- •Министерство образования и науки российской федерации
- •И.В. Атакищева, е.А. Таныгина культура и традиции стран изучаемого языка
- •Оглавление
- •Предисловие
- •Введение
- •Unit ithe british family
- •Vocabulary
- •Which of the following phrases do you think is the best description of an "average British household"?
- •Read the text a to find out if you are right.
- •Answer the questions
- •Stay in or go out!
- •Look at the table. True, false or don't know?
- •Fill in the missing prepositions.( in, of, with, for, at, …
- •Read the text and say whether these statements are true or false or there is no information in the text:
- •Use Text b to tell about yourself and your family
- •Unit iiat home
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a
- •Study the advertisements for holiday accommodation and answer the following questions.
- •Write a dialogue in your notebook where a tourist phones one of the places in exercise VI and asks for information. Then make a reservation.
- •Match the words with the correct definitions.
- •Use Text b to describe your home.
- •Unit iiisouth-west state university
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Read and translate text a
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words and translate the sentences:
- •Use your dictionary to explain the difference between the following words and phrases.
- •Fill in the blanks with one of the following words: occupation, profession or trade.
- •What are the jobs of the following speakers?
- •Complete the wordgrid with words about education and school.
- •Use text b to tell about your native town.
- •Unit iveducation in great britain
- •I. Read and translate text a.
- •Vocabulary:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Read and translate text b.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read the following text through. Then read it again and fill each blank with a right word . You may need to use a dictionary.
- •VI. Do you agree or disagree? Make some notes, in your notebook, for and against the following statements. Discuss your ideas in class.
- •VII . How many professions do you know? Match each person on the left with the correct definition on the right.
- •What do these expressions mean? What do the people do?
- •All of these areas of study end in –logy. Can you fit the correct beginning in each of these examples?
- •Decide whether these sentences are true or false.
- •Make phrases by combining the words in two columns.
- •Speak about the educational system in England close to the text. Unit vlondon
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a.
- •II. Read and translate text b.
- •Vocabulary:
- •III. Answer the following questions.
- •Retell the text.
- •Read the following dialogue. Work “in pairs’’ and replace the words underlined with the alternatives below. Write the new dialogues and act them out. Work in pairs.
- •Match each word in column, with a word or expression with the same or similar meaning in column two.
- •Read and decide if the following statements are true or false.
- •Unit vibritish food
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Put the following words under the correct heading in the box below. Translate the words.
- •Using the clues below, complete the words in the word grid 1-8 and find the mystery word.
- •Retell the text.
- •Read and translate text b.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Practice reading the following sentences. Learn them by heart.
- •Read the following dialogues. Dramatize it.
- •Unit viishops and shopping
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a
- •Work “in pairs’’ asking and answering the following questions:
- •What do they sell?
- •Where would you buy the items in the box? Match them with the list of shops.
- •Read text b and be ready to discuss it.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •What have your family bought recently? Discuss with your partner.
- •Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.
- •Read the following dialogue. Dramatize it.
- •The left hand column lists some objects, the right hand column lists the shops( or places) where you can find them. Match the correct item from column a to the place in column b.
- •Unit viiisport in britain
- •Vocabulary:
- •Read and translate text a.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read and translate text b.
- •Describe one of the sports mentioned in the text. Don't
- •Do you agree or disagree? Make some notes, in your notebook, for and against the following statements. Discuss your ideas in class. Begin with “I (dis)agree that..”.
- •Find the words – games and sports.
- •Read the short article and say what some sports persons do before a game.
- •Which of the items below do you think an athlete should have if he or she wants to show better results in sport? Give arguments.
- •In the sentences below find English equivalents to the Russian phrases.
- •What do you think about risk taking (sky diving, bungee jumping, rock climbing, white-water rafting)? Discuss your ideas in class.
- •Here are the names of eight runners in a recent 100 metros race:
- •Make sure you know which sports these places are associated with.
- •XIII. Speak about the British and sport. Unit ixtransport system in britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate text a.
- •Answer the questions
- •Using the text choose the best way to travel for the following people. Give reasons for your answers,
- •Read the text and say what the differences between the driving-test in your country and in Britain are.
- •Read text b and be ready to discuss it
- •Read the sentences below and decide which ones are connected with a hotel (h) and which with a train station (t). If the sentence could be both (h) or (t), mark it (ht).
- •Look at the following questions and choose the correct answer
- •Unit xthe united states of america ("u.S.A.")
- •Read and translate text a
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate Text в
- •Answer the questions to text b
- •Pair work. Game “Learn about the usa”.
- •British and American vocabulary
- •The adjectives in the left-hand column were used to describe Yankees. Match each adjective with the best phrase from the right-hand column.
- •Complete the saying.
- •People who became words.
- •When people enter the usa they get the following form.
- •Part II introducing great britain section 1 edinburgh
- •Read and translate the text
- •Present perfect. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below.
- •Section 2 about roman britain
- •Read this passage and make questions for the answers below.
