Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

Answers to Exercise XVII.

XVIII. a) Read and translate the following extracts:

b) Comment on the table manners of the Jenssen family and say what you would do if you were the father or the mother:

c) Comment on the character of the landlady. Prove your statement.

XIX. Try your hand at teaching:

XX. Role-playing:

XXI.. Arrange short debates on the following questions:

Assignments:

UNIT FIVE

I. Paraphrase the following using Patterns 1-3:

II. Make the following sentences emphatic using Pattern 4 as in the example:

III. Translate these sentences into English:

IV. Answer the questions: use would or used to.

V. Make up short situations (no more than two or three sentences) or dialogues to illustrate Patterns 1-4

VI. Search the books you read for sentences with these patterns (1-4) to add up to your student's workbook; practise the best examples in class.

TEXT. A FRESHMAN'S EXPERIENCE From "Daddy Long-Legs" by Jean Webster

I. Read the text and do the following (A. Grammar, B. Word usage):

II. Choose two or three paragraphs from the text of Unit Five for translation. Reason your choice and discuss possible variants of the translation.

III. Answer the following questions:

IV. Write an outline of die letter. (Differentiate between significant and insignificant events described in the letter. Leave out the insignificant ones.)

V. Try your hand at teaching:

VI. Study Vocabulary Notes and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

VII. Explain (in English) what is meant by and give Russian equivalents of:

VIII. Paraphrase the following sentences:

IX. a) Write 20 questions about the second part of the text of Unit Five using the following words and phrases:

b) Ask your fellow-students to give their responses.

X. Translate the following sentences into English:

XI. a) Retell the contents of Judy's letter in Indirect Speech.

b) Retell the contents of Judy's letter as her guardian might describe it to a friend of his.

c) Describe Judy's first steps in college as Julia Pendleton might be describing them to a friend of hers.

d) Give a summary of the text

ХII. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

XIII. Revise Essential Vocabulary (I) and translate the following:

XIV. Compose 20 sentences about the text, using modal verbs must, can, may, ought, might with the perfect infinitive:

XV. a) Translate the text into Russian:

b) Comment on the letter above. Point out in what it differs from Judy's earlier letters (see the text). Explain the last line of this letter. Is Judy quite serious here?

XVI. Speak about Judy. Describe her as fully as you can. When pointing out this or that trait in her character, give your reasons. (See the text of Unit Five and Ex. XV.).

XVII. Compose dialogues and perform them in class:

1. between Judy and Julia Pendleton about Judy's guardian;

2. between two of Judy's fellow-students about Judy;

3. between Judy and the English instructor.

XVIII. Write a composition in the form of a letter describing some of your (or your friend's) experiences as a fresher. Use words and phrases from Essential Vocabulary (I). See also Judy's letter (Ex. XV).

XIX. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what you would do in the teacher's positions

2. Practise your "Classroom English".

a) Every teacher is faced with the problem of keeping discipline in the classroom, A teacher should know how to do it to goad English. Describe the teacher's reaction in the following situation:

b) Play the part of a young teacher describing a lesson in a very unruly class to his/her fellow teachers. (See "Classroom English", Section VII.)

TOPIC: EDUCATION

I. Study Text A and write English equivalents of the following words and phrases. Transcribe them:

II. Write 15 questions on Text A, using new words and expressions in each question. Ask your comrades to reply them. Summarize what you have learned about the British system of higher education.

III. Study Texts В and С and write English equivalents of the following words and phrases:

IV. Ask your fellow-students:

V. Retell Text В in indirect speech using new words and word combinations.

VI. Fill in prepositions. Ask the others to give their responses to the given sentences so as to make up micro-dialogues:

VII. a) Retell Text С in indirect speech; b) act it out.

VIII. Speak about the English Department at your University (usе Essential Vocabulary on the topic).

IX. Make up dialogues, using Essential Vocabulary on the topic Suggested situations:

X. a) Bead and translate into Russian:

b) Argue the pros and cons of: 1. Tutorial system. 2. Students' uniform. 3. Residential colleges.

XI. Describe the pictures on p. 183:

XII. Try your hand at teaching:

XIII. Read the text. Comment on its content:

XIV. Speak on:

XV. Role-playing.

Work in two groups, one playing the university lecturers, the other presenting students. Both groups are discussing one and the same exam. Compare their versions and make your conclusion as to the difference in approach:

XVI. Compose a short story to which the pictures on pp. 187-189 might serve as an illustration. Use prompt words and phrases listed betow:

XVII. Film "Mr. Brown's Holiday". Film segment 5 "Is it Good to be a Student?" (Chrichester). a) Watch and listen, b) Do the exercises from the guide to the film.

UNIT SIX

I. Paraphrase the following sentences, using Patten 1:

II. Complete the following sentences, using the patterns:

III. Translate these sentences into English:

IV. Make up short situations to illustrate Patterns 1, 2, 3 (three situations for each pattern).

V. Make up dialogues, using all the patterns.

TEXT. A FRIEND IN NEED by William Somerset Maugham (abridged)

I. Read the text and do the following (A. Grammar, B. Word usage, C. Word-formation).

II. Translate in writing three paragraphs from the text: 1) the first paragraph, 2) the paragraph beginning with "He didn't move" and 3) the paragraph from "Swim!" up to "Suddenly I had an idea".

Read the translation in class and discuss it with your fellow-students.

III. a) Transcribe these words:

b) Transcribe and explain the rules of reading these words:

IV. Write twenty special questions about the text In each question use one of the phrases from Essential Vocabulary (I).

V. Fill in prepositions:

VI. Study Vocabulary Notes and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

VII. Answer the following questions:

VIII. Write an outline of the story. You may try three ways: a) following the chain of true events; b) sticking to the story as told by the author or c) building it up round the main idea of the story.

IX. a) Fill in different English equivalents of the Russian words занят and свободен (engaged, busy, occupied or vacant, free, spare):

b) Think of situations or microdialogues consisting of a statement (or a question) and a reply to it using the words mentioned above.

X. Translate these sentences into English:

XI. Read the story carefully and answer the following questions:

ХII. Try your band at teaching:

ХIII. Write a summary of the story "A Friend in Need". Before writing it find answers to the following questions that may serve as the key points of the story.

XIV. Speak on the characters of the story;

XV. Paraphrase the following sentences, using colloquial words and phrases from the text instead of the words in italic type which are stylistically neutral:

XVI. Revise the story and discuss the following:

XVII. Perform a dialogue between old Burton and his namesake.