Visiting museums.
Museum (from Greece μουσεῖον — the house of Muses) is the establishment which is engaged in collecting, studying, storage and exhibiting of subjects, such as monuments of natural history, artifacts of material and spiritual culture, and so on. There are a lot of different museums. You can choose any you want!
Hiking and camping.
It is one of the most interesting ways to spend your days off. Long nights around the fire, tasty food, new friends and unforgettable memories! What do you think about this kind of
rest? Have you ever gone hiking? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Visiting a park of attractions.
Park of attractions is the common term describing a large quantity of attractions on one territory. Do you like to visit it? Why? Don’t you think it is only for children?
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Reading books.
Do you like to read on week-end? __________________________________________________
What do you prefer to read? ______________________________________________________
Visiting friends.
How often do you visit your friends? _______________________________________________
What about doing shopping or going to a circus? ______________________________________
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What are your ideas how to spend days off? ________________________________________
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Тема 6. Traveling
6 Часов Оборот to be going to…
Task 1. Слайд 3-8. Say when you are going to do something:
Examples: Have you watered the flowers? (in the morning)
Not yet. I'm going to water them in the morning.
Have you washed your hair? (just)
Not yet. I'm just going to wash it.
Have you finished your work? (after lunch) Not yet. I ________________________
Have you made the salad? (just) Not yet. I _________________________
Have you bought a new house? (soon) Not yet. I _________________________
Task 2. Write questions with going to:
Example: I've sold my summer house, (what / buy / instead)
What are you going to buy instead?
It's unexpectedly cold today, (what / you wear?) _________________________________
Nick has given me fresh meat, (what / cook?) ___________________________________
I've broken the vase, (when / buy / a new one?) __________________________________
Task 3. Answer the questions using was / were going to:
Example: Have you invited him to your birthday party?
No. I was going to invite him but I changed my mind.
Did you ask your brother to help you with math?
No, I ________________________but I changed my mind.
Did you visit your friends last weekend?
No, I __________________but I changed my mind.
Did he attend the concert last Sunday?
No, he _____________________but he changed his mind.
Task 4. Translate into English:
Ты помыл посуду? - Нет еще. Я помою ее позже.
Вы уже ужинали? - Нет еще. Мы как раз собираемся ужинать.
Небо очень темное. Будет дождь.
Я решила посещать курсы французского. - Когда ты собираешься начать?
Твои родители ездили в деревню? - Нет, они собирались, но передумали.
Task 5. Read the following postcard. The only adjective Sue and Bill used is nice. Use a better adjective from the box below instead of nice:
lovely comfortable good small terrible old long spectacular
Dear Laura,
We’re having a nice___________ time here in Scotland, but the weather isn’t very nice_______. We’re staying in a nice _____________ hotel near a nice ______________ town called Aberfeldy. We have nice _______________ views of the mountains and forests from our bedroom. Yesterday we went to see Blair Castle. It was really nice ____________. Today we are hoping to go for a nice ______________walk by the lake (called a ‘loch’ here!). Did you have a nice ____________time in Italy? We’ll ring you next week.
Love,
Bill and Sue.
Task 6. Give Russian equivalents of the proverbs if possible and use them in the situations of your own:
1. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. ___________________________________________
2. Every country has its customs. _________________________________________________
3. East or West, home is best. ____________________________________________________
4. There is no place like home. ___________________________________________________
5. So many countries, so many customs. ____________________________________________
Task 7. Look at Diana’s diary and write what she is planning to do, using to be going to:
AUGUST |
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22 Sunday Tennis with Barbara 10am Dinner with James at noon 23 Monday 10.15 meeting with Mrs. Parson Go to Oxford office (9.00 train) 24 Tuesday Visiting the conference 11am |
25 Wednesday George’s funeral 9.00 Lunch with James 12.30 26 Thursday Fly to Amsterdam KLM 147, 8.00 Back 18.50 KLM 156 27 Friday Go to the theatre Royal with Polly 28 Saturday |
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Task 8. Match the sentences with their translations:
1.I’d like to go on an excursion about the city.
2.Let’s go sightseeing.
3.Would you like to see the sights of this town?
4.There are many places of interest in Moscow
5. I suggest we should go and see the sights today.
a) Давайте осмотрим достопримечательности.
b) Вы хотели бы посмотреть достопримечательности этого города?
c) Я бы хотел поехать на экскурсию по городу.
d) Предлагаю осмотреть достопримечательности сегодня.
e) В Москве много достопримечательностей.
