Утверждено учебно-методическим Советом филиала МЭИ в г. Смоленске в качестве
Зав. кафедрой ин. языков Смоленского института экономики СПб Академии управлении и экономики, кандидат педагогических наук М.А. Давыдкина
PART I. HOT ISSUES
UNIT 1. GLOBAL LANGUAGE LEARNING
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Text 1. Some Facts about English
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Text 2. The Future of English
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Text 3. To Learn or not to Learn Foreign Languages?
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Text 4. A Language Teacher’s Personal Opinion
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Text 5. Divided by a Common Language
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UNIT 2. PERSONALITY AND FAMILY ITEMS
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Text 1. Appearance: Beauty and Parts of the Face
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Text 2. How Good Looks Can Guarantee Lifetime of Opportunity
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Text 3. Age and Average Age
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Text 4. Personal Quality Meter
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Text 5. My Hobbies and Interests
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Text 6. My Working Day
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Text 7. My Flat
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Text 8. Steve Jobs: Apple’s Creative Genuis
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Text 9. Tom Cruise: Long Way to the Top
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Text 10. Michael Jackson: the King of Pop
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Text 11. Family Relationships
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Text 12. British Family Life
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Text 13. Generation Gap
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Text 14. Sibling Rivalry
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Text 15. My Family and Me
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UNIT 3. EDUCATION AS IT IS
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Text 1. The School System in Great Britain
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Text 2. Private Education in Great Britain
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Text 3. Higher Education in Great Britain
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Text 4. Oxbridge
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Text 5. The Open University
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Text 6. Education in the USA
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Text 7. American Private Universities
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Text 8. Going to College in the USA
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Text 9. An American View on Russian Education
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Text 10. Education in Russia
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Text 11. Types of Higher Education Institutions in Russia
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Text 12. Moscow State University
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Text 13. History of Technical Education in Russia
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Text 14. National Research University
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Text 15. How to Cope with Exams
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PART II. WORLD AROUND
UNIT 1. GREAT BRITAIN
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Text 1. When in Britain…
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Text 2. Amazing Facts about Great Britain
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Text 3. Icons of Great Britain
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Text 4. How the British Relax
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Text 5. How the British Complain
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Text 6. The British and the Food
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Text 7. British Proverbs and Superstitions
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Text 8. Political System of Great Britain
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Text 9. British National Customs and Traditions
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Text 10. British Holidays, Natable Dates and Festivals
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Text 11. Sport and Competition in Britain
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Text 12. Four Characters of the British
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Text 13. Some Views on the English Character
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Text 14. Personal Impressions of London
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Text 15. Sights of London
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Text 16. Great Britain
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UNIT 2. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Text 1. Fantastic Facts about America
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Text 2. Funny Facts about American Presidents
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Text 3. The Long Road to the White House
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Text 4. American Symbols
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Text 5. The Values Americans Live By
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Text 6. Washington, DC
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Text 7. New York
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Text 8. Los Angeles
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Text 9. Welcome to Chicago
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Text 10. Alaska: the Great Land
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Text 11. Hawaii: the Pacific Paradise
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Text 12. The Silliest American Laws
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Text 13. The Independence Day or Happy Birthday, America!
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Text 14. Thanksgiving Day
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Text 15. The USA
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UNIT 3. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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Text 1. Tourism in Russia
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Text 2. Seven Wonders of Russia
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Text 3. Lake Baikal: the Pearl of Siberia
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Text 4. What is Russia Famous For?
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Text 5. Russian Character
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Text 6. Russians
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Text 7. National Symbols of Russia
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Text 8. Moscow
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Text 9. Foreigners in Moscow
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Text 10. St. Petersburg
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Text 11. The Russian Federation
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Text 12. About Smolensk
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Text 13. Museums of Smolensk
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Text 14. Churches of Smolensk
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Text 15. Smolensk
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LITERATURE
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conversation разговор
| opportunity возможность
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dictionary словарь
| to get acquainted with знакомиться с
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to add добавлять
| mentality менталитет
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to absorb впитывать, поглощать
| toleranceтерпимость
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to mix with смешиваться с чем-либо
| vulnerable уязвимый, ранимый
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communication общение
| to sum up обобщать, суммировать
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foreign иностранный
| fashion мода
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society общество
| to realize понимать, осознавать
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modern современный
| reason причина
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to require требовать
| to waste time тратить время зря
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essential основной, важный, неотъемлемый
| pleasure удовольствие
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demand требование
| advertisement реклама
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advantage/disadvantage преимущество/недостаток
| effort усилие
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experience опыт
| fluently бегло
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access доступ
| qualified квалифицированный
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ability способность
| equivalentэквивалент
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negotiations переговоры
| pronunciation произношение
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efficient эффективный, действенный
| confidence уверенность
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to travel путешествовать
| to enjoy наслаждаться
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abroad за границей, за границу
| to divide делить
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