- •Карневская е.Б. Абламейко в.С. Дмитриева л.Ф. Каленик т.К. Митева т.П. Павлович н.А. Панова и.И. Таболич е.В.
- •Introduction
- •Section 1
- •2.4. Listen to the part of the recording describing the social programme and sort the pieces of information given below into two columns.
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •1.2. Make sure you know these words and word combinations.
- •1. Pre-Listening Exercises
- •1.1 Study the meaning of the words and word combinations below.
- •1.2. Read this advertisement carefully. The information will help you understand the recording better.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •Candidate c
- •3.3. Insert fairly, rather, too in the sentences from the recording.
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.2. Listen to the recording again. State the overall topic of the text using the prompts given below.
- •2.3. Listen to the text again so as to be able to outline its contents. Expand each of the items choosing the appropriate arguments from the prompts given below.
- •2.4. Listen to the text another time paying attention to the details of the contents and the language. Give answers to the following questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •3.3. Check your understanding of the vocabulary of the recording by matching the English and Russian word combinations in the left and right columns.
- •2.3. Write a detailed passage about one of the pieces of news.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •Section 2
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the text as a whole. Identify the speech variety and the speech situation choosing the suitable prompt below:
- •2.2. State the general topic of the dialogues:
- •2.3. Now listen to each of the six parts of the recording separately and answer the questions that follow.
- •2.4. Listen to each part of the recording again and note down each caller’s symptoms and the doctor’s suggested remedies.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. While listening to the tape again focus your attention on the way the doctor gives advice to each caller. Note down the words and expressions:
- •3.2. Give the English equivalents for the sentences below from the recording you’ve listened to.
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •2. A day in my life
- •1. Listening Exercises
- •1.2. Say if the following statements are True or False.
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Listen to the tape again. Pick out and note down the words which mean:
- •3.2. Give the English equivalents for the following sentences.
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.7. Listen to the speakers once more and note down the arguments for and against vivisection. Make use of the table below.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •1. Pre-Listening Exercises
- •1.2. Discuss the following situation
- •2.3. Listen to the text again and focus on the right action you have to take when an accident happens. Complete the following sentences.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •1.2. Answer the following questions:
- •1.3. Read the menu given below and say if it is a pub or a wine bar.
- •Vegetarian Crepes £3.75
- •1.4. Go through the list of words and clear up any difficulties.
- •1.5. Read some of the sentences from the interview and see if you understand them.
- •3.2. Go through the list of word combinations and phrases below and find their equivalents in the recording while listening to it again.
- •2.3. Listen to the recording again and put the questions asked in the interviews in the order they appear on the tape.
- •2.4. Listen to the interviews again and focus on the answers given to the questions from ex. 2.3. Write down the necessary information in brief.
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. In each pair of sentences given below choose the one from the recording.
- •3.2. Translation
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •2.3. Listen to the recording again and note down a) the range of sports; b) the sports facilities they had at Lake Placid at that time.
- •3.3. Listen and note down the English equivalents for the following Russian expressions and sentences.
- •3. Language Focus
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •4. Discussion
- •Consolidation 3
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •Section 4
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1.While listening focus on the essential characteristics of the towns: their having a cathedral, a market; their origin and inhabitants.
- •2.2. Check your understanding by choosing the right alternative.
- •2.3. Listen to each text separately and note down the information needed to answer the questions.
- •3. Language Focus
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Now you will hear part of a lecture about London. State the subject matter of the text by choosing the suitable prompt.
- •2.3. Listen to the text extract by extract according to the sub-topics of the outline and concentrate on the details of the contents. Write down:
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. As you listen to the lecture now concentrate on the details of the vocabulary. Pick out and note down:
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •2. Comprehension Exercises
- •1.2. Learn the following words:
- •4. Language Focus
- •4.1. Listen to the recording again and give the English equivalents from the tape for the following Russian expressions.
- •4.2. Fill in the prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Follow-Up Activities
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •3. Intensive Comprehension Exercises
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Section 6
- •1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •1.2. Copy the grid below.
- •3.2. Give the English equivalents for the following Russian word combinations.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.2. Give the synonyms from the recording for the following word combinations. Listen to the recording again if necessary.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •3. Language Focus and Auditory Memory Check
- •3.1. Listen again and pay attention to the context in which these expressions are used. Get ready to reproduce it after listening.
- •3.2. Look through the chart below and state who these words belong to by ticking the right box.
- •3.3. Listen again and note down the cases of incorrect pronunciation and incorrect grammar.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •1. Pre-Listening Exercises
- •1.2. Read the information below.
- •1.3. Read the plot summary of the play. Act 1
- •1.4. Use the sentences from the ex. 1.3. To help you match a word in a with a definition in b.
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •4. Follow-Up Activity
- •Consolidation 6
- •1. General Comprehension
- •2. Intensive Comprehension
- •3. Writing Based on Listening Recognition. Recognition Accuracy Check
- •Section 7
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the fairy tale and identify the following statements as True or False. Correct the false ones.
- •2.2. Arrange the suggested subtopics according to their order in the text.
- •2.3. Listen to the fairy tale once again and in each pair of statements tick the True one.
- •2.4. Read the sentences below and identify the speaker. Reproduce the situations which these statements belong to.
- •3. Enriching your Vocabulary
- •3.1. Recognising new vocabulary in the speech flow.
