Тема 3.2. Daily Rutine. Распорядок дня

Тема 1.2. Семья.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Лексика по теме.

Творческие задания.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Составление диалогов по следующим проблемам:

Teenage marriage.

Leadership in the family.

Marriage contacts and romantic love.

Divorce and one-parent wedding.

2. Paбота в парах, отработка лексического материала.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, эссе.

Темы эссе

Families with many children versus families with one child.

The effect of divorce on children.

How to bridge the “generation gap”.

The ideal family of the future.

РАЗДЕЛ 2.

 

Тема 2.1. Глагол to be. Оборот there is/there are. Специальные вопросы.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по темам “To be in Present, Past and Future Simple”, “There is/there are”, “Special questions” (ОК-5).

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Глагол to b e в настоящем времени.

Глагол to be в прошедшем времени.

Глагол to be в будущем времени.

Специальные вопросы.

Конструкция there is/there are.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 2.2. Дома.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Лексика по теме.

Лексические упражнения.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Составьте тематический англо-русский и русско-английский глоссарий по теме.

2. Назовите категории существующих построек.

3. Назовите основные комнаты в квартире.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, эссе.

Темы эссе

My Dream House.

Home Sweet Home.

East or West – home is best.

Home is where the heart is.

РАЗДЕЛ 3.

Тема 3.1. Времена группы Simple.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Времена группы Simple» (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Время Present Simple.

Время Past Simple

Время Future Simple

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 3.2. Daily Rutine. Распорядок дня

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Лексика по теме “Daily routine”.

Рассказ о своих привычках и повседневных занятиях

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Расскажите о своем знакомом-иностранце и его привычках.

2. Расскажите о своих обычных занятиях.

3. Используйте глаголы умственного и физического восприятия.

4. Используйте основные наречия по данной теме

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, эссе.

Темы эссе

What do you usually do?

My weekend.

My habits.

 

РАЗДЕЛ 4.

 

Тема 4.1. Неопределенные местоимения

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Present Simple» (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Much, many

Few, little

Some, any, no и их производные

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 4.2. Eating habits.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Правильное питание.

Здоровый образ жизни.

Способы бросить вредные привычки

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Опишите свой режим питания.

2. Здоровый образ жизни.

3. Назовите вредные привычки и способы борьбы с ними.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос.

 

РАЗДЕЛ 5.

 

Тема 5.1. Времена группы Continuous.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Времена группы Continuous» (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Грамматическое время Present Continuous

Грамматическое время Past Continuous

Грамматическое время Future Continuous

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 5.2. Popular Myths.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Лексика по теме.

Популярные мифы.

Психологические исследования.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Составьте тематический англо-русский и русско-английский глоссарий по теме «Popular Myths».

2. Расскажите о исследовании цвета в психологии.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос.

РАЗДЕЛ 6.

 

Тема 6.1. Времена группы Perfect.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Времена группы Perfect» (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Грамматическое время Present Perfect.

Грамматическое время Past Perfect.

Грамматическое время Future Perfect.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 6.2. College life.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

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Лексика по теме “College life”.

Образование в современном мире.

My first day at college.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Education.

2. Advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad.

3. College life.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, эссе.

Темы эссе

1. Our college life needs changes.

2. Some advice for college students.

3. Education reform. To be or not to be.

4. To my mind, colleges shouldn’t provide students with general knowledge. Emphasis should be placed on professional skills.

РАЗДЕЛ 7.

 

Тема 7.1. Времена группы Perfect Continuous.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Времена группы Perfect Continuous» (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Грамматическое время Present Perfect Continuous

Грамматическое время Past Perfect Continuous

Грамматическое время Future Perfect Continuous

 

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 7.2. Global languages.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

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Лексика по теме “Global languages”.

Global English.

Russian language in the world.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Роль и место английского языка в мире.

2. Роль и место русского языка в мире.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос.

РАЗДЕЛ 8.

 

Тема 8.1. Passive Voice.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Passive Voice» (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Образование форм Present, Past, Future Simple, Continuous, Perfect Passive

Сравнение действительного залога и страдательного залога

Употребление страдательного залога

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1.Выполнить грамматические упражнения

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, проверка письменных грамматических упражнений

Тема 8.2. Social life.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

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Лексика по теме “Social life”.

