ENGLISH IN THE MODERN WORLD
The modern world is becoming smaller and smaller, due to the development of transport distances between different countries seem to be less. People widely communicate with each other. For this reason it's becoming more and more important to know foreign languages, especially English. One and a half billion people speak English today, another billion study it. Today English is the third language by the number of speakers, Chinese is in the first place, Spanish – in the second. The largest number of English-speaking people live in the United States (215 million), Great Britain (58 million), Canada (18.2 million), Australia (15.5 million), Ireland (3.8 million), South Africa (3.7 million), New Zealand (3.5 million). As a second language English is spoken in more than 60 countries. English is the first official language in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of the official languages in Canada, the Irish Republic and the Republic of South Africa.
English is the language of international communication, it is also the language of diplomacy and media, medicine and aviation, politics and diplomacy, science and technology, business and trade, sport and pop music.
80% of all information in the world's computers is in English. More than 60% of all scientific journals are written in English. Young people communicate in social networks and messengers in English. Today knowledge of English is one of the most important requirements for getting a good job.
Learning a foreign language is not easy. It is a long and difficult process that takes a lot of time and patience. But it's worth it. English is taught throughout the world and a lot of people speak it well. In our country English is very popular: it is studied at schools, colleges and universities
We all need to understand each other.
3. Answer the questions:
1. Why is the modern world becoming smaller and smaller?
2. Why is it becoming more and more important to know foreign languages?
3. How many people speak English today?
4. How many people speak English as their first language?
5. In what countries is English the first language?
6. What is the status of English in Canada, the Irish Republic and the Republic of South Africa?
7. Is English spoken as a second language in more than 50 countries?
8. Why is it very important to study English?
4. Read the text:
REASONS WHY WE SHOULD LEARN ENGLISH
1. Knowledge of English will make you more attractive in the eyes of the employer.
2. English is the language of tourism.
3. English is the language of business communication.
4. English opens the doors to the best universities in the world.
5. Some of the greatest literary works are written in English.
6. English will help you to learn modern pop culture better.
7. Knowledge of the language will allow you to participate in international conferences, competitions and other interesting events.
8. English gives you wide access to knowledge. Most of the discoveries are written or translated into English. If you work or study in the field of pharmaceuticals, engineering, medicine and computer technology, you will learn a lot of new and useful things in the original publications.
9. You will be able to make friends with people from other countries.
10. It is the language of the Internet. More than 50% of all websites on the Internet contain information in English. If you want to get the latest information online, you should learn English.
5. Learn the text 4.
Part 2
Задание 1. Лексический минимум
| word (слово) | transcription(транскрипция) | meaning (значение) |
| 1. to leave school 2. a first-year student 3. was founded 4. named after 5. the academic year 6. terms 7. to wear a uniform 8. a white gown 9. a lunch break 10. well-equipped 11. the maternity hospital 12. the ambulance department 13. the chemist’s 14. to follow a regular timetable 15. humanities 16. natural sciences 17. hostel 18. easy to get along with 19. to enter 20. canteen 21. library 22. practice 23. senior students 24. to follow 25. to pass exams 26. departments 27. nursing affair 28. a nurse of general practice 29. Curative Affair | 1. оканчивать школу 2. студент первокурсник 3. был основан 4. назван в честь 5. учебный год 6. семестры 7. носить форму 8. белый халат 9. обеденный перерыв 10. хорошо оснащены (оборудованы) 11. роддом 12. отделение скорой помощи 13. аптека 14. иметь постоянное расписание 15. гуманитарные дисциплины 16. естественные науки 17. общежитие 18. хорошо ладить, легко общаться 19. поступать 20. столовая 21. библиотека 22. практические (семинарские)занятия 23. студенты старших курсов 24. следовать 25. сдавать экзамены 26. отделения 27. сестринское дело 28. медицинская сестра 29. лечебное дело |
Задание 2. Прочитайте и переведите текст.
My name is Peter Ivanov. In June I left school and entered the medical college. Now I am a first-year student. The Medical College was founded in 1930 and was named after L.A. Tarasevich. The college is situated in the central district of Tiraspol.
The academic year begins on the 1st of September. We have two terms and summer and winter holidays. Students of our college wear a uniform: a white gown. Our classes begin at 8.30 a.m. and usually finish at 2.30 p.m. We have a lunch break at 11.20 a.m. We have a good canteen and during our lunch period we take our meals there. There is a gym on the ground floor. Our library is on the ground floor too. It contains a lot of books on medicine, newspapers and magazines. Our classrooms and laboratories are large and light. Our labs are well-equipped.