Task 9. Fill in the gaps using the words from the box. You may need to change the form of the verbs:
great nightlife work my way souvenirs off the beaten track take risks
see the sigh on a budget
1. My favourite holiday was in Paris, a couple years ago. I really love __________________ We went to the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe. We saw everything! I love buying ________________, too. I got a lovely little model of the Eiffel Tower. I gave it to my mother.
2. I went to Ibiza last year, and had a great time! There’s such ______________________ there that I didn’t actually see much of the place we stayed in! We went clubbing all night, and just chilled out in the day in the hotel. We were _________________________ so we couldn’t do anything too expensive. We saved our money for the clubs.
3. I’m going to __________________________ round South America. I’ve taken a course in how to teach English, and I’m going to use that to help me travel. I’m going to unusual places, a bit __________________________. I don’t like places where you just meet lots of people from your own country. I want to ______________________________, and live a little dangerously.
Task 10. Translate the phrases into Russian:
Visiting museums and art galleries___________________________; spending more time with family and friends____________________________; waiting at the airport________________; seeing life in different countries_________________________________________; traffic jams ___________________; enjoying the beauties of nature ________________________________; meeting new people __________________________; getting lost ________________________; lying on the beach _________________________; just being away from home and daily routine ________________________________________; noisy people _________________________; packing to go on holiday _______________________________.
Task 11. Translate from Russian into English using your active vocabulary:
1. Как ты собираешься провести каникулы? – Наша группа собирается поехать по русским городам. Мы собираемся много гулять и ходить по музеям. 2. Как ваша дочь собирается провести зимние каникулы? – Она собирается провести все каникулы дома. Но она собирается много читать. 3. Следующим летом мы собираемся на базу отдыха. 4. Во время каникул я не собираюсь делать ничего особенного: я буду смотреть телевизор, разговаривать с подругой по телефону, съездить за город покататься на лыжах. 5. Я всегда с нетерпением жду зимних каникул, потому что я собираюсь заняться зимними видами спорта. 6. Я собираюсь провести лето на базе отдыхе, где есть удобные домики, бассейн, танцзал и теннисный корт. 7. К сожалению, я не собираюсь ехать в отпуск за границу. Это дорого. Я собираюсь за город, где буду купаться, загорать, ходить в лес за грибами и ягодами, гулять в тени деревьев и слушать пение птиц.
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Task 12. Слайды 9-29. Work according the presentation.
London
London is the capital of Great Britain. Modern London is not one city that has steadily become larger through the centuries; it is a number of cities, towns, and villages that have, during the past centuries, grown together to make one vast urban area.
London is situated upon both banks of the River Thames; it is the largest city in Britain and one of the largest in the world. Its population is about 7 million people. It is the chief port of the country and the most important commercial, manufacturing and cultural centre. There is little heavy industry in London, but there is a wide range of light industry in Greater London.
London consists of three parts: the City of London, the West End and the East End.
Task 1. Match the words with their translations:
steadily обширный
vast городской
urban постоянно
bank главный
chief широкий
manufacturing берег
wide производственный
Task 2. Write down and read all geographical names from the extract:
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Task 3. Answer the questions:
1. What is modern London? _______________________________________________________
2. Where is London situated? _____________________________________________________
3. What is its population? ________________________________________________________
4. How many parts does London consist of? __________________________________________
The City
The City extends over an area of about 2.6 square kilometers in the heart of London. About half a million people work in the City but only less than 6000 live here. It is the financial centre of the UK with many banks, offices and Stock Exchange. But the City is also a market for goods of almost every kind, from all parts of the world.
The West End
Here are the historical palaces as well as the famous parks. Hyde Park with its Speaker's Corner is also here. Among other parks are Kensington Gardens, St. James's Park. In the West End there is Buckingham Palace, which is the Queen's residence, and the Palace of Westminster which is the seat of Parliament. Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official London residence. Londoners usually watch the Changing of the Guards in the forecourt of the palace.
The East End
To the east the there is large area called the East End. This is London’s poorest part. The very large riverside in the East End make London one of the three largest parts in the world.
Task 1. Translate into English:
1.Он является финансовым центром Великобритании со множеством банков, офисов и Биржей. ______________________________________________________________________
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В Уэст-Энде находиться Букингемский дворец, который является королевской резиденцией, и Вестминстерский дворец, где заседает Парламент. ___________________________
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На востоке расположена большая территория, которая называется Ист-Энд. _____________________________________________________________________________
Task 2. Describe each of the parts:
The City __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The West End
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The East End
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