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Vocabulary Focus

3. Pair work. Match the words and phrases to their translation: a.

4. Group work. Look at the picture and think what you can speculate about the human activity depicted in the picture. Individually write down everything that you associate with this human activity. Then, share your ideas with your group. The following questions can be helpful:

1.What sphere of human activity is depicted in the picture?

3.How does this activity influence people’s life?

5.Group work. Report your ideas to the class in order to put them on the board.

6.Structure the received information in the form of the “cluster” (графическая организация материала, показывающая смысловые поля того или иного понятия):

7.Group work. Prepare a presentation about architecture and deliver the presentation to the class. Try to answer questions persisting in your own opinion.

III. Realization (Осмысление) Reading

8.Read the text and find answers to the following questions:

1.What does a landscape architect do?

2.What areas does he/she design?

3.What are the stages of the project? Can you describe them?

9. Read the text and make marginal marks (пометки на полях):

√ - I knew it;

+ - New information;

- - The information contradicts my knowledge;

? - The information isn’t enough or understandable.

10. Get ready to answer the following questions after reading the text:

1.What did you know about architecture before reading the text?

2.What information did you find new reading the text?

3.What information contradicts your knowledge?

4.What information isn’t enough or understandable for you?

Landscape architect’ job

Nature of the Work

People enjoy attractively designed gardens, public parks, residential areas, college campuses, shopping centers, and parkways. Landscape architects design these areas to make them not only functional but also beautiful and harmonious. These spaces should blend in with the natural environment. They plan the location of buildings, roads, and walkways, and the arrangement of flowers, shrubs, and trees.

In planning a site, landscape architects first consider the purpose of the project and the funds available. Then they analyze the natural elements of the site, such as the climate, soil, slope of the land, drainage, and vegetation. At all stages, they evaluate the project’s impact on the local ecosystem.

After studying and analyzing the site, landscape architects prepare a preliminary design. They take into account the needs of the client, the conditions at the site and they often make changes before a final design is approved. They also take into account local, State, or Federal regulations, protecting wetlands or historic resources. Nowadays, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) is an essential tool in preparing designs for most landscape architects. For larger scale site planning, landscape architects also use geographic information systems (GIS) technology, a computer mapping system.

Once the design is complete, they prepare a proposal for the client. They produce detailed plans of the site, including written reports, sketches, models, photographs, land-use studies, and cost estimates. They submit them to the client and regulatory agencies for approval. When the plans are approved, landscape architects prepare working drawings showing all existing and proposed features. They also outline in detail the methods of construction and draw up a list of necessary materials.

11.Individual work. Read the text again and fill in the “marginal chart”:

Vocabulary Focus

12. Pair work. Match the words from two columns to create a phrase and make sentences to use them in the text entitled “My concept of landscape architect’s job”. Share your ideas with the partner.

Reflection (Рефлексия)

Listening & Speaking

13. Prepare a presentation about landscape architect’s job according to the text and deliver your presentation to the class.

Unit 10

Hyde Park

Warming up (Разминка)

1. Group work. Reflect on the following proverb about the master hand(мастер, специалист), interpret it and share your ideas with the class. Get ready to discuss different points of view answering questions and persisting in your own opinion. The following lexis can be helpful:

“Experience is the best teacher”.

Evocation (Вызов)

2. Read the following terms and phrases, mind their pronunciation:

Vocabulary Focus

3. Match the words and phrases to their translation: a.

with this place. Then, share your ideas with your group.

The following questions can be helpful:

1.What place is depicted in the picture?

2.Where is it located?

3.Can you describe it? What are special features of this place?

4.What was it designed for?

5.Group work. Report your ideas to the class in order to put them on the board.

6.Structure the received information in the form of the “cluster” (графическая организация материала, показывающая смысловые поля того или иного понятия):

7.Read the text once again and make marginal marks (пометки на полях):

√ - I knew it;

+ - New information;

- - The information contradicts my knowledge;

? - The information isn’t enough or understandable.

8. Get ready to answer the following questions after reading the text:

1.What did you know about Hyde Park before reading the text?

2.What information did you find new reading the text?

3.What information contradicts your knowledge?

4.What information isn’t enough or understandable for you?

Hyde Park

London is one the greenest capital cities in the world. There are many beautiful parks and blooming gardens. You can spend the whole day in the country without leaving London. London parks are full of trees, grass, flowers and water. You can walk among old trees, relax and admire flowers or take part in many activities such as tennis, swimming and horse-riding. The Royal

parks are the property of the Royal family. In central London they include Hyde

Park, Green Park, St James’s park, Regent’s Park and Kensington’s Gardens.

Hyde Park is one of the glorious Royal Parks in London. Together with its neighbouring parks, Kensington Gardens and St. James' Park, Hyde Park provides greenery, sports facilities, plants, trees, flowers, birds and space for Londoners and visitors to London. Hyde Park is the largest of several royal parks in London that are connected to each other, forming one large green lung in the center of the city. The park is famous for its Speakers' Corner.

In 1536 King Henry VIII confiscated Hyde Park from the monks of Westminster Abbey. It was used primarily for hunting. King Charles I opened the

park to the public in 1637. The current park layout was planned by architect Decimus Burton in 1825.

Hyde Park boasts plenty of monuments, memorials and other sights, and you can easily spend several hours exploring the park.

The Serpentine

The Serpentine, a large artificial lake, is located at the south end of the park and extends northwards into the neighboring Kensington Gardens, where it is called Long Water. Queen Caroline, wife of King George II had the lake constructed in 1730. It is popular for boating and swimming.

Diana Memorial Fountain

Just southwest of the Serpentine is a memorial installed in honor of Princess Diana. The modern fountain, which is similar to an artificial stream, was inaugurated in 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II.

The memorial was designed by the American landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson, using computer modeling techniques. The circular fountain consists of 545 pieces of Cornish granite. Water flows from two sides at the top into a small pool at the bottom.

Speakers' Corner

In the nineteenth century Hyde Park had become a popular place for meetings. In 1872, in response to riots that erupted after police tried to break up a political meeting, Speakers' Corner was established to create a venue where people could speak freely. Here, every Sunday people stand on a soap box and proclaim their views on political, religious or other items, sometimes interrupted and challenged by their audience.

Achilles Statue

The largest statue in Hyde Park is the Achilles Statue, installed here in 1822 to honor the Duke of Wellington, the victor over Napoleon's army at Waterloo. The bronze statue was cast from cannons that were captured from the French. The statue was created by Richard Westmacott, who based its design on the

statues of Castor and Pollux at the Piazza del Quirinale in Rome. The statue was nude but true to their reputation, the prudish Londoners were shocked and Westmacott was forced to add a fig leaf, because of the quite ridiculous appearance of the statue.

The Rose Garden

There are more than just statues and memorials in Hyde Park though. Most of the park consists of open grassy areas dotted with large trees. There are very few flowerbeds or shrubs, but an exception is the beautiful rose garden in the southeast corner of Hyde Park. Here you find plenty of flowers, a long winding pergola and two fine fountains. The oldest of the two is the Artemis Fountain, which shows the Greek goddess of the Hunt Artemis (who is

better known by her Roman name Diana). The fountain was created in 1822 by Richard Westmacott, the sculptor of the nearby Achilles Statue. The other fountain