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Беседа о погоде. Окружающий мир

A ___ is a sudden violent storm of wind and rain.

A winter weather ___: cloudy, with rainy periods in the South; showers of sleet, and snow in the Eastern part.

Because of ___ the grass turned yellow and most of the crops died.

Because of ___ the walls began to move visibly, and large cracks opened up in the ground.

Because of ___ we could see the lava slowly advancing towards the town just ten miles away.

By checking your plants often, you’ll ___ problems in the early stages when they are easier to deal with.

Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct verb from the column on the right.

Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct word from the column on the right.

I feel oppressed ___ the heat.

If the students complete a course of study they get a Bachelor of Arts or ___degree.

It’s raining cats and ___.

I’m wet like a drowned ___.

Last year we had a ___. It was quite warm even in the middle of January.

The English are famous for their tea and their ___. And the English are always talking about it.

The ___ are lucky, because their country is in the west and is warmer than most of England.

The air was stingingly cold, but not ___ freezing point.

The factors determining whether an institution is one of the best or one of the lower prestige are

The fog gets thicker and dirtier, and yellow and full of black soot. In London this is called ___, a mixture between smoke and fog.

The rain was so heavy, I haven’t a dry ___ on.

The sky was suddenly ___ with low, black clouds.

The system of higher education in the United States is complex. It comprises three categories of institutions:

The thick white ___ rolls in from the sea all over London and the cities, and then mixes with smoke from a million chimneys.

There was no ___ in the weather.

There’s a ___ in the air.

There’s been a ___ in the temperature.

We are in ___ a spell of good weather.

___ lifted a car about ten feet off the ground, and then we saw it disappear down the street.

___ was about two metres deep and we watched as most of our furniture just floated away.

Внешность и характер человека

Alan’s got very muscular ___.

Ann’s got blonde ___ .

Bob is always making people angry or upset because he just doesn't consider their feelings. That’s why we can say he is a ___person.

Bob really wants to get the supervisor's job and then become boss for the whole department. That’s why we can say he is a ___person.

Both men are very good-___.

Complete the following sentences by choosing the logical ending on the right for each of the sentence beginnings on the left.

He could work in any of the departments, and it doesn't matter to him if he's on his own or part of a team. That’s why we can say he is a ___person.

He never bought me a drink all the time we were together. He’s ___.

Her brother has got very broad ___.

How ___ is she? – About 1 meter 65.

How much does Jane ___? – I don’t know and it may be rude to ask. Probably about 55 kilos.

I don't think he's done any work since he's been here. That’s why we can say he is a ___ person.

I have to tell her what to do every minute of the working day. She wouldn't even open a window without someone's permission. She has no ___.

I would say Jack was medium ___.

Last time I saw Nick he had grown a ___.

Mark’s got very pale ___.

Mary doesn’t like men with hairy ___.

One of the great things about her is that she is so aware of what other people think or feel. That’s why we can say he is a ___ person.

Organize these words into pairs of opposites.

Sam promises to do things but half the time he forgets. He’s ___.

She finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers. That’s why we can say he is a ___person.

She's always here on time. That’s why we can say she is a ___ person.

What does she look ___? – She is quite tall, with short dark hair.

Еда и напитки. В ресторане

A traditional English ___ is a very big meal – sausages, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms.

A visitor if invited to an English home might well enjoy

For the first ___ we will have chicken soup and rissoles with mashed potatoes for the second.

If it is a popular restaurant, you may also need to book a table in ___.

If you have steak you can eat it ___

In Britain ___ often serve good, cheap food, both hot and cold.

In Britain for many people lunch is a quick ___.

In Britain some people have coffee, often ___ coffee, which is made with just hot water.

In Britain you may also have ___ (a drink before the meal, e.g. gin and tonic), and coffee after the meal.

In Britain you often have three courses:

In a series of ___ experiments, W.K. and J.H. Kellogg ran boiled wheat dough through rollers to produce thin sheets of wheat, which they toasted and ground into meal.

In cities there are a lot of sandwich bars, where office workers can choose the kind of bread they want ___ .

Match the sentences.

