- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given. How far do you agree or disagree with the statements?
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •5 Complete the sentences with the correct words and phrases from Task 4.
- •7 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •8 Translate the following sentences into either English or Russian using the words and word combinations from Tasks 4 and 7.
- •9 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations from the episode.
- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given. Explain the words in bold.
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •5 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •6 Render the following text into English using the words from Task 5.
- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given.
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •5 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •6 Render the following text into English using the words from Task 5.
- •7 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations from the episode.
- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given.
- •3 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words. (00:00 – 00:46)
- •4 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •5 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •6 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations.
- •2 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Who made these remarks on superstitions?
- •5 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •6 Render the following extract into English, using the language of the episode.
- •2 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Who resort to the following superstitions? Choose from the list: an actor, a gambler, a tennis star, David Thomas, a voodoo mumbo
- •Turn round a parking lot
- •5 Find English equivalents for the following word-combinations.
- •6 Render the following extract into English, using the language of the episode.
- •7 Write a summary of the Episode “Superstitions. Part 1&2” in the form of review (no more than 60 words)
- •Part 1
- •2 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Explain literary reference in the following phrases. Comment on the reference.
- •5 Find English equivalents for the following word-combinations.
- •6 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •7 Render the following extracts into English, using the language of the episode.
- •2 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •3 Find English equivalents for the following word-combinations.
- •4 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •5 Render the following text into English using the language of the Episode, using the words from Task 3 and 4.
- •6 Write a summary of the Episode “Diana. Part 1&2” in the from of review (about 60 words)
6 Render the following extract into English, using the language of the episode.
Несчастливой считается не только пятница,13.Любой день календаря, на котором стоит цифра 13, вызывает опасение. По оценкам специалистов экономики стран Европы и Америки теряют миллиарды долларов в те дни, на которые выпадает 13-ое число. Люди отказываются выкупать билеты на самолеты и поезда, меньше посещают общественные места. Снижается объем продаж.
Но некоторым людям в этот день, наоборот, улыбается удача. «Ну, число 13 приносит мне удачу. 33 года я работал страховым агентом, и именно в пятницу, 13-го я всегда продавал самое большое количество страховых полисов»
7 SPEAKING POINTS. How far do you agree with the following statements? Provide real-life examples.
1. Superstitions get people through their trouble spots.
2. Superstition is an integral part of the culture.
3. Sportsmen resort to lucky charm in order to better concentrate on their performance.
4. Though sceptics insist that superstitions don’t work are still fearfully involved.
5. It is fear that breeds superstitions.
6. ‘Friday begun and never be done’.
Superstitions - Part 2
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1 Look through the NOTES and watch the Episode “Superstitions- Part 2”. (Мультимедийный каталог 1556→Unit 10)
Feng Shui – an Asian practice of balancing the Earth elements
Voodoo mumbo – a priest practicing Voodoo
Blueprint – here: a plan or outline
snip - a small quick cut made with scissors: to get a snip into a body
gallows - a wooden frame used for killing criminals by hanging them from it with a rope around their neck
succumb - to lose your ability to fight against someone or something, and allow them to control or persuade you: to succumb to the fear
2 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
Being paralyzed by a superstition.
Superstition grasp to take smth to the extreme drive to win to adopt to take over to become an obsession to face a problem |
Voodoo practice.
to breed superstition spells for to run practice a selection of to elate fears to gain one’s power contagious magic to cut across |
Feng Shui, the oldest superstition
to develop over to balance elements to be widely practiced trinket luck charms to bring balance to Feng Shui practitioners interior decorating to blame for to calculate the energy “blueprint” |
Billy Goat Curse
an ardent man a pet goat an occasional game buy a box seat to go berserk to curse smb to rub the curse out |
3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).