INTRODUCTION

LET'S START!

1. What can you do in English?

2. Can you read?

3. Can you speak?

Answer the following questions.

1. What is your name and surname?

2. How old are you?

3. Where do you study?

4. Are you from Canada? Where are you from?

5. Can you translate from English into Russian?

6. Are you busy at the weekend?

7. Have you got a large family?

8. Who are your parents?

9. Are you a first-year student (a Fresher)? 10. Do you want to become a good medical specialist?

4. Can you write?

Write a couple of sentences about yourself. Your name, age, some facts about your family.

Describe yourself and your partner. Use the following words.

Height

Tall - высокий.

Short - маленький.

Middle-sized - среднего роста. Appearance

Pretty - симпатичный.

Beautiful (о женщине) - красивый.

Nice - приятный.

Good-looking - приятной внешности.

Handsome (о мужчине) - красивый. Body Slim - худой. Chubby - полный. Strong - сильный. Well-built - хорошо сложенный. Skin

Pale - бледная. Tan - загорелая. Rosy - розовая.

Eyes

Blue - голубые. Brown - карие. Grey - серые. Green - зеленые. Face

Oval - овальное. Round - круглое. Straight nose - прямой. Turned up - курносый.

Hair

Blond - светлые. Long - длинные. Grey - седые. Curly - кудрявые. Straight - прямые. Short - короткие.

Let's revise the alphabet. Fill in the gaps in the ABC.

(Check your answer on page 19)

PRONUNCIATION

Pronounce after the teacher.

I'd rather have Fingers than Toes,

I'd rather have Ears than a Nose.

And as for my Hair,

I'm glad it's all there,

I'll be awfully sad, when it goes

If I were a furry bear. And had a furry tummy. I'd climb into a honey jar And make my tummy yummy!

GRAMMAR

ГЛАГОЛ TO BE

To be - «быть, находиться», спрягается (т.е. изменяется по лицам и числам).