- •I. Look through the list of English words and their Russian equivalents before reading the text.
- •II. Read and understand the text. Write out and learn the new words. The System of Education in Belarus
- •III. Answer the following questions for discussion.
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Supplementary reading
- •I. Read and understand the text. Consult the dictionary where necessary. Write out the new words and learn them. Prepare to answer the questions after the text. Belarus State Economic University
- •II. Learn more about yourself from the “Student’s Day”. Student’s Day
- •How's Your Timing?
- •IV. Take part in the discussion.
- •V. Explain each of the following proverbs. Find a proper equivalent in your native language. Give a situation from your own experience.
- •Part 2 Education in Great Britain
- •General Information about Education in Great Britain
- •State Schools
- •Private Schools
- •Higher Education
- •The System of Education in England and Wales
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Say whether the statements are right or wrong.
- •IV. Explain the meaning of the following words "majority "(n), "progressive "(adj), "Easter "(n).
- •V. Compare the most important information about the system of education in Great Britain and in Belarus.
- •VI. Study the vocabulary notes before reading the text.
- •VII. Read and understand the text. Higher Education in Great Britain
- •Supplementary reading
- •University Life at Oxford Today
- •IV. Study the vocabulary notes before reading the text.
- •V. Read the text. Consult the dictionary. Write out and learn the new words. Cambridge University
- •VI. Mark true and false statements.
- •VII. Choose the appropriate Russian equivalents for the following English phrases and sentences.
- •Part 3 Education in the usa
- •The System of Education in the usa
- •III. Answer the questions for discussion:
- •IV. Read the text. Consult the dictionary where necessary. Write out the new words and learn them. Higher education in the United States
- •III. Read the text and get ready to speak about the problems of teenagers: Generation Gap
- •IV. Answer the questions:
- •V. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •VI. Find synonyms to these words in the text:
- •XI. Comprehension check. Choose the best alternative according to the text:
- •XII. Study the vocabulary notes before reading the text.
- •XIII. Read the text and get ready to answer the questions after it.
- •XIV. Answer the questions:
- •I. Read and translate the text “Appearance and Character”, paying special attention to the words and phrases in bold type.
- •II. After reading the text and learning the vocabulary answer the following questions:
- •III. Memorize the words below to speak about people’s age and to describe their appearance.
- •IV. Complete the following exercises. Use the text and topical vocabulary.
- •It takes all sorts (to make a world)
- •I. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
- •It Takes All Sorts
- •Appearances are deceptive
- •VII. Study the vocabulary notes before reading “a true story”.
- •VIII. Read the text. Get ready to comment on it. A True Story
- •IX. Answer the questions for discussion:
- •II. Read what they both say about their friendship and find out if you were right.
- •IV. The following is a summary of Tina and Will's friendship. Put the lines of the summary in the correct order.
- •Part 2 Talking about Friendship and Love Problems.
- •II. Read the text. Get ready to comment on it.
- •III. Answer the following questions for discussion:
- •Unit 5 Healthy Way of Life Health Care
- •I. Read the text consulting the dictionary. Make your topical vocabulary and learn it. Prepare for a discussion.
- •Elements of physical health.
- •Exercise
- •Medical and dental care.
- •Supplementary reading good days, bad days
- •III. Questions for discussion:
- •I. Read the text consulting the dictionary and get ready for a discussion.
- •II. Questions for discussion:
- •III.Study the vocabulary and read the text.
- •Transformation of the countryside
- •IV. Questions for discussion:
- •Supplementary reading
- •I. Study the vocabulary to read and understand the text better. Prepare for a discussion.
- •National Peculiarities of the New Year Holiday
- •Each Fairy Tale Holds a Grain of Truth
- •The Emergence of Ded Moroz and Snegurochka (a girl made of snow)
- •II. Questions for discussion:
- •III. Study the vocabulary to read and understand the text better. Prepare for a discussion.
- •Attention! Ded Moroz Wanted!
- •Fact of the Matter
- •Ded Moroz Likes Belarus
- •IV. Questions for discussion:
- •V. Study the vocabulary to read and understand the text better. Prepare for a discussion.
