- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Parts b,c pp. 19-22).
- •4. Discussion points – see ex.5 p.23.
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 30-38).
- •4. Discussion.
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 49-55).
- •4. Discussion – see ex. 2 p. 56 (“Americanization”).
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 66-76).
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 86-93).
- •4. Discussion – see ex.3 p. 95 (City life vs. Small town life).
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 103-109).
- •4. Discussion – see ex.5 p. 111 (Capital punishment).
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 116-124).
- •4. Discussion – Do we have discrimination against minorities in our country?
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 132-138).
- •4. Discussion – The roles of family life and career in the life of modern women.
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 152-164).
- •4. Discussion – The political system of the usa: advantages and drawbacks.
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 193-201).
- •4. Discussion – Pros and cons of American educational system (compare it with Russia).
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 233-242).
- •4. Discussion – The role of the arts in the modern society of the usa and Russia.
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
- •1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 266-275).
- •4. Discussion – The role of the media in the modern society of the usa and Russia.
- •5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
4. Discussion – Pros and cons of American educational system (compare it with Russia).
5. Render the following text into English, using active vocabulary of the Unit.
Каждый американец имеет право на образование. Посещение школ обязательно для всех детей. Возможности по обучению разнообразны: родители могут отправить детей в государственную школу, где плата за обучение не взимается, или в частную школу. Учащиеся, стремящиеся получить университетский диплом, могут ходить на различные подготовительные курсы пред поступлением в вуз. В престижных университетах требования к студентам очень строгие, туда поступают только студенты с выдающимися способностями. Нуждающиеся студенты получают государственные стипендии (пособия).
Общенационального реестра обязательных предметов не существует, но большинство государственных школ учат одним и тем же предметам. Поскольку расовая сегрегация вне закона, все школы общие для афроамериканцев и белых. Создаются условия для обучения детей с ограниченными возможностями, ликвидируется неравенство между сельскими и городскими школами. Тем не менее, уровень образовательных достижений не высок: 13% выпускников школ неграмотны.
6. Write an essay on the following topic: Academic Achievement in Russia and in the USA: Comparative Outline.. Use active vocabulary of the Unit.
Unit 13. The Arts
1. Study the following words and find out their meanings.
P. 225 to overshadow smth., to be committed to smth. (a commitment), cultural facilities
P. 226 an endowment, to flourish, to inspire
P. 227 visual arts
P. 228 to seek to do smth., pop art, a pervasive influene, to gain a wide popularity
P. 229 a heyday (to reach one’s heyday of popularity)
P. 231 to win appeal with smb., to become heavily commercialized, to convey the innermost feelings
P. 232 to intervene, to enrich cultural life, to make an impact on smth.
2. Answer the questions.
1. What proves the commitment of the Americans to the arts?
2. How does the American government support the arts?
3. What are the modern trends in the visual arts?
4. What forms and styles of music have developed in America?
5. How is the modern dance developing in America?
6. What is the influence of television on the development of the film industry?
3. Role play (see Part b, pp. 233-242).
Role 1. You are a theatre critic. For you the theatre has always been the main of the arts, deeply rooted in the history of every civilized nation. The popularity of Broadway musicals and plays makes you believe in the bright fututre of theatre in the USA (see pp.233-236).
Role 2. You are a film critic. You are convinced that the cinema overshadows all other forms of art, and the theatre will gradually die out due to competition with the cinema. For you Hollywood films are the patterns on which all other movies must be modelled (see pp. 237-241).
Role 3. You are a TV producer. You believe that neither cinema nor theatre can compete with the rapid development of television. You predict that performances and movies will survive only as television forms, and that’s why they must get adapted to the new viewing patterns.
Roles 4-8. You are theatre/cinema/TV fans (theatre or film actors, producers, TV series stars, ordinary audience). Support one of the positions above.