- •3.2. Making use of new vocabulary
- •4. Follow-Up Activities
- •2. Listening Exercises
- •2.1. Listen to the tape to identify whether the fairy tale was
- •2.2. Answer the following alternative questions:
- •2.3. Say if the following statements are True or False.
- •2.4. Listen to the tape and say whose these words are? Choose the answers from the list below.
- •3. Language Focus
- •3.1. Fill in the gaps with a) the prepositions and b) the intensifiers used in the text. Then listen to the recording again and check your answers.
- •3.2. Match the verbs in the left-hand columns with the postpositions in the right hand columns to make phrasal verbs which were used in the recording.
- •2. Listen to Alice’s song and focus on some language features.
- •2. Listen to the same extract again and focus on some text features. Pick out and put down word combinations and phrases:
- •1. Listen to a new passage of the text and trace down the events that happened to Alice here. Expand the suggested outline by making use of the key words and phrases in the brackets.
- •2. Listen to the talk between Alice and the Caterpillar and the song they perform together. Make sue you’ve grasped the contents of the conversation by completing the statements which follow:
- •3. Listen to the song “You are Old, Father William” again and focus on some language features.
- •You are Old, Father William by Robert Southey (1774-1843)
- •Literature
- •Contents
- •Карневская Елена Борисовна
4. Language Focus
4.1. Listen to the recording again and give the English equivalents from the tape for the following Russian expressions.
быть задолго до (прихода) поезда
такси приехало вовремя
пассажирский поезд
едва успеть
дорожные работы на автомагистрали
схватить сумки
накопитель (в аэропорту)
паспортный досмотр
успеть на поезд
приняться за (йогурт)
взять с собой, чтобы перекусить
ждать неизвестно сколько времени
4.2. Fill in the prepositions where necessary.
… because the train was late I had missed … my coach … Reading.
We stepped … ... the coach … Heathrow.
It was 19 minutes … take-off time.
I put my bags … the X-ray machine.
We did have to wait … a while to land … Brussels because we were late, and we had to circle … the airport … a few minutes.
They just snaked all … the arrival area.
The passport officers were very, very careful trying to keep the terrorists … … Brussels.
I was really getting worried … this time but when I got … … the passport control, a local representative was waiting … me.
So we got … the train and waited … 30 minutes … they found another train to take us … … Namur.
5. Follow-Up Activities
5.1. Use the outline of the story and describe the woman’s journey to Namur.
5.2. Personalisation. Speak about your difficult journey. Use some of the new language you have just learned.
Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: Journey to Stratford
Cassette: From Synthesis, by W.Fowler, J.Pidcock
1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
Go through the words below and clear up any difficulties.
a coach - автобус
Anne Hathaway’s cottage []
2. Comprehension Check
Jenny Collins, a young tourist guide, is explaining the arrangements for an excursion the next day to a group of tourists. Listen to the tape and make notes of all the important details
1. get up 7. lunch
2. breakfast 8. visit
3. coach arrives 9. tea
4. length of journey 10. return hotel
5. stop en route 11. restaurant open
6. arrive at Stratford 12. general advice
3. Langauge Focus
Fill in the missing articles, prepositions and postpositions.
… because we have … long journey … … us.
So please take … note … all … times.
… but we’re going to stop … … hour and … half … … way, … Oxford, to give you … chance to see … colleges.
We’ll be there … … o’clock.
We’ll arrive … Stratford … time … lunch.
We’ve booked lunch … you … … Shakespeare Restaurant … … High Street … o’clock.
We’ll be … … … Hotel … .
Please, don’t leave cameras or other personal belongings … any value … … coach.
4. Follow-Up Activity
Imagine you are one of the tourist group. You’ve just returned from Stratford. Write a letter to your friend, describing your journey.
UNIT 3
Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: The Association of Travel Agents
Cassette: From Success at First Certificate,
by R.O’Neill, L.Arthur., S.Menne, R.Nolasco
1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
1.1. Look through the list of proper names that you’ll hear in the recording.
Duncan White []
Mrs Hopkins - имена собственные
The Association of Travel Agents - Ассоциация агентов по туризму
the Hotel Solara
Corfu [] - остров Корфу
1.2. Go over the list of words and word combinations which will help you understand the recording.
a brochure [] - брошюра
apologetic [] - извиняющийся, чувствующий свою вину
a tour representative - представитель туристической фирмы
a tour operator - лицо или компания, отвечающая за организацию поездок
2. General Comprehension Exercises
Complete the following statements choosing the suitable prompt:
1. The woman
a) didn’t see a brochure for the Hotel Solara
b) wanted to stay in the hotel like Solara
c) didn’t like staying in the Hotel Solara
d) recommended the Hotel Solara
2. The second hotel was
a) smaller than the Hotel Solara
b) cheaper than the Hotel Solara
c) nearer the beach than the Hotel Solara
d) bigger than the Hotel Solara
3. One problem with the second hotel was that
a) it was too personal
b) it was near a factory
c) it was hard to sleep
d) it was miles from the beach
4. If your hotel is overbooked on arrival, members of the Association of Travel Agents will
a) send you home immediately
b) give you a total refund
c) offer you a better hotel
d) try to find you another one
5. The expert told the woman
a) to talk to the tour representative
b) that she would get her money back
c) to go to the people who had sold her the holiday
d) to write to the Association first