- •VI. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of :
- •VII. Give the three forms of the following verbs:
- •VIII. These words can be used both as verbs and nouns. Make up youe own sentences to show the difference in their usage:
- •X. Read the text consulting the dictionary: "Kalyady" Has Come!
- •XI. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •XII. Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 7 Great Britain and Its People
- •I. Study the vocabulary to understand the information given in the texts. Read the texts and get ready for a discussion.
- •Population and Nationalities
- •Who are the English?
- •Who are the Scots?
- •II. Questions for discussion:
- •Supplementary reading
- •I. Study the vocabulary to understand the text better. Read the text and do tasks after it.
- •II. Mark true and false statements.
- •Getting about London
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Prepare a dialogue about traffic in London:
- •IX. Study the vocabulary and read the text.
- •Visiting london
- •X. Answer the questions for discussion:
- •XI. Study the vocabulary notes and read the text:
- •Public holidays and celebrations in britain
- •XII. Questions for discussion:
- •XIII. Read about social customs in Britain. Social customs in britain
- •XV. Study the vocabulary notes read the text and discuss it with your group mates.
- •British traditions and customs
- •The Stone of Destiny
- •XVI. Questions for discussion:
- •Unit 8 The usa and Its People
- •I. Learn the new words and read the text “American Values and Beliefs”:
- •American Values and Beliefs
- •Freedom
- •Individualism
- •Idealizing What Is Practical
- •Volunteerism
- •Psychology of Abundance
- •Mobility
- •Patriotism
- •Progress
- •American Dream
- •II. Answer questions for discussion:
- •III. Read the text consulting the dictionary. Write out the new words and learn them. Southern women – still ladies?
- •IV. Answer the questions:
- •V. Go through the vocabulary notes to understand the text better:
- •VI. Choose the right translation for the underlined words.
- •VII. Mark and correct the wrong statements.
- •VIII. Answer the questions.
- •Supplementary reading
- •I. Study the vocabulary notes to understand the text better.
- •Social customs in the usa
- •II.Complete the phrases:
- •IV. Read the text consulting the dictionary and get ready to discuss it: Sports in America
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Part 4 Cultural Differences
- •I. Read the following texts and answer the questions after them.
- •About Belarusian people
- •British Character
- •American Character and Belief System
- •Some Perceptions of Americans
- •II. Students divide into 3 groups to sum up the information about Belarus, Great Britain and the usa.
- •I. Study the vocabulary notes. Read the text consulting the dictionary.
- •The Weather and Climate
- •II. Answer the questions for discussion:
- •III. Read the text, understand it and do the tasks after it. Weather and our daily life
- •IV. Which of the following does not refer to precipitation?
- •V. The excessive lack of rain may lead to__.
- •Part 2 Global Warming
- •III. Study top ten effects of global warming and prepare for a discussion: Top 10 Worst Effects of Global Warming
- •10. Rising Sea Level
- •9. Shrinking Glaciers
- •8. Heat Waves
- •7. Storms and Floods
- •6. Drought
- •5. Disease
- •3. Conflicts and War
- •2. Loss of Biodiversity
- •1. Destruction of Ecosystems
- •IV. Questions for discussion:
- •Part 3. Environment
- •Environmental Problems
- •II. Questions for discussion:
- •III. Use the words in the box once each to complete the paragraph below. Notice that the stressed syllable changes in this group of words.
- •IV. Learn the new words. Read and translate the text.
- •International environmental problems
- •V. Put 10 questions of all types to the text to make up a plan.
- •VI. Retell the text, using your questions as a plan.
- •VII. Learn the new words, read and translate the text.
- •Toxic waste problem in the Belarusian capital
- •VIII. Ask questions in the form of a plan.