Family matters.

Three Generations Under One Roof.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Составьте тематический англо-русский и русско-английский глоссарий по теме “Jobs and Professions”.

2. Назовите специальности и расскажите о требованиях, предъявляемых к этим специалистам.

3. Перечислите ряд специальностей и расскажите о требованиях, предъявляемых к этим специалистам.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос.

РАЗДЕЛ 9.

 

Тема 9.1. Modal verbs.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Modal verbs» (ОК-5).

Тема 9.2. People and jobs.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

Перечень изучаемых элементов содержания

Лексика по теме “People and jobs”.

Вопросы для самоподготовки:

1. Составьте тематический англо-русский и русско-английский глоссарий по теме “People and jobs”, “Professions”.

2. Напишите диалог о том, как Вы устраиваетесь на работу, собеседование.

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос, эссе.

Темы эссе

Jack of all trades and master of none. За всё берущийся человек, гно ничего не умеющий делать

Where there's a will, there's a way. Где есть желание, там есть и путь.

A light purse is heavy curse. Хуже всех бед, когда нет денег.

 

РАЗДЕЛ 10.

Тема 10.1. Прилагательное.

Цель: Повторение и закрепление грамматического материала по теме «Прилагательное» (ОК-5).

Тема 10.2. Sociology.

Цель: Активизация лексико-грамматического материала в диалогической и монологической речи. Обучение поисковому и просмотровому чтению (ОК-5).

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Лексика по теме “Sociology”.

Что такое социология?

Социальная этика

Вопросы для самоподготовки:.

1. Дайте определение социологии.

2. Что подразумевается под социальной этикой?

 

Формы контроля самостоятельной работы обучающихся: устный индивидуальный и групповой опрос.

 

 

ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ К РАЗДЕЛУ 1

Форма практического задания: текст и задания к нему

Примерный перечень текстов для чтения и перевода к 1 разделу

Вариант 1.

Family Life

Marriage is a thing which only a rare person in his or her life avoids. True bachelors and spinsters make up only a small percent of the population; most single people are “alone but not lonely”.

Millions of others get married because of the fun of family life. And it is fun, if only one takes it with a sense of humour.

There’s a lot of fun in falling in love with someone and chasing the prospective fiancée, which means dating and going out with the candidate. All the relatives (parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, brothers and sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, stepmothers and stepfathers and all in-laws) meanwhile have the fun of criticizing your choice and giving advice. The trick here is not to listen to them but propose to your bride-to-be and somehow get her to accept your proposal. Then you may arrange the engagement and fix the day of the wedding.

What fun it is to get all those things, whose names start with the word “wedding” – dress, rings, cars, flowers, cakes, etc.! it’s great fun to pay for them.

It’s fun for the bride and the groom to escape from the guests and go on a honeymoon trip, especially if it is a wedding present from the parents. The guests remain with the fun of gossiping whether you married for love or for money. It’s fun to return back home with the idea that the person you are married to is somewhat different from the one you knew. But there is no time to think about it because you are newly-weds and you expect a baby.

There is no better fun for a husband than taking his wife to a maternity home alone and bringing her back with the twins or triplets.

And this is where the greatest fun stars: washing the new-born’s nappies and passing away sleepless nights, earning money to keep the family, taking children to kindergarten and later to school. By all means it’s fun to attend parents’ meetings and to learn that your children take after you and don’t do well at school.

The bigger your children grow, the more they resemble you outwardly and the less they display likeness with you inwardly. And you start grumbling at them and discussing with your old friends the problem of the “ generation gap ”. What fun!

And when at last you and your grey-haired spouse start thinking that your family life has calmed down, you haven’t divorced but preserved your union, the climax of your fun bursts out!

One of your dearest off-springs brings a long-legged blonde to your house and says that he wants to marry. And you think: “Why do people ever get married?”

Вариант 2.

My family

Let me introduce myself. My name is Alexander, Alec for short. My full name is Alrxander Sergeyevich Orlov. Orlov is my surname, Alexander is my first name and Sergeyevich is my patronymic. I am not yet nineteen.

At the moment I am a first-year student at the University.

My parents have two more children besides me. Thus I have got an older brother and a younger sister. My sister Helen is just out of school. She is seventeen. She is a pretty girl with brown hair and soft dark-brown eyes. Her dream is to become a pianist.

My brother, whose name is Michael, is eight years my senior. He is twenty-seven already. He is a builder. He is married and has a family of his own. They are four in the family. He has a wife and two children – a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are lovely little children with golden hair and dark-blue eyes. They are always full of joy and gaiety. His wife’s name is Nina. She is a surgeon by profession. They are not in St. Petersburg. They are in the Far East.

My parents are not old at all. Father is fifty, and Mother is three years his junior. My grandparents are already pensioners but they are still full of life and energy. They have a house in the country. Aunt Mary is with them.

She is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty. Uncle Nick, her husband, is a librarian. He is a clever man but a little unpractical. Aunt Mary, on the other hand, is very practical and full of common sense.

They have a son. He is my cousin. Peter is nineteen, tall, a fine manly fellow. He is at the University and is studying to be a chemist. He is a clever, hard-working student, a first-class footballer, and a good runner. He is strong, quiet and thoughtful like his father.

Примерный перечень заданий к тексту к 1 разделу

 

(??) Match English phrases from the text with their Russian equivalents. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словосочетаниям

(~) family life ~семейная жизнь

(~) fall in love ~влюбиться

(~) accept proposal~принять предложение

(~) fix the day of the wedding~назначить день свадьбы

(~) go out~выходить, развлекаться

(~) flowers~цветы

(~) honeymoon trip ~медовый месяц

(~) generation gap~проблема отцов и детей

(~) expect a baby~ждать рождение ребенка

(~) take chidren to kindergarten ~отводить детей в детский садик

(~) martenity home~родильный дом

(~) do well at sсhool~хорошо учиться в школе

(??)Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

 

(~) surname ~ family name, last name

(~) patronymic ~ second name

(~) pretty ~ beautiful, good-looking

(~) joy ~ gaiety

(~) profession ~ occupation

(~) the country ~ suburb

(~) pleasant-looking ~ pretty

(~) grandparents ~ grandmother and grandfather

(~) clever ~ smart

(~) strong ~ powerful

(~) fellow ~ guy

(~) lovely ~ nice

(~) let ~ allow

 

Вариант 3. Подготовить диалоги, обсуждая следующие темы:

1. Teenage marriage.

2. Leadership in the family.

3. Marriage contacts and romantic love.

4. Divorce and one-parent wedding.

Вариант 4. Написать эссе на одну из предложенных тем:

Время — 40 мин, объем 500 - 700 печ. зн.

1. Families with many children versus families with one child.
2. The effect of divorce on children.
3. How to bridge the “generation gap”.
4. The ideal family of the future.

 

Примерный перечень тем докладов к разделу 1:

 

Подготовить доклад на иностранном языке по темам:

• My family tree
• “A marriage of convenience”
• Positive and negative sides of family life
• Ideal wife/husband

 

Примерный перечень тем диалогов к разделу 1:

a) you are speaking with a distant relative trying to find out what relation you are to one another;

b) you show your family album to your friend and answer all his or her questions.

ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ К РАЗДЕЛУ 2

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Вариант 1.

Home

Home, sweet home. It does not matter what your home is like – a country mansion, a more modest detached or semi-detached house, a flat in a block of flats or even a room in a common flat. Anyway, it is the place where you once move in and start to furnish and decorate it to your own taste. It becomes your second “ego”.

Your second “ego” is very big and disquieting if you have a house. There is enough space for everything: a hall, a kitchen with an adjacent dining-room, a living-room or a lounge, a couple of bedrooms and closets (storerooms), a toilet and a bathroom. You can walk slowly around the house thinking what else you can do to renovate it. In the hall you cast a glance at the coatrack and a chest of drawers for shoes. Probably, nothing needs to be changed here.

You come to the kitchen: kitchen furniture, kitchen utensils, a refridgerator (fridge) with a freezer, a dishdrainer, an electric or gas cooker with an oven. May be, it needs a cooker hood.

The dining-room is lovely. A big dining table with chairs in the center, a cupboard with tea sets and dinner sets. There is enough place to keep all cutlery and crockery in. You know pretty well where things go.

The spacious living-room is the heart of the house. It is the place where you can have a chance to see the rest of your family. They come in the evening to sit around the coffee table in soft armchairs and on the sofa. You look at the wall units, stuffed with china, crystal and books. Some place is left for a stereo system and a TV set. A fireplace and houseplants make the living-room really cosy.

You bedroom is your private area though most bedrooms are alike: a single or a double bed, a wardrobe, one or two bedside tables and a dressing-table.

You look inside the bathroom: a sink, hot and cold taps and a bath. Here is nothing to see in the toilet except a flush-toilet.

You are quite satisfied with what you have seen, but still doubt disturbs you: “Is there anything to change?” Yes! The walls of the rooms should be papered, and in the bathroom and toilet – tiled! Instead of linoleum there should be parquet floors. Instead of patterned curtains it is better to put darker plain ones, so that they might not show the dirt. You do it all, but doubt does not leave you. Then you start moving the furniture around in the bedroom, because the dressing-table blocks out the light. You are ready to give a sigh of relief, but… suddenly find out that the lounge is too crammed up with furniture.

Those who live in one-room or two-room flats may feel pity for those who live in houses. They do not have such problems. At the same time they have a lot of privileges: central heating, running water, a refuse-chute and… nice neighbours who like to play music at midnight. Owners of small flats are happy to have small problems and they love their homes no less than those who live in three-storeyed palaces. Home, sweet home.

Вариант 2.

My home.

I

We have a nice flat rather far from the centre of the city. It is in a new sixteen- storey high –rise building in Gagarin Avenue. As there are so many storeys in the building it has two lifts.

Our flat is on the fourth floor. It has all modern conveniences such as central heating, gas electricity, cold and hot water, and a chute to carry rubbish down.

There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat.

The living-room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. In the middle of the living-room we have a square dinner-table with six chairs round it. There is a hanging lamp above the table. To the right of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several sections: a sideboard, a wardrobe and some shelves. At the opposite wall there is a piano with a piano stood before it.

Between the two large windows there is a little table with a colour TV set on it. Our TV set there are two cosy armchairs. Nothing is more pleasant in rainy weather than to sit in a comfortable armchair and watch TV programmes.

A small round table, a divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. This table is for newspapers and magazines.

The walls of the living-room are light-green and there are a few prints and water-colours on them.

 

II

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light as there is only one window in it. In this room there are two beds with a bedside-table between them. An alarm-clock and a small lamp with a pink lamp-shade are on the table. In the left-hand corner there is a dressing-table with a big mirror.

In this room we have a built-in wardrobe with coat-hangers to hang clothes on. There is a thick carpet on the floor and plain light-brown curtains on the window.

III

The third room is the study. It is not so large as the dining-room but it is as cosy as all the other rooms.

There is not much furniture in it, only the most necessary pieces. It has a writing-desk with drawers to keep papers in. pens, pencils, a writing-pad and a few dictionaries are lying on the desk. There is a telephone on the left. Just behind it there is a reading lamp. On the right there is a desk-clock and a calendar. A desk-armchair is standing before it. I’ve also got a computer on a little table ner the desk. There are books on the shelves all round the walls. In the right-hand corner there is a bookcase full of books. Among them there are many English books in the original and in translation as I am a student of English.

A small table with a radio is standing in the left-hand corner. Near it there is a sofa with some cushions. In my opinion the study is the best room in our flat.

