English language for technical colleges - Учебное пособие

UNIT 1 ABOUT MYSELF I. Гласные звуки [i], [i:]. II. Text A: «About myself», Text B: «My Biography». III. Личные местоимения, определенный и неопределенный артикль, множественное число существительных. Phonetic warm-up (Фонетическая разминка) Гласный звук [i] При произнесении краткого гласного звука [i] кончик языка находится у основания нижних зубов: оттенок русского звука [и] в словах шить, шило практически совпадает с английским [i]: it, sit, in Гласный звук [i:] При произнесении долгого гласного [i:] язык продвинут вперед, кончик языка касается нижних зубов, губы несколько растянуты и слегка обнажают зубы. Оттенок русского звука [и] в словах ива, иго, игры, избы практически совпадает с английским звуком [i:]. Например, meet, peat. Долгота звука влияет на лексическое значение слова. Например: feet (ноги) - fit (вмещаться), steel (сталь) - still (все еще) Exercise A lead - lid if - it - tip - kit did - bill mill - meal pill - peel keel - kill sit - seat Exercise В beat - bin it - seat steel - still feel - fill - feet fit - eat - bean simple - Pete - feel - peel meet - meat - ill - bill - steel - feel Exercise D be - been - bean did - deed pit - peat fit - feet it - eat lid - lead Exercise С bin - bean me - meet - meat see - seat - seed meal - seal - mean pea - Pete - peat sea - see - meet bee - been - feet mean - lean - keen Exercise E I see a sea. I see a clean sheet. I eat meat. I like meat. I like tea. I make tea. I take tea. I like fine tea. I like fine meals. People make steel. People make fine steel. People make steel pipes. People make fine steel planes. I like life. I like kind people. I like kind smiles. I feel fine. I smile. Text A: “ABOUT MYSELF” Hello, friends. Let me first introduce myself. My name is Ann or Anya for my friends. My surname or last name is Sokolova. I was born on the 2nd of October in Sochi, Krasnodarsky Krai. This is the most beautiful city in Russia situated on the Black Sea coast. Now I am a first-year student at the Technical Academy. In five years Ill be an engineer. Now let me describe my appearance. I am tall and slim and have fair hair and blue eyes. My friends say that I am pretty. I think I am just good-looking. I love sports and music. I was very serious about a career in gymnastics when I was in the 5th form. But then I broke my arm and doctors didnt let me go in for gymnastics. I love to listen to modern music and dance. I dance a lot and I hope I am good at it. I also love swimming. I always swim in the Black sea when I visit my parents, my dear family. I would like to tell you about my family. There are five people in our family. My fathers name is Vladimir Stepanovich. He is a mathematician by education and businessman by profession. My mothers name is Tatyana Petrovna. She is a housewife. She has much work about the house because I have a younger sister. She is a pupil. My sister Natasha is in the fifth form. My grandmother, my mothers mother, lives with us. She is very kind and helps us a lot. Our family is very friendly, we have many friends. In summer many relatives come to visit us. And, of course, they use a chance to spend several weeks in beautiful Sochi. In May I have finished school No 5 in Sochi. I did well in all the subjects but my favourite subjects at school were Physics and Computer Science. I also enjoyed English lessons. I am very interested in learning English because I always wanted to become a programmer or maybe a businesswoman. I also think that the knowledge of foreign languages helps in everyday life and career. Two years ago I travelled much around Europe. I have visited France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. There the knowledge of English helped me a lot. As you see, my biography isnt very long yet. But well meet again in the next lesson and Ill tell you more about myself. See you later... Vocabulary: introduce - представлять, знакомить Black Sea coast - побережье Черного моря a first-year student - студент(ка) первого курса region- область appearance- внешность slim - стройная career- карьера gymnastics - гимнастика mathematician - математик housewife - домохозяйка several - несколько to do well - зд. успевать chance - случай, шанс kind - добрый a lot - много the Netherlands - Нидерланды the United Kingdom - Соединенное Королевство (Великобритания)ADD TO YOUR ACTIVE VOCABULARY (ПОПОЛНИ СВОЙ АКТИВНЫЙ СЛОВАРЬ): tall - высокий short - маленького роста stout - приземистый, коренастый slim - стройный fat - толстый plumpy - полный fair hair - светлые волосы blonde - блондин(ка) brunette - брюнет(ка) gray hair - седые волосы bold headed - лысый short sighted - близорукий smart, clever, bright - умный (я) stupid - тупой, глупый boring - скучный fun to be with - веселый человек easy to go along - легкий в общении quiet - спокойный impulsive - порывистый, импульсивный aggressive - агрессивный rude - невежливый, грубый shy, confused - застенчивый active - активный talkative - разговорчивый enthusiastic - энтузиаст, зат