- •IX. Prepare to speak about toxic waste problem in Minsk. Part 4. Ecological Culture
- •Ecological culture of citizens
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Go through the vocabulary notes to understand the text better:
- •The Right to Favourable Environment
- •IV.Questions for discussion:
- •Part 5. Animals and Wild Life
- •I.Study the vocabulary to read and understand the text better:
- •Sport & Leisure
- •II. Questions for discussion:
- •III. Prepare a short dialogue with your group mate:
- •IV. Study the vocabulary notes. Read the text consulting the dictionary.
- •Wildlife Protection
- •V. Read the text consulting the dictionary. The Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve
- •VI. Questions for discussion:
IV. Answer the questions:
1. What comment is usually made about the younger generation?
2. What epithets do grown-ups use speaking about children?
3. Does anyone believe that children will make our country a better place to live in?
4. What term has been coined recently?
5. Are tweens interested in playing with dolls and toys?
6. What things do they want to have and why?
7. Why is the awkward age the most painful part of childhood?
8. Do teenagers obey their parents?
9. Teenagers with sympathetic and supportive parents never get in bad company, do they?
10. Why do teenagers become addicted to drugs and alcohol?
11. What do teens regard as their right?
12. What society do we live in?
13. Are there any people who live below the poverty line in this country?
14. Who belongs to the smart set or gilded youth?
15. What can push children from poor families to commit a crime?
16. When do children start using computers nowadays?
17. What does preoccupation with computers bring about?
18. Children are easily influenced by violence on TV, aren't they?
19. How do they behave in real life?
20. What do many parents think about upbringing nowadays?
21. Are they right?
22. What should parents do?
23. Is it possible to predict what people today's children grow up?
24. What sort of life do children expect to have?
25. What could grown-ups learn from their children?
26. Why do young people prefer to live in the present?
27. What does World War III mean?
28. Do young people have a right to question the wisdom and sanity of their elders?
V. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
1. Old people never grumble that the young are not what they were.
2. Adults are not sure that today's children will grow up to make this country a better place.
3. The new term «tweens» means the same as «teens».
4. Tweens prefer to wear practical clothes.
5. They think that having the most fashionable things is the quickest way to acceptance.
6. Tweens imitate the haircuts, clothes and make-up of celebrities.
7. Experts say that the rush to grow up is due to the mass media.
8. Teenagers are confident of their appearance.
9. Adolescents experience high and low spirits by turns.
10. Their rebel against parental authority brings them satisfaction.
11. Few parents care too little about what their children do.
12. Children start roaming the street out of curiosity.
13. Stratification of our society is one of the reasons for a wide spread of juvenile delinquency.
14. Obsession with computers brings about creative imagination and helps to develop emotionally.
15. Teenagers are thrown into a ruthless world.
16. Nowadays all parents think that children should grow and experience on their own.
VI. Find synonyms to these words in the text:
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receptive
susceptible
mild
compassionate
to imitate
to copy
cruel
ruthless
to cause
to effect
intense
piercing
happiness
euphoria
envy
discontent
monotony
dullness
excitement
stimulation
VII. Work in groups. Find out from your partners:
- what term has been recently coined for kids from 8 to 14;
- why adolescence is the most distressing period of childhood;
- whether they had any problems at the awkward age;
- how they got through the awkward age;
- what sort of parents they've got;
- if they've got a personal computer;
- whether the computer is a curse or blessing.
VIII. Prove that:
- the mass media cause the rush to grow up;
- television is full of violence;
- most parents are very permissive nowadays.
IX. Comment on:
- the desire of tweens and teens to have the latest in everything;
- teenagers' rebel against parental authority;
- the way most children spend their free time;
- the consequences of obsession with computers;
- the reasons of juvenile delinquency.
X. Imagine that:
• You have a teenage son/daughter. He/she has entered into the awkward age and your life has turned into a nightmare. Ask a psychologist for help. Role-play a dialogue with your partner;
• You are a middle-aged person. You've met your old school friend and you start talking about the younger generation. He/she thinks that all of them are arrogant, aggressive and good-for-nothing. But you can't agree with him/her. Role-play a dialogue with your partner;
• You've just had a terrible row with your parents. Now you are strolling the streets with your friend in order to cool off and discussing the relations with your parents. Role-play a dialogue with your partner.