Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense. Remember that some of them are irregular

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Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации

Южно-Уральский государственный университет

Кафедра английского языка

Ш143.21-9

В689

Волченкова К.Н., Бороненко Г.Ф., Батурина П.Н.

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК

Вводно-коррективный курс

Челябинск

Издательский центр ЮУрГУ

ББК Ш 143.21-923

В689

Одобрено

учебно-методической комиссией факультета лингвистики

Рецензенты:

Брюховская Л.Г., Федотова М.Г.

	В689Волченкова, К.Н. Английский язык: Вводно-коррективный курс для студентов приборостроительного факультета / К.Н. Волченкова, Г.Ф.Бороненко, П.Н. Батурина. – Челябинск: Издательский центр ЮУрГУ, 2010. – 92 с. Вводно-коррективный курс предназначается студентам 1 курса. Целью пособия является повторение базовых знаний английской грамматики и лексики, развитие умений устной речи и навыков чтения. Пособие состоит из серии уроков (модулей), организованных по тематическому признаку, каждый из которых представляет собой систему заданий, направленных на тренировку фонетических, грамматических и лексических навыков, а также ряд коммуникативных заданий на развитие навыков устной речи. Тематика текстов: учеба в университете, высшее образование в России и за рубежом, мой университет, моя специальность. К каждому тексту разработан ряд заданий, целью которых является совершенствование навыков и умений в изучающем, ознакомительном и просмотровом чтении. Также разработан ряд заданий нацеленных на развитие коммуникативных умений. Пособие содержит грамматические таблицы. Пособие предназначается для практической работы в аудитории под руководством преподавателя. ББК Ш 143.21-923

Contents

Lesson 1. Succeeding in University.…………………………………… 4

Lesson 2. Russian system of Higher Education.………………………. 18

Lesson 3. Higher Education in the UK……………………………….. 30

Lesson 4. Higher Education in the USA……………………………… 41

Lesson 5. Value of Higher Education………………………………… 52

Lesson 6. South Ural State University………………………………… 60

Lesson 7. My Future Specialty…………………………………………70

Grammar Tables.………………………………………………………. 80

References ………………………………………………………………92

Lesson 1. Succeeding in University

Task 1. Brainstorming activity

Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it

What should a student have in mind to succeed in university?

Task 2. Active Vocabulary

Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher

1. “major” subject – основной предмет

2. deadline, n – крайний срок

3. foreign student – студент-иностранец

4. good career foundation – хорошая основа для создания карьеры

5. requirement, n – требование

6. source for information – источник информации

7. term paper – курсовая работа

8. advisor, n – консультант

9. employment situation – ситуация на рынке труда

10. experienced student – студент старшекурсник

11. concentration, n – сосредоточенность

12. confidence, n – уверенность

13. natural talent – природный дар

14. self-discipline, n – самодисциплина

15. self-organization, n – самоорганизация

16. strong motivation – высокая мотивация

17. to communicate with, v – общаться с

18. to consider, v – рассматривать

19. to generate loyalty – лояльно относиться

20. to hand in, n – сдавать

21. to have personality problems – иметь личные проблемы

22. to pay attention to, v – обращать внимание на

23. to pay the fee – платить за обучение

24. to prepare for (examinations) – готовиться к экзаменам

25. to respect the Rules – уважать правила

26. to succeed in, v – преуспевать в чем-либо

27. tremendous, a – огромный

Task 3

Match the words to make job titles

University tutor

Personal teacher

Driving trainer

Volleyball instructor

Private lecturer

Primary school coach

Task 4

The following data shows how a group of British students responded to the question: “What are the most important factors for success in a university?”

natural talent 4%

concentration 5%

high IQ 9%

confidence 14%

being organized 17%

being disciplined 22%

motivation 29%

Do you agree with the results of the survey?

Use the following phrases to express your agreement or disagreement:

Agreement

Disagreement

I quite agree with the survey. Я вполне согласен с опросом. I agree with the survey in principle. В принципе я согласен с опросом. I agree with the survey in a sense. Я согласен с опросом в некотором смысле. I agree with the survey whole–heartedly. Я всей душой согласен с опросом.

I’m afraid I have to disagree with the survey. К сожалению, мне придется не согласиться с опросом. I couldn’t disagree more with it. Никак не могу согласиться с этим. With all respect, I disagree. При всем уважении к вам я не согласен. I disagree with the survey on every point. Я не согласен с опросом по всем пунктам.

Example:

I agree with the survey whole-heartedly. Motivation is the most important factor of success as it is very difficult to teach a student if he doesn’t want to study.

With all respect to the data of the survey I disagree. I think that to succeed in a university a student, first of all, must have natural talent and self-discipline.

Task 5

Look again at the factors enumerated in Task 2 and choose those you think you have:natural talent, concentration, high IQ, confidence, self-organization, self-discipline, strong motivation

Task 6

Can you give a clear answer to the question: “Why did I enter the university?”

