Vocabulary

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relaxation - отдых, расслабление

undergraduate - студент

celebration - празднование

spirit of release - атмосфера отдыха

race - гонка, состязание

skill - умение, мастерство

festivity - празднество, торжество

climax - кульминация

to glide - скользить

punt - плоскодонка

Exercise 2. Supply answers to the following questions:

1. What is May Week?

2. When does it take place and how long does it last?

3. What does May Week seem?

4. Why do people go to the river behind the colleges?

Exercise 3. Retell the text in English using some key-words:

The most interesting time of year; the very end of the University year; to happen in the open air-parties, picnics, concerts and plays; seems like a celebration; boat races; the May Balls.

Exercise 4. Learn the proverbs and explain their meaning. Illustrate one of them using a real situation.

1. A little learning is a dangerous thing.

2. Better untaught than ill taught.

3. To know everything is to know nothing.

4. The wish is father to the thought.

Exercise 5. Students who wish to follow an examination preparation course at Watermouth College of Education have to have a short interview to satisfy the college authorities that their English is good enough to follow the course. These are some notes which the examiner uses during the interview. Practice with a partner: one is a student, the other is an examiner:

Examiner: What’s your name?

Student: My name is …

Watermouth College of Education Department of English Exam English as a foreign Language (Pre – course entry questionnaire) 1. Name? 2. Nationality? 3. Home town? 4. Marital status? 5. Brothers and sisters? 6. Years of English? 7. Length of time spent in England? 8. Occupation? Tell me about it. 9. Hobbies? Tell me about them. 10. Reason for learning English? 11. Exams passed (if any)? 12. Accommodation – flat, landlady or hotel? 13. What would you do if you won 10.000 pounds? 14. Other languages? 15. What do you think about England? 16. What major differences have you noticed between England and your country?

Exercise 6. Imagine you are a student who has just had an interview. Report to a friend: