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1. Neologisms A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (“coined”) – often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena, or old ideas which have taken on a new cultural context. The term […]...
2. Роль книги в моей жизни – The role of a book in my life We go to school, we study to read and write, we start “to be friends” of books. What can be more entertaining, than reading of a good book? Reading, you get in the mysterious and magic world, you are transferred to the remote past or the future. Our teacher tells that books can answer on […]...
3. About Rap Rap is a style of music that has been popular in Britain and the United States for over ten years. The noun “rap” comes from the verb “to rap”. This is an informal word meaning to talk quickly and a lot. Rap music has developed along with movements in fashion, dance and art. They all […]...
4. Learning languages The problem of learning languages is very important today. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow of information. The total knowledge of mankind is known to double every seven years. Foreign languages […]...
5. Моя профессия – My profession There are many profession in the world. They are:doctors, painters, sculptures, teachers and others. Every man is an architect of his own fortunes. After sсhool I want to enter the university. I am going to be a translater of English. I must take examinations on History, English and Russian. As I want to be an […]...
6. Polysemy in Modern English Most English words are polysemantic. It should be noted that the wealth of expressive resources of a language largely depends on the degree to which polysemy has developed in the language. The system of meanings of any polysemantic word develops gradually, mostly over the centuries, as more and more new meanings are either added to […]...
7. Learning foreigner language More and more people realize that every educated person should know a foreigner language. The most popular language now is English. English is a world language. It’s the language of progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relation, commerce and business. It’s the universal language of international aviation, shipping and sports. It is also the […]...
8. Classification of Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices The expressive means of the language are studied respectively in manuals of phonetics, grammar, lexicology and stylistics. Stylistics, however, observes not only the nature of an expressive means, but also its potential capacity of becoming a stylistic device. Stylistic device is a conscious and intentional literary use of some of the facts of the language […]...
9. Trying to Speak English Juan was a Spanish student. He wanted to go to Britain where he could speak English with real English people. His sister’s husband was an Englishman, and they lived in England. When Juan wrote to her, she invited him to stay with her. She met him at the airport in her car and, of course, […]...
10. Білет № 8 Відповіді на білети. Англійська мова Ви на канікулах і хочете купити тлумачний словник поцікавтеся, чи є в наявності такі словники, скільки вони коштують, яких видавництв ці словники, який їхній лексичний мінімум. When I arrived in London I understood that it’s necessary to buy a small dictionary because I heard lots of new words and expressions. I needed somebody’s advice. When […]...
11. Не учи английский! – Don’t learn English! Bad advice for school children. Warning! This article can damage your mind. The world is crazy about English! English is everywhere from morning till night! It’s like madness: you have to learn it even if you don’t want. You can’t escape it! English is so quick that other languages are not able to compete. It […]...
12. Білет № 12 Відповіді на білети. Англійська мова Ви зустріли свого товариша, якого давно не бачили. поділіться з ним своїми планами на майбутнє. Each of us has to make a very important decision at the age of 17 or 18 – to choose our profession. But the task is really very hard to fulfil because at this age we lack life experience, we […]...
13. Важность английского языка в моей жизни – The Importance of English language in my life The more languages you speak you speak, the more times you are a human being. It’s not surprising, that English is one of the most important languages nowadays. English is spoken practically all around the world. Today English is used by at least 750 million people. It is necessary in different spheres. To my way […]...
14. Центр моей жизни – The focus of my life Today the focus of my life is learning languages. Since early childhood when I didn’t understand many things, I was dreaming about learning at least five of them. I always named English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and sometimes even Japanese. Of course these words meant very little for me then. I just heard them very […]...
15. How to overcomes the aging of the native population of the developed countries? Demography as a science has been underestimated for many years. However, this attitude has changed dramatically at the beginning of the 21st century, when the World Community faced the problem of aging and the decrease in native population of developed countries, as the consequence of world political and economical processes. According to UNO statistics, by […]...
16. Моя родная деревня – My native village Every man has his own Motherland. It’s the place, where a man was born. May be this place is usual and uninteresting for other people, but for you it is the dearest place in the world. There is no place like home. No need to roam the world in the search of the most beautiful […]...
17. My Favourite Subject. Мій улюблений предмет Мій улюблений предмет – англійська мова. Англійська мова дуже важлива, тому що вона стала найбільш уживаною мовою в галузі політики, науки, торгівлі і культурних відносин у світі. Це також мова великої літератури. Англійською писали такі письменники, як Вільям Шекспір, Вальтер Скотт, Чарльз Диккенс і Бернард Шоу. Я одержую велике задоволення, читаючи їхні книги в оригіналі. […]...
18. Іноземні мови в нашому житті. Foreign Languages in Our Life Вивчення іноземних мов – нелегка справа. Це тривалий і складний процес, що вимагає багато часу і зусиль. У наші дні особливо важливо знати іноземні мови. Деякі люди вивчають мови, тому що це потрібно їм для роботи, інші подорожують за кордоном, для третіх вивчення мов – хобі. Усі, хто знає іноземні мови, можуть розмовляти з людьми […]...
19. Кратко о City &;amp;; Guilds Examination City &;; Guilds is based in 1878. The organization is under protection Royal family of the Great Britain and is one of the leading commissions of the Europe. From the beginning tested only Englishmen, them estimated on 400 qualifications. However now this examination was recognized with 100 countries of the world, examined test on […]...
20. Classification of functional styles, belles-lettres style A functional style of language is a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite aim in communication. In the English literary standard Galperin distinguishes the following major functional styles (FS): belles-lettres; publicistic literature; newspaper; scientific prose; official documents. The belles-lettres FS has the following substyles: style of poetry; of emotive prose; of drama. […]...
21. Application Letter for Teaching Position Dear Sir, I am writing to apply for the position of the English teacher in the Language Centre. As outlined in my resume, which I have enclosed, I will graduate from Saratov State University named after N. G. Chernyshevsky in June with qualification of a certified specialist in Philology (the English Language and Literature). I […]...
22. Regional variation of English British English Pronunciation Standards comprise English English, Welsh English, Scottish English and Northern Ireland English. English English 1. Southern accents. 1) Southern accents (Greater London, Cockney, Surray, Kent); 2) East Anglia accents (Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk; 3) South-West accents (Gloucestershire, Wiltshire). 2. Northern and Midland accents. 1) Northern accents (Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland); 2) Yorkshire accents; 3) […]...
23. English humor in itself. To be, or not two beer – as a question of national identity No one can deny that everybody likes to smile. It makes our life more pleasant and longer, adds zest to it. One could say that humor changes mere existence into real and exciting life. Can you imagine at least one day without laughter, even through short one? Neither can I. Some funny story or a […]...
24. The lesson of English As you know, our group has two English lesson a week: on Tuesday and Friday. When the teacher come and opens the door, we come in and sit down at the tables. Then we open our bags and take our exercise-books and Bonk’s text-books. And soon the lesson begins… We usually start it by pronouncing […]...
25. Мой любимый предмет – My Favourite Subject Мой любимый предмет – английский язык. Английский язык очень важен, так как он стал наиболее употребляемым языком в области политики, науки, торговли и культурных отношений в мире. Это также язык великой литературы. По-английски писали такие писатели, как Уильям Шекспир, Вальтер Скотт, Чарльз Диккенс и Бернард Шоу. Я получаю большое удовольствие, читая их книги в оригинале. […]...
26. Periods of the English history According to English scientists Henry Sweet classified this periods are connected with the development of English endings. Henry Sweet classified them as 1. The Period of Full Endings, 2. The Period of Levelled Endings in reality contains the levelled vowel in the ending, but at the same time lots of endings were already lost; 3. […]...
27. Wales Wales is a country of lakes and mountains. Its about the half the size of Switzerland, and it has a population of two and three quarter million. On the north of Wales is some of the most beautiful scenery in the British islands, the Snowdon mountain. Snowdon is Britain’s second highest mountain. Wales is an […]...