Look at the typical answers the students usually give and agree or disagree with them

1. I entered the university because my parents want me to have a higher education.

2. To enter the university was my decision. I want to get a higher education to get a well-paid job.

3. Entering the university is a very good alternative to serving in the army.

4. I entered the university as I feel the inner desire to improve myself through study, to realize my talents and to enlarge my knowledge about the world I live in.

5. I entered the university, as I understand that nowadays it is impossible to make a career without higher education.

6. I entered the university because I want to become a scientist and devote my life to pure science.

7. I entered the university to acquire some practical skills that will help me to find my place in the world and to create something new in the sphere of my interests.

Grammar exercises

Exercise 1

Fill in the gaps with the forms of the verb «to be» in Simple Tenses

	Present Simple	Past Simple	Future Simple
Формы глагола to be	I We You He She It They	–– are –– is –– –– are	I We You He She It They	–– were –– –– –– was	I We You He She It They	shall be –– –– will be –– –– ––

Exercise 2

Fill in the gaps with the forms of the verb «to have»

	Present Simple	Past Simple	Future Simple
Формы глагола to have	I We You He She It They	–– have –– has –– –– ––	I We You He She It They	–– –– had –– –– –– ––	I We You He She It They	–– –– –– –– –– –– ––

Exercise 3

Insert the right form of the verb «to be»

1. She ____ a teacher.

2. Peter and Tom ____ absent today.

3. I ___ a primary school teacher.

4. The weather _____very cold yesterday.

5. I ____ an engineer in five years.

6. What film _____ on in the cinema today?

7. My brothers ____ drivers.

8. Our teacher ____ from Great Britain.

9. Ann ___ 18 years old two years ago.

10. Where ___ you last Monday?

11. She _____ a student if she studies hard at school.

Exercise 4

Insert the right form of the verb «to have»

1. He ____ enough confidence to enter the university.

2. My mother ____ a well–paid job.

3. We ____ two lectures every day.

4. They _____ a tutorial last Wednesday.

5. Most of my classmates _____ higher education in five years.

6. Our grandmother _____ a house in the country.

7. She _____ a car next year.

8. We _____ laboratory classes yesterday.

9. Pete ____ a diploma of a Specialist in Engineering.

10. They ____ a lot of work to do.

Exercise 5

Open the brackets and put the appropriate form of the verbs «to be» and «to have»

1. Ann (to have) three exams to pass last term.

2. Don’t pay attention to his rudeness he (to have) some personality problems and can’t hold himself together.

3. Peter (to have) enough confidence in his abilities to enter the university.

4. Who has told you the results of the entrance exams? – I (to have) some reliable sources of information.

5. Everybody (to have) his own personality traits and he must choose the course of study that corresponds his abilities.

6. I can’t communicate with her. She (to be) such an arrogant person.

7. We (to be) very good at studying foreign languages.

8. What (to be) your college major?

9. Ron (to be) an experienced student. It (to be) his third year of studying at the university.

10. The right choice of the college major (to be) a good career foundation.

Exercise 6

Put the words given below into the right order to make up a sentence

1. Natural, is, talent, the, of, factor, critical, success.

2. In, universities, higher, Western, all, the, is, free, not, education.

3. A, pays, foreign, about, student, for, higher, education, 25, dollars, thousand, every year.

4. Do, college, you, know, the rules, this, has?

5. Motivation, role, process, an important, plays, into, the educational.

6. A, teacher, among, good, loyalty, the students, generates.

7. She, the survey, does, agree, with, not.

Exercise 7

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense. Remember that some of them are irregular

Last year I _____ (to spend) my holidays in Great Britain. It ____ (to be) a wonderful time! I ____ (to meet) quite a number of new people and many of them ______ (to become) my friends. I ______ (to have) the opportunity to visit famous museums and art galleries such as British museum and National gallery. We ______ (to see) the glorious Buckingham Palace, _______ (to make) photos of the world–known Big Ben, _______ (to eat) fish and chips in an English pub, _______ (to listen) to the story of the Tour of London, _____ (to see) a film in one of London cinemas.

But England is famous not only for its historical places. It is a picturesque country. Our English friends _____ (to show) us another England – the England of parks, gardens and moors with wild ponies. This ____ (to be) the most exciting and unforgettable trip in my life. I ____ (to fall) in love with the country and since my coming back I dream to visit it again.

Exercise 8

Open the brackets and put the verbs into one of the Simple Tenses

1. Dick (to enter) Oxford university in 2003. Now he is a sophomore student.

2. After every three months of study we (hand in) our term papers.

3. Susan (not to know) what exams she has to pass this term.

4. A university lecturer in Western universities (to deliver) 3 or 4 lectures a week.

5. Usually people (to consider) the employment situation before choosing their future careers.

6. Leading universities (to do) everything possible to provide their students with all the necessary facilities.

7. Nick (not to like) to prepare for examinations.

8. I (to chose) my major next year. Now I am not ready to make a choice.

9. There is no free education in Western Europe but they (to have) a developed system of grants and loans.

10. Last year three students of the university were expelled because they (no to respect) the Rules.

Exercise 9

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