Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

V. Make up a dialogue, using the patterns from Units One and Two.

TEXT. A DAY'S WAIT by Ernest Hemingway

1. Read the text and the Notes on Lexicology and Style and talk on the following points (A. Grammar, B.Word usage, C. Style):

II. a) Choose the best translation of each English sentence below (or give your own variant) and reason oat your choice;

b) Translate the description of the father's walk.

III. a) Copy, transcribe and give Russian equivalents of these words:

b) Give the four forms of the verbs:

c) Make four columns and write numbers I, П, III and IV at their tops to represent four types of syllables. Then pick out from the list above ('a' and 'b') words with vowel sounds illustrating different types of syllables and place them in right columns.

IV. Try your hand at teaching.

(Look up the words and phrases you may need to do the task in "Classroom English", Sections IV, VIII.)

V. Answer the questions:

Begin when possible your answers with:

VI. Study Vocabulary Notes and a) write derivatives or compounds of:

b) Give the opposite of:

c) Give English equivalents of these words and use them in sentences of your own:

VII. Fill in

a) ache, hurt, pain, painful:

b) in, on:

c) refuse, give up:

d) like, as:

VIII. Write 5 questions after each pattern below. (Keep to the same word order.) Discuss them in class:

IX. Retell the text in reported speech following the outline given below:

Use the vocabulary of the text and the words:

X. Supply articles where necessary:

XI. Make up short dialogues starting with the sentences below. Try and argue with each other:

Use such phrases as;

XII. Translate into English;

ХIII. а) Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary and summarize the passage:

b) Add question tags to the sentences below and answer them. Begin your answers with "Yes, he did/was'', "No, he didn't/wasn't" or "But he did/was" and then give full answers:

XIV. Translate the following text into English:

XV. Make up three short dialogues, using the phrases listed below:

XVI. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what yon would do in the teacher's position:

2. Practise your "Classroom English".

Play the part of the teacher and get your pupils to write a spelling test on the board.

a) Prepare a test on the vocabulary of Unit Two at home.

b) Ask several pupils to write the words on the board.

c) Make sure that the board is properly prepared for writing on it: the writing it eligible; all the mistakes are corrected; the whole class is involved. (See "Classroom English", Sections IV. VIII, IX)

TOPIC: ILLNESSES AND THEIR TREATMENT

I. Study Text A and explain the meaning of the words and phrases listed below.

II. a) Write English equivalents of the following words and phrases. Use them in sentences of your own:

b) Write these words in English and transcribe them:

c) Find in the text synonyms of the following words and phrases and explain how they differ:

III. Write 10 questions to Text A covering the main points. Prepare to discuss the test using the words and phrases from Ex. П.

IV. Study Texts В and С and translate these sentences into English:

V. Reproduce Text В so that a question is asked about each sentence said by the patient or the doctor. Recite the dialogue in class.

VI. Relell Text С in indirect spech: a) speaking on the part of the old man;

b) reproducing Nell's talk with Bert over the telephone. You may find the following phrases useful:

VII. Study Essential Vocabulary (II) and

a) translate the illustrative examples into Russian;

b) express in writing the suggested idea using do for emphasis. Add a sentence to show that the emphasis is necessary:

VIII. a) Supply prepositions where necessary:

b) Give a short description of some other disease using a few phrases from the text above.

IX. Correct the following statements, beginning each sentence with one of the following phrases:

X. Read the text. Summarize it in 5-6 sentences without using direct speech;

XI. Write 10 sentences to go with each of the pictures on pp. 68, 71.

XII. Answer the following questions:

ХIII. Translate the following sentences into English:

XTV. Make up stories and dialogues through mime.

Have the students to prepare a mime and perform it twice (for tasks A and B). The performed actions should be rather slow to allow the other students to tell the story or speak for the mimes.

A. Describe the actions of the mimes using the Present Indefinite, Continuous or Perfect tenses. (for one or two students)

B. Speak for each mime. (for two students)

С Tell the story in reported speech orally or in writing. (for one student)

XV. Try your hand at teaching.

Find a picture on a medical subject and ask your "pupils" to describe it.

XVI. a) Give the idea of the text in English:

b) Say what you know about the cost of health service in America, in Russia and in other countries nowadays.

ХVII. a) Bead and translate the texts below:

b) Write 10 questions about the facts mentioned in the texts that you find interesting and discuss them in class.

XVIII. Find some jokes on a medical subject and tell them to your fellow-students.

XIX. a) Give а very short description of each picture in the Present Tense. Use prompt words and phrases listed in the Note.

b) Make up a story about the pictures in the Past Tense c) Find a short title to the story.

XX. Film "Mr.Brown's Holiday". Dilm segment 2 "Miss Peggy and the Pussy Cays" (Canterbury), a) Watch and listen, b) Do the exercises from the guide to the film.

1. a) listen to the text "A Victim to One Hundred and Seven Fatal Maladies", mark the stresses and tunes, b) Repeat the test following; the model.

