- •Unit 1 art or entertainment? lead-in
- •1 Discuss the following questions.
- •2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given. A charge on the National cuLture
- •3 Vocabulary Work
- •6 Use the words and phrases which you heard in the listening to complete the sentences below. (The sentences are not connected with text!)
- •7 Speaking points .
- •Snatched from northern climes
- •12 Panel discussion
- •13 Read the following text. The Museum Wars
- •14 Answer the following questions and sum up the information provided in the text.
- •15 Vocabulary
- •16 Projects and presentation skills
- •If you are curious for the Sample Presentation, this is a very interesting site of Coca Cola Museum http://www.Woccatlanta.Com/
- •Part 3
- •17 Read the text, summarize it and render Part 1 into English. The maximum length for the task is 300 words. What parts would you divide the text into?
- •Музей: искусство или развлечение?
- •18 Role-play
- •Unit 2 global issues lead-in
- •1 Discuss the following questions.
- •2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given. The legacy of the baby boom in australia
- •3 In the text find the information as referring to
- •5 Vocabulary Work
- •6 Summary Writing
- •7 Listening 1
- •8 Speaking
- •Part 1
- •The other population crisis
- •10 Summarize what each whole paragraph is about and write a paragraph heading and a summarizing sentence for each paragraph.
- •11 Panel discussion
- •12 Read the following text. Unlikely boomtowns?
- •14 Complete the sentences with the underlined words from the text. Suggest synonyms for them or explain them.
- •16 What are the implications of the following sentences. Translate underlined phrases.
- •18 Projects and presentation skills
- •Part 3
- •19 Read the following article and render it into English The maximum length for the task is 300 words. Make use of the words form Tasks 13, 14,15. Город для людей
- •20 Role-play
- •Unit 3 science approach lead-in
- •2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given.
- •Killer blow
- •3 Find the linking words used in the text. Study the way they organize the structure of the text.
- •5 Listening 1
- •Part 1
- •7 Read these comments about space exploration and discuss how far you agree with each opinion.
- •8 Read the following text. Exploration through the ages
- •9 Complete the sentences, summing and paraphrasing the information in the text.
- •Part 2
- •14 Read the text and complete the tasks that follow it. Science vs. Pseudoscience
- •Vocabulary work
- •16 For the words 1-7 find the appropriate definitions a-f.
- •17 Complete the following sentences using words from the above right column.
- •18 Define five factors why pseudoscience may cause problems for the society.
- •19 Summing up - Make a direct comparison: Science vs. Pseudoscience.
- •20 Panel discussion
- •Part 3
- •21 Read the text, summarize and render it into English. The maximum length for the task is 300 words. Интернет. Дефрагментация мозга
- •22 Panel discussion
Vocabulary work
15 Find the words in bold in the text, put them in either column “SCIENCE” or “Psuedoscience” and match them with nouns to make collocations. Explain their meanings.
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evidence conclusions reference works material people
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testimony footprints photos anecdotes facts tactics modes of thought ideas arguments
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16 For the words 1-7 find the appropriate definitions a-f.
A a false appearance or deceptive impression of reality B a mistaken or misleading opinion, idea, belief, etc C a suggested explanation for a group of facts accepted as likely to be true D something you are told sounds so exciting, unpleasant or dangerous that you don’t believe it is true E information that you have heard without having any proof that it is true I the ability to perceive clearly or deeply; penetration and understanding, as of a complex problem F behaviour or an action that is of extreme cruelty
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1 delusion 2 hearsay 3 illusion 4 hypothesis 5 atrocities 6 tall tale 7 insight
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17 Complete the following sentences using words from the above right column.
1. His evidence was all just ……………………. .
2. It is the great ……………………. about the web-enabled future: that the internet will, by its nature, set us free.
3. With the help of their sophisticated equipment, they have gathered the reliable technical data that makes ……………………… a less easy to dismiss.
4. he may not yet be a household name, but her work provides a rare and compelling ………………………. into the lives of children and young people growing up in 21st-century Britain.
5. Saddam Hussein was confronted with video evidence of his ……………. as part of CIA efforts to get him to talk. Atrocities
6. One of the great strengths of science is that it is comfortable with being wrong. When a researcher proposes a ……………………. that fails to be confirmed by the data, there may be disappointment but there is no dishonour – so long, that is, as he or she accepts the evidence and moves on.
18 Define five factors why pseudoscience may cause problems for the society.
1. ………………………………………………………………..
2. ………………………………………………………………..
3. ………………………………………………………………..
4. ……………………………………………………………….
5. ……………………………………………………………….
19 Summing up - Make a direct comparison: Science vs. Pseudoscience.
Model: SCIENCE: Is in constant search for new facts, proof, evidence. It results in new editions and opportunities for new discoveries. ………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… …………………………………………………
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PSEUDOSCIENCE: displays a remarkable and characteristic indifference to fact. Pseudoscientists never revise their books. ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… |