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Let me introduce myself and my family
I am Nikita Kuznetsov. I’m 17 years cold. I was born on the 5th of May in 1993. This year I have finished school No 1 in Astrakhan and entered the Astrakhan State Technical University. N

About myself
Hello, friends. Let me first introduce myself. My name is Ann or Anya for my friends. My surname or last name is Sokolova. I was born on the 2nd of October in Sochi, Krasnodarsky Krai. T

ACCOMMODATIONS AND CATERING
EXERCISE 1 Read the information about types of accommodation and catering and translate it into Russian.   Camping or caravanning means tra

EXERCISE 2 Read the text, understand its contents and give a short review of this text.
A wide variety of accommodations is available to the modern tourist. They vary from the guest house or tourist home with one or two rooms to grand luxury hotels with hundreds of rooms. Bef

EXERCISE 4 Read the text and understand its contents.
  Major tourist attractions include large cities like London, Moscow, Paris, New York; seashore areas in warm climates like the Caribbean and the Mediterranean; and ski resorts like t

EXERCISE 6 Make up a brief summary of the text.
EXERCISE 7   A) There are twelve famous places on these pictures. Identify them and say which city or country they are in. Fill in the first two columns of the tab

THOMAS COOK
  For millions of people around the world, the name Thomas Cook means traveller's cheques and travel agencies -but w

FREDDIE LAKER
Freddie Laker was one of the pioneers of modern passenger air travel. He was born in England in 1922, and from an early age he was involved with aircraft. He was an aircraft engineer in the Second

CESAR MANRIQUE
The tribute most often paid to Cesar Manrique is that without his efforts tourist development on Lanzarote would have followed the

AROUND THE WORLD IN 222 DAYS
The history of modern tourism began on 5 July 1841, when a train carrying 500 factory workers travelled from Leicester to Loughborough, twelve miles away, to attend a meeting about the dangers of a

Add the missing words to this puzzle.
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Ex. 2.Read and act out the dialogues.
At the doctor`s PATIENT.May I see doctor N., the therapeutist? CLERK.Doctor N. is not receiving just now. You can see doctor M.

Ex.3. Read and translate the text, retell it as if you are the dentist.
At the dentist`s Once I had had a toothache for several days, but I couldn`t pluck up courage to go to the dentist. As a matter of fact I went twice, but just as I got on

Ex.4. Master the active vocabulary
assistance –помощь ladder –лестница, трап hurt –причинять боль to hurt oneself –ушибиться

At the Hospital
Doctor:Lie down, please. Do you feel nauseous? Patient:Pardon? D:I mean are you sick?

A) Read the story and insert the necessary modal verbs (may, can, to be able, must, to have (to), to be (to), should (ought).
The Doctor`s Advice Mr. Bell felt very bad. Every day he had bad headaches, he…eat and sleep. One of his friends said that Mr. Bell… see doctor Green who always gave his p

Astrakhan
  Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it dischar

The land of blooming lotus
No one plant in the world was connected so closely with the life of the primitive man and the culture of the first civilization as lotus. We can observe the motion of the people following the place

New Zealand
Island- остров Indigenous language- местный диалект Isolation- уединение, изоляция Descent- происхождение To certain- полагать To coin- создать новый те

Australia
Commonwealth- содружество Settlement- поселение To explore- исследовать Democracy- демократия Bicameral- двупалатный Coral reef- коралловый риф

Great Britain
Kingdom-королевство To conquer- завоевывать To subdue- подчинить To contribute to- способствовать Domination- гсподство To win (won won) - завоевывать

THE USA
To stretch-простираться Densely-плотно A canal-канал Wheat-пшено Solid-твердый To adopt- внедрять Amendment-поправка Generation- покол

WASHINGTON, D.C.
independent- независимый with its own laws- со своими законами a plot of land- участок земли the Capitol- Капитолий in honor of- в честь a discoverer- п

Exercise 24. Read and translate the text
London is a capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and cultural centre. London has been a capital for nearly a thousand years. Many of its ancient buildings still stand. The most fa

Canberra
capital city - столица location - местоположение court - суд agency - агентство to derive - происходить to cover - охватывать bushland – простр

