- •1. 1. A) Look at the cartoon below. Do you find it funny and true to life? (илл. 7.1.1)
- •2. A) You are going to hear a speech by Neilia Pierre, an American High School student. Look at the glossary and decide what her speech is about.
- •3. A) Look at the way Nelia organized her speech. What means to make her speech logical and reader-friendly did she use?
- •4. Choose the appropriate conjunction in each case.
- •5. A) Look through the statistics below. Do the statistics in the chart surprise you?
- •2. What other leisure time activities, if available and affordable, would you like to participate in?
- •3. A) Test your prepositions knowledge. Fill in the gaps in the statements below with prepositions.
- •4. A) What prepositions are the verbs below followed by?
- •1. Work in pairs. Describe the pictures below. What do they have in common? (илл. 7.3.1-7.3.6)
- •2. A) Read the etymology of the word tourism and answer the questions below.
- •3. A) Listen to an expert talking about tourism. What type of tourism hasn’t been mentioned?
- •4. Look through the definitions again and find the words that mean:
- •5. A) Read the information again and answer the questions below.
- •4. A) Put the statements from the interview together.
- •5. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •1. Work in pairs. Look at the picture below. Do you agree with the reasons? What would you change or add to the banner? (илл. 7.6.1)
- •2. Work in pairs. You are planning to visit a foreign country you’ve never been to. What kind of information will you need before leaving? Make a list of questions to ask your travel agent.
- •3. A) Read a forum page from www.Tripadvisor.Com. What kind of website is it? How is the language of forums different from standard English?
- •4. A) Could you answer any of the questions in the forum? Would you make a good destination expert on Belarus?
- •2. A) Listen to Marylin Wexler and David Sierge talking about their jobs as travel agents. How different is their work? Is their attitude to work similar or different?
- •3. Complete the summaries of the interviews below.
- •4. Look at the phrases below. Are they used by travel agents or their clients?
- •5. A) You are going to role-play a conversation at the travel agency. Get your cards from the teacher. You have 3 minutes to prepare for the conversation.
- •1. Read the nursery rhyme. Choose the correct idea(s) behind it. For Want of a Nail
- •2. A) Read an excerpt from a Sound of Thunder, a short story written in 1952 by an American science fiction and mystery writer Ray Bradbury. Discuss the questions that follow in pairs.
- •3. How do you think the story will develop? Work in pairs. Write the summary of the story including the ending you’ve invented.
- •1. Work in pairs. Look at the illustrations in this lesson. What can you say about the place they describe.
- •2. A) What kind of information do you expect to find in a travel brochure for a National Park or Conservation?
- •3. Work in groups. Discuss which part of the brochure the information below would go to.
- •4. A) Work in groups. Decide which information block each student is going to write.
- •1. Work in small groups. Follow the steps below to produce a travel brochure.
- •4. Critical stage
2. What other leisure time activities, if available and affordable, would you like to participate in?
exercise, health, and nutrition classes, dance classes, hiking/backpacking/outdoors, canoeing, kayaking, rafting, music lessons, martial arts classes, dating and relationship classes, Spanish classes, environmental classes, English classes, community choir/chorus, coping with problem relationships, swimming lessons, drama club or group, handling peer pressure, cycling club, arts and crafts classes, coping with teen depression, tutoring, drug awareness, community service/volunteer work, career planning, anger management
3. Which of the following, if any, keeps you from participating in any of the activities listed above?
I can’t get there/ need transportation. I can’t afford the fees/costs too much. Parents won’t allow me to participate. I have chores/responsibilities at home that I have to do before I can do anything else.
Other (Please List)
4. What other types of programs or services should be offered for high school students? Please list
5. Whenever you have a problem or concern, to whom do you most often turn for help?
Choose only one
Parents, friends, siblings, teacher/counselor, Church youth worker Other
4. a) Work in two groups. Put your questionnaires together and analyse the information you’ve got.
b) Write 4-5 statements for the statistics report on the topic “Leisure time activities of high school student in Belarus.” Use the linkers to join the ideas together.
c) Organize your report by writing the introductory statement and the final statement.
