- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •Пособие по аудированию
- •Tuning in the usa
- •Vocabulary:
- •Meeting – an occasion when people come together intentionally or unintentionally
- •Vocabulary:
- •Thank goodness! – shows that you’re happy that something bad ended or didn’t Publicity happen
- •Vocabulary:
- •Stuffed animals – in this case means “мягкий”
- •Vocabulary: To have no way to get somewhere
- •Vocabulary: To park
- •Vocabulary: a working trip
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Why is Ellen worried about Robbie?
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary: a reason for smth
- •Vocabulary: fast-food restaurants
- •Vocabulary:
- •Program 7 (2) a County Fair
- •Vocabulary:
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- •Vocabulary:
- •Imagine that you are Ellen or Philip; with your partner present the conversation in class. Pay special attention to the sounds and sound clusters.
- •Vocabulary:
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- •Program 13 (2) Take Me Out To the Ball Game
- •Program 14 (1) New Orleans: a Mix of Cultures
- •Program 14 (2) New Orleans: a Mix of Cultures
- •1. Birds Of a feather Flock Together
- •2. In Unity There Is Strength
- •3. It Takes Two to Tango
- •Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it with your partner.
- •4. A Man Is Known By the Company He Keeps
- •5. Misery Loves Company
- •Learn as a dialogue and perform it in class with your partner.
- •6. There’s No Place like Home
- •7. Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
- •8. Two Heads Are Better Than One
- •9. Two’s Company, But Three’s a Crowd
- •10. An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
- •12. If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
- •13. If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out Of the Kitchen
- •14. Leave Well Enough Alone
- •15. Look Before You Leap
- •16. Make Hay While the Sun Shines
- •17. Strike While the Iron Is Hot
- •18. The Way to a Man’s Heart Is Through His Stomach
- •19. When in Rome Do As the Romans Do
- •20. All That Glitters Is Not Gold
- •21. Curiosity Killed the Cat
- •22. Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
- •23. Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You
- •24. Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They’re Hatched
- •25. Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
- •26. Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover
- •27. Don’t Judge a Man Until You’ve Walked in His Boots
- •28. Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
- •29. Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
- •30. Don’t Put Off for Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
- •31. Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse
- •32. A Miss Is As Good As a Mile
- •33. The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
- •34. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
- •35. The First Step Is Always the Hardest
- •36. Forewarned Is Forearmed
- •37. He Who Hesitates Is Lost
- •38. If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
- •39. Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
- •40. No Pain, No Gain
- •41. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
- •42. The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword
- •43. Practice Makes Perfect
- •44. Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
- •45. The Squeaking Wheel Gets the Oil
- •46. You’re Never Too Old to Learn
- •47. Beggars Can’t Be Choosers
- •48. Clothes Do Not Make the Man
- •49. A Leopard Cannot Change His Spots
- •50. Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone
- •51. Money Does Not Grow on Trees
- •52. One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make
- •53. Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
- •54. You Can Lead a Horse to Water, but You Can’t Make Him Drink
- •55. You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
- •56. You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
- •57. The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree
- •58. Barking Dogs Seldom Bite
- •59. Better a Live Coward Than a Dead Hero
- •60. A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted
- •61. He Who Laughs Last Laughs Best
- •Idioms and Phrasal Verbs for the toefl Mini-Lesson 1.1
- •Mini-Lesson 1.2
- •Mini-Lesson 1.3
- •Mini-Lesson 2.1
- •Mini-Lesson 2.2
- •Mini-Lesson 3.1
- •Mini-Lesson 3.2
- •Mini-Lesson 4.1
- •Mini-Lesson 4.2
- •Mini-Lesson 4.3
- •Mini-Lesson 5.1
- •Mini-Lesson 5.2
- •Mini-Lesson 5.3
- •Mini-Lesson 6.1
- •Mini-Lesson 6.2
- •Mini-Lesson 6.3
- •Mini-Lesson 7.1
- •Mini-Lesson 7.2
- •Mini-Lesson 7.3
- •Mini-Lesson 8.1
- •Mini-Lesson 8.2
- •Mini-Lesson 9.1
- •Mini-Lesson 9.2
- •Mini-Lesson 9.3
- •Mini-Lesson 10.1
- •Mini-Lesson 10.2
- •Mini-Lesson 11.1
- •Mini-Lesson 11.2
- •Mini-Lesson 12.1
- •Mini-Lesson 12.2
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1. Birds Of a feather Flock Together
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Mark
Words:
to hang around infml
a rehearsal
to start a group
a buddy infml
to hear from smb
to associate
to keep in touch
Answer the following questions:
Why doesn’t Mark have enough time for his friends?
What’s his friends’ attitude towards him? Do they still want to hear from him?
What ‘birds’ and of what ‘feather’ usually flock together? Give a few examples.
Learn as a dialogue and perform it in class with your partner.
2. In Unity There Is Strength
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Words:
working conditions
grievance
to get together
to make sense
to call a meeting
an employee / an employee
to pin down smth
Answer the following questions:
Why do the workers need to get together?
Where do they work?
Is it the first time they tried to call a meeting?
Recall any situation when “In unity there was strength”.
Make up dialogues illustrating the proverb and perform them in class with your partner.
3. It Takes Two to Tango
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Words:
a success
a failure
measurement
fault
to hire smb
to learn a lesson
Answer the following questions:
What is the problem?
Who is to blame in the situation?
How can this problem be solved?
Are there any cases when the proverb doesn’t work?
Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it with your partner.
4. A Man Is Known By the Company He Keeps
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Glenn
Words:
to spend time / money (on smth)
to wonder (not to wander)
college days
to keep a company
a pal infml
unfortunately
to cool it with smb infml
what a hassle! infml
Answer the following questions:
What is so unusual in Glenn’s behavior?
Is it risky? Why?
What advice does Glenn get from his friend?
Do you agree with the proverb? Is it always true?
Make up a short story illustrating the proverb and perform it in the classroom.
5. Misery Loves Company
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Misha
Words:
misery
a run-in
to feel blue
to be in the same boat
a partial / full credit
equation
a predicament
Answer the following questions:
What’s Misha’s problem?
How did his friend try to soothe him?
Who is to blame in this situation?
Have you ever been in such a situation yourself? How did you manage it?
Do you really get calmer when you get to know that someone else has the same problem?
Learn as a dialogue and perform it in class with your partner.
6. There’s No Place like Home
This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________
Names: Pamela
Words:
exotic
peoples pl
thrill
to yearn for smth
architecture
faraway
to fascinate
Answer the following questions:
What helped Pamela appreciate her native country?
What is her attitude towards the music and the food of the faraway places she visited?
Do you think that traveling abroad is a good way to understand your own culture?
Have you ever felt that “there is no place like home” while traveling abroad?
Retell the story using the words above