28. Каково быть мной в данную минуту? – What is it like to be me now? What is it like to be me? It is a good question. And I think you can get a good answer. Now I have teaching practice at school. I am not exactly sure if I want to be a teacher of English language. I like children as well but sometimes they scream a lot. Today […]...
29. Сочинение на английском “English in my life” – “Английский в моей жизни” с переводом There is a good quotation “how many languages you know so many times you are a man”. I think it is really so. I also think that persons should learn as much foreign languages as possible as it makes the outlook wider. Moreover knowing several foreign languages brings many opportunities to life. I know Ukrainian […]...
30. From the history of Great Britain The conquest of England by the Normans began in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings where the English fought against the Normans. The conquest was completed in 1071. Who were the Normans who conquered England? Some 150 years before the conquest of England they came to a part of France, opposite England, a part that […]...
31. Образование в моей жизни – Education in my life Little strokes fell great oaks. I am a second-year-student of the Pedagogical University. I like languages. I want to know many languages, but now I am learning only tree. They are English, Spanish and German. English I know better then other. I choose it when I was a five-year-old girl. Because as we know, English […]...
32. Martin Eden A week of heavy leading had passed since ihe evening he first met Ruth Morse, and still he didn’t rfare fn go nnd we her Tie was afraid of making mistakes in speech and manners. Martin tried to read books that required years of preparatory work. One day he read a book on philosophy, and […]...
33. Phraseology Phraseology received increasing attention in the English-speaking world. Linguistic competence also includes a familiarity with restricted collocations (like break the rules), idioms (like spill the beans in a non-literal sense) and proverbs (like Revenge is sweet), as well as the ability to produce or understand metaphorical interpretations. Vinogradov;s classification of phraseological units: A) phraseological combinations […]...
34. My work at the foreign trade company Hello, my name is Maxim Sviridov. I work as a manager at the “Star tour” company. It is Russian company which works on the business travel market. Two weeks ago I was sent by the administration of our company to London where I studied the English travel companies, their traditions, their marketing and management. Now […]...
35. Я действительно люблю изучать английский – I really enjoy learning English First of all I’d like to say that each of us has his own most important and memorable events during his life. And they stay with us forever, I believe. We keep them deep in our hearts and we can’t imagine our past, present and future life without them. As for me, it is learning […]...
36. Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices The theory of sense – independence of separate sounds is based on a subjective interpretation of sound associations and has nothing to do with objective scientific data. However, the sound of a word, or more exactly the way words sound in combination, cannot fail to contribute something to the general effect of the message, particularly […]...
37. At a Loan Company A man went into a loan company and asked how much he would have to pay for six-month loan of twenty-five dollars. “One dollar and fifty cents”, the clerk told him. “That’s fine”, the man said. “I’ll take the loan, but I want to leave my new automobile here with you as security until I […]...
38. Наш учитель английского – Our Teacher of English Оксана Тарасовна Савченко – наш учитель английского языка. Она молодая и энергичная и хорошо знает английский. Оксана Тарасовна старается сделать наши уроки интересными. Во время уроков мы учим грамматические правила и делаем грамматические упражнения, обсуждаем различные темы, слушаем кассеты с записями рассказов, разговоров и песен. Иногда мы все вместе поем песни. Когда мы смотрим видеофильмы, […]...
39. Вибір професії. Choosing a Career Для нас дуже важливо зробити правильний вибір професії. Багато років тому я вирішила вступити до університету на факультет іноземних мов. Англійська мова була моїм улюбленим предметом у школі. Я добре училася. Наші уроки завжди були цікавими. Я також завзято працювала сама над удосконаленням свого знання англійської мови. Я робила багато вправ, намагаючись поліпшити свої мовні […]...
40. A Frenchman in New York City A Frenchman was once visiting New York City. He wished to go for a walk in order to see the city, but he was afraid that he might get lost because he did not know a word of English. So when he left his hotel, he stopped at the first corner and carefully copied in […]...