- •Т.В. Поплавская т.А. Сысоева
- •Ббк 81.432.1 – 923.1
- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •3. In what situation would you use the following set expressions? Give your own examples.
- •4. Match the words and their definitions.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Violent English
- •A Confluence of Cultures
- •How to Plan a Town
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •Bungalows for sale
- •3. Look at the verbs below. Match each one with an appropriate phrase from the list on the right. Use the expressions in contexts of your own.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. The following extracts from guide books describe five of the world’s most famous cities. Work in small groups. Read the descriptions and decide which city is being described in each text.
- •2. Read the extracts again and point out the facts that helped you decide which city is being described.
- •3. Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •4. Complete these sentences using appropriate phrases from the text. Make any changes to the phrases that are necessary.
- •5. Look at the adverbial phrases below and decide which of them have negative or limiting meaning.
- •6. Rewrite the sentences below, starting with the word or words given.
- •7. Speak about your plans for the holidays. Use at least ten expressions from Ex. 5 and 6.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •5. Match the words to make up phrases. Explain their meaning in English.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •4. Becky is in the habit of itemizing clothes (her own and other people’s). How does she describe/speak about clothes? Compile “Becky’s clothes and fashion vocabulary”.
- •Shopaholic Abroad
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable word from the box. Put the words in the correct form.
- •3. Define the following words and phrases in English. Make up sentences with these words.
- •4. Match the words and their definitions.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •Shopaholic Ties the Knot
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Match the words and their definitions.
- •3. Fill in the words from the active vocabulary list.
- •4. In what situations would you say the following? Provide your own context for these utterances. Then find them in the text and check their actual usage.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •2. Read the whole text. Do we have the press we deserve?
- •3. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •5. Explain how you understand the following idiomatic expressions: to throw out the baby with the bath water, a toothless watchdog, to get a rough ride. In what contexts can you use them?
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Publican Jailed for Assault
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text. What is the topic and the implied main idea of paragraphs 6, 7 and 9?
- •2. True or false.
- •3. Select the best answer.
- •4. Discuss the following issue: What is the most important overall message the writer wants the reader to understand about stress?
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •Bill’s Eyes
- •5. Complete each sentence with the appropriate phrase.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •4. Explain the final scene of the story. Were you shocked by it or was it quite predictable? Give your reasons.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •The Emergency Ward
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Choose the best definition of the italicized word.
- •3. Match the words to make up word combinations from the text.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Choose the best answer. Explain your choice by providing evidence from the text.
- •3. On the basis of the evidence from the text, mark these statements as accurate inferences, inaccurate inferences or insufficient evidence.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Home reading
- •2. Can we call Champagne and Jane opposites? Prove it. Do you believe such opposites could “attract”?
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the required extracts from the book “Can You Keep a Secret?” by s. Kinsella and consider the following questions.
- •2. Agree or disagree: Being stressed out is an excuse for blabbering all your secrets to a complete stranger.
- •4. Look at the expressions in bold in these sentences. Is mind a verb or a noun in each one?
- •5. Match each expression in Ex. 4 with one of these meanings.
- •II.Discussing the text
- •II. Discussing the text
- •3. Comment on the “look-alike” pattern theory. Does it work in real life?
- •II. Tasks for “Man and Boy” by t. Parsons
- •III. Tasks for “Man and Wife” by t. Parsons
- •IV. Tasks for “How to be Good” by n. Hornby
- •Reference
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4. Look at the expressions in bold in these sentences. Is mind a verb or a noun in each one?
1. Have a good trip. Mind how you go on the roads, they’re terrible at this time of day.
2. They pay really well. Mind you, they can afford it.
3. Don’t worry, we’ll sort it out somehow. Something will come to mind.
4. What annoys me about him is the fact that he keeps changing his mind all the time.
5. Stop wasting time, make up your mind!
6. Never mind! I’m sure you’ll do much better next time.
7. Do you mind if I open the window?
8. Don’t worry about what other people think, just speak your mind!
9. Bear in mind that you’re not as young as you used to be!
5. Match each expression in Ex. 4 with one of these meanings.
1. Say what you honestly think
2. On the other hand
3. You’ll think of an idea
4. Don’t worry
5. Would it bother you
6. Don’t forget
7. Be careful
8. Altering his opinion
9. Make a decision
6. Here are more expressions with mind. Use them in your own sentences.
Cross one’s mind, pass through one’s mind, give a piece of one’s mind, half a mind, in mind, in one’s mind’s eye, on one’s mind, out of one’s mind, put in mind of, read one’s mind, mind like a steel trap, mind one’s own business, mind one’s p’s and q’s.
II. Discussing the text
1. Read the story “Revenge is Sweet” by C. Fremlin and consider the tasks below.
2. Which of the characters do these words refer to – Felicity, Gerald or Tricia? Describe these three characters adding more words from the text to your vocabulary list.
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a generous nature, wretched, the eye of hatred, deep-seated need for personal freedom, snub-nosed, perceptive, discarded mistress, a less chiseled cast of feature, sensitive |
3. Felicity had several scenarios of revenge. How many, to be exact? Comment on all of them. Which scenario did she choose in the end and why?
4. Agree or disagree: Felicity did not want Gerald back. She only wanted to spite Tricia.
5. Dwell on the moral aspect of revenge. Did Felicity have a right to take her revenge on Gerald and Tricia?
III. Follow-up activities
1. When were you last in two minds about something?
2. When was the last time you spoke your mind? Did you offend anyone?
3. Write a letter, in which you confess having done something wrong. Think of the means you will use to make the addressee as little upset as possible.
The Way up to Heaven
I. Vocabulary work
1. Study the words and use them in contexts of your own.
Twitch, apprehension, flutter, fidget, irrepressible, foible, gloomy, diminutive, bland.
2. Match the words and their definitions.
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pathological twitch apprehension flutter and fidget bland irrepressible foible gloomy bustling yearning dapper resign yourself to disconsolate hazy flabby |
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strong desire feeling of uneasiness or anxiety unhappy, disappointed busy moving neat in appearance move about in a nervous, irregular way smooth dark and cheerless have a sudden, uncontrollable muscle movement accept without complaining personal peculiarity which she couldn’t control like a disease loose and fleshy unclear |