Unit_4

Hometask: Father’s Double Life

Ex. 33 Answer and discuss these questions.

1.Нavе you ever learned something shocking about someone that youthought you knew well?

2.What isa 'double Life'?

Ex. 34 Watch thevideoand answer the questions based

on the information inthe video.

1)Who wasJean Ann Cone?

2)How did she die?

3)Who wasDouglasCone?

4)Who wasDonald Carlson?

5)Who wasHillary Carlson?

6)Did Jean Ann Cone and Hilary Carlson know each other?

7)What happened after Jean Ann Cone died?

8)How did friendsand family findout that something waswrong?

9)Who knew about the double life?

Ex. 35

1.What isthe role of marriage in modern world?

2.Pretend you're a journalist for a Tampa newspaper. Write down five to eight questions

you'dlike to ask DouglasCone.Act outdialogues.

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Hometask: Essay Writing

Ex. 36 Write an essay on one of the following topics.

1.Should we do more to deal with the problem of domestic violence, or is the problem exaggerated?

2.Should restrictions be placed on the use of mobile phones in public areas like restaurantsand theatres?

3.Euthanasia as a way of relieving ill people’s pain and save them from the tortures of their illness. Do we have the right to take people’slife?

When writing an essay it isimportant that sentencesshould be clearly connected so that readerscan follow along, recognizing howone detail leadsto the next. A paragraph with clearly connected sentencesissaid to becohesive. Transitional wordsand phrasesguidereadersfrom one sentence to thenext.

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Essay Writing

Ex. 37 Combine the sentences in each set intotwoclear sentences. Add a linking

word or phrase in brackets.

Example:Retirement shouldbethe result for alifetime of work. It iswidely viewed as a sortof punishment.It is a punishmentfor growingold.(instead)

Sample combination: Retirement shouldbe thereward for a lifetime of work. Instead, it is widelyviewed as a sort ofpunishmentfor growingold.

Your variant ...

1.We do not seek solitude. If we find ourselves alone for once, we flick a switch. We invite the whole world in. The world comesin through thetelevision screen. (in fact)

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2.In recent years viruses have been shown to cause cancer in chickens. Viruseshave also been shown to cause cancer in mice, cats, and even in some primates. Viruses might cause cancer in humans. (therefore)

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3.We were not irresponsible. Each of us should do something. This thing would be of genuine usefulnessto the world. We were trained to think that. (on the contrary)

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4.Little girls, of course, don’t take toy gunsoutof their hip pockets. They do not say ‘Pow, pow’ to all their neighbours and friends. The average well-adjusted little boy does this. If we gave little girlsthe six-shooters, we would soon have double the pretend body count. (however)

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5.We know very little about pain. What we don’t know makes it hurt all the more. There is ignorance about pain. No form of illiteracy in the United States is so widespread. No form of illiteracy in the United Statesisso costly. (indeed)

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6.To be self-centered does not mean to disregard the worth of other people. We are all selfcentered. Most psychologistswouldprobably accept thisposition.(in fact)

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7.There are differences in math performance between boys and girls. These differences cannot be attributed simply to differences in innate ability. If one were to ask the children themselves, they would probably disagree.(still)

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8.We drove the wagon close to a corner post. We twisted the end of the wire around it. We twisted the wire one foot above the ground. We stapled it fast. We drove along the line of posts. We drove for about 200 yards. We unreeled the wire on the groundbehindus. (next)

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Lesson 4

Global Concern

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The UNESCO Introduction

Ex. 38 Answer the followingquestions.

1.Have you ever seen thissymbol? Where? What do these lettersstand for?

2.What are the main valuesfor humanity?

Ex. 39 Watch thevideoepisode about UNESCO and get ready toexplain

what the following numbers refer to.

number	explanation

Ex. 40 Answer the following questions.

1.Where isUNESCO headquartered?What are the main goalsof UNESCO?

