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Высшего профессионального образования
УФИМСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ НЕФТЯНОЙ
ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
Кафедра иностранных языков
МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ РАЗРАБОТКА
по развитию навыков устной речи
у студентов I - II курсов
(английский язык)
УФА 2011
Целью данной методической разработки является развитие навыков устной речи у студентов I и II курса. Разработка состоит из семнадцати тем. Для каждой темы дается список слов и выражений, употребляемых в различных языковых ситуациях, тексты, вопросы. Она может быть использована как для аудиторной, так и для самостоятельной работы.
CONTENTS
UNIT 1. FAMILY………………………………………………………………………..
UNIT 2. FLAT…………………………………………………………………………...
UNIT 3. WORKING DAY……………………………………………………………….
UNIT 4. EDUCATION…………………………………………………………………..
UNIT 5.IN TOWN ………………………………………………………………………
UNIT 6. HOLIDAYS, TRAVELLING…………………………………………………..
UNIT 7. HEALTH……………………………………………………………………….
UNIT 8. SEASONS………………………………………………………………………
UNIT 9. TELEVISION…………………………………………………………………..
UNIT 10. APPEARANCE, CHARACTER……………………………………………...
UNIT 11. CLOTHES…………………………………………………………………....
UNIT 12. HOBBY AND LEISURE ………………………………………………….
UNIT 13. MEALS …………………………………………………………………….
UNIT 14. SPORTS……………………………………………………………………...
UNIT 15. AT THE LIBRARY…………………………………………………………..
UNIT 16. SHOPPING…………………………………………………………………...
UNIT 17. THEATRE…………………………………………………………………..
UNIT 1.
FAMILY
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
| parents grandparents grandmother grandson old folks twins twin brother relative aunt uncle nephew niece cousin second cousin bachelor | husband wife bride bridegroom grown-up teenager daughter-in-law brother-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law to marry (to be married) to divorce to be born to retire |
Whom does he take after?
He doesn’t look his age.
She is a middle-aged woman.
The only child.
My parents are retired.
MY FAMILY
My family is not a large one. There are five of us: father, mother, two brothers and myself. We live in a small town. Some of our relations live close by, including my grandparents, who are retired, aunt and uncle and their children, my cousins.
Father works in a bank, mother is a housewife, my eldest brother Tom is a student, my second brother Pete is an artist and I am in the eleventh form at my school.
Since we all leave home at different times in the morning, the evening meal is our one opportunity of sitting down together. At weekends we see more of one another, although Tom is often away playing soccer and Pete frequently goes to visit his friend, who lives in the country. However we do try to spend Sunday together as a family day, when our relations often join us for tea or sometimes for dinner. Though our family are usually fond of watching TV, we have a rule, that it is not switched on Sunday, because this destroys conversation.
Today, however, we broke our rule. There was an international soccer match which Tom was eager to see. Father was against it, as he felt it was breaking the established rule without good reason. Fortunately for Tom, both my cousins wished to watch the match as well. So father gave way, but he did insist that they take the TV into another room.
A FAMILY
At the age of twenty-one, persons of both sexes in England come of age. Boys and girls are permitted to become "engaged", when still in their "teens". A boy can, with his parent's consent, propose to a girl and marry her before he is twenty-one years of age.
On the day of the wedding the bridegroom and bride with family and friends go to church for the wedding service. The clergyman slips a wedding-ring on the bride's finger, which is worn on the third finger of the left hand for the rest of her life.
When two persons are married, the man is called the husband, the woman becomes his wife. When a child is born in the family, the father and mother of the child are called parents. A family generally consists of a father, a mother and children - sons or daughters or both. The first-born child is the eldest, the last is the youngest. Two children that are born together are called twins.
The father and mother of the husband become the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the wife. The husband is the son-in-law, the wife - the daughter-in-law, they have brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
The other members of the family are the relatives or relations: uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.
The brothers and sisters of any of the parents become the uncles and aunts of the children. The children of two married brothers or sisters or brother and sister are cousins to each other.
In case of a second marriage, we speak of a step-father or a step-mother, step-son, step-daughter, etc.
QUESTIONS
1. Do you live together with your parents?
2. Is your family large or small?
3. What are your parents?
4. Are you the only child in the family?
5. Is your sister (brother) older or younger than you?
6. What is your sister's (brother's) occupation?
7. Have you grandparents? Where do they live?
8. Have you any other close relatives? Do you often see them?
9. What do you usually do in the evenings?
10. Do you spend your week-ends together with your parents?
11. Do you help your mother to keep the house?
UNIT 2.
