- •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
9 Complete the sentences, summing and paraphrasing the information in the text.
Prehistoric exploration often resulted from ……………………………………. .
Exploration in the Middle East appears to have been caused by ………………. .
Polynesian exploration was encouraged by …………………………………….. .
Sea exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries was helped by ………………….. .
Viking travellers illustrate a change from ………………………………………. .
The Vikings of North America showed a misunderstanding of .………………… .
Marco Polo's travels encouraged ……………………………………………… .
For perhaps the first time, many explorers of the 15th and 16th centuries were interested jn ……………………………….. .
The 18th century saw an interest in ……………………………… .
Many 18th century voyages were intended …………………………….. .
A newly significant factor in 20th century exploration was ……………………. .
10 Define six factors in European exploration of 15th and 16th centuries. Start with
desire to find ………………………………….
need for states to ……………………………………..
necessity to provide food for ………………………………….
increasing specialisation of ………………………………
necessity for raw materials ……………………………
need for various spices ………………………………….
11 What three reasons for exploring space are mentioned by the writer?
It is natural for us to do so.
We may find new sources of food.
It will help us to prevent earthquakes.
It has side-effects that improve the quality of our lives.
It may enable us to find alternative homes.
We will discover whether other planets are inhabited.
12 Write the summary “Reasons for exploring space” following the suggested structure (about 100 words)
One reason for exploring space is…………………………….. . Exploration will allow us to ……………………………. . It is possible that ……………………………... Further, exploration might …………………………………... It will make it possible for us to ………………………………….. .
13 PROJECTS and PRESENTATION skills
Write the Project on ONE of the following topics and present it in class.
TOPICS:
A scientific breakthrough, an invention or a discovery that has revolutionised the way we live (both positive and negative consequences of it).
Current scientific research that is likely to affect our life in the near future.
Scientific research and governmental control over it: is science subject to tighter public control?
The first cloned sheep - Dolly (1997) → cloning a human: Should we do this, and Can we? Ethical and moral sides of this issue.
Nanotechnology: a fake or panacea?
The way science fiction films portray human cloning: issues raised and discussed.
Curious inventions in Guiness Book of World Records. Their practical value.
(!) Make sure of the reasonable combination of theory and examples& illustrations.
Arrange the information in the written form.
Read again some useful general information given in UNIT 1 Part 2 which enables you to make a good presentation.