2.What isthe key idea of the convention on the protection and promotion

of the diversity of cultural expressions? 3. What isillicit art trafficking?

4.Why doesUNESCO assist community radio stations?

5.How doesUNESCO work toward the protectionof the earth’snatural resources?

6.What are the main featuresof sustainable development?

Ex. 41 Givea summary of the video.

Ex. 42

Comment on the following statements:

 Since wars began in the minds ofmen it’s in the mindsofmen that the defences ofpeace must be

constructed.

A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive.

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Watching: Waste Land

Ex. 43

Answerthefollowing questions.

1.What paintings, buildingsor archeological sitesthat have been restored have you seen? Did you like the way they had been restored?

2.Can you think of one workof art that you admire very much? Why do you like it?

3.What do you know aboutmodern art?

Ex. 44

Watch thevideoepisode and answer the following questions.

1.How doesthe filmmaker Lucy Walker sum up the documentary “Waste land”?

2.Who isVik Muniz?

3.What are the stepsof the processof making picturesby Vik Muniz?

4.How doesLucy Walker describe the mood of people there?

5.What isreally interesting about thisproject?

6.Who are the people working there?

7.What doesVik Muniz find inspiring?

Ex. 42

How far do you agree withthe statement that our surroundings are a force that moldsour beliefs?

Doesthe end alwaysjustify the means?

Ex. 43 Read the following article and fillin the gaps with a suitable phrase from

the list below.

a)	from everyperspective	d)	crawling andslipping over	g)	buckets andcar bumpers
b)	circle overhead		the mountains oftrash	h)	communitylending library
c)	his re-creations offamous	e)	weeps uncontrollably	i)	the artistic power of
	artworks	f)	he directs from ascaffold		transformation

Thefilm observes this giant landfill…(1)………………………………………...Viewed from adistance,the pickers resemble insects …...(2)……………………whilescavenging birds….(3)…………………………..What appears from afar tobechaos,however,is really alittleuniverseuntoitself.Most of theworkers,who earn $20to$25aday combing throughtherefuse, liveat Jardim Gramacho,whichreceives 70percent of RiodeJaneiro’s trash.

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Sorted intocategories,thegarbageis sold toanetwork of wholesalers and middlemen; recycled metal, for instance,eventually becomes…(4)………………..Tião,whoseorganization has established arecycling center and amedicalclinicas wellas day care and skills-training centers for thecatadores,boasts about theamount of garbagethat is recycled.Zumbi, aboard member of theassociationand its resident intellectual, has turned his shack intoa…..(5)…………….of discarded books.

Tiãois themost prominently featured of severalpickers profiled by thefilm.Their lives arechanged forever when they arechosen tocollaboratewiththeartist VikMuniz,aSãoPaulonativewhois now based in Brooklyn and is wellknown for …(6)………………….using unusualmaterials.

In his nearby studio,Mr.Muniz blows up thepictureand projects it onthefloor as amagnified outline.

Using alaser pointer,……(7)…………………..as thepickers fillin theimages withrefusefrom the landfill.

A photographof thefinished assemblage,taken from thescaffold,is thefinalwork of art.

Mr.Muniz has amysticalfaithin ….(8)…………….,as onething becomes another and garbageis turned intoart.Hefervently believes that heis changing hissubjects’ lives for thebetter by “showing them another place,” even if they never makeit out of Jardim Gramacho.

When hetakes Tiãotoan auction in London,where“Marat (Sebastião)” sells for $50,000,theyoung man…(9)……………….Other subjects,confronting images of themselves at an exhibition inRio,are overwhelmed.It is thefirst confirmation from theworld outsidethedump thattheir lives matter. About Wasteland

(fromthe NewYork Times)

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Hometask: Essay & Reports

Ex. 44 Writean essayon thefollowing topic:

Shouldthe developedcountries get involvedin the matters of the thirdworldcountries?

Ex. 45 Chooseoneof thetopics on thenext pageandpreparea 5-min presentation.

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