On ___ many families have a traditional lunch. They have roast meat, either beef, lamb, chicken, or pork, with potatoes, vegetables, and gravy.

The British often get ___ – you buy the food at the restaurant and then bring it home to eat.

The English custom of ___, goes back to the late 18th century when Anne, wife of the 7th Duke of Bedford, decided that she suffered from a “sinking feeling” around 5 p.m and needed tea and cakes to bring back her strength.

The Victorian Prime Minister, Gladstone remarked: “If you are cold, ___will warm you, if you are heated it will cool you, if you are depressed it will cheer you, if you are excited it will calm you.”

The traditional breakfast drink is ___, which people have with cold milk.

There is the international trend to ___ which sell pizza, hamburgers, Mexican foods, chicken, salads and sandwiches, sea-foods, and various ice creams.

When you pay the bill, you sometimes also leave a ___ for the waiter if service is not included in the price.

___ is a sauce made from the meat juices.

___ is made from oranges and jam is made from other fruit.

Здоровье и медицина: болезни, симптомы, травмы, лечение

Alice was in such a state when her son died that the doctor gave her ___ to help calm her down.

Although Bob ___ fairly quickly from the accident, he had to have plastic surgery to remove facial scars.

Chickenpox is a children’s infectious ___, but adults can catch it too.

Don't eat your food so quickly! You'll get ___.

Don’t worry; I can assure you that this medicine produces no ___ at all.

I think I'll go and lie down for a while; I've got a (n) ___ headache.

If someone collapses in the street, it may be helpful to give them ___ aid until the ambulance arrives.

If you suffer from ___, your doctor may recommend taking sleeping tablets.

In England, if you are ill you can send for the family doctor or else go and visit him at his ___.

It must be ___. Mrs Smith got a fever, and look at all those small red spots on her face and body.

Match the following questions with the answers.

Match the following words with their definitions.

Mr Brown is a ___smoker. No sooner has he stubbed out one cigarette than he lights another.

Nick’s neck and mouth are swollen. I think he's got ___.

The ___ who performed the operation visited the patient soon after she came round.

The five-hour ___ which was performed on Mrs Brown’s hip was expensive but effective.

When Ann broke her leg, she had to go around on ___for several weeks afterwards.

You may have broken one of your ribs. I think we'd better take an___, just to make sure.

You'd better put some ___on that cut, just to be safe.

You’ll need to take your ___ to the chemist’s, Mrs Hall.

Кино. Театр

A promenade concert in Britain has the following features:

American jazz is a conglomeration of sounds borrowed from such varied sources as ___.

At the theatre you can see ___

Contemporary changes in motion pictures in the United States include

In Russia, films in English are either ___.

It’s a play or film in which part of the story is sung to music.

Many people were standing at the entrance of the theatre asking if we had an extra ticket as a sign at the entrance of the theatre said “House ___”.

Match the words, connected with cinema, with the correct definitions.

Match the words, connected with cinema.

Match the words, describing plays and films.

My mother bought two tickets for a ___ of the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” by Tchaikovsky beforehand.

Plays are performed on stage, films are shown on ___.

The ___ is the person who makes a film.

The ___- the people who watch a play at the theatre.

The ___- the total number of actors in a play or film.

The actors have been ___ the play all this week.

The audience ___ at the end of the performance.

The inventors of cinema were ___.

The performance was a great ___ with the public.

To ___ is to reserve tickets before the performance.

When the last curtain fell, the house burst out into ___.

___ are the journalists who write articles about films and plays.

___ are the most important actors or actresses in a film.

___ in New York City relied heavily on revivals, long-running shows, and stage spectaculars in addition to new plays.

___ is the name of the articles critics write.

___ is the translation of the story of a film across the bottom of the screen.

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Компьютеры

A ___ processor is a computer used to prepare documents or letters.

A lot of business people use ___, a program used to enter and arrange numbers and financial information.

A lot of business people use databases, programs which allow you to ___ a large amount of information quickly and easily.

Add another word, abbreviation, or part of a word, to complete common 'computer' words and phrases.

As well as the hardware, you also need ___, the programs needed to work the machines.

