Text 2 (Pre-Intermediate Level)

Topic 1

My Biography

Warm up

Do you like your family? Is it important to be a friendly family? Why?

• 1. Vocabulary focus

1. Read and learn the following words:

I.

1. surname 2. to be born 3. well-built 4. pleasant-looking 5. energetic 6. talkative 7. look after 8. to play hide-and-seek 9. relatives   II.	фамилия родиться хорошо сложенный приятный энергичный разговорчивый присматривать играть в прятки родственники
admit	признавать
ambitious	честолюбивый
apologize	извиняться
appreciate	ценить
wake	будить
beauty	красавица
calm	спокойный
crazy	сильно увлечённый чем-то
equestrian	конный
even-tempered	уравновешенный
faithful	верный преданный
fate	судьба
frank	искренний
hard-working	трудолюбивый
hot-tempered	вспыльчивый
influence	влиять
lose one’s temper	выходить из себя
modest	скромный
overcrowded	переполненный
partially	частично
persistent	настойчивый
reserved	сдержанный
retire into smb’s shell	уйти в себя
serious	серьёзный
sincere	искренний
slim	стройный
stand up to smth	выдержать
stubborn	упрямый
tolerant	терпимый
wise	мудрый
witty	остроумный
zodiac sign	знак зодиака
III. Star Signs
Aries	Овен
Taurus	Телец
Gemini	Близнецы
Cancer	Рак
Leo	Лев
Virgo	Дева
Libra	Весы
Scorpio	Скорпион
Sagittarius	Стрелец
Capricorn	Козерог
Aquarius	Водолей
Pisces	Рыбы

2. Read and translate texts 1,2:

Text 1 (Elementary level)

My name is Kate. My surname is Pavlova. I’m seventeen. I live in Minsk, in Pushkin Street. I was born on the 15^th of September.

I’ve got a family. It is small. We are a family of four. I’ve got a father, a mother and a brother. I haven’t got a sister. My father is an engineer. He works in a plant. He is tall and well-built man with black hair and grey eyes. My mother is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty. She is a teacher. My mother is energetic and talkative. She works at school. My brother is little. He doesn’t go to school. He goes to a kindergarten. He is four.

When my parents are at work my Granny looks after my brother. She cooks us tasty dinner. She is very kind. 1 love her very much.

We have got a cat. It is small and grey. It is very nice. It has big blue eyes, a funny nose, a small mouth and sharp teeth. Its ears are small. It can play hide-and-seek.

We have got a lot of relatives: cousins, aunts and uncles, because my Granny has a son and two daughters, five grandchildren,two nieces and one nephew.. They live in different towns. They come to see us and we usually have a good time together. I'm happy to have such a family.

Grammar focus

1. To be I am \ he,she, it is\ you, they,we are   2. Possessive ‘s You add ‘s to singular nouns to show possession Anna’s father=her father Victor’s wife=his wife You add s’ to regular plural nouns The parents’house = their house You add ‘s to irregular plural nouns The children’s aunt   Possessive Pronouns I – my You- your He- his She- her It – its We- our They- their

4.1 Complete the sentences with is or are:

a. My name ….is…………….. Martina.

b. Where ……………… you from?

c. ……………… Walter from Germany?

d. He ……………… 22 years old.

e. ……………… Ross and Jennifer married?

f. ……………… you on holiday?

g. Fernanda ……………… a Spanish teacher.

4.2 Make the sentences negative:

a. Edinburgh is in England.

b. I’m from Ireland.

c. My mother and father are English.

d. Brazil is a small country.

e. My name is Lana.

f. My sister is married.

g. I’m 15 years old.

h. Philip and Elizabeth are on holiday.

4.3 Choose a word from Column B to complete each question:

Column A Column B

1. What’s your ……name…………? student

2. How are ………………? brothers

3. How old are your ………………? Michelle

4. Are you a ………………? English

5. Is David ………………? you

6. Is your name ………………? holiday

7. Where are they ………………? name

8. Are they on ………………? from

4.4 Write the short answers for the questions:

a. Are you Portuguese?

No, …… I’m not ………… . I’m Brazilian.

b. Is James the English?

Yes, ……………… . He’s from Manchester.

c. Is your address 16 New Street?

No, ……………… . It’s 26 New Road.

d. Are you and your friend here on holiday?

No, ……………… . We’re here on business.

e. Is Barbara married?

Yes, ……………… . Her husband’s a doctor.

f. Are you married?

Yes, ……………… . This is my husband, James.

g. Is Thomas an actor?

No, ……………… . He’s a musician.

h. Are Anne and Michael from England?

No, ……………… . They’re from Ireland.

i. Is ‘Howard’ your surname?

Yes, ……………… . My first name’s Tony.

j. Is Jacqueline a teacher?

