rite down the terms you will hear.
. Prepare a dialogue between two Russian pupils who discuss a social-networking site vkontakte following the instructions in the table. Make sure you use terms.
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6. Role-play. Choose a part and prepare for the interview.
A: Imagine that one of you is a Russian journalist who interviews a famous creator of social-networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. Prepare 8 questions to ask the inventor. Do not forget to use terms (the ones you have learnt from the text and some new ones). You can ask about the following: how to join Facebook, what steps to take, what opportunities it offers for users, what main advantages it has, whether it s easy in dealing with it, how it changes people s pastime, etc.). While asking and answering you can use such words as to log on, blogging, spam, software, hardware, security risks, interface, etc. You might want to give your interlocutor a present (a pin with Russian symbols or a printed card about Russian social networks).
B: You are Mark Zuckerberg. You are going to meet a group of Russian pupils who are going to ask you questions about your invention, your site Facebook. They may ask you about how the idea of ??creating this website came about, what the target audience was initially, how many users you planned to reach out to, what makes this website different from all the rest, how you like the fact that these days in lots of countries there are social network sites similar to the one you created. Think of some useful information you might share with the Russian teenagers.2
. Read the excerpt from a «Final Fantasy Fans» forum and say what the main subject of the discussion is.
. Read the Colloquial Vocabulary Guidelines (Пам'ятка про розмовної лексики англійської мови) and find all the colloquial words in the article. Translate them into Russian. How do they affect the dialogue?
Пам'ятка про розмовної лексики англійської мови
Як ви знаєте, в сучасній англійській лексиці виділяють розмовні слова, які широко вживаються в усному мовленні в неформальній обстановці спілкування. Використання розмовних слів у газетах і журналах залежить від тієї мети, яка стоїть перед автором статті, від того, до якого читачеві він звертається. Вибір таких слів залежить і від того, яке автор хоче справити враження на читача. Так, в нашій статті використовуються розмовні слова, такі як buddy, stuff, ін, які спрощують текст, роблять його більш доступним для розуміння, зближують автора статті з читачем, описують які-небудь характеристики предметів і т.д.
Videogame - Final Fantasy Fans!: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:42 pmsaid: Hey, I «ma big Final Fantasy Fan, I» ve got FFI, FFII, CC: FFVII, FFT : TWOTL and i «m gonna get FFVIIAC. So, if anyone is a big fan too, tell me! ;) ;) ;) Oh, al btw, all for psp ;) said: Hmmm that puny roster of played FF games isn »t nearly as expansive as to call yourself a fan. And BTW, no one is allowed to use a Kefka avatar without beating him in VI. =Psaid: i beat him cos i played the game for 8 months! it was a friend «s game for (i dont know which console again) said: im kind of and FF fan but cant wait to get FF13 ;) said: I own every Final Fantasy game to date. ; P Also, ...
