2015-06-04
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“The USA: Geographical Position, Political and Educational System”
1. Give the official name of The USA, as well as the form of the state government, name the quantity of the states, and find its capital on the map.
2. One person is to go to the blackboard and to ask the others to look at the picture and to describe briefly (кратко опишите) the geographical position of the USA including such aspects as:
- three consistent parts;
- the total area and borders;
- The oceans, mountains, regions and landscapes and large cities and climate.
“The moderator” is to ask the questions about the things concerning (относительно) he’s listening about.
The students telling about the geographical position are to use the phrases (see below) and the introductory phrases (from the table): On the map we can see…/ Here we have… /There is/are…/Have a look at the map, please…/If we look up at the map, we will see…
The moderating student may interrupt (прерывать) and ask, using following phrases: Excuse me, may I ask you a question? (Далее следует вопрос.)/What about…?(Что насчет…)/ You’ve mentioned (Вы говорили о/ отметили (такой-то аспект)…I’d like you to go into details about it please. (Я бы хотел уточнить это.)
3. What’s your opinion about the historical and nowadays tendencies of the population of the USA?
4. What can you say about the mineral resources and industry in the USA? Are these two factors connected with each other? (opinion/introductory/conclusion phrases)
5. What’s the main law and the principal branches of government in the US? (opinion/introductory phrases)
6. What are the two leading political parties of the USA?
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7. Tell about the constitution and its history. (opinion/introductory/conclusion phrases)
8. Divide into three rows (ряд), as you seat. Each (каждый) row will take one branch and a task. (opinion/introductory/conclusion phrases)
The branches of power in the USA:
The 1st row: tell with whom you were to discuss a bill. Legislative
| The Congress | |
| The Senate | The House of Representatives |
The 2nd row: tell with whom you worked on some actual inner political affairs and whose bill concerning (относительно) these political affairs did you veto after that. Executive
| the President and his Administration | ||
| the President | the Vice President | the Cabinet of Ministers |
| Department Secretaries |
The 3d row: tell about the cases your judges were involved in. Juridical
| Federal District Courts | |
| 11 Federal Courts | Supreme Court |
9. What are the features and traditions of the US higher education? (opinion/introductory/conclusion phrases)
10. Tell about the well known higher educational institutions and about their total number. (opinion/introductory)
11. What are the two fields of higher education in the USA and what categories of higher institutions does the system of higher education in the US include? (opinion/introductory/conclusion phrases)
12. What are the main principles of admission to the US colleges and universities?
13. Explain the difference between a US college and university.
14. Give the names of the students according to (в соответствии с) the year of study and all scientific degrees possible.
15. Tell about the academic year and the grades in the USA.
16. If you had a chance to study in a US university, would you do it? Why (opinion/introductory/conclusion phrases):
| Introductory phrases | Интродуктивные (вводные) выражения |
| To start with/to begin with… | Начнем с того, что… |
| Let me start saying that… | Позвольте начать с … |
| Well,… | Итак, …/ Ну,… |
| Actually,… | Вообще-то… |
| According to…/Due to… | В соответствии с…/благодаря… |
| In spite of … | Не смотря на… |
| Concerning….I can say that… | Относительно…я могу сказать, что… |
| Let me introduce (myself/such aspect as…/this type of../etc.) | Разрешите (представиться/представить такой аспект как…/представить этот вид (того-то)… |
| Frankly speaking | Честно говоря,… |
| As a matter of fact… | Фактически… |
| Opinion phrases | Фразы выражения собственного мнения |
| I think (that)… | Я думаю, что… |
| I presume/I assume (that)… | Я полагаю, что… |
| I suppose (that)… | Я предполагаю, что… |
| It seems to me that… | Мне кажется что, что… |
| I guess (that)… | Я думаю, что… (AE) |
| No doubt (that)… | Несомненно, что… |
| I’m sure (that)… | Я уверен, что… |
| I’d like to say/mention/underline/point out/declare (that)… | Я хотел бы сказать/заметить/подчеркнуть/выделить/заявить, (что…) |
| In my opinion…/To my mind… | По моему мнению, …/по-моему, … |
| Conclusion phrases | Выражения для формирования вывода |
| So… | Итак… |
| To summon it up.. | Подводя итог… |
| In a word… | Одним словом… |
| As a conclusion, I’d like to say that… | В качестве вывода я хотел бы сказать, что… |
| To cut a long story short… | Короче говоря… |
| That’s all |
| Connection/Consequence phrases | Фразы выражения последовательности и связующие конструкции |
| (…) as far as … is concerned, (...) | (…) что касается (того-то), (то…) |
| …as well as... | …(точно также) как и (то-то)… |
| firstly | Во-первых… |
| secondly | Во-вторых… |
| besides / apart from | Кроме того… |
| nevertheless | Тем не менее… |
| (al)though | Хотя… |
| Thus… | Поэтому… |
| …either…or…/…neither…nor… | …или…или…/…ни…ни… |
| Well, let me think for a moment… | Ну, разрешите-ка мне минутку подумать… |
| It’s easy/hard to judge about… | Легко/сложно судить/говорить о… |
| On the hand…on the other hand… | С одной стороны,…с другой стороны,… |
| On the whole | В целом, … |
| So to speak | (…) так сказать… |
| the so-called | (…) так называемый(ая)… |
| to be more precise | Точнее говоря, … |
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