 

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(??) Match English phrases from the text with their Russian equivalents. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словосочетаниям:

(~) block of flats ~многоквартирный дом

(~) central heating ~центральное отопление

(~) chest of drawers~комод

(~) coat rack~вешалка

(~) crammed up with things~забитый вещами

(~) detached house~отдельный дом

(~) dining room ~столовая

(~) dish-drainer~сушилка для посуды

(~) tea set~ чайный сервиз

(~) living room ~гостиная

(~) papered~обклеенный обоями

(~) utensil~посуда, утварь

(??)Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

(~) apartment ~ flat

(~) basement ~ cellar

(~) cooker ~ oven

(~) coat rack ~ hanger

(~) dining room ~ eatery

(~) decorate ~ beautify

(~) country house ~ cottage

(~) closet ~ locker

(~) living room ~ lounge

(~) owner~ keeper

(~) hall ~ lobby

(~) storeroom ~ pantry

(~) renovate ~ refit

Написать эссе на одну из предложенных тем:

1. My dream house.
2. One’s character shows in his or her home.
3. I like to stay at my grandma’s place.
4. Home sweet home.

Время — 40 мин, объем 500 - 700 печ. зн.

ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ К РАЗДЕЛУ 3

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Вариант 1.

Daily Routine

I’m in the first year at the university, where I’m studying English. My elder sister, Betty, is studying history at the same university. Betty can organize her time wisely, whereas I do not know what order I should do things in. I find it hard to get up on time, and usually I do not get enough sleep. I have to wind two alarm-clocks to make sure I do not oversleep.

My sister, an early riser, is awake by 7o’clock, refreshed and full of energy. While I’m wandering round the kitchen, fighting the urge to go back to bed, my sister manages to have a quick shower, make her bed, put on make- up, do her hair, eat a full breakfast and set off to the university. It takes me an hour and a half to get ready. I have a hasty bite and rush out of the house. Even if I catch a bus at once I still arrive at the university 15 minutes late, which always makes me feel guilty.

My studies keep me busy all day long. I have 14 hours of English a week. I also have lectures and seminars. At lunchtime I meet up with my sister and we have a snack at the university café. After classes I make myself go to the library where I spend about six hours a week reading for my seminars.

My sister and I come home tired. I always find excuses to put my homework off. Unlike me, my sister manages to do the housework and get down to homework. I like the idea of going to bed early, but quite often I have to sit up late, brushing up on my grammar and vocabulary, though I feel sleepy. My sister says that keeping late hours ruins one’s health. Of course, I agree.

As my sister and I do not get any time off during the week, we try to relax on the weekends. One of my greatest pleasures is to lie in bed and read my favourite books. My sister is a sporty person. To keep herself fit, betty goes for a run in the park; from time to time she works out in the gym.

I hate staying in, and sometimes on Saturday night my sister takes me out to a concert or a play. Sometimes we go to a party or to a disco. But more often than not I end up catching up on my studies and my sister goes out. I wonder how I manage to spoil my leisure time.

Every Monday when I awaken I think I should start a new life. I honestly think that I must become well-organised and correct my daily routine. I make plans to go to keep-feet classes, to do shopping with my sister, to do the cleaning and to do a hundred other good things. But then I remember that I have to call on my school friend in the evening, and I put off my plans till next Monday. It is always better to start a new life in a week.

Вариант 2.

The Daily Programme

On week-days the alarm-clock wakes me up and my working day begins. It is seven o’clock. If it is spring or summer I jump out of bed, run to the window and open it wide to let the fresh morning air in. The bright sun and the singing of birds set me onto a cheerful working mood. In winter I am not so quick to leave my bed, and I bury my head under the pillows pretending not to hear the alarm-clock. But all the same, it is time to get up and I start getting ready for my work.

I do my bed and go to the bathroom where I turn on the hot and cold taps. While the water is running into the bath, I clean (brush) my teeth. Then I turn off the taps and have my bath. Sometimes I have a shower. If I am not short of time, I tidy up my room. I am through with it in 10 minutes.

While I am having breakfast, I switch on the radio and listen to the news.

Breakfast, as doctors say, must be the most substantial meal of the day. But I have neither time nor inclination to cook it, so I just have a cup of coffee and some sandwiches. I live in the suburbs, and every week-day I commute to town.

I leave the house at ten minutes to eight, and as I live quite near the station I like to walk there in any weather. My train to town leaves at 8.10. I arrive in town at a quarter to nine. On my way to the office I often meet my fellow-workers and colleagues and we go on together talking shop.

