Lesson 2

LEXICAL EXERCISES

I. Organise the words into two groups: describing towns/cities and describing countryside.

shopping center field woods factory museum suburbs farm night-life pollution valleys tall buildings theatre streets and avenues fresh air libraries and universities lake underground car parks statues lots of traffic

II. Match adjectives in A with opposites in B.

clean	cheap
small	agricultural
safe	dirty
expensive	big
industrial	bad
good	noisy
quiet	dangerous

Which adjectives describe country life and life in the city?

SPEAKING PRACTICE

I. Have a look at the picture of a a well-known Russian Painter V.S. Suricov and describe it using the Present Continuous Tense. Use the verbs (make snowballs, run, fight, climb the snowwall, throw snowballs, etc.)

II. Write the conversation between Steve and James in the correct order. Look at the phrases in bold. What are they used for?

• Well, I am training to be a manager.

• Yes, it’s quite interesting. How about you?

• Oh, hi Steve. How are you?

• No, my friends are helping me.

• Fine, thanks. And you? What are you doing these days?

• Oh, how interesting! Are you doing it alone?

• Really? Are you enjoying it?

• Well, I am not working at the moment, but I’m very busy. I am building a house.

James: ________________

Steve: _________________

James: ________________

Steve: _________________

James: ________________

Steve: _________________

James: ________________

Steve: _________________

III. Choose one of the photos and make up a conversation between these people.

IV. Make up a conversation, speaking about your life at the moment and using conversational phrases.

Lesson 3

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Translate the words and phrases and try to pronounce them correctly.

to be situated быть расположенным

to consist состоять

surface поверхность

valley долина

influence влиять

monarchy монархия

rule править

in practice фактически, на практике

Prime Minister премьер-министр

highly developed высокоразвитый

LISTENING TEXT

Listen to the text “GREAT BRITAIN” and be ready to discuss it with your partner.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I. Correct the statements if you find them wrong. Use such phrase as: I agree with you. You are right. or I’m afraid I don’t agree with you. That’s not true/right.

1. The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales and the Northern Ireland.

2. The surface of the British Isles does not vary much.

3. There are some rivers but they are very long.

4. The climate of the British Isles is mild because of the Gulf Stream.

5. The territory of UK is not very small.

6. People in Britain prefer to live in cities not in the country.

7. The Prime Minister is the head of the state.

8. London is the capital of England.

9. The economy of the UK depends on the agriculture.

10. British people have a lot of traditions and always keep them.

II. Answer the following questions using the information from the text.

1. The UK is an island state, isn’t it? Where is it situated?

2. What the parts of Great Britain?

3. Does the surface of the country vary very much?

4. Are there a lot of long and deep rivers in Great Britain?

5. Why is the climate of the British Isles mild?

6. How large is Great Britain?

7. The UK is a monarchy. What does it mean?

8. Who rules the country?

9. Is the UK highly developed industrial or agricultural country?

10. What is the capital of Great Britain?

Speaking practice

Discuss with your partner using newly learnt words: a) the territory of the UK; b) the climate of The British Isles; c) the political and economic structure of Great Britain.