Lesson 65. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Цілі: перевірити рівень умінь учнів з аудіювання.

Procedure

Listen to the texts and do the tasks.

TEXT 1

Machu Picchu is a place of magic and mystery and really a wonder of the world. It is an Inca city high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. The Spanish conquistadors destroyed other Inca cities, but never found Machu Picchu. It was only discovered in 1911. Machu Picchu was built more than 500 years ago. It is said that the Inca ruler Pachacuti covered the buildings in the city with gold. About 750 people lived there and used the city for astrological and religious ceremonies.

The most important buildings in the city are the Temple of the Sun and the Room of the Three Windows.

Answer the questions.

1. What is Machu Picchu?

2. Where is it situated?

3. Why didn’t the Spanish conquistadors destroy it?

4. When did people discover it?

5. When did the Incas build Machu Picchu?

6. How did the Incas use it?

7. Why did people want to find it?

Key: 1 an Inca city; 2 in Peru; 3 They haven’t found it; 4 in 1911; 5 for astrological and religious ceremonies; 6 because the houses were covered with gold there.

TEXT 2

In 1999 Canada’s Inuit were given their own territory called Nunavut. It’s huge but extremely cold. The Inuit have lived in this frozen region of tundra, icy lakes and Arctic islands for thousands of years. In winter, it’s dark 24 hours a day, and the temperature can drop to -50 °C. In summer, it’s light 24 hours a day!

The Inuit used to be called “Eskimos”, which means “eaters of raw meat”, but they prefer “Inuit” because it means “the people”.

It’s hard to believe but 50 years ago the Inuit were nomads. They depended on hunting and fishing and moved from place to place as hunting seasons changed. Today they live in houses and work in offices and factories. Young people wear western clothes, eat fast food and listen to rock music.

Some Inuit, however, continue to live as hunters and fishermen. They wear their traditional clothes and eat their traditional foods like seal, caribou and polar bear and still make igloos when they go hunting.

• nomad — кочівник

• caribou — карибу (північний канадський олень)

• depend on — залежати

• seal — тюлень

• raw — сирий

Answer the questions.

1. Where do the Inuit live?

2. What is the climate like there?

3. What is the other word for “Inuit”?

4. What did they do 50 years ago?

5. What is their life like today?

6. How do some Inuit keep traditions?

Key: 1 in Canada; 2 very cold; 3 Eskimos; 4 they moved from place to place for hunting; 5 they have houses and jobs; 6 they wear traditional clothes and eat traditional food.

Lesson 66. READING

Цілі: перевірити рівень умінь учнів з читання; виховувати почуття відповідальності.

Procedure

Read the text and do the tasks.

CURLING

1. Curling, born in Scotland in the first half of the 16th century, was played in frozen ponds using simple stones. It’s known since 1511. Examples of this sport can also be found in the paintings of Flemish artists. In the 17th century players started to use suitably treated stone discs and sticks to sweep the snow. Since 1775 the game has become popular in Northern America, where it was introduces by immigrants.

2. The first Olympic Winter Games curling tournament was held at Chamonix in 1924. After Lake Placid in 1932, curling was absent from the Olympic programme for 50 years; it appeared again as a demonstrative at Calgary in 1988. It was reinstated as a competitive discipline at Nagano in 1998. That year the men’s event was won by the Swiss team and Canada won the gold in the women’s.

3. Curling is a team game that is performed on a frozen pitch, the concept of which is very similar to bocce (traditionally played balls on natural soil or asphalt courts). It consists of sliding 19.92 kg blocks of stone (called rocks) which have a handle so that they stop as close as possible to the centre of a target drawn on the ice (called the house).

4. Each team consists of four players. The lead is the one that makes the first throw. The second is a good point maker, but also good at taking off the opponents stones that are in the way. The third is faced with a more tricky game. The fourth player, the skip, is the most experienced player, who devises tactics, advises his teammates on each throw and throws last.

Match the headlines with the parts of the text.

a) Curling at the Olympics.

b) The team.

c) From the history of curling.

d) Rules of curling.

Key: 2 a; 4 b; 1 c; 3 d.

Say if the following statements true or false.

1. Competitions on curling are held only in winter.

2. Curling is known since the 15th century.

3. Curling players need an ice pitch to play.

4. Nowadays this game is popular not only in Europe.

5. Curling tournaments have been held on each Olympic Games since the beginning of the 20th century.

6. Women’ teams as well men’s take part in curling competitions.

7. Curling player throw a ball.

8. The players should slide the rock to the house as close as they can.

9. There are more than three players in each team.

10. The skip makes the first throw.

Key: 1 T; 2 F; 3 T; 4 T; 5 F; 6 T; 7 F; 8 T; 9 T; 10 F.

Lesson 67. SPEAKING

Цілі: перевірити рівень умінь учнів з усного мовлення.

Procedure

Choose any of the following topics and speak on it.

Sport in Britain

1. Have you ever taken part in sports competition?

2. What do you prefer: to watch sports competitions or to take part in them?

3. Does sport help you to keep fit?

4. How often do you go to the sports ground?

5. What sports are popular in your family?

6. Do you want to be a sportsman?

7. Are you good at running (swimming, skating...)?

8. What sports were invented in Britain?

9. Are all of them popular nowadays?

10. What sports have existed for some centuries?

11. Is hiking considered to be a sport?

12. Have you ever had a horse riding trip? Was it exciting?

13. What famous football (lawn tennis, boxing) championships do you know?

Entertainments

1. What do you usually do in your spare time?

2. Do you often go out?

3. Do you often take your friends out?

4. Where do you take them?

5. How often do you go to the theatre (cinema)?

6. Which do you prefer: to see a film over TV or on the screen in the cinema?

7. What film have you seen recently?

8. What new picture would you advise us to see? Where is it on?

9. What kinds of films do you like most of all?

10. Which do you prefer? American films, British film, films made in your country?

11. Do you usually discuss films with your friends then?

12. What is the best film you’ve seen this year?

Places of interest

1. What do you know about the history of London?

2. What are the main parts of London?

3. What places of interest are the most popular in London?

4. Why is London a cultural capital of Britain?

5. What is London famous for?

6. Which is the oldest museum in London?

7. Do you enjoy looking round cities?

8. What kind of places do you enjoy visiting?

9. What is the most interesting place that you have visited? Why?

10. Which place would you most like to visit? Why?

11. What country would you like to visit? Why?

12. What attracts you there?

13. What attractions in Kyiv do you know?

Pair work. Role play A call to the reception in the clinic.

Student A — you’ve fallen ill. You have to go to the clinic at once.

Call the reception in the clinic. Say what happened and find out if your doctor is working and suitable time for you.

Students' cards

leg hurts Dr. Brown 11 a.m.	broken finger Dr. Conrad 2 p.m.	a pain in the chest Dr. Foster 9 a.m.	a heart complaint Dr. Stanly 3.30 p.m.
sprained ankle Dr. Brown 10 a.m.	injured the knee Dr. Conrad 4 p.m.	heart trouble Dr. Foster 9 a.m.	a pain in the chest Dr. Stanly 2 p.m.
blood pressure Dr. Green 9.30 a.m.	a cold Dr. Wintry 1 p.m.	a toothache Dr. Gibson 2.30 p.m.	a consultation Dr. Baxter 11.30 a.m.
a terrible headache Dr. Green 11 a.m.	a sore throat Dr. Wintry 3 p.m.	lost a filling Dr. Gibson 4.30 p.m.	a problem with the right eye Dr. Baxter 9 a.m.
a consultation Dr. Chilby 1.30 p.m.	need glasses Dr. Chilby 4 p.m.	need to fill the tooth Dr. Chatter 10 a.m.	a consultation Dr. Chatter 12 a.m.

Student В — you are a receptionist in the clinic.

Use your timetable to answer Student A’s questions. Find his/her name, age, address, a telephone number and a suitable time for him/her.

Doctor	Specialist	Time	Room
Dr. Brown	surgeon	9 a.m. — 1 p.m.	Room 12
Dr. Conrad	surgeon	1 p.m. — 5 p.m.	Room 14
Dr. Foster	cardiologist	9 a.m. — 1 p.m.	Room 19
Dr. Stanly	cardiologist	1 p.m. — 5 p.m.	Room 23
Dr. Green	general practitioner	9 a.m. — 1 p.m.	Room 28
Dr. Wintry	general practitioner	1 p.m. — 5 p.m.	Room 29
Dr. Chatter	dentist	9 a.m. — 1 p.m.	Room 6
Dr. Gibson	dentist	1 p.m. — 5 p.m.	Room 8
Dr. Baxter	oculist	9 a.m. — 1 p.m.	Room 31
Dr. Chilby	oculist	1 p.m. — 5 p.m.	Room 32

Suggested conversation:

— Hello? Is that the clinic reception?

— Yes, speaking.

— May I see Dr. Green today?

— Yes, sure. What’s the problem?

— I’ve got a terrible headache.

— What is your name? (How old are you? What is your address? What is your telephone number?) When would you like to come?

— At 11 a.m. if it is possible.

— Yes, certainly. The doctor is free at this time. (I’m afraid, you can’t. The doctor is to be busy with the other patient. Maybe, 11.30 or 12 a.m.? )

— (11.30 will be OK.) Where is he receiving patients today?

— Room 28. Second floor to the right.

— Hang on. I’m just writing it down. Room 28. Thank you.

Lesson 68. SPEAKING

Цілі: перевірити рівень умінь учнів з письма.

Procedure

Choose any topic you like and write a short paragraph.

Write a letter to your pen friend about you and your friends.

• tell your name and say a few words about your appearance and your character;

• describe your friends;

• tell what you usually do after school, if you go in for some kind of sport and what your favourite sport is;

• which of your friends are good at this or that kind of sports.