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II Read the text and say what Americans prefer for breakfast, if it is healthy food. Speak about healthy habits.

Big EatersESL reading

Americans, in general, are big eaters and one of the greatest pleasures of the day is sitting down to a hearty breakfast. Most neighbourhood diners and cafeterias offer breakfast specials. Some can be as simple as buttered toast with coffee. Others can almost be equivalent to a full course meal which can provide enough calories for the entire day. This kind of breakfast may start with a glass of orange or tomato juice and then proceed to two eggs with toast, jam, butter and coffee. The menu shows that the eggs are served "any way you like them." This means they can be prepared scrambled, boiled, poached or fried. For those who can't eat eggs, there is a wide variety of other choices. Corn flakes with bananas, waffles with butter, pancakes with maple syrup and French toast are all good alternatives.

Questions:

1.Why are Americans called big eaters?

2.What do most diners and cafeterias offer their visitors?

3.How can eggs be served?

4.Do you always eat healthy food? What food do you think is healthy?

5.Everybody knows that fast food is unhealthy. Do you often eat it?

6.How often do you exercise? What kind of exercise do you do?

7.Do you smoke? Why is smoking dangerous for people’s health?

8.Do you get enough sleep? Why? / Why not? How many hours do you sleep?

9.Is it necessary to teach children how to be healthy? Who should teach it?

10.If you were a doctor what advice would you give people if they want to live a long life?

IIISpeak to your partner. You begin the conversation.

 

You’re talking to your foreign friend on the phone. He/She says he/she is going to Moscow soon. He/She wants you to meet him/her at the airport. Ask him/her when he/she is arriving, and what the number of the flight is. Ask what he/she’d like to see in Moscow and where to go.

CARD 11

I Read the article and answer your teacher’s questions.

Black Taxis, Red BusesEncyclopaedia Britannica

London has five airports in or near the city. The most important airport is Heathrow; it situated twenty four kilometres from the city centre. The city has eight big train stations, too. You can catch a train from London to Paris or Brussels now. Many people live outside London and come into the city for work every day. Children know about King’s Cross station because it is the train station in Harry Porter books.

In the UK people drive their own cars, that` s why the traffic is heavy on the roads. Drivers in the UK drive on the left side of the road! As there are a lot of cars in London, journey can take a very long time at the wrong time of day. But the city is famous for its black taxis and red buses. You can see some of London` s red buses today, and there are other buses, too. London’s taxi driver have to remember 25000 streets in London. Before they can start driving people, they study maps and drive round the city for about two years; have to answer difficult questions about the best ways across London.

You can move across London by the Underground. Londoners also call these underground trains ‘the Tube’. The London Underground is the oldest in the world. People first used it in 1863. Now it is about 410 kilometres long. There are three hundred stations, and some of them are nearly sixty metres under the streets.



You can, of course, walk around London! No cars or buses can go across London newest bridge. (1173)

Questions:

1.How many airports and train stations are there in London?

2.What is unusual about driving in the UK?

3.What do London’s taxi drivers have to learn and remember?

4.How deep are some underground stations in London?

5.How do Londoners call their underground? What word is used in the US?

II Read the text and say where people prefer to travel and why. Say if you like travelling, why/why not.

Travelling

Have you ever had the desire to see the world and see what was out there? While some people prefer to stay in the comfort of their own home, others are looking forward to travelling and can't wait to explore the world. Exotic places call to them. "Come visit me and I will show you my mysteries," they say.

Every year millions of people pack their suitcases or put on backpacks and flock to visit the seven continents of the world. They wander through the castles and museums of Europe, and the cities and natural wonders of North and South America. Some visit the vast exotic cultures of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Why do people want to explore the world? It gives them a better perspective about the earth and the people living on it. It opens their minds, it gives them a feeling of accomplishment, and it makes them feel alive

Questions:

1. How do millions of people spend their holidays?

2. What places do they visit?

3. Why do they travel to different places?

4. Do you think travelling is one of the best ways of learning about the world?

5. Have you ever travelled? If not, would you like to?

6. Which is the most convenient transport for travelling on a long distance?

7. Which do you think is the most dangerous transport? Why?

8. Why do people study guide-books and maps before they go anywhere?

9. What countries in your opinion are most interesting for travellers? Why?

10.If you had an opportunity to travel right now, where would you go?

11.Do you like reading books and watching films about travellers and travelling?

 

III Speak to your partner. You begin the conversation.

You’re visiting your foreign friend. Both of you want to join a sports club. Discuss what sport you’d like to take up and why. Choose the most convenient days to go to the sports club.

CARD 12

I Read the article and answer your teacher’s questions.

'It's Only Me'Just Funny Stories

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, because in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and she had made her costume the night before. Now she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. Mrs Richards put it on , looked in the mirror, smiled and went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he ran away, slamming the door behind him. (1110)

Questions:

1. Why was Mrs Richards excited?

2. Why did she go downstairs in her costume?

3. Where did she hide when she heard a knock on the door?

4. What was the man’s reaction when he saw Mrs. Richards in the storehouse?

5. What holiday were Mr. and Mrs. Richards going to celebrate? Why do you think so?

II Read the text and say how this school is different from most other schools. Speak about your school. Say what you’d like to change in it and why.

FREE SCHOOLEnglish Textbook

At White Lion Street Free School there is no punishment for missing classes. But many kids spend more time here than other children spend in their schools. This school is open in the evenings and at weekends. The kids complain if holidays last longer than two weeks. There are no compulsory lessons. Each child has one adult who follows his progress through school. Together they decide what he needs to learn next, and the child does this in his own time. Sometimes kids work on their own, sometimes with an adult, sometimes in a group.

A lot happens outside school. The teachers think you can’t learn everything in one building. They visit local factories, markets, shops, fire and police stations.

Now there are very few Free Schools in England.

Questions:

1. How is White Lion Free School different from other schools in England and Russia?

2. How do pupils of this school work?

3. Do they learn everything in the some building?

4. Do you like going to school? Why / Why not?

5. What subjects are taught at your school? Which are your favourite ones?

6. Are all of them compulsory? What optional subjects do you study?

7. There are enough facilities and equipment in your school, aren’t there?

8. What after-school activities do you do?

9.Are you proud of your school? Say something about your school to make everybody sure you are proud of it.

10.Would you like to change anything in your school?

IIISpeak to your partner. You begin the conversation.

 

You’d like to do a course of a foreign language. Your friend thinks it` a waste of time as there are interpreters who can help you if necessary.

You don` t agree with him/her. Try to persuade your friend that foreign languages are very important today.

CARD 13

I Read the article and answer your teacher’s questions.

Eddie Ogan


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