Кафедра межкультурной коммуникации и методики преподавания иностранных языков
Учебное пособие на модульной основе
ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК:
КОММУНИКАТИВНЫЕ ТЕМЫ
ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ
для студентов 1-2 курсов отделения филологии
Института филологии, журналистики и межкультурной коммуникации
Г. Ростов-на-Дону
Г.
УДК – 811.11
ББК-81.2
Печатается по решению кафедры межкультурной коммуникации и методики преподавания иностранных языков Института филологии, журналистики и межкультурной коммуникации
Составители:
Преподавтели кафедры межкультурной коммуникации и методики преподавания иностранных языков Института филологии, журналистики и межкультурной коммуникации ЮФУ С.А. Кузовова, О.В.Ротко, А.С.Писковская
Рецензент:
к.филол.н., доцент кафедры межкультурной коммуникации и методики преподавания иностранных языков Института филологии, журналистики и межкультурной коммуникации ЮФУ А.В.Меликян
В предлагаемом учебном пособии, разработанном в соответствии с учебно-методическим комплексом по дисциплине «Иностранный язык», представлены основные коммуникативные темы в качестве материалов для проведения аттестации (зачета, экзамена) по иностранному (английскому) языку среди учащихся 1 – 2 курсов дневного отделения филологии Института филологии, журналистики и межкультурной коммуникации.
Темы представляют собой законченные монологические высказывания (которые по желанию учащихся и в соответствии с требованиями преподавателей могут дорабатываться), направленные на развитие коммуникативных навыков учащихся. Каждая тема сопровождается вопросами, проверяющими знание и понимание учащимися содержания представленных текстов, и небольшим вокабуляром, способствующим освоению необходимой лексики и пониманию текста. Вопросы и вокабуляр направлены на подготовку учащихся к пересказу предложенных коммуникативных тем и/или составления собственных текстов.
Пособие состоит из восьми учебных модулей (по два модуля в каждом семестре), каждый из которых содержит три коммуникативные темы: Модуль 1 – “My Family”, “Our Flat”, “My Working Day”; Модуль 2 – “My Day Off”, “Hobbies”, “Learning Foreign Languages”; Модуль 3 – “Travelling”, “Great Britain”, “London”; Модуль 4 – “The Russian Federation”, “Moscow”, “Rostov-on-Don”; Модуль 5 – “The United States of America”, “Washington, D.C.”, “Shopping”; Модуль 6 – “My Favourite Writer”, “My Favourite Book”, “English Meals”; Модуль 7 – “Sport in Our Life”, “Holidays in Russia”, “Holidays in Great Britain and in the USA”; Модуль 8 – “Education in Russia”, “The System of Education in Great Britain and in the USA”, “University Education in Great Britain”.
В пособии также содержатся приложения с дополнительными текстами к коммуникативным темам, лексическим материалом, а также таблица неправильных глаголов.
© Кузовова С.А., 2015
©Ротко О.В., 2015
©Писковская А.С., 2015
CONTENT
Module 1………………………………………………………...………………....5
1.1. My Family……………………………………………………………..………5
1.2. Our Flat……………………………………………………………………......9
1.3. My Working Day…………………………………………………………….12
Test 1………...……………………………………………………………………15
Module 2………..……………………………………………………..………….16
2.1. My Day Off…………………………………...…………………………...…16
2.2. Hobbies………………..……………………………………………………..19
2.3. Learning Foreign Languages……………...……………………………..…22
Test 2…………………………………………..……………………….…………24
Module 3………………………………………………..………………………...25
3.1. Travelling…………………………………………….……………………...25
3.2. Great Britain……………………………………..………………………….29
3.3. London……………………………...………………………………………..31
Test 3..………………………………..…………………………………………...36
Module 4……………………………..………………………………………..….38
4.1. The Russian Federation…………………..………………………………...38
4.2. Moscow……………………..………………………………………………..41
4.3. Rostov-on-Don……………………………………..………………………..45
Test 4……………………………………..…………………………………….…47
Module 5……………………………………..…………………………………...49
5.1. The United States of America…………………………….…………….…..49
5.2. Washington, D.C……………………………………………………..…..….53
5.3. Shopping……………………………………………………………..……....58
Test 5.………………………………………………………………………..……61
Module 6……………………………………………………………………..…...63
6.1. My Favourite Writer…………………………………………………..…....63
6.2. My Favourite Book…………………………………………………….....…69
6.3. English Meals……………………………………………………………..…72
Test 6…………………………………………………………………...…………76
Module 7……………………………………………………………………….....77
7.1. Sport in Our Life…………………………………………………………....77
7.2. Holidays in Russia………………………………………………..…………81
7.3. Holidays in Great Britain and in the USA………………………………...84
Test 7.……………………………………..………………………………………88
Module 8…………………………………………………..…………………...…90
8.1. Education in Russia………………………………………………..……..…90
8.2. The System of Education in Great Britain and in America………….…..92
8.3. University Education in Great Britain……………………….…………....95
Test 8.……………………………..………………………………………………97
Supplement 1.Additional material to the topics……………………….……....98
Supplement 2. List of American and English writers with transcription…..109
Supplement 3. Additional vocabulary to the topics..…………….…………...110
Supplement 4. Types of letters………………………………….……………..149
Supplement 5. Types of reading..………………………………………….…152
Supplement 6. English rhymes...…………………………………………..…152
Supplement 7. List of Irregular Verbs...……………………………………..157
Список использованной литературы…………………………………...…165
MODULE 1
(1 term)
MY FAMILY
Every family where each member is responsible for its comfort, success in work, health and good spirits must be a strong unit. We ought not to forget that we are all members of society, and the family is the most important thing for each of us. The children whose parents take proper care of them are very grateful to them either now or afterwards when they become grown-ups.
