- •Spare time hobbies
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •I. 1. Look through the following sayings and try to comment on the problems to be discussed.
- •2. Read the text, filling in the gaps with the words from the box. Name the most characteristic pastimes of the British, compare them with those of the Belarusians.
- •3 . Here is the list of some activities different people devote their leisure to. Look at the pictures and match the pictures and the activities.
- •Tell your partner which of the mentioned in ex.3 activities you like and which of them you dislike. Why? Use the prompts.
- •5. Look at the two pictures and match the list of words with each picture.
- •A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If your have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.
- •8. Express your points of view on:
- •9. Read the text choosing the right form of the words and say why people collect things.
- •10. Ask your partner and learn his/her interests. Use the model and prompts.
- •11. You want to know if your partner takes any hobbies: if ‘yes’- ask ‘why’.
- •Making suggestion
- •What about } Do you feel like going to the pictures?
- •Well, I’d rather go to the exhibition (bar, disco).
- •I’d prefer to
- •13. Make up dialogues. One of you suggests doing something. The other agrees. Use the model.
- •14. Work in groups. Read a conversation about simple pleasures. Which one do you find strange? Why? а.: Do you have any simple pleasures that you enjoy?
- •II. Problem Solving.
- •Jogging Alone
- •Travelling and holidays
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •I. 1. Look through the proverbs and statements and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
- •2. In the box some words are similar in meaning but different in use. See whether you can identify this difference and compare your answers with your group mates.
- •3. You’ve got some information on the problem of travelling. Speak of the characteristic features to your desk mate. Replace the underlined parts by the synonyms given in the box.
- •4. In this advertisement some prepositions have been rubbed off while printing. Insert them instead of dots. Eurolines
- •6. Read the information about these people’s holidays. Make notes about your next holiday.
- •8. Make notes about the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by different means of transport. Then write a text similar to the one above, giving your own opinion.
- •9. In these two dialogues find the following information:
- •1) Complete the first dialogue.
- •11. Discuss these questions with a partner.
- •Seaside hols still tops
- •12. Continue each piece by adding a few sentences in accordance with some opinions of the problems touched upon in them.
- •Travelling Text I
- •Text II
- •Text III
- •Dialogue
- •The arts
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •I.1. Look through the quotations and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
- •5. Restore the telephone call and say what the girls are planning for tomorrow.
- •7. Look through the dialogue and say why Mr. Smith didn’t manage to see a theatre performance.
- •8. Let’s phone to the book-office and try to reserve tickets. The table given above will help you. Talking About Performances
- •What’s on at the Cinema Today?
- •What types of movies does the customer like (dislike)? Restore the dialogue and you‘ll find the answers.
- •10. Use these questions to have a conversation with your partner.
- •11. Read the below columns and analyze the following types of films.
- •12. Work in pairs. You’ve managed to see a theatre performance and a new film at the cinema with your friends. Share your impressions using:
- •13. Find and read aloud those parts of the texts which express the viewpoints given below.
- •14. Work in groups. Arrange your own material about the latest films you think to be popular. Make a presentation of the films you have chosen.
- •15. Gather material for your article a Theatrical Minsk. Present your material to the group. Connecting Museums
- •16. Find the following information in the text and write the number of the museum(s) (see on page 35) beside each question. In some cases you have to write more than one number.
- •17. Work in pairs Discuss these questions: These words and phrases are sure to help you to express your idea.
- •18. Match the following genres of painting with their definitions:
- •19. Examine the picture by Rembrandt “Baertje Martens”(c, see on page35) and arrange the sentences to restore its description according to the plan given below
- •20. Some word combinations have been left out of the following descriptions (See on page 35) and put each of the following word combinations in its correct position in the passages below.
- •21. Have you ever seen the world-famous paintings given below? Will you describe them?
- •The sounds of Music
- •23. A. Look through the descriptions of things you can do with music and try to guess the meaning of the words in bold type.
- •25. Prepare your own questionnaire to interview a pop star. Run your interview and get ready to make a report summing up the answers.
- •26. Go through the interview that follows and be ready to speak about your favourite musician.
