- •Introduction
- •Section 1
- •2.3. The part of the recording you will hear now is about the schedule of the course. Listen and fill in the missing information on the grid below.
- •3.2. Listen and note down the English equivalents of the following Russian word combinations:
- •3.3. While listening this time try to fill in the missing words in the sentences below.
- •1.1. Go through the following list of business vocabulary.
- •1.2. Make sure you know these words and word combinations.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.2. Listen again and fill in the left-hand column of the chart below with the types of characteristics required in the order they come on the tape.
- •1.1 Study the meaning of the words and word combinations below.
- •1.2. Read this advertisement carefully. The information will help you understand the recording better.
- •Candidate a
- •Candidate b
- •Candidate c
- •2.5.3. Mark the following statements as True or False.
- •2.6. Listen to the phone calls again and fill the available information in the chart below:
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Identify the speaker (the manager, the secretary and the candidates) who the following sentences belong to.
- •3.2. Indicate the meanings the following words and word combinations have in the conversations you’ve heard.
- •3.3. Insert fairly, rather, too in the sentences from the recording.
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •1.1. Before you listen to the tape read this newspaper advertisement.
- •1.2. Go through the vocabulary list given below and clear up any difficulties.
- •1.3. Study the table given below. Copy it out before listening to the recording.
- •2. Teaching at school
- •2.4. Listen to the text another time paying attention to the details of the contents and the language. Give answers to the following questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Listen to the recording again. Pick out and note down the past activities Isabel talks about (She mentions 3 of them.)
- •3.2. In each pair of statements below choose the one from the tape-recording.
- •2.2. Give synonyms from the recording for the following words and word combinations.
- •2.3. Give the English equivalents for the sentences below keeping to the text:
- •Consolidation 1
- •2.3. Write a detailed passage about one of the pieces of news.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •Section 2
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •4.1. Roleplay the telephone conversations you’ve listened to.
- •4.2. In pairs talk about the symptoms that are worrying you and ask for advice.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the recording and identify the following statements as True or False.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •2. A day in my life
- •1. Listening Exercises
- •Listen to Margaret talking and choose the right option to make up true statements.
- •1.2. Say if the following statements are True or False.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Listen to the tape again. Pick out and note down the words which mean:
- •3.2. Give the English equivalents for the following sentences.
- •2.6. Listen to Anna Wright and Peter Savage giving their opinions on the problem. While listening answer the questions below choosing the right alternative.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the conversation and complete the statements that follow.
- •2.2. As you listen to the conversation once more complete some of the answers. Listen to the recording twice.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Study the list of words given below.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to Dr. Clarke speaking about first aid. From the list of cases needing first aid tick (√) those that are mentioned in the interview:
- •2.2. Listen to the text again for more detail. Say if these statements are True or False.
- •2.3. Listen to the text again and focus on the right action you have to take when an accident happens. Complete the following sentences.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •1.1. Read the information below. Pubs & wine bars
- •1.2. Answer the following questions:
- •1.3. Read the menu given below and say if it is a pub or a wine bar.
- •Vegetarian Crepes £3.75
- •1.4. Go through the list of words and clear up any difficulties.
- •1.5. Read some of the sentences from the interview and see if you understand them.
- •3.2. Go through the list of word combinations and phrases below and find their equivalents in the recording while listening to it again.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •1.1. Go through the list of words below to clear up any difficulties.
- •3.2. Translation
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •3.2. Complete the following sentences using the words and word combinations given in the box.
- •2.3. While listening to the man’s story again write down the following information about him.
- •2.4. Now listen to Laura’s story and note down the answers to the following questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •2.2. Listen to the tape again to find the answers to these questions.
- •3.2. Tape dictation. Fill in the blanks. Check your answers by listening to the tape again.
- •3.3. Listen and note down the English equivalents for the following Russian expressions and sentences.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •In groups discuss the following:
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Discussion
- •3. Language Focus
- •Consolidation 3
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •Section 4
- •1.1. Before listening to the text name as many English towns as you can.
- •1.2. Go through the following list of words and word combinations.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1.While listening focus on the essential characteristics of the towns: their having a cathedral, a market; their origin and inhabitants.
- •2.2. Check your understanding by choosing the right alternative.
