Exercise 5. Read the text and translate the first passage. “Big cities” [2. p. 46.]
Big cities often have a reputation for being rude, unfriendly places for tourists. Journalist Tim Moore went to four cities, London, Rome, Paris, and New York, to find out if this is true. He went dressed as foreign tourist and did three tests to see which city had the friendliest and most polite inhabitants. The three tests were:
The photo test Tim asked people in the street to take his photo (not just one photo, but several – with his hat, without his hat, etc.). Did he find someone to do it?
The shopping test Tim bought something in a shop and gave the shop assistant too much money. Did the shop assistant give back extra money?
The accident test Tim pretended to fall over in the street.
Did anybody come and help him?
New York
Paris
Rome
The photo test
I asked an office worker who was eating his sandwiches to take a photo of me. “Of course I’ll take the picture. Again? Sure! Again? No problem. Have a nice day!”
I asked some gardeners to take some photos of me in front of the EiffelTower. They couldn’t stop laughing when they saw my hat.
I asked chic woman in sunglasses. She took photo of me with my hat. Then with my sunglasses. Then she asked me to take a photo of her!
The shopping test
I bought an I love NewYorkT-shirt and drinks from two different people. I gave them too much money but they both gave me the extra money back.
I bought some fruit in a greengrocer’s and gave the man a lot of coins. He carefully took the exact amount.
I bought a copy of The Times from a newspaper seller near the railway station. It was three euros. I gave the man four and he didn’t give me any change.
The accident test
I fell over in Central Park. I didn’t have to wait more than thirty seconds. “Oh dear,” a man said. “Is this your camera? I think it’s broken.”
I fell over in the Champs Elysees. A minute passed before someone said, “Are you OK?” And he was Scottish!
When I fell over about eight people immediately hurried to help me.
Exercise 6 Read the text and write suitable heading to each paragraph
Exercise
7
Speak on the topics. a) A place where you’ve been on holiday and would like to return.
b) A place where you’ve been on holiday and would not like to return.
c) A place where you haven’t been on holiday, but would like to.
1. What’s the _________ city you’ve ever seen?
more beautiful
most beautiful
beautifuliest
beautiful
2. This is the _________ city in the world.
noisier
most noisy
noisiest
more noisy
3. Put the correct adjective. As _____as gold.
Good
Better
Best
Goodder
4. As _____ as possible.
Sooner
Soonest
Soon
Soony
Glossary
English
Transcription
Kazakh
Russian
ancient n.
[‘ein(t)ʃ(ə)nt]
ескі
древний
be impressed adj.
[im’pressd]
әсерленген
бытьвпечатленным
provide v.
[prə’vaid]
қамтамасыз ету
обеспечивать
be separated adj.
[sipereitid]
жекеленген
быть разделенным
consist v.
[kən’sist]
есепте тұру
состоять
occupy v.
[‘ɔkјəpai]
басып алу
занимать
busy n.
[‘bizi]
уақыты болмау
занятой
expensive adj.
[ik’spen(t)siv]
қымбат
дорогой
coin n.
[kɔin]
тиын
монета
storey adj.
[stɔ:ri]
көп қабатты
многоэтажный
LIW
1. Texts for reading. Read and translate the text-28
2. Learn the poem by heart
So many countries all over the world,
So many people and life-tales told!
Different cities, languages, poems,
Amazing traditions, legends, stories.
We travel East, we travel West,
To know so much is the best,
If South is warm, North is cold,
We start our trip and off we go.
Office hours
1. Grammar exercise-1(a,b,c,d) p49 [1.6A] – (Work Book)
2. Read a survey report on p. 63[2].Write your own report for your class.
References
Main literature:
1.New English file (pre-intermediate) Student’s book, ClieveOxenden Christina Latham – Koening. Oxford University Press, 2010
2. New Inside Out (pre-intermediate) Student’s book Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones Macmillan 2012
Additional literature:
3.New English file (pre-intermediate) Work book , ClieveOxenden Christina Latham – Koening. Oxford University Press, 2010
4. New Inside Out (pre-intermediate) Work book . Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones Macmillan 2012
5.“Essential grammar” R.Murphy. Second edition. (pre-intermediate)l. Cambridge University Press. 2009.
