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ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ «ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
СОЦИАЛЬНО-КУЛЬТУРНАЯ СФЕРА ОБЩЕНИЯ
Учебно-методическое пособие для студентов естественно-научных факультетов
Составители: Е.В. Воронина, Т.В. Дробышева, Л.А. Кривенко
Издательско-полиграфический центр Воронежского государственного университета
2010
Утверждено научно-методическим советом факультета романо-германской филологии 28 июня 2010 г., протокол № 6
Рецензент доц. С.А. Трухина
Настоящее учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено на кафедре английского языка естественно-научных факультетов факультета РГФ Воронежского государственного университета и предназначено для студентов первого курса естественно-научных факультетов.
Целью пособия является развитие у студентов продуктивных и рецептивных видов речевой деятельности в рамках социально-культурной сферы общения: говорения, письма, чтения и аудирования. Тренируются различные стратегии чтения (просмотровое, поисковое, детальное), развиваются навыки диалогической и монологической речи.
Пособие рассчитано на 36 часов аудиторной и 36 часов самостоятельной работы.
Пособие состоит из 9 разделов (units), охватывающих основную тематику общения в социально-культурной сфере: спорт, природа, искусство, путешествия, жизнь в городе и сельской местности, обычаи и традиции народов, проблемы глобализации, новые информационные технологии, роль иностранного языка в жизни общества.
Каждый раздел содержит предтекстовые упражнения; аутентичные письменные тексты и тексты для аудирования; послетекстовые упражнения, направленные на проверку понимания; блок упражнений на обсуждение информации, полученной из текстов; а также упражнения, направленные на формирование и развитие навыков письменной речи. В конце каждого раздела дан комплекс дополнительных упражнений повышенной трудности для студентов, имеющих более высокий уровень языковой подготовки.
CONTENTS
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listening |
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directions |
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expressing |
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animal invaders |
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finding |
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relative |
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a famous |
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future tenses |
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an interview |
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experience; |
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globalistion |
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people and |
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suggestions |
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Unit 1
Rural and Urban Living
In this module you will:
Read about country vs. city way of life; a traditional English village
Talk about pros and cons of living in a city/village
Test your knowledge of cities
Practise using there is, there are
Listen to a TV program audio script
Write a fafctfile about your city
Learn how to ask and give directions
Useful vocabulary:
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traffic, convenience, shopping mall, car park, multi-screen |
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cinema, entertainment complex, countryside, lane, depopulation, |
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town dweller, background, housing estate, rural area, facility, |
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transport link |
to surround, to move to, to get to know |
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exciting, ancient, huge, cold, wet, hot, dry, quiet, modern, |
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expensive, capital, provincial, famous for, urban, overcrowded, |
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multi-cultural, easy-going, |
public transport, tourist information center, slum conditions, pace |
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of life, lack of smth, to provide access, remote area, traffic free |
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zone, to be curious about smth, |
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opposite, next to, on the left/right, at the top/bottom, on the corner |
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1. Lead-in
1.a Look at the photos and choose the names of the cities from the box (There
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1.c What do you know about San Paulo? Guess if the statements are true or false.
1San Paulo is huge and noisy.
2The public transport is expensive.
3It’s situated in Argentina.
4It’s famous for soap operas.
5It’s on the coast.
6The summers there are wet.
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Look through “Ten Facts about San Paulo” and check if you were right.
Ten Facts about San Paulo
It’s in the south of Brazil.It’s a big city.
In isn’t a capital of Brazil. (Brasilia is the capital.)
It’s 75 kilometres from the sea.
In summer, the weather is hot and wet.
It’s famous for coffee!
The restaurants are good.It isn’t a quiet city.
In fact, it’s very noisy.The buses aren’t expensive.
San Paulo and Corinthians are football clubs in the city. They’re famous in South America.
2.Listening
2.a Listen to two conversations and answer the questions.
1Are the conversations between:
a)two students?
b)two teachers?
c)a teacher and a student?
2The situation is:
a)on the phone.
b)in a class.
c)in a café.
2.b Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words and phrases.
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A: Hello! Come in. Are you Ayla? |
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A: OK. Where are you from, Ayla? |
A: OK, Pavel.1)_______ . Where are |
B: Istanbul, in Turkey. |
you from? |
A: 6) ________ ? |
B: From Krakow, in Poland. |
B: Sorry? |
A: Oh, OK. Tell me something about |
A: Tell me something about Istanbul. |
Krakow. |
B: Oh, OK. It’s a big city, very |
B: Well, it’s a beautiful city. It’s in the |
beautiful, but very noisy! The |
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A: I see. 7) ________ ? |
B: No, it isn’t. 3) ________ . |
B: It’s hot in the summer and it’s wet |
A: Anything else? |
in winter, 8) ________ . |
B: It’s cold in winter. er … for you, |
A: Are the restaurants good? |
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2.d Listen to a TV programme I love my city and match the people with the cities.
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b) Chicago |
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c) Kyoto |
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2.e Listen again and decide if the information below is true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM).
1There is a lot of traffic in Kyoto.
2Lima is famous for its port.
2.f Listen and complete the table.
3The speaker loves the museums in Chicago.
4There is a beautiful fountain in Cape Town.
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Vocabulary: places in the city
3.a Write seven places in a city. Combine the words from the boxes 1-2. You can use the words in the box on the right more than once
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3.b Match the places in the box with the symbols below.
3.c What are the places in the pictures? What objects/facilities can you name?
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Grammar: to be, there is/are; some/any, a lot of; a/an or zero article
3.d. Read the article about famous cities from an in-flight magazine. Fill in the missing words.
is (2) there’s (2) a lot of |
it’s (2) there are (2) an (2) a any |
Famous cities
In all cities there are large buildings, parks, museums and schools, but a lot of cities are famous for other things.
Sydney, city of music and city of beaches.
Sydney1)______ in the southeast of Australia. The population is four million. In Sydney 2)______ an opera house and there are 3)______ lovely beaches. Bondi Beach is famous for surfing. Sydney is a fun city.
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