- •Read ad translate the text
- •Read the text again. Which of the following sentences are true (t) and which are false (f)?
- •Change the sentences below from active to passive.
- •Section 3 the lake district
- •Read and translate the text
- •Section 4 york
- •Read and translate the text
- •Look at these sentences. Three are false. Which ones?
- •Make a sentence with 'still' to go with each of the sentences below.
- •Read the passage, then make questions for the answers below.
- •Section 5 oxford and stratford-upon-avon
- •Read and translate the text
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Write a paragraph about William Shakespeare using these notes and what you remember from the text.
- •Section 6 wales
- •Read and translate the text
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Which sentences below are true and which are false?
- •Read the sentences and choose the correct preposition.
- •Put 'have to' or 'don't have to' in the sentences below.
- •Section 7 bath
- •Read and translate the text
- •Answer the questions.
- •3. Imagine you are talking to a guide in the Pump Room. These are the guide's answers. What are your questions?
- •Section 8 brighton
- •Read and translate the text
- •Which of the following sentences are true and which are false?
- •Part III texts for additional reading
- •International activities of swsu
- •Faculties and their specialties
- •Information Computing Technology Faculty
- •National emblems of the united kingdom
- •The royal family
- •Diana — the people's princess
- •Transport system in britain
- •Road rage
- •The problems of public transport
- •Integrated transport
- •American symbols
- •Independence day
- •History of the united states
- •Independence and expansion
- •Civil war and industrialization
- •Parties, ideology, and politics
- •New york
- •Education in the usa
- •National food in the usa
- •Sports in the usa
- •Halloween
- •Australia
- •Christmas in australia
- •Sport in australia
- •Government and politics of canada
- •Geography and climate of canada
- •Библиографический список
- •Заключение
- •Аткищева Ирина Викторовна Таныгина Елена Александровна культура и традиции стран изучаемого языка
Answer the questions
What is the most common type of household in England?
How many people live on their own? Who are they?
How many people get married? What is your attitude towards marriage?
Are there many homeless young people in London? Why?
Can you think of people you know who ...
a have no children?
b live on their own?
Would you like to live on your own? Why (not)?
When do you think you will leave home?
If you could not live with your parents, where would you go and what would you do?
Stay in or go out!
We asked some young people, "What do you like doing in the evening and at weekends?". Here are their answers.
Evening/weekend activities |
Number of boys |
Number of girls |
Going out with friends |
9 |
25 |
Visiting friends |
3 |
3 |
Going shopping |
8 |
9 |
Playing sport |
16 |
9 |
Sleeping or relaxing |
5 |
5 |
Reading books and magazines |
5 |
10 |
Listening to music |
4 |
5 |
Watching TV or videos |
14 |
7 |
Playing computer games |
5 |
0 |
Look at the table. True, false or don't know?
a The boys seem to be more sociable than the girls.
b Twice as many boys as girls watch TV or videos,
с The most popular activity is visiting friends.
d Young people prefer to go out rather than stay at home,
e Some girls visit friends to listen to music.
Carry out a similar survey in your group.
Find a proper definition for each family type
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a) a primary social unit consisting of parents and their offspring |
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b) a family that includes children of a previous marriage of one spouse or both |
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с) a social unit that contains the nuclear family together with blood relatives, often spanning three or more generations |
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d) a family that is formed on the remarriage of a divorced or widowed person and that includes a child or children. |
Fill in the missing prepositions.( in, of, with, for, at, …
1 Sandra fell __ love __ one of her classmates.
2 I'm taking the dog__ a walk. I'll be back __ half an hour.
3 We're grateful __ you __ all your help.
4 This table is made __ wood.
5 Mr. and Mrs. Green are leaving __ New York tomorrow
6 Please wait __ me. I'll be ready __ five minutes.
7 There's a post office __ the end __ this street.
8 I started school __ the age __ six.
Read the text and say whether these statements are true or false or there is no information in the text:
The number of married people in Britain has increased by the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The divorce rates are higher in England and Wales than in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Twenty per cent of divorces in Europe happen in Britain.
Cohabitation is when a married couple lives together.
Less than a half of divorces are granted to wives.
Approximately 25 % of all couples living together are not married.
Marriage, Divorce and Cohabitation in Britain
The number of people getting married in Britain has been falling over the past 20 years or so. In 1970 about 400,000 couples were married for the first time. This was down just to over 200,000 first marriages in 1994. In 1995, the last year for which statistics are currently available, there were 322,200 marriages of which over a third were second marriages, most of which followed a divorce.
Britain, where there were 170,000 divorces in 1995, has the highest divorce rate in the European Union. Nearly three quarters of divorces are granted to wives. Men are more likely to remarry than women.
The divorce rates in Scotland and Northern Ireland are lower than in England and Wales, where there were over 13 divorces per 1,000 married couples in 1995.
Cohabitation - an unmarried couple living together - is on the increase. About a quarter of all couples living together are not married. Many couples do get married after living together for a while. About 65 % of all couples married in 1993 had cohabited before marriage compared with only 4% of couples first married in 1966.