- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации Казанский государственный технический университет им. А.Н.Туполева
- •Английский язык
- •Lesson 1 Sequence of Tenses (Согласование времен)
- •Ex.2 Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect Tense.
- •The Passive Voice Страдательный залог
- •History Part I.
- •Part II.
- •Modern electronics
- •Exercises to the texts:
- •Listening and speaking.
- •Task 3. Check your answers to Task 3 with the help of the text and diagrams.
- •Task 4. Label each step in this flowchart with the correct letter from the list. The first one is done for you.
- •Task 5. Read the text below, then look at these statements. Are they true or false? You may need to use your own knowledge as well as information from the text.
- •Lesson 2 Reported Speech (Косвенная речь)
- •Exercises:
- •Reported Questions (Вопросы в косвенной речи).
- •Reported Commands and Requests Приказания и просьбы в косвенной речи
- •Alfred nobel - a man of contrasts.
- •Notes to the text.
- •Listening and speaking.
- •Task 4. Read this advice on 'Mixing down'. Listen again to Part 2. Then note the points in this text which are additional to those given on the tape.
- •Lesson 3. Conditional Sentences (Условные предложения)
- •Союзы, вводящие условные предложения.
- •Exercises:
- •What is an electric current?
- •Notes on the text
- •Words to be learnt.
- •Carbon dioxide emission
- •Listening and Speaking.
- •Course Guide
- •Information Technology
- •Lesson 4. The Participle.
- •Forms of the Participle II
- •Functions and translation
- •Complex Object with the Participle /сложное дополнение/
- •Complex Subject with the Participle.
- •Absolute Participle Construction /Независимый причастный оборот/.
- •Особенности перевода
- •Holographic technique helps in testing and research.
- •Words to be learnt
- •Listening and speaking.
- •Gerundial Object
- •Indefinite Gerund Passive (being written)
- •Сравнение герундия и причастия.
- •Exercises:
- •Sources of power
- •Notes on the Text:
- •Words to be learnt:
- •Revision
- •Listening and speaking
- •Lesson 6 The Infinitive
- •Формы инфинитива
- •Functions
- •Complex Object with the Infinitive.
- •It consists of two elements.
- •Complex Subject with the Infinitive
- •Grammar exercises
- •Ex.2 Translate the phrases with the Infinitive.
- •Ex.3 Grammar review.
- •Translate and define the functions of the infinitive.
- •Vocabulary to be learnt:
- •Ex. 3 Define the meanings of the phrases with international words.
- •Revision
- •Listening and speaking
- •Search reading
- •Read yourself
- •A new pedestrian crossing strategy
- •Viruses
- •2. Decide whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f) in relation to the information in the text. If you feel a statement is false, change it to make it true.
- •Database management systems
- •1. Review questions:
- •2. Translate the international words without a dictionary.
- •1. Review questions:
- •2. Translate the international words without a dictionary:
- •3. Define what parts of speech these words are and translate them:
- •Transistors and semiconductors
- •1. Review questions:
- •2. Translate the international words without a dictionary:
- •3. Explain what meanings prefixes and suffixes give to the following words and translate the words:
- •Amplifiers
- •1. Review questions:
- •2. Make up an abstract of the text basing on the answers to the above questions.
- •3. Define to what parts of speech these words belong and translate them:
- •Check yourself
- •Variant I Computers in our life
- •Grammar test
- •Variant II
- •Virtual worlds
- •Grammar test
- •Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2
- •Irreqular verbs
- •Appendix 3 Чтение дробных и смешанных величин
- •Словообразование (Word Formation) Суффиксы
- •Приставки
- •Derivatives
- •Synonyms
- •Opposites correct – wrong; continue – interrupt; free – bound; presence – absence; remain – leave; begin – complete, finish safe – dangerous
- •Vocabulary
- •Литература
Listening and speaking.
Task 1. As you listen to Part 1, answer these questions:
1 Where does Steve work?
a college
b commercial radio station
с recording studio
d mobile disco
2 Where did he work previously?
a college
b commercial radio station
с recording studio
d mobile disco
3 When he was a school and college student, what interest did he have in sound?
a he had his own band
b he had his own mobile disco
с he used to make commercials
d he recorded live music
4 What was he recording that day?
a a Japanese radio programme
b a tape compilation
с a self-study language tape
d a whisky commercial
Task 2. As you listen to Part 2, answer these questions:
1 Which one of these is not required to make a recording?
a a mike
b a tape recorder
с a recording studio
d a room with good acoustics
2 What will allow you to make a proper recording?
a a Portastudio
b a VU meter
с a bargraph
d special effects
3 What does a Portastudio combine?
a special effects and a cassette deck
b a mike and a cassette deck
с a mixer and a cassette deck
d a VU meter and a cassette deck
4 Which one of the following is not a special effect?
a reverb
b echo
с compression
d distortion
5 What should you do before making the final copy?
a take a break
b check the recording levels
с add special effects
d run the tape backwards
Task 3. Listen again to the complete interview nd answer these more difficult questions:
1 What was unusual about the recording made that day?
2 What's the difference between a commercial mixing desk and a Portastudio?
3 Why should you keep an eye on the bargraph or VU meter when recording?
4 How is mixing down like developing and printing a photograph?
5 What's the danger of mixing down without a break?
Reading Comparing sources.
In work and study we depend on information from different sources, for example, what we hear from lecturers and what we read in textbooks. In the exercise that follows, you are asked to compare a listening text and a reading text.
Task 4. Read this advice on 'Mixing down'. Listen again to Part 2. Then note the points in this text which are additional to those given on the tape.
Mixing down.
When mixing down, play back and listen to your master version through different speakers. If it still sounds good on cheap speakers, it passes the test. If possible, mix down on a later day to the recording. Have a break, as fresh ears hear things differently.
Similarly, do not mix on your own - someone else might point out things you have missed. And do not keep turning the volume up to hear things better. Keep an eye on the volume and, if necessary, turn everything down and have a break. It will seem loud enough when you come back.
Above all, always keep in mind the overall sound. Do not listen to one instrument at the expense of others. Walk around the room while listening to a playback. Remember: sound is flexible and can be changed by the slightest factor, so use your ears.
Language study Giving advice.
The interview and the text mention things to do and things not to do when making your own recordings. For example:
Things to do
Leave it for a bit before you make the final copy.
Things not to do
Make sure you don't go into the red or you'll get distortion.
Here are some other ways in which we can give advice in an informal way. Note how we can make the advice stronger.
Things to do
1 You should keep an eye on the recording level.
2 Always keep an eye on the recording level.
3 You must always keep an eye on the recording level.
Things not to do
1 You shouldn't put the microphone too close to the drums.
2 Never put the microphone too close to the drums.
3 You must never put the microphone too close to the drums.
Task 5. Write a list of things to do and things not to do when making a recording. Use information from the text and from the tape together with any information of your own. For example:
Things to do
1 You should listen to your master through different speakers.
Things not to do
2 Don't keep turning the volume up to 'hear things better'.
When you have finished, exchange lists with your partner. Do you agree with the list your partner has made? If not, discuss any disagreement with your partner.