Word-building
exercises
1. Translate, paying attention to the
suffixes:
lawyer, adviser, dreamer, thinker, teacher, doctor, investigator.
2. Give Russian equivalents to the
following words:
criminologist, scientist, militarist, artist, biologist, idealist, theorist,
terrorist.
3. Translate the following Russian words into English:
пианист, филолог,
финалист, психолог.
Text A
Meet my friends
Mr. Jeoffrey Baxter is a very important person. He is a judge and a
believer in strict discipline. He is always well-dressed and punctual. He is
not an ordinary man. He is a man with imagination. He is a dreamer. He would
like to become a millionaire, a cabinet minister or an ambassador. He would
like to make speeches in Parliament and give press conferences. Mr. Baxter is a
man of great energy and he is very successful, but he is not happy. He is a
little too ambitious. Although not an athlete, Mr. Baxter is interested in
sports. He is a keen reader of the sporting news.
Miss Clara Flight is a pretty girl with a good figure and an interesting
face. She is always well-dressed. Miss Flight is a secretary in one of the
courts in London. She is a good shorthand typist and a hard-working girl. Clara
is fond of pop music and films. She is a regular cinema-goer and she would like
to be a film star. She has a record-player and a good collection of pop records.
She also has a TV- set at home. Clara Flight would like to travel. She would
like to visit Paris and Hollywood.
Word-combinations from the text:
1.
to be a judge –
быть судьей
2.
a believer in strict discipline – сторонник строгой
дисциплины
3.
important – важный
4.
well- dressed – хорошо одет
5. punctual – аккуратный, пунктуальный
6. imagination – воображение
7.
a dreamer – мечтатель
8.
to become a millionaire – стать миллионером
9.
an ambassador – посол
10.
to make a speech
– выступить с речью
11.
to give
press-conference – дать пресс конференцию
12.
to be an ambitious man – быть честолюбивым
13.
to be interested in sports – интересоваться спортом
14.
a keen reader of – заядлый читатель
15.
pretty – хорошенькая
16.
a shorthand
typist – стенографистка
17.
a hard-working girl – трудолюбивая девушка
18.
a cinema-goer – любитель кино
19.
a film star – кинозвезда
20.
to be fond of smth – увлекаться
чем-либо
Vocabulary
exercises
1. Find the English words with the same
international root in the text:
Важная персона, дисциплина, пунктуален, миллионер, министр,
парламент, пресс-конференция, спорт, читатель, фигура, интересный,
секретарь, офис, музыка, фильм, регулярный, коллекция.
2. Give English equivalents for the following
word-combinations:
важная персона, судья и
сторонник строгого порядка, хорошо одет и пунктуален, необычный мужчина,
мужчина с воображением, мечтатель, стать миллионером, посол, пресс-конференция,
очень удачлив, но не счастлив, быть честолюбивым, увлекаться спортом,
трудолюбивая девушка, быть хорошо одетым, иметь хорошую коллекцию записей
популярной музыки.
3. Give Russian equivalents for the
following English ones:
To become an ambassador, to be well-dressed, to be interested in
pop-music, to be an ambitious man, a man of great energy, to be successful, to
be a regular cinema-goer, to have a good collection of pop-records, to be fond
of films.
4. Make up correct word-combinations out of
the following and translate them:
important discipline
strict person
ordinary energy
great man
pretty figure
good cinema-goer
interesting girl
regular face
5. Translate the sentences using
word-combinations from the text:
1.
Мой друг – неординарный человек; он мечтатель. Ему хотелось
бы много путешествовать.
2.
Твоя сестра – девушка с воображением. Она всегда хорошо
одета.
3.
Кем бы ты хотел стать?
4.
Ты спортсмен? – Нет, но я интересуюсь спортом.
5.
Моя мечта – стать министром и проводить
пресс-конференции.
6.
Этот мужчина – важная персона. Он член парламента.
7.
Ему хотелось бы стать послом.
8.
Почему ты несчастлив?
9.
Ты счастлив или несчастлив?
10.
Муж моей подруги – судья, и он очень удачлив.
6.
Translate the words in the brackets and read the sentences:
а)
1. Mr. Baxter is a very (важная персона)
2.He is always (хорошо одет) and (пунктуален)
3.He is a man (с воображением)
4. He would like (стать миллионером)
5. Mr. Baxter is a man of great energy and he is (очень удачлив, но не счастлив)
6. Mr. Baxter (увлекается спортом)
b)
1. Miss Clara Flight is (хорошенькая) girl.
2. She is (всегда) well-dressed.
3. She is (секретарь) in an office in
London and (трудолюбивая) girl.