No, ……………… . She’s a student.

4.5.Write ’s in the correct place in the sentences, as in the example:

a. Patrick is Jane’s brother.

b. Is that Michael car.

c. It’s Tessa birthday on Saturday.

d. What’s your mother name?

e. Where’s Philip desk?

f. My husband name is Peter.

g. Jo is my sister friend.

h. Caria house is in the centre of Rome.

4.6. Сomplete the sentences with my, your, his, her, our or their.

Hi! ^(a) …^My………… name’s Ed … Ed

Turner! And this is ^(b) ……………. wife.

^(c) ……………. name’s Thelma. This is

^(d) ……………. Beautiful house!!

This is Thelma with ^(e) ……………… two

children – ^(f) ……………… names are

Bob and Tracey – and ^(g) ………………

Brother – ^(h) ……………… name’s Louis.

And this is ^{( I )} ……………… dog … what’s

^{( j )} ……………… name, friend?

^{( k )} ……………… name’s Bones.

4.7. Write the nationalities:

Country. Nationality.

1. Australia …Australian………….

2. Brazil ……………………

3. Italy ……………………

4. England ……………………

5. Spain ……………………

6. Scotland ……………………

7. France ……………………

8. USA ……………………

Text 3

5.Read and translate the text:

My Family

I’m Alex Kovalev. I am fifteen. I’d like to tell you about my family.

We are a family of three. I live with my parents. But I’ve got an eider brother. He is married and has a family of his own.

In my opinion, family is an emotional centre of a person’s life, transmitter of culture, the place where children are being raised. The process of upbringing children is difficult. It requires much effort, mutual respect, tolerance. In happy families parents are frankly honest with their children without moralizing, and the children in their turn learn how to get on with other people.

The proverb says, «Men make houses, women make homes». In my view, it means that the man provides for his family, pays attentions to the problems of the members of the family. And the woman creates the homely atmosphere, encourages her husband and children to keep up family traditions and keeps the house. Together they bring up their children in the right way.

It is true to our family, I think. My parents have been married for twenty-six years. My father’s name is Vitaly. He is 45 years old. He is an engineer at a Motor Plant. He is tall and strong both in body and character, but rather stout. He has plump oval face with an aquiline nose. He’s generous and full of joy, but very careless. He can make different things with his own hands. Almost all the bookshelves in our flat were made by my father.

My mother’s name is Irina. She is a medium size woman. She his got a thin oval attractive face and light grey eyes and a snub nose. When she was young she had thick curly ash-blond long hair, now she wears her hair short. My mother is a woman of character, well-bred, tactful and fair. She’s warm hearted and at the same time practical, reserved and full of common sense. She is a housewife, she does all the housework and helps my elder brother to bring his sons. She is really concerned about them. They are the apple of the eye. And the boys feel affection for their Granny. My father and I try to help her about the house.

My brother Igor is about 25. He is married, as I have already said. He has got two sons. My elder nephew is a spitting image of my brother and the junior one takes after his mother, my brother’s wife. The boys are funny and curious.

We have got a lot of relatives, because my mother has got five sisters and a brother. So I’ve got many aunts, uncles and cousins. We are all on friendly terms.

Vocabulary:

Aquiline a.	орлиный
Ash-blond a.	пепельный
Attractive a.	привлекательная
Careless a.	беззаботный
Common sense	здравый смысл
Create v.	создавать
Curious a.	любознательный
Curly a.	кудрявый
Effort n.	усилие
Encourage v.	воодушевлять
Fair a.	порядочный справедливый
Frankly adv.	откровенно открыто
Generous a.	великодушный
Get on with	быть в хороших отношениях, ладить
Honest a.	честный
Housewife n.	домашняя хозяйка
Keep the house	Вести домашнее хозяйство
Keep up v.	поддерживать
Medium size	среднего роста
Moralizing n.	поучение
Mutual a.	взаимный
Plump a.	полный
Practical a.	практичный
Provide v.	обеспечивать
Raise v.	воспитывать
Require v.	требовать
Reserved a.	сдержанный
Respect n.	уважение
Snub a.	вздёрнутый
Spitting image	точная копия
Stout a.	тучный, толстый
Tactful a.	тактичный
Take after v.	быть похожим
Thick a.	густой
Tolerance n.	терпимость
Transmitter n.	передатчик
Upbringing n.	воспитание
Warm-hearted a.	добросердечный
Well-bred a.	воспитанный

In my view, the man must

a) provide for the family.

b) build his house with his own hands.

c) keep away from gamily problems.

3.The housewife

a) does all the work about the house.

b) stays at home all day long.

c) helps different people keep their houses.

5.4 Answer the following questions:

1.Will you introduce yourself?