- •2.3. Listen to each text separately and note down the information needed to answer the questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •2.3. Listen to the text extract by extract according to the sub-topics of the outline and concentrate on the details of the contents. Write down:
- •3. Follow-Up Activities
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Now you will hear part of a lecture about London. State the subject matter of the text by choosing the suitable prompt.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. As you listen to the lecture now concentrate on the details of the vocabulary. Pick out and note down:
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •2.4. Listen to the speaker describing places of interest and pay attention to what some of these places were originally and what they are today. Fill the necessary information in the chart given.
- •3. Language Focus
- •Videofilm
- •2. Comprehension Exercises
- •2.1. Watch carefully and pick out the relevant information to answer these questions.
- •2.2. Watch the episode once more and take notes about some details of the description.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Videofilm
- •4. Language Focus
- •4.1. Listen to the recording again and give the English equivalents from the tape for the following Russian expressions.
- •4.2. Fill in the prepositions where necessary.
- •2.2. Complete these notes made by a member of a group on holiday abroad:
- •2.3. Say whether the following statements are True or False.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Consolidation 5
- •1. Writing Based On Listening. Recognition Accuracy Check
- •Section 6
- •3.3. Give the English equivalents for the following Russian word combinations from the text of the recording.
- •News Story 1
- •News Story 2
- •News Story 3
- •3. Language Focus
- •3. Language Focus
- •1.1. Study the list of words below. They will help you understand and follow a conversation about the condition of a car.
- •1.2. Copy the grid below.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the recording and complete the following statements by choosing the appropriate continuation.
- •2.2. Listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions:
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Jeff and Emma are flatmates. Emma is ringing to Criterion cinema to see what’s on. Listen to the recorded message twice and fill in the chart.
- •2.2. Now you are going to hear Emma and Jeff discussing what to do this evening. Listen to them and choose the correct answers.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Look at these groups of sentences. Choose the sentences used in the recording.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Listen again and pay attention to the context in which these expressions are used. Get ready to reproduce it after listening.
- •3.2. Look through the chart below and state who these words belong to by ticking the right box.
- •2. An extract from Pygmalion by b. Shaw (Part 2)
- •3. A song from the musical My Fair Lady —
- •1.1. You will now hear a scene from Pygmalion by b.Shaw. Read the information below.
- •1.2. Read the information below.
- •1.3. Read the plot summary of the play.
- •1.4. Use the sentences from the ex. 1.3. To help you match a word in a with a definition in b.
- •Extract a
- •Extract b
- •Extract c
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Consolidation 6
- •1. General Comprehension
- •2. Intensive Comprehension
- •3. Writing Based on Listening Recognition. Recognition Accuracy Check
- •Section 7
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the fairy tale and identify the following statements as True or False. Correct the false ones.
- •2.2. Arrange the suggested subtopics according to their order in the text.
- •2.3. Listen to the fairy tale once again and in each pair of statements tick the True one.
- •2.4. Read the sentences below and identify the speaker. Reproduce the situations which these statements belong to.
- •3. Enriching your Vocabulary
- •3.1. Recognising new vocabulary in the speech flow.
- •3.2. Making use of new vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the tape to identify whether the fairy tale was
- •2.2. Answer the following alternative questions:
- •2.3. Say if the following statements are True or False.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Fill in the gaps with a) the prepositions and b) the intensifiers used in the text. Then listen to the recording again and check your answers.
- •2. Listen to the same extract again and focus on some text features. Pick out and put down word combinations and phrases:
- •1. Listen to a new passage of the text and trace down the events that happened to Alice here. Expand the suggested outline by making use of the key words and phrases in the brackets.
- •2. Listen to the talk between Alice and the Caterpillar and the song they perform together. Make sue you’ve grasped the contents of the conversation by completing the statements which follow:
- •3. Listen to the song “You are Old, Father William” again and focus on some language features.
- •You are Old, Father William by Robert Southey (1774-1843)
- •Literature
- •Contents
3.3. Listen and note down the English equivalents for the following Russian expressions and sentences.
Дело дошло до того, что я не мог даже позволить себе оплатить стоимость подъемов за неделю.
осмотреться
принимать Олимпийские игры
У них были представлены все виды спорта.
попробовать прыгать с трамплина
Я купил у них пару лыж.
быть ... дюймов над землей
прыгать немного дальше
Я надел лыжи, оттолкнулся, поехал вниз и прыгнул.
