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b) Read the text “I wanna talk about – Coventry City FC”.
I wanna talk about supporting Coventry City, the team I’ve
supported since I was a young boy at school. Coventry City are a team
from the West Midlands near Birmingham where I grew up and just to
give a bit of background on the club, it was founded back in 1883 and
we were founding members of the Premier League. But in 2001, after
thirty-four consecutive years in the top division, we were finally
relegated and since that year, we’ve been in the Championship or the
second tier of the English Football…Leagues.
Our only real honour was winning the FA Cup back in 1987.
People often ask me why I support Coventry City. Well, in my school,
everyone either supported Aston Villa, the local team or Liverpool, the
team that won everything at the time. I didn’t really want to support the
same as everybody else, so I wanted to choose a different team, so after
a school trip to Coventry one day, I felt, well, I’ll support Coventry
City then. It was the FA Cup win that cemented my support for them.
I remember listening to the radio commentary, listening to them beat,
I think Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-final and that was it. I was a
city fan then.
Em…people ask why I don’t support one of the big teams. Well, in
England, people either support the team that always wins, and we call
them ‘glory hunters’ or a team near from where they were born. And
there is a lot of joy in not supporting one of the big teams especially
when we get to play the big teams. I always remember beating
Manchester United one cold Boxing Day when we score two goals in
the last minute to beat them 3-2 and even last season we went to Old
Trafford and beat Manchester United 2-nil. Also playing in the
Championship is surprisingly a better league I think than playing in the
Premier League. Every team can beat each other, it’s much more
exciting, every team has got a chance to getting promoted or there is
always the threat of relegation. Every season, there’s new teams to visit
and it’s much more interesting than the Premier League which is pretty
much the same every year.
Supporting a team’s like being part of family, you can’t just
choose to leave the family if there’s some disappointments. And being
part of that family means that you share the same dreams and the same
desires and the same disappointments. This season I think we’ve got a
good chance of promotion – we’ve got a good manager, Chris Coleman
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who used to be in charge of Fulham, and we’ve got an outside chance I
think of making the playoffs. Last season we were very nearly relegated
but this season I think we'll have a much better season.
4. Comprehension Task. Read the sentences and decide if they
are true or false.
1. In 2001, Coventry City fans had something to celebrate.
2. In 1987, Coventry City fans had something to celebrate.
3. The writer started supporting Coventry after watching them beat
Sheffield Wednesday.
4. Coventry City is one of the top clubs in the English Premier
League.
5. The writer is happy that Coventry City isn’t in the Premier
League.
6. The writer is confident that Coventry City’s will have a
successful season.
Section three. Consolidation and creative work
5. Writing. Write an essay of no more than two pages. The topic
of the essay should relate to sports.
Задания для самостоятельно-контролируемой работы: Study
unit 9 PHOBIAS from e-textbook ‘Contemporary English via Video
and Internet Resources’ by E. Minkova, A. Tkacheva, I. Palchune.
Вопросы
1. What facilities are there in Russia for lovers of sports?
2. What sport do you do?
3. Do you take sport seriously or do you do it just for fun?
4. Have you taken up a new sport recently?
5. Have you ever had to give up a sport for any reason?
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Тема 7
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND ECONOMY
Цель – формирование общекультурных и общепрофессиональных компетенций через развитие навыков чтения, аудирования и письма по теме «Географическое положение Великобритании».
Актуальность темы состоит в необходимости формирования
у студентов-лингвистов способности участвовать в непосредственном диалоге культур, совершенствоваться в иностранном
языке и использовать его для углубления своих знаний в области
общественной жизни, имеющей отношение к физической и экономической географии Великобритании.
