Master Up. Учебное пособие по английскому языку

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Елена Картушина. Master Up. Учебное пособие по английскому языку

Questions for Discussion

№3. Study the vocabulary list

№4. Retell the text as if you were 1) Mitchell Y.McDeere 2) Royce McNight

№5. Find English equivalents in the text for the following sentences

№6. Fill in the gaps with prepositions from the list below. owe fees estate submit on in of with

№7. Give equivalents for the following words and phrases

№8. Vocabulary Practice. Translate the following sentences into English in writing. Use the vocabulary list for the translation of the bold words and expressions

№9. Open the brackets using the necessary tense form of verb. Summarize author’s feelings on getting the job

№10. Use the articles where necessary

№11. Which of the following do you think is essential to mention in your CV?

№12. Applying for a job. Look at the job vacancies below. Which one would you choose and why? Write a cover a letter and CV. Vacancy 1. About the Company

№13. Below is the beginning of the story by F.S.Fitzerald (first published in Saturday Evening Post (March 15th, 1924) «Gretchen’s Forty Winks»

F.S.Fitzgerald. «Gretchen’s Forty Winks»

Questions and tasks

– UNIT 2. GENERATION GAP

№1. Read the text. Check the Vocabulary list while reading the text

Old Folks’ Christmas

By Ring Lardner

NOTES

VOCABULARY

№2. Answer the questions about the text

Questions for Discussion

№3. Find English equivalents in the text of the following

№4. Retell the text as close to the original as possible

№5. Translate from Russian into English and from English into Russian as quickly as possible

№6. Translate these sentences into English using the words from the text (aurally)

№7.Translate from Russian into English (in writing)

№8. Сhoose one of the following situation and make up a dialogue on your own

№9. Complete the story using some of the words and expressions given below

№10. You are going to read the article devoted to various attitudes to work among the elder generation and so called Y-generation

The don’t live for work… they work to live

№11. Answer the questions on the article

№12. Translate from Russian into English

№13. Look at the picture below. The young lady to the left obviously represents Generation Y. Do you agree with the attributes indicated with the Generation Y? If you were to draw a youngster of Generation Z (2014—2017) what attributes would you draw?

№14. Read the text below

Answer the questions

№14. Read the text below. I don’t want my parents’ life. Aditi Horsburgh, 25, works as a PA in London

Write a short essay challenging or approving the statement «I don’t want my parents’ life». UNIT III. VALUES AND ATTITUDES

№1. Read the text. Check the Vocabulary list while reading the text

One Man’s Family. by R. Hardwick

Vocabulary. respectively (adv) – соответственно. stress (v) – особо выделять, делать упор на, обращать внимание

№3. Find matching English sentences in the text for the following suggested translations in to Russian

№5. Aural vocabulary practice. Translate the words listed below as fast as you could. Your teacher will dictate them for you

№6. Translate from Russian into English using your active vocabulary (to be done in writing)

№7. The sentences below appear on a chart that is often found in baby clinics and child centers, but the second halves of the sentences have been mixed up. Match the first half of a sentence in column A with an appropriate second half in column B. The first one has been done for you

№8. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word formed from the root of one of the words in the children’s chart in exercise 7. Example: It was only after he’d been unfaithful for the third time that she asked for a divorce

№9. Nouns, verbs, and adjectives often have dependent prepositions which simply have to be learnt. Put an appropriate preposition in the following gaps

№10. Speaking. Act the situation using the active vocabulary

№10. Reading and writing. The text below is a column from a traveling magazine. The author describes a case of an argument between two Serbian families

Time for a slivovitz

№11. Read the poem of George Byron about Freedom

Stanzas, Italy, 1820

UNIT IV. NATIONAL STEREOTYPES

№1. Read the text. Check the Vocabulary list while reading the text

Family Ties. By Daniella Steel

Vocabulary

№2. Answer the questions on the text

№3. Find matching English sentences in the text for the following suggested translation into Russian

№5. Aural vocabulary practice. Translate the words listed below as fast as you could. Your teacher will dictate them for you

№6. Translate from Russian into English (to be done in writing)

№7. Read the text paying attention to the underlined words and word combinations. Accumulate your vocabulary on the subject

№9. Use proper prepositions in the blanks

№10. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or word combination

№11. Agree with or contest the following statements based on the text (Part II). Explain

№12. Draw a parallel between British and Russian attitudes and characteristics. What would you call supposedly typical Russian characteristics?

№13. The text below is about one ritual that is common to many cultures i.e. drinking coffee. Do you think such common rituals may play a uniting role and resolve the issue around prejudices and stereotypes? Render the following text into English

Кофе

№14. Think about Russian reality that you think might seem strange to a visitor to this country. How would finish the sentence «You’ve been in Russia too long when…»

UNIT 5. LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION. EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE

№1. Read the text. Check the Vocabulary list while reading the text

Part 1

Notes and vocabulary. Vocabulary Part 1

Vocabulary Part II

№2. Answer the questions on the text. Part I

Discussion questions

№3. Find matching English sentences in the text for the following suggested translation into Russian

№5. Aural vocabulary practice. Translate the words listed below as fast as you could. Your teacher will dictate them for you

№6. Translate from Russian into English (to be done in writing)

№7. Questions on the text

What do you think?

Writing

Telling a Good English Teacher From a Bad One

by Layli Foroudi. The Moscow Times March 6—8, 2015

Questions and Tasks

Отрывок из книги

№1. Read the text. Check the Vocabulary list while reading the text

«The Firm» by J.Grisham

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«That’s where my interest lies.»

«We’ve reviewed your writing sample, and it’s quite impressive.»

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