2.Is your family large?

3.Have you got any brothers or sisters?

4.What are your parents?

5.Where do they work?

6.How long have your parents been married?

7.Do you spend much time with your family?

8.Do you go out with your parents?

9.Who keeps your house?

10.What are your parents’ hobbies?

11.Will you describe your mother and father?

12.Have you got any other relatives?

5.5 Tell us about ...

1. Your ideas of the role the family plays in our life.

2. Your parents.

3. Your relatives.

Additional materials

Text 4

6.1. Read the text Family life. What does Kathy actually tell you about herself?

Family life

Kathy Papas, Sydney, Australia:

’My parents came here from the Greek island of Kalymnos in 1965. I was eight years old, the eldest of four children. We shared a house with three other families from Kalymnos when we arrived in Sydney. We were quite Lucky - both my parents found jobs and after about 20 months here they bought a house. But life wasn’t easy for my parents. Language was a real problem and they never real settled down here. They missed their friends back home, Greek hospitality in general, and the closeness to nature they had on the island. In 1980 they moved back to Greece and my father died five years later.

My husband and I socialize almost entirely with our families – his sister and my brother and their children – and other Greek-Australians. We meet in each other’s homes and sometimes we have a barbecue together. Most Greeks live in the suburbs to the east of Sydney so we don’t have far to travel to see each other.

We also send our three daughters to Greek classes twice a week after regular classes. They were all born here but a lot of Australians still tend to think of them as foreigners. This is perhaps the reason that we Greek-Australians stay together like a big family.’

Underline the correct word.

1. I’ve got a brother and a sister. My nieces are my sister’s/sisters’ children.

2. Joanna is my brother’s/brothers’ wife.

3. What are your cousin’s/cousins’ names?

4. This is a photo of my friend’s/friends’ house. They live in the country.

5. Philip and Ray are my sister’s/sisters’ husbands.

6. Is this your nephew’s/nephews’ girlfriend?

Text 5

A French family

Complete the gaps.

a) My father is my mother’s …husband……..

b) My mother’s mother is my..........................

c) My mother’s brother is my..........................

d) My sister is my father’s..........................

e) My mother and father are my..........................

Read about four people.

^Who:

a) is an actress? … Beatrice Santini

b) is a taxi driver? ……………………

c) is from France? ……………………

d) are musicians? ……………………

e) is from London? ……………………

f) is from Edinburgh? ……………………

g) is a bus driver? ……………………

h) is 45 years old

Beatrice Santini

Beatrice Santini is from France.

She’s 28 years old, and she’s an actress.

She’s married; her husband is film director,

Karol Bolewski. Karol is 56 years old.

Their home is in Paris.

Danna Fiorelli

Danna Fiorelli is from New York.

She’s a taxi driver. She’s 45 years old

Is she married? ’Yes, I am…I’m

Married to my job.’

Magnus Mills

‘Hello. My name is Magnus Mills.

I’m a bus driver in London.

I’m also a writer: my first book is

Bus Driver on Holiday.’

Plankton

Allan, Doug, Richard and Kirsty are Plankton …

Four musicians from Aberdeen, in Scotland.

Their manager is Betty Booth.

Betty is from Edinburgh, and she’s 25 years old.

6.13. Read the text about the Iglesias family:

Text 6

A Famous Family

Julio Iglesias is from Spain. The world’s number 1 Spanish singer in the 70s and 80s, with songs like Begin the Beguine, he is now the father of a famous family. The three children from his marriage in the 1970s to actress Isabel Preysler – two sons and a daughter – are now all famous too. His daughter, Chaveli, is a TV presenter in the United States. His sons’ names are Julio Junior and Enrique: Julio Junior is a model, actor and singer. His songs are in English and Spanish. Enrique Iglesias is also a singer. His home is in Miami, Florida. He’s got two Porsche cars at home!

6.14. Complete the information in the family tree about the Iglesias family:

…Julio Iglesias… a………………...

b………………… c………………… d…………………

6.15.Complete the gaps withis (‘s) I areorhas (‘s) I have (‘ve) got.

a. My grandmother ...is............... in her d. My dad ............... a moustache,

seventies, but she .............. a very young but he (not) ............... a beard any

face. She ............... lovely teeth and skin more – he shaved it off a few weeks ago!

and she ............... (not) any white hair!

b. My brother and sisters ............... very e. Joe ............... like his father – he

similar to look at – they ............... all ............... very tall and slim.

very pale and they ............... green eyes

and red hair.

c. The baby ............... only a few days old,but she ............... lost and lots of hair.

Test

7.1.Fill box 1 on the card below about yourself, then interview five other people in the class. Only tick (γ) the box if they answer YES. (You will also be asked questions.)

