Тверь – сахарово

ТВЕРСКАЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ

Кафедра иностранных языков

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ РАЗРАБОТКИ

ПО РАЗВИТИЮ НАВЫКОВ УСТНОЙ РЕЧИ

НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ

ТВЕРЬ – САХАРОВО

Методические разработки подготовлены старшими преподавателями кафедры иностранных языков ТГСХА Е.Л. Круглой, А.Ю. Лапшиным, А.В. Стасюком.

Рецензент: к.ф.н., доцент кафедры общего и классического языкознания ТвГУ Максимова Е.П.

Утверждено на заседании кафедры. Протокол № 6 от 7.02. 2002г.

Рекомендовано к изданию методической комиссией экономического факультета ТГСХА.

В данных разработках представлены тексты по темам, предлагаемым для обсуждения на занятиях по развитию навыков устной речи на английском языке. К текстам прилагается список слов, необходимых для более полного понимания их содержания, а также послетекстовые задания.

Пособие помогает ближе познакомиться с географическим положением, историей и культурой Великобритании, США, Канады и других англоязычных стран, расширяет кругозор и позволяет вести беседы на различные темы.

Предназначено для студентов I-II курса.

MY FAMILY

1. Let me introduce myself. My name is … … ….

2. I am a first-year student of the Tver Agricultural Academy.

3. I left school and passed my entrance examinations several

months ago.

4. I entered the Tver Agricultural Academy.

5. In five years I will graduate from the Academy and become an …

6. Drawing is my hobby. I am just a beginner. I am fond of visiting

art exhibitions.

7. I usually spend my week-ends with my family out of town.

8. I have a family. My family is (not very) large.

9. It consists of five members: my mother, my father, my sister, my

brother and me.

10. So my parents have two more children besides me. I have a

younger brother and an elder sister.

11. My mother's name is … … …. She is a teacher (...).

12. She is a fine-looking woman of forty (...).

13. She is clever but a little unpractical.

14. My father's name is … … …. He is a worker (...).

15. He is a strong and hard-working man. He is fond of sport. He

likes to spend his week-ends playing tennis.

16. My younger brother is a schoolboy. He is … years old. His

hobby is …. He is a first-class footballer.

17. My elder sister is twenty-two (…) years old. She has a family of

her own.

18. Her husband's name is …. He is a surgeon by profession. They

have a child.

19. My grandparents are pensioners. But they are full of life and

energy.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is your name?

2. Where have you come from? When were you born?

3. What are you (by profession)? What do you do? What is your

occupation?

4. What is your mother's name? What is your father's name? What

is your brother's (sister's) name?

5. How old is your mother (father, sister, brother)?

6. What are your parents?

7. Are you married?

8. What is your hobby? What is your brother's (sister's) hobby?

9. Have you grandparents?

MOSCOW

Moscow was founded in 1147 by Prince Yuri Dolgoruki. His fa-ther was the famous Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Kiev. Prince Yuri built a fortress where the Moskva river and the Neglinnaya ri-ver meet. This became an important trading post and then the capital of the rapidly growing principality of Moscow. It was burnt down by the Tatars several times.

In 1712 Peter the First moved the capital to St. Petersburg, a strategic point on the Baltic Sea, but Moscow continued to be the most typical Russian city. It became the capital again after the Great October Revolution. On the initiative of V.I.Lenin, in 1918, new Government moved from Petrograd to the Kremlin and Moscow became the capital of the first socialist state.

Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world. Like Kiev and Rome it is situated on the seven hills. Moscow was built outward from its heart, the Kremlin, which was originally an island. The map of the city today looks like a wheel with broad spokes leading out to concentric avenues.

Moscow is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It has a dramatic past made real and magnificent by the Kremlin and other monuments. It is not only a seat of the government. There are such institutions as the Academy of Science, Moscow University and a number of Higher educational establishments here. There are the Bolshoi Theatre, the Moscow Art Theatre, the Kremlin Palace of Congresses and other well-known theatres in Moscow.

Moscow is also an important industrial and transport centre. It is one of the most important railway centres. Moscow Canal is of a great importance as Moscow is a significant port deep inside the country.

The most magnificent sights of Moscow are the Kremlin and Red Square. The symbol of the Kremlin is the Spassky Tower with its ruby star which shines from the tower at night. This is a very old tower. In fact it is over 500 years old. It was built in 1491 as the Frolovski Tower and about 400 years ago it was renamed the Spassky Tower. It is 71 metres high. The Spassky Tower is one of the twenty towers of the Moscow Kremlin. The brick wall around the Kremlin is two kilometres long.

The clock on the Tower is known to everybody as "Kremlyovskie Kuranty" (Kremlin Chimes) and was first mounted in 1851-52. The hour-hand is 2,97 metres long, the minute-hand - 3,28 metres.

Answer the following questions:

1. When was Moscow founded? By whom was it founded?

2. When did Moscow become the capital?

3. Why did Peter the Great move the capital to St. Petersburg?

4. What does the map of the city of Moscow look like?

5. What institutions is Moscow famous for?

6. What are the most magnificent sights in Moscow?

7. When was the Spassky Tower built?

8. How high is the Spassky Tower?