6. Виконання після текстових вправ.

1. Checking comprehension.

1. Who called the Earth "a blue planet" and why?

2. What place is the Earth compared to in the text?

3. Why is the word "banishment" wrong to use in the context?

4. What does it mean that we are winning the war against our planet?

5. How do you understand the sentence "we shall experience the laws of nature in full force"?

6. In what way environmental degradation is similar to a cancer?

7. Do environmental changes influence only nature?

8. 2. Which of the following themes appear in the text? Justify each of your selections with a quotation from the text

• The beauty of our planet.

• There is no second world hanging in the sky.

• Adaptation to the pressures of one's environment.

• The emergence of life.

• The human population has grown from around one billion in the 1830s to six billion in the year 2000.

• There is some connection between our behaviour, environ­mental changes and illnesses.

Література:

1. Барановська Т.В. Граматика англійської мови. Збірник вправ: Навч. посібник. Видання друге, виправлене та доповнене – Мова англ., укр. – Київ: ТОВ “ВП Логос-М», 2007. – 384с.

2. Л.В. Мисик, А.Л. Арцишевська, Л.Р. Кузнєцова, Л.Л. Поплавська. Англійська мова. Комунікативний аспект. / За ред. доц. Мисик Л.В. – Підручник. – К.: Атіка, 2000. – 368с.

3. Гужва Т. М. Англійська мова: Розмовні теми: Навч. посіб. Для студентів фак. Інозем. Філології, університетів, ліцеїв, гімназій та коледжів. – Харків: Фоліо, 2005. – 414с.

Практичне заняття № 4

Тема: Сервіс у літаку (у потязі, на судні).

План роботи

1. Підготовка до обговорення теми. Вивчення нових слів. Читання, переклад діалогів.

railway station ['reilwei 'steijn] to see somebody off

fast train [fa:st] to travel light [traevl lait ]

through train car / carriage (Am.) left-luggage room / check room (Am.)

reserved seats car to check one's suitcase ['sjuitkeis]

dining car ['dainirj ka:] to get a receipt [ri'si:t]

compartment booking office ['bukin 'ofis]

lower berth inquiry office [in'kwaiari 'ofis]

upper berth waiting room ['weitinrum]

the train starts / is pulling in single ticket [singl 'tikit]

the train is leaving / is pulling out single ticket [singl 'tikit]

Where do we change? return ticket

When is our train due? to miss the train

timetable

AT THE STATION

• Here you are at last! I've been waiting for half an hour for you.

• I'm sorry, I'm late. But I was stuck in a traffic jam.

• Here's your ticket.

• Oh, thank you. Is it a through train?

• Yes. I'm glad we shan't have to change.

• Fine. When is it due in Edinburgh?

• According to the timetable we are due there at 9.15 a.m.

• And when is it leaving, by the way?

• Oh, in ten minutes. Come on or we'll miss it.

IN THE COMPARTMENT

• Well, we are moving at last. The train doesn't seem to be very crowded.

• Not as overcrowded as at the peak tourist time in summer. What berth do you prefer?

• The lower one, if it is O.K. with you.

• Sure. Shall I open the window? It's rather stuffy in here.

• Do, please.

Ex.1. Fill in the missing remarks.

1. Where is the inquiry office?-

2. Is it a fast train? -

3. When is the train due in Boston? -

4. Oh, I'm afraid it is not very convenient. -

5. What berth would you prefer? - ....

6. Did you check our luggage? Where is the receipt? -

7. We still have half an hour before the train. Shall we go to the waiting room? -

Ex.2. Think of the questions to which the following sentences are responses.

1. ? - 50 pounds.

2 ? - Yes, let's have our luggage registered.

3 ?- Sorry, but there are no available compartments.

4 ? - No, I'm going to Glasgow.

5 ? - Yes, I have to change.