4. Follow-Up Activity
In groups discuss the following:
Eddie’s nickname is Eddie the Eagle. Why do you think he has been given this nickname?
Have you heard or read a similar story about a famous sportsman, how he got started and became successful?
Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: What people say
Cassette: From Kernel Two, by R.O’Neill
1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
Go over the list of words below to avoid any difficulty of understanding.
carbohydrate [] - углевод
intake [] - потребление
lazy habits - привычка к лени
deny oneself sth - отказывать себе в чем-то, не позволять себе чего-либо
Listening Exercises
2.1. You’ll hear 5 people speaking. Do these people speak about:
a) their illnesses; b) likes and dislikes; c) daily routine; d) keeping fit?
2.2. Identify the following sentences as True or False.
One of the speakers says that people should work hard to keep fit.
Another speaker says he spends hours exercising.
All the speakers keep to a balanced diet.
One of the speakers is fond of swimming.
One of the speakers says she is fit because she denies herself things.
2.3. Listen to these people again and note down their names.
2.4. Listen to the recording once more and complete the following sentences:
1. I don’t think people should ... ... ... all this ... ... it and ...
If they don’t work so hard ... ... ... ... .
2. I don’t do ... ... ... ... .
Just ... ... nothing.
3. ... ... ... of meat, vegetables, ... ... ... ... .
... ... ... ... meat and vegetables.
4. ..., what I do ... ... ... is go swimming ... ... ... ... .
I go ... the sea ... ... ... ..., weather ... .
5. I love ... and ... and I like ... ..., and ... ... ..., and I like ... .
I love to sleep, and so ... ... ... ... ... ... ... and I like to get ... or ...hours ..., if I can.
3. Language Focus
Do the following translation. Use the words and word combinations given in the box below.
to do sth in the way of ... extra exercises dieting to do all this worrying ... weather permitting |
Я не думаю, что люди должны беспокоиться об этом и о диете, потому что если люди едят много, значит им приходится много работать.
Мы придерживаемся сбалансированной диеты из мяса и овощей, не слишком много углеводов.
Мы не часто употребляем в пищу консервированные или замороженные продукты.
Мы сами готовим для себя мясо и овощи.
Если погодные условия позволяют, я плаваю в море круглый год.
Я отказываю себе в некоторых вещах.
Я не занимаюсь никакими дополнительными физическими упражнениями. Хорошо было бы, если бы я это делала.
UNIT 3
Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: Triathlon
Cassette: From Progress to Proficiency, by L.Jones
1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
Go over the list of words. Make sure there are no difficulties in understanding their meanings.
triathlon [] - триатлон
novice event [] - начальный вид спорта
resting heart rate - частота пульса в состоянии покоя
ethics - этика
put across - придерживаться чего-либо, проводить что-либо
pit oneself against smb - противопоставлять себя кому-либо
indulge in smth - увлекаться чем-либо
gruelling [] - изнурительный, тяжелый
well-toned - находящийся в хорошем состоянии, обладающий нормальным тонусом
sedentary [] - малоподвижный, сидячий
circuit [] - цикличный
2. Listening Exercises
2.1. Listen to the recording and identify the speech variety:
speaking in public
giving an interview
talking to radiolisteners
sharing impressions with a friend
2.2. State the subject-matter of the recording:
giving advice to beginners in sport
talking about one’s sport and one’s attitude to it
describing one’s sport routine
2.3. State the presenter’s role in the recording:
to ask the speaker questions about sport in her life
to highlight the most essential points from the speaker’s talk
to ask the speaker to clear up some of the ideas he has not grasped
2.4. Give answers to these questions.
1. Is the speaker a professional in sport or does she have a job?
2. Is she fond of her sport? Yes/No
3. Is she a happy woman? Yes/No
2.5. Listen to the recording again. Focus on the presenter’s questions so as to make corrections in the outline below: in the number of questions, their order, their wording.
1. How much time does she spend training each week?
2. What exercises does she do to keep herself in good form?
3. What is her attitude to sponsors?
4. What actually is a triathlon?
5. What is the core satisfaction of any sport?
6. How does she find enough time to do her job and take part in her sport?
7. What are the satisfactions of the sport?
2.6. Listen to Part 1 of the recording and note down:
the name of the speaker;
the year she began taking part in her sport
the three events a triathlon includes
2.7. Listen to Part 1 and:
1. match the events in the left-hand column with their characteristics in the right-hand column.
crazy
terribly difficult to do
novice event enormous fun
real enjoyment
other events more gruelling
longer
not terribly difficult to do at all
2. note down the period of time the different events take.
