Английский язык: самоучитель

A weekend with the Wheeler family

Mark and Sylvie Wheeler live in a big house in California. They have got four children. At the weekend they do a lot of things around the house. They garden quite a bit. They play basketball on the basketball court.

Their son Christopher is fourteen. At the weekends he goes out a lot with his friends, on Friday or Saturday nights. Sometimes he goes to the cinema or just to other people’s houses and watches videos.

There are just two seasons there: winter and summer. Because autumn, winter and spring are very much the same.

But summer is different. In summer on Saturday afternoon they crank up the barbecue. And that is their meal. They like it. They never miss it. In summer it gets very hot and sometimes they just want to be outside, not inside.

Summertime activities are usually involved around the children’s sports. Their youngest son plays Little League – that is baseball. There are a lot of little boys who take the game very seriously. They are all dressed up in their uniforms.

A. Retell the text.

Перескажите текст.

B. Ask five questions about the text.

Задайте пять вопросов к тексту.

C. Complete the sentences.

Дополните предложения.

At the weekend the Wheeler family like ...

Christopher enjoys ...

There are just two seasons because ...

On Saturday afternoon they ...

Their youngest son ...

ASSIGNMENT 1 LESSON 1

PART 1

Find an extra word in each line.The first is done for you.

Найдите одно лишнее слово в каждой строке. Первая строка дана как пример.

PART 2

Ask Questions.

Задайте общие вопросы.

PART 3

Find one mistake in each sentence.

Найдите ошибку в каждом предложении.

PART 4

Translate the sentences.

Переведите предложения.

LESSON 2. Doing new things

LEAD-IN

1. Answer the questions about yourself.

Напишите ответы на вопросы о себе.

1. Where did you study?

2. Why are you learning English?

3. What foreign languages can you speak?

4. Can you drive a car?

5. How did you get your job?

6. What do you do at your workplace?

7. Will you do the same in ten years?

8. Would you like to change your life? How?

9. Which are the most important things in your life?

10. Where would you like to travel? Why?

2. Match the sentences to their translations.

Найдите соответствующий перевод.

3. Complete the Questions.

Дополните вопросы.

1. Did they wear ........................................................................?

2. Do they usually spend ...............................................................?

3. Will they miss ........................................................................?

4. Is the man ..............................................................................?

5. Was the concert .....................................................................?

6. Does she change ...............................................................?

7. Would you like to .....................................................................?

8. Am I ..............................................................................?

9. Were they ...........................................................................?

10. Are the children ..................................................................?

FOCUS ON VOCABULARY Активный словарь

Nouns

1. knowledge – знания (всегда в ед.ч.)

much knowledge

2. pasta – макароны

Italian pasta

3. term – срок, четверть/семестр

school term

4. campus – кампус, территория школы/унивеситета

school campus

5. goal – цель, задача

the goal of my life

6. part – часть

this part of the book

7. project – проект, проектная работа

an important project

8. skill – умение, мастерство

to get new skills

9. textbook – учебник

10. adult – взрослый

11. tyre – шина

Adjectives

1. free – свободный, бесплатный

2. different – отличный (from – от), различный

It is different from what we wanted.

3. difficult – сложный, трудный

It was very difficult to learn.

4. real – настоящий, реальный

5. specific – особенный, специфический

6. vocational – профессиональный

vocational training – профессиональное обучение

7. practical – практический

practical classes – практические занятия

Verbs

1. to fly-flew – летать

2. to change – менять, изменять

2. to join – вступить в, присоединиться к

He joined the army.

3. to include – включать в себя

It includes three parts.

4. to train – учить, обучать

5. to balance – балансировать

6. to dream-dreamt – мечтать, видеть сны

I am dreaming about a new job.

7. to fix – ремонтировать, чинить

I want to fix cars.