- •Моя родина, друзі, я/ my family, friends and me
- •2. Дозвілля / leisure time
- •3. Навколишній світ / the world around
- •Завдання та методичні рекомендації з предмету «англійська мова» для студентів і курсу
- •My family, friends and me
- •In this unit you will:
- •My family
- •Read the text and pay attention to the active vocabulary given above:
- •Answer the questions:
- •In each line choose one word that doesn’t belong to the group and explain why you think so:
- •Read and memorise the following words and word-combinations. They will help you to describe people’s appearance. Pay attention to the pronunciation:
- •Describe yourself and your family using active vocabulary. Family matters
- •Read the following information. Pay attention to the active vocabulary: Family Types
- •Answer the following questions to the information above:
- •Tell if the sentences below are true (t) or false (f) according to the text:
- •Put all kinds of questions:
- •Read and translate the text. Do you agree with the following ways to recognize possible signs of stress?
- •Identifying signs of stress in your children and teens
- •Repeat active vocabulary and be ready to speak about family types and how you can identify stress. Relationships with peers
- •Read the story on the Internet blog. Say how the girls support their friendship online. Friendship online, why not?
- •People’s character
- •What is your position in your family?
- •Match the characteristics in the box to the definitions below:
- •Read the text and mark the characteristics in exercise 2: oc (only child), fb (first-born), mc (middle child) or lb (last-born). How birth order affects your personality
- •Look through the text again and match the description 1-8 to the correct section in the text. Underline the information in the text that gives you the answer.
- •Match the sentence beginnings 1-6 with the endings a-f:
- •Complete the text with words which describe appearance or personality:
- •One day in my life
- •Listening
- •Listen again. Tick (V) true or cross (X) false or write (?) if there is no information.
- •Listen to what Stefan, Melanie and Oliver say about the ideas in the text and answer the questions.
- •Listen again. Tick (V) true or cross (X) false. Give reasons for your answer.
- •Speaking
- •Repeat the active vocabulary.
- •Using the active vocabulary, be ready to:
- •Use active questions to prepare for the speaking:
- •Leisure time
- •In this unit you will:
- •Different kinds of sport
- •Read and memorize the following words and word-combinations:
- •IV. What sport is different from other three in each group? There may be more that one possible answer, so discuss all of them with your partners.
- •VI. Read the following text.
- •VII. Answer the following questions to the text above:
- •VIII. Read about extreme sport.
- •IX. Be ready to speak about different kinds of sport. Don’t forget to express your own opinion to extreme sport. Sport equipment
- •Pay attention to the special words for some kinds of sport:
- •Match the following sports with the right pictures:
- •Give names for the illustrated sports:
- •Match the names of the footballers with their position on the field:
- •Complete these expressions using the things on the right:
- •Give the names for the illustrated ways of swimming:
- •X. Match the words with the right numbers in the picture:
- •Repeat active vocabulary and be ready to speak about your favourite kind of sport and the equipment you need for it. Sport events
- •Many people want their country to host an international sport event. Others believe that international sport events bring more problems than benefits. Discuss both views and state your opinion.
- •Answer the following questions to the text:
- •Read the Sport Definitions. Choose the correct answer:
- •Give definitions for the words in a using the phrases in b and c and a relative pronoun (where, who, which, whose) if necessary:
- •Practice the following dialogue:
- •Read the information about the Olympic Games:
- •Answer the following questions to the text above:
- •IX. Do the following quiz to understand how you remember the information about the Olympic Games:
- •My free time
- •Listening
- •Choose the correct answer based on the video:
- •Speaking
- •Repeat the active vocabulary.
- •Using the active vocabulary be ready to speak about:
- •Use active questions to prepare for the speaking:
- •In this unit you will:
- •A man and a nature
- •Read the following information. Pay attention to the active vocabulary:
- •What is “the environment”?
- •Changes: positive or negative?
- •Our personal environment
- •Read and give a title to the text.
- •Discuss with your partner and name three most important and three least important points for saving the Earth. Explain how you can follow the most important ones. Ecological problems
- •Read and learn the words used in the topic:
- •Match the words and their descriptions:
- •Read the following information. Pay attention to the active vocabulary:
- •Domestic
- •Agriculture
- •Industry
- •Identifying water problems
- •Quantity
- •Pollution
- •Politics
- •Global warming
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Keep a Water Diary for a week. Write down all the ways you use water. Estimate how many litres you use.
