Цыбина Е.А., Нудько В.А. Английский язык

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Федеральное агентство по образованию

Государственное образовательное учреждение

высшего профессионального образования

Ульяновский государственный технический университет

Е. А. Цыбина, В. А. Нудько

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК

УЧЕБНОЕ ПОСОБИЕ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТИ

«ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ И ПРИКЛАДНАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА»

Ульяновск

2007

УДК 802.0

ББК 81.2 Англ.

Ц93

Рецензенты:

Т. А. Полуянова, кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры

иностранных языков второй специальности факультета иностранных

языков УлГПУ им. И. Н. Ульянова;

В. А. Ятманов, кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры

гуманитарных, математических и естественно-научных дисциплин АНО

УлВУ.

Утверждено редакционно-издательским советом университета в качестве

учебного

пособия.

Цыбина, Е. А.

Английский язык : учебное пособие для студентов специальности

«Теоретическая и прикладная лингвистика» / Е. А. Цыбина, В. А. Нудь-

ко. – Ульяновск : УлГТУ, 2007. – 127 с.

ISBN 978-5-9795-0051-5

В пособии представлен материал, направленный на формирование навыков

говорения, письма, чтения, а также на совершенствование грамматических навыков и

умений.

Используемые материалы могут иметь широкое применение при подготовке

студентов по специальностям «Лингвистика», «Теоретическая и прикладная

лингвистика», «Учитель иностранного языка», «Методика преподавания иностранных

языков».

УДК 802.0

ББК 81.2 Англ.

ISBN 978-5-9795-0051-5 © Оформление. УлГТУ, 2007

PART 1. TV OR NOT TV?

1. Match an adjective (1–9) with

a noun (a–i).

1 Appalling a science fiction film

2 Charming b documentary

3 fantastic

c sitcom

funny d horror film

5 gripping e quis show

6 independent f love story

7 romantic g thriller

8 spectacular h musical

9 popular i action film

2. What kinds of films do you usually watch on TV?

NOTE

Using a television/telly/TV

You can turn it up (= increase the volume; opp turn it down) and turn over

(= char to a different channel; e.g. from 1 to 3). You can use switch on, switch

off, or switch o* in place of turn. (NOT switch it up/down)

Types of programme

Soap opera: a programme often on two or three times a week, which follows

the lives of a group/community of people. The stories are often exciting, dramatic

and hard to believe. Quiz show or Game show: individuals or teams (called

contestants) answer questions or play different games against each other. The

winner gets a prize, e.g. money or a holiday. Chat show: a programme where a

presenter talks to famous people about their lives. Documentary: a film with

factual information, often about a problem in society. Series: a number of

programmes about the same situation or the same characters in different

situations. This may be a comedy series (= programmes that try to be funny), or

drama series. (= programmes with interesting characters and exciting situations)

Current affairs: programmes about a social or political problem. Current means

happening ‘now/at the present time’.

TV in Great Britain

At the moment there are five ‘terrestrial’ channels (or stations) on TV (BBC

1, BBC 2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5). If you pay extra, you can have a

satellite dish and receive satellite TV; or pay to have cable TV (TV sent through

wire cables underground). There are many channels available.

Talking TV

What’s on TV tonight? (= what programmes are shown on TV tonight?) Is

there anything on TV tonight? What time’s the film on? (= what time is the film

shown?) I quite like television commercials. (= the advertisements between

programmes) Are they showing the game live (= as it happens) or just recorded

highlights? (= parts of the game after it has been played, e.g. later in the

day/evening) ‘Friends’ is on tonight, but it’s a repeat (= the programme has been

on TV before). I’ve seen it. What’s your favourite programme? (= the

programme you like most/best)

***

You are watching TV with a friend. What could you say in each of the situations

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low?

You want to watch a programme on TV.

...Could you turn the TV on?

You can’t hear the programme very well. Could you................... ?

You want to watch a different programme. Could you.................... ?

Now it’s too loud for you.

Could you ............................. ?

You don’t want to watch any more.

Could you.............................. ?

Complete these dialogues in a suitable way.

What’s

..............

TV tonight?

B: Oh, the usual soap

.......................

and stuff like that.

A: Did you see the game live?

B: No, they just showed the recorded

...............

A: Ally McBeal is

...........

tonight.

B: Yes, it’s a good programme, but I’ve seen it before: it’s a

.....

Answer these questions about TV in your own country.

How many channels approximately can you watch?

Do you watch a lot of satellite TV and/or cable TV?

In total, how much TV do you watch every week?

What are your favourite programmes on TV at the moment? When are they on?

Do you enjoy watching the commercials?

