- •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)
9 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations from the episode.
Strategy Points
Spend a minute thinking about the topic below and making brief notes.
During a minute decide how you will introduce and link your ideas, and then talk for 2 minutes (!).
Remember to include some examples to support or illustrate what you say.
Use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Make sure you keep to the topic.
Learn useful phrases and expressions. These give you time to think, and also act as signposts which help listeners follow your arguments.
Giving an example: for instance, if we take the example of X, X serves as a good example of this
Sequencing words: firstly, secondly, finally, lastly, last but not least
Introducing a new idea: the first thing (I'd like) to mention, to begin with, another point to consider is, which leads me on to another point, and, of course, we shouldn't forget
Bringing an idea to its conclusion: to sum up, in the final analysis, on balance, taking all the arguments into consideration, in conclusion
“One day, games might even start to play us…”
” The minute you have a visually recognizable human being, you expect them to behave and speak in a recognizable way and it’s a very, very tall order.”
“I think, that’s a sort of natural process with a new technology, there is a great excitement of all that is possible and then you are thrown back on the realization that nothing in itself is that amazing, it is what you do with it.”
“We could enjoy new forms of social interaction and may be even build new alternative societies or… we could become willing slaves of the matrix and entertain ourselves to death.”
The World of VERMEER – Part 1
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1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given. Explain the words in bold.
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obscurity portraying renown historical critic suffused painstakingly elusive
Among the great Dutch artists of the 17th century, he is now second in __________ only to Rembrandt, but he made little mark during his lifetime and then long languished in ____________. Jan Vermeer excelled in _____________ comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and ______________ with cool, silver light.
There is a hole at the centre of all biographies of Johannes Vermeer, where the man himself should be. Although his pictures continued to be greatly valued through the 18th and early 19th centuries, Vermeer was then almost lost as a _____________ personage, until his oeuvre was_______________ put back together in the 1860s by a French _____________, Theophile Thore. Even so, the painter's personality and life-story remained ___________, which may be why Thore christened him "the Sphinx of Delft".
2 Look through the NOTES and watch the Episode “The World of Vermeer, Part 1”. (Мультимедийный каталог 1556→Unit 9)
Delft, the city Vermeer lived in
Proust, the novelist
Reynier, Vermeer’s father
Delft Charity Chamber, the local social services
Neeltge Goris, Vermeer’s paternal grandmother
Balthasar, Vermeer’s maternal grandfather
Catherina Bolnes, his wife
Schipluyde, the little village outside Delft
Maria Tins, Vermeer’s mother-in-law
Van Der Dussen, the patrician
Ryenier Bolnes, a wealthy brick maker, Vermeer’s father-in-law
Tanneke Everpoel, the kitchen maid
Wilhelm, Maria Tins’s unruly son
Hermanus Taerling, manager in a private house of correction