Write down the English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations.
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KOLOMNA
2011
Министерство образования Московской области
ГОУ ВПО
«Московский государственный областной
Социально-гуманитарный институт»
Кафедра английского языка
Ахренова Н.А., Евтюхина Н.Я., Ковалёва Е.А.,
Новикова Ю.Б., Пасечник Т. Б.
ENGLISH-1
Учебно-методическое пособие
По практике устной речи
Для студентов 1 курса
Коломна
2011
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Ахренова Н.А., Евтюхина Н.Я., Ковалёва Е.А., Новикова Ю.Б., Пасечник Т.Б. English-1: Учебно-методическое пособие по практике устной речи для студентов 1 курса. – Коломна: МГОСГИ, 2011. – 157 с.
Данное учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено в соответствии с программой по практике устной речи английского языка для 1 курса языкового вуза. В нем представлены аутентичные тексты, которые снабжены специально разработанными упражнениями на развитие навыков чтения, говорения и письма. Достоинством пособия является аутентичность текстов, которые ставят своей целью расширение страноведческой и культурной компетенции. Тексты удачно подобраны по тематике и стилю, что несомненно вызовет интерес при обсуждении проблемных вопросов.
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Широких О.Б.
Д. п. н., профессор кафедры педагогики МГОСГИ, декан педагогического факультета МГОСГИ
Соклакова О.В.
К. п. н., доцент кафедры английского языка МГОСГИ
CONTENTS
1. Personal Identification………………………….. .4
2. The Daily Programme. Leisure Activities……… 21
3. Houses and Homes……………………………... 32
4. Eating and Drinking…………………………… 47
5. Shops and Shopping……………………………. 67
6. Learning Foreign Languages…………………… 79
7. Languages. Countries. People………………….. 94
8. Seasons and Weather…………………………… 117
9. Travelling……………………………………….. 141
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
BASIC WORDS
1. to be born, to christen, to baptize a baby (child), to register a baby's birth
2. namen, v: first (Christian, given, family, maiden, pet) name,forename, surname, nickname, namesake; to call someone a name; to name after someone.
3. family:nuclear/ extended, one-parent / single-parent / large ~; parents(folks): mother (mo, ma, mummy (BrE), mommy (AmE), father (dad, daddy)
4. children(offsprings, kids, twins, triplets, orphan), foster child, adopted child
5. close (distant) relative\relation, kin (next of kin):sister, brother, grandparents, uncle, aunt, grandchildren), niece, nephew, in-laws, half-brother (sister), wife, husband
6. to marry smb, to get married, to be married to smb; newly-weds/just married; to divorce,to preserve one's union
7. widow, widower, bachelor, spinster
8. age: young, middle-aged, elderly, old, in one's 30's, in one's early (mid, late) teens, in one's early (mid, late) 20's, mid-life
9. build:skinny, bony, thin, slim, fat, plump, corpulent, obese, squat, medium build, well-built, broad-shouldered, muscular, overweight
10. height:1.70m, medium height, average height, below average height, tall, short, tallish, shortish, petite
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11. hair colour:black, brown, red, fair, blonde, grey, white, dyed, a brunette, a blonde, a redhead, mousey, dark, dirty blond, platinum blond
12. hairstyle:long, short, straight, wavy, curly, neat, untidy, with plaits, a fringe, swept back, in a bun, pony-tail, bald, balding, thinning
13.face:thin, long, round, oval, square, heart-shaped, high cheekbones, high forehead, thin (full) lips, long (straight, turned-up, broken, crooked, hooked) nose, cleft (pointed, double) chin
14.eyes: blue, grey, brown, long (thick, bushy) eyelashes, thin eyebrows
15.complexion:pale, sunburned (tanned), olive (pale, dark)-skinned, oriental, brown, black
16.distinguishing features:beard, moustache, sideburns, unshaven, clean-shaven, a scar, a beauty-spot, a mole, with freckles, with dimples, with spots, with wrinkles, with lines, with glasses, (well)-made-up, tattoo.