FLAT
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
| block of flats detached house hall living room bedroom dining room kitchen bathroom staircase radiator windowsill curtain table lamp bookcase | fireplace carpet plug socket coffee table ash-tray house plant (pot plant) built-in furniture refrigerator (fridge) vacuum cleaner washing machine wall-paper floor space |
FLAT
My friend Mr. Priestley lives in a very nice house. It is about ten miles from London. There is a big garden all round the house and a smooth lawn in front of it.
Their sitting room is quite a big room, about 25 feet long by 15 feet wide. There is a thick carpet on the floor. One or two good watercolours hang on the walls. There is the piano on one side of the room (Mr. Priestley and his wife Mrs. Priestley are fond of music). There are three or four comfortable armchairs, a radio and three or four bookcases filled with books. On a small table near the window there are copies of "The Times", "Punch" and some foreign newspapers and magazines.
Their dining-room is a pleasant-looking room with a Persian carpet on the floor, a dark oak dining-table, six chairs and a sideboard. A red lampshade gives a warm colour to the room, and an electric fire keeps it comfortable while they have dinner. There are brown velvet curtains on the windows.
Upstairs there are five bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. There is a sink, a bath, a soap-dish, toothpaste, several tooth-brushes and towels in the bathroom.
HOSTEL
I've got a room in the student's hostel. The room isn't large, but it's rather nice. It has two windows and a balcony. The balcony and the windows face the street.
The furniture is very simple: two beds, a pullout table in the middle of the room, a wardrobe, a shelf and two bedside tables. There are also three chairs and one arm-chair.
A small cabinet which hangs on the wall will be used for plates and cups. On the balcony there is a cane chair. The walls of the room are actually bare, though on one of them there is a picture of a town and on the other - a small mirror. When it's dark you may switch on a wall lamp or the lamp which hangs down from the ceiling. There is a rug on the floor.
In one of the corners of the room there is a bookcase where we keep our books. I share the room with a fellow student who is in the same year with me. I think he will be a good room-mate.
THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Many English families have got their own houses, but some people live in the flats. There are two floors in the traditional English house: the ground floor and the first floor. People in England like their homes and always show them to their visitors.
* * *
Mr. Dunn, a British businessman, often comes to the Russian Trade Delegation. One Sunday he invites some members of the delegation to his place to spend an evening with his family.
Mr. Dunn’s family lives in a small house with a garden. There is a sitting-room and a study downstairs. The kitchen is downstairs too. The sitting-room is large and sunny. There is sofa, two armchairs and a TV-set there. The nice carpet on the floor makes the room comfortable.
The study is a small room with bookshelves on the walls. Upstairs there are two bedrooms and a bathroom.
The Dunns like their house and think: "There is no place like home".
QUESTIONS
1. Have you got a large or small flat?
2. How many rooms are there in your flat?
3. Is your flat in a new or in an old district?
4. How do you like your district?
5. Are there any parks and gardens in your district?
6. You’ve got a comfortable flat, haven’t you?
7. What floor is your flat on?
8. Is there much or little furniture in your flat?
9. Is there any built-in furniture in your flat?
10. Have you got a flat in a new or in an old block of flats?
11. There is a sitting room in your flat, isn’t there?
12. How many windows are there in your sitting room?
13. What is there in your sitting room?
UNIT 3.
WORKING DAY
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
| in the morning in the day time at midnight this morning yesterday afternoon last night tomorrow morning the day after tomorrow | last week a week ago in a fortnight once a day on weekdays weekend day off from time to time |
What is the exact time, please?
My watch is five minutes fast (slow).
My watch has run down. I must wind it up.
My watch always keeps good time.
At what time?
Right away.
What time is it by your watch?
What is your time?
Time is up.
Take your time.
I was having the time of my life.
MY WORKING DAY
On weekdays I usually get up at seven o’clock. I make my bed, open the window and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom where I clean my teeth, shave and wash myself. If I have enough time I take a cold and hot shower. It really wakes me up and makes my body feel good. After bathroom I go back to my room where I dress and brush my hair. In ten minutes I am ready for breakfast. It may be a cup of tea or coffee and a sandwich.
After breakfast I put on my coat, take the bag and go to school. As I live not far from school it takes me only five or seven minutes to get there. I don’t want to be late for the first lesson so I come to school a few minutes before the bell. I leave my coat in the cloakroom and go upstairs to the classroom.
