Материал: voronina_ev_sotsialnokulturnaia_sfera_obshcheniia
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a cockroach |
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a big increase in numbers |
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to sabotage |
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finding and killing whales |
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a whaling fleet |
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an oily liquid that is painted onto wood, |
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etc. to give it a hard, shiny surface |
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a thin layer of liquid that is put on a photo |
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6.d Read the article again. What do these numbers/dates refer to?
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30,000 |
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1992 |
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1946 |
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1,000 |
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1986 |
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2001 |
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1% |
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6.e Discussion
1.What do you think of whale hunting?
2.What do you think of hunting in general?
3.Is any form of hunting a controversial issue in your country? Which one? Why?
6. Writing
Project: Endangered animals.
7.a Work with a partner. Look at the table and ask and answer questions about these animals.
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Giant panda |
Elephant |
Rhino |
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Where it lives |
Southwestern |
Central Africa |
Africa |
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China |
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bamboo |
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fruit |
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Destruction |
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endangered |
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of habitat |
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tusks |
horns |
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bamboo |
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decreasing |
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their fur |
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trading of ivory |
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rhino |
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7.b Write about one of the animals above (or any other endangered animal). Mention where they live, what they eat, how they became endangered and what has been done to protect them. Find some photos to use with your project.
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Unit 3
Arts
In this module you will:
Read about a famous impressionist painter
Talk about your interests in art
Test your knowledge about London museums
Practise prepositions, relative clauses, the present simple and the present continuous tenses
Listen to a tour guide about the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
Write / Make a Power Point presentation
Learn about a famous recluse
Useful vocabulary:
Nouns |
art, collection, paining, celebrities, exhibition, replica, view, |
Verbs |
media, recluse, masterpiece, hit, band, stardom, royalties |
to experience, to design, to influence sb/sth, to develop as sb, to |
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capture, to publicise, to profile, to track sb down, to release |
ancient, modern, urban, visual |
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Phrases and |
to get somewhere, to get lost, piece of art, solo album, household |
collocations |
name, to speak in public, tour guide |
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1. Lead-in
Telling the time
1.a Match these times. Then listen and repeat the times.
9 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 6 a.m., 12.55, 10.15, 5.40, 4.30, 2.45, 9.10, 9.35, 6.20
six o’clock in the morning, four o’clock in the afternoon, six o’clock in the evening, nine o’clock at night
quarter past ten, half past four, ten past nine, twenty past six
twenty to six, quarter to three, five to one, twenty-five to ten
1.b Look at the prepositions in these sentences.
The museum opens at ten o’clock in the morning. It closes at half past six in the evening. On Fridays, it closes at ten o’clock at night. At the
weekend, it is closed. On Mondays, it is open from ten in the morning until six in the afternoon.
1.c Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
at, on, in, from, until
1 It closes __ six o’clock __ in the evening.
It is closed__the weekend.
2 It closes __ ten oclock __ night __ Fridays and Saturdays.
3 It is closed __ the afternoons and __ the weekend.
4 It opens __ half past two __ the afternoon __ Sundays.
5 It is open __ eleven o’clock __ the morning __ eight o’clock __ night __ Sundays.
1.d Do you know the places in the pictures? Match the places in the box below (1-9) with their descriptions in the brochure about London.
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1 The British Museum |
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2 Clink Prison |
3 The London Eye |
4 The Globe Theatre |
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Madam Tussaud’s |
6 The National Gallery |
7 The Science Museum |
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The Tate Modern |
9 The Natural History Museum |
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Do you like modern art? Then this is the place for you!
Open: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (SundayThursday) and 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. (Friday-Saturday).
Bankside (Tube: Southwark). Free entrance.
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This has one of the really great collections of paintings in the world. Don’t miss it!
Open: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (MondaySaturday) and 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday).
Trafalgar square (Tube: Charing Cross). Free entrance.
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One of the great museums in the world. There are famous exhibitions from ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and other parts of the world.
Open: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (MondaySaturday) and 2.30 p.m. – 6 p.m. (Sunday).
Great Russell Street (Tube: Holborn). Free entrance.
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Take a bird’s-eye view of the capital on this amazing big wheel. Spectacular views at night!
Open: 9.30 a.m. – 8 p.m. (in September until 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; in July and August until 10 p.m. daily).
South Bank of the River Thames (Tube: Waterloo or Westminster). Adults: £11.50; students / over sixties £ 9.00; children £ 5.75; under fives free.
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This wax museum has an incredible collection. There are famous people from history from Napoleon to Winston Churchill, and modern celebrities from the worlds of sport, pop and films.
Open: 10 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. (MondaySaturday).
Marylebone Street (Tube: Baker Street).
Adults: £ 13.50; children £ 10.00. 2
In this old London Prison you can experience prison life. You can also have your birthday party here!
Open: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (MondayFriday).
1 Clink St (Tube: London Bridge). Adults: £ 3.50; children: £ 2.50. 4
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