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- •IV. Write short answers to questions in task III (2-5 sentences to each point).
- •V. Write a letter to a person you would like to meet introducing yourself and describing your key qualities (15-20 sentences).
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- •Interpersonal skills
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- •It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
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- •Identify Theme
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- •III. Write short answers to questions in task II.
- •Vancouver Symphony of Fire, Vancouver
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- •Labour Day
- •Queen's Birthday
- •Arts and cultural festivals
- •Sydney Festival (January)
- •National Multicultural Festival, Canberra (February)
- •Perth International Arts Festival (February)
- •Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts (March)
- •Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania (March)
- •Brisbane Festival (July)
- •Darwin Festival (August)
- •Melbourne International Arts Festival (October)
- •Independent festivals
- •Chinese New Year (February)
- •WomaDelaide (March)
- •National Folk Festival, Canberra (April)
- •Dreaming Festival, Woodford (June)
- •Revelation Independent Film Festival (July)
- •Woodford Folk Festival (December)
- •Theme-based festivals
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- •Statutory holidays
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- •Игнатова т.Н. Английский язык для общения : Интенсивный курс / т.Н. Игнатова. - м. : "рт - Пресс", 2002. - 416 с.
Vocabulary to the text
genogram |
генограма; сімейне дерево, реконструйоване з медичними цілями |
pedigree |
родовід |
ancestry chart |
схема предків |
descendancy chart |
схема нащадків |
to come from-to descend from |
походити (напр., з якої-небудь родини) |
ancestor=forefather= progenitor=forebear |
прабатько, предок |
descendant |
нащадок |
direct / lineal descendant |
нащадок за прямою лінією |
to inherit |
наслідувати (гени і т.п.) |
to come after |
удатися в кого-небудь, уродитися в кого-небудь |
Make a diagram of your family tree.
Write short notes about the key issues raised in the text.
Compose and write a plan of the text.
Retell the text using new vocabulary.
Additional questions and discussion:
Have you ever attempted to reconstruct a family tree?
What prominent and outstanding ancestors and relatives do you have?
Have your ancestors left any memoirs and what have you learned therefrom?
Is it good or bad to descend from an outstanding politician, pop star etc.?
How did your parents meet?
Have you ever experienced sibling rivalry?
How often do you communicate with your grandparents?
What topics do you usually discuss with your parents and grandparents?
What special skills and expertise do your relatives have?
Express your attitude towards genetic inheritance.
Write 10 questions which you would put to a person to learn about his (her) family.
Topic 3. Self-identity: my past, present and future.
Write a composition (20-25 sentences) about your past life, present occupation and plans for the future. Use the vocabulary below.
Vocabulary to the composition:
self-consciousness = sense of self |
самосвідомість |
personal identity = self-identity = self-perception |
самоідентифікація |
episodic memory |
епізодична пам'ять |
reminiscence [remɪ'nɪs(ə)n(t)s] |
спогад, спомин, згадка |
reminiscences=recollections =remembrances=memories | |
social identity |
соціальна ідентичність |
ambitions and aspirations |
амбіції і прагнення |
time management |
управління часом |
self-preservation |
самозбереження |
self-respect |
самоповага |
intelligence |
інтелект, розум; розумові здібності |
experience |
досвід |
skills = expertise |
уміння, навички |
vice |
порок, вада; фізичний дефект |
virtue ['vɜʧu] |
доброчесність, чеснота, цнотливість, цнота |
self-esteem |
самоповага; відчуття власної гідності |
self-pity / self-pitying |
жалість до себе |
Stages of life | |
infancy |
раннє дитинство; неповноліття |
childhood |
дитинство |
adolescence |
юність |
adulthood |
зрілість; повноліття |
middle age |
середній вік, зріли роки |
old age |
старість |
Major life events | |
birth |
народження |
daycare center |
дитячі ясла |
kindergarten=nursery school |
дитячий садочок |
primary school |
навчальна школа (5-12 років) |
high school |
середня школа |
coming of age |
досягнення повноліття |
graduation |
закінчення (вищого) навчального закладу |
employment |
працевлаштування |
marriage |
брак |
parenthood |
батьківство; материнство |
retirement |
вихід на пенсію |
death |
смерть |
Vices | |
pride / proud |
1) гордість; почуття гордості 2) гординя; пиха |
vanity / vain |
1) суєта, суєтність, марність 2) пиха, порожній гонор; марнославство |
avarice=greed / avaricious =greedy |
жадоба, жадібність, пожадливість |
lust / lustful |
хтивість, похіть |
wrath=anger / wrathful=angry |
гнів, лють; глибоке обурення |
gluttony / gluttonous |
обжерливість |
envy / envious |
заздрість (до - of, at) |
jealousy / jealous |
1) ревнощі 2) недовірливість, підозрілість 3) заздрість |
sloth / slothful = laziness / lazy |
1) лінощі, ледарство 2) повільність |
Virtues | |
courage / courageous |
сміливість |
compassion / compassionate |
співчуття |
justice / just |
справедливість |
honor / honorable |
честь |
modesty / modest |
1) скромність 2) стриманість |
patience / patient |
1) терпіння, терплячість 2) наполегливість |
commitment / committed |
зобов'язання |
hospitality / hospitable |
гостинність |
faithfulness=fidelity / faithful |
вірність, відданість; лояльність |
tenacity / tenacious |
1) чіпкість 2) упертість, стійкість, твердість волі 3) в'язкість, липкість 4) міцність, сталість |
thankfulness / thankful |
вдячливість |
Additional questions and discussion:
Past:
Did you manage to change some of your traits for the best?
Would you have changed anything in your past should such an opportunity occurred?
Were you a different person from now in your childhood?
What do you remember up to the university days?
Have you still preserved your childhood friends?
Enfant terrible or a poster child, what were you?
Present:
Please describe your ambitions and inspirations now.
Do you identify yourself as a grown-up?
What are you ready to carry responsibility for?
Please characterize yourself in social and behavioral terms.
What bothers you now?
Do you have an outlet?
Are you a sociable person?
What are your turn-ons and turn-offs?
Do you have many friends?
How long does it take you to recover from the blow?
Future:
Do you practice time management techniques?
How do you see yourself in 10, 20, 30, 40 years’ time?
Are there any attributes of adulthood you long for now?
Which track would you choose - career way or family way?
Are you now working on any of your future objectives?
Do you think you have a mission to accomplish in this life?
Do you live separately from your parents and if not would you like to?
What measures do you feel you can resort to achieve your objectives?
Are you a fighter or a fatalist?
Is there such a thing as future?