- •Contents
- •Unit 1. Friends
- •Vocabulary
- •How to Be a Great Best Friend
- •10 Step
- •Find the equivalents for the Russian words and word combinations in the text:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Range the steps from the text above according to your vision, the way they should be. Explain your choice.
- •Listen to Chris Johnson talking about friendship. What does he say about:
- •Listen to the recording once again and fill in the spaces. Do not forget to write out the expressions connected with the topic “Friends” into your vocabulary book:
- •Find the sentences with the linking words/word combinations in the interview. Make your examples with the linkers you have found in the interview.
- •Render the main idea of the interview to your partner keeping the key details and facts from it.
- •In groups prepare to discuss pros (good points) and cons (bad points) of these situations. Use the linking words/word combinations:
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
- •Translate the story from Russian into English: Мой самый лучший друг
- •Listen to the song , fill in the spaces and sing the song:
- •I'll Be There For You
- •It's like you're always 3)______________
- •I'll be there for you
- •I'll be there for you
- •It's like you're always stuck in second gear
- •After singing the song:
- •Unit 2. Adrenalin
- •Vocabulary
- •Think over your answers to the questions below before reading the text:
- •Read and translate the text: Running Free
- •Read the article again and decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f):
- •Render the interview keeping the main details and facts from it.
- •Do you think dangerous sports should be banned? Divide into 2 groups: the first one must provide the pros of the extreme sports and the second one – the cons.
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
- •Translate the article from Russian into English: Экстрим – это образ и стиль жизни людей любящих риск и адреналин
- •Unit 3. Relationships
- •Vocabulary
- •Discuss in pairs:
- •Read and translate the text: Who Comes First?
- •Find the equivalents for the Russian words and word combinations in the text:
- •Scan the text. Are these statements true (t) or false (f)?
- •Scan the text once again. Find the answers:
- •Discuss in pairs: Which points of the text are true for your family or other families you know?
- •You will listen to people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, a, b, or c:
- •Translate the article from Russian into English: Как найти вторую половинку
- •Listen to a radio documentary about the life of w.B. Yeats, a famous poet. What do you know about him? Choose the correct answers:
- •Try to complete this famous poem by Yeats with the nouns in the box. Remember that poems often rhyme:
- •Match each verse of the poem (1-3) with a summary (a-c):
- •Have a try to give a literary translation of the poem. Unit 4. Party
- •Vocabulary
- •Think over your answers to the questions below before reading the text:
- •Read and translate the text: a Birthday Party
- •Explain the phrases in bold. Make sentences with them that will bring out the meanings.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Listen to the report again and fill in the spaces: Rio Carnival Says “No” to Violence
- •After listening write a summary of the text. Share your summary with your partner.
- •Discuss in pairs:
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
- •Translate the review from a travel magazine from Russian into English:
- •Unit 5. Edible
- •Vocabulary
- •Vegetables
- •Read and translate the text: Children of the Corn
- •Correct each of these statements:
- •Complete these sentences about yourself:
- •Do you think it is wrong to kill animals for food? Why/why not? Is it more acceptable to eat fish and some types of meat than others? Is it wrong to kill animals for leather?
- •Do you agree with the vegetarians who avoid eating meat for health reasons? Why/why not?
- •Match the phrases from the article “Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen to the article “Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart”. Decide if the statements below are true (t) or false (f):
- •Unit 6. Time
- •Vocabulary
- •Job hunting
- •Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Fill in the spaces with prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
- •Match the following synonyms from the article “us Fat Cats Quizzed Over High Salaries” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “us Fat Cats Quizzed Over High Salaries” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen to the article “us Fat Cats Quizzed Over High Salaries”. Decide if the statements below are true (t) or false (f):
- •Listen to the recording once again and reproduce how the words below were used in the article:
- •Discuss in pairs:
- •Read the poem and learn it by heart:
- •Leisure
- •Have a try to give a literary translation of the poem. Unit 7. News
- •Vocabulary
- •Look at the title of the article below. How is it related to the people mentioned? What information do you expect to read? Media Movers and Shakers
- •Lord Reith (1889-1971) First Director-General, bbc
- •Gilbert h Grosvenor (1875-1966) Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Magazine
- •John Walter (1739-1812) Founder/Owner, The Times
- •Talk with your partner(s) about these e-mail problems. Agree on the three biggest and smallest. Change partners and share your findings:
- •Match the following synonyms from the article “Top Spam e-mail Sender Stays in Prison” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “Top Spam e-mail Sender Stays in Prison” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen to the article “Top Spam e-mail Sender Stays in Prison”. Decide if the statements below are true (t) or false (f):
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate the text: The Holiday
- •1. Answer the questions to the text:
- •Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •Make up questions to which the following sentences might be the answers:
- •1.Discuss in pairs:
- •1.Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
- •What is the best holiday for you? Rank the vacation types below in order of which you like most. Talk to your partner(s) about your rankings:
- •3.Match the following synonyms from the article “Protecting Antarctica from Tourism” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “Protecting Antarctica from Tourism” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen to the article “Protecting Antarctica from tourism”. Decide if the statements below are true (t) or false (f):
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate the text: the concrete ceiling Why women are up against it?
