Think about industry, robots …(18) by computer are making all sorts …(19) things from watchers to cars. They are …(20) accurate and cheaper than human …(21) and they don’t get tired.
…(22) we are only at the very beginning. Just …(23) what computers will be able to …(24) in a hundred years from …(25).
5. Тема: Travel.
Урок 1.
· Before you listen to the dialogue, please answer the following questions.
1. What this text is about (take a look at the title)?
2. Do you know what a customs office is?
3. Do you know that some goods are restricted or even forbidden to transport? What do you know about it?
· Listening to the dialogue you will find difficult the following words so these are their meanings:
To declare-to state officially the goods;
Whiskey-alcoholic drink;
At the customs office.
- Good morning! Can I see your passport?
- Certainly. Here it is.
- Yes. That’s all right. Have you got anything to declare?
- Yes, I have.
- And what have you got?
- I’ve got some whiskey and some cigarettes.
- How much whiskey have you got?
- A liter.
- That’s all right. And how many cigarettes have you got?
- Two hundred.
- Fine. What about perfume? Have you got any perfume?
- No, I haven’t.
- Good. Open your case, please.
- Pardon?
- Open your case, please. Open it now. Oh, dear! Look at this! You’ve got three bottles of whiskey, four hundred cigarettes and a lot of perfume. Hmm…
· Now say whether the statement is true or false.
1. A passenger has something to declare.
2. He has got a liter of whiskey.
3. He has not got any perfume.
4. He has four hundred cigarettes.
· Answer these questions.
1. What does a customs officer want to see at first?
2. How many bottles of whiskey does a passenger have?
3. How many cigarettes does the passenger have?
4. What does the officer ask the passenger to do with the case?
5. What is the end of this story?
· Now listen to this dialogue once again and be ready to dramatize one of the parts during the pauses.
1) -Good morning! Can I see your passport?
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- Yes. That’s all right. Have you got anything to declare?
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- And what have you got?
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- How much whiskey have you got?
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- That’s all right. And how many cigarettes have you got?
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- Fine. What about perfume? Have you got any perfume?
pause
- Good. Open your case, please.
pause
- Open your case, please. Open it now. Oh, dear! Look at this! You’ve got three bottles of whiskey, four hundred cigarettes and a lot of perfume.
2) pause
- Certainly. Here it is.
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- Yes, I have.
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- I’ve got some whiskey and some cigarettes.
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- A liter.
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- Two hundred.
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- No, I haven’t.
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- Pardon?
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Урок 2.
· Before you listen to the dialogue, please answer the following questions.
1. What this text is about (take a look at the title)?
2. Do you like to travel?
3. Have you ever been abroad?
4. Do you like to travel by train or by plane?
5. Which exotic or interesting places have you been to?
· Listening to the dialogue you will find difficult the following words so these are their meanings:
Souvenir-remembrance of the place or event;
Roll of film-film for taking photographs;
Proper names: Elmer, Prague, Paris, Vienna, Texas.
An American in Europe.
- Hallo, Elmer! Is that you?
- Yes, mama.
- Where are you now, Elmer?
- I’ve just arrived in Prague, mama.
- You haven’t sent me any postcard yet?
- Yes, I have. I’ve sent one from every city.
- Have you been to Paris yet, Elmer?
- Yes, I have.
- Have you been to Vienna yet?
- No, I haven’t. We’re going to Vienna tomorrow.
- Elmer, are you still there?
- Yes, mama.
- How many countries have you seen now, Elmer?
- Well, this is the eighth day so I’ve already seen eight countries.
- Have you spent much money, Elmer?
- Yes, mama. I’ve bought a lot of souvenirs and I want to buy some more. Can you send me a thousand dollars?
- All right, Elmer. Elmer, are you listening to me?
- Yes, mama.
- Have you taken many photographs, Elmer?
- Yes, mama. I’ve taken a lot. I’ve used three rolls of film.
