- •„For me, it is not borders that matter“
- •Part 2
- •„We do not claim the Role of a Superpower“
- •THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
- •FOR RUSSIA’S ECONOMY
- •(By Vladimir Kozlov)
- •Oil Prices and Sanctions
- •Inevitable Contraction*
- •Hardest Blow**
- •Foreign Companies' Exodus*
- •Rare Examples
- •Import Substitution
- •Positive Developments
- •(from The Moscow Times)
- •4 Read and translate the text from English into Russian:
- •SUCCESS STORY OF ALIBABA.COM
- •THE INSPIRING RAGS TO RICHES STORY OF MARIA DAS GRACAS SILVA FOSTER
- •7 Read and translate the text from English into Russian:
- •STEVE JOBS
- •Synopsis*
- •Early Life
- •Apple Computer
- •Departure from Company
- •Reinventing Apple
- •Pancreatic Cancer
- •Later Innovations
- •Personal Life
- •Death
- •Books and Biopics*
- •ИНТЕРВЬЮ НЕМЕЦКОМУ ИЗДАНИЮ «BILD»
- •(Запись интервью состоялась 5 января 2016 года в Сочи)
- •Часть 2
- •ТРУДНОСТИ ПЕРЕВОДА ИНТЕРВЬЮ ПУТИНА
- •WORK WITH THE TEXT “A CONVERSATION WITH LEE KUAN YEW” by Fareed Zakaria. Use practical recommendations.
- •21 Make an interview between Russian bankers, financial analysts and correspondents of some economic journal according to the following plan:
- •22 Make interviews with Maria das Gracas Silva Foster. Pretend you are:
- •27 Make presentations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States:
- •29 Expand the following brief information and prepare papers* for your version of the Forum:
- •WORK WITH THE TEXT “SUCCESS STORY OF ALIBABA.COM” by Drona Parajuli
- •30 Mind the following rules for preparing your presentation:
- •o Be serious and avoid idioms, jokes and anecdotes.
- •o The explicit structure can’t be clear.
- •WORK WITH THE TEXT STEVE JOBS
- •31 Look through the programs of the seminars, add some items which are important to discuss and propose topics for each seminar:
- •Program A
- •o Apple's revolutionary products pioneered under Jobs’ guidance
- •o The period when Steve Jobs was told to be smart but directionless was a way to great experiments and inventions
- •o An intelligent and innovative thinker
- •o It is very important to have a reliable partner for future business
- •o NeXT, Inc., Pixar Animation Studios and more popular products
- •Program 2
- •o Trials and triumphs
- •o Steve Jobs’ personal life
- •o Pancreatic cancer and death
- •32 Organize a seminar according to one of the proposed programs and take part in the discussion.
- •accessible – доступный
- •domestic demand – требование внутреннего рынка
- •phase out – ликвидировать, снять
- •put back on track – возвратить, вернуть на свое место, путь, курс
- •rotating presidency – чередующееся председательство (президентство)
21 Make an interview between Russian bankers, financial analysts and correspondents of some economic journal according to the following plan:
-Significant impact of oil prices on the Russian economy
-Sanctions and the ruble devaluation
-Longer-term prospects for the Russian economy
-Importance of state support
-Banking industry policy
-Foreign companies: to leave or enter the Russian market?
-Import substitution
-Positive development of the Russian economy
You can use any Grammar Reference, if you need to repeat rules how to ask for information (especially WH-questions). For example: Кочетова И. Д. Практическая грамматика английского языка : учеб. пособие. Хабаровск : ХГАЭП, 2011 // http://www.ael.ru/studentu/uchebno-metodicheskie-materialy/.