Topic 2

MY WORKING DAY

Warm up

Are your every day activities quite routine? Can you remember any special day in your life? Tell about it.

· 1.Vocabulary focus

1.1.Study the new words and expressions:

1. to get up 2. to wake up 3. to make one’s bed 4. to do morning exercises 5. to take a shower 6. to brush one’s hair 7. to dress 8. to put on 9. to have breakfast 10. to take a bus 11. It takes me 40 minutes to… 12. to have 3-4 lessons 13. to be over 14. to have dinner 15. substantial 16. canteen 17. to have a snack 18. to have a short rest 19. to do homework 20. to have some troubles with English 21. to go for a walk 22. to have supper 23. to go to bed

1. вставать 2. будить 3. застилать кровать 4. делать зарядку 5. принимать душ 6. расчёсывать волосы 7. одеваться 8. надевать 9. завтракать 10. ехать на автобусе 11. у меня занимает 40 минут чтобы… 12. иметь 3-4 пары 13. заканчиваться 14. обедать 15. существенно 16. столовая 17. перекусить 18. передохнуть 19. делать уроки 20. у меня нелады с английским   21. идти гулять 22. ужинать 23. идти спать

Communication skills

4.1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions when necessary:

1. I usually get … …half…six.

2. My brother goes…bus …the University.

3. What do you have…breakfast?

4. Our classes begin…a quarter…eight.

5. The students have dinner…their canteen or …home.

6. …classes I have …of an hour.

7. I have some troubles…math.

8. …dinner we go…a walk.

9. … the evening I play …computer games, listen…the radio.

4.2. State the type of question and answer them:

1. When does your working day begin?

2. Who wakes you up? When?

3. What do you have for breakfast?

4. How long does it take you to get to the University?

5. Do you live in a hostel?

6. Is there a library at your University?

7. How many lessons do you usually have?

8. Do you go to the University on foot or by bus?

9. When are you lessons over?

10. Where do you have dinner?

11. What do you do in the evening?

12. When do you go to the bed?

13. Do you like to study at the University ?

4.3. Complete the sentences:

1. It …me…minutes to get to the University.

2. It…my mother ….minutes to cook dinner.

3. In the morning I always…breakfast.

4. In the evening we sometimes…

5. I …troubles with…

6. I …shower in the morning and in the evening.

7. Students from our group often …part in performances.

8. I usually go to the University by bus but sometimes I …a taxi.

9. In the afternoon I….a nap of an hour or two.

10. At the weekend my friends and I…

11. As a rule I have dinner at home but when we ….four lessons I …a snack in …

12. My working day lasts…

4.4. Put down the questions to the following answers:

…….

- I entered the University last year.

……..

- I have tea for breakfast.

……..

- We have three lessons every day.

……..

- I study at Tyumen State University.

……..

- I’ll have three exams this term.

…….

- I didn’t shave this morning because I didn’t have time.

Sandra

A special day in my life

Days are usually alike, we go to study, see our friends and have some duties at home. But everybody has some days in his life that will never be forgotten.

The special day I remember was during a holiday and I think that the most special days for young people happen during holidays.

It was a sunny day in July and I was spending time at my Granny’s home in the country. The house was situated close to the lake. A group of young people came to the village. They wanted to put up a tent near the lake. It was prohibited to put up tents in the wood and they came to my grandmother and asked her to allow them to camp on her meadow close to the lake. I was still sleeping when they came but later my Granny said they were three boys and two girls. They were really nice and she let them set up the tents and invited them for breakfast. As they were of my age she thought they would be a good company for me. They were from the same city as I was. And she was right. I liked from the first sight one of the boys named Alex.

So I had not only a good company during the holidays but on that special day I met Alex who is still my boyfriend. That is why it was such a special day for me.

Words:

1. alike 2. tent 3. prohibited 4. meadow 5. from the first sight   Some expressions for your composition: 1. To fall in love 2. Dreams come true 3. Full of adventures 4. The happiest moment in the life   5. Take a decision

6. похожи 7. палатка 8. запрещено 9. луг 10. с первого взгляда   1. влюбиться 2. мечты сбываются 3. полный приключений 4. самый счастливый момент в моей жизни 5. принять решение

TIME FOR FUN

Tasks

Check yourself.

Translate the sentences into English:

1. Будильник будит меня утром

2. Каждое утро я делаю зарядку.

3. Пора вставать.

4. Я надеваю пальто и шапку и выхожу из дома.

5. Иногда я еду в университет на автобусе.

6. Мой друг не любит читать, он обычно смотрит телевизор.

7. После обеда я сплю часок, другой.

8. Занятия начинаются в 14.05.

9. Сколько времени у тебя уходит на дорогу?

10. Ты обедаешь дома или в столовой?

11. Когда ты ложишься спать?

