Travelling by Reading. Читая, путешествуем. Учебное пособие по английскому языку
.pdfTeach children to immediately inform you if a stranger is bothering them. The information contained in this circular is meant to contribute to the safety and security of people during the holiday season. We can never be too careful, prepared or aware. Share this information with family, friends and neighbors. Schedule family discussions to ensure that they understand crime prevention and personal safety measures, which will assist your family in having
a safe holiday season.
Task II. In your groups, answer the following questions:
What preventive measures should we take to protect our children and the old people?
What is especially important to remember at nighttime?
Why is it so significant to think of how to dress during holidays?
What preventive measures you have not thought about before reading these texts?
Do you think that following these recommendations can make your life safer?
What measures do you think unnecessary?
What recommendations are, in your opinion, impossible to follow in Russia?
Task III. In sharing ideas of how to prevent holiday crime play the following roles:
a)a mother of a young child;
b)a teacher addressing a class of teenagers;
c)a traffic officer addressing a community gathering;
d)a TV commentator reporting on crime situation during the holiday season and the preventive measures to be taken.
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LIST OF SOURCES
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CONTENTS
ВВЕДЕНИЕ (INTRODUCTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PART I. ACROSS COUNTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland . |
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From the History of Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Stonehenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Celts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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UK Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 |
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Government and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 |
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Main Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 2. The United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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From the History of the United States of America . . . . . . . . . |
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Geographical position of the United States of America . . . . . . . |
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Melting Pot or Salad Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The American Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 |
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Firearms and Gun Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Main Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 3. Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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A Short History of Canada (By Tim Lambert) The Discovery of Canada |
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Geography of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Main Cities of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 4. Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Australia History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Main Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 5. New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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New Zealand. General Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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A Brief History of New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Geographical position of New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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New Zealand’s Main Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 6. South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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A Brief History of South Africa (By Tim Lambert) Early South Africa |
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South Africa’s Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Main Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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PART II. ACROSS CULTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 1. Greeting Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 2. Entertaining Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Unit 3. Holidays around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Negotiating Across Cultures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Alternative Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Chinese Rules of Etiquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Holiday Crime Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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LIST OF SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Учебное издание
Щеглова Елена Михайловна
TRAVELLING BY READING
(ЧИТАЯ, ПУТЕШЕСТВУЕМ)
Учебное пособие по английскому языку
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