Английский язык для начинающих English for the Beginners (стр. 7 )

Reading Practice

Еx.1. Read the following words. Mind the pronunciation of the suffix -ing.

reading, singing, telling, illustrating, helping, missing, planning, preparing.

Ex.2. Read the following words. Mind the pronunciation of the diphthong [ei].

take, day, late, great, main, table, demonstration.

Ex.3. Read the following sentences. Mind the rhythm of them.

1. Harry has a different time-table every day. 2. Now Harry is sitting in a lecture-hall. 3. He takes the no­tes of the lecture. 4. Nobody wants to miss a single lecture.

Ex.4. Read the text "At the Lecture on Economics".

Harry has a different time-table every day.

Now Harry is sitting in a lecture-hall. He has a lecture on economics. Harry and his friends are listening to a lecturer attentively. They have a fine lecturer. His lectures on economics of the Republic of Belarus are re­ally brilliant. Now he is telling the students many interesting things about the latest research data in economics. Demonstrations of economic diagrams and tables are very carefully planned and prepared. They are a great help to the students, for they illustrate the main points of the lecture.

Everybody is listening with deep interest and is taking the notes of the lecture. Nobody wants to miss a sing­le lecture.

Vocabulary Notes

1.  is planned and prepared - планируются и подготавливаются

2.  for - так как

Ex.2.Answer the following questions.

1. Where is Harry sitting now? 2. What lecture has Harry? 3. Do Harry and his friends have a fine lecturer? 4. What is the lecturer on economics doing now? 5. Demonstrations of economic diagrams and tables are very carefully planned and prepared, aren't they? 6. Why are these demonstrations a great help to the students?

7. Is everybody listening with deep interest and taking the notes of the lecture?

Ex.6. Agree or disagree to the following statements. Make use of the conversational formulas of agreement and disagreement: that's right; what you say is correct; I'm afraid you are mistaken; etc.

1.  Harry has no time-table at all. 2. Now Harry is sitting and smoking in the hall. 3. He has a lecture on political economy. 4. Harry and his friends are preparing their home task in English at the lecture on economics. 5. The lecture on physics is really brilliant. 6. Now the lecturer is telling the students many interesting things about the latest research data. 7. Demonstrations of tables are not a great help to the students.

8. The Powerpoint presentation illustrates the main points of the lecture.

Ex.4. Get ready to speak on the following problems using the word combinations suggested.

1. Harry likes lectures on economics.

to sit in a lecture-hall, to listen to a lecturer attentively, to have a fine lecturer.

2.  Harry and his friends have a fine lecturer.

to be really brilliant, to tell the students, the latest research data, demonstrations of smth, to be carefully planned and prepared, to illustrate the main points of the lecture.

Ex.5. Develop the following statements. Use the information from the text.

1. Harry has a lecture on economics. 2. The lecture is brilliant. 3. The demonstrations of economic diagrams and tables are a great help to the students.

Ex.6. Get ready to describe the lecture on economics that Harry is taking the notes of.

Speech Exercises

Ex. I. Speak on:

1) your favourite lecture;

2) your friends' lectures.

Ex.2. Act out the following situations:

You are discussing with your friends your lecture on economics (on history).

You are telling your friend about your lecture on statistics.

Part II. In the Language Laboratory for the First Time

Vocabulary

1. check on v. - проверять, контролировать, e. g. Please, check on my exercise.

2. classroom n. - аудитория, e. g. We have many class­rooms and lecture-halls in the University.

3. console n. – пульт, teacher's console пульт учителя в лингафонном кабинете, e. g. The teacher's console is very im­portant for effective work.

4. device n. приспособление, устройство, прибор; e. g. The students work with this device in the computer classroom.

5. each pron. – каждый, e. g. Each of the students attends lectures on economics.

6. earphone n. - наушник радио или телефона, e. g. The students listen to the texts through earphones.

7. equipment n. - оборудование, e. g. Our University has a lot of new equipment.

8. first num. - первый; for the first time - впервые, e. g. She saw him for the first time.

9. foreign а. иностранный, foreign language laboratory - лингафонный кабинет, e. g. Andrew likes to work in the foreign language laboratory. To learn a foreign language – изучать иностранный язык. E. g. Foreign language learning is not easy.

