The International Sociological Association is a non-profit organization dedicat- ed to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences.

1. Is the International Sociological Association a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences? (general).

2. What is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of so- ciology and social sciences? (special).

3. Is the International Sociological Association a non-profit or for-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences? (alternative)

4. The International Sociological Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences, isn‘t it?

1. I am a first-year student of the Sociological Department of Volgograd State Uni- versity.

 

 

2. Social ties within networks are strong.

 

 

3. Communication is the most important skill in life.

 

 

4. Her aim was to make English grammar clear to everyone.

 

 

5. After graduating from the university I‘ll be a consultant social worker.

 

 

6. In my opinion the conducting of this research will be of no interest.

 

 

7. It was the dominant theoretical stance in American sociology.

 

 

8. Durkheim and Mauss were influential in cultural anthropology.

 

 

9. A social science is very different from a discipline such as physics.

 

 

10. Perhaps the most important function of education is socialization.

 

 

E x erci se 4

Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the appropriate form of the verb «to be»

1. Студенты второго курса социологического факультета не были вчера на лек-

ции.

2. Социология – инструмент для эффективной деятельности и поведения в со-

временной жизни.

3. Научные результаты социологии – рекомендации, предложения, методики,

оценки различных характеристик субъекта, его практики.

4. Одним из предшественников социологии был арабский мыслитель Ибн

Хальдун.

5. Социальная система – целостное образование, основными элементами ко-

торого являются люди.

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6. Будут ли результаты этих опросов актуальными через несколько лет?

7. Кто является автором этой статьи по социологии?

8. Профессор уверен, что студенты будут на социологическом эксперименте

завтра.

9. Подходит ли господин Джонс для этой должности?

 

10. Выпускники находятся в лаборатории.

GLOSSARY

social relationships	социальные отношения, социальное взаимодействие
social institutions	социальные институты; общественные институты
subject matter	предмет изучения; предмет науки
academic field	научная область
founder	основатель
social ties	социальные связи; общественные связи
to contribute	делать вклад (в науку и т. п.); способствовать; со- действовать
research	исследование; изучение; научно- исследовательская работа
anthropology	антропология
political science	политология; политическая наука
psychology	психология
statement	утверждение; положение
questionnaire	анкетирование; опрос
interview	интервью; социологический опрос
economic sociology	экономическая социология
to explain	объяснять; толковать; разъяснять
community	сообщество; объединение; общность
consultant social worker	социальный работник-консультант
to conduct research	проводить исследование
socialization	социализация

Unit 2

«THERE IS (ARE) CONSTRUCTION»

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Positive	Negative	Interrogative
There is a lecture today	There is not a lecture today	Is there a lecture today?
There are many lectures today	There is no lecture today	Are there many lectures to- day?
	There are not many lectures today
There‘s a lecture today	There isn‘t a lecture today
There‘re many lectures today	There aren‘t many lectures today

THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Positive	Negative	Interrogative
There was a lecture yes- terday	There was not a lecture yesterday	Was there a lecture yes- terday?
	There was no lecture yes- terday
There were many lectures yesterday	There were not many lec- tures yesterday	Were there many lectures yesterday?
	There wasn‘t a lecture yes- terday
	There weren‘t many lec- tures yesterday

THE FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE

Positive	Negative	Interrogative
There will be a lecture to- morrow	There will not be a lecture tomorrow	Will there be a lecture to- morrow?
	There will be no lecture tomorrow
There will be many lec- tures tomorrow	There will not be many lec- tures tomorrow	Will there be many lectures tomorrow?
There‘ll be a lecture tomor- row	There won‘t be a lecture tomorrow
There‘ll be many lectures tomorrow	There won‘t be many lec- tures tomorrow

GRAMMAR REFERENCE

The constructions ―there is (are)‖ in the Present, Past and Future Simple Tense are used when people talk about the existence of people, things, etc. The constructions have the  meaning  ― есть ‖,  ― имеется ‖,  ― существует ‖  in  the  Present  Simple  Tense,  ― б ыло ‖,

― существовало ‖ in the Past Simple Tense, ― б удет ‖ in the Future Simple Tense.

The corresponding Russian sentences begin with adverbial modifiers.

 

English	Russian
There is a new library at our university	В нашем университете есть новая биб- лиотека

 

E x erci se 1                  

Read and translate the following sentences with the construction «there is (are)»

1. There are always many exceptions to any generalization, because people are not totally determined by their social environment.

2. Was there a seminar on Comparative Sociology yesterday?

3. There will be a lot of sociologists at the conference.

4. There is a close connection between sociology and other disciplines.

5. There are three primary models of ethnic integration that have been adopted by multiethnic societies in relation to these challenges.

6. There are circumstances which cannot be avoided.

7. How many students were there at the conference yesterday?

8. There were many questions to be discussed.

9. There were a lot of subjects to learn last semester.

10. Were there any changes in those documents?

 

E x erci se 2

Use the appropriate form of ―three is (are)‖ construction.

Translate the sentences into Russian

1.                     no lectures and seminars tomorrow.

2.                     any conferences on the problems of sociology next year?

3.                     an interesting interview on TV yesterday.

4.                     often a great deal of crossover between social research.

5.                     no laws in social science that parallel the laws in natural science.

6.                     another discussion in a week.

7.                     evidence of early sociology in medieval Arab writings.

8.                     a new library at our university?

9.                     many organizations studying social change?

10.                 _ a strong consensus regarding the central problems of sociological theory.

 

E x erci se 3

Ask questions of 4 types (general, special, alternative and disjunctive) about each sentence

Model