Module 9 Shopping.

Vocabulary

expensive, to buy/to sell (at a supermarket), the shop sells/Do you sell…, opening times, buzy / quiet shop, customer /shop assistant, queue, advertisement, clothes shop/pharmacy / greengrocer’s /baker’s, to buy a newspaper from a newsagent’s, to shop by telephone/by post/through home PC, the most exciting way to shop is…, to go shopping for the lively atmosphere, the most popular items (for tourists)

Questions for discussion.

1. How can you shop nowadays?

2. What is the most exciting way to shop?

3. Do you prefer traditional or modern way to do shopping? Why?

4. What shopping place is the most lively/the busiest in your town?

Module 10 What does it mean ‘to look modern’?

Vocabulary

to describe, description, good-looking, ugly, attractive, handsome, short, long, medium-length hair, airstyle, in her /his (early, mid-, late) 20-ies, to wear (uniform, casual, elegant clothes, dark/bright colours, a lot of / little make-up), (a piece of) jewellery, trainers, suit, tie, (a pair of) jeans / trousers, to make/buy clothes for yourself, to wear clothes that are different, to look good with…, fashion, idea of beauty

Questions for discussion.

1. What clothes do young people wear?

2. Do you like wearing street style?

3. How do you choose what to wear?

4. Who buys clothes for you?

5. What are your favourite clothes?

6. Describe a modern-looking person.

Module 11 a man’s best friends.

Vocabulary

animal species / species of animal, (male) giraffe, adult giraffe, mammal, bird, types of kangaroo, bison, koala bear, ant, the world’s largest animal, amazing animal facts, attack / kill (humans); work for humans, eucalyptus tree leaves, to live without water, to see colours, guide dogs

Questions for discussion.

1. What animal is a man’s best friend?

2. When did they first start living together?

3. Are there many breeds of dog in the world?

4. What are dogs good at? What can they do?

5. How many cats are there in the world today?

6. How many kinds (‘breeds’) are there?

7. Would you like to have a cat? Why?

Module 12 Entertainment.

Vocabulary

at the weekend, go away for the weekend, play a team sport, go to the gym, go jogging, go dancing, have a party, go out (with friends), watch television, stay in, to eat out, the most important attractions, to support a football team, to visit a cybercafé

Questions for discussion.

1. How often do you go dancing? Why / Why not?

2. What sort of dancing (entertainment) do you enjoy? What do you enjoy doing?

3. What is your kind of fun?

4. Does people’s opinion of a good way to entertain themselves change all the time?

5. What can be good for you when you have a holiday? A day off?

6. What spare time activities can you offer?

7. Which is the most energetic one?

8. Which requires extra money?

Module 13 Ways of communication.

Vocabulary

send an e-mail, a fax, dial the number, buy on-line, surf the Internet, ways of communication, to invent, to keep in touch with people around the world, to write / leave a message / a note, to exchange information

Questions for discussion.

1. Do you often surf the Internet? Why?

2. What do people use personal computer for?

3. What are the advantages of the age of the computer?

4. Can we do without modern technologies? Why?