CD-ROM is abbreviation for ___.

If your computer is slow it may need more ___.

Make sure you make a ___ of your work, an extra copy on a floppy disk.

Many people use their ___ for word processing, e.g. writing letters and reports.

More and more people are becoming ___, they have experience of working with computers and know how to use them.

People send each other ___ messages using Internet.

University students in the USA get a(an) ___ degree in the arts or sciences.

Using the ___, you can do a number of things by clicking on different icons.

You can now connect your computer to computers all over the world using the ___, a system that allows computers to connect using telephone lines.

Your computer may crash if there is not enough memory or if it has a ___.

Посещение магазина. Покупки. Услуги

A person who works in a shop. It’s a shop ___.

A place with many shops, either outside or indoors. It’s a___.

A shop where you can buy fashionable clothes. It’s a___.

A supermarket makes more ___ from its own brand, microwave cooked-chill chicken Kiev than it does from the ingredients needed to make it at home.

Does Nick take one ___ of sugar in his coffee or two?

Find a 'general' word on the left to describe each group of items.

Food shopping in the U.S. and Great Britain can be done in four main types of stores ___.

Half of all customers who experience problems but do not ___, do not intend to use this airline again.

I only paid some pounds for this dress. it was a real ___.

I want to go to the ___ department to buy some envelopes.

In Singapore, it is against the law to chew ___ in public.

In the supermarket the shelves at the ___ have long been a favourite for manufacturers of sweets, perhaps the most popular ‘impulse’ buy of all.

Jack bought a kilo of ___ coffee.

Match the following shopping-related words with their definitions.

Match the words, connected with different types of stores, with the correct definitions.

People who have picnics should always remember to take their ___ home with them in order to protect environment.

Supermarkets have several ___ who use both manual and electronic pricing scanning (they pass a coded tag in front of an electronic scanner and a price is automatically entered into the cash register).

Supermarkets usually have baskets and ___ for carrying items around the store.

The ___ was crowded and noisy, and smelt warm dough and the almonds that had gone into the morning’s cakes.

The place where you can try on clothes in a shop. It’s a___.

The place where you pay for things in a shop. It’s a___ desk.

The price of the book is 10 pounds, including ___ and packing.

The shop where you buy meat. It’s a___.

The shop where you buy medicines, baby products, shampoo, etc. It’s a___.

The sudden ___ of the cashiers shortly after the bank robbery confirmed the police’s suspicions that it had been an inside job.

There was a drawing pin stuck in the ___ of his shoe.

To purchase items such as jewelry, perfume, clothing, shoes, appliances, televisions, radios, bicycles, furniture, etc., you go to a ___

To sell goods to another country is to ___ them.

We bought a new sofa for the living-room in the January ___.

What can you buy in these shops? Match the shop and what it sells.

Почтовые и телеграфные услуги. Правила этикета

A person’s correspondence is usually private, meant only for a specific friend, relative, or colleague. But a letter or collection of letters becomes public if ___.

At the post office you can send money by post. You should fill in a money-order form stating ___.

Avoid ___paper, which suggests you cannot write in a straight line without help, and tends to remind people of junior school handwriting classes.

If you want to send a telegram just ask for a telegram form at the post office counter or take one from the box in the small compartments provided for the writing of telegrams and fill it ___.

In Great Britain there are several ___ a day and your letter will soon reach the addressee.

In all correspondence, there is one golden rule: remember the ___.

Match the greetings and the situations they must be used.

The Cornfords live in Rugby ___28 Coronation Street.

The first day of the week is ___.

The first stamp in the world was a (an) ___ one. It was made in 1840 to pay the postage on letters going to different parts of the country.

The last day of the week is ___.

The usual phrase to use when you leave is “Good-bye,” but there are a number of other less formal ways of parting, such as:

The usual response to an introduction is “How do you do,” which is a sort of greeting and not a question (about your health) and the best answer to it is: ___.

There are ___ and sixty-five days in a year.

Use a first-class ___ if you want the letter to arrive by tomorrow.

Wednesday is the ___ day of the week.

When IBM advertised for a new Production Manager, they received over fifty ___ for the job.

