Discuss the topic “EDUCATION ” Read what famous people said about it and express your opinion. Make use of Active Vocabulary and Useful Language for Discussion.
1. The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
Aristotle (BC 384-322, Greek philosopher)
2. The secret in education lies in respecting the student.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
3. All of life is constant education.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, American First Lady
, columnist, lecturer, humanitarian)author)
TICKET No 2
Read the text, translate it and be ready to discuss it.
Law can be spoken of in many different ways: Political, Criminal, Civil, and Equitable, or Constitutional, Statutory and Procedural. Or case precedent (stare decisis) or local custom (tradition); or in a vertical manner – international, then national, then district, then city, etc.; or repressive, democratic, autonomous, common, etc. Yet all law will, at times, seem arbitrary and capricious. That is because people make the decisions, not the law – the law is not self-acting.
But who decides what is or is not justice? A legislature passing laws? Public opinion directing legislators? Judges? Juries? Money? Lawyers? Yes, but No – each individual will decide, inside him, when in conflict, whether he will accept the outcome as justice or not.
2.Translate the following sentences from English. into Russian, paying attention to phrasal verbs in bold type.
1.Adam wants to talk it over with his lawyer before he makes a final decision.
2. We will have to go about our college non-smoking policy more carefully.
3.How would they fit in, in this new land? I plan to lay aside five dollars each week towards my Thanksgiving's holidays fund.
Translate the following sentences into English using phrasal verbs.
1.Войдя в свою комнату, я обнаружил, что моя мама убрала всё из моего игрушечного шкафчика.+
2.Сегодня утром я наткнулась на мою старую знакомую на Оксфорд стрит.+
3.Поздние заморозки уничтожили практически все завязи на яблонях, в связи с чем этот год можно считать неурожайным.
Discuss the topic “BOOKS AND READING ” Make use of Active Vocabulary and Useful Language for Discussion.
1. The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
James Bryce
2. Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Dawn Adams (American online adoption support expert)
3. What we become depend on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881, Scottish philosopher, author)
TICKET No 3
Read the text, translate it and be ready to discuss it.
In British law since the accusedare considered to be innocent until they are proved guilty, the prosecution must prove their guilt, the defencedoes not have to prove their innocence. If there is doubt in the minds of the jury, the verdictmust be «not guilty».
In Scottish law, a jury may return a verdict of «not proven» (not proved), but even then the verdict is final and a person may not be tried twice for the same crime. Until 1966 in England and Wales all the members of the jury had to be in agreement. Now, at least ten of the twelve jury members must agree before a verdict can be given.
2.Translate the following sentences from English. into Russian, paying attention to phrasal verbs in bold type.
1.Alan’s very upset: his girlfriend has just told him she wants to break off their engagement.
2.Since the mosquitoes were killed off, the island has become a far pleasanter place to live in.
3.The mayor warned students to lay aside their bad feelings for the rival college when the parade marched through the town so that there would be no trouble.
Translate the following sentences into English using phrasal verbs.
1. Сферический купол университетской обсерватории был выстроен в 1955г.
кафедру социальных исследований было совершено на прошлой неделе.
2. Одногруппники заглянули ко мне на чашку чая.
3.Сферический купол университетской обсерватории был выстроен в 1955г.
Discuss the topic “HAPPINESS” Make use of Active Vocabulary and Useful Language for Discussion.
1. Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.
Dennis Wholey
2. Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873, British Novelist, Poet
3. Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
Ingrid Bergman +
TICKET No 4
2. Read the text, translate it and be ready to discuss it.
Trial of matter or cause before jury as opposed to trial before judge. The right to “jury trial” implies a trial by an impartial and qualified jury. Function of jury is to determine issues of fact in civil and criminal cases and to reach a verdict in conjunction with those findings.
The victims turned to the local courts, filing cases against offenders who had caused them a harm. These actions were first known as trespass; later torts: “A complex machine for shifting human losses from one who sustained loss to someone else.”
2..Translate the following sentences from English.. into Russian, paying attention to phrasal verbs in bold type.
1.We don’t have a lot of money to spend on luxuries, but we get by.
2.We have already fallen behind our competitors in the production of advanced computer hardware.
3.As a result of the recent, unprovoked attack, the two countries broke off their diplomatic relations.