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Self Study work№ 4.
Topic: Superstitions (Religions)
Task 1. Speak about the following.
a) Polytheistic religions of the World.
b) Monotheistic religions
c) Islam in Uzbekistan.
d)The Role of Superstitions in our life.
e) What is your definition of religion and superstitions.
Task 2. Listen to the text and repeat after the author.
The Superstitions in Britain.
There are many superstitions in Britain. But one of the most widely-held is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house. It will either bring misfortune to the person that opened it or to the household. The person who opens an umbrella in fine weather is very unpopular. It’s very unlucky to walk under a ladder. If you must pass under a ladder you can avoid bad luck by crossing your finger and keeping them crossed until you’ve seen a dog.
The number 13 is said to be unlucky for some. And when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, most of the people prefer to stay at home.
The worst misfortune that can befall you is breaking a mirror. That will bring you seven years of bad luck. This superstition is supposed to be tools of the gods. And at last there is a superstition of touching wood for luck. This measure is most often taken if you have said or done something wrong or stupid.
Task 3. Put questions to the text
Task 4. Name the most widely-held superstitions in Britain, Uzbekistan and Russia.
Task 5. Write examples on the following constructions: to have+ Infinitive
To be + Infinitive would (should0
Task 6.Indicate the similarities and differences between the three monotheistic religions.

Laboratory work №5

Topic: The role of Internet and Mass Media in our life.
Task 1. Speak about the following:
a) What is the Media?
b) What is a particular challenge to newspapers today?
c) What is the Internet? What search programs do you know?
d) Commercial use of the network today.
e)History of Internet
Task 2. Listen to the text and repeat after the author:
The Internet
The Internet is a huge network of computers spanning this planet and is now started to bring in the surrounding area like space. Some computers like servers share data, others just surf the web as clients downloading the data. Public Internet began in the late 70’s. In the 70’s web users used as interface called telnet, but now that program is mainly obsolete. telnet is most widely deployed in accessing college email accounts. The Internet is very helpful, because it’s a huge database of knowledge, from the pictures of family trips to an analysis of quantum mechanics. Everyone should have the Internet because of its near instantaneous communication and huge wealth of knowledge. But how to go on the Internet and do a search for information we need. There are two ways to do it.
The first is when you know an internet address of data you need and the second one is when you try to find information you need using a search program. In the beginning we have got to enter any browser you like. It could be an Internet Explore, Netscape Navigator or Opera, etc. If we have a broad-band connection, we connect to the Internet at once. If not, we have to set up and connect to our dial-up service. Finally, if we want to find some information in the Internet, we are to type an address of this data in the browser we use or simply use the existing search-programs such as the google search program, rambler search program, yandex search program or yahoo search program. They are very simple and popular networks of sites. In these programs we can just type the word or name of thing, we would like to find and then press enter. A search program solves this problem. We get our results in the same window. After we get our results, we simply choose whatever site best matches our query or keep searching.
Besides data, one can get from the Internet, we can also send and receive e-mail or electronic mail. This internet service is cheaper than ordinary mail and much quicker. It is becoming popular day by day. We can get some news from the Internet, because there are many informational servers in the web.
Task 3. Put questions to the text.
Task 4. Find out sentences with gerund and infinitive or write your own examples.
Task 5. Find out homonyms and explain their using.
Task6. Write an essay supporting or disagreeing with this statement: “Traditional mass media makes certain claims about the veracity of their information. The Internet makes few such claims at the moment and it is possible that the concept of credibility will also change as a result.