- •Translate into English:
- •Tell your friend about vital environmental problems. Imagine that your friend knows very little about them. Discuss with your friend a plan for a clean-up day in your town/in your district.
- •Look back to the text. Find information about environmental problems. Make a presentation about those problems. Natural disasters
- •Read and learn the words and word-combinations used in the topic. Pay attention to the pronunciation of them:
- •Read the following information. Pay attention to the active vocabulary. Tell what natural disasters can occur in your country? When and where was the last one? Natural disasters
- •Hurricanes
- •III. Fill in the blanks. Use the words in the box.
- •IV. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct ending. Write down the sentences.
- •V. What is the most dangerous natural disaster to your mind? Tell about it. Use the plan:
- •VI. Match the words and their descriptions:
- •Read the following sentences. Say if they are True or False.
- •Consequences of natural disasters
- •Read and learn the words used in the topic:
- •Read the text: The Yungay Earthquake
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Put in the prepositions: up and down, under, across, behind, off, from, at.
- •V. Read the brief information about emergency workers. Who are they? Make a list of people, who help others, when there is a disaster.
- •VI. Read and translate the texts. Text a. Emergence workers during floods
- •Text b. Emergence workers during volcanic eruptions
- •IX. Answer the following questions (Text b):
- •My attitude to the world around
- •Read the interview with students all over the world. What do you think of the state of our environment today?
- •1. Khun Sokhan, 24, fourth-year student at Norton University
- •3. Sam Dara, 25, fourth-year student at National University of Management
- •4. Kong Mardy, 22, third-year student at Norton University
- •Listening
- •Decide whether these statements are true (t) or false (f):
- •Speaking
- •Repeat the active vocabulary.
- •Using the active vocabulary be ready to speak about:
- •Use active questions to prepare for the speaking:
- •Literature
- •Information resourses
Choose the correct answer based on the video:
What can we call people who enjoy dangerous sports?
Fear seekers or adrenalin junkies;
Thrill junkies or adrenalin seekers;
Adrenalin junkies or thrill seekers;
Fear junkies or thrill seekers.
What facility does the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham have?
A specially built seven hundred metre white-water course;
A natural seven hundred metre white-water course.
Why does Pas think people like dangerous sports?
To get close to nature;
To have an adventure;
To test themselves.
Why is parkour popular in London?
Because there aren’t many extreme sports to choose from in the city;
Because it started in London;
Because people in the city like keeping fit and beating fear.
What do you need to do parkour?
A good pair of trainers and a parkour park;
A good pair of trainers and parkour equipment;
A good pair of trainers.
Speaking
Repeat the active vocabulary.
Using the active vocabulary be ready to speak about:
the role of sport in the society;
popular sport activities and sport events;
sport competitions and outstanding Ukrainian sportsmen;
your own attitude to sport and what competition you are ready or want to take part in.
Use active questions to prepare for the speaking:
Do you play any kind of sport?
Are you good at sport?
What is your favourite sport?
Do you think everybody should practice sport?
Do you think playing sport helps people work better as a team at work?
Do you think that parents are too involved in their children’s sport activities?
Have you ever watched a professional sport event?
Is it good that professional sport is so commercial nowadays?
What do you think is the most popular sport in the world?
What is the most popular sport in your country?
What new kinds of sport would you like to try?
What sports do you like to watch on TV?
What sport do you dislike? Why?
Who is your favourite professional athlete? Why?
How do you feel about extreme sports?
If you had the opportunity to do away with any sport, what sport would you do away with? Why?
Do you think professional athletes earn too much money? Why or why not? Which athletes do you think earn much money?
What are the advantages of sports?
What are the disadvantages of sport?
Do you prefer playing or watching sport?
What do you think of the famous quote: “Sport does not build character, it reveals it.”?
THE WORLD AROUND
In this unit you will:
Listen, read and talk about…
the role of the environment in our society;
most serious ecological problems;
big and small natural disasters in different parts of the world and their consequences;
your own attitude to the environment
Learn how to:
talk about environmental problems;
use environment vocabulary correctly;
describe a nature, environmental problems, natural disasters and their consequences.