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expensive hotel / about six weeks... 9. The Browns first / about

their son’s career / two years...

7. When did these events happen? Put the verbs in brackets in Simple Past.

The first man (step) on the moon / 21st of July 1969. The Second World War ( end ) / 2nd of September 1945.

The USA ( drop ) an atomic bomb on Hiroshima / 6th of August 1945.

Hillary and Tenzing ( climb ) Mt. Everest / 29th of May 1953. The first man ( fly ) to space / 12th of April.

The United Nations ( open ) the first session / 26th of June 1945.

The last American soldier ( leave ) Vietnam / 29th of March 1973.

8. Culture Quiz “Who did what?”

(Ludvig van Beethoven, John Baird, Alexander Eiffel, Marie Curie, William Shakespeare, Duke of Wellington, Emmeline Pankhurst, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Bell, James Watt)

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9. You want to know a thing or two about painting. Ask your friend: a) when each of these British painters was born and when he died; b) what century he lived in.

1. William Hogarth (1697–1764); 2.Thomas Gainsborough [ geInzbqrq] (1727–1788); 3. John Constable (1776–1837); 4. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792); 5.William Blake (1757–1827); 6. Joseph Turner (1775–1851); 7. James Whistler (1834–1903); 8. Francis Bacon (1909–1992).

10. Read what Charles says about his life experiences* and translate these sentences into Russian.What can he remember?

1.At the age of 15 I cut myself in the bathroom while shaving.

2.My younger brother fell off the bicycle and hurt himself.

3.When I was 17, my elder sister found herself a job in an office.

4.My Mum and Dad bought themselves a new car.

5.My friend and I figured out how to play chess ourselves.

6.I enjoyed myself at an exhibition of African art.

* a life experience – случай из жизни, жизненный опыт.

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11. Read the following letter. Imagine it is from an English pen friend.

a) Write a reply, answering his questions. Use the prompts below.

12 North Road Oxford 5 November

Hi!

How are you? What’s the weather like with you? It’s awful here. It rained every day in October and it’s raining now.

It was really good to get your address. Your college sounds more interesting than mine. And I was amazed to hear about the mountain*climbing trip you did. Weren’t you scared when it started to snow?

My big news is that I was selected for the college basketball team. I’m so pleased, because we have a great team at college, and there’s a lot of competition to get in it. Is there a basketball team at your university?

Write and tell me all about your family and yourself.

I was born in…

I lived there for…

We moved when…

I grew up ..

My grandfather died when…

I finished school in…

I entered college (university) in…

I started working in…

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b) Reproduce your letter in class. Vote for the best story.

12. You are planning a trip to Great Britain.

a) You wrote about it to your friend in Oxford and then received a letter from him in which he tried to specify some details.

What does he ask you about?

1.Are you travelling on business? / for pleasure?

2.Would you like to visit Oxford?

3.Are you flying by plane?

4.Should you check with the ticket agent beforehand?

5.Are you going to stay at a hotel?

6.Does any of your friends want to join you for the trip ?

7.Can he / she speek English?

b)You need some information about the target country. Let your classmates report your questions about Great Britain and answer them using the phrases below.

Cultural Note

Coaches are long*distance buses on which people travel between some towns and cities. They are not so expensive as trains.

1.Where can people buy stamps to write home from the UK? ( in a post office, often inside a small shop )

2.Where are the Houses of Parliament [ pa:lqmqnt]?

(in the City of London )

3.Do the British drive on the right*hand side of the road?

4.Why does the colour of London buses stay red? (to help tourists)

5.Why are coaches popular in Britain? ( comfortable )

6.What does the “Highway Code” mean? ( a list of rules for drivers )

7.Do British drivers have to wear seatbelts?

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13. Great Britain Quiz.

Here’s a list of things you must know about Britain. Check if your group mates can give correct answers to these questions.

1.Is William Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford*on*Avon or in Dublin?

2.Should you change your English pounds to Scottish pounds in Edinburgh?

3.Do you have to use an English*Gaelic* dictionary, when you travel around Wales?

4.Do you have to cross the English Channel to get to Northern Ireland?

5.Do Chinese restaurants serve good meals at low prices?

6.You’re flying from England to Scotland. Do you have to show your passport?

7.Is all medical service for foreigners free in Britain?

14.Listening.

Listen to the interview, in which Robert Lewis, a TV reporter, is asking Angela about the time when she worked at the National gallery.

Note!

a tricky customer – «трудный» клиент except – кроме, исключая, разве лишь to guess [ges] (AmE) – предполагать subway (AmE) = underground (BrE)

a) Consider the following points.

* Gaelic and Welsh are Celtic languages. Gaelic is spoken in Scotlahd and Welsh * in Wales.

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b)Listen to the recording again and focus on the facts from the interview.

–Did Angela work locally?

–How did she earn her living?

–Did Angela receive visitors or did she organize any shows?

–Do you think she was a secretary, administrator or assistant* director?

–Did Angela get tired in the evenings? Why? / Why not?

–Does Angela tell Robert about her home? Have you got any idea of her family?