6. Look at the words in the box which describe different kinds of television

programmes.

children’s programmes documentaries drama series quiz shows soap

operas wildlife programmes news sports programmes chat shows

films current affairs

Think about the following questions.

a) What range of programmes would appeal to a wide audience? What kind of

programmes are suitable for different times of day?

b) Should TV be educational as well as entertaining?

c) Do TV planners have a moral obligation to educate?

d) Should sex and violence be censored, or at least restricted to certain times?

7. Write a review describing a film, play, TV programme, etc. that you’ve seen

recently, or a book that you’ve read (it could be the one you discussed earlier).

Organise your review something like this:

I) Introduction (include factual information: title, writer, director, actors);

II) The plot, setting, characters;

III) Your feelings and thoughts (e.g. about the acting, story);

IV) Conclusion (recommendation).

8. Match each title with the most appropriate kind of film.

1 Last Days of the Black Rock Gang;

2 Bridge over the Seine;

3 John loves Mary loves Tom loves Judy;

4 Born to be a Star;

5 Light Years from Yesterday;

6 The Blood of the Innocents in White;

7 The London to Glasgow Express;

8 Avalanche;

9 Goldilocks at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic;

10 Wildlife and the West;

11 Bonaparte and Alexander;

12 Casablanca to Cape Town in 20 days;

13 Life begins at Midnight in Amsterdam.

a cartoon

a western

a science fiction movie

a disaster movie

a travelogue

a documentary

a war film

a (Hollywood) musical

a horror film

a blue movie

a thriller

a historical film

a romantic comedy

9. In what situation might you say the following? Match each question with one of the

situations on the right.

1 What’s on?

2 Who’s in it?

3 What’s it about?

4 Where’s it on?

5 What time does it start?

6 Where shall we sit?

7 Where’s the bar?

8 What did you think of it?

You. You want to know whether the actors are any good.

You can’t see a free seat anywhere.

You need to know what time to get to the cinema.

You’re thirsty.

You’re leaving the cinema with a friend.

There are three cinemas in town and you don’t know which is showing the film you

want to see.

You haven’t a clue what to go and see.

It might be a horror film and you wouldn’t enjoy that.

10. Here are some of the categories for the annual Academy Award Winners. Each

winner gets an Oscar. Look back over the past few years – not just this year – and note

down who you would give your awards to for as many as you can of the categories

below. If you don’t know the name of the person involved, then just give the name of

the film. If you are working in a group, compare and discuss your notes with a partner.

Best film

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay (script)

Best Screen Adaptation

Best Cinematic Photography

Best Editing

Best Special Effects

Best Original Score (music)

Best Costumes / Wardrobe

Best Title Sequences / Credits

Best Short (film)

Special Award for Services to the Cinema Industry, the motion picture business, the

dream factory, the movie world

11. Look through the TV schedule and:

1. Find and read aloud:

a. political programmes and news

b. sports programmes

c. music programmes

d. soap operas

2. Say which programmes have more time given to them than others.

3. Which programmes are on at prime time (the best time)? Why do you think these

programmes are on then?

12. Fill in the table. Think of the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV.

Give your opinion. Use the following words and expressions:

1 to rest, to relax, to receive information, to watch operas, ballets and performances,

sitting at home, to listen to famous people, to study foreign languages, to take part in

shows and win prizes (money, cars…), to buy things for the comfort of your home, to

travel round the world without wasting money, TV is a good friend for disabled and

lonely people…

2 to become lazy, to have no time to speak to or see friends and relatives, to gain

weight, to damage one’s eyes, to sleep badly, too much radiation in the room, to be

too lazy to go to the theatre and cinema, to have no time to do one’s homework and to

help one’s pare3nts around the house, to be too lazy to read books, to watch films for

grown-ups…

TV advantages TV disadvantages

I relax when I watch soap operas. I spend too much time watching TV.

… …

13. Say whether or not you like adverts on TV. Why do you like or dislike them?

PART 2. GAMBLING

1. The man lost his money gambling in a casino. Read his revelation.

‘The first time I gambled, I just stayed for an hour. I didn’t get addicted until the

next day. I can’t honestly say, from that day on, I was in the casino at two o’clock

every afternoon, seven days a week, for the next five years, except when I was

penniless. It was a complete obsession’

a) What other forms of gambling are there?

b) Why do you think people start gambling?

c) What kind of people do you think gamblers are (e.g. age, sex, background)?

d) What kind of help or advice would you give them if they wanted to stop

gambling?

2. The text you are going to read is about a teenager who became addicted gambling.

Write any questions that you would like to ask him.

Read ‘Julian’s story’ below, and see if your questions were answered.

