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Think for yourself. Don't let others dictate your opinions.

Reading and vocabulary

1. Explain in English by matching a and b parts. Make up sentences

A

B

  1. ignorant

    1. having to do with the matter in hand

  1. emphasis

    1. demand, recognition

  1. relevant

    1. knowing little or nothing

  1. prejudice

    1. kind, style, category

  1. genuine

    1. eager to learn, interested

  1. genre

    1. easy to approach

  1. curious

    1. judgment decided beforehand

  1. accessible

    1. basis

  1. claim

    1. showing the feelings

  1. demonstrative

    1. true, really what it is said to be

  1. milestone

    1. force or stress

2.Read the text again. Make a short list of recommendations, using the titles of main parts of the text. Prioritize them according to their importance.

For ex. Read more. Educate yourself. Study languages.etc.

Fill in the following table. Use expressions from the text and add some of your own.

Read more

Write

Watch films, TV,

Videos

Broaden your musical horizons

Participate in Internet culture.

Learn a new language

Get hobbies

Read classical books

Write poetry or short stories

Watch films regularly.

A person of culture knows how to enjoy even the niche music genres

The digital age is very important and a huge milestone for society

Travelling introduces you to the many differences and similarities between cultures, and opens up your mind

Study art

Why it is so important to educate yourself? What do you do to learn more? Make one more column about education and development. Add three items from the text and make up a list of yours.

3. Scan the text and pick up the key words that can help you to express its general idea. Give the summary.

4. Find out in the text compound adjectives and make your own sentences with them.

Grammar spot

Modal verbs. Modal verbs are used to express ideas like ability, possibility, certainty etc. The same ideas can be also expressed in other words such as: be able to, be obliged to, it’s possible that, it’s unnecessary to. Modal verbs can refer to ability: can/be able to, inability: can’t/unable to/not be able to. Modal verbs can refer to possibility and certainty: may/might/could. Modal verbs can be used when giving or refusing permission: can/may, can’t/mustn’t. Modal verbs also can refer to obligation or responsibility: must/have to/have got to/ought to.

  1. Use the appropriate modal verb according to information from the text in the sentences below.

  1. You … want to look up books in other genres which may catch your fancy (may/ought).

  2. You … take full advantage of this and learn all those things that you never understood before (should/can).

  3. If you read a great article about Mozart or other composer, take the article to a store where you buy CDs and ask the counter attendant to direct you to some Mozart CDs that you might like (can/must).

  4. A person of culture … be ignorant of where countries or famous landmarks are ( should not/can not).

  5. You …write poetry or short stories or even books and plays (must/can).

  6. You … take full advantage of this and learn all those things that you never understood before (should/to be to).

  7. You …aim to be reasonably educated in these topics: world history,geography,basic sciences, psychology, economics (can/should).

  8. Famous singers have better songs on their albums which they left out of mainstream because they wouldn't be popular with the main market (should/ may).

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