How to bring up a superstar.
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Einstein, genius, enough, particularly, smart, mystery, recently, champion, majority, art, museum, prodigy, encourage, praise, ignore, taught, technique.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
Intelligent, particularly, to complete, to find out, to bring up, right conditions, to measure, although, praise, to consider, to recall, to encourage talent, demanding teacher, to remind, to comfort.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Особенно важный, продолжать делать, возможно, тайна, выяснить, воспитывать, человеческий потенциал, большинство детей, считаться, наполнять трофеями, выбранная деятельность, поощрять талант, выдающийся тренер, необходимое оборудование, напоминать практиковаться, развивать талант, умственная деятельность, успокоить.
4. Finish the phrase.
to bring up …………… Olympic …………
similar ……………….. aptitude …………..
art ………………… to encourage …………..
necessary …………… to find time and ……………
5. Give derivatives of the following words.
Mystery, piano, differ, similar, condition, art, music, able, play, active, energy.
6. Translate the following
HOW TO BRING UP A SUPERSTAR
Большой талант всегда был тайной. Откуда он берется? Как он растет? Один американский ученый и его команда провели исследование, включающее 120 суперзвезд. Среди них были Олимпийские чемпионы, пианисты, скульпторы и ученые, которые достигли вершин в своей области. Когда все интервью были проанализированы и сравнены, ученые заметили, что домашнее воспитание имеет большое влияние. Ученые сделали вывод: суперзвездами не рождаются, их воспитывают. Их таланты могут разниться, но детские воспоминания остаются одинаковыми. Огромное большинство детей могут развивать свои таланты в правильных условиях.
Ученые ожидали увидеть чудо-детей, чьи таланты были очевидны в раннем детстве. Вместо этого, они узнали, что дети стали демонстрировать свой талант после многих лет упорной работы. Но все дети без исключения, помимо умственных и физических талантов, имели бдительных и любящих родителей.
16. BEAUTY ATTRACTS, BUT IT’S BRAINS THAT COUNT
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Produce, genes, intelligence, Einstein, genius, owe, chromosome, balance, certainly, throughout, influence, ancestor, indisputable, passionate, conquerоr.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
Intelligent, rather… than, to owe, to pass through smth, mental retardation, throughout the ages, to influence, mediocre painter, certainly, among the ancestors, to adore, sophisticated, the key to greatness, to share happiness.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Oказывается, жениться на, быть обязанным кому-то, иметь вторую хромосому, сильно влиять, балансировать, конечно, утонченная, обожать, второй пример, разделять счастье с кем-то, унаследовать, страстная любовь, бесспорный фаворит, завоеватель, уверенность в успехе, вспоминать детство.
4. Finish the phrase.
to produce ……………… the mutation of ………….
mental ……………. a mediocre ……………..
to adore ……………. to share ………………..
to inherit …………….. passionate ……………..
to recall …………….. to analyze ……………..
5. Give derivatives of the following words.
Produce, intelligent, retarded, different, paint, adore, happy, great, passion, child, conquer, confident, certain.
6. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.
a) neither very good, nor very bad, second-rate
b) any one of those persons from whom one is descended
c) to love deeply and respect highly
d) not the same
e) study and examine in order to learn about
f) divide with others
g) time of being a child
h) belief in oneself or others or in what is said, reported
i) very brief period of time
17. DO MEN REALLY KNOW BEST?/ INTELLIGENCE TESTS
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Scientists, knowledge, genetically, status, prove, except, fashion, underestimate, apply, puzzle, measure, design, recruits, officer, vast.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
To prove, to retain factual knowledge, to compete with other men, on the other hand, great value, to carry out a study, current affairs, people-oriented, family- oriented, underestimate, competitive, to apply for a job, to find out, to gain knowledge, logic puzzle, common sense, advanced technology, the way of measuring intelligence, to design a test, the vast majority of people.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Доказать, общие знания, мужчины, соревноваться, выполнить исследование, здоровье и отдых, недооценивать, фантастическая память, обращаться по поводу, получать знания, здравый смысл, хотя, измерять интеллект, разрабатывать тесты, мыслить логически, огромное большинство людей, внизу, текущие события.
4. Finish the phrase.
vast ……………………. to question …………….
to retain ……………….. people- ……………..
to estimate ……………. generally …………….
logic ………………. to measure………….
