- •Предисловие
- •The world around me Section I Appearance and Character
- •Section II Family
- •About my relatives and myself
- •About my family
- •Section III Pastime and Leisure
- •Hobbies for pleasure
- •Section IV The Students’ Life and Studies
- •Vitebsk State University
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Vitebsk State university
- •IX. In what context are these figures mentioned in the text.
- •X. Match the date and the event in the history of vsu.
- •XI. Answer the following questions.
- •XII. Continue the following sentences:
- •XIII. Tell your group-mates about the University you study at.
- •XIV. Read and reproduce the following situational dialogues.
- •Communicational clichés
- •I. Read the following proper names correctly:
- •II. Match the country and its capital:
- •IV. Learn the structure What is/are … like?
- •V. Make up a dialogue of your own by analogy:
- •VI. What country would you like to visit? Why?
- •VII. A) Read and translate the dialogue.
- •Accommodation at a Hotel
- •VIII. A) Read the following dialogues. Learn the phrases in bald type.
- •IX. A) Read and translate the following dialogues. Choose one dialogue for acting out.
- •X. Read and translate the following dialogues. Use the phrases of your own instead of the underlined ones.
- •XI. Read and translate the following dialogues. Make up a list of useful phrases concerning the matter.
- •Great britain
- •Read and learn the following words.
- •II. Match the words with their definitions:
- •III. Read and translate the text. Christmas and new year in great britain
- •IV. Give the English equivalents for these Russian words and word combinations:
- •V. Insert the words in the gaps:
- •VI. Put in the right prepositions:
- •VII. Answer the questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English.
- •Did you know?
- •Youth and its place in modern society
- •Generation Gap
- •1. Pay attention to these words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and translate them into Russians:
- •2.Read out the following words and memorize their meaning: (Consult the transcription in the dictionary)
- •3. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •4. Read the text and get ready to speak about the problems of teenagers: generation gap
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words and their definitions:
- •Insert the words in the gaps:
- •Read the text and say what youth problems were not mentioned in it, according to your point of view. Youth Problems
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Work in groups:
- •Youth organizations in Belarus
- •1. Pay attention, to the following words. Pick out sentences with these words from the text and translate them into Russian:
- •2. Read out the following words and memorize their meaning:
- •3. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning:
- •4. Read out these phrases several times till you remember their meaning:
- •5. Match the English words and their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Make sure you know all the words in the box* Then read their definitions and match the words with their definitions:
- •7. Match the words with the help of the preposition of:
- •8. Read the text and get ready to speak about youth organisations in Belarus: youth organizations in belarus
- •9. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the words and their definitions:
- •Make your own sentences using the following word combinations:
- •Read the text. Juvenile delinquency
- •Answer the questions:
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Vocabulary
- •Find synonyms for the words in the frame:
- •Read the text. Social factors
- •Answer the questions:
- •Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Teeps' Tips For Parents
- •Morality: what is it?
- •Let`s think
- •Happiness
- •Let`s think
- •The Unborn Child
- •Is abortion legal in your country?
- •Let`s think
- •Let`s think
- •To look
- •To take
- •Taking care of Mother
- •Let`s think
- •International marriages
- •Additional reading
- •Friends or Lovers?
- •Let’s think
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •The right to die
- •1. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false?
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the missing phrases.
- •Let’s think
- •Study the words.
- •Form the derivatives of the words given in a chart below. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •Compare the words in their usage.
- •4. There are two phrasal verbs in the text: to cut up and to keep alive. What do they mean? Study the examples and match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •To keep
- •5. Translate form Russian into English.
- •Should the Dead Help the Living?
- •7. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •Forming ecological thinking
- •Ex. 4. Read and translate the following words of the same root. Determine the part of speech they belong to. Memorize them.
- •Nature Protection
- •Acid Rains
- •Depletion of the Ozone Layer
- •Destruction of the Tropical Forest
- •Measures to Be Taken
- •What You Can Do to Help!
- •Last Chance
- •6. Listen to the recording and mark the following statements as True or False.
- •7. Put the sentences into the right order:
- •8. Choose the environmental problems from the box people face in the future.
- •9. Answer the questions after listening to each paragraph:
- •What do you think?
- •Looking at the issue
- •What’s for dinner?
- •3. Translate from Russian into English.
- •5. Listen to (read) the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •Looking at the issue.
- •Technology and its impact Technical advances affecting daily life
- •IV. Learn the following words:
- •V. Read aloud the words listed below following the teacher’s example:
- •VI. Read and translate the text:
- •VII. Make up the definition of the term ‘invention’ from the scattered words.
