Autumn Fires
In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fires blaze,
The grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Appearances
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Phonetics |
Lexics |
Grammar |
Reading |
Writing |
Communication |
Culture Clips |
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Reading rules of the consonants and vowels |
People’s physical appearance and character |
Definite article the; comparatives and superlatives; personal pronouns; demonstrative pronouns |
People around the World |
Write a letter to your pen-friend describing yourself |
Describing what people look like |
Great Britain: a Country of Traditions |
Phonetics
Reading rules
bt [t] at the end of the word: debt, doubt
mb [m] at the end of the word: comb, thumb
mn [m] at the end of the word: autumn, hymn
ch [C] choice, child, chalk
ch [k] chorus, orchestra
ch [S] machine, chute
sh [S] shop, shoe
ck [k] stick, back
sc [s] before e, i, y: scene, science
kn [n] at the beginning of the word: knife, knight
wr [r] wrist, wrong
wh [w] which, when
wh [h] before o: whole, whom
gn [n] sign, design
ght [t] eight, right
gh [f] laugh, enough
gh [-] through, though
ph [f] phone, telegraph
stl [sl] castle, whistle
th [T] thing, mouth
th [D] this, with
Vowels
I/Y
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[ai] |
[i] |
[W] |
[aiq] |
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fine my |
milk myth |
girl |
fire tyre |
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tie cry |
big gyp |
firm |
desire lyre |
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time type |
six system |
circle |
require Cyrus |
O
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[qV] |
[O] |
[L] |
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stone |
dog |
for |
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rose |
stop |
store |
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globe |
clock |
more |
U
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[ju:] / [u:] |
[u] / [A] |
[W] |
[juq] |
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tune rule |
full cup |
turn |
cure |
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student June |
put sun |
return |
pure |
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due blue |
push bus |
purpose |
during |
Practice the sounds:
Bobby, date, hand, face, life, hat, home, job, joke, kitten, week, look, collie, mummy, name, none, puppy, pupil, require, queen, right, berry, table, letter, voice, shave, wall, water, zoo, lazy, class, pencil, page, beige, usual, please, example, fox, long, thing, kitchen, bench, bush, shake, three, bath, flag, share, hair, hare, already, quarrel, capital, language, person, these, monkey, Monday, love, come, above, yesterday, London, die, since, bird, iron, island, mistake, another, true, cut, plus, purple, useful, success, yard, year, happy, occupy, modify, August, awful, teacher, green, deer, view, whose.
Lexics
Topical vocabulary
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average height |
средний рост |
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bags under the eyes |
мешки под глазами |
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bald-headed |
лысый |
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beard |
борода |
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birthmark |
родинка |
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blond/brunette/red/grey/dyed |
блондин(ка)/брюнет(ка)/рыжий(ая)/седой(ая)/крашеный(ая) |
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braids |
косы |
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cheek |
щека |
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chin |
подбородок |
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complexion (light/dark) |
цвет лица (светлый, тёмный) |
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ear |
ухо |
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earlobe |
мочка уха |
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eye |
глаз |
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eyebrow |
бровь |
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eyelash |
ресница |
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eyelid |
веко |
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fat/plump/well-build/slim/thin/of medium/ athletic build |
толстый/полный/хорошо сложенный/стройный/худой/среднего телосложения/атлетического телосложения |
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forehead |
лоб |
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freckles |
веснушки |
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glasses |
очки |
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in one’s early/mid/late thirties |
чуть больше 30/около 35/далеко за 30 |
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long/short hair |
длинные/короткие волосы |
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middle-aged |
средних лет |
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moustache |
усы |
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mouth |
рот |
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natural-looking |
природный, естественный вид |
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neck |
шея |
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nose |
нос |
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oval/square/round face |
овальное/квадратное/круглое лицо |
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overweight |
избыточный вес |
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parted on (the left/right/in the middle) |
зачёсывать налево/направо, разделять на пробор |
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smooth/wrinkled skin |
гладкая/морщинистая кожа |
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straight/curly hair |
прямые/вьющиеся волосы |
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tall/short/of medium height |
высокий/маленький/средний рост |
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tanned |
загорелый |
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thick/thin hair |
густые/тонкие волосы |
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thick/thin lips |
полные/тонкие губы |
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tooth/teeth |
зуб/зубы |
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wide/narrow face |
широкое/узкое лицо |
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young/old |
молодой/пожилой |
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gorgeous |
великолепный, прекрасный |