5. Give derivatives of the following words.
Know, fact, estimate, fantasy, apply, intelligent, compete, logic, decide, health, popular, speech, success, research.
6. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.
a) form too low opinion of smth
b) what there is between one person, thing, idea and another or others
c) clothes, behaviour, music etc. that are considered to be admired or imitated
d) practical good sense from general experience of life, not by special study
e) prepare a plan, a sketch etc.
f) a form of rest or amusement
g) outcome, effect of the activity; answer to a mathematical problem
h) new member of a society, group, esp. soldier
i) find the size, extent, volume, degree
j) latest news
k) take part in a race, contest, examination
18. MENTAL RETARDATION. EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGES
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Cause, retardation, origin, deprivation, below, evident, maternal, approximately,
repetition, adult, environment, ordinary, dyslexia, identify, accident, injury, acquire, surface, suffer, visualize, encounter, autism, syndrome, reflexive, interrupt, characteristic, spontaneous, diagnose.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
Mental retardation, genetic in origin, maternal deprivation, special environment,
identify letters, acquired dyslexia, surface dyslexia, hard to visualize, learning disorders, to encounter disorder, general syndrome, to pretend, to interrupt routine, repeated activity, word-blindness, unable to form relationships.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Умственно отсталый, происхождение, очевидный дефицит, простая профессия, профессиональные умения, первоклассник, быть связанным в проблемами обучения, особое школьное окружение, обычная школа, ставить диагноз, приобретенная дислексия, поверхностная дислексия, сталкиваться с проблемами, детский аутизм, играть спонтанно, выделить характеристики, возвратные местоимения, обращаться к, иметь трудность, перебивать, к сожалению.
4. Finish the phrase.
environmental …………….. mental ………………..
maternal ………………….. self-help ……………..
educational ………………. to identify …………..
acquired ………………….. to visualize …………..
to encounter ……………… reflexive……………….
5. Fill in the chart using the information from the text.
| Dyslexia | |
| Surface …………… | …………. dyslexia |
| Problems with …………… | Problems with understanding abstract words |
| Examples: | Examples: power, ………… |
6. Match the words and their definitions.
| 1. to visualize | a) to feel pain, discomfort, sorrow |
| 2. to pretend | b) to form a mental picture of something |
| 3. to suffer | c) a psychical harm, damage |
| 4. injury | d) a negative condition |
| 5. disadvantage | e) to make oneself appear to be something |
| 6. routine | f) fixed or regular way of doing things |
19. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
1. Read and transcribe the following words.
Sweet, grab, determined, reach, remarkable, strong-minded, adjusted, confident, temptation, lonely, frustrated, stubborn, disappear, triumph, matter,
manage, sensitive, empathy, personnel, promotion.
2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.
See the future, right now, the moment he is out, to give in, are determined to wait, something remarkable, survey, strong-minded, better adjusted, to resist the temptation, easily frustrated, stubborn, to measure IQ, sensitive to feelings, among the factors of success, to get promotion, dependable teenagers, opposite, to complement.
3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.
Возможно, приглашать, схватить конфету, полны решимости, повзрослеть, опрос родителей, лучше приспособленные, триумф, импульсивный, надежный, персонал, менеджеры по персоналу, управлять эмоциями, знак, среди факторов успеха, чувствительный.
4. Complete the sentence using the words from the text.
a) He hopes to get a …………….. and a better salary if he works hard enough.
b) I couldn’t ……………….. a temptation to take another piece of cake.
c) I’m happy to say that my friend is very …………… and keeps his word.
d) People value such ………….. as honesty, kindness and sense of humor.
e) This week was very quiet; nothing ……………… happened.
f) …………….to the weather forecast, we are in for sunny and warm weather.
g) Although these two people are quite different from each other, they ……….
each other.
h) We admire his ability to fell …………… speaking in front of the audience,
when most people feel shy.
i) As a child Mark was disobedient, we are happy that he changed when he …..
j) A …………… showed that first-year students feel not adjusted enough to
study at the University level.
k) We didn’t know the exact size of the room so we decided to …………… it.
5. Give derivatives of the following words.
To tempt, emotion, sense, person, to promote, impulse, appear, to remark, visual, to injure, educate, able, attentive, advantage, difficult.