Wellington
urban area – городская территория rural area – сельская местность to cover - охватывать peninsula - полуостров to be notable for – быть примечательным h

Высшее образование в России.
  VOCABULARY   be situated - располагаться fisheries – зд. рыбная промышленность и хозяйство rename into - переименовать, generation

Exercise 5. Ask questions for which the following statements may serve as answers.
1 Our course of studies runs for 5 years. 2 I fell behind the group because of my illness. 3 My favourite subject is physics. 4 We’ll have a seminar on chemistry tomorrow

Exercise 7. Read and translate the text. Formulate the topic sentence of each paragraph. Express the main ideas of the text.
  Nowadays there exist many universities in Russia. But not all universities are equal. They differ from one another in history, tradition and academic organization. Moscow State Lomo

Higher education in Great Britain
Exercise 1. Study the list of the given words: 1 degree-степень, 2 a graduate-выпускник учебного заведения, 3 arts- гуманитарные нaуки, 4 to awa

Exercise 6. Read and practice the following. Act as interpreter.
Mr. Brown (B.): So sorry to have kept you waiting. I was on the phone. М-р Соколов (С): Пожалуйста, пожалуйста. Я рад, что вы нашли время побеседовать со мной. Я знаю, как вы заняты.

Exercise 7. Choose the right answer.
  1. New students must____ for classes before term begins. a) teach b)join c)enter d)enroll   2. This course _____ no previous knowledge of the subject

TEXT I. Read the text to yourself and suggest a title.
  The typical academic programme for university students in Great Britain is composed of a varying number of courses or subjects within a field of specialisation. The academi

EALING COLLEGE OF HIGHER LEARNING.
  The College has a 50 year tradition of developing and teaching undergraduate courses. At present it offers twelve degree courses which are validated by the Council for National Acad

Text III. Read the text to yourself and suggest the title.
  In the early 19-th century Oxford and Cambridge were the only two universities in England. The cost of education at these universities was so high that only the sons of the wealthie

Text III. STUDENT LIFE AND CUSTOMS.
  We lack sufficient evidence to make many statements about student life in ancient times. It was in the medieval universities that we first hear of those student groups which gave co

Text IV. Stanford University
  Stanford University, famous as one of northern California’s several institutions of higher learning, is called “the Harvard of the West”. Its reputation is based on its location, it

Text VI. CHN University of Professional Education (CHN)
  CHN University of Professional Education is located in Leeuwarden, capital of the province Fryslan in the northern part of the Netherlands. Situated on the North Sea, and partly sur

The Big Stores of London
  One of the features of London is the number of big stores, most of which are to be found in or near the West End. These stores are a mixture of tradition and modernity. The

Departments Отделы
Textiles dept. Тканей Drapery dеpt. Декоративных тканей Ready-made clothes dept. Готового платья Ladies/men’s/children’s wear/outfit Готовая женская/мужская/детская одежд

Shopping phrases
I have some shopping to do today Мне нужно сделать сегодня кое-какие покупки. I want to go and buy —. Я хочу пойти купи

Exercise 6. Answer the following questions using active vocabulary.
  1. What do we buy at dairy shop? 2. What do we buy at greengrocer's? 3. What do we buy at florist's? 4. What do we buy at confectionary shop? 5.

Exercise 8. Make up a dialogue.
  Situation 1: You are a very capricious and rather rude customer. You are looking for something special but don’t know what. Your partner is a shop-assistant who really wants

World at war
January 1, 2000 was a "triple" beginning - a new year, a new century, and a new millennium. Yet there remained much unfinished business from the last year, the last decade, indeed the ent

Terrorism
Terrorism is unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments

Exercise 5. Read English words and word combinations and give their Russian equivalents.
Unlawful; violence; intimidating; coercing; a climate of fear; to bring about a political objective; destabilizing; overthrowing; political institutions; to suppress dissent; deadliness; technologi

THE EU FIGHTS AGAINST THE SCOURGE OF TERRORISM
Terrorism takes many forms and uses ever more sophisticated and deadly organizational techniques and operational methods . Bioterrorism and chemical threats are all too real. Well organize

Part 10. Страны третьего мира. Проблемы миграции.
  Exercise 1. Master the active vocabulary: developing country развивающая страна developed country развитая страна low level of material b

List of emerging and developing economies
The following are considered emerging and developing economies according to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Report, October 2009.  