10. important а. - важный, значительный, e. g. It's a very important device.

11. improve v. - улучшать(ся), совершенствовать(ся), e. g. Improve your English. 12. kind n. - сорт, тип, вид, e. g. This new kind of a device is the latest one.

13. lesson n. - урок, taped lesson записанный на магнитофонную ленту, e. g. The students listen to the taped lessons in the foreign language laboratory.

14. master v. - владеть, овладевать, e. g. She masters her English in the language laboratory.

15. monitor v. - наставлять, советовать, проводить мониторинг; e. g. The teacher monitors the lessons from the teacher's console.

16. must - модальный глагол, выражает долженствование, e. g. You must know the latest research data.

17. pronunciation n. - произношение, e. g. He has a good pronunciation.

bject n. - предмет (учебы), e. g. Students study a lot of subjects at the University.

re а. - верный, безошибочный; be sure быть уверенным, e. g. He is sure he must know English.

20. tape-recorder n. - магнитофон, e. g. Switch on the tape-recorder, please.

21. teaching n. - обучение, преподавание, e. g. The langua­ge laboratory is very important for teaching foreign languages.

Home Vocabulary Exercises

Ex.1. Make up sentences of the following words and word combinati­ons.

1. first-year, Andrew, a student, is;

2. lecture halls, many, classrooms, and, are, kinds, there, different, laboratories, of;

3. had, Andrew, a, yesterday, in, lesson, laboratory, language, the?

4. students, the listening, taped, to, were, lessons;

5. teacher, the, on, checking, progress, the, was, each, student, of.

Ex.2. Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necessary.

1. Andrew is a first-year student... Belarusian State Economic University.

2. There are many different kinds... labora­tories... the University.

3. Yesterday Andrew had a lesson... the language laboratory.

4. Their teacher was monitoring the lesson... means... equipment... the teacher's console.

5. She was checking... the progress of each student.

6. He visited the language laboratory... the first time.

Ex.3. Translate into English.

1. Андрей - студент-первокурсник БГЭУ. 2. В институте много аудиторий, лекционных залов, различных видов лабораторий. 3. Студенты овладевают математикой, статистикой, бухучетом, иностранными языками и другими предметами в специализированных лаборатори­ях. 4. Вчера у Андрея впервые был урок в лингафонном кабинете. 5. В лаборатории много приборов - магнитофоны, наушники, пульт учителя. 6. Студенты слушали записанные на пленку уроки. 7. Преподаватель проверяла успехи каждого студента.

Pronunciation Practice on Essential Vocabulary

Eх.1. Pronounce the following words

a) with the stress on the first syllable:

language, lesson, learning, monitor, progress, visit, foreign, teaching, master, future, specialist, University, different, subject, centre, earphone, other;

b) with the stress on the second syllable:

device, improve, important, console, accounting, reporting, equipment, effective, laboratory, statistics, computer;

c) with two stresses:

pronunciation, tape-recorder

Ex.2. Repeat and translate the following

a) words: language, earphone, improve, foreign, pronunciation, equipment, important, future, specialist, progress.

b) word combinations: language laboratory, foreign language, different kinds, computing centre, a lot of devices, to check on the progress, effective teaching.

c) sentences: Andrew is a first-year student. The students master mathematics, statistics, accounting and reporting, foreign languages and many other subjects in different specialized laboratories. The teacher was checking on the progress of each student.

Class Vocabulary Exercises

Ex.1. Read and translate the following international words.

computer, centre, console, disc-player, effective methods, satellite television, management, finance, banking, commerce, specialist, statistics, systemic, University, technical

Ex.2. Arrange the words of similar meaning in pairs.

a) earphone, device, study, different, kind, learn, many; b) type, master, various, a lot of, headphone, study, equipment.

Ex.3. Arrange the words of contrary meaning in pairs.

a) a first-year student, effective, lesson, taped lesson, im­portant; b) written lesson, lecture, a fifth-year student, unimportant, ineffective.

Special Difficulties

pose the sentences, using the table. Translate them into Russian.

The teacher Andrew Our friends Her sister We

must

know at least one foreign language take the notes of the lectures work with-different devices check on the progress of each student help us in statistics

Ex. 2. Make up short dialogues on analogy. Mind the use of the auxiliary verb "to be".