- •Scan the article. Which sentences have almost the same meaning as these?
- •Before listening to the article look at the headline of the article and guess whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f): Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist
- •With your partner(s), decide on whether men or women are better at these things. Try to give real-life examples. Change partners and share your findings:
- •With your partner(s), discuss which of the items below are the subjects of jokes in your country. Can you tell and explain a joke?
- •Match the following synonyms from the article “Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen and fill in the spaces:
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate the text: What Really Does Go on in a Teenager's Bedroom?
- •Find the Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases and make up your own sentences with them:
- •Scan the text and decide if the statements are true (t) or false (f):
- •There are many different ways of talking about rules. Read these sentences from the article:
- •Before listening to the article look at the headline of the article and guess whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f): Cost of Kids
- •Match the following synonyms from the article “Cost of Kids” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “Cost of Kids” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen to the article and fill in the spaces:
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate the text: How to Guess Your Age
- •Find the Russian equivalents for the following words and give the context in which they are used in the text:
- •Complete the sentences:
- •Use the sentences above as a plan to speak about the life of the old man.
- •Elder people often have such a habit to consider life nowadays worse than it used to be. Why, do you think it happens? How can you explain such a thing?
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
- •Before listening to the article look at the headline of the article and guess whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f): New Ageism Laws Let Older Bankers Sue for Millions
- •Match the following synonyms from the article “New Ageism Laws Let Older Bankers Sue for Millions” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “New Ageism Laws Let Older Bankers Sue for Millions” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Listen to the article and fill in the spaces: New Ageism Laws Let Older Bankers Sue for Millions
- •Listen to the recording once again and reproduce how the words below were used in the article:
- •Discuss in pairs:
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and translate the text: Are Today's Teenagers Victims of Fashion?
- •Choose six opinions expressed in the article. Find the sentences in the story where they are expressed:
- •Match the following synonyms from the article “Models under 16 Banned in London” you are going to listen to:
- •Match the phrases from the article “Models under 16 Banned in London” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:
- •Models under 16 banned in London
- •Listen to the recording once again and reproduce how the words below were used in the article:
- •Discuss in pairs:
- •Appendices
- •Appendix 1. Recording scripts
- •Unit 1. Friends
- •Unit 2. Adrenalin
- •Unit 3. Relationships
- •Unit 4. Party
- •Rio Carnival Says “No” to Violence
- •Unit 5. Edible
- •Chocolate Is Good for Your Heart
- •Unit 6. Time
- •Us Fat Cats Quizzed over High Salaries
- •Unit 7. News
- •Top Spam e-mail Sender Stays in Prison
- •Unit 8. Journey
- •Protecting Antarctica from Tourism
- •Unit 9. Opinions
- •Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist
- •Unit 10. Childhood
- •Children Cost 50 Dollars a Day
- •Unit 11. Age
- •New Ageism Laws Let Older Bankers Sue for Millions
- •Unit 12. Style
- •Models under 16 Banned in London
- •Appendix 2. Useful phrases for writing essays and rendering texts
- •Introducing examples
- •Introducing facts
- •Introduction
- •(A)Sentence variety
- •Appendix 3. Writing samples
- •Introduction
- •References
Look at the title of the article below. How is it related to the people mentioned? What information do you expect to read? Media Movers and Shakers
We all enjoy watching television, listening to the radio and reading newspapers and magazines. However; not many of us know about the lives of the people who changed the face of the media forever.
Lord Reith (1889-1971) First Director-General, bbc
John Reith was born in Scotland and graduated as an engineer from Glasgow Technical College. After World War 1, Reith realised he had no real interest in engineering. In 1922, although he had no training in radio and knew nothing about broadcasting, he got a managerial job at the newly-established BBC. In 1927, he became the BBC's First Director- General and received a knighthood. Reith's vision of what the BBC should offer the public included broadcasting to people of all social classes, all over Britain, and using radio to serve educational and cultural interests. When he had succeeded in achieving this aim, Reith became determined to increase broadcasting overseas. In 1932, he started what would later become the BBC World Service, and began the world's first regular TV broadcasts in 1936. He left the BBC in 1938, and was made Lord Reith in 1940.
Gilbert h Grosvenor (1875-1966) Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Magazine
Gilbert H Grosvenor is famous as the editor who changed the National Geographic magazine into the dynamic publication that it is today. Born in Turkey, he later moved to the USA and attended Amherst College. He became the first full-time editor of the magazine in 1899, with the support of his future father-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who was president of the National Geographic Society. In its early years, National Geographic had a very low circulation. Grosvenor, who became editor-in-chief in 1903, added beautiful photographs and detailed maps to the magazine, and raised the circulation to over 2 million. Using money made from the magazine, the National Geographic Society has sponsored hundreds of scientific expeditions and projects.
John Walter (1739-1812) Founder/Owner, The Times
John Walter was a London coal merchant, then an insurance underwriter, before starting his own printing company in 1783. Simply in order to promote this new business, he began to publish a daily paper, the Daily Universal Register, which mainly contained paid advertisements. His printing business was a disappointing failure, so Walter decided to make the paper more profitable by making it more popular. Renamed The Times on 1st January 1788, it reported scandals involving famous London people, and for years most of its profits came from people who paid Walter not to print embarrassing stories about them! As years went by, Walter began to report more serious news, and started a foreign news service which later helped The Times become one of the world's most respected papers.
Exercises on the text
Scan the article and match the sentences to the people (A-C):
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Answer the questions: Which of the people ...
have experience in radio production?
studied at a college?
was helped by a relative?
made his living blackmailing people?
increased sales?
worked in various jobs before he started his own company?
helped in scientific research?
had problems at the beginning?
Fill in the correct words from the list and make up sentences using them:
detailed • cultural • coal • managerial • low • daily • social • printing
1 ……………..job
2 ……………..classes
3 ……………..interests
4 ……………..circulation
5 ……………..maps
6 ……………..merchant
7 ……………..company
8 ……………..paper
Fill in with, in, to, then make up sentences using these phrases:
interest ………. smth;
to succeed ……. smth;
determined …….. ;
to move ………..a place;
…….. the support of.
Revision
Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the vocabulary of the unit:
Папарацци лезут из кожи вон, вторгаясь в частную жизнь звезд, чтобы разозлить их.
Снимки известной личности в нелестной и компрометирующей позе были напечатаны в бульварной газете.
Алек Болдвин был спровоцирован папарацци, который преследовал его всю дорогу. Он поставил синяк папарацци и был арестован, и обвинен в нападении, но позже отпущен.
Звезды находят свой способ отомстить, поскольку папарацци не оставляют их в покое.
Тома Круза преследовали на большой скорости в тоннеле Парижа, где погибла Принцесса Диана.
Журналисты ищут широкую аудиторию, проводят пресс конференции и делают официальные заявления.
Журналисты получают истории от групп давления и перехватывая источники информации.
Чем важнее история, тем больше места будет ей предоставлено в газете.
Каждая газета преподносит события со своей точки зрения.
Журналисты разных политических убеждений собирают истории, путем копания в грязном белье.
В «газетенках», желтой прессе и глянцевых журналах всегда есть сенсационные новости, которые получают много места на страницах.
Газету можно привлечь к суду за клевету, если она публикует лживые истории, которые наносят вред чьей-либо репутации.
Если вы проводите какое-либо исследование, вам понадобятся предыдущие выпуски газет, и вы составите папку вырезок из газет о данном событии.
Все материалы должны быть готовы к крайнему сроку.
Listening
Before listening to the article “Top Spam E-mail Sender Stays in Prison” talk with your partner(s) about the points below. Are they true? Rate them: 10 = very true, 1 = not at all true. Talk about the reasons for your scores. Change partners and share your findings:
e-mail can never harm us
children should not have e-mail accounts until they are 16
letters are better than e-mail
anyone who buys anything from an e-mail is stupid
spammers are worse than thieves
sending e-mail anonymously is totally OK
spammers should be jailed for damaging the economy
online crime will get worse in the future