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Unit 045 Speaking

readeralexey — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:28:38 GMT

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Unit 009 Idioms describing people

readeralexey — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:29:56 GMT

Форум: EVU Upper-Intermediate
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Unit 073 Abstract nouns

readeralexey — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:29:44 GMT

Choose a quote from exercise 73.4 and write an essay on it.

Write your own quotations to describe the following abstract nouns. (Perhaps you know a saying in your own language that you could translate into English?) Write an essay on the quote.

1 freedom
2 love
3 life
4 curiosity
5 imagination

Write a poem using rhyming words from sections B and С of the Unit.

Unit 067 Discourse markers in spoken English

readeralexey — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:29:27 GMT

Write 2-3 short dialogues using discourse markers from the unit, and be ready to present them in class. Ask another student to help you with the oral presentation. Use props in your performance, if possible.

Unit 017 Business

readeralexey — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:30:40 GMT

1. How much of what you produce is custom-produced?

2. How much of what you own is custom-produced?

3. Have you ever put forward a business plan to your parents? What has been the outcome?

4. Have you ever launched anything in your life?

5. Have you encountered a business which holds customer care as a priority? Did it make a difference?

6. Would you do market research before launching a business? Why / why not?

7. Has recession of 2009 and the ongoing COVID-19 recession impacted your family well-being and lifestyle?

8. Would you prefer doing business in Russia or elsewhere? Why?

9. Is competition stiff in your (potential) area of business?

10. Is building contacts important in your (potential) area of business? Why / why not?

11. If you decide to go forward and access new markets, what would these be?

12. What are your ways of getting feedback from your customers?

13. What, in your opinion, should be the ultimate goal of any business - making profit or serving public good?

14. Do you think turning education and medicine into business does it harm or good? Why?

15. If you could start a business, what would it be? What would you need to do to make it a success? Write a paragraph outlining your ideas. Use words and phrases from this unit.

Unit 023 Physical geography

readeralexey — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:49:01 GMT

Describe an interesting country or area you have been to, or would like to visit, using names of its main geographical features.

Choose a landscape painting or a photo and describe it using words from the unit. Make sure you post the illustration. (Sample paintings: one, two, three, four. Folder with photos to choose from.)

Find a landscape description from fiction (prose or poetry) and highlight words in it related to physical geography.

Unit 030 Health and lifestyle

readeralexey — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:01:48 GMT

List the foods that you eat most regularly. How many are (a) healthy (b) not so healthy?

Do you consume any superfoods? Why? Why not?

Name a food / drink that caused you a short-term health problem.

Name a food / drink that has caused you a long-term health problem.

What do you do to boost your immune system?

What health risks are you particularly concerned about? What do you do to reduce them?

Do you ever eat food that you are 100% sure is not processed? If yes, where do you get it?

What is the difference between fasting and dieting?

What do you do to keep fit?

"People often do not realise how stressful their jobs are" (section B). Do you agree?

Which of your habits do you consider to be harmful? What harm do they cause?

Unit 038 Politics and public institutions

readeralexey — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:40:19 GMT

Are you interested in politics? Why (not)?

What theories about the source of political power do you know? What type of government corresponds to each theory?

Do you think Orthodox Autocratic Monarchy is still possible in Russia? Why (not)?

Do you subscribe to the definition of democracy given in the book: "government of, by and for the people"? Why (not)?
Do you know the source of this definition?

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…" (Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947). Do you agree?

To what extent do you think is Russia an independent (sovereign) country? What about EU countries? The UK? The USA? Can you name other independent countries?

Can you name any famous US Presidents or UK Prime Ministers? What are they famous for?

Is there a politician (past or present) you would like to have met and conversed with? Why?

What parties represented in US Congress do you know? What is the difference between them?

What is a system of checks and balances?

What parties represented in British Parliament do you know? What is the difference between them?

What role does the monarch play in British political system?

Have you ever participated in parliamentary or presidential elections? Why (not)?

Do you support any political party? Why (not)?

Do you consider ever joining a political party? Why (not)?

Write a paragraph about the political system in your country. Make sure your paragraph deals with all the following aspects of the topic appropriate to your country:
kind of government, e.g. a republic or a monarchy chambers or houses
elections
terms of office
government leader

Unit 033 Science and technology

readeralexey — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:23:18 GMT

How are science and technology interconnected?

Name the most serious ethical issue involved in one of the following:

genetic engineering
stem cell research
cloning.

Give an example / an illustration of some impressive achievement in one of the following fields:

ergonomics
molecular biology
voice technology
hydroponics.

What pieces of technology do you use daily?

Do you often analyse problems? If not, what helps you solve them?

Have you ever experimented with anything?

What is your opinion on medical experiments with animals?

What software have you recently installed on your computer / smartphone? Have you found it useful?

Unit 059 Liking and disliking

readeralexey — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:47:00 GMT

Форум: ECU Intermediate
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