- •1. A) Work in pairs. Name any international events that take place in Belarus. (илл. 8.1.1-8.1.5 в любых местах на одной стр. Или развороте)
- •2. Listen to a brief report about the tourist events in Belarus and take notes to answer the questions below.
- •4. A) Look at the words below. What do they all have in common?
- •5. Work in small groups. Discuss the questions below and complete the tasks.
- •1. Work in pairs. What do you know about Belarus Fashion Week? (илл. 8.2.1)
- •2. A) Look at the words and phrases below. Can you guess their meaning?
- •3. A) Read an introductory article about the show. Check your answers for ex. 1 and 2a.
- •4. Look at the pictures below. What episodes of the show do they illustrate? (илл. 8.2.2- 8.2.7)
- •5. A) Look at the words below. What prefix will help make new verbs of them?
- •6. Imagine your foreign friend is coming to Belarus at the time of bfw. Write an e-mail to your friend describing the event and offer him/her to visit the show.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs. (илл.8.3.1)
- •2. A) Work in groups of three (Students a, b and c). Read your piece of information about Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitsebsk and prepare to retell it to your partners.
- •4. A) Read some opinions from the visitors to the festival and complete the words.
- •5. Role-play the following situation in pairs.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •2. A) Discuss as a class. What kind of news will probably mention the following:
- •8. Conductor from Hawaii Casts Belarusian Soloists for …
- •3. A) Look through the questions below. Then listen and take notes on the answers.
- •4. A) Which of the following adjectives would you use to describe the reports you’ve heard?
- •5. A) Work in groups of three. Write a piece of news to present to the audience.
- •1. Look at the comic. Discuss the questions below in pairs. (илл. 8.5.1)
- •2. A) You are going to read two articles giving tips to those who would like to take part in a Student Exchange programme. Put the tips to the right article.
- •3. A) Choose the function the modal verbs serve in the sentences below.
- •4. Work in pairs. Look at the articles in ex. 2 again. Find the modal verbs can, could, be able to in the text and discuss what functions they serve in each case.
- •5. A) Work in groups of 3. Prepare to role-play the following situations.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •2. A) You are going to listen to some foreign student exchange stories. Look at the boxes below and find pairs of words with opposite meaning.
- •4. Which word stands for X in the following collocations?
- •5. A) Complete the proverbs below with 6 words from ex. 2a.
- •6. Choose one of the tasks below.
- •1. A) Look at the logos below and discuss the questions in pairs.
- •2. Look through the article below. What is it about?
- •3. Match the definitions below with the words in italics.
- •4. A) Read the article and decide whether the statements below are true, false or not mentioned.
- •5. A) Discuss the questions below in small groups.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •2. Look at the phrases below. Can you guess what kind of summer school they refer to?
- •3. A) Read the advertisement in the card for one of the next year summer schools and find the information about:
- •4. Report to your classmates about your next summer plans. Then discuss the questions below.
- •1. Discuss the questions below with your partner.
- •2. You will now read a sci-fi short story “Ask a Foolish Question” by Robert Sheckley. Read the story and say:
- •3. Read the story again and answer the questions below.
- •4. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •5. A) Imagine that Answerer was improved and can now answer any question. Which three questions would you ask the Answerer?
- •1. A) Work in small groups. Think of as many ways as possible to find friends or make contacts with young people abroad.
- •2. You have one month to find new friends or make contacts based on common interests with young people from other countries. Then report to your classmates about the results.
4. A) Read some opinions from the visitors to the festival and complete the words.
1. I consider the band Space and their music a..…c I guess they haven’t even heard of c…..…..y music styles like deathcore or J-pop.
2. I believe it’s easy to create an i…………l event based on popular music, while so much effort goes into trying to find a m..s market for classical music, all with remarkably little success.
3. I must admit the c……s and some other events were very entertaining. But I prefer less c…….l festivals: with no hired entertainment.
4. I was disappointed not to see Oxana Fyodorova this year. Oxana co-…..d the opening day concert of the Slavyanski bazaar last year. You couldn’t take your eyes off her as she walked the r….y.
5. Unfortunately mine was only a b…f visit to see the m……l sights of Vitsebsk region, but I really enjoyed some exhibitions at the Slovyanski bazaar festival and the local f..r of folk crafts “Town of Masters” with lots of souvenirs to buy.
b) Would you agree with the comments above?
5. Role-play the following situation in pairs.
Student A: You are a British high school student a huge fan of the Eurovision song contest. You’ve never heard of Slavyanski Bazaar and it’s hard for you to believe it’s worth visiting.
Student B: You are a Belarusian high-school student. You are a devoted fan of Slavyanski Bazaar arts festival in Vitsebsk. Tell your British friend about the festival to make him visit the event this year.
LESSON 4: NEWS REPORT
Active vocabulary: humanitarian |
Communicative area: news |
1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
How often do you listen to the radio? What kind of channels do you listen to? Do you listen to news on the radio? What’s in the latest news? What kind of news are you interested in: sports, business, cultural, political, local or international?
2. A) Discuss as a class. What kind of news will probably mention the following:
Minsk Arena, national heritage, delegation, BelTA (The Belarusian Telegraph Agency), the Embassy, the Ambassador of Belarus to London, a conductor, humanitarian organizations?
b) Listen to the news reports and complete the newspaper headlines for these news reports. What kind of news are they?
1. … arrive in Minsk
2. Raine Spencer praises Belarus’ efforts to preserve …
3. Vitebsk to host Manhattan …
4. The Belarus Days of … in Turkey next year.
5. On Cooperation Between Belarusian and British …
6. … «The Brest Fortress» in London
7. The 52nd … Fair
8. Conductor from Hawaii Casts Belarusian Soloists for …
3. A) Look through the questions below. Then listen and take notes on the answers.
1. How many reports feature the news on theatre/exhibitions/fairs/films/concerts/museums?
2. What countries are mentioned to have cross-cultural relationship with Belarus?
3. What are the following: Harrods, "Children and Families across Borders", Belkhudozhpromysly, “The Brest Fortress”, Scorpions, Westside Story?
b) Which news items are the following statements taken from?
a. The company demonstrated a collection of linen clothing that combines elements of the contemporary fashion and traditional decoration.
b. They hope to go to Moscow next year and would like to meet with the Belarusian audience again.
c. The premiere of the first ever full scale American musical is scheduled for May next year.
d. Embassy of the Republic of Belarus hosted a national stand.
e. During the meetings the parties discussed possibilities for exchange of traveling and stationary exhibitions.
f. The ministers gave special priority to joint film production.
g. This year the festival will take place in over 200 cities of 48 countries.
h. It has already been touring Great Britain for more than a year.