4. Clara is (увлекается) pop-music and
films.
5. She would like (путешествовать).
7. Put the words in the right order:
1.
Mr. Baxter is, what
2.
He, always, is, and, punctual, well-dressed
3.
His, character, can, what, about, tell, you.
4.
Is, fond, he, of, sports
5. How, he,
does, to spend, like, his, time, free
8. Answer the questions:
1. Is Mr. Jeoffrey Baxter a very important person? 2. What is Mr.
Jeoffrey Baxter? 3. He is not a dreamer, isn’t he? 4. Where does he work? 5.
What is he interested in? 6. Whom would he like to become? 7. Is he a keen
reader or a cinema-goer? 8. What does Clara Flight look like? 9. Where does she
work? 10. What is she? 11. How often does she go to the cinema? 12. Does she like to travel and where?
9. Speak on the topic “My biography” using the
following words and word-combinations
My name is
to be born in a small town (big city, a village)
my parents
to be a judge (a doctor, a teacher, an economist …)
at the age of
to attend school
to receive marks
my favourite subjects
to finish school
to enter an institute
to be a first (second …) year student
to pass the entrance exams
to be interested in
to take an active part in
to deal with the problems
to work at
to make a report at
to be a member of
the student’s Scientific society
the conference devoted to
to graduate from.
10.
Complete the sentences using the verb to be.
1. My friend … an English teacher. 2. These students … not in Moscow
now, they … in Minsk. 3. I … a judge and my wife … a student. 4. … these texts
long? 5.Our house … in a green street. It … not far from here. 6. … your friend
a student, too? 7. He … a lawyer. 8. I like grammar. It … easy. 9. I go to the
university. I … a student. 10. They …in Moscow now. 11. The article … too
difficult to understand. 12. Russian … easy. 13. We … fond of music. 14. They …
interested in sport.
11. Make up sentences:
|
I |
isn’t |
a judge |
in Moscow |
|
We |
am |
a businessman |
at the university |
|
He |
are |
student |
at the court |
|
They |
is |
a teacher |
in the hostel |
|
You |
aren’t |
roommates |
at school |
|
She |
are |
not visitors |
of the bank |
12.
Translate from Russian into English:
1. Мой друг – полицейский.
Сейчас его нет дома. 2. Я занят в
пятницу. Не приходи ко мне. 3. Его родители – пенсионеры. 4. Сегодня холодно.
5. Его брат - судья. Ему 55 лет. 6. Где
твоя сестра? – Она дома, она больна. 7.
Где студенты? – Они в библиотеке.
13. Make up a dialogue with the following
word-combinations:
1) to be a law student 2) to have a dream 3) to work hard at 4) to have
practice 5) to be glad to do smth 6) to have a lot of interesting subjects 7)
to be tired 8) to have a lot of friends 9) to be one of the best 10) to be a
good lawyer
14. Retell the Text.
Grammar exercises
1.
Use an article -a, -an or –the, where necessary:
1. English is … language. 2. Europe is … continent.
2. Give the following nouns in plural form:
a)
family, woman, duck, lake, photo, tomato, play, sheep,
mole, pony, leaf, belief, face, postman, toy, tooth, mouse, child, umbrella,
magazine, knife, life, path, class, roof, grass, cup, city.
b)
A mother-in-law, a butterfly, a reading room, a
tape-recorder, a son-in-law, an exercise book, a suitcase, a black bird, a
passer-by.
Revision exercises
4. Translate from Russian into English.
А. 1. Мой
брат женат. У него есть ребенок. Он живет в Москве. У него интересная работа. У
него новый офис. У него нет автомобиля. Его жена - секретарь в суде. Сейчас у
нее трудное дело.
2. Мне 18 лет. Я
студентка. Я учусь в Университете. У меня мало свободного времени. Сегодня у
нас лекция по теории государства и права. Каждый день у нас лекции и два
практических занятия. Большинство моих друзей имеют дома хорошую библиотеку.
В. 1. У меня
большая семья.
2. Мамы нет дома. Она на
работе.
3. Ее брат миллионер. У
него два автомобиля.
4. Студенты в аудитории,
у них сейчас лекция.
5. Ты сейчас занята?
