World matters

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by  Воронина Елена В., Дробышева Татьяна В., Кривенко Людмила А.

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Печатается по решению научно-методического совета ф-та РГФ
(протокол № 6 от 10 июня 2014 г.)

World Matters. Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку для
студентов естественно-научных факультетов. 2-е издание / Составители:
Е.В. Воронина, к.ф.н. Т.В. Дробышева, к.ф.н. Л.А. Кривенко. – Воронеж:
издательство «Истоки», 2014. – 126 с.

Настоящее учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено на кафедре
английского языка естественно-научных факультетов факультета РГФ
Воронежского государственного университета и предназначено для
студентов первого курса естественно-научных факультетов.
Целью пособия является развитие у студентов продуктивных и
рецептивных видов речевой деятельности в рамках социально-культурной
сферы общения: говорения, письма, чтения и аудирования. Тренируются
различные стратегии чтения (просмотровое, поисковое, детальное),
развиваются навыки диалогической и монологической речи.
Пособие рассчитано на 36 часов аудиторной и 36 часов
самостоятельной работы.
Пособие состоит из 9 разделов (Units), охватывающих основную
тематику общения в социально-культурной сфере: спорт, природа,
искусство, путешествия, жизнь в городе и сельской местности, обычаи и
традиции народов, проблемы глобализации, новые информационные
технологии, роль иностранного языка в жизни общества.
Каждый раздел содержит предтекстовые упражнения; аутентичные
письменные тексты и тексты для аудирования; послетекстовые
упражнения, направленные на проверку понимания; блок упражнений на
обсуждение информации, полученной из текстов; а также упражнения,
направленные на формирование и развитие навыков письменной речи. В
конце каждого раздела дан комплекс дополнительных упражнений
повышенной трудности для студентов, имеющих более высокий уровень
языковой подготовки.
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CONTENTS

UNIT reading listening speaking writing

1 a tale about country conversations, asking and a factfile about
vs. city way of life; a TV giving your city
an article about a programme directions
Rural and Urban
traditional English
Living
village

p. 5

2
articles about a telephone a role-play: project work:
animal invaders conversation choosing endangered animals
Wildlife
and whale hunting photos for a

website
p. 18

3 a brochure about a dialogue: project work:
London; a tour guide finding Power Point
a famous painter’s information presentation about
Arts
biography; about person of art

an article about a museums;
p. 31
famous recluse an interview

opinions about the
4 role of computers; conversations group a letter of
an article about discussion complaint
computers for the
The Age of
disabled;
Technology
a factfile about the

Internet
p. 42

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UNIT reading listening speaking writing

5 extracts from a sharing your a formal letter: a
travel book; a conversation traveling letter to a holiday
an interview with about ‘ethical experience; company;
Around the
a famous travel’ a game: travel booking a room
World
explorer around the world;

booking a holiday
p. 54

6 encyclopaedia a talk about
extracts; globalistion group discussion: a for and against
an article about process expressing opinion essay
Global Affairs
Microsoft;

an article about
p. 66
globalization

7 a magazine presentations a biography of a
article about by the Olympic group discussion: famous sports person
keeping fit; Committee expressing opinion
Sports
encyclopaedia

extracts about
p. 78
kinds of sport;
an article about
female football
fans

8 an article about a radio a dialogue about an informal letter
dying languages; interview the Russian
an article about language
Languages and
texting
Communication

p. 87

9 an article about conversations making suggestions project work:
festivals in festival about what to do at writing theses for an
Scotland; committee a festival; giving oral presentation
Customs and
celebration of meeting; April advice
Traditions
Christmas in Fool’s Day

different celebration
p.100
countries

Scripts p. 117

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Unit 1

Rural and Urban Living

In this module you will:

 Read about country vs. city way of life; a traditional English

village

 Talk about pros and cons of living in a city/village
 Test your knowledge of cities

 Listen to a TV program audio script

 Write a factfile about your city

 Learn how to ask and give directions

Useful vocabulary:

