Dialogue 4. A: What is your hobby, Helen?

Dialogue 3

Dialogue 2

Dialogue 1

A: What is your hobby, Helen?

B: I collect hand-made dolls, I always buy them in the country and abroad.

A: It is very interesting! Have you got a Lot of in your collection?

B: There are almost one hundred of them.

A: Quite a number I should say! I wonder whether you manage to show them all.

B: I can’t say with certainty, but showing is not essential. It’s the process of collecting itself that interests me.

A: Where do you keep them all?

B: Oh, I have some special curios. And not so long ago there was an exhibition in the Art Gallery. It lasted 2 months.

A: Really? It sounds exciting! It must be interesting pastime! Why don’t have a look at it just now?

A: What is your favourite pastime, Boris?

B: Fishing. I enjoy fishing very much.

A: Do you often go fishing?

B: Well, yes. I make it a point of spending a few hours by the river every weekend.

A: Do you usually catch much?

B: Well, it depends. Last Sunday, for instate, I caught so many fish that my wife cooked a fish dish for the whole family.

A: What are the most common hobbies of Englishmen?

B: Well, it isn’t an easy question. Many British like sports and games, others, gardening or collecting different things. I, for one, enjoy carpentry, just making shelves, boxes, stools and so on.

A: Your hobby seems to be both interesting and useful for the house. Your wife must like your pastime, eh?

B: Oh yes. When I come home after work she’s ready to give some “orders” to repair this or that.

A: What do you usually do after work, Susan?

B: Oh, a lot of things. There’s always a lot of work to do about the house, washing up, doing the rooms, mending clothes.

A: No, I don’t mean that. What’s your favourite pastime?

B: Again–nothing very special. Sometimes I read a little, watch TV or listen in. When Jane calls, we go to the cinema, very seldom, though, to the theatre.

A: I see. What about dancing? Do you like it?

B: Oh, very. Actually I’m crazy about dancing. Do you mean to say we’ll go to a dance?

A: Yes, I’d like to. There’s a very good band at the College Club.

Exercise10. Translate the dialogue from Russian into English.

A: Я недавно встретила знакомую, которую не видела сто лет и она пригласила меня к себе в гости посмотреть ее коллекцию.

B: Ну и что интересного ты увидела у нее?

A: Ты даже не можешь себе представить, я такой необычной коллекции никогда не видела.

B: Да что ты?! Экзотические маски или клыки диких животных?

A: Проще, но более впечатляюще!

B: Ну и что же это?

A: Это коллекция сувенирной обуви!

B: А что это такое? Туфли для кукол?

A: Ну не совсем. Дело в том, что она собирает этническую сувенирную обувь из разных стран мира – туфли, ботинки, сандалии и даже комнатные туфли.

B: Где же она всё это хранит?

A: У нее есть шкаф-витрина со стеклом и там они стоят на разных полочках, очень красивые. Некоторые смешные, но все настоящие.

B: Что, 36 размера?

A: Нет, что ты. Это же сувенирные туфельки, они же крошечные по 4-5 см.

B: А почему ты говоришь, что они настоящие?

A: Да потому, что её друзья – иностранцы привозят ей их в подарок из своих стран, где они живут, т.е. это их национальная обувь, только сувенирная.

B: А из каких стран эти сувениры?

A: О, даже трудно перечислить все, дай-ка вспомню! Ну из Голландии, США, Китая, Японии, Греции, Турции, России, Италии. Это только то, что я помню.

B: О, слушай, как интересно! Вот бы посмотреть!

A: Она сказала, что скоро будет TV-репортаж. Будем ждать!

B: Если узнаешь когда этот репортаж, сразу мне сообщи, пожалуйста.

A: Конечно, с удовольствием! Ей будет приятно, что у ее коллекции еще один фанат появился!

Exercise11. Make up your own dialogues with the following proverbs and expressions.

· The best man finds the most leisure.

· So many people, so many hobbies.

