- •М инистерство образования и науки Российской Федерации южно-уральский государственный университет
- •Unit 1. Personality
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •1.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate into English using new vocabulary.
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play "a Formal Gathering".
- •Unit 2. Travel
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •Inoculations
- •Inevitable
- •2.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Split into pairs and act out the following situation.
- •Unit 3. Work
- •3.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play «Passing an Interview".
- •Unit 4. Languages
- •4.1. Vocabulary
- •4.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 5. Advertising
- •5.1. Vocabulary
- •5.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Creating Adds»
- •Unit 6. Business
- •6.1. Vocabulary
- •6.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Negotiating a Bank Loan»
- •Unit 7. Design
- •7.1. Vocabulary
- •Industrialisation
- •7.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 8. Education
- •8.1. Vocabulary
- •In order to do smth.
- •8.2 Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role Play. "a Talk in the Living-Room".
- •Unit 9. Engineering
- •9.1. Vocabulary
- •Unit 10. Trends
- •10.1. Vocabulary
- •Infant mortality
- •10.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 11. Arts and media
- •11.1. Vocabulary
- •11.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Interviewing a Celebrity»
- •Unit 12. Crime
- •12.1. Vocabulary
- •12.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play
4.2. Exercises
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Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
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Выучить иностранный язык – это как играть на музыкальном инструменте. Но овладение языком – это не просто изучение грамматических правил. Я хочу говорить по-английски бегло, с хорошим произношением.
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Те, для кого английский – родной язык, знают и слова сленга, и диалекты.
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Билингвы знают два иностранных языка. Их умение никогда их не подводит, когда они за границей. Они могут выучить новый язык быстро и легко. Пора и нам начать изучение английского, если мы не хотим от них отстать.
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SMS-ки влияют на грамотность молодых людей.
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Мы должны защищать и пропагандировать языки малых народов. Сейчас многие языки на грани исчезновения.
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Если я буду лучше учить французский, я достигну хороших успехов. Но язык никогда не выучить хорошо, если не знаешь его грамматики.
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Почему бы нам не нанять для них учителя? Он проводил бы занятия один на один. - Это отличная идея! Но давай рассмотрим последствия. Если мы так сделаем, что случится?
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Примерное число носителей английского языка увеличилось в два раза за последние 20 лет.
2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
“Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.”
Julia Penelope
“Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords”.
Robert Louis Stevenson
“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. ”
Derek Walcott
“Language is the dress of thought.”
Samuel Johnson
“Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.”
Aldous Huxley
3. Write an essay (200-250 words)
What is learning a foreign language for you? Is learning languages important?
Unit 5. Advertising
5.1. Vocabulary
advert, a memorable advert, an ad, classified adverts for
advertising, advertiser, an advertising manager, an advertising method, a shock advertisement, an advertisement for smth.
alternative, syn. option
commercial, a TV commercial/ a TV shot, to run a series of TV commercials
controls (юр. средства правового регулирования, законодательные и нормативные акты), legal controls, to impose controls on advertising, advertising controls, syn. regulations: cross-European regulations
grey consumer/ grey worker (покупатели/ работники в возрасте старше 70 лет)
harmful, the harmful nature of advertising
image, a (strong, positive) image in the eyes of the public
media, media studies, media analysis
product, product placement, the special features of the product (USPs), focused on the product, to increase a product’s sales, to launch a campaign against smth./ a new product
target, to target smb. (with offers of…), the target audience
to approve of smth., approved
to attract attention / to draw attention to smth.
to ban smth., to be banned from doing smth.
to be critical, to be less critical
to brainstorm, let’s brainstorm some ideas for our new project
to communicate/ give a message
to conclude, a conclusion, to draw conclusions
to cost/ pay a fortune, to cost the earth, syn. to spend vast sums of money on…/ to pay huge sums on…
to emphasise a quality
to encourage/ motivate smb. to do smth.
to endorse, an endorsement
to get (good) publicity for (получить широкое освещение в СМИ)
to get the reach (получить охват аудитории), to reach the target/ a younger audience
to introduce smth. to the market
to persuade smb. to do smth., syn. to convince smb. to do smth., to have a persuasive message/ power, to be persuasive,
to promote, special promotions
to realise
to regulate, to regulate/ control advertising, regulations, self-regulation
to shoot smth. (shot, shot) on a mobile phone, the final shot
to sponsor a programme, sponsorship
to support smth./ smb., to provide support for smb.
to vary
word-of-mouth