5. a) Read out your reports. While listening to the other group’s report take notes on the differences notice.
b) Discuss the differences as a class.
LESSON 3: GET RID OF BOREDOM
Active vocabulary: excuse (n.) |
Grammar: verbs + prepositions |
Communicative area: discussing, expanding an idea |
1. Work in pairs. Make a list of reasons that teens use to explain why they hang about at home instead of having fun.
2. a) Look through the article below. What excuse does it deal with?
One of the best things that seems to be coming out of the changes in the economy is that we are finding creative ways to entertain ourselves these days without spending a lot of money. Stop complaining about boredom and and look at 15 fun ways that you could spend your free time while keeping it free:
1. Learn a game for the park. Just going to the park is a really great way to spend your free time but you can enhance it even more by learning a game that you can play yourself. Think of picking up juggling or hackey sack or just grab a tennis ball and start playing catch with yourself. You should be able to find something lying around your house that you can take to the park and play with.
2. Take photographs. As long as you already have a digital camera that belongs to you or borrowed from your friend and you don’t feel the compulsive need to print out your pictures, you don’t have to spend any money to enjoy this art. Head out to anywhere with your camera and challenge yourself to have a great time staring at the views around through the lens of your device.
3. Check out the free events in your area. There are always free things happening even in the smallest of cities. Check your local newspapers and blogs for announcements about free art openings, free outdoor movie screenings, free lectures at schools and libraries, free book readings. If you open your mind to trying to find events in the area that are free, you’ll find that there’s a lot to do and a lot to learn.
4. Host a comedy night at your house. Gather together the bravest group of friends that you’ve got and invite them over to come perform stand-up comedy for each other at your place. Make it pot luck so you don’t have to pay for snacks. If you’re not the comedy kind, you can qualify for improve karaoke or some other form of performance art with your friends and family members. It will easily result in fun time if you’ve got laidback friends who can laugh at themselves.
5. Spend time making a wish list. One of the best things that you can do to have fun with yourself is to daydream. Sit down and spend some time dreaming of all of the things that you could wish for. Make a list of goals – places to travel someday, areas you are determined to succeed in, things that matter to you. You may find that this inspires you to do more with your life.
6. Count the stars. Search for a place where you can see the stars and settle in for a few hours. Look up and see if you can count all of the stars in the sky. Do this with someone else and you’ll find yourself remembering old times, talking about big ideas or simply gazing at the expanse of the sky. See if you can start identifying constellations or picking out planets. Be wowed by the world that surrounds you.
7. Have long, relaxed conversations. So much of the conversing that we do these days is in the form of short exchanges of information no one responds to. We waste time and energy arguing with strangers, commenting on meaningless events and listening to complaints from people we don’t even sympathize with. Take the time to really engage in long conversations about relaxed topics with the people that you enjoy speaking with. Get together for a cup of coffee in your living room and talk about your favourite memories, your biggest dreams, your silliest stories.
8. Offer to help people with stuff. Do you complain about your friends and family members asking you to help them with housework, move into a new place or host a yard sale? If so, you might think of/about changing your attitude. If you focus on the good stuff – the fact that a yard sale allows you to have great conversations with your neighbours, for example – then you will find that you actually enjoy donating your free time to assisting others with their tasks. Building the community around you is a great way to improve your use of your free time.
9. Play with kids. If you don’t have kids then volunteer to babysit the kids of someone that you do know. They’ll teach you how to play all sorts of games that don’t cost you any cash. In fact, you might have noticed that a lot of the things on this list are things that you used to do as a kid. There’s a reason for that – kids will remind you of the fun you used to have as a child without spending any money.
b) Read the article and match the introductory statements to the paragraphs.
c) Discuss the questions below in pairs.
Do you ever feel bored? What do you do to get rid of boredom? Which idea in the article do you find exciting or enjoyable? Which one is not new? Which activity wouldn’t entertain you at all? Which one would you recommend to your partner? Why?