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Reading and speakingLesson 1. Town and country
Warm up 1. Think about advantages and disadvantages of city and country life. Put them in the chart and compare with your partner`s chart.
Maria finds more advantages in city rather than in country life. She thinks it`s more exciting and fascinating… Vocabulary 2. a) Do you know these words? What of these things can you see in the pictures?
B) Fill in the gaps using the words from the box. 1. A cathedral is bigger than a ____________. 2. A mountain is higher than a _____________ 3. A _______________ is smaller than a house. 4. A town is bigger than a __________________. 5. In my town there's a _______ of King Leopold II sitting on his horse. It's in the main ______. 6. The mayor has an office in the _____________. 7. Cars drive on the _______________. Pedestrians walk on the ___________________. c) Say where you usually go:
- for some art; - to have picnic; - to show sights to your guests; - when it`s a sunny day. d) Compare the pictures using the words given in a). Answer the following questions: - where are the people? - what are they doing? - what`s the weather like?
Reading and speaking
Patrick: The best thing about travelling by train ... is that you get back to London at the end of it! I`ve just been to the Cotswords for a week, and I couldn't get back to the city fast enough. The village where I was staying was terribly boring. There were no shops, no restaurants and, it seems, hardly any people. I was having really awful time there all these days! I didn`t want to cook every evening as I was on holiday - but the nearest restaurant was a 20-minute drive. That's not too far, I thought, and once decided to go there – first I was waiting for the train for 30 minutes, then from 5 to 6 p.m. I was trying to find it somewhere in the fields. I was dying of hunger when I finally found it. Perhaps there was a cinema, but after the storywith the restaurant, I never tried to find it. I`ve always lived in cities — the country is not the place for me.
Jake: I'm eighteen years old and I live in a small village in the Peak District; not far from Nottingham. I: live with my parents, and younger brother and sister. I grew up in this village, so I know everyone here. That's not the problem, the problem is that there's nothing to do, and nobody of my age to do it with! I was trying to organize some cinema club, but nobody wanted to join me. In fact, I was doing my best to make life here more interesting all these years till I found nobody needed it. That`s why I`m going to move to Nottingham in September. I was looking for some job when my cousin offered me to substitute him at his position. I'm really looking forward to living in Nottingham - I'll be able to meet new friends and to do something interesting.
4. Now share your experience. Think of one day spent in the country and in a big city. Try to describe these days using a model. What were your impressions? I visited my granny last summer. I remember one day very well. I woke up very early when my granny was cooking breakfast for me…
Grammar
5. How did your friends spend yesterday? Have a talk with your partner asking and answering question about:
- when your mom came home;
- when your friend was having dinner; - the whole morning. Date: 2016-01-05; view: 2514
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