Basic English _Fisrt year_Булатова -31-10-11

Example: Most luxury cars are made in Germany.

Active: She cooks my meal every day.

Passive: My meal is cooked every day

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple Passive.

Every year, on 23 April, ‗Cocuk Bayrami‘ (1) ____________ (celebrate) in Turkey.

Special clothes (2)____________ (wear) by children, and in Ankara, the capital city, children from all over the world (3)__________ (invite) to take part in the singing and dancing events.

Special lanterns (4) _________ (prepare) and during the festival these

(5)___________ (place) all over the house. Each night firework displays

(6)__________ (organise) in the street.

Use the cues to write questions Example

0.What food is eaten on Christmas Day in England?

•what food/ eat/ on Christmas Day/ in England?

•when/ Christmas presents/ give in your country?

•how/ houses decorate/ for Easter/in your country?

•where/ Halloween/celebrate?

•what/give/ to children at Halloween?

•what food/ eat/ during Easter/ in your country?

Now answer the questions.

Describe how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States. Use the Passive and the cues below.

•Thanksgiving /celebrate/fourth Thursday in November

•first American colonists/give food/ by native American Indians/in 1620.

•They/show how to grow own food/by native American Indians

•In 1621/first Thanksgiving festival /celebrate/by the colonists

•It/make a holiday/by president Lincoln /in1864 now/turkey and pumpkin pie/eat/in family dinners

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Writing

•POSTER: Make your own poster about April Fool‘s Day. Write about what will happen on this day around the world

Independent assignment.

1.Choose five words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google‘s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2.Search the Internet and find more information about April Fool‘s Day. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) at the next lesson.

Lesson five Unusual festivals

•Look at the photos. What are the people doing? Why do you think they are doing it?

Jigsaw reading

Group A Read and answer the questions.

•Where does the festival take place?

•What season is it in?

•What do young people do?

•What are the rules for participants?

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• Water throwing festival

The weather in Thailand is very hot in spring, but if you are visiting that country in April, it might be a good idea to take an umbrella and a raincoat with you. Every year on 13 April, which is New year in Thailand, there is a water throwing festival. Young people run or drive through the streets with buckers of water or enormous water-guns and throw water at anybody they see. So, if you don‘t want to get wet, don‘t stand in the street. Participants must follow three important rules. Firstly, they mustn‘t throw water at old people.

Secondly, they mustn‘t touch people. Thirdly, they mustn‘t throw water at car drivers.

Every year people get killed or injured in road accidents during the festival. Some people are concerned about the number of casualties and want to ban the festival. However, the festival is a big tourist attraction, and will probably continue for many years.

• Cheese rolling

Nobody knows exactly when this tradition at cooper‘s hill in the centre of England started, but it was hundreds of years ago. The rules are simple: you have to chase a large, round cheese down a very steep hill. This dangerous event takes place every year at the end of May.

Participants often break arms or legs, and even the spectators are at risk: one year, a cheese jumped into the air and hit a 59-year-old grandmother on the head.1997 was a particularly bad year for casualties. Up to 37 people were hurt, so in 1998, the local authorities banned the cheese rolling. However, because of all the protests, the ban only lasted a year and the tradition started again in 1999. To reduce the number of injuries, participants and spectators had to follow a few simple safety rules. Now, only about twelve people a year get injured!

• Bull running

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It is the most famous part of the Fiesta de San Fermin, a week-long festival that is held every July in Pamplona, Spain. Every morning at eight o‘clock, participants run through the streets in front of a group of six bulls, each about 600 kg. Anybody can take part.

You needn‘t sign up – you just have to stand in the street and wait for the bulls.

But it‘s a dangerous event. In 2004, eight participants were injured when the bulls caught them with their horns.

All spectators must stay behind the double line of fences along the road. This is because the , participants need to jump over the first line of fences into an empty space to escape from the bulls. Each year, there are people who to ban the bull running. They aren‘t concerned about the number of injuries to the participants – they‘re protesting because, after the bull running, the bulls are killed in bull fights.

2. Match the sentences to the three festivals. Write WT for Water Throwing.CR

for Cheese Rolling or BR for Bull Running.

1.Nobody knows when the tradition began.

2.Old people don‘t take part.

3.It was banned because too many people got injured.

4.It‘s part of a longer festival.

5.It takes place at eight o‘clock in the morning.

6.It takes place on the same day every year.

7.Participants have to chase something.

8.Participants have to throw something.

9.Participants have to escape from something.

3.Retell the text to each other.

4.Work in pairs. Imagine you are at one of these festivals. Phone your friend and give your impressions

Grammar Past Simple and Past Continuous

5. Write did, was, or were to complete these sentences.

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1 I . didn't (not) like it.

2 They ..were enjoying themselves.

3 you have a good time?

4 What time you leave?

5 he staying in a hotel?