Освоение вышеуказанных аспектов работы будут способствовать формированию следующих компетенций:
– владением культурой мышления, способностью к анализу,
обобщению информации, постановке целей и выбору путей их достижения, владение культурой устной и письменной речи (ОК-7);
– владением основными дискурсивными способами реализации коммуникативных целей высказывания применительно к особенностям текущего коммуникативного контекста (время, место,
цели и условия взаимодействия) (ОПК-5);
– владением основными способами выражения семантической, коммуникативной и структурной преемственности между
частями высказывания – композиционными элементами текста
(введение, основная часть, заключение), сверхфразовыми единствами, предложениями (ОПК-6);
– способностью свободно выражать свои мысли, адекватно
используя разнообразные языковые средства с целью выделения
релевантной информации (ОПК-7);
– владением особенностями официального, нейтрального и
неофициального регистров общения (ОПК-8);
– готовностью преодолевать влияние стереотипов и осуществлять межкультурный диалог в общей и профессиональной
сферах общения (ОПК-9);
– способностью использовать этикетные формулы в устной и
письменной коммуникации (ОПК-10).
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Освоение вышеуказанных аспектов работы будут способствовать формированию знаний, умений и навыков, указанных в Предисловии.
ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ ЧАСТЬ
The UK is situated on the British Isles which consist of the 2 main
islands (Great Britain and Ireland) and a number of smaller islands
chiefly to be found in the West. The total area is about 120.000 square
miles (i.e. 1/30 of the size of Europe). The main island is washed by the
Atlantic ocean and the Irish Sea from the west, by the North Sea from
the east and by the English Channel from the south.
There are 4 major parts which constitute the state of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The part of Great Britain lying south of the Scottish barrier (Cheviot Hills) and east of Wales is England. England is the southern and
largest division of the United Kingdom. It is a fairly flat country although there are higher (upland) regions in the north and in the southwest in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. The longest river wholly in
England is the Thames. About 80% of the population of England lives
in urban areas. It is a major trading center through the main ports of
London, Liverpool and Southampton. The most densely populated areas are in London and the South east, the industrial cities in West Yorkshire (Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford) and the north west (Liverpool, Manchester), the conurbation around Birmingham in the West Midlands, the
conurbations around the rivers Tyne and Tees in the north east and
along the southern coast.
As far as the economy is concerned, England is highly industrialized. In fact, it was the first country to undergo an industrial revolution.
ЗАДАНИЯ
I. UK CULTURE – CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY
1. Warmer. Answer the questions: What is the United Kingdom?
Does Great Britain include the same territory as the United Kingdom?What is the capital of the UK / England / Ireland?
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2. Key words. Match the words in column 1 that you will hear in
Distinct
to be made or formed of
Boasting
be in a particular place or position
Sparsely
next to
Lies
clearly separate and different
Adjacent
wild, not even, difficult to travel over
Hilly
small in number and over a large area
Rugged
having lots of parts higher than the surrounding land
Consists of
having something to be proud of
Spells
which blows in a particular place
Prevailing
short periods of a particular type of weather
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the report with their definitions in column 2. Add the words to your
working vocabulary.
3. Watching. Watch the video “UK Culture – Climate and Geog-
raphy” online at http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/uk-culture/
climate-and-geography
4. Comprehension Check.
1) Read the questions and choose the right answers.
1. The United Kingdom contains
a. a hundred of small islands. b. hundreds of small islands. c. thousands of small islands.
2. England consists mainly of
a. low land with a few mountains. b. highlands and lowlands.
c. mountains and lowlands.
3. The highlands of Scotland have
a. few people and many mountains. b. many people and few mountains.
c. many people and many mountains.
4. Most people in Scotland live
a. in the Highlands. b. in the mountains.
c. in the Lowlands.
5. The Atlantic Ocean brings lots of
a. cold windy weather. b. wet but not too cold weather.
c. cold and wet weather.
2) Match the numbers in the box to make facts about the UK.
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1. The number of miles that separate the largest island from
lowlands
a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at
the edge of the sea or a river
the
downs
a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain
cliff
a deep narrow valley with steep sides
plain
a type of rock that contains calcium
island
a black substance formed from decaying plants under the surface
of the ground in some areas, which can be burned as a fuel, or
mixed with soil to help plants grow well
France =
2. The length in miles of the largest of the UK islands =
3. The number of distinct regions in Scotland =
4. The size in square miles of the largest inland body of water =
5. The maximum width in miles of the largest island in the UK =
6. The number of countries which make up the United Kingdom =
5. Writing. Summarize the information presented in the report
you`ve listened. Render your summary emphasizing in it (a) its subject
matter, (b) the facts discussed, (c) the reporter`s points of view.
