- •М инистерство образования и науки Российской Федерации южно-уральский государственный университет
- •Unit 1. Personality
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •1.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate into English using new vocabulary.
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play "a Formal Gathering".
- •Unit 2. Travel
- •1.1. Vocabulary
- •Inoculations
- •Inevitable
- •2.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Split into pairs and act out the following situation.
- •Unit 3. Work
- •3.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role-play «Passing an Interview".
- •Unit 4. Languages
- •4.1. Vocabulary
- •4.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 5. Advertising
- •5.1. Vocabulary
- •5.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Creating Adds»
- •Unit 6. Business
- •6.1. Vocabulary
- •6.2. Exercises
- •Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Negotiating a Bank Loan»
- •Unit 7. Design
- •7.1. Vocabulary
- •Industrialisation
- •7.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 8. Education
- •8.1. Vocabulary
- •In order to do smth.
- •8.2 Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role Play. "a Talk in the Living-Room".
- •Unit 9. Engineering
- •9.1. Vocabulary
- •Unit 10. Trends
- •10.1. Vocabulary
- •Infant mortality
- •10.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •Unit 11. Arts and media
- •11.1. Vocabulary
- •11.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play «Interviewing a Celebrity»
- •Unit 12. Crime
- •12.1. Vocabulary
- •12.2. Exercises
- •1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
- •2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •3. Role play
Unit 8. Education
8.1. Vocabulary
academic, academic achievement, an academic year, academic research
assignment, to do an assignment
bullying, “dog eat dog”
campus, a spacious campus
career adviser
cheating
course, to attend a course, to take a course, correspondence courses
curriculum, a favourite subject on the curriculum
dead end, a dead-end job
degree, to get a degree, to do a degree, to study for degrees, an honorary degree, to fail smb.’s degree
department
education, education issues, compulsory education (starts/ finishes), private education, lifelong education, to follow adult education, continuing education, an educationalist
exams, to revise for an exam, to pass/ fail an exam, to take/ retake an exam
facilities, to enjoy excellent facilities, sports facilities
free
fringe benefits: life insurance, a retirement plan
hall of residence
institution
learning, e-learning, distance learning, lifelong learning,
lecture, to give lectures, a lecture room, a handout to support a lecture, a visual aid
library, a well-stocked library
lifestyle
living costs
pace, to develop at smb.’s own pace, a heart pacemaker
plagiarism
progress, to monitor progress, to make progress, a progress report
prospectus, brochure,
school, (to start) primary/ elementary school, to leave secondary school, to go to school, to attend state schools, mixed-sex schools, single-sex schools, to stay away from school without permission, schooling, home schooling
self-teaching, self-correction
seminar, to attend a seminar
state-of-the-art
subject
test
thesis
timetable
topic, to cover a topic,
truancy, to play truant from classes, (poor) attendance
tutor, a tutorial, e-tutor
university fee
vacation
to accept a position
to afford smth.
to cater for
to contribute to smth., smb.’s contribution to society
to criticise
to do homework/ coursework
to do one’s best
to do research
to do smth on time
to encourage smth., to encourage smb. to do smth.,
to face problems
to get a good mark, to receive low grades
to get a place at university, to go to college, to enter a university
to graduate, a university graduate, postgraduate programme, non-graduate
to hand in an essay
to look through the text, to scim, skimming, to scan, scanning
to make mistakes
to observe, observation,
to provide with
to question the value of smth.
to study
to take out a loan, to get heavily into debt
to waste time, a waste of time
virtually
well-equipped
In order to do smth.
8.2 Exercises
1. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English
1. Она поступила в университет прошлым летом и закончит его только через четыре года.
2. Лучше не пропускать занятия, а то можно быстро отстать от группы. Хорошо известно, что нагонять всегда сложнее.
3. Все студенты в группе получили зачёт по философии. Это было серьёзное испытание.
4. Расписание составляется таким образом, чтобы лекции чередовались с практическими занятиями.
5. Староста нашей группы получила стипендию от Британского Совета. Она будет учиться в Лондонском университете и одновременно писать дипломную работу.
6. Не думаю, что, готовясь к экзаменам, имеет смысл всю ночь не ложиться спать. Эффект от такой подготовки может быть обратный.
7. Проверяя контрольные работы, преподаватель отмечает ошибки на полях.
8. В эту сессию будет один письменный и два устных зачёта, а также четыре экзамена.
9. В начале года в деканате всем первокурсникам выдали студенческие билеты и зачётные книжки.
10. В обучении ему не нужно прикладывать никаких усилий — он всё хватает на лету.