When you register a letter the clerk gives you a receipt and you pay the registration ___.

___ is rather rare in Britain and the USA but it is the correct thing to do on the Continent.

___ is the fifth day of the week.

Путешествия. На вокзале. В аэропорту. В гостинице

All passengers should be at the station at least 30 minutes before ___ (if you need to buy a ticket, you should have at least an additional 30 minutes).

Complete the following phrases choosing the logical ending on the right.

Did you enjoy your week-end ___to the seaside?

Each passenger is given a ___ to be shown at the departure gate and again to the stewardess when boarding the plane.

I don’t feel well as I’m always ___, especially when the sea is a little bit rough.

If the traveller has nothing to declare he may just go through the ___ of the Customs.

In 1990 some 79,000 passengers ___ on pleasure cruises from British ports.

In the hotel the ___carried our suitcases up to our room.

In the hotel the staff were very friendly - we had a very nice ___ - the woman who cleans the room - and the room was very comfortable.

Many bus companies offer fifteen-and thirty-day ___, especially during peak summer travel season. They entitle the holder to unlimited travel in the United States and Canada.

Match the following words with their definitions.

On our Southern-England ___ we visited Windsor, Cambridge, Stratford-on-Avon and then came back to London.

Parking in London is very expensive. You must either use ___ where you can park for up to 2 or 4 hours.

Passengers are requested to arrive at the airport two hours before departure time on international flights as there must be enough time to complete the necessary airport ___.

Passengers on British ___ must have a boarding pass to board.

Put these sentences in a logical order.

The English omnibuses are often called ___, because they are very high and have seats on the upper and lower decks.

There are security check points before the ___ in British airports.

Train arrivals may also be announced on a ___.

Travelling by train you can___

We stayed in the Carlton Hotel for three nights in July, but I ___room three months in advance because it was the middle of the tourist season.

We stood at the side of the road, trying to ___ passing motorists. They didn’t stop.

What do you call the bags you carry onto the plane with you?

What do you call the card they give you at the airport with the seat number on it?

What do you call the money you have to pay if your luggage is very heavy?

What do you call the part of the airport where the plane accelerates and takes off?

What do you call the part of the airport you walk through when you arrive or depart?

What do you call the people who look after you on the plane?

What do you call the place above your head where you can put your hand luggage?

What do you call the place where you collect your luggage after you land?

What do you call the place where you go when you arrive at the airport with your luggage?

What do you call the place where you sit and have a drink when you are waiting for your flight to be called?

When we arrived in a hotel we checked in at ___.

When you come to the harbour you can see ___.

While the yacht sailed on, I went to my ___ and changed my clothes.

Yesterday I had a drink in the hotel bar. Could you put it on my ___, please?

___ is travelling by getting free rides in passing automobiles and walking between rides.

___ like to operate in crowds so keep your property safe by following some simple guides.

___, a familiar sight in London, were introduced in I960 to control parking. They wear navy-blue uniforms and a peaked cap with yellow bands.

‘Slow down’, I said to the driver, ‘you’re exceeding the speed ___.

Работа. Профессия.

At the end of this year we should get a good pay ___.

Find the logical answer on the right for each of the questions on the left.

I didn't know he was the new manager. When did he take___?

I don't want a full-time job. I'd prefer to work ___.

If you have a lot of money, you might employ this person to drive you around.

If you have a problem with your speech, this person can help you overcome it.

It's a boring job and the pay is awful. Why did he ___?

Match the following words with their definitions.

Mrs Thatcher has got more than a hundred workers under ___.

Nike works on a stall in the ___ .

She'd like to go on another training ___.

These are jobs where you work with your hands

These people treat and look after others:

This person helps you when you play golf by carrying your clubs and giving you advice.

This person looks after a block of flats or an office.

When you have a legal problem, you can always go to this person.

You go to this person when you want to take out some money at a bank.

Семья и друзья. Отношения между людьми

A year later Maureen got ___and they had their first child, a boy.

Complete the following phrases choosing the logical ending on the right. What stage of life are these people at?

