Практический курс английского языка 4 курс Под редакцией В. Д. Аракина издание четвертое, переработанное и дополненное

Possible follow-ups 1. How should the exercises on translation be dealt with: a) gone over by the teacher in class; b) corrected by the teacher out of class; c) corrected by the students themselves by the given keys. Give your reasons. TELEVISION Situation At a students' debating club a discussion is held on the role of television in society. Some students of the British group who are on an exchange visit to Moscow are participating in it. The discussion is conducted by a well-known journalist The stu­dents are asked to give some serious thought to the following problems: 1. Television and children. (Whole generations are growing up addicted to television.) 2. Books versus screen versions. (Active pursuits such as reading give way to passive screen-watching.) 3. The pros and cons of video cassette TV. Cast list A journalist A psychologist A postgraduate Ann Mary students of the English Department Helen Robert/Caroline British students Steve/Frankie What you must decide Whose arguments sounded more convincing? Role cards Journalist Aged 54 You are a well-known journalist You were asked to lead the discussion. In setting the problems for discussion you are delib­erately provocative and extreme. Don't forget that you slatted your career as a producer of feature films and thus you argue in favour of cinematography. At the end of the discussion you mention your intention to write an article on youth and televi­sion and you thank the participants for their valuable contribu­tion. Psychologist Aged 40 You are a psychologist specialising in children's psychol­ogy. You are concerned with the impact of television on child­ren. You state that those addicted to television have poorly de­veloped speech habits, they become lazy, they read little, do not communicate with each other and their parents, in short, they become passive observers. You believe it's the parents' duty to regulate children's viewing time and choose suitable programmes. Postgraduate Aged 30 You are a postgraduate in audio-visual techniques in teach­ing. You specialise in educational television. You are of the opin­ion that it creates enormous possibilities for education. Close-circuit TV, language teaching, specialised subjects may serve as good examples. You can't argue that television ousts/displaces reading. But you do not object to a good screen version of a clas­sic as a supplement to the original. Ann Aged 21 You are a fourth-year student participating in a TV language teaching programme, so you are a real devotee of television. You speak of the growing popularity of television and think that it will definitely destroy/oust the film industry since it brings entertainment and even education right into your home. Mary Aged 22 You are a final-year student. You praise television as the shortest and easiest way to gain knowledge. Screen versions of classics have helped you more than once before literature examinations. Video cassette TV is becoming a popular way of viewing and you think that the future is with it. Helen Aged 23 You are a final-year student, recently married. Both your husband and you believe that television prevents everybody from going out into the world itself. No second-hand experi­ence for you, only real books, theatres and films. You are con­vinced that television deprives you of the enjoyment of enter­taining and that it is no substitute for civilised pleasures or for active hobbies and sports. Robert/Caroline Aged 21 You are one of the British group on an exchange visit to Moscow. During your stay you are to do a project on the educational value of television. You say a few words about the Open University as a form of adult education on television. There are a number of problems under discussion. What particularly concerns you is that people, children especially, are reading far less. They now prefer screenplays and TV serials to books. Steve/Frankie Aged 23 You are one of the British group on an exchange visit to Moscow. During your stay in the country you are to do a project on television in Russia. You are present at a discussion on the role of television in society. Your special interest is the impact of television on children as you are afraid that very often children grow up addicted to the telly and are exposed to rubbishy com­mercials, violence, etc. You'd like to know the content of TV programmes. Possible follow-ups 1. Choose an evening's viewing for a) a foreign visitor whose Russian is good and who is very interested in learning more about Russia and our way of life; b) a foreign visitor whose Russian is not very good. 2. Write a composition on one of the following topics: a) The year 2000. What changes in television would you ex­pect to have taken place? b) The pros and cons of TV educational programmes. c) The challenges of TV for teenage viewers. THE INVESTIGATION Situation Mrs June Brown was detained for shoplifting. She was accused of having stolen a girl's woolen pullover. Mrs Brown refused to say anything and consequently the police were called and she was charged with theft. The facts are the follow­ing: Mrs Brown was in a hurry. She wanted to buy a new pull­over for her daughter Jean before taking her to her cousin's birthday party. Mrs Brown found a pullover in the shop she called at with her daughter on her way to the party. As soon as she had paid for the pullover she saw that Jean had chocolate all over her face and hands. Furious she asked a sales assistant where the toilets were. Then in the toilet Mrs Brown changed Jean's old pullover for the new one. They would have to run if they were going to ever get to the party. But in the street she was grabbed by a man accompanied by