- •1. A) Work in pairs. Name any international events that take place in Belarus. (илл. 8.1.1-8.1.5 в любых местах на одной стр. Или развороте)
- •2. Listen to a brief report about the tourist events in Belarus and take notes to answer the questions below.
- •4. A) Look at the words below. What do they all have in common?
- •5. Work in small groups. Discuss the questions below and complete the tasks.
- •1. Work in pairs. What do you know about Belarus Fashion Week? (илл. 8.2.1)
- •2. A) Look at the words and phrases below. Can you guess their meaning?
- •3. A) Read an introductory article about the show. Check your answers for ex. 1 and 2a.
- •4. Look at the pictures below. What episodes of the show do they illustrate? (илл. 8.2.2- 8.2.7)
- •5. A) Look at the words below. What prefix will help make new verbs of them?
- •6. Imagine your foreign friend is coming to Belarus at the time of bfw. Write an e-mail to your friend describing the event and offer him/her to visit the show.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs. (илл.8.3.1)
- •2. A) Work in groups of three (Students a, b and c). Read your piece of information about Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitsebsk and prepare to retell it to your partners.
- •4. A) Read some opinions from the visitors to the festival and complete the words.
- •5. Role-play the following situation in pairs.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •2. A) Discuss as a class. What kind of news will probably mention the following:
- •8. Conductor from Hawaii Casts Belarusian Soloists for …
- •3. A) Look through the questions below. Then listen and take notes on the answers.
- •4. A) Which of the following adjectives would you use to describe the reports you’ve heard?
- •5. A) Work in groups of three. Write a piece of news to present to the audience.
- •1. Look at the comic. Discuss the questions below in pairs. (илл. 8.5.1)
- •2. A) You are going to read two articles giving tips to those who would like to take part in a Student Exchange programme. Put the tips to the right article.
- •3. A) Choose the function the modal verbs serve in the sentences below.
- •4. Work in pairs. Look at the articles in ex. 2 again. Find the modal verbs can, could, be able to in the text and discuss what functions they serve in each case.
- •5. A) Work in groups of 3. Prepare to role-play the following situations.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •2. A) You are going to listen to some foreign student exchange stories. Look at the boxes below and find pairs of words with opposite meaning.
- •4. Which word stands for X in the following collocations?
- •5. A) Complete the proverbs below with 6 words from ex. 2a.
- •6. Choose one of the tasks below.
- •1. A) Look at the logos below and discuss the questions in pairs.
- •2. Look through the article below. What is it about?
- •3. Match the definitions below with the words in italics.
- •4. A) Read the article and decide whether the statements below are true, false or not mentioned.
- •5. A) Discuss the questions below in small groups.
- •1. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •2. Look at the phrases below. Can you guess what kind of summer school they refer to?
- •3. A) Read the advertisement in the card for one of the next year summer schools and find the information about:
- •4. Report to your classmates about your next summer plans. Then discuss the questions below.
- •1. Discuss the questions below with your partner.
- •2. You will now read a sci-fi short story “Ask a Foolish Question” by Robert Sheckley. Read the story and say:
- •3. Read the story again and answer the questions below.
- •4. Discuss the questions below in pairs.
- •5. A) Imagine that Answerer was improved and can now answer any question. Which three questions would you ask the Answerer?
- •1. A) Work in small groups. Think of as many ways as possible to find friends or make contacts with young people abroad.
- •2. You have one month to find new friends or make contacts based on common interests with young people from other countries. Then report to your classmates about the results.
LESSON 1: INTERNATIONAL TOURIST CALENDAR
Vocabulary: contemporary, archaic, medieval, brief, to host |
Communicative area: discussing, describing an event |
1. A) Work in pairs. Name any international events that take place in Belarus. (илл. 8.1.1-8.1.5 в любых местах на одной стр. Или развороте)
b) Look at the table below. Do you know anything about the events in the first column? What kind of events are they? When and where do these events take place?
"Zhenitba Tereshki" |
Belarusian Water Tourism Technique Cup |
“The Protection Festival” |
Unique folklore custom |
“Charouny Kuferak” |
International Classical Music Festival |
"Listopad" |
International Theatre Festival |
“Belaya Vezha” |
International Film Festival |
“Neman Spring” |
International Young Talents Festival |
“The Land beneath the White Wings” |
Medieval Culture Festival |
“Rubon” |
Regional Festival of the Children’s Theatre Art |
“Golden Bee” |
Village Workers Fair-Festival |
“Gedymin’s Castle” |
International Folk Art Festival |
“The Beatles Forever!” |
International Children’s Art Festival |
“Friendship Wreath” |
International Art Festival |
“Berezina” |
International Military-Historic Festival |
“Dazhynki” |
International Music Festival |
“Slavyansky Bazar” |
International Knight’s Fest of the Medieval Culture and Traditions |
c) Match the events in the chart with their descriptions in the second column.
2. Listen to a brief report about the tourist events in Belarus and take notes to answer the questions below.
What types of tourism are mentioned? What events are mentioned? When and where do they take place? Is any information a surprise for you?
3. a) Listen to a radio calendar featuring the most popular next year international events in Belarus. Complete the calendar with the following information: date, event, location.
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February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
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b) Listen again. Complete the calendar. Then answer the questions below.
1. What month is the busiest? 2. What international sports events are mentioned? 3. What traditional holiday is considered the most popular with the travel agencies? 4. What events are dedicated to legendary personalities? 5. What events are headed by prominent people? 6. What kind of religious fests are in the calendar? 7. What events are illustrated in the photographs?
4. A) Look at the words below. What do they all have in common?
contemporary, medieval, archaic, ancient, modern
b) Look at the sentences taken from the calendar. Fill in the gaps with the words above and answer the questions that follow.
1. There is an … tradition to celebrate the New Year according to the Old Style. 2. Pancake Week Celebration is an … holiday of the pagan culture. 3. Enjoy … music and spectacular tricks performed by the bikers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and many other countries. 4. International Knight’s Fest of the … Culture and Traditions “Gedymin’s Castle” is held in the … castle of the XII century in Lida. 5. International Music Festival “The Beatles Forever!” creates warm and homely atmosphere for the real fans of “The Beatles” in Logoisk, where … performers sing the songs of the famous Liverpool four. 6. International Theatre Festival “Belaya Vezha” features the best of … theatre.
a) Which words are synonyms? Which ones are antonyms? b) Which word relates to the Middle Ages? Which word means happening at the present time? c) How would you put these words on the timeline? d) What nouns collocate with each of the adjectives? Give your examples.