- •27. Look at the photos (pictures) and speak about your impressions on visiting a theatre (cinema, concert, exhibition). What role does music (theatre, cinema) play in your life? For ideas:
- •Reading: pleasure or work.
- •28. Go through the interview that follows.
- •30. Answer the following questions:
- •32. Speak about your reading habits. These words are sure to help you.
- •Comprehensive Prolonged Project
- •Supplemetary material Holidays and How to Spend Them
- •Why Not Stay at Home?
- •The wallace collection
11. Discuss these questions with a partner.
1. What’s your favourite type of holiday? Is it camping, skiing, sightseeing, or a beach holiday? (Or something else?)
2. How often do you go on holiday? Is it once a year, twice a year, or more?
3. How many people in your country don’t go on holiday each year? (You probably don’t know the answer, but have a guess!)
Compare your answers with other members of the group. Are they similar or different? How do you think your answers compare with those of British people?
Read the following texts and find out.
Seaside hols still tops
Lazing around on a beach is still the favourite holiday for Britons. And most of us prefer to do it at home, despite the popularity of foreign sun-spots.
According to a new Common Market survey, nearly 60 per cent of holidaying Britons head for the seaside and only a third of those go abroad.
Forty per cent of us take one holiday a year, but 21 per cent go away several times.
Last year 39 per cent didn’t have a holiday at all, explaining that they couldn’t afford one.
STAY
A third of those who went away chose to stay in hotels or guest houses. A fifth preferred to camp or caravan.
The least favourite holiday was the two-wheeled sort of cycling or touring by motor-bike.
Continue your survey about the state of things with travelling preferences in your country and summarize the received information in a short article on the analogy with the above one.
12. Continue each piece by adding a few sentences in accordance with some opinions of the problems touched upon in them.
A. The best way to spend holidays is travelling. I believe holidays should be a change of scene. If you live in a noisy city surrounding you’d prefer quiet and peaceful holidays in the country, by the sea, in the hills. On the other hand if you are a country-dweller…
B. Many people prefer package holidays .With it you’ll have some of the usual holiday problems settled long before your holidays start. A travel company will organize it for you beforehand. It will book ticket for the flight, make reservations of the hotel, hire a bus or a car to take you to the airport and back. Breakfasts will also be included. And they will offer you a package of sightseeings. All you have to do is…
C. There are serious grounds to believe that the history books will describe the present period of human civilization as the time when people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains. There were lifts and escalators in all buildings to prevent people from walking. And the most surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holidays…
D. Travelling is adventure, and adventure is necessary for all of us. It keeps us from growing stale and old, it gives us the movement and change which are necessary to our life. One of the aims of travel is to go in search of beauty. Yet even more valuable to the traveller is the knowledge which he gets of his fellow men by going among people of different characters and ways of life. The proverb says: “So many countries, so many customs”. And then there’s for the traveller the great joy of coming home again…
13. Share your ideas on the following problems with the rest of the class. Try to be as persuasive as possible.
A. The only way to travel is on foot.
B. A camping holiday is only for the young.
C. Tourism ruins everything that it touches.
D. Every kind of travelling is good in its own way.
E. Modern means of communication make the world a small place.
II. Writing Section.
14. Write a short article on the topic: “The Journey of My Dreams”. What is your idea of a wonderful summer or winter holiday? What are its ingredients?
15. Suggest your ideas to a local travel company in a catching advertising article:
“I’d like to offer a new fascinating route in Belarus…”
III. Case Study.
Mr. Laine comes to the travel agency. He looks very displeased. He complains to the Manager. He says that a month before he bought a tour to the Carribean for his family at that agency. He paid a good deal of money for it and they hoped to have a wonderful rest. But everything went the other way round. At the first hotel they stayed they were put in a room overlooking the main street, which was what they didn’t want because neither of them sleeps very well when it’s noisy. The beaches of the island they went later were filthy and there was nothing to do in the evening. They had running water half the time and had to walk a couple of miles to get a loaf of bread and some milk……….
Your task is: discuss with your deskmate how you could help solve this problem and compare your variants with other students. Dwell on the most appropriate ones. Use the Case for your reference and gather your own information. Good luck!
Case: