- •1 Study the following words and word combinations and find their Russian equivalents.
- •2 Write down all the places that people can stay in on holiday. (Think of as many different types of holiday as possible!) Have you ever been on any of the following types of holiday?
- •3 Paraphrase the following quotations. Which do you agree with? Why? Discuss them in pairs.
- •4 What do you like to do in your spare time? Use phrases from the language box to discuss in pairs, as in the example.
- •5 Build Up Your Word Power
- •6 Underline the correct word in the sentences.
- •7 Discuss your weekend plans with your partner. You can use the phrases from the boxes. Tick (√) the boxes to form the phrases. Can you think of one more phrase to go under each heading?
- •8 Underline the word that best completes each sentence. To what pastime is each group of words related? Can you add one more word?
- •10 Replace the underlined words and expressions with one of the fixed phrases below. Then, in pairs, use the fixed phrases to make up sentences of your own.
- •1 Read the text, paying attention to the words and word-combination underlined; use them in your own letter describing your holiday at the seaside.
- •2.1 An ideal holiday
- •2.2 Answer the questions:
- •2.3 An ideal holiday
- •2.4 Answer the questions
- •2.5 Choose the right answer.
- •3 Compare the three ways of spending one’s holiday. Agree or disagree with the statements.
- •5 Why do people take holidays? The usual reason given is ‘rest and relaxation’. How many other reasons can you think of? How restful and relaxing are holidays really?
- •6 Read the following text and find out:
- •Give us a break from holidays
- •6.1 Without looking back at the text yet, say whether the following statements are True or False. Give reasons for your answers.
- •6.2 Answer the questions.
- •7 Work with your partner.
- •A deserted island
- •Part III holidays in britain
- •1 Read the essays about the life in contemporary Britain seen through the eyes of the British people. At the seaside
- •Holidays
- •Hitch-hiking
- •The weather
- •Sir Charles goes on a bird-watching holiday
- •2 Where to go in Britain England
- •Scotland
- •Group discussion. Read the following pieces of information decide whether the same is true for our country. British roads
- •Prince swaps sympathy for tea at £25-a-night b&b
- •1.1 Find the meaning of the following words and phrases in an English-English dictionary and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •1.2 Answer the questions.
- •1.3 Explain the usage of the word would in the sentences in bold style, state its function and make up ten sentences of your own on the same patterns.
- •1.4 Translate the sentences into English using the words and word combinations from the article.
- •2 Read and discuss the article. Use the words and phrases in bold type while rendering it. Sitting pretty at holiday time
- •2.1 Explain the usage of the ing-forms in the sentence in bold style, state their function and make up ten sentences of your own on the same pattern.
- •Holidays
- •Holidays in the usa
- •Ye olde britain
- •Для тех, кто ищет приключений
- •Запах памяти
Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
Федеральное агентство по образованию
Государственное образовательное учреждение
высшего профессионального образования
«РОСТОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
Leisure Time. Holidays
Методические указания
по практике устной и письменной речи английского языка
(специальность – романо-германская филология)
Ростов-на-Дону
2005
Методические указания обсуждены и утверждены на заседании кафедры английской филологии факультета филологии и журналистики Ростовского государственного университета
Протокол: № 4 от 24.11.2005
Составитель: доц., канд. филол. наук Шкуратова Т.А.
Рецензент: доц., канд. филол. наук Полякова И.М.
Ответственный редактор: доц., канд. филол. наук Николаев С.Г.
Данные методические указания к курсу «Практика устной/письменной речи английского языка» по теме «Свободное время. Досуг. Отпуск» предназначены для студентов 3 курса отделения романо-германской филологии факультета филологии и журналистики.
Методические указания состоят из пяти разделов, каждый из которых имеет свое методическое назначение и относится к различным видам речевой деятельности. В каждый раздел включены тексты, упражнения и задания разной языковой трудности. Это дает возможность преподавателю использовать материал выборочно в зависимости от индивидуальных особенностей аудитории и степени подготовленности студентов.
