Intonation Drills
20. Read after the teacher.
'Robert 'Rolley 'rolled a 'round 'roll round.
A 'round 'roll 'round 'Robert 'Rolley rolled.
If 'Robert 'Rolley 'rolled a 'round 'roll round,
Where’s the Lround Lroll round 'Robert 'Rolley rolled?
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21. a) Listen to an interview and fill in the chart below.
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Occupation
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Details of occupation
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Present activity
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b) Listen to the recording again and find the English and Russian for
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строительный подрядчик
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сметный отдел
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a civil engineer
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высчитать, просчитать
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consultant engineer
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строительная площадка
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плотина
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to be involved in
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c) Answer the teacher’s questions.
22. Ask and answer as in the model:
Model: St-1 – What do you do?
St-2 – I’m a designer. I decorate people’s houses and give
them ideas for the furniture and the lighting.
St-1 – And what are you doing at the moment?
St-2 – I’m designing the reception at the Hilton Hotel.
a Certified Public Accountant (a CPA)
a member of the European Parliament
an official of the Chamber of Commerce
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a Vice-President / a textile company
a consultant engineer / Shell
a sanitary engineer / a construction firm
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23. a) Read about Joe’s job interview.
Joe applied for a job as junior clerk working for Frazier Products Limited. He got his job after an interview. The interviewer told him a lot of promising things about the company and his future job:
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exports abroad
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has branches in America
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expanding company
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founded in 1960
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employs 1,600 people
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introduced computers in 1983
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pay rise after six months
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prospects of promotion
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subsidized canteen
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friendly staff
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sports facilities – tennis, football, swimming
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b) Act out the parts of Joe and the interviewer.
J. – When was the company founded?
I. – It was founded in 1960. ...
c) What did Joe tell his wife about the company and his future job when he got home? (Give his actual words.)
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After six months in the company Joe was very disappointed. Everything that the interviewer had said was wrong. Joe decided to speak to the interviewer.
d) Finish his comments about the company:
Model: – You said / you told me the company exported abroad. It’s not true!
e) Do the same for Joe’s comments about the job, using You said…, You told me…, I thought…, I hoped…
Model: – I hoped I would get a pay rise after six months.
f) Add whatever you can to Joe’s complaints.
g) Answer the teacher’s questions.
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
1. a building – здание, e.g. The old building of Moscow University is one of the sights of Moscow. / a building contractor – строительный подрядчик; a build-ing/construction site – строительная площадка; a shipbuilder – судостроитель
2. an engineer [LendGI'nIR]– инженер; a chief engineer – главный инженер; a consultant engineer – инженер-консультант; a civil engineer – инженер-строитель / engineering industry – машиностроение, машиностроительная промышленность
3. to work out – высчитать, просчитать; e.g. Can you work out how much it will cost us to build a house? / to estimate ['estImeIt] – 1. оценивать, давать оценку; 2. приблизительно подсчитывать, прикидывать, составлять смету; estimating department – сметный отдел
4. a strike – забастовка; to be on strike – бастовать; to go on strike – объявить забастовку, забастовать; a striker – забастовка; a strike-breaker – штрейкбрехер
5. to get rid of sb/sth – избавиться от кого-то/чего-то; e.g. We could not get rid of the idea that he would feel hurt.
6. to survive [sR'vaIv] – выжить; survival – выживание
7. redundant [rI'dAndRnt] – безработный, уволенный в связи с сокращением штата (syn. unemployed) / redundancy – безработица, вызванная сокращением штата (syn. unemployment)
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24. a) Read about an industrial conflict:
SHIPBUILDERS’ STRIKE CONTINUES
Government takes action
The bitter strike over pay and redundancies has now lasted over 8 weeks. Shipbuilders have told their leaders to ‘fight to the end’ to stop dockyards from closing and 1,000 of their men losing their jobs.
Sir Albert Pringle, chairman of British shipbuilders, has asked Peter Arkwright, the president of the Shipbuilders’ Union, to attend a meeting next Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Government has ordered Sir Albert to give important naval contracts to the Japanese.
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b) Listen to Sir Albert Pringle and Peter Arkright giving their views on the strike. (Headway Intermediate/old, tape 37) Say if they are eager to sit down to talks with the other party.
community – общество, сообщество, община
Sir Albert Pringle:
In my opinion, this strike is a complete waste of time – of my time and the shipbuilders’ time. No worker will be made redundant. Some dockyards. About five or six, will close, because as a nation we do not have enough orders to keep them working. This industry musr make a profit to survive. Men at dockyards which close will be offered jobs at other yards. I want this strike to end as soon as possible. I have asked Mr. Arkwright to sit down and talk, but he refuses. He is trying to make this stirke political, not industrial, and there is real risk of shipbuilders losing their jobs if this strike goes on much longer. We are losing our orders to foreign competitors.
Peter Arkright:
We are on strike because shipbuilders’ jobs are in danger. Sir Albert Pringle wants to make 750 men redundant by closing ten dockyards. We can still make the best ships in the world, but this management is trying to get rid of all the workers, and soon there will be npo shipbuilders left in the country. We are trying to save not just jobs but communities that have always depended on shipbuilding for a living. Now, I want this strike to end as soon as possible. I have invited Sir Albert Pringle to sit down and talk, but he refuses. This is not just an industrial strike. It is political, because we are fighting for the right of the working man to have a job and live in his own place of birth. My men are prepared to stay out on strike as long as it is necessary to save this industry.
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c) Listen to the recording again and render what either speaker says in favour of his viewpoint.
e) Listen to the texts once more. Let one half of the students explain Sir Albert’s view on the reasons for the government’s actions and the other half – the reasons for the strike. Try to come to terms with your “opponents”.
Sir Albert Pringle
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Peter Arkright
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25. Listen and act as interpreter.
HOME ACTIVITIES
26. Listen to Lynn Dermott speaking about the people who work from home and write a reproduction. (Headway Intermediate/old, Tape 36)
27. Get ready to write a translation dictation on Unit 3.
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