Speaking Practice

Lesson-13
April 08, 2015 Wednesday
Semester-2
Agenda:
Practice of telling stories;
Spontaneous translation;
English idiom “What’s up?”.

“The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/166029-the-mediocre-teacher-tells-the-good-teacher-explains-the-superior

Practice of telling stories:
what we were doing last lesson

Spontaneous translation exercise
Last lesson we began with talk about transition to DST.
The clock adjustment process takes a great deal of time.
We found varying time difference between USA & Europe.
It is important for international business contacts.
And finally we got acquainted with formal and informal greetings in English.
Последнее занятие мы начали с беседы о переходе на летнее время.
Процесс перевода часов занимает кучу времени.
Мы обнаружили меняющуюся разницу времени между США и Европой.
Это важно для международных деловых контактов.
И наконец мы познакомились с формальными и неформальными приветствиями на английском языке.

English in a Minute - What's Up.mp4