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(Woman) That's right. Dictionaries can supply a wealth of information. Last semester, in my reading class,
I encouraged students to look up idioms common in American English and foreign words borrowed from
other languages. In that class, we had to use dictionaries all the time.
(Man) Of course, one can't always rely on a dictionary, however good it is. When language learners
acquire a sizable vocabulary, they may need to switch from a general dictionary to a specialized one that in-
cludes technical terms. No dictionary contains all the words of a language.
(Woman) I must say, though, that using dictionaries can be tricky sometimes. If learners don't clearly un-
derstand how words are used but use them anyway, incorrect usage can make their speech or written assign-
ments incomprehensible. In general, there are very few true synonyms, and although dictionaries cite words
with similar meanings, these words may be used in completely different contexts.
(Narrator)
Exercise 1. Answer the questions.
35. What is the main idea of this conversation?
36. What types of dictionaries are mentioned in this talk?
37. What did the woman say she did last semester?
38. What can be a drawback in using a dictionary?
Exercise 2. Translate from Russian into English.
1 Значение слова в большинстве случаев зависит от контекста.
2 Она знала очень много и любила цитировать великих людей.
3 В английском языке очень много слов, заимствованных из французского и латинского языков.
4 Устаревшие слова бывают часто непонятны, и лишь словарь может дать правильное значение.
5 Разговорные и литературные слова имеют свои сферы употребления.
6 Схожие по звучанию слова в разных языках не всегда имеют схожее значение.
Exercise 3. Retell the dialogue.
Exercise 4. Learn the dialogue by heart.
(Narrator) This is the end of Part В.
P a r t С
First learn the words and word combinations by heart given below:
1) navigable [ ] – судоходный, летный
2) border [ ] – граница, край, граничить, подходить, быть похожим, окаймлять
3) сrucial [ ] – решающий, критический
4) shallow [ ] – мелкий, поверхностный, пустой, мель, отмель
5) moderate [ ] – умеренный, сдержанный, посредственный, умерять, смягчать, сдерживать,
председательствовать
6) retain [ ] – удерживать, поддерживать, сохранять
7) vicinity [ ] – окрестности, округа, район, соседство, близость, поблизости
DIRECTIONS: In Part С you will hear short lectures and conversations. At the end of each, you will be asked
several questions. Each lecture and conversation and each question will be spoken only one time. For this
reason, you must listen carefully to understand what each speaker says.
Answer all questions according to what is stated or implied in the lecture or conversation.
(Narrator) Questions the below refer to the following lecture about Lake Ontario.
(Man) If you look out the window on the right side of the van, you will see Lake Ontario, the smallest
and most eastern of the five Great Lakes. Although the lake is navigable for large ships all year round, it is
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