6. Сколько вам лет?
7. Этот судья имеет
машину?
8. У вас есть вопросы?
9. У тебя есть сигареты?
10. У вас есть свободное
время?
11. Фильм интересный?
5. Translate into English:
А) 1. У меня есть много
друзей.
2. У этого судьи есть
сын и дочь.
3. У него хорошая
библиотека дома.
B) 1. У меня нет свободного
времени.
2. У этих студентов нет
родителей.
3. У моего друга нет
квартиры в Москве, он живет в общежитии.
C) 1. У Вас большая
семья?
2. У него хорошая
квартира?
3. У вашего друга есть
дети?
6. Translate the following sentences into English,
using the form –to have got
A.
1. У него есть
очень интересные книги. 2. У моего друга нет иностранной литературы. 3. У Анны
нет французских книг дома. 4. У Тома много новых друзей. 5. У них есть машина?
– Да. 6. У кого из вас есть бабушка? – У Коли. 7. У судьи всегда много работы.
8. У тебя есть время написать заявление. 9. Каждую среду у этих студентов два
урока английского языка. 10. У тебя есть немецкий журнал? –Нет. 11. У меня нет
вопросов.
B.
1. Мы обычно
завтракаем в 8 часов утра. 2. Вы всегда обедаете в это время? 3. В котором часу
у вас занятия? 4. Где вы занимаетесь по понедельникам? 5. У вас будет урок английского
языка завтра? –Да.
C.
1. У него была
свежая газета. 2. У моего друга не было этой книги дома. 3. Мы хорошо провели
время в Москве. 4. На прошлой неделе у меня были интересные английские журналы.
5. У Пети была большая квартира? 6. Когда у вас был урок английского языка? 7.
Вчера у меня было много работы.
Text B
The English language
English is a world language.
English is spoken by more than 350 million people. Geographically, it is the most widespread language
on earth, second only to Chinese in the number of people who speak it.
It is the official language of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, of the United States of America, of Australia and New
Zealand. English is used as one of the official languages in Canada, the Republic
of South Africa and the Irish Republic.
It is also spoken as a second language in many parts of India and
Africa. Besides, million of people study and use English as a foreign language.
Hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers are printed in English and
read all over the world. Half of the world’s scientific literature is written
in English.
It is the language of progressive science, technology and cultural
relations. Without a doubt, English is the most advantageous and accepted
language for world-wide business. It is also the major language of diplomacy.
In our country English is very popular. It is studied at schools,
colleges and universities.
Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. Learning English is
like learning to swim or to play ball. We learn to swim by swimming, to play
ball by playing ball and to speak English by speaking English.
Nobody can learn to swim or play ball for you. A good ball - player spends hours, days,
months and even years practising. The
more he practises, the better he plays. Nobody can learn English for you. It is long and slow process that takes a lot
of time and patience.
But to know English today is absolutely necessary for every good
specialist, for your career in particular, as the specialist who can speak in the
appropriate tongue will gain the advantage today. And you will learn it if you
really want to.
Language is not to be taught, language is to be learnt.
Vocabulary exercises
1. Give the
English equivalents to the Russian word combinations:
Широко распространенный
язык на земле; большое количество людей, иностранный язык, научная литература,
без сомнений, самый выгодный, терпение, получать преимущество.
2. Is it necessary for a future specialist to study a
foreign language?
Think over question. Read pros
and cons given below.
Discuss the problem with the
students in your group.
|
F O R |
A G A I N S T |
|
1. Can read
scientific literature, journals, etc. |
1. It takes a lot
of time to study it. |
|
2. Can speak to
foreign colleagues if necessary. |
2. Sometimes the
results are rather poor. |
|
3. Can read
foreign books |
3. Can turn to a
translator if it is necessary. |
|
4. It’s
interesting to speak to people in another language. |
4. It is not
interesting to study a foreign language. |
|
5. Can find out
more about the speciality and about
the world. |
5. Can wait till
interesting articles are translated
into your native language. |
3. Answer the
following questions:
1. What do we mean saying that learning English is like learning to
swim?
2. Do you have any opportunity to speak English? (in class; with your
friends).
3. Learning English is an endless process. What does it mean?
4. In a world of global sales and technological alliances English is the
most advantageous, isn’t it?
5. Is success in learning a foreign language easy to achieve?
6. Is a relaxed atmosphere in the classroom essential for the success of
foreign language learning?
4. Retell the text.
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