2.8. Listen to Part 2 of the recording. In the list below tick the words indicating the benefits which according to the speaker, come with the training.
develops a well-toned body leads to a drop in your heart
develops your lungs rate
develops your heart helps to lose weight
develops your back gives you more energy
develops your legs and arms helps you become stronger &
healthier
2.9. Listen to Part 2 again. Choose the right answers.
1. How does the training improve your outlook on life?
a) you see your goals in life more clearly
b) you feel much more confident about life
c) you start thinking that you must be more active in life
2. What important ethic do triathlon sportsmen put across in their sport?
a) you take part in the triathlon to be the best
b) everybody who takes part in it is a winner
c) you can’t win if you don’t believe in it
2.9.1. Listen to Part 3 and note down the relevant information from the recording to answer these questions.
1. What does she like about sponsorship?
2. What kind of sponsorship is she against?
3. Is she the only one who feels like that or is everybody pretty much of the same opinion?
2.9.2. Listen to Part 4 of the recording and answer the questions below choosing the right variant.
1. What is her attitude to people who think that life is perfect?
a) She likes optimists.
b) They make good company.
c) They are living in a dream world.
2. What makes her feel that she is not wasting her time?
a) teaching students
b) encouraging other women to come into sport
c) both teaching and sport
2.9.3. Listen to Part 4 again paying attention to what the speaker teaches and who she teaches.
2.9.4. Before listening to Part 5 copy the charts below.
N 1 N 2
the olimpic distance |
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events |
times a week |
distance |
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events |
distance |
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1. 2. 3. |
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1. 2. 3. |
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Now listen to the description of her sport routine and fill in the details.
2.9.5. Listen to Part 5 again. Combine the words from the left-hand column with those in the right-hand column to produce word-combinations used by the speaker to describe her sport routine.
steady trial
time sessions
interval rides
circuit run
tempo training
long
2.9.6. Listen to Part 5 and answer the 2 questions.
1. What exercises does she do besides swimming, bicycling and running?
2. How careful is she about what she drinks and eats?
3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Development
3.1. Complete the following sentences from the recording choosing the right intensifier from the box below. One of them can be used more than once.
quite many more pretty much absolutely
that much more never ever clearly
quite so very too
... when you’re resting, your heart isn’t working ___ hard.
... you have a positive self-image and you feel ___ confident about life.
... you can put on a wonderful event and ___ people benefit.
I feel ____ strongly about this, I would ___ allow myself or I would strongly discourage...
And fortunately I think everybody is ___ of the same opinion as I am.
In contrast to an event that takes me ten hours I ___ don’t need to train ___ long.
.... when I’m running ___ hard so I’m a bit breathless but not ___ flat out...
... eat all the right foods, nothing ___ processed.
3.2. Listen to each part of the recording separately and note down: a) the synonyms for the given words and word combinations (see List 1); b) the English equivalents for the Russian expressions and word combinations below (see List 2).
List 1
Part 1 1. to do one’s sport
2. a hard event
Part 2 1. to drop 4. to feel positive about sth
2. advantage 5. the races are the best
3. to be sure of sth 6. well-grounded, solid marker
in one’s mind
Part 3 1. real, true sponsorship
2. to be very certain of sth
Part 4 1. to suppose
2. to stimulate
3. to keep sth in mind
Part 5 1. about 2 hours
2. to be completely exhausted
3. to keep one’s body well-toned
List 2
Part 1 1. взгляд на жизнь
Part 2 1. развивать верхнюю часть тела/нижнюю часть тела
2. люди, ведущие малоподвижный образ жизни
3. главное удовлетворение
4. первым пересечь линию финиша
Part 3 1. деньги движут миром
2. проводить соревнование
Part 4 1. в жизни все уравновешено
2. делать вклад во что-либо
Part 5 1. проводить серию тренировок с перерывом между ними
2. неизбежно, неумолимо
3. все время дающая о себе знать травма
4. подвергшийся длительной термической обработке