- •Т.В. Поплавская т.А. Сысоева
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- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •3. In what situation would you use the following set expressions? Give your own examples.
- •4. Match the words and their definitions.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Violent English
- •A Confluence of Cultures
- •How to Plan a Town
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •Bungalows for sale
- •3. Look at the verbs below. Match each one with an appropriate phrase from the list on the right. Use the expressions in contexts of your own.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. The following extracts from guide books describe five of the world’s most famous cities. Work in small groups. Read the descriptions and decide which city is being described in each text.
- •2. Read the extracts again and point out the facts that helped you decide which city is being described.
- •3. Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
- •4. Complete these sentences using appropriate phrases from the text. Make any changes to the phrases that are necessary.
- •5. Look at the adverbial phrases below and decide which of them have negative or limiting meaning.
- •6. Rewrite the sentences below, starting with the word or words given.
- •7. Speak about your plans for the holidays. Use at least ten expressions from Ex. 5 and 6.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •5. Match the words to make up phrases. Explain their meaning in English.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •4. Becky is in the habit of itemizing clothes (her own and other people’s). How does she describe/speak about clothes? Compile “Becky’s clothes and fashion vocabulary”.
- •Shopaholic Abroad
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the suitable word from the box. Put the words in the correct form.
- •3. Define the following words and phrases in English. Make up sentences with these words.
- •4. Match the words and their definitions.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •Shopaholic Ties the Knot
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Match the words and their definitions.
- •3. Fill in the words from the active vocabulary list.
- •4. In what situations would you say the following? Provide your own context for these utterances. Then find them in the text and check their actual usage.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the following extract from the book.
- •2. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the remaining parts of the book and dwell on the following issues.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •2. Read the whole text. Do we have the press we deserve?
- •3. Use the text to answer the following questions.
- •5. Explain how you understand the following idiomatic expressions: to throw out the baby with the bath water, a toothless watchdog, to get a rough ride. In what contexts can you use them?
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Publican Jailed for Assault
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text. What is the topic and the implied main idea of paragraphs 6, 7 and 9?
- •2. True or false.
- •3. Select the best answer.
- •4. Discuss the following issue: What is the most important overall message the writer wants the reader to understand about stress?
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •Bill’s Eyes
- •5. Complete each sentence with the appropriate phrase.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •4. Explain the final scene of the story. Were you shocked by it or was it quite predictable? Give your reasons.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •The Emergency Ward
- •I. Vocabulary work
- •1. Study the following words.
- •2. Choose the best definition of the italicized word.
- •3. Match the words to make up word combinations from the text.
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Choose the best answer. Explain your choice by providing evidence from the text.
- •3. On the basis of the evidence from the text, mark these statements as accurate inferences, inaccurate inferences or insufficient evidence.
- •III. Follow-up activities
- •IV. Additional tasks
- •Home reading
- •2. Can we call Champagne and Jane opposites? Prove it. Do you believe such opposites could “attract”?
- •II. Discussing the text
- •1. Read the required extracts from the book “Can You Keep a Secret?” by s. Kinsella and consider the following questions.
- •2. Agree or disagree: Being stressed out is an excuse for blabbering all your secrets to a complete stranger.
- •4. Look at the expressions in bold in these sentences. Is mind a verb or a noun in each one?
- •5. Match each expression in Ex. 4 with one of these meanings.
- •II.Discussing the text
- •II. Discussing the text
- •3. Comment on the “look-alike” pattern theory. Does it work in real life?
- •II. Tasks for “Man and Boy” by t. Parsons
- •III. Tasks for “Man and Wife” by t. Parsons
- •IV. Tasks for “How to be Good” by n. Hornby
- •Reference
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3. Comment on the “look-alike” pattern theory. Does it work in real life?
4. Agree or disagree: A person has to adapt to a new lifestyle as they get older.
III. Follow-up activities
1. Imagine that you are a stylist and Emily is your client. Work out a makeover plan for her.
2. Did Emily feel happy about the changes she had introduced into her life?
APPENDIX
Tasks for Non-Guided Reading
I. Tasks for “The Undomestic Goddess” by S. Kinsella
Choose two topics from the list below to prepare two five-minute presentations making use of the book you have read.
1. Give a description of a typical “woman with a career”. What is her working day like? Does being busy necessarily mean being stressed out?
2. How is the work at Carter Spink organized? What makes the company thrive?
3. How can one mistake ruin a successful career?
4. Being a full-time housekeeper is not so boring as it may sound.
5. You don’t have to be a real expert to produce a favorable impression? Is it right?
6. Cleaning, washing and cooking are an art, aren’t they?
7. No matter how busy, one should always find time to relax.
8. Compare Samantha’s life “before” and “after”.
II. Tasks for “Man and Boy” by t. Parsons
Choose two topics from the list below to prepare two five-minute presentations making use of the book you have read.
1. When a marriage gets wrong, both the spouses are to blame. Is it true with Harry and Gina?
2. Becoming a parent changes you perception of the world completely, doesn’t it? What changed about Harry and Gina, when Pat was born?
3. Is it true that parents always love their children, however naughty they are?
4. When turning thirty a person should become more responsible. Is it the same with men and women?
5. It is believed that people dote on their grandchildren more that on their children. Is it true?
6. Working on television cannot but affect your character. Prove it.
7. Cyd can never replace Gina. Does Harry think so?
8. Cyd’s and Harry’s lives are similar in some way, aren’t they?
III. Tasks for “Man and Wife” by t. Parsons
Choose two topics from the list below to prepare two five-minute presentations making use of the book you have read.
1. Are those who consider that the first time is more special than the last time really wrong? Do people deserve a second chance, no matter what grave mistakes they have committed? What do you think?
2. Harry used to be a “full-time dad”, now he is a “one-day dad”. What has changed?
3. Why doesn’t Harry like the idea of calling Cyd his second wife, or his new wife?
4. Did Harry really get on well with Peggy? What complicated their relations?
5. Was Harry really good at what he was doing at his work on TV?
6. Marriage can go wrong if both the spouses have a high-flying career. Is it so with Harry and Cyd?
7. Why did Harry say his mother was made of steel, just like many women of her generation? Does her example inspire you?
8. Is revenge really what Gina needs?
9. Do you believe it was Harry who nearly ruined his second marriage?
10. Comment on Harry’s words: “You promise to love each other forever… And in the end your feelings – her feelings – are not what they were once upon a time.”