Developing countries not listed by IMF
· Cuba · North Korea Graduated developing countries (Fo

Industrialization
While the pace of migration had accelerated since the 18th century already (including the involuntary slave trade), it would increase further in the 19th century. Manning distinguishes three major

Informatization
Informatization or informatisation refers to the extent by which a geographical area, an economy or a society is becoming information-based, i.e., increase in size of its informati

Globalization and informatization
Over the years, globalization and informatization have "redefined industries, politics, cultures, and perhaps the underlying rules of social order". Although they explain different phenom

Definitions
An early description of globalization was penned by the American entrepreneur-turned-minister Charles Taze Russell who coined the term 'corporate giants' in 1897, although it was not until the 1960

Information technology
Information technology (IT) is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly soft

Information Age
  The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Information Era, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals

The Internet
  The Internet was originally conceived as a fail-proof network that could connect computers together and be resistant to any one point of failure; the Internet cannot b

Progression
  The proliferation of the smaller and less expensive personal computers and improvements in computing power by the early 1980s resulted in a sudden access to and ability to sh

The Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network

Information
  Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web, or just the Web, interchangeably, but the two terms are not synonymous. The World Wide Web is a global se

Communication in our life
  E-mail is an important communications service available on the Internet. The concept of sending electronic text messages between parties in a way analogous to mailing letters or mem

Social impact of the Internet
  The Internet has enabled entirely new forms of social interaction, activities, and organizing, thanks to its basic features such as widespread usability and access. Social networkin

Part 12 . Область моих научных интересов
What is Science? In ancient times science (from the Latin word scientia) meant knowledge or learning. Today we define science as the study of the world around us. The stud

Exercise 5. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1) Technology is the use of scientific discoveries. 2) Plants that don’t get sick easily, shots that prevent mumps and measles, X rays that show cavities

Technology
Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques and crafts, or systems or methods of organization, or is a material product (such as clothing) of these things. The word

Science, engineering and technology
The distinction between science, engineering and technology is not always clear. Science is the reasoned investigation or study of phenomena, aimed at discovering enduring principles among elements

Exercise 16. Master the active vocabulary.
distinction – разница endure – длиться utility – полезность usability – пригодность safety – безопасность to exploit – разрабатывать electrical

Exercise 20. Insert the necessary word. Consult the text.
1. Technology is often … of science and engineering. 2. The … knowledge may be used by engineers to create … and machines. 3. Science is the reasoned … or study of phenomena, aime

Exercise 21. Find the meaning of each word.
1. способность a) opportunity, b) ability, с) difficulty, d) property 2.значение a)understanding, b) beginning, c

Exercise 24. Read and translate the following word combinations into Russian.
to care for children to have an excellent opportunity while he was translating the article to win victory

Word Bingo
Look at the list of words given below. Write down any five words. The teacher is going to read the definitions of all the words in' random order. If you hear the definition of one of the words you

ALFRED NOBEL - A MAN OF CONTRASTS
Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt, but became a millionaire, a scientist who cared for literature, an industriali

Exercise 28. Find the key words to speak about the Nobel prize.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh in 1847. His father was a world-famous teacher of speech and the inventor of a system which he calle

LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE
1. Was Einstein a capable or a backward (умственно отсталый) child? Albeit Einstein is one of the greatest scientists of our age, yet in his childhood he was slow, shy

Part 13 Современные достижения науки. Перспективы развития науки.
Text 1. The implications ofnanotechnology Exercise 1.Work with your partner. In your own language, think of four-six words to describe nanotechnology. Com

Exercise 4. Find the English equivalents.
  Проблема, промежуточный, хранение, значение, избыток, борьба, нанотехнология, угол конвергенции, достоинство, увеличение, наночастицы, затраты, органы управления, питание, иметь дел

Exercise 7. Translate into English.
1. Нанотехнология имеет большое значение в медицине, инженерии, биологии, коммуникации. 2. Продукты, сделанные при помощи нанотехнологии не требуют большего труда и больших затрат.

