Basic English _Fisrt year_Булатова -31-10-11

Work in pairs

7. Choose a festival that you both like. Ask and answer the questions about how it is celebrated.

1.What do young children usually do?

2.What do teenagers and adults usually do?

3.Is there any special food?

4.Why do you like this festival?

Writing

Here‟s a part of a letter that Nick has written to his penfriend, Nancy.

-and it will be great to have a holiday. I haven‟t decided where I‟m going to go.

Have you got any ideas?

Lots of love, Nick

Now read Nancy‟s letter to Nick.

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January, 2011 Dear Nick,

It was nice to receive a letter from you. I‟m writing to invite you to come and stay with me during your holiday.

It would be good if you could visit in February because we have a great carnival which takes place each year at that time. Traditionally, we get dressed up in colourful costumes. You needn‟t worry about bringing a costume. My brother saved all of his from previous years, so can borrow one. And we might take part in the parade, if you wish. I can promise there will be a lot of fun.

Of course, there‟s always lots of food, and I know that you will enjoy eating all the different kinds of doughnuts!

Hope you will come! Write back as soon as you get my letter. Love, Nancy

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8. Write a letter to a pen friend. Invite her/him to celebrate a holiday together with you. Give information about a date, place, time, clothes etc.

Independent assignment

1.Find some information about family holidays of two different countries. Compare and contrast them. Report your findings to the class.

2.Find some information about traditional food on holidays . Find some recipes.

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Unit Four	Holidays And Celebrations
Lesson three	Giving and receiving gifts
Speaking

1.Work in pairs and answer the following questions

1.Do you like shopping?

2.How often do you go shopping?

3.What kinds of shops do you know?

Vocabulary and listening

2.Listen and repeat the names of shops

Shops: bakery, butcher‘s, chemist‘s, clothes shop, computer shop, electrical store, jeweler‘s, music shop, newsagent‘s, post office, shoe shop, sports shop, stationery shop, supermarket.

3. Check the meanings of the shops in your dictionary. Where can you buy

these things?

a birthday cake		meat	a Christmas card a magazine a pair of trainers a pair of
jeans	an MP3 player		a CD a watch a newspaper a ring stamps a tennis racquet
paper	perfume	pasta	a printer	a jacket aspirin

4. Listen to four dialogues and answer the following questions. Write your

answers in the table.

Which shop is each person in?

a.chemist‘s b . jeweller‘s c. stationery shop d. bakery

What does each person want to buy?

Does each person buy what he or she wants?

	Person1	Person2	Person3	Person4

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5.Work in pairs. Talk about the shops that you like going to and shops that

you don‟t like going to. Give reasons.

Example: I like going to sports shops because….

I enjoy buying/looking at/ trying on trainers.

I don‟t like going to music shops because I‟m not interested in/ hate buying / I can‟t afford CDs.

6.Read the text: Gift – giving in Britain

In Britain, there are two occasions each year when people receive presents: on Christmas Day and birthdays. In the past, your 21st birthday was the most important because it symbolized becoming an adult. People traditionally received a silver key on that day to symbolize opening the door to the adult world. Today, people in Britain legally become adults at the age of eighteen, so they often have the

biggest celebration on that birthday.

The custom of giving on 25 December only dates back to Victorian times. Before that it was more common in Britain to exchange presents on New Year‘s Eve 31

December. These days on Christmas Eve parents put presents for young

children in ‗stockings‘ and		leave them in their bedrooms while they are asleep.
When children	wake up in the morning, many of them believe that Santa Claus
has visited them in	the night and brought them their presents. Gifts for older
children and grown – ups		are put around the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.
Then on Christmas morning,		everyone sits around the tree and opens their presents.

Easter and Mother‘s Day are also important days. Young children usually receive chocolate eggs at Easter, and people often give presents (chocolates or flowers) to their mothers on Mother‘s Day. People also receive gifts on important

occasions in their lives. For example, all the guests at a wedding traditionally

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bring a gift for the bride and groom. And these days, students sometimes get presents

from their parents if they do well on their exams.

7. In pairs, read and find if these statements true or false? If it is false

make it true.

1.In the past, your 21st birthday was more important than your 18th birthday.

2.Today, people in Britain become adults at the age of 21.

3.In Britain, people have always exchanged presents on Christmas Day.

4.Parents put presents for young children in their bedrooms while they‘re asleep.

5.Older children open their presents with the adults watching them.

