Задания для студентов з/о социологического факультета (спец. - регионоведение)
1 курс 2 семестр
Иностранный язык.
Контрольная работа №2
Exercise 1. Write - ing forms of the following verbs:
to write, to do, to read, to translate, to go, to come, to speak, to stay, to drink, to work, to discuss, to meet, to have, to sit, to begin.
Exercise 2. Translate the following sentences:
Где Лавров? - Он занят. У него сейчас переговоры. Я обычно просматриваю почту утром. Какой вопрос вы сейчас обсуждаете? - Мы обсуждаем условия платежа. Наш генеральный директор принимает сейчас представителей английской фирмы. Наши инженеры иногда обсуждают деловые вопросы по телефону. Мы не назначаем встреч с иностранными представителями на субботу. В субботу мы не работаем. Петров в конторе. Он читает предложение английской фирмы на химическое оборудование. Каждый день мы получаем большое количество почты.Exercise 3. Write questions to the words in bold type.
I work at the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations. We sell many goods to different companies. We receive foreign businessmen every day. Sometimes we go to plants with our inspectors. After lunch I usually look through catalogues and quotations or meet customers. Our engineers finish their work at 6 o'clock in the evening.Exercise 4. Translate the text into English.
Белов – инженер. Он работает в Министерстве внешнеэкономических связей. Его фирма продает товары в различные страны. Белов часто встречается с представителями английских и французских фирм. Они часто обсуждают цены, условия платежа и поставки. Белов начинает свой рабочий день в 9.
У него всегда много бывает работы: он просматривает почту, читает телексы и письма, говорит по телефону с заказчиками. В два часа у него обед. После обеда он иногда ездит на заводы с приемщиками, а иногда остается в конторе и обсуждает деловые вопросы с инженерами или директором. Белов заканчивает свой рабочий день в 6 часов. Он обычно приходит домой в 7. Вечером его семья читает книги, смотрит телевизор. Иногда они обсуждают домашние проблемы.
Основной язык изучаемого региона.
1.Translate the text. Make up seven questions to it.
TEXT 1
Mother's day in Britain
In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother's Day.
In the old days many girls from poor families in the country worked in rich houses. They did all the house work and their working day was usually very long. They often worked on Sundays, too. Once a year, it was usually a Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and brought presents for their mothers and for other members of their families. They could slay at home only one day and then they went back to their work, People called that day Mothering Day or Mothering Sunday.
Later workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother's Day.
On that day sons and daughters visit (heir mothers and bring them flowers and presents. The eldest soft must bring his mother a good cake. If sons or daughters cannot be with their mother on that day, they usually send her presents.
Mother's Day must be a day of rest for the mother of the family, so her daughters cook the dinner on that day and the sons help to wash the dishes.
Now Mother's Day in Britain is the second Sunday in May. In the United States and Canada Mother's Day is also the second Sunday in May. They have a very beautiful stamp for Mother's Day in the United Stales, which shows the portrait of the mother of James Whistler, one of the greatest American painters.
2. Translate the text. Make up seven questions to it.
TEXT 2
Sports in Britain
The British have a reputation for being mad about sports. In fact they like watching sports more than playing them. The British are spectators and the most popular spectator sports are cricket and football.
Football is the most popular game. Football, or soccer, is an example of a professional game. The game of football was first played in Britain, and later people began to play football in other countries. There are many amateur soccer players in Britain who play the game on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Amateur clubs often play against professional.
Almost every school has its football team and every boy in Britain knows a lot about the game. He can tell you the names of the players in the most important teams; he has pictures of them and knows the results of many matches.
Rugby is another popular British sport which is played in other countries; it is also called rugby football. The story is told that in 1823 boys at Rugby school in England were playing football in the formal way, when suddenly one boy picked the ball up and ran with it. That was how a new game was born.
There are two forms of rugby football the amateur game and the professional game. The two games have different rules.
Football is the favorite winter game in Britain and cricket is the favorite summer sport. Amateur cricket has the same rules as the professional game. Л typical amateur cricket match takes place on a village green, an open space in the center of the village. It is played between two teams - the "home" team and the "visitors" who come from another village.