12. Где ты учишься?

13. У тебя есть проблемы с учёбой?

14. Ты ходишь в библиотеку после занятий?

15. Сколько времени у тебя уходит, чтобы приготовить домашние задания?

16. Расскажи о своём рабочем дне

Topic 3

OUR UNIVERSITY

Warm up

a) Decide what verbs, adjectives and nouns you would use to describe your University

Compare subjects.

Which is the most difficult for you? Which is the easiest?

EX. Chemistry is easier than physics.

Communication skills

4.1 Read sentences. Tick( √) the ones that are true. Correct the false ones.

1.The University was founded in May 1980.

2.There are five faculties at the University now.

3.At the head of each faculty there is a teacher.

4.There are 5 buffets at our University.

5. The training course lasts three years.

Reading

Vocabulary focus

Dialogue

- Hello! I’m ____________.

- Hi! I’m ____________.

- Pleased to meet you.

- And you.

- I’ve heard your are a student of Tyumen State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Do you like to study there?

- Yes, sure. It’s great. Students of our University have good facilities to study well and its building is very beautiful.

- And I’ve entered the Tyumen Medical Academy this year. I will become a doctor.

- It’s nice. As for me, I’m interested in business (engineering), that is why I study at the Economic and Management Faculty (Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering).

- Is it difficult to be a student of this faculty?

- Yes, it is not easy. We are taught many special subjects, as well as English, Math, History and so on.

- Are you good at technical subjects?

- Yes, I am. I often have to visit a library. There is a good library in our Academy, and I spend a lot of time in its reading halls.

- Oh, I see. My specialty isn’t easy too. And do you have some computer classes?

- Yes, certainly. We are taught computer drawing and designing and descriptive geometry in well equipped computer classes.

- What about our students, we have a lot of work to do every day. Human being is such a complicated system, no machine can be compared with it. And we have many special medical disciplines. To be a doctor is not an easy task.

- Well, I have to go now.

- I wish you good luck during exams.

- Thanks, call me on Sunday, we’ll be able to meet and have a chat.

- O.K., bye!

- See you!

Vocabulary

1. impressive

2. design

3. Exhibition

4. Merchants

5. Serve

6. hostel complex

7. professional training

· 10. Group work

Make 4 groups. Each group should give a short account of:

- General information about the University

- Out-of-class activities

- History of the University

- The University as a scientific centre

Use the Vocabulary from and after the texts.

· 11. Scheme

Use of English

2.1. Make different parts of speech from the words as it is shown in the example. Translate them into Russian:

originator(noun)

to originate original(adjective)

originating(Participle I, Gerund)

to educate

to found

to decorate

deposit

diversified

2.2. Match the synonyms in the right- and left-hands columns. Make up sentences with them:

1. lowland to originate 2. area skill 3. originator ancient 4. to set up incredible 5. castle magnificent 6. age-old prosperous 7. to begin diversified 8. unbelievable to establish 9. swamp medieval 10. various plain 11. wonderful fortress 12. mastery province 13. to carry founder 14. successful marsh 15. of the Middle to bear Ages

· 3. Read and translate the text:

TEXT 1

1. The Tyumen region is located on the West-Siberian Plain. On the western district of it there is Tyumen, the capital of oil and gas region which is as large as France, Italy, Spain and Austria taken together. The name of this town is known all over the world. Tyumen, the first Russian town of Siberia – “the mother of Siberian towns”, “the gate to Siberia” - was an ordinary town of Tobolsk province and only in 1944 it became the centre of the largest in the country Tyumen region.

2. The founders of the town chose a wonderful place for it. Its history goes back to 1586. Tyumen was established as a fortress on the Tura river on the place of Tatar town, called Chingi-Tura. Chingi-Tura was founded in the 14^th century and was unyoked by Yermak from Tatar-Mongol in 1581.

3. In the early 17^th century the first road was built and in the end of the 18^th century Tyumen became a trans-shipping point from the Urals to Siberia. Tyumen was also the first station of Trans-Siberian Railway built in the late 19^th century and the place where Siberian shipbuilding originated. At that time Tyumen was a little di rty town with wooden houses.

4. But it was born anew on June 21, 1960, the day when the oil was found near a little forest village Shayom. Further discoveries showed that the northern part of Western Siberia possessed incredible quantities of oil and natural gas. A fine modern town with wide streets, high-rise blocks and lots of greenery has risen on the wastelands and marshes.

5.Nowadays Tyumen is not only an oil town, it is a cultural, industrial and educational center of Western Siberia with a highly developed and quite diversified industry. Its plants are well-known in Russia and abroad. Among them there are machine-building, electronics-engineering, medical equipment, motor-building plants.