Find the logical ending for each of the sentence beginnings on the left and construct Rebecca's life.

For boys, the period between 14-17 approximately (slightly younger for girls) is called ___.

I see Clive has passed all his exams. It must be wonderful to be so ___

In law you are an adult at the age of ___, but many people think of you as an adult when you leave school.

John is always telling people how well he plays the guitar. He's so ___

Many girls of 16 and 17 are far too ___ to get married and have children.

Match the following ages with their stages.

Match the sentences with the correct adjective.

Mrs Green's children are so ___. They never say "Please" or "Thank you" and only last week I heard them swearing at the postman.

My son's very ___. He doesn't want to work in an office all his life. In fact he keeps telling me that one day he's going to be Prime Minister.

One of the things I like about Pamela is that she's so ___. If you have a problem you know you can go to her and that she'll listen to you and try to help all she can.

Sam and Maureen fell ___ love and got married within six months.

The trouble with Jane is that she's so ___. One minute she's laughing, the next she's sulking. You just don't know where you are with her.

Спорт

A football team plays either at home or away – and will ___ – bringing a happy or sad week-end to many English families.

American football is a very different game:

Americans have the first class ___ who know exactly how to get the best out of the sportsmen.

Americans play tennis, hockey and most other international sports, but they do not play ___ in the same way as the rest of the world.

At college football matches each team has an army of girls all dressed the same. The girl with the stick is the ___.

Basketball is another popular game in America. Only ___people play in each team.

Exercise is in fashion. Everybody wants ___.

Football, or ___, as it is sometimes called to distinguish it from rugby and football, is the most popular sport in Great Britain.

For most ball games you need ___ or training shoes.

In ___ the referee has a whistle to control the game and two linesmen.

In ___ there is a net across the middle of the court.

In winter football or rugby matches have postponed due to ___.

Manchester United ___ Liverpool in the F. A. Cup Final.

Many people ___ about the bad behaviour of soccer fans in the town centre after the match.

Match sports and the places they are played.

Millions of Americans put on their new white “trainer” shoes and fashionable ___and ran through the parks or along the streets for half an hour a day.

Taking exercise is only one part of keeping ___.

The Olympic creed was first stated in 1896 by the founder of the modern Olympic Games ___.

The first were held in ___ more than two thousand years ago.

The playing area for___ is called a course.

The playing area for___ is called a court.

The playing area for___ is called a pitch.

There are eleven players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and ___because American football is a rough game and injuries are likely to occur in.

There is a net around each goal in ___.

This game, ice ___, the national sport of Canada, is very fast, and can be dangerous.

What continents do the five colours of the interlinked Olympic rings represent?

You need a bat if you want to play ___.

You need a racket if you want to play ___ .

You need clubs if you want to play ___.

___ Mr Fry was nearly seventy-five, he could still beat me at tennis.

___ have a referee.

___ is played with an oval-shaped ball on a field like a football pitch, but the two goals have no nets and their posts are quite high – in the shape of the letter H.

___ said the sportsmen who took part in the Olympic Games.

Среднее и высшее образование в Великобритании и США

A degree course in Great Britain normally ___three or four years.

About twenty ___ of Great Britain have passed through Eton college.

Add another word, abbreviation, or part of a word, to complete common 'computer' words and phrases.

Admission to universities in Britain is carried out by examination or ___.

After graduating ___secondary schools Americans spend some time pursuing further education in junior colleges or go on to higher education.

As well as the state schools, there are about 500 ___schools in Britain.

At the university the students are called in the following way:

Children under five in Great Britain attend ___ schools.

Classes in the USA meet

Colleges offer courses ___ teacher training, courses in technology and some professions connected with medicine.

Elementary and secondary education together take ___ years to complete in the USA.

Every state school has its own governing body (a board of governors), consisting of ___.

Full courses of study offer the degree of ___ of Arts or Science.

In Great Britain together with the National Curriculum, a programme of Records of Achievements was introduced. This programme contains a system of new ___ for pupils at the ages of 7, 11, 13 and 16.

In addition to colleges and universities there is in the United States a large number of ___ schools, separate from Universities.

