Virgo Personality:

With an acute attention to detail, the Virgo is the sign in the zodiac most dedicated to serving. Their deep sense of the humane leads them to caregiving like no other, while their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is missed. The Virgo is often gentle and delicate, preferring to step back and analyze before moving ahead.

B. How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?

flexible; shy; sensitive; punctual; ambitious; unreliable; mean; has no initiative; lazy; insensitive.

1. He never bought me a drink all the time we were together.

2. I have to tell her what to do every minute of the working day. She wouldn't even open a window without someone's permission.

3. He often promises to do things but half the time he forgets.

4. She's always here on time.

5. I don't think he's done any work since he's been here.

6. She finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers.

7. He could work in any of the departments, and it doesn't matter to him if he's on his own or part of a team.

8. One of the great things about her is that she is so aware of what other people think or feel.

9. Bob, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. He is always making people angry or upset because he just doesn't consider their feelings.

10. The other thing about Bob is that he really wants to get the supervisor's job and then become boss for the whole department.

Organise these words into pairs of opposites and put them into the columns below.

Positive	Negative

C. Work in pairs. Consider all the pros and cons of living in Australia according to text. Agree and disagree with your partner.

D. In your group, make the presentation about “Places of interest” in Australia. Possible titles are The Twelve Apostles, Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex, Round House, London Arch, Port Arthur, Burning Mountain, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.

VIII. Word list

accent

ambitious

ancestry

arid

to belong to

coal

colloquial

comparison

consistently

distinctive

diverse

entrenched

flexible

freedom

to have no initiative

heavily

humanism

insensitive

iron-ore

lazy

livable

maintained

marsupial

mean

poverty

powerful

protection

punctual

respectively

rights

roughly

sensitive

shy

steadily

subsequent

surrounded

to comprise

to derive from

unreliable

venomous

wool

P. S. Don’t forget to learn Everyday Expressions by heart! See Ex. IX. C.

Содержание:

1. Unit 1 …………………………………………………………………………3

2. Unit 2 ………………………………………………………………………..15

3. Unit 3 ………………………………………………………………………..23

Literature:

1. Facts about America http://www.theholidayspot.com/july4/facts.htm

2. U.S. Census Bureau http://factfinder2.census.gov/

3. American Presidents http://www.americanpresidents.org/

4. Discover Canada tours http://discovercanadatours.com/

5. Citizenship and Immigration Canada http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/e-services/index.asp

6. http://www.horoscope.com/

7. Методические указания по разговорным темам (английский язык) для студентов 1 курса всех специальностей дневной и заочной форм обучения. Ч. 2. / составители: Гриднева Б.О., Заичко М.В., Колчанова Т.А. и др. / отв. редактор: Ржевская Е.Л. Тюмень: ТюмГНГУ, 2005. 32с.

8. Chris Barker. Boost your vocabulary 2. Pearson, Longman, 2001. 88p.

9. McCarthy M, O’Dell F. English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge University Press. 2000. 298p.

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