A quarter of people who seek the help of Gamblers Anonymous are children

addicted to fruit machines. Julian started playing fruit machines five years ago when

he was 18. Since then he has spent more than £20,000 – money ha has earned,

borrowed or stolen – on what quickly grew into a frightening addiction. ‘I was in a

bowling alley with friends one day. One of them was playing the electric fruit

machines and he kept pestering me to have a go. First I thought it was a waste of

money, but somehow I couldn’t keep away. At the beginning I used to spend all my

paper-round money on the machines, but then I started selling everything I owned –

even my records and tapes. I took money from my parents and sold their things, too. I

always told myself it wasn’t really stealing, that I was just borrowing and would pay

them back.’

‘By the time I was 15 I was already spending more than £30 a week on

machines. They were my whole life. I used to skive off school every day and play the

machine in the local café. I was in a world of my own where nothing else mattered.’

‘Winning wasn’t even important; I always knew I was going to lose. There was just

something about the machines. They became my friends; friends I didn’t owe

anything to and who never and who never got annoyed with me. Whatever mood I

was in it made it made no difference to them, we got on fine. I’d go into the arcade

feeling tense and excited, but as soon as I started playing I came totally relaxed.’

‘Sometimes I’d spend £20 on a taxi to get to one of my favourite machines. – the

bigger and more complicated the better – and I would spend a solid eight or nine

hours playing. When I ran out of money I felt completely shattered and was

desperate to get more to carry on.’

‘The crunch came the Christmas before I left school when I was 16. Ii was so

frantic to get some money I stole my parents’ antiques and sold them. When they

found out, they made me show them each shop where I had sold the antiques and they

bought them again back. I left home after that, rented a room and found a job in an

insurance company. After I’d paid for food and rent I spent every penny I earned on

machines – at first it was £350 a month, then it went up to £700 a month.’

Julian is one of the lucky ones. He hasn’t played for five months now and is

determined to keep it that way. ‘I had just split up with my girlfriend and was feeling

very upset. Quit suddenly I realised how much pain I’d put other people through – it

made me feel so bad I wanted to die. It was incredibly difficult but I stopped playing

completely. I didn’t get any help – I did it on my own. Now I’ll have to live with all

the damage I’ve caused and try to rebuild things. I’m tempted all the time but I now if

I go back it’ll destroy me.’ ‘If you haven’t been trough it you can’t understand what it

feels like. It starts off as a bit of fun, but it’s like a silent drug that eats you up from

inside.’

3. Read the text again and find out:

a) how old he was when he started gambling.

b) why he began gambling.

c) where he gambled his money on.

d) where he got the money from.

e) why he liked it.

f) why he gave up.

g) how he stopped.

h) if he misses it

4. What is the significance of these numbers in the story? Give as much information

as you can.

a) 13

b) £20,000

c) 5 years

d) £30

e) £20

f) 16

g) £700

h) 5 months

5. Read the text again. Guess the meaning of the words and expressions in italics.

a) pestering me to have a go (paragraph 3)

b) a waste of money (paragraph 3)

c) paper-round (paragraph 3)

d) skive off school (paragraph 4)

e) a solid eight or nine hours (paragraph 6)

f) the crunch (paragraph 7)

g) so frantic to get some money (paragraph 7)

h) split up with (paragraph 8)

i) put other people through (paragraph 8)

6. Interview each other.

a) Work in groups.

GROUP (S) A

You are a television interviewer. Think of questions to ask Julian, using the cues

below.

Think of other questions to ask him about his family life.

1 When / start / play / fruit / machines?

2 How much / spend?

3 How / get money?

4 How long ago / stop / play?

5 How / feel / while / play?

6 Why / leave home?

7 Why / give up?

8 How long ago / give up?

GROUP (S) В

You are Julian. Read the text again carefully so that you will be able to answer the

details about your life. Discuss what kind of family life you had (use your

imagination!) and be prepared to answer questions about it.

b) Work in pairs to conduct the interview. There should be one member of Group A

and one of Group В in each pair.

7. Which preposition do you need to complete the following sentences?

a) I am addicted _____ chocolate.

b) They are obsessed _____ money.

c) He is dependent _____ alcohol.

8. Find terms, connected with card games.

She never liked card games, but we did finally graduate from snap to whist, to

canasta, to bridge. We stopped short of poker; poker came later.

ace of spades king of hearts queen of clubs jack (knave) of diamonds

‘You shuffle the cards, she can cut them, and I’ll deal them. Perhaps I can deal

myself a good hand. It’s about time I won some tricks.’

9. Underline two of the following which are not card games.

poker pontoon chess roulette baccarat snap draughts

10. Choose a word from the box to fit each of the definitions below. They all refer to

gambling.

a) The money you get when you win in gambling. ________

b) The largest amount of money to be won at cards. ________

c) Money that can be won or lost. ________

d) The person who gives out the cards. ________

e) A piece off metal, card or plastic used instead of money. ________

stake jackpot token dealer winnings