- •VIII. Choose the most suitable variant:
- •IV. Read the following words correctly:
- •V. Choose between accident ['xksIdqnt] and incident ['InsIdqnt].
- •VIII. Fill in the blanks with verb in the right tense-form.
- •IX. Fill in the blanks with the right prepositions.
- •X. Translate the words in brackets into English.
- •XI. Ask special questions to the following statements.
- •XII. Give a brief summary of the text.
- •I. Learn the following derivatives and fill in the blanks with the proper one:
- •II. Look: at, up, up to, after, for, through, forward to, out (for), down on smb;
- •III. Learn the following words:
- •IV. A) Form the nouns using proper suffixes.
- •Nanotechnology: How the Science of the Very Small is Getting Very Big
- •I. Learn the following words:
- •II. Fill in the table with the proper derivatives which are possible:
- •III. Find the opposites to the following words and use both words in the sentences of your own:
- •IV. A) Learn the ways of translating Participle I and II in the function of an attribute and an adverbial modifier.
- •V. Read the text for more information.
- •VIII. Find the key sentences in the text and use them in your retelling.
- •IX. Internet Research Project New Communications Technologies
- •A colossal mistake? Art world baffled by 'Goya' masterpiece
- •Next time Angelina, do check the label
- •Joaquin Cortés: 'Dancing is my wife, my woman'
- •House husbands: Are you man enough? More and more men are swapping PowerPoint for potty training and embracing the role of the stay-at-home father, says Casilda Grigg.
- •Great Works: Leviathan (1651), Abraham Bosse and Thomas Hobbes
- •Tests blamed for blighting children's lives
- •The Tempest at Courtyard Theatre, Stratford - review Antony Sher captures the turbulence of Prospero in this deeply felt performance of Shakespeare's great last play.
- •Emperor penguin 'marching to extinction by end of the century'
- •The republic of belarus : social and political aspects
- •1. Read some information about the National Flag of the Republic of Belarus and describe it.
- •2. Read the following information and say what each colour of the National Flag means.
- •3. Read some information about the National Emblem of the Republic of Belarus and describe it.
- •4. Read the following information and say what each element of the National Emblem means.
- •5. Read the words of the National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus, memorize them and then sing the anthem.
- •6. Choose the correct word.
- •7. What political systems do you know? Match the definitions and explain the differences in the ways of running a country.
- •Belarus state system
- •Problems for discussion
- •The united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland: social and political aspects
- •What is the British National Anthem?
- •Shield of the Royal Arms
- •What is the motto of England?
- •Uk political system
- •Comment upon
- •Texts for discussion Part II
- •President Obama announces push to wean us off the gas-guzzler
- •Obama seeks to repair damage in Middle East diplomacy drive Americans are not your enemy, president tells Arabic tv network as us envoy sets out on eight days of talks
- •Russia 'suspends Kaliningrad missile plan'
- •Us policy shift
- •Chief Rabbinate of Israel cuts ties with Vatican over Holocaust bishop
- •Activists threaten to close Heathrow
- •Taxpayer faces bigger bill for 2012 Olympics
- •Brown leads global drive to close down tax havens
- •Israel's president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to form new government
- •Israel's president, Shimon Peres, has asked the Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, to form the country's next government and become prime minister.
- •'Unhappy us' claims over Afghanistan dismissed
- •How to write a business letter in english Read and learn the following words
- •Model № 1
- •Клише, выражения и предложения для деловой переписки
- •Translate the text with the help of dictionary:
- •Translate some rules to help you to persuade your partner:
- •1. The Heading
- •A) letter to mother
- •2. A) letter to father
- •Contents
Israel's president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to form new government
Israel's president, Shimon Peres, has asked the Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, to form the country's next government and become prime minister.
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Last Updated: 1:10PM GMT 20 Feb 2009
Mr Peres called on Mr Netanyahu to establish support for his nomination as prime minister in the country's parliament after his main rival, the Kadima leader Tzipi Livni, declared that she had no desire to join a broad coalition.
Mr Netanyahu's Right-wing Likud party finished a close second in this month's general election behind the centrist Kadima party. But the vote on Feb 10 saw Right-wing parties finish with an overall majority.
"The president has made a decision regarding the formation of the government and the presidency will summon deputy Benjamin Netanyahu ... to entrust him with this task," according to a statement issued by Mr Peres's office.
The announcement came after Mr Peres held separate talks with Mr Netanyahu and Miss Livni, the current foreign minister, in an effort to persuade them to form a broad government alliance.