6. Tyumen is also a scientific and educational centre. It has three Universities, Agricultural, Medical, Military Academies, International Institute of Economy and Law, Institute of Culture and Arts. There is a great number of secondary schools, lyceums, colleges and gymnasia.

7. There are more than 40 research and design institutes mostly working on problems connected with the development of the gas and oil deposits. Due to their work 323 deposits had been discovered of which Samotlor (oil) and Urengoy (gas) are the largest in the world. Some pipelines pump Siberian oil to refineries in the east and west of our country and abroad.

8. Since the discovery of oil and gas deposits Tyumen has considerably grown. Now it covers the area more than 86 square kilometers and the multinational population of Tyumen is about 600.000 people. Many beautiful parks, squares and historical memorials decorate the improving image of the ancient town.

9. Some museums, libraries, 5 magnificent Houses of Culture, the Puppet and Drama theatres, the Concert Hall, the Picture gallery make Tyumen a cultural center. Permanent exhibitions of Siberian national art and skills attract tourists attention. There are many places of entertainment in Tyumen. Different cafes, bars, casinos, cinemas such as “Kinomax”, “Temp”, “Sovremennik” are often attended by people. The town also has a range of night clubs such as “Manhattan”, “Batman”, “Hollywood”, “Ultra”, “Piramida” which are popular with people of different ages.

10. Tyumen is famous for its places of interest: numerous monuments, architectural ensembles, historical places, medieval churches are mostly situated in the old part of town. Znamenskaya Church built in 1800, the Trinity Monastery, the first stone building in the town, Peter and Paul’s Church, Blagoveshchenskaya Church are very attractive. The marvelous building of the Museum of History and Ethnography and a lot of wooden houses, bearing the Siberian architecture traditions, decorate our town.

11.Tyumenians like their town. They are proud of its history and people.Tyumen region is a birthplace of Mendeleyev, a great Russian chemist, Alyabjev, a composer, Ershov, a fairy-tale teller. Thousands of people work hard to make their region prosperous.

· 4. Grammar focus

Dates Examples 1582 - fifteen eighty two 2000 – year two thousand 2003 - year two thousand and three   21.05.1986 – May the twenty first nineteen eighty six The twenty first of May nineteen eighty six

3.1.Complete the dates used in the Text A and match them with the events in the right-hand column :

14^th century – fourteenth century

1581 – fifteen … …

1586 - … … …

17^th century - … …

18^th century - … …

19^th century - … …

1944 - … forty …

21.06.1960 - the twenty… of… … …

June the… … nineteen …

¨ The first road was built

¨ Chingi-Tura was founded

¨ Tyumen became a trans-shipping point from the Urals to Siberia.

¨ The history of Tyumen began

¨ Chingi-Tura was unyoked by Yermak.

¨ The first oil was found

¨ Siberian shipbuilding originated.

¨ Tyumen became the centre of Tyumen region.

3.2. Translate the sentences into English pronouncing the dates and numerals correctly:

1. Тюменская область праздновала своё 60-летие в 2004 году.

2. В Тюменской области было открыто 323 нефтяных и газовых месторождений.

3. Население Тюмени составляет более 600 000 человек.

4. Знаменский Собор был построен в 1800 году.

5. Троицкий Монастырь был сооружён в 1741 году.

Agreement or Disagreement

It’s true. It’s false.

Most likely. Most unlikely.

1. Tyumen, the oldest Siberian town, was founded in 1585.

2. For four centuries oil and gas region was Tobolsk province.

3. Tyumen was established as a fortress on the place of the ancient Tatar town called Chingi-Tura.

4.Tyumen is only an oil town.

5. Oil and gas region is less smaller than France and Italy taken together.

6.Tyumen was born anew when the first oil was found near a little forest village called Shayom.

6. Only in the 19^th century the first road was built and Tyumen became a trans-shipping point from the Urals to Siberia.

7. Tyumen was the first station of Trans-Siberian Railway and the place where Siberian shipbuilding originated.

4.3.Check up your memory:

1. Where is Tyumen situated?

2. When was Chingi-Tura founded?

3. What happened to Tyumen at the end of 18^th century?

4. What is the area and the population of Tyumen?

5. What educational establishments do you know in Tyumen?

6. How did Tyumen become an industrial centre of the region?

7. What places of interest are there in Tyumen?

8. What was the first stone building in the town?

9. What church was built in 1800?

10. What traditions do a lot of wooden houses have?

11. Where can people entertain themselves in Tyumen? What is your favourite place?

12. What great people were born in Tyumen region?

Additional materials

Text 2

6.1. Read about the history of Tyumen and ask each other about the most important events. Start so: Did you know that…? Pay attention to the words after the text:

The first explorers of Siberia were the merchants of Novgorod. The movements of Russians to the east was stopped by the Tatar-Mongolian invasion of Russia. The people of Siberia became dependent on the Mongolian Khans. In the 16^th century the Cossack ataman Yermak began his marches to Siberia. He captured Chingi-Tura, the former capital of Tyumen Khanate. But he was wounded in the battle with Kuchum-Khan. Yermak tried to swim across Vagai river but drowned because of heavy armour he had on.