Основная цель методических указаний - систематизация и расширение словарного запаса студентов с учетом коммуникативных потребностей в их будущей профессиональной деятельности, совершенствование навыков и умений по переводу и интерпретации научно-популярных, художественных, газетных текстов, по передаче информации с использованием необходимого лексического материала, что, в конечном счете, способствует стимулированию устной монологической и диалогической речи, а также грамотности и точности при письме.
Методические указания являются частью комплекса учебного материала по указанной теме и являются тематическим продолжением Урока 1 «Taking a Break» и Урока 3 «Enthusiasms» учебника «Focus on First Certificate» (автор Sue O’Connell, Longman Ltd, 2001), а также Урока 5 «Globe Trotting» учебника «Focus on Advanced English C.A.E.» (автор Sue O’Connell, Longman Ltd, 2001). Основным учебным пособием комплекса является учебник «Progress to Proficiency» (автор Leo Jones, Cambridge University Press, 1994). Тематика разделов перекликается с разговорными темами Урока 1 («Free Time») учебника, что позволяет преподавателю использовать методические указания параллельно с изучением данной темы по учебнику.
Содержание текстов, взятых из произведений английских писателей и прессы, нацелено на расширение страноведческих знаний и кругозора студентов.
Part 1 LANGUAGE FOCUS
1 Study the following words and word combinations and find their Russian equivalents.
Leisure activities Hobbies
Team sports collecting stamps/ coins/ antiques
To get in plenty of sport car maintenance
Individual competitive/ non-competitive sports carpentry
Outdoor activities playing a musical instrument
Birdwatching doing crossword puzzle
Hunting sewing
Indoor activities knitting
Chess/ draughts making pots
Board games (Scrabble, Monopoly) photography
Card games do-it-yourself
dancing
Choosing a route belly-dancing
Hiking/ to go hiking to take up painting
To go on a picnic
Walking tour Going on a holiday
To travel on foot leisure interests
To wander/ to roam/ to stroll/ to rove package
To plan a trip to snap, a snap
Guide-book to have a good time
Light (hand)/ heavy luggage I wish I could get away for a while
Rucksack/ knapsack to be idle
Hamper/ basket to spend holiday “off-season”
Damp proof at odd times (odd moments)
Sleeping-bag it turned out marvellously
The spirit of the journey to escape from
To be open to all impressions to give an idea
An inveterate anti-picnicker to have fun
To be (to get) wet through a busman’s holiday
The things are damp/ soaked funfair
Cooking utensils amusement machines
To get a kettle to boil the national pastime
Tinned food at one’s leisure
Tin-opener leisure centre
Pocketknife to take a ferry
To camp out to laze about
To settle oneself to a meal
Gas-burner Boating/sailing/ yachting
Water-container a south-coast resort
To peel/ to scrape potatoes to make for the open sea
To make a (bon) fire to blow up a dinghy
Odds and ends swimming things (beach wear)
To squat down to supper sun-tan oil
A picnic site peeling nose
Not to sleep a wink to run one’s boat into a quiet nook
Torch/ flashlight to row up (down) the river/ stream
To put up/ to pitch/ to fix a tent to steer
to scull/ to tow/ to punt
Nature to raft
Picturesque safe bathing
Spectacular cliffs
Grove A place to stay
Steep hill pied-à-terres
Meditative silence of the morning self-catering accommodation/a gite
To watch the sun rise and set bed and breakfast establishment (B&B)
To be sprayed by waves breaking on the rocks to be up to three-star standard
Sea fret youth hostel/ residence
The heat is unbearable/ scorching host-family
The beauty of the nature made me breathless landlady
2 Write down all the places that people can stay in on holiday. (Think of as many different types of holiday as possible!) Have you ever been on any of the following types of holiday?
Adventure package
Backpacking pony-trekking
Camping sailing
Cruise sightseeing
Hiking touring
Tick the places on your list that you have stayed in yourself.
Work with another student. Compare your lists. Then choose one of the places your partner has ticked and find out as much as possible about the holiday(s) concerned.
Think about the best and worst holidays you ever had. Where were they and what made them so bad? Tell your partner.