The lessons begin at eight o’clock in the morning and they are over at half past one in the afternoon. After classes I go home and have dinner there. I usually have something substantial for dinner, for example, cabbage soup for the first course, hot meat or fish with some vegetables for the second. Then I drink a cup of tea or milk. Sometimes when I have to stay at school after classes I go to the school canteen and have dinner there.
After dinner I have a short rest, read newspapers, make some telephone calls and go to the bakery. Then I do my homework. We study many subjects at school and it takes me three or even more hours to do the homework. Sometimes I go to the library to get ready to my practical classes or to write a report. As a rule I have no free time on my week-days.
Eight o’clock is supper time in our family. We all get together in the kitchen, then go to the sitting room and watch TV, read books or discuss different problems. Twice a week I go to school in the evening to play volleyball. I am a member of the school volleyball team and we have our training rather late.
At about eleven at night I go to bed.
THE DAY’S WORK BEGINS
Anna’s alarm clock rang at a quarter past seven as usual. And, as usual, she lay in bed for another ten minutes. Then she got up, washed, cleaned her teeth and combed her hair. Then she had breakfast.
Anna likes to go to work by bus. It takes her twenty-five minutes to get to work. When she got off the buss she walked to her office. She got there at a quarter to nine. Fifteen minutes later one of the office girls opened the main door. The first customer arrived. The day’s work began.
Anna likes to take things easy, but Susan is always in a hurry, sometimes late and often absent-minded. Classes at the business college usually start at nine fifteen, except on Fridays, when the first class begins at ten.
Michael, her brother, usually bangs on her bedroom door at eight o’clock. He did so this morning. “All right,” said Susan, but she just turned over and went to sleep again. At half past eight Michael went upstairs and banged on his sister’s door again. Susan jumped out of bed, washed quickly and run back to her room. She run downstairs to the kitchen, but looked at her watch and understood that she didn’t have time for breakfast. “Bye, mother,” she said and run out. Mrs. Bond didn’t washing up. She had ten minutes before she had to leave for work. She sat down and smoked a cigarette. Suddenly the house seemed very lonely. She was glad that she had a job. Not because she needed money but she did not want to be alone all day in her house.
QUESTIONS
1. When do you generally get up?
2. Do you like to get up early?
3. At what time do you have breakfast?
4. When do you go to work?
5. Do you go to work by bus?
6. How long does it take you to get to your office?
7. What time does your working day begin?
8. What do you do at work?
9. Where do you have lunch?
10. How long do you stay at work?
11. When do you come home from work?
12. Do you sometimes have your English classes in the evening?
13. You are never late for your English classes, are you?
14. As a rule you get ready for your English classes in the evening, don't you?
15. How long does it take you to prepare for your English classes?
16. What else do you usually do in the evening?
UNIT 4.
EDUCATION
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
| time-table attendance to attend classes period break humanities science(s) curriculum level of achievement five-point scale system top boy (student) bright well-disciplined student ill-behaved student term-paper excellent mark full mark | full-time student full-time department part-time department correspondence department Gymnasium free tuition education grant lab practical classes graduates post-graduates post-graduate course job a first-year student a high school diploma |
to be quick (good) at smth.
to enter the university
to be at the head of the class
to receive credit
to be at the bottom of the class
to miss lessons
to be well equipped
to be in one's first year
to cut a lesson
to lag behind
to work by fits and starts
to pass an examination with distinction
to fail in an examination
What have you got in the first period?
She has been doing badly this term.
OUR UNIVERSITY
There are many Universities and various institutes in our country. Thousands of young people of all nationalities study there. Most of the students get scholarships. Many of the students live in the hostels. All the students who graduate from universities can get employment in industry and agriculture. The graduates become engineers, doctors, teachers, etc. In order to become a good specialist the student must work very hard.
Our University is one of the oldest and largest higher schools in our city and even in the whole country. About 6,000 students study here. There are many faculties and a great number of chairs which help every student get ready for his future work. There are many laboratories where all the students make various experiments. Many teachers and professors deliver lectures and hold seminars on different subjects as: physics, mathematics, chemistry, strength of materials, foreign languages and many others.
The first-year students are not so busy as the second- and third-year students are. They do not work at the laboratories as much as the second- and the third-year students do. The latter work much more in the laboratories than the former. The students who do not study hard may fail at the examinations. The more the students work the better are the results. The studies at any higher school require much time and attention. All those who desire to become chemical engineers must visit the Institute of Technology in order to have a clear idea about their future work.