The Tsar Ivan IV was not going to pay attention to Yermak’s victories. Only in 1586, after Yermak’s death, Boris Godunov understood what Siberia meant for Moscow. In the summer of 1586 Moscow voivodes Vasily Sukin and Ivan Myasnoy with a detachment of streletses and Cossacks marched into Siberia. On July 29, 1586 they laid the foundation of Tyumen. It was the first Russian stronghold on the most ancient traderoute which connected Western Europe with the countries of the East. The town was set up on the site of the de stroyed Tatar town Chingi-Tura. The location of the town was chosen properly – on the steep, right-hand bank of the Tura river where the Tyumenka ran into the Tura. Their deep, difficult to pass ravines served as natural fortifications. Only the eastern side of the town had to be fortified with the moat and the rampart.

Later on the town was enclosed with wooden wall about 4.26 meters high with 6 sentry towers and two gates. The construction was carried out in haste that was why many buildings went to ruin quickly, the banks crumbled and the fortress had to be built anew. During the following two decades all other parts typical for the Russian town – a fort, a settlement, a monastery were formed around the fortress. Three churches served for the needs of the population of fort: military men and peasants. The considerable part of the male population were coachmen.

With the increase of the population a settlement appeared outside the eastern wall where merchants and handicraftsmen lived. Across the Tyumenka there was the third part of the town. It was a coachmen settlement. All in all there were a little over 300 houses, 5 churches, 2 monasteries, 37 shops and a prison. By the end of the 17^th century the population reached 500 people.

Due to its advantageous geographic location Tyumen developed rather quickly. By the turn of 18^th century the fortified settlement and fortresses drew the borders far to the south and east from Tyumen. The number of military men decreased but the town population, trade and handicraft population increased.

Later on for centuries the town served as a place of exile and it was only due to the exiled revolutionaries and a few progressive-minded merchants that the cultural life of the town sprang up. The industrial development of Tyumen began with a construction of the Transsiberian railway that connected the town with the European part of Russia.

The Soviet power was established in 1918. During the years of the Soviet power Tyumen has become a large industrial and cultural center of Western Siberia. Nowadays it is a modern city, the center of the oil- and- gas- bearing region. Sometimes it is called the “oil capital of Siberia”. That is the history of Tyumen in brief.

Vocabulary

1. invasion 2. Khan 3. marches 4. steep bank 5. armour 6. in haste 7. detachment 8. foundation 9. stronghold 10. ravines 11. moat 12. rampart 13. to be enclosed 14. sentry towers 15. to crumble 16. fort 17. borders 18. peasants 19. coachmen 20. merchants 21. handicraftsmen 22. exile 23. in brief

вторжение хан походы крутой берег снаряжение, доспехи в спешке подразделение основание крепость, оплот овраги ров вал быть окружённым часовые башни обваливаться, рушиться форт границы крестьяне ямщики купцы ремесленники ссылка вкратце

Text 3

6.2. Read the text and make the review about main higher educational establishments in town.

The main trends of scientific research in the region are connected with regional problems. They are carried out by the scientists within such major programs as “Oil and Gas of Western Siberia” and “Man in the North”. To ensure that roads are open all the year round and to improve the reliability of machinery and metal constructions at low temperatures – these and other problems are being solved on the laboratories of research institutes and higher educational establishments.

Tyumen is a city of students. There are now about ten higher educational establishments in town. The region’s most important higher educational establishment is Tyumen State University, founded in 1973 on the basis of Western Siberia’s oldest Teacher Training Institute. It has many doctors and candidates on the staff. 11 buildings house 13 faculties and 2 institutes. More that 10.000 students study at the full- and part-time departments. There are 4 centers of training in the university structure – the humanities, physics-mathematics, the natural and economic sciences. The University is constantly improving its laboratories and teaching facilities such as language laboratories and computer classes.

The University under professor Gennady Kutsev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, collaborates under various direct agreements with higher educational establishments in Canada, France and Germany. It organizes student exchanges and invites foreign specialists to give lectures.

A special role in the training of specialists is played by the State Oil and Gas University. About 30.000 students are trained at 50 specialties. The university is now the largest in the region having 12 departments, numerous educational centers and 13 branches all over the North. Many of the university’s graduates are now in charge of geological expeditions and oil refineries or work in research department and large oil companies.

The Tyumen Institute of Arts and Culture was opened in 1991 on the basis of the Chelyabinsk Culture Institute.

