- •Card 1 Let’s talk about family.
- •What role does family play in each person’s life?
- •Card 2 Let’s talk about family traditions.
- •Card 3 Let’s talk about family relationships.
- •Card 4 Let’s talk about friendship and relationship with friends.
- •Card 5 Let’s talk about education.
- •Card 6 Let’s talk about studying at school.
- •Card 7 Let’s talk about school traditions.
- •Card 9 Let’s talk about life in the city and in the country.
- •Card 10 Let’s talk about different types of houses.
- •Card 11 Let’s talk about Belarusian national cuisine.
- •Card 12 Let’s talk about national cuisine of an English-speaking country.
- •Do you know anything about American cuisine?
- •Card 13 Let’s talk about shopping and money.
- •Card 14 Let’s talk about leisure time.
- •Card 15 Let’s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions.
- •Card 16 Let’s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country.
- •Card 17 Let’s talk about modern means of communication.
- •What modern means of communication do you know?
- •Video conferences are often used by business people and scientists and they don’t need to travel to remote places.
- •Card 18 Let’s talk about a healthy way of life.
- •Card 19 Let’s talk about sport.
- •Card 20 Let’s talk about fashion.
- •Card 21 Let’s talk about travelling and tourism.
- •Card 22 Let’s talk about environment.
- •Card 23 Let’s talk about weather and climate.
- •Do you have a favourite season?
- •Card 24 Let’s talk about the Republic of Belarus.
- •Card 25 Let’s talk about Great Britain.
- •* Let’s talk about science
- •What scientific achievements do you find very important?
- •* Let’s talk about youth organizations
- •Today young people take an active part in the social life of the country. What youth organizations do you know?
- •What kind of appearance appeals to you?
Card 9 Let’s talk about life in the city and in the country.
Describe the town you live in, please.
My native town is located in a picturesque place in the south-east of Belarus. There are some lovely lakes around it, wonderful forests stretch very far. Not far from the town there’s a place where storks live. They give our place its unique charm and atmosphere.
Kalinkovichi isn’t very large. Its population is about 40 thousand people.
The town was founded in 1793. As for its name there are different versions on this account. One of them is that the word “Kalinkovichi” is derived from the word “guelder rose”.
I’d like to say a few words about the centre - that is our square. The Town Council, the District Leisure Centre, the main post-office, a large department store and some offices are situated there. The square looks quite modern. Young people enjoy meeting there in the evening.
We have some opportunities to get education here: there are eight secondary schools, a gymnasium, an agricultural college, two public libraries, a music school, a school of fine arts in the town.
Our local enterprises include the Dairy Products Plant, the Bread Making Factory, the Meat Processing and Packing Factory, the Household Chemicals Factory and the Furniture Making Factory. They provide much of the employment.
Our town is an important railway centre located at the crossroads joining Minsk and Kiev, Gomel and Brest. It makes it much easier for us to get to a great number of cities and towns both in our republic and abroad.
Our native town is a nice place to live in. It’s clean and nice. In summer and spring we admire lots of flowers everywhere.
I love my town. Most of my friends and relatives live here. In conclusion I’d like to add that there’s no place like your home town, no matter what it is.
Do you like the place where you are living now? Why (not)?
There’s no place like home you know. My relatives and close friends live here and I do appreciate it. My native town is quite peaceful and clean. Life here is not so turbulent (['tɜ:bjulənt] бурный, беспокойный) as in cities. Though it has some disadvantages. We don’t have so many opportunities for education, work and entertainment as they do in cities.
What questions will you ask your parents about the place your family is going to move?
Are we going to live in the country or in town? Is it going to be a house or a flat? Is there a garden or a park near the place? How far is the house (flat) from school? What places of interest are there nearby?
Your friend doesn’t know what to choose: to live in a city or in the country.
Give him/her some advice.
If I were you I would like to live in the suburbs of a city. In such a case you would combine the advantages of living in both places. You could enjoy more pleasant ecological situation and at the same time you could take all the chances a city proposes – good facilities for education, work and entertainment.
5) East or West, home is best. Do you agree with it?
Yes, I do. Most people love the place where they were born. It’s a special place which connects us with our nearest and dearest. We grow in the atmosphere of this place and take part in all the events that happen here. I think we are going to be connected to this place with some invisible links for the whole life. It’s not surprising the famous French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery once wrote that immigrants are people without roots.
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