Exercise 11. Complete the sentences.
1. Nanotechnology is the study of …................ 2. We can directly control matter .................... 3. There has been much debate on the future ................. 4

Exercise 20. Answer the questions.
  1. What is the International Linear Collider? 2. Is it planned to have a collision energy of 500 GeV or 600 GeV? 3. What is the host country for the accelerator?

Exercise 24. Answer the questions.
  1. Where is Silicon Valley situated? 2. What does Silicon Valley mean? 3. Why does Silicon Valley continue to be the leading high-tech hub? 4. By whom was

Exercise 29. Read the text quickly and choose the best title, A, B, or C.
  A. The history of cabling and telecommunications. B. A short introduction to optical fibres. С. Uses of glass in industry and technology.  

Exercise 43. Read the descriptions (A-D) of following things.
  A. Letter opener clock Desktop clock, thermometer, calendar, and letter opener This gadget has got lots of helpful information -with the added ben

Exercise 45. Complete the definitions (1-7) with the highlighted words in the text. Use the glossary or your dictionary to help you.
  1. A _________ is a good thing. 2. A __________ is a triangular block of glass. 3. ____________ are the pieces of glass you look through. 4. ____________

Exercise 51. Read and translate the text.
  The first use of the concepts found in 'nano-technology' (but pre-dating use of that name) was in "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," a talk given by physicist Richard

Exercise 53. Read and translate the text.
  A number of physical phenomena become pronounced as the size of the system decreases. These include statistical mechanical effects, as well as quantum mechanical effects, for exampl

Exercise 54. Give the summary of the text.
Molecular nanotechnology Exercise 55.Read and translate the text. Molecular nanotechnology, sometimes called molecular manufacturing, describes engineered nanosys

Exercise 57. Read and translate the text.
  The electron source for the ILC will use 2-nanosecond laser light pulses to eject electrons from a photocathode, a technique allowing for up to 80% of the electrons to be polarized;

Exercise 61. Now complete the definitions (1-11) below with the units from Exercise 2 and the people in the box.
  Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836) ■ Anders Celsius (1701-1744) Marie Curie (1867-1934) ■ Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) ■ James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) «Lord Kelvin (1

Cosmology - космология
Postulation – постулат, предварительное условие Unification – объединение, унификация To hinder – мешать, препятствовать, быть помехой

Elliptic - эллиптический
Spectrum of colours – цветовой спектр Binomial theorem – бином Ньютона Angular momentum – угловая скорость движения, кинетическая энергия

Equinox - равноденствие
At rest – в покое, неподвижный To resolve the disagreement – разрешать разногласие Pestilence – бубонная чума, мор, эпидемия ,поветрие

Dominant thread- доминирующая нить
  Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich is aRussian poet, scientist, and grammarian who is often considered the first great Russian linguistic reformer. He also made substantial contribution

Solution - раствор
  Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist. He is credited as being the primary creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk,

Global warming
For millions of years, layers of gases have kept the Earth warm enough so that people, plants, and animals can live here. But some scientists are now concerned that the Earth' surface will warm up

Exercise 10. Read the article and choose the best title for it.
1. Teenagers ignore litter bins "to stay cool" 2. More litter bins in the streets! 3. Teenagers against litter   Teenagers have admitted they drop

Exercise 15. Study the grid of possible word combinations and solve the riddles.
  bin pipe Can waste + +   litter

How the greenhouse effect works
Gases like (1) carbon dioxide are important for the Earth's temperature. They let heat from the Sun reach the ground, and keep it there. In this way, they help to keep the E

GLOBAL WARMING
The Earth's climate is a very complicated system. What's more, it is now widely (0) .A. that human activity is having an effect on it. The pollution which (1).....from the use of oil and coa

Exercise 1. Read the text.
ATOMS, MOLECULES AND COMPOUNDS Water is abundant on Earth today - as a gas, as a liquid, and as a solid. The physical state of water depends on temperature. If the temperature is high enou

CARBOHYDRATES
All known types of living cells contain carbohydrates (KAR both HY drayts; carbo = carbon, hydrate =water). In addition to carbon atoms, carbohydrates contain hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the same