II. Practice

A

 

1. Прочтите следующие слова.

chair, air, care, hair, share, spare cure, pure, purely, lure

ore, more, store, oar, roar, board wire, tired, type, lyre, fire

here, cheer, hear, dear, clear, mere

 

2. Сгруппируйте слова, имеющие одинаковое звучание гласных. Прочтите их.

merely, wire, stare, tier, air, cheer, newer, pure

 

3. Прочтите следующие слова.

sere, lyre, core, mire, explore, mere, here, satire, scare, score, hire, store, hair, shore, mare, tyre, cure, tired, sore

 

4. Выпишите и повторите следующие предложения за диктором; обратите внимание на чтение смысловых групп слов в предложениях.

If you ever go to Paris, ï you will find it's very ¢easy ï to make your way around ¢town, ï if you speak English well. ï Most of the ¢taxi drivers, ï the ¢hotel clerks ï speak English. ï On the ¢buses ï or in the street, ï you can ask directions from ¢anyone ï in English, ï and get some help.

¢French people, ï the young ones especially, like to practice their English. ï ¢Most of them ï have studied it at school, ï sometimes for eight or ten years. ï

A knowledge of English ï can be a big ¢help to a tourist ï in ¢any part of the world.

 

5. Прослушайте упражнения 1, 2, 3, 4 и проверьте свое произношение.

B

1. Write 5 questions and answers, looking at the diagram.

 
Example 1: Did they import steel in 1995? Yes, they did, they imported steel. Did they import fruit? No, they didn't, they didn't import fruit. They exported steel.
Example 2: What did they import? They imported tea. What else did they import? They imported meat.
       

2. Write down 10 sentences comparing imports and exports.

Example: They imported a lot of meat, but didn't import much tea. They imported a lot of steel, but didn't export coffee.

 

3. Agree with your friend and write additional information.

Example: You went to Cyprus last year, didn't you? You are right, I went to Cyprus last year, I went there by plane.

The words which you might need: the Crimea, Sochi, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, Kiev, by car, by airplane, by ship, by bus.

 

4. Disagree with your friend and prove your disagreement in written form.

Example: You enjoyed your travelling, didn't you? No, I didn't. I didn't enjoy my travelling. It was not interesting.

The words which you might need: to like, to be fond of, to travel much, by train, by ship, last year, every summer.

 

5. Listen to the text and repeat it after the speaker. Translate the text into Russian.

 

My trip

 

When I decided to go to the Crimea I went to the ticket office. In the ticket office I asked the clerk for a seat on a TU-164 liner. I also found out when the plane would start. It started at 12 sharp. So I had an hour and a half for packing. I was happy I was going to the South. I wanted to go there a few years ago, but I couldn't. I had a lot of work to do in summer. I was taking entrance exams to the University. When I finished my packing I started to the airport. The airport was quite a long way from home. I took a bus. It took me one hour to get there. I was quite in time.

 

6. Write what means of transport you prefer and give proofs.

Example: I prefer the Metro. It is very comfortable and fast.

 

7. Write what you usually do in the evening and what you did yesterday.

Example: I usually read books, but yesterday I listened to the radio.

 

8. Translate into English in written form.

1. Куда вы ходили вчера вечером? Я ходил в кино. Вы смотрели новый фильм? Да, я смотрел новый фильм. С кем вы ходили? Я ходил с товарищем. Вам понравился этот фильм? Да, очень. 2. Вчера я очень много занимался и лег спать в десять часов вечера. 3. Я не ходил в университет вчера. 4. Мой товарищ пришел домой очень поздно. Он ходил в театр.