In most schools in the USA attendance is compulsory for all children ___

In the United States, a student who has finished high school, may want to continue in ___ education.

Many great men studied at Cambridge, among them ___.

No tuition is ___ in elementary and secondary schools, though there are sometimes fees for textbooks and student activities.

Nowadays the public schools are less obsessed by team-spirit and character-building, they are more concerned ___ examinations and universities, especially Oxford and Cambridge.

Nursery, infant and junior schools in Great Britain are known as ___schools.

Oxford and Cambridge ___.

Students in the USA must complete a certain number of courses in order to receive ___.

The Open University ___.

The Open University students ___.

The ___ is a great help to his students: he decides what lectures they must attend, recommends them books for reading, discusses and criticizes their written works and knows all about their discipline inside and outside the college.

The boys and girls who go to boarding schools learn to speak with upper-class ___.

The most common type of higher education in the USA is the ___. It requires for admission graduation from a standard secondary school; its four-year curriculum leads to the bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences.

The most famous universities are Oxford and Cambridge, called “___”.

The private schools in the USA ___.

The pupils who violate various school regulations may be punished in the following ways:

The school year in Britain is divided into ___ terms of about 13 weeks each.

The school year in Britain normally begins in early ___ and continues into the following July.

Universities accept students mainly on the basis of their ___, although they may interview them as well.

What makes American education at the secondary level so different from most other countries is that all such programmes, whether academic, technical, or practical, are generally taught under one ___.

___ the whole, the public school boys are sons of people who have a substantial social position, very good homes and the benefits of prosperity.

___ year in Britain’s universities is divided into three terms.

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Средства массовой информации: газета, радио, телевидение

Are they showing the game ___ or just recorded highlights?

At the moment there are five ‘terrestrial’ TV channels in Britain. If you pay extra, you can have a satellite dish and receive ___ TV.

Both in British and the US media there is a freedom of ___: journalists and pressmen can say what they like about anyone and anything: the army, the President, the Queen, private individuals, the police, provided they say nothing ‘libelous’ and ‘obscene’.

How long do the ___ last on British TV?

I usually switch off the television when the ___ come on.

If you don’t like that programme, you can always switch over to a different ___.

In Britain the tabloids have excellent coverage of scandal and sport; the ___ papers deal with everything else.

Many Sunday newspapers these days are just full of ___.

Mass media are

Match the words, connected with newspapers, with the correct definitions.

Match the words, connected with television, with the correct definitions.

She works for the BBC, which stands for British ___Corporation.

The British people are great readers of

The ___of this student magazine is a friend of ours.

The local newspaper’s ___ fell dramatically when the editor was sacked.

These days there are very few ___broadcasts on TV. They usually record them and show them much later.

This ___ in the Chronicle writes very well, doesn't she? I enjoy reading what she has to say every Saturday,

What programmes are showing ___ TV tonight?

‘When do you have to hand in that report?’ – ‘The ___ is 12th of May.’

Телефонная беседа. Заказ услуг по телефону

(on the phone)

A: My name is Paul Scott.

B: Right, Mr Scott. I'll put you ___.

(on the phone)

A: Oh good morning. Could I speak to Mrs Gordon, please?

B: Yes. Who's ___, please?

From your country, what's the ___ code for the United Kingdom?

Have you ever ___ a reverse charge call?

How much does it cost to make a ___ call?

How often do you have to pay your phone ___?

If you have someone's name and address, you can call ___ Enquiries to get their phone number.

If you make a reverse charge call, you must go through the ___.

If you phone another town or city, you need to know the ___ of this place.

In your country, what is the ___ number for the police, fire brigade or ambulance?

Susan left Ann a message on her ___. Her message is: Ann, this is Susan. I'm just returning your call. I'll give you a ring tomorrow.

What should you do when you make a call from a coin-box telephone?

What should you do when you make a call from an extension phone?

What should you do when you make a call?

When British people answer the phone at home they usually just say '___' and sometimes they also give their number. They do not give their name.

You try to phone your sister Susan but the line is ___. In other words, someone is already on the phone.

___ was the first who found a way to send the human voice through an electric wire.