6 I not eating.

7 What you do then?

8 Why they sitting there?

9 What they doing?

10 What you say?

11 Why he working late last night?

12 They n't playing cards.

13 She n't understand.

14 I not having a bath.

15 What the dog eating?

6. Someone is asking you questions. Write the short answers.

Writing

8.Think of a festival or special event in your country. Write a note to your partner inviting him or her to it.

• Work in pairs. Exchange invitations with your partner, then write a reply.

Student A: Accept the invitation.

Student B: Decline the invitation.

Communication

i)a. Get ready to talk about the customs in your country or a country you know well. Think about the topics below.

Giving gifts / visiting someone‟s house/ birthdays/ an important national festival

j) b. Tell your partner about the customs using the following language:

Use the nationalities/adjectives = The British, The rich

Make generalizations = tend to talk about the weather, / don‘t generally

give gifts.

Independent assignment.

1.Choose five words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google‘s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. Search the Internet and find more information about unusual holidays in the world. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) at the next lesson.

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Unit four Holidays and Celebrations

Literature: Holidays/Giftgiving

A Surprise for the Teacher

1. Read the story below and write ten True - False statements. Discuss them

with your partner.

A Surprise for the Teacher

Sam Levenson

Three days before Christmas one year when I was teaching Spanish at Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York , there was more than the usual commotion among my students. I overheard snatches of whispered exchanges, and gathered that a‖ surprise‖ present for the teacher was being discussed surreptitiously-and somewhat anxiously.

I didn‘t know how to go about discouraging the customary display of Christmas spirit

I knew they could afford.

Finally, uncertain myself how to begin, I asked, ―All right, kids, what‘s up?‖

There was a long silence. At last at the rear of the classroom, a timid little girl rose.

―Mr. .Levenson,‖ she began glancing around for encouragement in her decision,‖ we‘ve got a problem ... . ‗‗

―Well, suppose you tell me about it, Gracie, and we‘ll see what‘s to be done.‖

Her words came pouring out. ―It‘s your Christmas present, Mr. Levenson. We know just what we want to get you. We have it all picked out. And it‘s something you need. Except. . . .‖

―Except?‖ I asked hesitantly.

―Except, Mr. Levenson, we‘ve only been able to raise three dollars and ... ― No one in the room moved. Gracie stared shyly at the floor and whispered, ―It cost ten dollars.‖

I glanced around the class. All my students were siting on their seats. It was a strange sight, for this was the only time during the entire term that my class gave me its undivided attention. There wasn‘t a face that didn‘t reflect Gracie‘s concern at the dilemma.

―Mr. Levenson,‖ she said, ―we feel very badly‖.

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―We feel very bad,‖ I corrected her absentmindedly. ―We hope you‘ll understand,‖ she continued.

―Kids,‖ I said, ―the thought behind your gift actually means more to me than the gift itself. Your merry Christmas wishes are all ...‖ I stopped in the middle of my sentence. From my desk I could see Gracie‘s eyes begin to fill with tears.

I couldn‘t find the words to discourage the class from buying its teacher a present. I rummaged through my pockets and counted out six dollars and a seventh in change. I walked over to Gracie‘s desk, put the money in her hand, and whispered in her ear, ―You make a wonderful chairman.‖

Then the Christmas spirit overcame me. ―Class is dismissed,‖ I said.

After the room had emptied, I sat at my desk considering how I would raise the trolley fare to get home that evening. I had given the children my last pfennig. Suddenly Mr. O‘Hara, the principal, walked into my room, looking at me quizzically. ―Mr. Levenson,‖ he said, ―as I was coming up the stairs I was nearly bowled over by a pack of wild Indians. They wouldn‘t by any chance be your students, would they? I didn‘t hear the final bell.‖

Sheepishly I told Mr. O‘Hara the whole story of my Christmas gift. He dipped into his wallet and handed me a dollar. ―Here,‖ he said. ―Treat yourself to a taxi home.‖

2.Discuss as a group:

a)What impressed you in the story?

b)What do you think about the students‘ behaviour, the teacher‘s attitude to

students?

c)Why did the teacher say to Gracie ,―You make a wonderful chairman.‖?

d)Why did the teacher say, ―Sheepishly I told ... .‖

3.Speak in groups of 3-4

1)If you had a chance to visit England, what holiday would you choose to see? Why?

2)What holiday traditions and customs are you going to observe when you make your own family?

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Glossary

admiration (n) anniversary party

April Fool‘s Day birthday party Boxing Day Christmas Day Christmas card commemorate (v) decorate (v) Easter (n) everlasting life event (n) evergreen tree festival (n) fireworks (n) watch fireworks gift (n), (v)

go trick or treating (v)

have a special celebration of have a special meal

Lent (n) mistletoe (n) Memorial Day

Mother‘s Day pagan (n), (adj) resurrection (n) symbolize (v)

worship (n), (v)

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1.Here are some names of cities and countries. Listen and repeat them, then

2.Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about each picture.

1.Do you know where these famous places are?

2.Where is the Taji Mahal?

3.Is it in Korea? Is it in Turkey?

4.What country is it in?

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