Nouns traffic, convenience, shopping mall, car park, multi-screen
cinema, entertainment complex, countryside, lane, depopulation,
town dweller, background, housing estate, rural area, facility,

transport link

Verbs to surround, to move to, to get to know

Adjectives exciting, ancient, huge, cold, wet, hot, dry, quiet, modern,
expensive, capital, provincial, famous for, urban, overcrowded,
multi-cultural, easy-going,
Phrases and public transport, tourist information center, slum conditions, pace
collocations of life, lack of smth, to provide access, remote area, traffic free

zone, to be curious about smth,

Linkers despite, conversely, however, for instance

Prepositions opposite, next to, on the left/right, at the top/bottom, on the corner
of

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1. Lead-in

1a Look at the photos and choose the names of the cities from the box
(There are some extra names).

Istanbul Venice Moscow Paris Krakow Sydney London
New York San Paulo Tokyo Singapore

1b Match the adjectives 1-10 with their opposites (a-j), choose two or three
words to describe each city in the photos. e.g. : London/Paris is …

1 exciting a hot 6 noisy f ugly
2 old, ancient b dry 7 beautiful g boring
3 huge c quiet 8 cheap h tiny
4 cold d modern 9 busy i provincial
5 wet e expensive 10 capital j peaceful

1c What do you know about San Paulo? Guess if the statements are true or
false.

1 San Paulo is huge and noisy. 4 It’s famous for soap operas.
2 The public transport is 5 It’s on the coast.
expensive. 6 The summers there are wet.
3 It’s situated in Argentina.
Look through “Ten Facts about San Paulo” and check if you were right.
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Ten Facts about
San Paulo
 It’s in the south
of Brazil.
 It’s a big city.
 It isn’t a capital
of Brazil.
(Brasilia is the
capital.)
 It’s 75 kilometres
from the sea.
 In summer, the
weather is hot
and wet.
 It’s famous for
coffee!
 The restaurants
are good.
 It isn’t a quiet
city.

 San Paulo and Corinthians are football clubs in the city. They’re famous in South
America.
 In fact, it’s very noisy. The buses aren’t expensive.

2. Listening

2a Listen to two conversations and answer the questions. Track 01.

1 Are the conversations between: 2 The situation is:
a) two students? a) on the phone.
b) two teachers? b) in a class.
c) a teacher and a student? c) in a café.

2b Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words and phrases.
1 B: Well, it’s a beautiful city. It’s in the
A: Good morning. Come in. What’s your south of Poland. 2) ________ –
name? that’s Warsaw.
B: Pavel. A: Is it a big city?
A: OK, Pavel.1)_______ . Where are you B: No, it isn’t. 3) ________ .
from? A: Anything else?
B: From Krakow, in Poland. B: It’s cold in winter. er … for you,
A: Oh, OK. Tell me something about 4) ________ !
Krakow. A: OK, good, Pavel. We’re on … …
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2 B: Oh, OK. It’s a big city, very beautiful,
A: Hello! Come in. Are you Ayla? but very noisy! The mosques are very
B: 5) ________ . famous.
A: OK. Where are you from, Ayla? A: I see. 7) ________ ?
B: Istanbul, in Turkey. B: It’s hot in the summer and it’s wet in
A: 6) ________ ? winter, 8) ________ .
B: Sorry? A: Are the restaurants good?
A: Tell me something about Istanbul. B: Yes, they are, very good!

2c Practise the conversations in Ex. 2.a/b and make similar conversations
with your partner.

2d Listen to a TV programme I love my city and match the people with
the cities. Track 02.

1 Yukako a) Cape Town
2 Pablo b) Chicago
3 Stefan c) Kyoto
4 Peter d) Lima
2e Listen again and decide if the information below is true (T), false (F)
or not mentioned (NM).

1 There is a lot of traffic in Kyoto. 3 The speaker loves the museums in
2 Lima is famous for its port. Chicago.
4 There is a beautiful fountain in Cape
Town.

2f Listen and complete the table. Track 03.

City, Country Population International telephone codes
1
2
3
4

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3. Language skills
Places in the city
3a Write seven places in a city. Combine the words from the boxes 1-2. You
can use the words in the box on the right more than once
1. 2.

3b Match the places in the box with the symbols below.

3c What are the places in the pictures? What objects/facilities can you
name?

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