The monumental building of the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering can be considered as the ”face” of Tyumen. The wonderful “Palace on the hill” is seen from far away. It trains architects, builders, road constructors, economists. Among the Academies of the town Agricultural, Military and Medical ones can be named.

These basic institutions and their branches train specialists in all fields necessary for the region, for its industrial and cultural development, improvement of its environment, public health, public order and education. The staff of the region’s higher educational establishments boast 156 doctors of Science, more than 1000 Candidates of Science and 14 Academicians. Over the last 20 years they have educated more than 1000 000 specialists in 70 professions. A total of 75% of their graduates work in Tyumen. Many occupy leading posts in the management and economic structures in the city, the region and the country.

So the number of specialities is constantly growing at the higher educational establishme nts of Tyumen because different branches of region’s industry demands more highly qualified specialists.

Vocabulary:

1. to carry out 2. to ensure 3. educational establishment 4. to house 5. to collaborate 6. branches

выполнять заверять образовательные заведения вмещать сотрудничать филиалы

Text 4

Text 5

6.4.4.Match the russian sentences in the left-hand column with the english ones in the right-hand column.

1.Нелёгким и нескорым был путь к сибирской нефти. 2. Ещё в прошлом веке некоторые учёные пробовали найти подземные сокровища за Уралом. 3. И вот 1953-й, Берёзово – первый газовый фонтан, год 1960, Шаим – первый нефтяной фонтан. 4. А далее – калейдоскоп событий, дат, имён, явлений, фактов. 5. Гигантские месторождения нефти и газа, обнаруженные в тюменских недрах, привлекли внимание не только всей страны – всего мира, что повлияло на его экономику. 6. И сегодня, в условиях зарождающегося цивилизованного рынка, Тюменская область продолжает оставаться пионером, новатором, своего рода испытательным полигоном. 7. Идет активное развитие современной рыночной инфраструктуры, создаются широкие возможности для иностранных инвестиций. 8. За короткий срок создана разветвленная сеть коммерческих банков, бирж, традиционным становится проведение международных конкурсов на право разработки нефтегазовых месторождений. 9. В области, в соответствии с указом президента, реализуется комплексная Программа развития. 10. Частью этой Программы стало интенсивное налаживание и укрепление международных связей. 11. Тюмень широко распахнула дверь деловым делегациям из-за рубежа, сами тюменцы при этом тоже наносят визиты своим партнерам в Италии, Франции, Великобритании и Голландии. 12. Особенно тесные контакты сложились с провинцией Альберта в Канаде, c Аляской, с германской землей Нижняя Саксония, с Шотландией. 13. Польза от таких связей обоюдная. 14. Зарубежные партнеры, лучше узнавая экономику и культуру сибиряков, получают возможность выгодно вкладывать капиталы в проекты, нужные тюменцам.

1. Gigantic oil and gas fields discovered in Tyumen entrails have attracted the attention of not only all the country but all the world and this influenced the economics. 2. And further – the kaleidoscope of events, dates, names, occurrences and facts. 3. There goes the active development of a modern market infrastructure, extensive possibilities are created for foreign investments in traditional as well as new branches of economy. 4. Neither easy nor fast the way to Siberian oil was. 5. A part of the program is the intensive establishment and strengthening of international relations. 6. For a short period of time a developed net of commercial banks, stock exchanges have been created, international tenders for the right of oil and gas fields development become traditional. 7. And there was 1953, the first open gas flow in Beryozovo, 1960 – the first oil gusher in Shaim. 8. Even in the last century scientists tried to find underground treasures behind the Urals. 9. The closest contacts have been established with the province of Alberta in Canada, with Alaska, with the Lower Saxony in Germany and with Scotland. 10. And today, under conditions of an arising civilized market, the Tyumen region continues to be a pioneer, innovator, sort of a testing area. 11. Foreign partners getting better knowledge of the economy and culture of Siberians are able to make profitable investments in projects necessary for Tyumen residents. 12. Tyumen has opened wide the doors for business delegations from abroad, Tyumen inhabitants themselves often visit their partners in Italy, France, Great Britain, Holland. 13. In the region, in accordance with the decree of President the Complex Development Program is being administered. 14. The benefit from these relations is mutual.

Group work

History of Tyumen

Industry of the region

5)* Tyumen as cultural and entertainment centre.

Use the vocabulary from and after the texts and the following schemes:

Tyumen

History Today

· was founded in 1586	· the centre of Tyumen region
· a little dirty town	· the richest oil and gas province
· the ancient Tatar town	· 600 000 people
· wooden houses	· new blocks of flats
· the first railway station	· full of cars, buses, taxes
· …	· ...

2. Higher educational establishments

Universities A