6.onestopenglish.com
HAND-OUT № 59
Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits: 2
Level: Pre-Intermediate Practical lesson
Lexical theme: The United Kingdom
Grammar: Superlatives
Teacher: Zhakipbekova Dinara Kelsinbaevna
Warming-up:
Give
the equivalent of the proverb in Kazakh and Russian: East or west, home is best.
CONSOLIDATION.
Write the questions using the cues and then try to find out the answers.
a. high mountain? What is the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest.
b. country/big population? ___________________________
c. dangerous / see animal? ___________________________
d. large/land animal? _______________________________
e. tall/animal? _____________________________________
f. fast/animal? _____________________________________
SUPERLATIVES
[1, p. 132]Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
cold
colder
the coldest
one-syllable: + er (Comparative)
the and + est (Superlative)
hot
big
hotter
bigger
the hottest
the biggest
one vowel + one consonant: double final consonant
pretty
busy
prettier
busier
the prettiest
the busiest
consonant + y:
y+ ier
beautiful
relaxed
more beautiful
more relaxed
themost beautiful
the most relaxed
two or more syllables:
more(Comparative) or the most (Superlative) + adjective
good
better
the best
Irregular
bad
worse
the worst
far
further
the furthest
You use superlative adjectives to compare people / things with all the other people / things in their group.
We often use a superlative with the present perfect.
Mohamed Ali was the greatest sportsman of all time.
Football is the most popular sport in the world.
Russia is the coldest place we’ve ever been to.
It’s the most beautiful church I’ve ever seen.
Exercise 1 Complete the sentences with a superlative.
Is this the noisiest city in the world? (noisy)
a. Yesterday was ______ day of the year. (hot)
b. This is ____________ time to drive through the city centre. (bad)
c. She’s _____________ person in the class. (friendly)
d. This is ____________ part of the exam. (important)
e. It’s _____________ city in the world. (polluted)
Exercise 2 Settling the word order about the statistics of the UK.
years/ longer/ men/ women/ live/ten/ than/ on average.
women/ work/ over/ go to/ two-thirds/of.
population/ their/ a third/ own/ nearly/ live/ of/ on/ the.
eat/ and/ fat/ people/ more/fruit/ less.
the/ hours/ British/ week/ work/ per/ longest.
Exercise
3 Listen to the tape-script. T.7.17 [ 1. p.125] 
Fill in the listened text.
№
True
False
1.
San Francisco better than London
2.
It’s along way from London
3.
Allie couldn’t live in San Francisco
4.
On the right they can see the island of Alcatraz.
5.
They are going th the restaurant for dinner.
Exercise 4 Retell the text using the following questions.
a. What does Allie think about San Francisco?
b. What did he say about his friends?
c. What kind of building did Mark show to Allie?
e. Where are they going for dinner?
Exercise 5 Read the text aloud and retell it. [3, p. 95]
The United Kingdom, the British Isles and England
The United Kingdom (or Great Britain) is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 244.000 square kilometres.
The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland (on the island of Great Britain), and Northern Ireland (on the island of Ireland). Their capitals are London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and Belfast respectively. The capital of the UK is London.
The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea.
The surface of the British Isles varies very much. The north of Scotland is mountainous and is called the Highlands, while the south, which has beautiful valleys and plains, is called the Lowlands. The north and west of England are mountainous, but all the rest cast, centre, and south-east — is a vast plain. Mountains are not high. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain (1.343 m).
Exercise 6 Read the text and write suitable heading to each paragraph
Exercise
7 Speak on the given topics. a) Greatest capital in the world- London.
b) The greatest writer of all time- W.Shakespeare.
c) Education and Universities.
Exercise
8 Work in pairs. Discuss the following topics.
The climate of the UK.
The national sport of UK.
Worldwide Sightseeing of Great Britain.