LOOKING UP SOME INFORMATION
II семестр
UNIT 6. AROUND THE WORLD
LESSON 59
LOOKING UP SOME INFORMATION
Цілі: формувати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць і артиклів з географічними назвами; удосконалювати навички усного мовлення й читання; розвивати мовну здогадку і мовленнєву реакцію учнів; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.
PROCEDURE
1. Warm-up
Match.
1) | A tube | A) | A bus with two levels |
2) | Black cab | B) | An apartment |
3) | Night life | C) | London |
4) | Travel card | D) | Twelve o’clock |
5) | Visitors | E) | An area |
6) | A flat | F) | An underground train |
7) | Double-decker | G) | Tourists |
8) | Midnight | H) | One-day ticket on London transport |
9) | The rush hour | I) | Expensive |
10) | A zone | J) | Films, concerts, plays, discos |
11) dear | K) | The busiest time to travel | |
12) rent | L) | The monthly price of a place to live |
Key: 1 f, 2 c, 3 j, 4 h, 5 g, 6 b, 7 a, 8 d, 9
2. Listening
Listen to the text and choose the correct answer.
Kevin was a sailor on a big ship. It went to Japan and Australia, so Kevin was often on the ship for several months at a time. When he woke up in the morning and looked out, he only saw the sea, or sometimes a port.
When he was thirty-three, Kevin got married and bought a small house with a garden in his wife’s town. It was far away from the sea. Then he had to go back to his ship, and he did not come home for two months. He went from the port to the town by bus, and he was very happy to see his wife again.
The next morning he slept until 9 o’clock. Then he woke up suddenly and looked out of the window. There were trees a few feet away. He was very frightened and jumped out of bed, shouting, “We’ve hit land!”
1) Kevin went to other countries because he was ___ .
A) a driver
B) a sailor
C) a traveller
2) Kevin got married at the age of ____ .
A) 23
B) 26
C) 33
3) He bought a house ___ .
A) in his wife’s town near the sea
B) in his wife’s town far from the sea
C) in his friend’s town far from the sea
4) He left his wife for ___ .
A) two months
B) three months
C) four months
5) He returned home ___ .
A) by ship
B) by train
C) by bus
6) He woke up ___ .
A) in a forest
B) at home
C) on the ship
7) He was frightened because there were trees ___ .
A) in the sea
B) in the forest
C) in front of the house
3. Reading
Read the dialogue in Ex. 1, p. 92.
Practise the names of different countries and nationalities chorally and individually in the sentences from the dialogue.
France – French China – Chinese
Argentina – Argentinean Russia – Russian
Italy – Italian Spain – Spanish
Turkey – Turkish Portugal – Portuguese
Brazil – Brazilian Greece – Greek
Are there any books about Japan?
Let’s write a letter to our Japanese friend.
4. Speaking
Answer the questions in Ex. 2, p. 92.
In pairs make up your own dialogue.
5. Writing
Make up as many sentences as you can.
6. Summary
Ask and answer the questions in Ex. 3, p. 92.
7. Homework
Write some sentences how you can get some information about different countries.
Start like this: If I need some information about… I…