- Have you met any nice girl yet, Elmer?
- Oh yes, mama. There’s a girl from Texas on the tour. We’ve done everything together.
- Elmer? Elmer? Are you still there, Elmer?
· Choose the right answer for each question.
1. Elmer has just arrived in…
a-Prague
b-Moscow
c-Paris
d-Vienna
2. He have sent from every city…
a-letters
b-parcels
c-money
d-postcards
3. He have seen … countries.
a-nine
b- four
c-six
d- eight
4. He wants his mother to send him … dollars.
a-5 thousand
b-a thousand
c-2 thousand
d-a hundred
5 He has used three rolls of…
a-film
b-material
c- paper
d-money
6. He has met a girl from…
a-Alabama
b-Texas
c-California
d-Arizona
· Now complete the gaps.
- Hallo, Elmer! Is that you?
- Yes, …(1).
- Where are you now, Elmer?
- I’ve just …(2) in Prague, mama.
- You haven’t …(3) me any postcard yet?
- Yes, I …(4). I’ve sent one from every …(5).
- Have you been to …(6) yet, Elmer?
- Yes, I have.
- Have you …(7) to Vienna yet?
- No, I haven’t. We’re going to Vienna …(8).
- Elmer, are you still there?
- Yes, …(9).
- How many countries have you seen …(10), Elmer?
- Well, this is the eighth …(11) so I’ve already seen eight …(12).
- Have you spent much money, Elmer?
- …(13), mama. I’ve bought a lot of …(14) and I want to buy some …(15). Can you send me a thousand …(16)?
- All right, Elmer. Elmer, are you …(17) to me?
- Yes, mama.
- Have you …(18) many photographs, Elmer?
- Yes, mama. I’ve taken a …(19). I’ve used three rolls of …(20).
- Have you met any nice girl …(21), Elmer?
- Oh yes, mama. There’s a …(22) from Texas on the tour. We’ve done …(23) together.
- Elmer? Elmer? Are you still …(24), Elmer?
· Now answer the questions. Enlarge your answer.
1. How do you think Elmer likes his mother?
2. Does his tour seem interesting for you?
3. Tell us where do you like to travel, how and why?
6. Тема: Family life.
Урок 1.
· Before you listen to the dialogue, please answer the following questions.
1. What this text is about (take a look at the title)?
2. Is marriage a serious challenge?
3. What tasks on your opinion has to obtain a wife and a husband?
· Listening to the dialogue you will find difficult the following words so these are their meanings:
A drink-a quantity of alcohol;
A pub-a bar in Great Britain;
Nearly-almost;
The butcher’s- a shop where meat is sold;
The baker’s- a shop where bread is sold;
A roll-a kind of scrolled bread;
Family quarrel.
Every Saturday Mr. Brown goes to town. He went to town last Saturday. He usually has a drink in the pub with his friends. Last Saturday he had four or five drinks. After the pub he usually goes to the super market and gets the food for his wife. He got the food last Saturday. He usually comes home on foot. Last Saturday he came home by taxi. His wife was very angry.
John, is that you?
- Yes, dear. I’m back.
- Did you come home by taxi?
- Yes, dear, the bags were very heavy.
- Did you get everything?
- Yes, dear. I’ve got everything. Nearly everything.
- Nearly everything?
- Yes, dear. I went to the butcher’s but they didn’t have any steak.
- They didn’t have any steak!
- No, dear. So I’ve got some hamburgers.
- Did you go to the baker’s?
- Yes, dear. But I didn’t get any bread. So I’ve got some rolls.
- How many rolls did you get?
- I can’t remember, dear.
- John?
- Yes, dear.
- Did you go to the pub again?
- Yes, dear.
- How many drinks did you have?
- Only four or five, dear. Small ones.
· Now say whether the statement is true or false.