Now I want to tell you a few words about my family. My family is quite large. I have a mother, a father, a sister and a brother. There are five of us in the family.
First of all I`ll tell you something about my parents. My mother is a teacher of biology. She works at school. She likes her profession. She is a good-looking woman with brown hair. She is forty-four but she looks much younger. She is tall and slim.
My father is a computer programmer. He is very experienced. He is a tall broad-shouldered man with fair hair and grey eyes. He is forty-six. My father often sings and when we are at home and have some free time I play the guitar and we sing together. My father knows all about new radio sets and likes to repair old ones. He is also handy with many things. When he was small he liked to take everything to pieces. My grandmother told me how my father once tried to “repair” their kitchen clock. He managed to put all the wheels and screws back again, but the clock didn`t work. They had to give it to a repairman. But that happened a long time ago. Now he can fix almost everything: a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine, a fridge and what not. He`s got a few shelves where he keeps everything he needs. On the table there is always a radio in pieces.
My parents have been married for twenty-six years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, films, and sports. For example, my father likes horror films and my mother likes “soap operas”. My father is fond of tennis. My mother doesn`t go in for sports. But my parents have the same opinion about our education and upbringing.
My parents are hard-working people. My mother keeps house and takes care of my father, my brother and me. She is very good at cooking and she is clever with her hands. She is very practical.
We try to help her with the housework; for example we wash the dishes, go shopping and tidy our flat.
My sister Helen is twenty-five. She is married and has a family of her own. She works as an accountant for a joint venture company. Her husband is a scientist. They have twins: a daughter and a son. They go to a nursery-school.
My brother Boris is eleven. He is a schoolboy. He wants to become a doctor but he is not sure yet. Three months ago he dreamed of being a cosmonaut.
I have two grandmothers and one grandfather. I love them very much and often go to see them. My grandmothers are retired now. One of them was a teacher, the other was a doctor. My grandfather has not retired yet. When he has free time he likes to work in the garden.
We have many relatives. My aunts, uncles and cousins live in different parts of Russia. They often come to our place on holidays. We have a very good time together.
Our family is very united. We like to spend our time together. Sometimes we stay at home and watch TV or just talk, and on weekends we go out of town. But we are always happy to be together and we wish one another only the very best.
Questions:
1. Why is it so important to have a good family?
2. Is your family big?
3. Describe your father`s appearance.
4. Where does your father work?
5. What are his hobbies?
6. Describe your mother`s appearance.
7. Where does she work?
8. What are her hobbies?
9. Who keeps your house?
10. Do your parents differ in tastes?
11. Do you have brothers and sisters?
12. Are they older or younger than you?
13. What are they?
14. Do you have any other relatives?
15. Where do they live?
16. Is your family united?
Vocabulary (transcribe the words, learn them by heart):
accountant — бухгалтер
broad-shouldered — широкоплечий
computer programmer — программист
experienced — опытный
good spirits — хорошее настроение
good-looking — симпатичный, хорошо выглядящий
grateful — благодарный
grown-up — взрослый
handy — ловкий, искусный
joint venture company — совместное предприятие
nursery school — детский сад
radio set — радиоприемник
relative — родственник
slim — стройный
to be clever with one's hands — иметь умелые руки
to be retired — быть на пенсии
to go shopping — делать покупки
to have much in common — иметь много общего
to keep house — вести хозяйство
to take care of — заботиться о
to tidy the flat — убирать квартиру
upbringing — воспитание
Exercises
I. Compose your own sentences with the following words:
to be clever with one`s hands, to be retired, good spirits, broad-shouldered, experienced, good-looking, grown-up, handy, to have much in common, to keep house, relative, slim, to take care of, to tidy the flat, upbringing.
II. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:of, in, on, at, to, until, with
My name`s Trudi, and I`ve got a sister called Beth. Our parents are divorced, so we live (1)____just our mum (2)____the suburbs (3)____ Melbourne, Australia. Our dad has an apartment (4)____the centre (5)____the town, and we spend every other weekend there. After school every day we go (6)____ our grandma`s house and have a meal there, because our mum doesn`t finish work (7)____ six o`clock. She collects us (8)____ half past six, except (9)____ Wednesday evenings when we go swimming (10)____our dad.
III.Speaking