a woman. The woman said that they had reason to believe that Mrs Brown was shop­lifting. The evidence against Mrs Brown was that the woman, Mrs Baker, a store detective, had entered the toilets and had seen Mrs Brown, putting a new pullover over her daughter's head. You are to enact the preliminary investigation of the case conducted by two counsels: the counsel for the Prosecution and the counsel for the Defence. Cast list Mrs June Brown, the accused Mrs Mary Baker, a store detective Miss Becky Smith, a sales assistant Mr Clark Timpson, the sales manager Miss Nora Lain, a customer in the shop Counsel for the Prosecution Counsel for the Defence What you must decide (after the role play) On the basis of the evidence collected by the two counsels during the investigation you must decide whether the matter should be brought to court. Role cards Counsel for the Defence Aged 39 While interviewing the participants of the incident — Mrs Brown, the defendant, Miss Smith, the sales assistant, Mrs Baker, the store detective, Mr Timpson, the sales manager and Miss Nora Lain, a customer — you try to prove that your client is innocent and the charge brought against her is ground­less. In summing up your arguments you emphasize that a sus­pect is innocent until proven guilty. You have no doubt that this is an "open-and-shut" case and should never be brought to trial. Counsel for the Prosecution Aged 45 In the course of the investigation you interview everybody concerned: Mrs Brown, the accused, Miss Smith, the sales as­sistant, Mrs Baker, the store detective, Mr Timpson, the sales manager and Miss Nora Lain, a customer. You ask everybody to tell you about their part in the incident and thus you make them reveal the basic facts of the case and their respective role in it You try to verify the truthfulness of their testimony. First ask them questions about themselves: their name, occupation, the reasons for their actions in the situation with the idea of looking for things that will make Mrs Brown seem guilty. On completion of the investigation sum up your observation. Mrs June Brown Aged 30 You are a part time school teacher with two children of your own rather difficult to manage. Thus you are always pressed for time and easily lose your temper. During the investigation you show your indignation at the false charge imposed upon you. The only person you are willing to talk the matter over is your lawyer whom you give a full and truthful account of your be­haviour in the shop. When you were stopped that day by the sales manager and accused of shoplifting you felt insulted and became angry. Miss Becky Smith Aged 20 You have been working as a sales assistant for three years. That day you were serving on the knitwear counter. You re­member a woman who you now recognise as the defendant, Mrs Brown, buying a pullover for her daughter. You remember her well because the girl was eating a chocolate ice-cream and smeared it all over her face while Mrs Brown was paying for the pullover. The customer said she must clean the girl up as she was taking her to a birthday party. You showed Mrs Brown where the toilets were and she hurried away. Mrs Mary Baker Aged 37 You are a store detective. Previously you were employed as a policewoman. In all your years of working for the police you have never made a false arrest. That day as you entered the toilets of the store you saw a woman taking the labels off a new pullover and putting it on her daughter. The woman seemed very nervous and excited. When you entered she immediately hurried out. Her behaviour made you suspect her of stealing the pullover. You followed the woman, calling the Sales Man­ager, Mr Timpson, to help you. When you stopped the woman outside the store she became very angry and refused to say anything in her defence so the police were called and she was formally charged with shoplifting. Mr Clark Timpson Aged 32 You are a sales manager at a large department store. Your job is to supervise the sales on the ground floor of the shop. That day you noticed one of the store detectives, Mrs Baker, trying to attract your attention. You realized that she was fol­lowing someone she suspected of shoplifting. You joined Mrs Baker and as the suspect left the shop you grabbed her by the arm. Mrs Baker told the woman that she was suspected of shoplifting. The woman became very angry. You took her to your officer but she continued to protest about being arrested. She insisted on having paid for the pullover but refused to show you the receipt. She refused to say anything until her lawyer arrived. You therefore called the police and the woman was charged with shoplifting. Miss Nora Lain Aged 40 You are a secretary at an office. You don't like to go straight home after work (you are single), so very often you go window-shopping. That day as you were in a large store and entered the toilets you saw a woman hurriedly changing her daughter into a new pullover. She left the toilets in a hurry. You followed her (you are a great reader and admirer of Agatha Christie). After the woman was stopped by some people and the police arrived you addressed the police officer offering him evidence. You are enjoying it all, absolutely sure that justice must be done. You even hope that the case will get into the newspapers and the girls at the office will see your name or even a photo. Possible follow-ups 1. Give an account of the incident as it was seen by Anne, Mrs Brown's daughter. 2. Give an account of the investigation as it was seen and heard by a newspaper reporter (mind your style). 