Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Congratulaions!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

70 points: 30

40: 10 test + 20 + 10 - lab (6 quizzes + 4 WBquiz)
30: 10 test (100 points) + 20

Self-assessment 1 - Бие даалт №1/2/

1. Writing an essay “It’s me” – Unit 2 2. Retelling the text – Unit 2

Self-assessment 2 - Бие даалт №2/2/

3. Writing an essay “My vacation” - Unit 4 4. Retelling the text – Unit 4

Self-assessment 3 - Бие даалт №3/2/

5. Writing an essay “Future of my country” – Unit 10 6. Retelling the text – Unit 10

Self-assessment 4 - Бие даалт №4 /2 points/

7. Writing an essay “Problems of the Planet” – Units 18-19 8. Retelling the text – Unit 18

Self-assessment 5 - Бие даалт №5 /2 points/

9. Writing an essay “Movie report” – Unit 21 www.rottentomatoes.com ; http://www.imdb.com/ 10. Retelling the text – Unit 13

11. 3 points (vocab.test №1) - U1- 12
3 points
(vocab.test №3) – U13- 22
12. 4 points - 1 unit/quiz (.swf)

Monday, December 6, 2010

Units 20-22

Unit 22. The Return

The Professor woke up in the park near Dr Applebaum’s house. He still didn’t know where he was or what year it was. He heard a fire alarm and saw a fire engine drive past him. The streets and the cars looked familiar. He was back in London. “Could I finally be home?” he asked himself.

He walked towards Dr Applebaum’s house, but his excitement soon turned to fear. The fire brigade was outside the house, and there was a huge blazing fire burning inside. Dr Applebaum was been taken out on a stretcher. The doctor was barely conscious but he was able to ask if James had brought anything back with him from the past. James suddenly remembered the charm given to him by Ula. He took it out of his pocket and showed it to the doctor, who smiled weakly and then lost consciousness. The ambulance took him away, leaving James standing alone, holding the charm.

As he stood watching the doctor’s house burn, James’s wife, Mary, came running down the street. She threw her arms around him and told him how worried she had been about him he hadn’t come home after his lecture. Then she had thought he might be at Dr Applebaum’s house, which was on fire. She was afraid something had happened to him.

As Mary stood back, she saw the charm in her husband’s hand and smiled. James glanced at it and said that a lot had happened to him that day. He thought of telling her the whole story but then decided that it would be better to wait until they got home. Mary put her arms round his shoulders, kissed him and said, “Happy anniversary, darling.” James’s face reddened; he had forgotten that it was the day of their twentieth wedding anniversary.

As they walked home, Mary told him that she had found the charm in an antique shop. The saleswoman there had told her it was an authentic Viking artifact, and, as she knew how much her husband loved the story of the Vikings, she had bought it. She explained that she had put it in his pocket hoping that he would find it during the day. James smiled and told her it was the perfect anniversary present, but quietly he wondered, “What about Ula?”

Dr Applebaum died. His house and his laboratory had been destroyed in the fire, so James never found out exactly how he had travelled through time, or if, in fact, he had. He began to think that it had all been just a dream. The places, he thought he had visited, were all places whose history he had studied. Perhaps it was all in his mind.

But how had he got to the park? Why had the doctor asked him if he’d brought anything back? Suddenly, he remembered his notebook, but it was gone.

Grammar:

Someone will repair my car. – I will have MY CAR repaired.(by someone)

Someone is making a cake for me. – I am having A CAKE made.

Someone has typed my report. – I have had MY REPORT typed.

Someone cut my hair. – I had MY HAIR cut.


Unit 21. A Modern Myth.

To celebrate twenty years of Star Wars, director George Lucas has finally released the film as he originally intended it to be. He has always said that the trilogy – which includes Star Wars, The Empire strikes back and The Return of the Jedi – was never as good as he had wanted. After years of watching these films on video, you can experience this thrilling space adventure again in the cinema and with fantastic sound.

The trilogy is a classic tale of the fight between good and evil. However, instead of happening on the earth, the action takes place “…a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” It involves not only humans but all sorts of frightening, and sometimes amusing, robots and alien creatures. The heroes of the trilogy are Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia, who work together to fight Dark Vader, the evil leader who wants to take over the universe.

Excellent performances are given by stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, but the special effects play bigger role than any of the actors. There are amazing space battles and gigantic, fighting robots with laser weapons. You’ll certainly enjoy incredible chases on floating motorbikes. You will also be fascinated by some of the strangest creatures you’ve ever seen in completely convincing alien landscapes.