22 Make interviews with Maria das Gracas Silva Foster. Pretend you are:
-A Russian journalist working for some ladies’ magazine
-A TV correspondent preparing a program devoted to business women
-A reporter writing about the International Business Forum held in Rio de Janeiro and their participants
-A blogger combing information about trials and triumphs of famous people
Use words and word combinations:
give full attention to – |
уделять много внимания |
comment on – |
комментировать |
emphasize – |
подчеркивать, выделить |
key-note – |
основная мысль |
point out – |
указывать |
review – |
обзор, делать обзор |
share opinion – |
делиться (поделиться мнением) |
conclusion – |
заключение |
Could you remind (explain, stress)… |
Не могли бы вы напомнить (объяснить, |
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подчеркнуть)… |
Please, describe… – |
Пожалуйста, опишите… |
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WORK WITH TEXTS ABOUT THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION
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23 Draw up a list of possible participants you should send out a letter of an invitation.
24 Fix a program of the Forum, select the most appropriate topic for the Forum among the following:
-Ecology problems and protection of the environment
-Cooperation in the sphere of economy
-Mutually beneficial projects
-National security policy within the SCO
-Problems in the spheres of Culture, Education and Healthcare of the SCO countries
25 Fix an entertainment program for the Forum participants.
26 Prepare short information about the Forum according to the following plan:
-Topic, place and date of the Forum
-The Forum goals and expectations
-Agenda and program of the Forum
-Participants of the Forum
-Characteristic of the main events
27 Make presentations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States:
-Kazakhstan
-Russia
-China
-Kyrgyzstan
-Tajikistan
-Uzbekistan
-Countries in the observer-nation status (Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan)
-Countries in the dialogue partner status (Belarus, Turkey and Sri Lanka)
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28 Prepare the following materials for your version of the SCO Forum:
-Letter of invitation
-Press-release
-Background paper (abstract*)
-Information report
-Report on the activity
-Reports (papers*)
-Resolution
29 Expand the following brief information and prepare papers* for your version of the Forum:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a permanent intergovernmental international organization. The two documents – the Agreement on Enhancing Trust** in the Military Area on the Border (Shanghai, 1996), and the Agreement on Mutual Reduction of Armed Forces in the Border Area (Moscow, 1997) – created a mechanism of mutual trust in the military area in the border regions/ They helped to establish genuine partnership within the SCO.
Initially, the goals of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization were in the area of mutual inter-regional activities on countering terrorist acts, separatism and extremism in Central Asia. Today the SCO plans to fight the international drug mafia. Also its long-term goal is the creation of a free trade zone in the SCO space, while favourable conditions for trade and investment are to be promoted in the short-term perspective.
The main goals of the SCO are strengthening mutual confidence and goodneighbourly relations among the member countries; promoting effective cooperation in many fields; making joint efforts to maintain and ensure peace, security and stability in the region, moving towards the establishment of a new, democratic, just and rational political and economic international order.
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Use words and word combinations:
brief introduction – |
краткое введение |
political association – |
политическая ассоциация |
charter – |
хартия |
to state the goals and principles – |
установить цели и принципы |
structure and major activities – |
структура и основные виды деятельности |
internal policy – |
внутренняя политика |
in accordance with the principles of– |
в соответствии с принципами… |
the highest decision-making body – |
высший орган, принимающий решения |
permanent bodies – |
постоянные члены |
official working languages – |
официальные рабочие языки |
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WORK WITH THE TEXT “SUCCESS STORY OF ALIBABA.COM” by Drona Parajuli
30 Mind the following rules for preparing your presentation:
o Organize your presentation so as to make it clear, easy to remember and not too
long.
o As an introduction, say what you are going to talk about. o Devote the main part of your report to ideas and examples.
o Use charts and graphs to illustrate your information or to prove your statements. o Speak slowly and clearly, make sure that participants understand you.
o Be serious and avoid idioms, jokes and anecdotes.
o Stress important words and avoid using terminology. o The implicit presentation can irritate the listeners.
o The explicit structure can’t be clear.
o Summarize with a new idea or a proposal (or opinion) as a conclusion. o Summarize what you have said at the end of the presentation.
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