Every day we attend lectures and have practice. Senior students have practice outside the college: at the policlinic, at the maternity hospital, at the ambulance department, at the hospital, at the laboratories, at the chemist’s. Students follow a regular timetable. There are many subjects in our timetable. We study humanities (Russian, English, Moldavian, History, Geography…); natural sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology); special sciences (Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and so on).
I do well because I want to be a good specialist. At the end of each term we pass exams. I’ll try to pass them successfully. Many students of our college live in the hostel. It is near our college. We have classes 6 days a week. Sunday is a day off. I like my college. I always feel at home there. Everybody is friendly and easy to get along with.
Задание3. Ответьте на вопросы.
1. When was the Medical College founded? What was it named after?
2. When does the academic year begin?
3. What kind of uniform do students wear?
4. When do classes begin and finish?
5. What is there on the ground floor?
6. What are laboratories?
7. Where do students have practice outside the College?
8. What subjects do students study?
9. What days of the week do students have classes?
Задание 4. Прочитайте и переведите текст.
OUR COllEGE
My name is Sveta Popova. I’m 17. I’m a student of the medical college. Our college is one of the oldest educational establishments of the region with its own traditions. Its graduates are considered to be the most highly trained specialists in the region. There are 7 departments in our college. I would like to tell you about them.
“Nursing Affair” gives qualification of a nurse of general practice. A medical nurse is a chief assistant of a doctor. She provides uninterrupted medical health, including preventive and rehabilitation measures. Our graduates work at the poly clinics, hospitals, kindergartens, schools and houses for aged people.
If you want to become a doctor assistant you should study at the “Curative Affair” department.
A doctor assistant of general practice is a highly-trained specialist who works independently in the policlinics, emergency ambulances and hospitals. His main task includes prescription and performance of preventive, curative and diagnostic measures. The graduates of this department are waited for at the stations of emergency medical help, in the country-side hospitals and in the military hospitals. “Obstetrician Affair” is another interesting department, it offers qualification of an obstetrician. An obstetrician provides preventive and curative medical help to the pregnant women and patients with gynaecological diseases.
Boys and girls whose future profession is dentist study at the “Stomatology”. A dentist is a highly trained specialist who works independently or under the guidance of a senior doctor who provides preventive and curative medical help for the population.
“Medical-prophylactic affair” gives qualification of a sanitary doctor assistant, who prevents appearance and spreading of infections and other kinds of the diseases. He controls the influence of the conditions of work and life on a person s health and takes some measures to prevent this harmful influence of the surroundings. They work in the centers of state sanitary inspectors and laboratories of different branches.
A dental mechanic-while studying at the “Orthopedic stomatology” departments a future specialist learns to make artificial teeth and crowns, plastics and porcelain teeth. On graduating from the college they usually work in the denial mechanic laboratories.
As for me 1 am a student of the “Pharmacy” department. My future profession is pharmaceutist. I’ll be provided the population with different medicines. My work will demand the knowledge of preventive rules, the rules of herb’s preparation and so on. The graduates of our department will be able to work in the chemist’s, pharmacological enterprises, laboratory. I like to study at our college very much.
Задание 5. Ответьте на вопросы.
1. Where does Sveta Popova study? 2. How many depart ments are there in the college? 3. What kind of qualification does the “Nursing affair” department give? 4. Who can work at the station of emergency
medical help? 5. What does an obstertrician provide to the pregnant women and patients with gynaecological diseases? 6. Where do the sanitary doc tor assistants work? 7. What is Sveta’s future profession?
Задание 6. Заполните таблицу
| “Departments and specialties of medical college” | Department Qualification | Place of work |
Задание 7. Составьте рассказ о своем колледже.
1. My name is…, my surname is…
2. I’m …years old.
3. I’m a …..student.
4. Our college is one of the oldest educational establishments of the region with…
5. Our medical college was founded in…
6. It is situated in…
7. There are … in our college.
8. I’m a student of…. department.
9. “Nursing Affair” gives qualification of a nurse of…
10. A medical nurse is a chief…
11. She provides…
12. Our graduates work at the…
13. The academic year begins on…
14. There is/are…. in our college.
15. There are many subjects in our...
16. We study…
17. We have classes…
18. Everybody is friendly and easy...