2. Listen to the dialogue "A Visit to the Doctor". Repeat the text in the interval and record your version. Compare your version with the original and correct your mistakes.

3. Respond to the following suggestions. Begin your sentences with "Hadn't we (he) better.."?

4. Extend the statements. Begin your sentences with "It's time you (he, etc.)" + a verb in the Past Subjunctive.

5. Write a dictation. Check the spelling using a dictionary.

6. Translate the given sentences into English. Check them with the key.

7. Listen to the text "Doctor Sally" or some other text on the topic. Get ready to act it out in class.

UNIT THREE

I. Say whether you like or dislike the way:

II. Fill in missing adjectives + preposition:

III. Translate these sentences into English:

IV. Make up micro-dialogues using Speech Patterns 1—2:

TEXT. INTRODUCING LONDON

1. Read the text and talk as the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage, С. Word-formation):

II. a) Search tee text and the footnotes for the English equivalents of the sentences and phrases listed below:

b) Use them in sentences of your own.

III. a) Spell and give the four forms of the following verbs:

b) Transcribe the following words:

c) Write the degrees of comparison of:

d) Find homonyms in Text of Unit Three.

IV. a) Analyse the morphological structure of the word sizable, explain its meaning and give its Russian equivalent

b) Form adjectives from these verbal stems by adding the negative prefix fprrjuks] on-, and the adjective-forming suffix -able. Explain the meaning of the derivatives and translate them (in one word):

V. Write questions based on the text. Use in your questions the suggested word combinations. Ask your questions in class:

VI. Try your hand at teaching. (See "Classroom English", Sections VI, VIII, IX, X.)

VII. Make up a dialogue based on one of the paragraphs of the text or the footnotes. Speak for a Russian and an English student. Try and give an additional piece of information on the topic Use the prompts:

VIII. a) Comment on the dialogue below:

b) Make up similar dialogues on the sights of your native town. The following phrases might help you:

IX. Fill in a suitable word or phrase: a) surprise, astonish, strike, puzzle:

b) piece, lamp, slice:

c) historic or historical:

X. Retell the Text Use the map of London on pp. 114-115.

XI. a) Fill in preposition» wherever necessary:

b) Speak about the traffic in this country using the word combinations in bold type.

ХII. a) Explain the meaning of these proverbs. Translate them. Give their Russian equivalents:

b) Say whether you agree with Lord Goring's opinion that "It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one." (O. Wilde. "An Ideal Husband")

ХIII. Translate the sentences into English, using a) be well worth + ger/n or b) just as... so:

XIV. Arrange micro-dialogues on the following topics:

XV. a) Read and translate the text:

b) Answer the suggested questions:

XVI. Translate the sentences into English:

ХVII. a) Read the text. Retell it adding some more Information about Parliament

b) Say what you know about the Russian Parliament, i. e. two chambers: the Duma and the Council of Federation.

XVIII. Give the idea of the text in English:

XIX. Read and comment on the following:

XX. a) Collect information on English traditions and customs.

b) Arrange a talk between Russian and English students on their national traditions, customs and habits. (One of the students should conduct it: introduce the participants to each other, make a short introductory speech on the subject, ask questions, etc. to keep the talk running on, sum up the discussion.)

TOPIC: CITY

I. Study Text A and explain the meaning of the words and phrases listed below:

II. Learn the words of the texts and a) copy and transcribe these words:

b) Translate into English and mark the stresses:

c) Form derivatives of these verbs by adding the prefix re- (meaning "do smth. again"):

III. Answer the questions:

IV. Read the text and show all the places of interest mentioned there on the map:

V. Use Text В to practise similar conversations on Moscow.

VI. Read and retell:

VII. Make up short situations or dialogues, using tne following words and phrases:

VIII. Fill in prepositions:

IX. Review Text "Introducing London", texts A, B, Exercises IV, VI, VIII and study the map of London. Speak on the given topics:

X. Translate into English:

XI. Read Text С. Say what landmarks you would mention to a group of tourists standing in the middle of Red Square. Use the word combinations given below:

ХII. Act out a dialogue between a Russian tourist and a policeman. Choose the exact place (in Moscow or elsewhere) where you are having your talk and the place you want to get to. Use in your dialogue one or two phrases from each set given below:

XIII. Try your band at teaching.

1. Read the text. Discuss what you would do in the teacher's position:

2. Get 4-5 pictures of London (Moscow) attractions and be ready to comment on them. (See "Classroom English", Sections II, Ш, V.)

ХIV. Translate the following sentences into English:

XV. Act out a dialogue between a Muscovite and a Londoner on his first visit to Moscow. Imagine that you are standing in the middle of Red Square. Your companion asks you about everything be sees, gives his opinion about this and that and says what buildings, monuments, etc. remind him of London. Use the prompts of Ex. VII. p. 111.

XVI. a) Get ready to read the text aloud, b) Write a translation of the text:

XVII. Role-playing:

XVIII. Describe (in writing) a sight or a view that once struck yon as picturesque, beautiful or unusual.