17.positive features:ambitious, cheerful, clever (bright), easy-going, flexible, friendly, generous, hard-working, honest, kind, loyal, nice, optimistic, pleasant, punctual, relaxed, reliable, sensible, sensitive, strong, tolerant, warm
18.negative features:arrogant, bossy, cold, dishonest, fussy, horrible, inflexible, insensitive, intolerant, lazy, mean, miserable, moody, nosey, pessimistic, pushy, rude, spiteful, stupid (thick), tactless, tense, unambitious, unfriendly, unkind, unpleasant, unreliable, weak
19.types of people:a big-head, a coward, an extrovert, a gossip, a laugh, a liar, a model to follow, the perfect type of (the Englishman), a show-off, a snob, a trouble-maker
20.describing people:to look like, to be (very much) like somebody, to be not a bit alike, to resemble smb, to bear (no) resemblance to smb; to take after smb in character or appearance, to be the very image of smb; to enjoy good health/ to be a picture of health, to have little make-up on the face, to look after one's appearance, to have delicate features, to have much/ nothing) in common; to like/dislike the way one walks/talks/speaks/behaves/dresses, wears one's hair.
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS
21. types of people:a backseat driver, a blue- eyed boy, a chip off the old block, a clever dick, a confirmed bachelor, a couch potato, adown-and-out, a grass widow, a Jekyll and Hyde, a kissing cousin, a loose cannon, a nosey parker, a pain in the neck, a slowcoach, a wet blanket, an unknown quantity, the life and soul of the party, the salt of the earth
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22. miscellaneous (people):one's better half; wicked stepmother, stepmonster; second cousin twice removed, blood brother, father figure
23. miscellaneous (things): identity card (ID)
24. miscellaneous expressions:salad days, wet behind the ears, old wives’ tales, kid's stuff, act your age = be your age(=grow up), to be as like as two peas, to be the spitting image of smb, to throw dust in one's eyes, to have a big mouth, to keep a stiff upper lip, to keep your fingers crossed
25. expressions with the word 'family':family tree, family circle, family doctor, family man, family background, family life
26. expressions with the word 'mother':mother's help, mother-to-be, mother country, Mother Nature, mother's boy, mother tongue, Mother Superior.
PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
1. Caesar's wife is above suspicion
2. Like father, like son. / The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
3. Birds of a feather flock together.
4. Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
5. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
6. When children stand still they have done some ill.
7. A good husband makes a good wife.
8. A good wife and health is a man's best wealth.
9. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
10.Appearances are deceptive. /You cannot judge a tree by its bark.
11.A good name is better than riches.
12.A little body often harbours a great soul.
13.All that glitters is not gold.
14.Handsome is as handsome does.
CULTURE WORDS
Family values, Father Thames, Father's Day, Founding Fathers / Forefathers, Mother Goose Rhymes, Mother's Day, Prodigal Son, Doubting Thomas, Mothercare, Tom Thumb, Uncle Sam
VOCABULARY WORK
Exercise 1.
Study the basic words (1-35) by writing them down in your notebook vocabulary divided into 4 sections: spelling, pronunciation, translation and usage. Use modern dictionaries in your study.
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Exercise 2.
Write down the English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations.
семейное происхождение, пуп земли, злая мачеха, неполная семья, брюзга, прадедушка, единоутробный брат, свекор, тезка, удостоверение личности, крестить ребенка, регистрировать рождение ребенка, блудный сын, молодые годы, седьмая вода на киселе, прозвище, девичья фамилия; ласкательное, уменьшительное имя, развестись, женщина среднего возраста, мужчина среднего роста, крашеные волосы, длинные ресницы, густые брови, прямой нос, загорелый цвет лица, гладко выбритый, походит на кого-либо, пойти характером в кого-то, вылитый (отец), не злоупотреблять косметикой, следить за собой, тонкие черты лица, паршивая овца, кожа да кости, всюду совать свой нос (любопытная Варвара), соломенная вдова, умник.
Exercise 3.
Study the following examples illustrating the proper use of idioms and expressions. Render the sentences into Russian paying special attention to the translation of the italicized phrases.
1. His heir was a nephew, son of his brother killed in a motor accident, not a bad boy, but not a chip of the old block, no, sir, far from it ... (W.S. Maugham)
2. Let me introduce you to my better half.
3. He's the very image of his father.
4. John was always the blue-eyed boy at school.
5. She's the black sheep of the family.
6. Once again that boy's big mouth was going to get them all punished.
7. In terms of sculpture, Moore was a father figure.
8. Wages are so low in relation to the cost of living that a family man cannot survive on them.
9. Family doctors have no time these days to make regular calls.
10. A family tree is a chart that shows all the people in your family over many generations and their relationship with each other.
Exercise 4.
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