- •4.Travelling
- •1. Study the English proverbs, think of corresponding Russian proverbs.
- •2. Study the vocabulary maps.
- •2.1. Use the active vocabulary and say what luggage people take/don’t take when they travel light
- •3.Read the dialogue and find all the words describing travelling by sea.
- •5. Put these words into the correct categories.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •7. Read the poem, learn it by heart From a Railway Carriage
- •8.Complete this postcard that John sent to his family while he was on holiday. You may need a word or phrase in each space
- •9. Which of these places do you usually visit or go to when you are on holiday?
- •10. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of travelling by different transport. Make use of logical connectors.
- •5. Television
- •1. Read the text.
- •2.Read the text
- •3. Read the text and use the following words and expressions to fill in each of the blanks. Use each word or expression once only.
- •Television
- •4. Translate into English
- •5. Here is a description of a real friend. What is your idea? a friend..........
- •6. Read the text and underline the correct adjective as in the example.
- •7. What sort of person are you?
- •8. Read the questions and note your answers
- •How honest are you?
- •9. Find the character-describing adjectives
- •1 The writer describes four situations that make many parents angry. What are these situations?
- •2 For each situation, summarize in your own words:
- •3 Make a list of 3 things that you do which make the adults in your house really angry.
- •5. Read the letter from Jane and answer the questions
- •6. Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the verb in the list
- •7. Translate intoEnglish.
- •8. Discuss the following problems. Make up dialogues.
5. Television
1. Read the text.
Television now plays such an important role in so many people’s lives that it is essential for us to try to decide whether it is good or bad.
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is more convenient as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home than to go out. There is no transport to arrange. They do not have to find a baby-sitter. They do not have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, the opera or the ballet. All they have to do is turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas of every kind, not to mention political discussions and the latest exciting football match. Some people, however, say that this is just where the danger lies. The television viewer needs do nothing. He does not even use his legs. He takes no initiative. He makes no choice. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him.
Television, people often say, informs one about current events, the latest developments in science and politics, and presents an endless series of programmes which arc both instructive and stimulating. The most faraway countries and the strangest customs are brought into one's living-room. People can say that the radio does this just as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real.. Yet here again there is a danger. We get to like watching TV so much that, it begins to dominate our lives, A friend of mine told me the other day that his television set had broken down and that he and his family had suddenly found that they had much more time to do things, and that they could really talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn't it?
There are many arguments for and against television. The poor quality of its programmes is often criticized. I think we must understand that television in itself is neither good nor bad. Television is as good or as bad as we make it.
(After "A New Way to Proficiency in English" by John Lennox Cook, Amorey Gethin, Keith Mitchell)
Supply synonyms for the following
- essential - dominate
- knob - discussion
- danger - viewer
- instructive - mention
Complete the sentences.
1. Television informs about … .
2. … … transport to arrange.
3. All they have to do is … .
4. For a famoly it is more convenient … .
5. We get to like watching TV so much that … .
6. … is often criticized.
Choose the best answer a, b, c to complete these sentences.
When the film was … at cinemas, it was a great success.
a released b broadcast c held
The TV series Friends is … in countries all over the world.
a presented b played c broadcast
Television was one of the most important … of the 20th centure.
a events b inventions c areas
The film was … by Steven Spielberg.
a done b produced c turned
It is a … of the novel by B.Show. The camerawork is superb.
a play b screen version c scene