6.People open their presents on Christmas Day in the afternoon.

7.Mothers often receive chocolates or flowers on Mother‘s Day.

8.When people get married, they give presents to the guests at their wedding.

8.In pairs, discuss these questions.

When do people in your country get presents?

What kind of presents do they get?

Reading: Greetings Cards

9. Look at the short texts. What are they? Where could you read them? Match the texts to the occasions/events.

Christmas	New Year	accident
Birthday	wedding	retirement
Graduation	new born baby	anniversary

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6. 7. 8.

Grammar / purpose/ reason/result

Giving a reason because + subject+verb

Explaining a result so + ___________

Expressing purpose to + infinitive

in order (not) to + _______

So that + _________

Communication

10. Work in pairs. Interview each other Student A: Interview student B about giving presents.

1.Who do you buy presents for?

2.On what occasions do you buy them?

3.Which shops do you usually go to?

4.In your opinion, what‘s the best present you‘ve ever given?

5.Who was it for?

6.Why was it good?

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Student B: Interview student A about receiving presents.

1.On what occasions do you receive presents?

2.What kinds of things do you normally get?

3.What‘s the best present you‘ve ever received?

4.Who gave it to you? On what occasion?

5.Have you ever received a present you really hated?

6.What was it? Who gave it to you? What did you say?

Tell the class about your partner.

11.Imagine you‟ve got 100 euros to buy gifts. Make notes.

•Who are you going to buy gifts for? (friends/family members)

•What gifts are you going to buy? (one or two things for each person)

•Which shops do you need to visit?

12.Work in pairs. Talk to your partner about your plan to buy gifts.

I‘m going to buy gifts for … , because… and … .

First, I‘m going to the … to buy … for … .

Then …

After that …

Finally. …

Independent assignment.

Write greeting cards for the following situations:

•Your sister has just had a baby.

•Your best friend is in the hospital.

•Your brother has graduated from the colledge.

•It‘s your nephew‘s birthday next week.

•Your friend has just got engaged.

•Your colleague is about to retire.

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Unit four

Holidays and Celebrations

Lesson four April Fool‟s Day

•What do you know about April Fool's Day?

•How do Americans celebrate this day?

Listening and Reading

• a. Read and put the words into the gaps in the text

April Fool‘s Day is on the __________ of April every year. It is a day when		until
people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on __________ other. No		each
one really knows the __________ origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain		real
famously said: ―This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are
on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.‖ In some countries, you have		readers
__________ noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after		first
midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fool‘s Day		lasts
__________ the whole day. On this day, you never know __________ or who		exact
to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fool‘s jokes on
their __________ and viewers. Sometimes people actually think the		what
__________ news is an April Fool‘s joke.
Some of the most famous April Fool‘s jokes are __________ amazing. My
favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a documentary of people in		juice
Switzerland __________ spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of people		cutting
contacted the BBC asking how they could __________ their own spaghetti		apply
trees! Another __________ one was the ―left-handed burger‖ advertised by
Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the __________ would drip		quite
out of the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger		good
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King staff for the traditional right-handed burger. Other __________ jokes include the BBC‘s 1965 news of ―Smell-o-vision‖ and Google‘s 2008 invitation for people to __________ to be astronauts to live on the website‘s new base on Mars. If you believe that, you‘ll believe __________!

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b. Listen and check your answer.

Vocabulary

•Work in two groups.

Group A Match the following phrases from the article.

1.	people can play tricks, practical	a.	play your jokes
2	No one really knows the exact origin	b.	after midday
3.	you have until noon to	c.	jokes and hoaxes
4.	play a trick on someone	d.	readers and viewers
5.	you never know what or	e.	of this day
6.	play April Fool‘s jokes on their	f.	who to believe

Group B Match the following phrases from the article.

1.	the most famous April Fool‘s jokes		a.	of people in Switzerland
2	The BBC showed a documentary		b.	―Smell-o-vision‖
3.	Another good one was the		c.	you‘ll believe anything
4.	the juice would drip out of the right		d.	―left-handed burger‖
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5.	BBC‘s 1965 news of	e.	are quite amazing
6.	If you believe that,	f.	hand side of the burger

3. In pairs with a partner, put the words back into the correct order.

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•Tell your partner how you play tricks on your friends on April Fool‟s Day.

Grammar Present Simple Passive

Form: am/is/are + past participle

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