- •Unit 1. Medicine
- •2. How far do you agree with the man in the third dialogue “You’d have much more energy if you took regular exercise”? making an appointment (00:59)
- •1. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the questions. Who is Tina speaking to?
- •2. Use the prompts below to act out similar dialogues.
- •3. Discuss the following questions.
- •2. Listen only to an introduction and complete the notes below.
- •3. Listen again and answer the following questions.
- •Back pain
- •3. Answer the questions using the words and word-combinations given in brackets.
- •Reflexology
- •A long trip
- •3. Listen to the story. Then check the best headline.
- •4. What accommodation possibilities would you be interested in? Why? Discuss you ideas in class. Transport problems (03:25)
- •1. Try to guess the meanings of the word combinations and then discuss your ideas in class.
- •2. While you listen, decide whether the following sentences are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and complete the information while listening.
- •4. Discuss the advantages and possible drawbacks of transport infrastructure of mega cities. What can be done to solve their transport problems?
- •2. Listen to the person talking about ethical shopping. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and discuss the questions.
- •Charity shops (05:13)
- •1. You are going to listen to the man talking about charity shops in England. Look at the pictures. What things do charity shops sell?
- •2. Listen to the person talking about charity shops and match the following.
- •3. Listen to the person talking about charity shops and complete the sentences.
- •4. Answer the questions using the word and word-combinations given in brackets.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •3. What words and expressions used in the recording have a meaning similar to “very intelligent students”, “deep learning”?
- •3. Listen again and find the words and expressions that mean the following.
- •3. How do you like the idea of such a university? Do you agree that ‘it’s never late to learn’?
- •4. Speak on what you have learnt from the presentation. Give your own opinion about the Bologna process and the changes it has involved. Going to secondary school (05:43)
- •1. You are going to listen to the man talking about secondary schools in Great Britain. Before listening complete the sentences using the words in the box below.
- •2. Listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •Lifelong learning (02:36)
- •1. You are going to listen to a radio advertisement for university courses. Listen and choose the best answer.
- •2. Listen again and answer the questions.
- •Student money (04:46)
- •1. Before you listen do the vocabulary activity below. Match the words and phrases to the definitions.
- •2. Listen and put the experiences and tips about student money in the order you hear them.
- •3. Discussion.
- •2. Listen to the article and complete the information according to the listening.
- •3. Answer the questions using the words and word-combinations in brackets.
- •What’s a university education worth? (04:23)
- •1. Before you listen do the vocabulary activity below. Match the words and phrases to the definitions.
- •2. Listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
- •3. Listen again and complete the sentences.
- •4. Discussion.
- •The changing of the guard
- •On the road with the chief beefeater at the tower of london (video 26:25)
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Uk parliament tour
- •2. Enumerate the reasons for football violence.
- •2. Listen again and discuss the following questions.
- •Water sports (06:11)
- •1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
- •2. Listen to the article and discuss the following questions.
- •Surfing (04:45)
- •1. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing words in this summary.
- •2. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •Child athletes
- •The olympic games (05:54)
- •1. Listen to the article “The Olympic Games: then and now” written by Craig Duncan. Answer the questions about the text according to the listening.
- •2. Listen again and complete the sentences according to the listening.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •The two ronnies
- •What hands do you have? (03:35)
- •1. Match the adjectives with the underlined phrases in the sentences.
- •2. Listen to two friends, Helen and Daniel, talking about the connection between your hands and your personality. Which sentences from above are true for Daniel?
The olympic games (05:54)
1. Listen to the article “The Olympic Games: then and now” written by Craig Duncan. Answer the questions about the text according to the listening.
What do you think the Zappian Olympics were?
What might an Olympic winner receive in ancient Greece?
What is an “Olympiad”?
2. Listen again and complete the sentences according to the listening.
The Olympic Games began around __________ years ago.
776 BC saw the start of a regular festival which was to take place every Olympiad, or __________.
Sport was only one part of the festival; there were also __________ __________, __________ __________, exhibitions of __________ and __________ __________.
The Olympic Games celebrated on the one hand the __________ __________, and on the other hand the __________ of the Greek people.
The early __________ ___________ were only running races, but later other sports such as __________ and __________ came to be included.
There were no professional __________. All the __________ were ordinary Greek citizens who felt that they were among the best in their chosen sports.
Competitors had to arrive four weeks early, and undergo a full month of __________.
It wasn’t only __________ training, either: would-be competitors had to prove that they were morally and spiritually suitable to __________.
Curiously, all sportsmen competed ___________.
At the start of the games, every competitor had to swear an __________ that they were a free citizen of Greece who had committed no sacrilege against the gods.
In today’s Olympics, competitors promise that they shall abide by the rules of the games, will act in an honourable and sportsmanlike manner, and not use any __________ drugs.
__________ is almost as old as the games itself.
The original “winner” of the 1904 Olympic __________, Fred Lorz, __________ __________ after it was revealed that he had travelled half the distance in a car.
Today, athletes compete primarily for the honour of being awarded a __________ __________, but also for the enormous amounts of corporate __________ bestowed upon top sportspeople.
Similarly, while ancient Greek athletes were officially only competing for the honour of being awarded a symbolic __________ __________, winners were usually sponsored by their city state, receiving a large sum of money, or a new home, or a lengthy tax holiday.
In the earliest Olympics, __________ __________ went alongside trade fairs and business deals.
In 19th century Greece the first modern attempts were made to __________ the Olympics.
The “Zappian Olympics”, as they became known after wealthy organizer, Evangelos Zappas, were the bridge between the __________ and __________ Olympics, and took place in Greece between 1859 and 1875.
It was the first real __________ sporting competition, but officially it was about far more than sport, nations were no longer competing primarily in sport, but in __________ and __________.
The sporting side of the games were hugely popular with the public, and in Athens in __________, the Olympics as we know them began.