· mass entertainment	· to collect smth.
· spectator sports	· an art object
· to be housed in…	· to have valuable collection
· to play many sports that are unknown except Britain	· to be fond of doing smth.
· to have no real value
· to be a hobby paint	· leisure industry
· a private collection	· to be crazy about…

UNIT 14

Science

Proverbs and sayings

Live and learn	Век живи, век учись.
It’s never too late to learn.	Учиться никогда не поздно
Knowledge is power	Знание – сила
To know everything is to know nothing	Знать всё – значит, ничего не знать
Money spend on the brain is never spent in the vain	Деньги, потраченные на образование, всегда окупаются

TEXT

Science [13]

Science is important to most people living in the modern world for a number of reasons. In particular, science is important for world peace and understanding, to the understanding of technology, and to our understanding of the world.

Science is important to world peace in many ways. On one hand, scientists have helped to develop many of the modern tools of war. On the other hand, they have also helped to keep the peace through research which has improved life for people. Scientists have helped us understand the problem of supplying the world with enough energy; they have begun to develop a number of solutions to the energy problem – for example, using energy from the sun and from the atom. Scientists have also analyzed the world's resources. We can begin to learn to share the resources with the knowledge provided to us by science. Science studies the Universe and how to use its possibilities for the benefit of men.

Science is also important for everyone who is affected by modern technology. Many of the things that make our lives easier and better are results of advances in technology and, if the present patterns continue, technology will affect us even more in the future than it does now. In some cases, such as technology for taking salt out of ocean water, technology may be essential for our lives on Earth.

The study of science also provides people with an understanding of natural worlds. Scientists are learning to predict earthquakes, are continuing to study many other natural events such as storms. Scientists are also studying various aspects of human biology and the origin and development of the human race. The study of the natural world may help improve life for many people all over the world.

A basic knowledge of science is essential for everyone. It helps people find their way in the changing world.

In recent years, scientific and technological developments have drastically changed life on the planet as well as our views both of ourselves as individuals in society and of the Universe as a whole.

Today, science and technology are closely related. Many modern technologies such as nuclear power and space flights depend on science and the application of scientific knowledge and principles. Each advance in pure science creates new opportunities for the development of new ways of making things to be used in daily life.

Satellite dishes and navigation, computerization, excimer lasers used for eye and plastic surgery, weather satellites and cancer investigation causes into space have become the reality of everybody’s life, without being surprised at nobody.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

to be important for world peace and understanding	иметь большое значение для достижения мира и понимания
to develop the modern tools of war	создать современное оружие
to keep the peace	сохранять мир
toimprove life	улучшать жизнь
the problem of supplying the world with enough energy	проблема обеспечения мира энергией
to develop a number of solutions to the energy problem	разработать ряд решений энергетической проблемы
to analyze the world’s resources	анализировать мировые ресурсы
to share the resources	сообща пользоваться ресурсами
knowledge provided to someone by science	знания, предоставляемые кому-либо наукой
the Universe	Вселенная
to use possibilities for the benefit of men	использовать возможности на благо человека
to be affected by modern technology	быть связанным с современной техникой
a result of advances in technology	результат технически достижений
to be essential for one’s life	иметь огромное значение для чьей-то жизни
to provide people with an understanding of	давать людям понимание чего-либо
to predict earthquakes	предсказывать землетрясения
to study various aspects of human biology	изучать различные аспекты биологии человека
the origin and development of the human race	происхождение и развитие человеческого рода
a basic knowledge of science	элементарное знание науки
to find one’s way in the changing world	ориентироваться в меняющемся мире
scientific and technological developments	научно-технический процесс
drastically changed life	резко изменить жизнь
to be closely related	быть тесно связанным
application of scientific knowledge	применение научных знаний
an advance in pure science	прогресс в чистой науке
satellite dish	спутниковая тарелка
excimer laser eye surgery	лазерная глазная хирургия
cancer investigation causes	исследование причин рака
weather satellites	метеорологический спутник

Answer the questions.

