Учеб. для студентов вузов / [В.Д. Аракин и др.]; под ред. В.Д. Аракина. — 4-е изд., перераб. и доп. — М.: Гуманитар, изд. центр ВЛАДОС, 2006. — 431 с.: ил. — (Учебник для вузов).
Рекомендовано Министерством образования и науки Российской Федерации в качестве учебника для студентов высших учебных заведений Москвe
Unit One
Text: "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome
Conversation and Discussion:
Changing Patterns of Leisure
Unit Two
Text: "Encountering Directors" by Ch. Samuels
Conversation and Discussion:
Man and the Movies
Unit Three
Text: "To Sir, with Love" by E.R. Braithwaite
Conversation and Discussion:
English Schooling
Unit Four
Text: "The Fun They Had" by I. Azimov
Conversation and Discussion:
Bringing Up Children
Unit Five
Text: "Art for Heart's Sake" by R. Goldberg
Conversation and Discussion:
Painting
Unit Six
Text: "The Man of Destiny" by G.B. Shaw
Conversation and Discussion:
Feelings and Emotions
Unit Seven
Text: "The Happy Man" by S. Maugham
Conversation and Discussion:
Talking about People
Unit Eight
Text: "The Apple-tree" by J. Galsworthy
Conversation and Discussion:
Man and Nature
Assimilation According to the Place of Obstruction — Loss of Plosion
Section One. Review of Part Two
Section Two. Intonation Pattern XIV. Rise-Fall
Section Three. Temporizers. Emphatic Stress
Section Four. Wide and Narrow Range of Pitch
Section Five. Intonation Pattern XV
Morphology
Syntax
Test Your Knowledge
Tactic Suggestions to Students on Writing Summary
and Essays
Conversational Formulas