My working day starts at 9 sharp, I work till half past twelve and then I go out for dinner to a self-service canteen which is just round the corner. It does not take me long to have my midday meal. I return to my office at half past one and work steadily till six. During my working hours I haven’t a spare moment to think of my University classes. I am a student at the Evening Department of the University.

We have classes four times a week, and on other days I often spend my evenings in the reading-room of our library preparing my homework. It is not easy to work and study at the same time, but I feel great satisfaction when I think of the future.

Sometimes friends come to my place and we play chess; sometimes we go to the pictures or the theatre, but not very often. In summer I like to get out more, so in the evenings I go to the tennis court for a few sets of tennis, or take out my bike for a run in the country.

Примерный перечень заданий к тексту к разделу 3

(??) Match English phrases from the text with their Russian equivalents. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словосочетаниям

(~) working day ~рабочий день

(~) make the bed ~застилать кровать

(~) sporty~спортивный

(~) in a week~через неделю

(~) fellow-workers~сослуживцы

(~) spare moment~свободная минутка

(~) call on smb. ~зайти к кому-то

(~) go for a run~делать пробежку

(~) leisure time~досуг

(~) have a snack ~перекусить

(~) suburbs~пригород

(~) short of time~нехватка времени

(??)Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

(~) sporty ~ athletic

(~) have a snack ~ take a quick bite

(~) fellow-workers ~ colleagues

(~) oversleep ~ sleep away

(~) leisure time ~ free time

(~) call on ~ drop in on

(~) in suburbs ~ out of town

(~) clean teeth ~ brush teeth

(~) canteen ~ dining-room

(~) go to the pictures ~ go to the cinema

(~) bike ~ bicycle

(~) tidy up room ~ clean room

(~) relax ~ have a rest

Написать эссе на одну из предложенных тем:

1. How I organize my time.
2. The day of a person is a picture of this person.
3. My busiest day.
4. My day off.

Время — 40 мин, объем 500 - 700 печ. зн.

ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ К РАЗДЕЛУ 4

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Вариант 1.

Eating habits

As I was walking through the gym the other day, I caught a glimpse of an overweight woman across the room. But then I did a double take, and then another. The woman was me — I had seen my own reflection in a distant mirror and, for a split second, hadn’t recognized myself. This moment of mistaken identity was disconcerting, but it wasn’t all that unusual. Many of us are surprised by our size when reflected in the mirror or a store window — it’s like thinking that a recording of your own voice sounds off. And while psychologists have worried for years that media images of superslim starlets would put the nation’s collective self-esteem at risk, it turns out that something altogether different has happened. As the population becomes fatter, study after study shows that instead of feeling bad about ourselves, we have entered a collective state of denial about how big we’re actually getting.

Look at a group of silhouettes and see if you can choose which one matches your body.

A team of researchers led by a group from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently asked 3,622 young men and women in Mexico to estimate their body size based on categories ranging from very underweight to obese. People in the normal weight range selected the correct category about 80 percent of the time, but 58 percent of overweight students incorrectly described themselves as normal weight. Among the obese, 75 percent placed themselves in the overweight category, and only 10 percent accurately described their body size. (Notably, a sizable minority who were at a healthy weight described themselves as being underweight.)

The tendency for people to underestimate their body sizes, according to studies in the United States, Canada, Europe and elsewhere, is remarkably consistent across cultures and age groups. So why are so many people in fat denial? Scientists are only now beginning to understand the complicated process in which the brain (in particular, the posterior parietal cortex) integrates signals from all the senses to form our body images. Because our bodies change over time, the brain must constantly adjust its perception. Scientists believe that this internal calibration system can sometimes go haywire, notably for sufferers of anorexia, bulimia and body dysmorphic disorder, and possibly for obese people too.

In the meantime, they certainly know that the brain’s body-perception center isn’t foolproof. In an experiment called the Pinocchio Illusion, a person can be fooled into thinking that his nose is growing. This happens when someone touching his own nose with closed eyes has his biceps stimulated to feel as if his forearm is moving forward. The brain senses the arm movement but also knows that the fingers are still touching the nose. For both sensations to be true, the brain decides that the nose must be growing.

