IV. Brush up your talk. 4.1. Read and translate the following proverbs4.1. Read and translate the following proverbs. Try to comment them: Knowledge is power. Two heads are better than one. If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again. 4.2. Read and dramatize the dialogues with your partners. Make up your own dialogues on these models: 1. Registering For a Course A.: I saw in the course catalog that the university is offering a batik class this semester. Is it still open? B.: Do you have the course number? A.: Three-oh-nine. B.: Yes, it’s open. It meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at nine o’clock. A.: Do you know if it can be used to meet undergraduate course B.: Yes. It fulfills course requirements for both art and home-economics majors. A.: Good. I’d like to register for it, please.
2. The Student Service Center A.: I’m having a terrible time in my Russian class. The mid-term test scores have been posted, and I failed dismally. B.: Oh, I could help you in math or chemistry, but not in foreign languages. A.: I’m just at my wits’ end. B.: Why don’t you get a tutor? A.: A tutor? B.: Yeah, in the Student Service Center, they have lists of people who are willing to teach subjects they understand very well. A.: Do you think there would be anyone who could help me with my Russian? B.: Why not? There might be a Russian exchange student or a graduate student in the Russian department who needs spare cash. A.: Is it very expensive? B.: It doesn’t cost at all. A.: But you just said that a student who needs money... B.: I mean it doesn’t cost you anything at all. The Student Service A.: Wow! Maybe there’s hope for me after all. Thanks for the infor-mation.
3. Summer Courses A.: What are you going to do this summer? B.: I’m signing up for Geology 306. A.: You mean you’re taking summer classes? B.: Yeah. I don’t carry a heavy load during the year so that I can hold down a part-time job. Then I take a summer class or two to make up for it. A.: Sounds good, but I don’t think I could stand taking classes year round. B.: Hmm. I’m looking forward to my geology class. We’re taking A.: That sounds fascinating. B.: It is. Unfortunately, the department can’t hold such classes during the year because students wouldn’t be able to miss two weeks of their other classes to go on the field trips. A.: What other classes have you taken during the summer sessions? B.: Well, I got university credit for digging on an archaeological site last year. A.: Where was that? In Egypt? B.: No. In Colorado. It was a buffalo-kill site. You know, one where the early Americans drove the animals off a cliff. A.: What did you find of interest? B.: Lots of broken stone tools used for butchering the buffalo. A.: Gosh. I think I might consider taking some summer classes.
4. Requirements for the Course A.: Dr. Anderson, could you please clarify the requirements for this course? Some of us are a little bit confused about the final examination. B.: Oh? Well, you have two options in this course. You can either take a final examination or you can write a research paper instead. C.: Excuse me, Dr. Anderson. That’s the point I need you to clarify. What kind of research paper did you have in mind? An original study? B.: A report. A summary really, based upon current research in the field. C.: How long should the reports be? B.: Length is really not important. I should think that it would take at least ten pages in order to develop the topic, however. C.: And should we check the topic with you before we begin writing? B.: You may, if you wish. But the only requirement is that it relate to current trends in United States foreign policy. Are you considering writing a paper, Jane? A.: I’m not sure. I think that I’d like to know a little bit more about the examination. B.: All right. One hundred multiple-choice questions covering both the lectures and the outside readings. A.: Didn’t you say that you would give us one hour for the examination? B.: Yes, I did. A.: I’m going to do the paper, then. C.: Me too. 4.3*. Role-play the following situations: 1. You want to know the requirements for the course in Civil Construction. You find out that there are two opinions in the course: to take 2. A Russian student exchanges information about admission procedures in Russian and American university with his American friend.
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