II. LOWLAND BRITAIN
Section one. Conveying meaning
1. Warmer. Answer the questions: Is Great Britain more fortunate
in its natural features than Russia? Can you compare their geographical
position? In What ways can the weather be different in Russia and
Great Britain? Do you expect to like the English climate? Why is Great
Britain often called Albion? Do you know what the word “lowlands”
means? Can you guess the meaning of the word “the downs”?
2. Key words. 1) Transcribe the following geographical names.
Add the words to your working vocabulary. Find these geographical
names on the map.
Albion, the Strait of Dover, the English Channel, the Bristol Channel, the St. George`s Channel, the North Channel, the North Sea, the
Irish Sea, the Celtic Sea, the Cardigan Bay, the Wash, the Atlantic
Ocean, Salisbury Plain, Boscombe Down, the Cotswolds, the Chilterns,
oxford, Cambridge, the Mendips, East Anglia, the Isle of Ely, the Isle
of Wight, the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, the Broads.
2) Match the key words from the article you are going to read with
their meanings. Add the words to your working vocabulary.
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isle
an area of land that is lower than the land around it
ridge
to make the water or liquid in something flow away
limestone
a word for an island, used in poetry or in names of islands
cave
a wall or bank built to keep back water and prevent flooding; a
narrow passage to carry water away
gorge
low round hills covered with grass, as in the south of England
dyke
soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of
small sea animals
to drain
a piece of land completely surrounded by water
peat
a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, usually
dividing one field or garden from another
the fens
a large area of flat dry land
chalk
an area of flat land in eastern England which used to be partly
covered by the sea and now produces good crops
hedge
a large natural hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the
ground
3) Some of the words from column 1 can have different meanings.
Read the definitions below and guess what words from column 1 they
match.
– to make someone feel very tired and without any energy;
– soft hair like a baby's;
– something that protects you against possible problems, especially
financial loss;
– something long and thin that is raised above the things around it;
– small sticks of a white or coloured substance like soft rock, used
for writing or drawing.
Section two. Checking understanding
3. Reading Read the text “The Lowlands” from “English Cultural
Studies” by Mikhailov N.N.
Practically the whole south and most of the east of the island of
Great Britain are occupied by the lowlands. However, one should not
think that there are no hills and mountains there at all. When the geographers use the word "lowland" they just mean that the land is lowlying, but it does not mean that the place is flat. In many parts of Lowland Britain there are groups of rather high hills called the downs. This
term is rather misleading for foreigners who tend to think that it refers
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to the low-lying places. As a matter of fact, the noun "down" used to
mean "a hill" in the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons (the Old
English). Now the word refers to a rather special kind of hill – consisting of chalk and covered with grass. Where the downs meet the sea,
they break off in cliffs. The white chalky cliffs near Dover which the
people can see while crossing the English Channel, is the sort of symbol of England. Because of them, the Romans used to call the country
Albion (from the word albus which means "white"). There are two great
ridges of downs there, which are facing each other: the South Downs
and the North Downs. They meet on Salisbury Plain, which isn't really
a plain, but a grass-covered chalky upland. For more than a century it
has been the great training grounds for the British Army. Some of the
earliest airfields were also built on the Plain, and near its centre, at
Boscombe Down, there is the airfield where many new planes are still
tested out. These green ridges, usually four or five hundred feet high,
were free of shrub and wood even in prehistoric times, and the people
used them as highways – or ridgeways, as they are often called.
In the central part of Lowland Britain rise two groups of hills
called the Cotswolds and the Chilterns. The Chilterns begin near Oxford (the oldest university town) and stretch in the direction of Cambridge (the other old university town). The Cotswolds are known for
the fine lime stone of which most towns and villages of southeast are
built. The Cotswolds also gave the name to the local sheep, which are
so big that are jokingly called "Cotswold lions". The western part of
Lowland Britain contains another famous group of hills – the Mendips,
also made largely of limestone. It is a very picturesque, romantic place
with many caves and gorges.