1. Why is science so important for the majority of the people living in the modern world?

2. For what is it necessary to study the natural world?

3. What helps people to find the way in the changing world?

4. How does science help keep peace in the world?

5. How does science help solve the energy program?

6. What proves that the study of science is important for understanding of the natural world?

7. What creates new opportunities for the development of modern technologies?

8. What kind of highly-technological equipment do you use or do you have at home?

9. What modern hi-tech devices would you like to obtain?

Exercise 1. Choose the necessary words from the box and put them in the sentences below:

satellite, natural world, eximer is important, earthquakes, to share, to use, world’s resources, to everyone, is essential, drastically  

1. Science... to most people living in the modern world for a number of reasons.

2. Scientists study the Universe and how … its possibilities for the benefit of men.

3. Scientist is also important … who is affected by modern technology.

4. Scientists are learning to predict…, to study many other natural events such as storms.

5. Basic knowledge of science … for everyone.

6. Scientists have also analyzed the world's....

7. Studying of the … may help to improve life for many people all over the world.

8. What have … changed life on the planet?

9. Why is … navigator necessary nowadays?

10. We began … the resources had got from the nature.

Exercise 2. Are the following sentences true or false? Give your arguments.

1. Science is important to most people living in the modern world for a number of reasons.

2. Scientists can’t to predict earthquakes.

3. Science is an integral part of the person's life.

4. Science cannot give answers to plenty of questions yet.

5. There are a lot of talented scientists in Skolkovo Scientific Centere.

Exercise 3. Translate the following sentences. Put special questions to them.

1. The largest Electron-Positron Collider has been designed in Switzerland this year.

2. Scientists have improved the life for people.

3. Scientists are studying various aspects of human biology.

4. A basic knowledge of science is essential for everyone.

5. Sakhalin Energy LNG plant is one of the highly equipped construction in the Russian Far East.

6. The science has helped to develop the modern tools of war.

Exercise 4. Mach the words and phrases:

1. to develop the modern tools of war	a. изучать различные аспекты биологии человека
2. to improve life	b. прогресс в чистой науке
3. to share the resources	c. генная инженерия
4. to be affected by modern technology	d. быть связанным с современной техникой
5. to study various aspects of human biology	e. развивать современные виды вооружения
6. a result of advances in technology	f. эксимер-лазерная хирургия
7. a basic knowledge of science	g. исследование причин рака
8. cancer investigation causes	h. улучшать жизнь
9. an advance in pure science	i. сообща пользоваться ресурсами
10. excimer laser surgery	j. элементарное знание науки
11. gene engineering	k. результат технических достижений

Exercise 5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Наука – неотъемлемая часть человеческой жизни.

2. В 20 веке произошло множество научных открытий.

3. На рубеже 20 и 21 века ученые расшифровали генетический код человека.

4. Самый большой электронно-позитронный коллайдер был создан в Швейцарии.

5. В России немало талантливых ученых.

6. Научная деятельность показывает уровень образованности населения.

7. Чтобы стать хорошим специалистом, нужно усердно учиться.

8. Современный мир только прогрессирует.

9. С помощью современных технологий мы хотим улучшить жизнь человека.

10. Нередко новые технологические изобретения вредят окружающей среде.

11. Завод по сжижению газа на Дальнем Востоке России, который принадлежит компании “Sakhalin Energy”, - одно из современных достижений науки.

Exercise 6. Discuss the following problems in the group.

1. Fukushima nuclear power station disaster consequence. Why so? How long?

2. Gene engineering advantages and disadvantages. Is it dangerous?

Exercise 7. Speak on the topic “Science”.

Exercise 8. Learn the following words and word combinations and use them in your dialogues.

to study at the university	учиться в университете
to be eager to resume one’s studies	очень хотеть продолжения занятий
to fit a solar panel	устанавливать солнечную панель
to use the heat of the sun	использовать солнечное тепло
little trails	слабые следы
space junk	Космический мусор
to keep tabs	Вести учет
to whizz [wiz]	проноситься с шумом, рассекать воздух
to jog on a circular track	бежать трусцой по беговой дорожке
slightly faster runner	чуть более быстрый бегун
to wander [ˊwɔndə]	бродить
kind of like	как будто, похоже на то…
torturous [ˊtɔ:tjuəs]	уклончивый, неясный
blotches	пятнышки
to figure out	выяснять, высчитывать

Exercise 9. Read, translate and dramatize the dialogues.

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