A summer morning

I saw dawn creep across the sky,

And all the gulls go flying by.

I saw the sea put on its dress

Of blue mid-summer loveliness,

And heard the trees begin to stir

Green arms of pine and juniper.

I heard the wind call out and say:

“Get up, my dear, it is to-day!”

Rachel Field [2]

Unit 10 giftedness. What to do with it?

In this unit you will learn about the advantages and disadvantages of being gifted and talented, about social and emotional needs of gifted individuals. Before you start working with the text try:

1. to explain the term “talented” ['tæləntıd] (способный, талантливый) in English.

2. To find synonyms and antonyms to:

unusual, satisfied, emotion.

3. to answer the following questions:

1. Is it an advantage of being unique and talented?

2. Do you know any gifted and talented in your surroundings? Do talented people deserve better attitude than others?

3. Are you a gifted person?

4. To guess the meaning of the following words and word combinations without using the dictionary.

Talented, traditional, differential, intensity, spirit, practically, a homogeneous group, emotion, enthusiasm, tolerance, pioneers, focus; elements, interests, typical, characteristics, frustrating, demonstrate, synthesize problems, integrate ideas, disciplines, logical associations, correct.

5. To do the following phonetic exercises:

Ex.1. Transcribe and pronounce the words given below.

Attitude, embarrassment, gifted, keen, precocious.

Ex.2. Read the following clusters with assimilation.

Asked to; found that; tend to; and tolerance; and the; with such; around them.

Ex.3. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [w] correctly.

With, whether, want, when, what, always, world, waste, were, why, wish, where, toward, which, question, will, way, quickly, well.

Ex.4. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [r].

Different, traits, through, rather, extremely, precocious, friendships, authority, embarrassment, interpreted, profound, around, parent's, response, reasons, varied, strong, curiosity, reader, comprehensively, varying, degrees, presence, proof.

Ex.5. Pronounce the words from the text containing the nasal sound [ŋ].

Something, thinking, think, Hollingworth, wanting, finding, younger, young, willing, questioning, frustrating, strong, language, things, processing, varying.

Ex.6. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiced sound [ð].

With, they, whether, that, their, this, the, rather, their, though, another, those, them, these, therefore.

Ex.7. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiceless sound [Ө].

Thought, through, enthusiasm, authority.

Ex.8. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [v].

Individuals, even, adventures, develop, varied, verbal, varying.

TEXT

Scan through the text to understand its main ideas. Use the given vocabulary notes.