A few years ago, researchers at University College, London, conducted a similar experiment regarding waist size. While a person’s hands were resting on his waist, his wrist tendons were stimulated to create a sensation that they were moving inward — to feel, in other words, as if his waist were shrinking. Brain scans conducted during the experiment showed a marked increase in activity in the posterior parietal cortex, which gave the researchers a glimpse of the brain trying to tweak its perceived body size in real time. “The relative size of our body parts needs to be continuously updated or recalibrated,” said Henrik Ehrsson, lead author of the study, now associate professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. “One possibility is that, in people who get obese or who have body-image disorders, something goes wrong with that process.”

While researchers admit that some denial may have to do with personal embarrassment, the consistency of the findings suggests that neural processing and psychology probably both play a role. It is also possible that a few extra pounds isn’t an urgent priority for the brain to acknowledge. Researchers at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston found that one in three women did not know when they had gained 5 pounds, and about 15 percent weren’t aware when they had gained more than 10.

But part of the explanation may have to do with perspective. In a recent study, 3,665 children and adolescents in Quebec were given a series of silhouettes showing body sizes ranging from underweight to obese. When asked to describe their own body, nearly 70 percent of the overweight and obese children chose a slimmer silhouette. But the researchers discovered that children with the heaviest parents and peers were far more likely to underestimate their weight than those with healthy-weight parents and friends. “When kids live in an environment in which they see, on a daily basis, parents or school peers who are overweight, they may develop inaccurate perceptions of what constitutes a healthy weight,” says Katerina Maximova, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Alberta. “Their own overweight seems normal by comparison.” Now that health officials estimate that two out of every three adults in the United States are overweight, future generations may not see the difference, either.

Вариант 2.

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(??)Match English phrases from the text with their Russian equivalents. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словосочетаниям

(~) an overweight woman ~ женщина с избыточным весом

(~) moment of mistaken identity ~ момент ошибочной идентификации

(~) something altogether different ~ нечто совсем иное

(~) becomes fatter ~ набирать вес

(~) from very underweight to obese ~ от очень маленького веса (недостатка) к ожирению

(~) across cultures ~ в разных культурах

(~) a similar experiment ~ аналогичный эксперимент

(~) associate professor of cognitive neuroscience ~ общество профессоров когнитивной нейробиологии

(~) children with the heaviest parents and peers ~ дети с полными родителями и сверстниками

(~) personal embarrassment ~ личное препятствие(помеха)

(~) a glimpse of the brain ~ вспышка активности мозговой деятельности

(??)Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

(~) gym ~ fitness center

(~) brain ~ intellect, mind

(~) mistake ~ error, fault

(~) training ~ study

(~) everyday ~ daily

(~) state ~ situation, standing

(~) disorder ~ frustration, upset

(~) private ~ personal, individual

(~) foolproof ~ simple, onefold, dolly, low-tech

(~) fat ~ thick, stout, fleshy, heavy, puffy

Примерный перечень тем диалогов к разделу 4:

1. Fast food is very popular among young people. However, many experts consider fast food harmful to our health.

What can you say for and against fast food?

2. Many people believe that the only way to lose weight is following a special diet. However, doctors consider dieting harmful to our health.

What can you say for and against following a special diet? Which way of keeping fit do you prefer?

3. Generally modified foods have caused an enormous amount of debate, scientific discussion, and media coverage. As well as benefits, a variety of ecological and human health concerns come with the new advances made possible by genetic modification.

What can you say for and against the development of genetically modified food?

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Вариант 1.

Popular Myths.

Вариант 2.

Side Effects

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(??)Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

(~) reasonable ~ sensible

(~) avoid ~ shun

(~) suggest ~ propose

(~) spark ~ initiate

(~) fabricate ~ build

(~) receive ~ acquire

(~) awkward ~ clumsy

(~) pass over ~ go through

(~) lull ~ pause, break

(~) extra ~ additional

(~) share out ~ distribute

(~) prosperous ~ flourishing

(~) ward off ~ avert

 

(??)Answer the questions. Выберите ответ на вопрос из предложенных вариантов.

(??) Why did English men avoid eating salads?

(?) They didn’t like its taste.

(!) They wanted to have children.

(?) They believed it was unhealthy.

