VII. Communication skills
A. Make up a dialog according to two situations: a) You are making an appointment by phone. b) You are phoning to a Travel Agency and asking about the trips.
B. Speak for a minute about the animals which can be pets in our country and others which can’t. Why?
C. Work in groups. One of you is a president and others are deputies. You should create a project on the improvement of our life. Think about possible suggestions and amendments to Russian Constitution about education, economy, transport, culture, services, etc.
D. Prepare the report “Famous Russian people”. Choose only one personality and prove to the other groupmates that this person is worth talking about for the next hundred years. Also you can choose the topic “My favourite city” and prepare the report talking about reasons why everyone should go there.
VIII. Writing
Write a letter to your governmental representative, complaining about one of the sources of pollution you have noted and suggesting how it could be leaned up.
IX.Word list
(do smth)behind sb’s back
are engaged in
Armed Forces.
Assembly
bark
bat
be at loss for words
be broke
be in a good mood for smth.
be in smb.'s shoes
beak
bee
borders on
bough
branch
breast
bud
Chambers
change one's mind
claws
Constitutional Court
copper
covers
crab
cut a long story short
densely
deputies
do (smth) for a living
do a favour
do one's best
dolphin
eagle
eat like a horse
eggs
elected
elm
enforced
executive
fall in love
feel/be/look worn out
fight like cat and dog
fir
Flower
flows into
frog
get along
get into a mess
get on smb.'s nerves
get rid of
gills
give a hand
give a ring
hardly
have a memory like an elephant
hedgehog
highlands
hit the roof
hoof
Horse
iron ore
is located on
judicial
leaf
learn by heart
leaves
legislative
lose heart
lose one's head
lose one's temper
make allowance
mane
mild
moderate
mountain chain
nest
no kidding?
notable
oak
occupies
on the bottom
outskirts
override
parrot
paw
peacock
Perhaps
petals
pigeon
pine
pollen
populated
possesses
put an end to
put smth by for a rainy day
put the blame on smb.
rather
roots
scales
scenery
seagull
seal
separates
shark
snail
spend money like water
stalk
such as
surface
swim like a fish
tail
tail
take a look at
take part in smth.
take place
take smth. into account
tell the world
thorn
throw a party
to give smb. one's word
total area
trunk
twig
variety
vast
vegetation
whiskers
willow
wings
worm
UNIT
4.
The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
I. Warm up
Find the colour map of The British Isles and compare Britain with your own country. Which are the most obvious geographical differences?
II. Before you read
A. Imagine you have to live in one of the following places: Cardiff, Edinburgh, The Lake District, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Liverpool, the Cotswolds or John o’Groats. (Find eight places on the maps).
a) Find as much information as you can about each place, including its weather, its distance from London, the size, and the sort of scenery you would find nearby.
b) Decide which place you would prefer to live in. Make list of all reasons for living there. Discuss your choice with other students.
B. Match the following English words and phrases with their Russian equivalents:
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C. Practice your pronunciation:
Great Britain ['greɪt'brɪtn]
British Isles ['brɪtɪʃ'aɪlz]
England ['ɪŋglənd]
Scotland ['skɔtlənd]
Wales [weɪlz]
Northern Ireland [,nɔːðən'aɪələnd]
London ['lʌndən]
Edinburgh ['edɪnb(ə)rə]
Cardiff ['kɑːdɪf]
Belfast ['belfɑːst]
Hyde Park [ˌhaɪd'pɑːk]
the Atlantic Ocean
[ðiː ət'læntɪk'əuʃ(ə)n]
the North Sea [ðiː 'nɔːθ'siː]
the Irish Sea
[ðiː 'aɪ(ə)rɪʃ'siː]
the Gulf Stream
[ðiː 'gʌlf'striːm]
the Clyde [ðiː klaɪd]
the Thames [ðiː temz]
Australia [ɔs'treɪlɪə]
New Zealand [njuː'ziːlənd]
India ['ɪndɪə]
Shakespeare ['shākˌspi(ə)r]
Handel ['handl]