, Science, ICT, Drama, Music, Art, PE.
Humanities (History, Geography, and Religion), French or Spanish.
Time Table
9:00 1st Period
10:00 2nd Period
11:00 – 11:20 Break
During the break, I have a snack and play and chat with my friends. Usually we play a chasing game. Snow ball fight when it snows is dead fun.
11:20 3rd Period
12:30 4th Period
1:30 – 2:10 Lunch
I bring a packed lunch to school but occasionally I have school dinners in the School Canteen. School lunches are priced at £1.60.
2:10 5th Period
3:10 End of School
Sometimes I stay after school for clubs.
Canteen
The Canteen is open at Lunch Time and Break Time. Most hot food is served only at lunch time. Chips are only available on Mondays and Fridays.
Tablet PC
We don’t use our Tablet PCs in all lessons because some rooms do not have enough power sockets. We use the Tablets to do our work on and to search the Internet. Our Tablet PCs are connected to a Network so we can send our work straight to our teachers, and they can send them back with their comments.
Дайте відповіді на запитання.
1. How old is Eric? 2. What subjects are compulsory for GCSE? 3. What do pupils do in Tutor room before lessons? 4. What is a Swipe Card used for at school? 5. How many lessons a day do British pupils have? 6. Where do the pupils take a Tablet PC? 7. How do they use the computer at school? 8. How do British pupils address their teacher?
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Introducing people Представлення людей
Let me introduce myself. My name is D.
Дозвольте відрекомендуватись. Мене звати Д.
May I introduce Mr. N.? Allow me to introduce Mr. N
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· Живі істоти
Однина
Множина
The man’s bag
The men’s bags
The boy’s bic
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G Запам’ятайте!
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to have a
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Прийменники в англійській мові
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1) Стверджувальне:
The students work in the laboratory twice a week.
2) Заперечне
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The Benefits of a Cruise Holiday
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Форма питального речення
Will I (he, you, we, they, my friend) study at the University next year?
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Going Through the Customs
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The Past Continuous Tense (Минулий тривалий час)
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The Past Perfect Tense (Минулий перфектний час)
Випадки вживання
Приклади
a) Дія, яка закінчилась до деякого моменту у минулому (by 5 o’clock yesterday – до 5 години вчора).
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· Private Bathroom / Shower
· Satellite TV Channels
· Hair Dryer
· Telephone
· Mini-Bar / Fridge
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The Past Perfect Continuous Tense (Минулий перфектно-тривалий)
Випадки вживання
Приклади
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Crossing your Fingers
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Заперечна форма
Заперечна частка not ставиться після першого допоміжного дієслова.
The letter is not written (every day).
The letter was
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What is Classical Physics?
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Звичайний ступінь
Порівняльний ступінь
Найвищий ступінь
big
bigger
the biggest
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He is in the farthest corner of the garden. – Він у самому дальньому куточку саду.
Further information will be given later. – Наступну інформацію Ви отримаєте пізніше.
He is 5 yea
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G Active Vocabulary:
a fortress – фортеця; a manuscript – рукопис; contemporary – сучасний; armour – лати; twofold – подвійний; garrison – гарнізон; custody – зберігання.
Universities in Great Britain
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My family
Satomi (Japan)
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G Active Vocabulary:
his teacher thought him very stupid – вчитель вважав його дуже дурним; boxed his ear – сильно вдарив його у вухо: on the track – на рельсах.
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The Oxford Chemistry course is second to none in
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“A
Choose one of the options.
1. Fossil fuels were formed from ____.
a) ancient plants and animals b) carbon c) water
2. Chemically fossil fuels are ___.
a) compounds of oxygen b) acids c) hydrocarbon
Choose one of the options.
1. Refraction is the process of natural ___ of light.
a) shining b) dissolution c) bending
2. When light passes through a prism, one can see different ___.
a) pictures b)
Choose one of the options.
1. Most metals are extracted from ___.
a) ore b) ear c) air
2. Ore always contains ___.
a) all the chemical elements b) some impurities c) only pure metal
3. To
Choose one of the options.
1. A mouse is ___.
a) a computer virus b) a system software c) an input device
2. Early computers used ___ cards to receive data.
a) punched b) playing c) credit
Choose one of the options.
1. A computer addict is a person who ___.
a) writes computer programmes b) spends most of his time at a computer
c) can add well
2. The most important things for computer
Choose one of the options.
1. Cooled lava formed many ___.
a) cities b) islands c) continents
2. Molten rock deep below the Earth’s crust is called ___.
a) enigma b) sigma c) magma
3. Volc
Choose one of the options.
1. The first successful flight over Mars was performed ___.
a) in the late 1960s b) last year c) at the beginning of 20th century
2. Observations proved that Mars is __
Choose one of the options.
1. An electric car is powered by ___.
a) an electric motor b) a diesel engine c) an internal combustion engine
2. Batteries are recharged ___.
a) only at service stations
Speech Patterns
There are
many species of insects.
Існує багато видів комах.
many species of insects
in
Speech patterns
It is him who
invented this machine.
Саме він винайшов цю машину.
It is the helmet that
saved my life.
Speech Patterns
It is important
for him
to know these laws
Йому важливо знати ці закони.
It is necessary
to rev
Speech Patterns
either ... or
або ... або
You may choose to study either English or French.
Ви можете вибрати, що вивчати – або англійську, або французьку.
Speech Patterns
He
appeared
to have forgotten my address.
Виявилось, що він забув мою адресу.
seems
Здається, в
Speech Patterns
The years to come
Наступні роки
The words to remember
Слова, що треба запам’ятати
The things to d
Speech Patterns
He
is anything but
lazy.
Він далеко не ледащий.
It
pleasant.
Це зовсім не приємно.
Speech Patterns
If it were not for X ... we would ...
Якби не Х, ми б ...
If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
Якби не надія,
Speech Patterns
I will
get round to
it.
Я якось займусь цим.
I can never
see her.
Я ніяк не можу в
Speech patterns
He is well on his way to
mastering English.
Він далеко просунувся у вивченні англійської.
recovery.
Він скор
Speech Patterns
The more ..., the more ...
Чим ..., тим ...
The faster you drive, the more petrol the car uses.
Чим швидше ви їдете, тим
Speech Patterns
However
Однак
Although
Хоча; незважаючи на те, що
In fact
Насправді, фактично
Length Conversion
UK/USA unit
Metric (SI) unit
Metric (SI) unit
UK/USA unit
Inch
2.54 centimeters
Ce
AreaConversion
UK /USA unit
Metric (SI) unit
Metric (SI) unit
UK /USA unit
Acre
0.40 hectare
Hect
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