As different as it can be is the scenery of the eastern section of the
Lowland Britain, which is usually called East Anglia. It is the place
where the flat fields lie below sea level. The region is also called "Little
Holland" (or "The Parts of Holland") because it resembles this European country where the land lies so low that it has to be protected from
the sea by dykes. The scenery of East Anglia is peculiar – the great flat
swamps with occasional isles of high places that rise above the level of
the surrounding swamp. The largest of these "isles" is called the Isle of
Ely, famous for the medieval cathedral and the monastery. Such kind of
scenery is called the fens. In the 17th century a big portion of the fens
was drained and the places were turned into pasture and farmland.
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Where the fens meet the sea, there are about thirty shallow inland
lakes called the Broads. The scientists say that the Broads appeared as a
result of human activity: the people of the early Middle Ages cut the
peat they used as fuel. They cut out millions of cubic feet of the stuff,
and then, about the 18th century, the land began to sink and the places
of former diggings were filled with water. Nowadays the Broads are
often called the great “playgrounds of Southern England”. Lots of people come there to enjoy boating. Every summer thousands of enthusiasts navigate up and down the shallow channels connecting the Broads,
study the abundant bird life through binoculars (this popular hobby is
called bird-watching), and sail down to the open sea.
3. Comprehension check. 1) Explain the following concepts in
English. Add the words to your working vocabulary: the lowlands, the
Downs, the Salisbury Plain, the Cotswolds, the Chilterns, the Mendips,
East Anglia, The Isle of Ely, the Broads.
2) Write out from the text the sentences or their parts, which contain the following words and phrases and translate them into Russian:
a misleading term, a training ground of the army, the green ridges,
limestone, caves and gorges, a dyke, to be drained, peat.
3) Explain in English what is meant by the following: a down,
a cliff, a plain, a ridgeway, Albion, a Cotswold lion, the fens, the playgrounds of Southern England, bird-watching.
4) Answer the following questions.
a) What part of the island of Great Britain is called Lowland Britain?
b) What is the exact meaning of the word "lowland"? Is it neces-
sary for a place to be absolutely flat, so that we may call it a "lowland"?
c) What term is used to refer to the chains of hills in southeastern
England? What is the etymology of this term? Is it used to refer to any
hill or a hill of some special type?
d) What is the difference between a down and a cliff? Why did the
cliffs near Dover become a symbol of England? Explain the etymology
of the name which the Romans gave to the island?
e) In what directions do the South and North Downs stretch out?
How have these ridges of hills been used since the people began to live
there? What is the name of the place where they meet? How has this
place been used for more than two hundred years?
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f) What hills are situated in the central and western parts of Eng-
land? Do they look exactly like those in the southeast? What are these
hills famous for? What explains their being so picturesque?
g) What sort of scenery is typical for the eastern part of Lowland
Britain? What term is used to refer to it? What is the name of this region? Are there any hills there? What term do the people use there to
refer to the elevated places of land? In what way are they different from
hills?
h) What is the name of the lakes situated in the places where the
fens meet the sea? When and how did they appear? Why is this place so
popular with holidaymakers? What do they do there?
Section three. Consolidation and creative work
4. Writing. 1) Read the text «Очарование Британских остро-
вов» from “English Cultural Studies” by Mikhailov N.N.. Write down
the Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases: the chalky
cliffs, a motorway, seafront tours, Perfidious Albion, promotion materials, destinations, to take smth for granted, to vary within small territories, “round the corner”, “less than life”, above sea level, to see all that
is worth seeing, hedges.
2) Using the words and phrases from Ex. 4.1 answer the following
questions in written.
1. The chalky cliffs at Dover are included in the list of the socalled “natural wonders of the world”. Can you explain why? What is
so wonderful about these cliffs? Where are they situated? What tours
are organized by travel agents for the people who want to have a look at
this “wonder of the world”?
2. What islands are the people apt to describe as “beautiful”? Why
do the promoters of tourism never include the British Isles in the list of
"beautiful islands", together with Cyprus, Trinidad and Tahiti? What
sort of beauty is easy to see but difficult to define?
3. What is the main charm of the British Isles? How does the
smallness of the territory the English people live on influences their
mentality? What strange feeling have the tourists while staying in Great
Britain?
4. What can a day's walk give to a willing tourist? What will he see
during his tramp through any of the English counties?
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