George Lucas says: “When I made the original Star Wars, I was very interested in creating a modern myth. Greek mythology, or mythology of any country, often takes place in unknown area…and the only we have now which is like that is outer space.” With this fantastic trilogy, Lucas has certainly succeeded in creating a myth that will never be forgotten. Even if you have seen the original films, you should definitely not miss the chance to experience the Star Wars trilogy as Lucas really wanted it to be.

Grammar:

1)It was such a boring film that I fell asleep. (What is a film like?)

I was bored watching that film. (How does a person feel?)

2) I would rather go (V) to the cinema than watch TV.

I would prefer to go (to+V) to the cinema rather than watch TV.

I prefer dancing(V+ing) to singing (V+ing). I prefer fish(N) to meat (N).

I prefer to watch (to+V) concerts rather than watch films

3) I love Mongolia. – So do I. / I don’t like TV. – Neither/Nor do I.

I had a great vacation. – So did I. / I won’t go to the party. – Neither/ Nor will I.


Unit 20 “Earth 3000”


The professor’s head felt heavy and his neck hurt.
He looked around and saw he was sitting on something like a white rubber carpet . A bubble-car flouting on air several inches above the carpet pulled up beside him. He saw that all the buildings around him were made of mirrors and glass. “This must be the future “ he thought.

A woman wearing a white plastic suit and strange shoes got out of car and asked him was all right. Her name was Glynis , and she was a doctor. James didn’t know what year it was , and when he heard it was the year 3000 he could hardly believe it. He told Glynis he was from the 21 st century. She thought perhaps he hurt him self , and asked him to come to her office for an examination. Glynis found nothing wrong with him. As she was examining James he noticed that her skin and hair were completely different to his. Hers was so shiny and perfect that it didn’t look real.

James explained what had happened to him , and he asked if any sort of time machine had been developed so that he could get home. Glynis said there wasn’t one , but suggested they look up his name on computer to see what information it might have on him. They found that the computer only had information on him , up to the day he begun traveling through time. Next to that day it said “presumed dead’.

He couldn’t understand it. Did that mean he never made it back to the present ?
Would he always be traveling though time? He asked Glynisif could take him to home town . Perhaps he could find where Dr Applebuam used to live. Maybe there was secret passage under his house . Glynis looked at him sadly.

That’s impossible she said . “The word as you knew it been destroyed”. Glynis drove him to place where he could view the old word . During the drive, she told him what had happened. The sun had melted most of the ice in the earth’s polar areas, causing worldwide flooding . The earth’s temperature had risen , and thousands of people had died. Finally , on 2.300 , the word government had helped build glass shields around the highest areas of the earth to protect people from the sun and the water.

“Perhaps that’s why our hair and skin are so different “ Glynis said .”We no longer have natural sunlight or air”. She took him to the edge of the glass shield where he could see miles and miles of water. There were video screens set up along a walkway which showed the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower , big Ben and the Acropolis , all underwater . There was a large circular hole full of water nearby. There were pipes taking water out of it to a nearby factory . Every few minutes , the water sucked out, then refilled from below. Glynis explained that this was how they got water from outside and changed it into clean , usable water. James went close to the edge to look down into it. “ Professor ! Don’t “ Glynis screamed .

But was too late . The water was sucked out, the force of the air around it pulled him inside. When the bottom opened , he was pulled from the future word , underwater, to the old world where he used to live.

1. Rubber - эрзээн , каучиг
2. flouting bubble-car -
3. inches – ямх =2,54
4. pulled up – зогссон /машин тэрэг/
5. noticed - анхаарах
6. examination. – шалгалт, узлэг
7. hardly – дөнгөн данган, арай чүү
8. developed -өндөр хөгжсөн
9. suggested – зөвлөх санал болгох
10. look up – сайжрах , дээрлэх ,дээшлэх
11. presumed – таамаглах, тааварлах
12. passage – нөгцөөх, өнгөрөөх
13. melted – хайлсан, гэссэн
14. worldwide – даян дэлхийн, дэлхий даяар
15. rise - өсөх дээшлэх
16. polar – туйлын
17. shine – гэрэл гялбаа
18. flooding – үерлэх , бөөн юм
19. edge зах ирмэг
20. nearby. – хөрш зэргэлдээ
21. pipe –хоолой, дамжуулах
22. sucked – хөхсөн, балгасан
23. refill – дахин дээшлэх
24. usage – үг хэрэглэх ёс
25. force –бяр чадал тэнхээ
26. bottom - ёроол