Методические указания и контрольное задание №5 по английскому языку. Доржиева Г.Б - 4 стр.

where the grass was greener because they were kept where the       describe a self-made person:
cotton grew.                                                          Model: Interdependence, …
    4. Social welfare in the United States has always been torn       1. generosity
between the concepts of the independent, self-reliant individual      2. strictness
and the interdependent, caring community. Generous to other           3. wildness
nations, Americans have been much less charitable at home.            4. interdependence
They have often appeared to be more compassionate towards             5. strong will
victims of earthquakes, drought, and famine than towards              6. compassion
people in need in their own land. There seems to be more truth        7. self-reliance
in the observation that Americans very often are too proud to         8. sympathy
ask for help and welfare. Education and technical skills have         9. charity
long since replaced the axe and the hunting rifle. But some           10. ingenuity
Americans still feel that people who can’t find some kind of
work somewhere deserve in part what they get or don’t get.         IV. Entitle each paragraph of the text using the given headings:
                                                                       1. Two historical images.
Notes:                                                                 2. Compassionate Americans.
   1. drought [draut] – засуха                                         3. Self-reliance is a treat of character of the first
   2. famine [f min] - голод                                               frontiersman.
   3. rags-to-riches, poverty-to-power – из низов в верхи              4. Americans prefer to obtain welfare support.
                                                                       5. Mutual assistance in pioneer community.
II. а) Read the following sentences and point out the numbers of
the sentences which correspond to the content of the text.         V. Rewrite and translate passages 2,3 in written form.
   b) Correct sentences with the wrong information and rewrite.
     1. The main principles of relationships were to share food    VI. Clichés for rendering of the article:
        and help each other when things got rough.                 I. INTRODUCTION
     2. A strong belief in God and self-reliance helped to         The headline of the article
        survive to the first Americans.                                 - The article I’ve read (looked through) is headlined …(is
     3. Having worked in factories people moved to the places              entitled…, is called…)
        where the grass was greener and life conditions were            - The article under rendering is entitled…
        better.                                                         - The article is headlined…
     4. Charity is an inherent characteristic in Americans.        II. GIST (the main idea of the article)
     5. Americans still follow the concept of independence and          - The article is devoted to …, is about…, is concerned…
        caring community as an indispensable part of well-              - The article deals with …, touches upon …, concerns…
        being.                                                          - The main idea of the article is…
                                                                   III. SUMMARY (the contents of the article)
III. Read the text again and write out treats of character that         - The story opens with…