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Prove that football is the most popular game in England.2. What can surprise you about football in England? 3. What is one of the best ways of training character? 4. Why is football a good team game? 5. What other team game do you know? Are they popular in England or Russia?
II Read the text and say which facts are for reading book and which are against it. Say if the technological progress is important to people. The Book or the Computer? The death of the book has been predicted for centuries. Cinema, radio and television have all been presented as the murderers of books and reading. With the development of computing and the Internet books were replaced by electronic media. Who wants to use a twenty-volume encyclopaedia if you can take the necessary information from a small CD-ROM? It is, of course, the greatest revolution! But no one will lie in bed reading a novel from CD-ROM. Reading and the books, magazines and newspapers are still important in our lives. They continue to teach us lessons, amuse and broaden our minds. Questions: 1. What has been predicted for many years? Why? 2. Where can you take the necessary information from? 3. Do you prefer reading electronic books to printed books? Why / Why not? 4. How often do you use the Internet? What for? 5. Can you do without your mobile phone? Is it a useful gadget? 6. Are there anó other inventions or gadgets that are useful in our lives? What are they? 7. What modern inventions do you think are the most important all over the world? 8. What Russian of foreign inventors do you know? 9. What are they famous for? 10.Do you agree that there are some bad points of developing science and technology? Explain you opinion.
IIISpeak to your partner. You begin the conversation.
Discuss with your foreign friend what is necessary to become successful: a good education, a lucky marriage, a special talent for something. Give your opinion and ask about your friend’s opinion of this problem.
CARD 15 I Read the article and answer your teacher’s questions.
THE SPIDERFirstScience Have you ever seen a small animal with four pairs of legs, a body that is divided into two parts? This is a spider. Spiders live all over the world. They do not live only in the coldest places. You may find them on land: on grass, bushes, trees, and on pools, rivers, seas. There are 15,000 different kinds of spiders. The smallest spider is less than 1 mm in body length, and the biggest one can have body length up to 90 mm. The spider spins its web to catch insects for food. It spins its web all its life. The process of spinning a web is very long. People say that the spider is very persistent in its work. If you destroy its web, a spider will begin to spin a new web. There is a story about a spider and a Scottish hero Robert Bruce (1274-1329). Robert Bruce was at the head of the Scottish army in the fight for the independence of Scotland against the English kings, Edward the First and Edward the Second. . Once Robert Bruce was watching a spider spinning the web. Robert Bruce destroyed the web, and the spider began to spin a new web. Several times Robert Bruce destroyed the web, and each time the spider began its work from the beginning. Watching the persistent work of the spider, Bruce decided to be as persistent as the spider and continue the fight for the independence of Scotland. And he defeated the English. It was many years ago, but Scottish people still remember their great victory, and their great leader Robert Bruce. (1179) Questions: 1. Where do spiders live? 2. What does the spider do all its life? Why? 3. What happens if you destroy its web? 4. What nationality was Robert Bruce and who did he fight against? 5. Why did Robert Bruce decide to continue the fight? Who won?
II Read the text and say which of the English-speaking countries have a plant as an emblem, and which – an animal. Speak about one of the English-speaking country and its capital. National SymbolsBBC Learning English
Countries often have national symbols or emblems. Britain is usually shown as a lion or a bulldog. The USA has an eagle as its symbol. Australia uses a kangaroo. Countries have their own national colours, too. These are usually the colours of their national flag. The patriotic colours in Britain and the USA are red, white and blue. Different parts of Britain have their own emblems, too. They are all plants: a red rose in England, a thistle in Scotland, a shamrock in Northern Ireland and a leek in Wales. Each country has its own colour. They are used, for example, for football or rugby teams: white in England, blue in Scotland, red in Wales and green in Northern Ireland. Questions: 1. What are the symbols of Britain, the USA and Australia? 2. What are the emblems and colours of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? 3. What are the capitals of these countries? 4. Who rules the country? 5. Who has the title of Prince of Wales? 6. What are the most important industries in the country? 7. What do you know about the climate of the UK? Is it different or the same in different parts of the UK? 8. Why do the British often speak about the weather? 9. Have you ever been to an English speaking country? Did you like it? 10.Which country of the UK would you like to visit and what landmarks would you like to see there? IIISpeak to your partner. You begin the conversation. You foreign friend often goes to MacDonald’s. Tell him/her that the food people eat there isn’t healthy, give your reasons. Give him/her advice about the healthy eating. CARD 16 I Read the article and answer your teacher’s questions. MANUSCRIPTSby Lack London When Martin Eden returned to San Francisco, he began to write. He sent his works to newspapers and magazines, but the editors sent his manuscripts back. Martine continued to write and study at the same time. Martine slept five hours: only a man in very good health could work for nineteen hours a day. The weeks passed. All Martin’s money was spent and publishers continued to send his manuscripts back. Martin sold his coat, then his watch. One morning the postman brought him a short thin envelop. There was no manuscript in that envelope, therefore, Martin thought they had taken the story. It was The Ring of the Bells. In the letter the editor of a San Francisco magazine said that the story was good. They would pay the author five dollars for it. And he would receive the check when the story was published. Martin thought that five dollars for five thousand words was very little. After a few weeks the story was published, but the check didn’t` arrive. Martin had waited for about a month before he decided to go and get the five dollars from the editor. He entered the office and said that he wanted to see Mr Ford – the editor. “I`m Martin Eden,” Martin began the conversation. He wanted to ask for his five dollars, but it was his first editor and he didn` t want to make a bad impression on him. To his surprise Mr Ford quickly stood up with the words “You don` t say so!” and the next moment, with both hands was shaking Martin` s hand. (1184) Questions: 1. Where did Martin Eden write his first stories? 2. What happened to most of his early works? 3. What was in the letter the postman brought him one morning? 4.How much money did Mr. Ford, his editor, was going to pay him? Was it a large sum of money for Martin’s story? 5.Why did Martin Eden come to Mr. Ford’s office? How was he accepted by the editor?
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