Topic: Sport
Ex. 1. Read the text using a dictionary.
Sport in Britain
The British are great lovers of competitive sports; and when they are neither playing nor watching games they like to talk about them, or when they cannot do that, to think about them.
Great Britain has given birth to more major sports than any other country including: football (soccer), tennis, squash, golf, boxing, rugby, cricket, billiards, badminton and curling. It has also played a key role in the development of
| morning exercises and make the beds. At half past 7 we have a cup of tea with bread and butter, cheese or sausage. As we live near the University, we go to our classes on foot. It takes us 10 minutes to get to the University. The lectures at the University begin at 8.15 (at a quarter past eight). Usually we have three or four classes. We learn History, Mathematics, English, Russian and other subjects. We have seminars two or three times a week. After the second lesson we go to the canteen or to the buffet to have dinner. For dinner I usually take a salad, cabbage soup or milk soup. On the menu I also can see different dishes to my taste. I prefer mashed or fried potatoes with cutlets or beefsteak. Sometimes I order buckwheat porridge or macaroni. For the sweet I always eat cakes or a pie with a cup of coffee. After dinner we go to the classroom. Our classes last till 1.30 p. m. (half past one). After classes we usually go to the library or to the reading-room. There we prepare for the seminars, read books and magazines. In the evening my friends and I often go to the cinema or to the theatre. Sometimes we just walk about our city. When we stay at home, we listen to the radio, read books and discuss a lot of things at supper. We usually go to bed at half past eleven or at twelve. Ex. 2. Retell the text “My week day” according to the following plan: 1. It is important to divide the time in the right way. 2. In the morning. 3. Studies at the University. 4. After classes. 5. In the evening. | |
| Ivan Yakovlevich Yakovlev the great Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer was born on the 25th of April in 1848 in the village of Koshki-Novotimbayevo, today's Tatarstan. In 1875, Ivan Yakovlev graduated from Kazan University. While he was still a gymnasium student, he invested his own capital and private donations into the establishment of Simbirsk Chuvash School in 1868. Thanks to the efforts of Ilya Ulyanov Vladimir Lenin's father, this school was funded by the government starting 1871. In 1877, the school was transformed into Simbirsk Central Chuvash School. After his graduation from the university, Ivan Yakovlev worked as an inspector of Chuvash schools in the Kazan School District (until 1903) and headed the Chuvash School for Teachers which prepared thousands of teachers during its 50 years history. Ivan Yakovlev contributed to the establishing of Chuvash and other national schools in the Volga region. He was the one to create special instruction methods based on Konstantin Ushinsky’s pedagogical legacy. In the early 1870s, Ivan Yakovlev made a new Chuvash alphabet (as the old one based on the Old Bulgar language had been forgotten), wrote several primers and textbooks based on the Russian alphabet. He is also known for having translated some of the Russian writers (Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Krylov, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Nekrasov, etc.) and the Bible into the Chuvash language. During his life I. Yakovlev published more than 100 books and pamphlets. The Chuvash State Pedagogical University bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name. Ex. 4. Fill in the blanks: | |
| Ex. 3. Speak out on the topic. My Daily Routine My week-days do not differ much from one another. I go to the University six days a week. That's why I have to wake up at 6.45 (at a quarter to seven). I jump out of bed, switch on the radio and do my morning exercises to the music. Then I go to the bathroom, wash myself and clean my teeth with a tooth-brush. It does not take me much time, not more than ten or fifteen minutes. Then I dress and sit down to table to have breakfast. I usually have a cup of tea or coffee, an egg and bread and butter. After breakfast I go to the University. I study at the Chuvash State Teacher Training University named after I.Y. Yakovlev. As I live far from it, I go by bus or trolley-bus. Usually it takes me 30 minutes (half an hour) to get to the University. My classes begin at 8.15 (at a quarter past eight). Every day we have 4 classes. We also have lectures, seminars and laboratory works. As I cannot get home for lunch, I have it in the canteen. For lunch I often have meat or fish with potatoes or rice. For the sweet I take a cup of strong tea or coffee with a pie or a roll. At ten minutes past three the classes are over, and I go home. When I get home after the University, I have dinner. Usually I have some soup or macaroni. For dessert I have stewed fruit or ice-cream. After dinner I help my mother to wash up the dishes. Then I do my homework. It often takes me about two hours. At 7 o'clock I meet my friends. Together we go for a walk and talk about different things. We always have a good time. At eight or nine o'clock I have supper with my family. | |
| (Native Word) was a series of readers for Russian children designed to give them greater love and respect for their national literature. K. D. Ushinsky believed that education should devote itself primarily to the formation of character. Here a special attention should be paid to the development in the pupil of the habit of work. According to K. D. Ushinsky, "life without serious work can neither be worthy nor happy". K. D. Ushinsky was interested in foreign educational systems. He made trips to Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy and Belgium to observe school organization there. His first impressions after visiting Swiss institutions were published in the Journal of the Ministry of Public Education in 1862-63 in seven letters as "Pedagogical Travels in Switzerland". These letters are not only valuable material for Comparative Education but are literary masterpieces of the Russian language. K. D. Ushinsky analysed progress and shortcomings of foreign educational systems always comparing them with actual conditions in Russia. After coming back to Russia from abroad in 1867 K. D. Ushinsky devoted his energies to St. Petersburg Pedagogical Society. He travelled, lectured, held conferences and interviews and continued his research and writing. Such a program was too much for his already weakened health. He died in 1870. Наши рекомендации | |