 

(??) Who spread the myth that carrots can fix your eyesight?

(!) Mothers.

(?) Scientists.

(?) Doctors.

 

(??) Where and when is it best to eat grapes?

(?) In France in Christmas.

(!) In Spain, on New Year’s Eve.

(?) In England on St. Valentine’s day.

 

(??) How did the English make their children have a long life?

(?) They fed them with milk.

(?) Their mothers ate fish.

(!) They ate cheese on their birthdays.

 

(??) How should you use acorns to stay young?

(?) Eat one every morning.

(?) Sacrifice it to the god of youth.

(!) Carry it in your pocket.

ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ К РАЗДЕЛУ 6

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Вариант 1.

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(??)Match English phrases from the text with their Russian equivalents. Подберите русские эквиваленты к английским словосочетаниям

 

(~) has a lot of benefits ~иметь много преимуществ

(~) a good chance to improve your knowledge ~ хороший шанс улучшить ваши знания

(~) it’s great to take a break from your everyday life ~ это здорово взять перерыв от будничной жизни

(~) assist with learning the native language ~ содействовать изучению местного языка

(~) you’ll be earning a degree ~ вы будете получать высшее образование

(~) plenty of potential downsides ~ множество возможных минусов

(~) different habits and customs you’ll have to get used to~ разные привычки и обычаи, к которым вам придется привыкнуть

(~) the quality of medical facilities~ качество медицинского обслуживания

(~) to protect your money ~ защищать свои деньги

(~) it entails lots of hard work ~ это влечет за собой тяжелый труд

 

(??)Match the words from the text and their synonyms. Подберите к данным словам синонимы.

(~) fluent ~ smooth spoken

(~) entirely new ~ brand-new

(~) take a break ~ take a time-out

(~) idea ~ concept

(~) diseases ~ sickness

(~) life ~ existence

(~) exciting ~ thrilling

(~) facilities ~ equipment

(~) get sick ~ be ill

(~) customs ~ traditions

(~) too familiar ~ well-known

Написать эссе на одну из предложенных тем:

1. Our college life needs changes.
2. Some advice for college students.
3. Education reform. To be or not to be.
4. To my mind, colleges shouldn’t provide students with general knowledge. Emphasis should be placed on professional skills.

Время — 40 мин, объем 500 - 700 печ. зн.

Примерный перечень тем диалогов к разделу 6:

1.Online education is a growing industry, but is it a blessing or a curs?

2. Many parents encourage their children to study well by giving extra pocket money for each good mark.

3. Exams are a fair way of testing students.

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Вариант 1.

Global English.

The English language is now the first language of about 400 million people, the native language of 12 nations and the official or semiofficial language of 33 more nations. That means one in every seven people in the world speaks English. The English language has become the “new latin” of the century, the world’s top tongue. One billion people speak English. That’s 20% of the world population. For the other 600 million it’s either a second language or a foreign language. There are more than 500,000 words in the Oxford English Dictionary. Compare that with the vocabulary of German (about 200,000) and French (about100,000) At present no other language on Earth is better suited to play the role of a world language.

English is so widespread nowadays because it has become the standard language for all kinds of international communication: 80% of all information in the world’s computers is in English; nearly 50% of all the companies in Europe communicate with one another in English; 75% of all international letters are in English. English is also the international language of business people, pilots, diplomats and politicians, sportsmen and scientists, doctors and students, musicians and singers.

Obviously English is going to become even more important as a global language, dominating world trade, computers and media.

Not so long ago learning English was not much fun. You only had to read boring texts, translate them from English into Russian and back and learn lists of words by heart.

Today learning English has become much more exciting. Students can enjoy and kind of pronunciation and various accents listening to the CDs read by native speakers. Watching video and DVD films allow students to see authentic movies with or without subtitles. You can use the computer not only for playing games but also for acquiring knowledge. The Internet is a boundless world of learning opportunities. There are a lot of sites providing different activities, students’ cafes and chats. You can ask any questions to the world’s top teachers and you will get your answers in a second. You can find the words of popular songs in English and sing along with your favourite singers. And finally if you can afford it, go abroad and learn English with native speakers in an English-speaking country.

Because E