9.9. You are going to hear an interview with Alan, a Scottish student of electronics at a college of higher education. Here are some of Alan’s answers. What were the questions?
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Nineteen.
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It's a National Certificate in Information Technology.
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Full-time.
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A year. It finishes at the end of June.
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Twelve.
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Electrical Principles, Digital and Analogue Electronics. These are first thing in the morning. Then we've got Communications.
Listen to the interview and check. Answer the same questions about yourself.
9.10. Here is Alan’s weekly timetable. Some of the information is missing. Listen to the interview and complete the timetable. What does Alan do during each of the classes?
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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8.45–10.15
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Electrical Principles
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Analogue Electronics
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Analogue Electronics
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Electrical Principles
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(5) _____
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10.45–12.15
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(1) _____
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(2) _____
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Communications
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Computing
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(6) _____
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1.15–2.45
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Maths
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(3) _____
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(4) _____
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Maths
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Maths
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3.00–4.30
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Programmable
Systems
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(3) _____
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(4) _____
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Programmable
Systems
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Digital Electronics
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9.11. Answer the following questions:
Why did so many students drop out of Alan’s course?
What does he mean saying that Communications is not his scene? Why?
Why is it hard to use the indoor stadium?
Why is there a problem with Alan’s motorbike?
9.12. Compare the course Alan studies with yours. Would you like to take such a course? Why? Why not?
Conditional Sentences
Condition
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Subordinate clause
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Principal Clause
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Translation
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Real
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If he works hard,
If the equipment
is delivered on time,
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he will pass the exam well.
we will start the experiment on the 1st of October.
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Unreal
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Present/
Future
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If he worked hard,
If the equipment
were delivered on time,
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he would pass the exam well.
we would start the experiment on the 1st of October.
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бы
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Past
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If he had worked hard,
If the equipment
had been delivered on time,
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he would have passed
his previous exam well.
we would have started
the experiment
on the 1st of October 2008.
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9.13. Which is right?
If you study/will study hard, you will pass your exam.
I will translate this text if I get/will get a dictionary.
If you find/will find the exact meaning of the word, you will understand the sentence.
The student will not make mistakes if he observes/will observe the rules.
I finish/will finish the work tomorrow if you help me.
If they change/will change some details, they will be able to improve the design.
9.14. Listen to Jenny and Mark and answer the following questions:
What are their goals?
What are they going to do to achieve them?
What are they going to begin with?
9.15. Think of what you want to achieve. Think how you could start. Write a similar chain of sentences (6–8) paying attention to the verb forms.
9.16. Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences paying attention to the type of Conditional used.
1. If I come home early,
2. If the books were available in the library,
3. If we had been told about the lecture,
4. If I saw our lecturer,
5. If theory is accompanied by practical training,
6. If we had had all the necessary books,
7. If I were free,
8. If the students had been more careful,
9. If they receive all the necessary equipment,
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a) they wouldn’t have broken the new apparatus.
b) they will be able to carry out their experiment.
c) I would help you with pleasure.
d) we would have made our report in time.
e) students could start this work right now.
f) I would ask him to explain this difficult material again.
g) students can apply their knowledge effectively.
h) I’ll be able to begin reading for my exam today.
i) we would have come by all means.
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9.17. Rewrite each sentence with all possible types of condition.
If you (be) busy, I (leave) you alone.
If I (live) in Moscow, I (study) at MSU.
She (try) to enter the university if she (be good at) Maths.
If you (not work) systematically, you (fail) at the examination.
They all (be surprised) if I (make) such a mistake.
If no one (come) to help, we (have) to do the work ourselves.
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