3. Write a letter which Mr Brown, the husband of the ac­cused, might have sent to a local newspaper, protesting about the actions of the staff of the store (mind your style). AN INCIDENT AT SCHOOL Situation During the last week of the term the eighth form register goes missing from the staff room. The form tutor is worried since it's the time for .the end-of-term assessment which must The form tutor warned the pupils that if yhey did not produce the form register and the offender's name he/she would take the matter to the Head Teacher. Two discussions are held simultaneously — by the pupils in their classroom and by the teachers in their staff room. The pupils are trying to find the offender and the register while the teachers are concerned with the reasons for the theft and a possible punishment to be imposed on the offender which will also act as a deterrent for the future. The room should be arranged so that each group has its own "working area" in order to prevent the participants from being distracted. Cast list Teacher W. Teacher K. Teacher R. Teacher B. Julia/Peter Lucy/Eugene pupils Nina/Alex Helen Dorothy Parker, a visiting teacher from Great Britain Donald/Daisy, an English pupil What you must decide What can be the outcome of the confession and the punish­ment inflicted on the pupil? Role cards Teacher W. Aged 35 You are a math teacher and a tutor of the 8th form. The dis­appearance of the form register upsets you. You intended to hold a tutor meeting with the pupils but they insisted upon dearing up the incident themselves and you let them. You dis­cuss it with your colleagues in the staff room informally, asking for their advice. You personally think that it was Nick, who re­ally is a nuisance and far from being the best pupil, who has taken the register, possibly to erase some bad marks (you've noticed some signs of this in his record book a few times). If he is found out you'll summon his father to school for a talk with the Head Teacher. Teacher K. Aged 54 You are an experienced teacher and have been a tutor for many years. You've had similar experience before and you've dealt with it quite efficiently. You are surprised that teacher W. let the pupils deal with the situation themselves accusing her of lax authority. You believe that to decide on the possible punish­ment of the offender teacher W. should call a special meeting of the tutors with the Head Teacher and subject teachers. Sus­pension from school is, you think, an appropriate punishment serving as a deterrent for possible/potential offenders. Teacher R. Aged 23 You are a trainee teacher. You think that teacher W. is per­fectly right in letting the children deal with the situation them­selves as you strongly believe in pupils' self-government. You object to teacher K.'s suggestion that the offender should be suspended from school as it may inflict a deep psychological wound and the poor child may never recover from the dreadful traumatic experience. You think that a telling off is sufficient punishment. Teacher B. Aged 30 You are a literature teacher, you've been teaching these pupils for four years and know them well. You know Nick as a kind-hearted, well-behaved, well-read boy and you doubt his being the offender. You would rather suspect Mary who is not popular with her classmates and tries to attract their attention by any possible means. She is also at the bottom of your litera­ture class. You are more concerned with the reason for the of­fence than the actual punishment, believing the type of punish­ment would depend on the pupil involved. Julia/Peter Aged 14 You are a class leader. You lead the discussion. Possible suspects you think are Nick and Mary. Nick is more likely since he is poor at maths and has had more than one conflict with teacher W., who is always finding fault with him and whose classes Nick finds boring. He is a real nuisance in her classes. As class captain you've told him off more than once but it didn't work and you believe that if he is the offender he should be properly punished. To do so you need either evidence of his offence or Nick's confession. Lucy/Eugene Aged 14 You suspect Mary who is new to your class and goes out of her way to make friends with the girls and become popular. You resent it. You don't exclude the possibility of Mary steal­ing the register just to attract everybody's attention. Nina/Alex Aged 14 You are convinced that nobody in your class is capable of such an offence. So you are hurt by teacher W.'s suspicion and demand a thorough search of the staff room thinking the regis­ter is there and possibly overlooked. You refuse to discuss the possible suspects. Helen Aged 14 You follow the discussion without any comment as you are faced with a dilemma: to confess or not, since it was you who took the register from the staff room to erase your friend Nick's poor marks. He is totally unaware of it, as of your "spe­cial" attitude to him. You've been hopelessly in love with him for two years. But you can't let him be a scapegoat so you con­fess and take the form register to the staff room yourself ready to face the consequences. Dorothy Parker Aged 35 You are a visiting teacher and you happen to be in the teacher's staff room when the teachers discuss the incident. You explain that in English school there is no book similar to our "form register" (журнал). You may also mention the possi­ble sanctions a teacher may use to punish a child in an English school. Donald/Daisy Aged 15 You are 16. You live with your mother, Dorothy Parker, in Moscow at the moment, and you go to one of Moscow schools. The pupils of your class let you be present and participate in all kinds of meetings and discussions they have. You are eager to learn more about their way of life. As that day the missing form register is the cause of an incident you explain that in your English school there is no register/book of the kind. The marks are entered in the subject teacher's book.

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