But Miss Livni emerged from the talks saying: "I will not be a pawn in a government that would be against our ideals."
In remarks to Jewish leaders, America's Middle East envoy George Mitchell criticised Mr Netanyahu's stance on negotiations with the Palestinians. Mr Netanyahu has derided political talks with Palestinians and has vowed to put economic improvements before sovereignty talks.
But Mr Mitchell said: "One cannot talk about economic development on the Palestinian side when you are not moving forward with diplomatic moves at the same time."
Political analysts have predicted friction between a Right-wing government and President Barack Obama's administration.
"Netanyahu is going to face big pressure from the Obama administration to at least look like he is making some movement on the peace process, and he will need Livni for that," said Shmuel Sandler, professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University.
"As for Livni, if she stays too long in opposition, she runs the risk that some of her Kadima colleagues who originally came from the Likud and remain ideologically close to the party, might decide to bolt back there."
'Unhappy us' claims over Afghanistan dismissed
By Matt Dickinson, Press Association
Thursday, 19 February 2009
The Defence Secretary John Hutton today dismissed claims that US military commanders are unhappy with the performance of the UK armed forces in Afghanistan.
A flurry of recent reports have suggested that US top brass has been left unimpressed by some aspects of the British effort in the country, with the counter-insurgency tactics singled out for criticism.
But Mr Hutton said in an interview with the Financial Times: "I do not think that is fair, nor do I think that reflects the real view in the Pentagon and elsewhere.
"There is a very high level of regard for the contribution that UK forces have made in Iraq and Afghanistan."
He said the UK - whose armed forces have suffered 145 fatalities in Afghanistan since 2001 - was open to criticism as long as it was "fair".
But Mr Hutton added: "Our reputation is very important to us. We will very strongly defend it.
"We will defend it by begin open to criticism where it is fair.
"We will not change our tactics in Afghanistan on the basis of uncorroborated and unsourced gossip from people who don't have the courage to put their names to their remarks."
The comments from Mr Hutton - who will discuss the Afghanistan mission at a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Poland today - came as President Barack Obama revealed plans to send 17,000 more US troops to Afghanistan.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday welcomed the move, saying the extra forces would play an "important and positive role" in the campaign.
Some will be deployed in Helmand province, where UK soldiers have been engaged in fierce fighting with the Taliban.
Around 8,100 British servicemen and women are currently serving in Afghanistan.
Speaking on a visit to the troubled country last night, Mr Miliband said: "I think that there is a universal recognition that these extra American troops can play, and will play, an important and positive role, when they are aligned and allied with a strategy for economic development and political development."
He also pledged that Britain would keep its troop levels "under review" - although he stressed that the prospect of an increase had not been raised directly.
"In terms of the United Kingdom we represent about 12% of the troops in Afghanistan at the moment," Mr Miliband said.
"We have had no request to increase our number of troops but, of course, we always keep the number under review."
Mr Hutton said he will raise the issue of increased troop contributions from other countries during today's meeting in Poland.
The US currently has around 30,000 troops in Afghanistan.
Mr Hutton acknowledged a shortage of troops may have hampered progress in Afghanistan and said he would press the UK's European Nato allies to provide extra military resources.
He said Britain had not received a direct request from the US to provide additional soldiers and added that the UK was "playing above our weight" compared with other Nato members.
Mr Hutton told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There has been a very lively debate in Europe over the last few years about this.
"Our view has always been very clear that Nato needs to do more, the European members of Nato need to do more.
"There needs to be a fairer burden-sharing of responsibilities, particularly in those really hard areas where what we need are combat forces."
Asked whether a shortage of troops had led to less progress being made, he said: "I think that's probably right. I think what we have got to do is understand the mission-critical status of our campaign in Afghanistan.
"The jihadists do pose a fundamental threat to our way of life. We have got to meet that challenge and we should meet it on a number of levels."
Mr Hutton said no decision had been made about deploying extra troops from the UK, although he was looking at whether the UK could do more.
But, he added: "We are playing, certainly, above our weight in the campaign there, so my initial view is it is for others to make further contributions ahead of any extra contributions from the UK."
Mr Hutton said it was "absolutely essential" for the Afghan government to speed up the political process and improve reconstruction programmes.
In a criticism of Afghan president Hamid Karzai's administration, he said: "There's no doubt at all that the government in Kabul needs to do more.
"It needs to tackle the problem about corruption, it needs to deal with the problem about drugs which is a poison in Afghan society and making it very difficult for good governance to take hold across the country.
"These are areas where there has got to be change and improvement in Kabul and these are very much the messages we have relayed to president Karzai and his colleagues."