–What country does the speaker come from? How do you know?

c)Look at the choices below. Find the points that make sense with the interview.

1. Angela took care of paintings at the Museum. 2. The whole thing was a matter of little importance to her. 3. Her routine was simple. She led an ordinary life. 4. Angela gave and answered telephone calls. 5. She used to organize shows for the public.

d)Suggest your title to the text.

e)Act as TV reporter. Interview Angela about her birthplace, parents and life experiences. Write down a few questions. Use: Did you...? / Where?…/ When?…/ How?…/ How long?…/ How many?…/ What?…/ What kind of…?

15. Explain why you were not able to do these things.

was/were (not) able to do sth

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–No, he wasn’t. He was too tired.

2.– Were you able to work overtime yesterday?

–No, we weren’t. We were too tired.

1.Eat pizza quickly? / just out of the oven.

2.Get Mike on the phone? / was out all day.

3.Operate the computer? / had a headache.

4.Attend the lecture? / had a toothache.

5.Fall asleep? / the neighbours were too noisy.

6.Drive your car? / was stuck in the traffic.

7.Lift the suitcase? / very heavy.

8.Walk in the park? / It was raining.

16.These people were not able to enjoy themselves last night. Think of any likely reasons.

you / at Mary’s party Sally / at the exhibition

your father / at the football game your friends / at the tennis match your cousins / at the picnic

the Wilsons / at the symphony

17. Read the following text. It’s a true story !

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THE MISSING FINGER

Cultural Note

Renoir, Pierre (1841–1919) a French painter who helped to

form the IMPRESSIONIST movement. He is known for his bright, colourful style of painting.

Part 1. An original Renoir [ renwa:] was stolen.

One of the paintings – an original Renoir – was stolen* from the City Museum of Art. “The thief was very clever. He put an exact copy of the painting on the wall,” the director of the musum said, when detective Joel Kaplan came into the office.

“If the copy was so good, how did you find out that it wasn’t the original?”

“Yesterday an art professor visited the museum and saw the imitation at once.”

Questions.

1.Was the thief very clever? Ask “Why?”

2.Did the chief of the police come to the museum? Ask “Who?”

3.Did the director of the museum find out that it wasn’t the original? Ask “Who?” “How?”

Part 2. She sold her copy to a man.

Art students who used to make copies of the paintings in the Renoir room agreed to come to the museum and talk to the detective. Four of the five brought their copies with them. But the fifth one, Mary Evans, no longer had hers. “I needed the money to finish art school. So I sold it to a man watching me copy it in the museum several weeks ago. He never told me his name.”

* was stolen * была украдена

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“What did the man look like?” Joel Kaplan asked. “Wasn’t there anything unusual about him?” “Oh, yes – the little finger on his left hand was missing.”

Questions.

1.Did art students use to make copies in the Picasso room? Ask “Where?”

2.Did they agree to talk to the director or to the chief of the police? Ask “Who?”

3.Did all the students bring their copies with them? Ask “How many of them?”

4.Did Miss Evans show hers? Ask “Why not?”

5.Did the girl sell the copy to a friend of hers? Ask “Who?” “When?”

6.What was there unusual about the man?

Part 3. The thief forgot one thing.

The police officer decided to watch one of the new women who did the cleaning in the building. She was not very tall and had gloves on her hands. She carried a large box of cleaning things with her from one room to another. Suddenly the woman took off a small painting by Picasso, took an exact copy out of the box, hung it up and put the original painting into her box. The detective stopped her. “Very clever, but not clever enough. Like most people in your profession you forgot one thing.”

“What was that?” the woman asked in a man’s voice.

“Your left hand. I knew that the thief was missing one finger on the left hand.”

“But I’m wearing gloves,” the thief said, “and I don’t understand how...”

“I could see by the shape of the glove that you only had four fingers. You had to fill the little finger of the glove with paper or something.”

“Next time I’ll remember.”

“There isn’t going to be any next time. I’m driving you to the police station.”

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Questions.

1.Did Joel Kaplan decide to watch one of the students? Ask “Whom?”

2.Did the cleaning woman carry a brush as she went from one room to another? Ask “What?”

3.Did she take off an original painting by Picasso? Ask “What for?”

4.Did she take an exact copy of Picasso from her box? Ask “What for?”

5.Did the police officer stop the thief? Ask “How?”

6.The criminal forgot to do one thing, didn’t he? Ask “What?”

7.Did he want to correct his mistake? Ask “When?”

8.What were the detective’s last words?

18. Tasks.

a) Do you know how to express past obligations? Compare the following phrases.

b) Look at the notes in Kaplan’s diary. Discuss his methods of work by asking each other what he had to do to detect the thief.

about?

1. Ask art students about the copies. (What?) 2.Talk to the women who do the cleaning. (Who?) 3. Stay in the museum after closing time. (When?) 4. Hide behind the column. (Where?) 5. Watch his/ her hands. (What? / Why?) 6. Spot the thief, or he/she tries again. (Why?) 7. Contact the police station at once. (What do?)

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