1. Mr. Brown goes to town every Sunday.
2. His wife was happy.
3. He usually has a drink in the pub.
4. He gets food for his mother.
5. Last Saturday he came home by bus.
6. He has got some hamburgers.
7. He has bought some bread.
· Answer these questions. Prove your answer by the text.
1. Where does Mr. Brown go every Saturday?
2. With whom does he usually have his drinks in the pub?
3. Where does he usually go after the pub? Why?
4. Why did he come home by taxi last Saturday?
5. What has he got from the butcher’s?
6. What has he got from the baker’s?
7. How many drinks did he have?
· Now continue after the actor. (Retell the dialogue in your own words.)
Every Saturday Mr. Brown goes to town. He went to town last Saturday. He usually has a drink in the pub with his friends. Last Saturday he had four or five drinks. After the pub he usually goes to the super market and gets the food for his wife. He got the food last Saturday. He usually comes home on foot. Last Saturday he came home by taxi. His wife was very angry.
Заключительный контрольный тест после опытно-экспериментальной работы.
1)Задания к контрольному тесту по чтению:
· Диагностирование количества незнакомой лексики:
Read the following text and write down all unknown words.
A CUSTOM HOUSE INCIDENT
(By Nigel Balchin)
Among the passengers travelling home by train from
Florence there was a certain Miss Bradley.
I only noticed her when passing down the corridor,
because of her really remarkable plainness. She was rather
a large, awkward woman of about thirty-five with a big, red nose, and large spectacles.
Later on, when I went to the dining car, Miss Bradley
was already seated, and the attendant placed me opposite
her.
I think we may have exchanged half a dozen words at
dinner, when passing one another the sugar or the bread.
But they were certainly all we exchanged, and after we
left the dining-car, I did not see Miss Bradley again until
we reached Calais Maritime.
And then our acquaintance really began, and it began
entirely on my initiative. There were plenty of porters, and
I called one without difficulty from the window of the train.
But as I got off, I saw Miss Bradley standing on the platform
with two large very old suit-cases. The porters were passing
her by.
I am quite sure that had she been an even slightly attracive woman, I should not have gone up to her, but she was
so ugly and looked so helpless that I approached her, and
said:
"My porter has a barrow. Would you like him to put your
cases on it too?" Miss Bradley turned and looked at me.
"Oh — thank you. It is very kind of you."
My porter, without great enthusiasm, added her luggage
to mine; and in a few minutes we found ourselves on board
the Channel ferry.1
Before the boat had been under way for ten minutes, I
realized that Miss Bradley was a remarkable bore. Shyly
and hesitantly she kept on talking about nothing, and made
no remark worth taking notice of.
I learned that she had been in Italy a fortnight, visiting
her sister who was married to an Italian. She had never been
out of England before.
I did not look forward to travelling to London with her
for another four hours, so excusing myself I went along to
the booking-office on board the boat and booked myself a
seat on the Golden Arrow.
Miss Bradley was travelling by the ordinary boat train, so this would mean that we should part at Dover.
At Dover I hired one of the crew to carry our luggage.
Normally, passengers for the Golden Arrow are dealt
with by the customs first, as the train leaves twenty minutes
before the ordinary boat train. When the boy asked if we were
going on the Golden Arrow, I hesitated and then said
"Yes".
It was too difficult to explain that one of us was and one
of us wasn't, and then it would get Miss Bradley through the
customs quickly.
As we went towards the Customs Hall, I explained care-
fully to her that my train left before hers, but that I would
see her through the customs; the boy would then take the
luggage to our trains, and she could sit comfortably in hers
till it left. Miss Bradley said, "Oh, thank you very much."
The boy, of course, had put our suit-cases together on the
counter, and Miss Bradley and I went and stood before them.
In due course the customs examiner reached us, looked at
the four suit-cases in that human X-ray manner which customs examiners must practise night and morning, and said,
"This is all yours?"
I was not quite sure whether he was speaking to me, or me
and Miss Bradley. So I replied, "Well — mine and this lady's".
The examiner said, "But you're together?"
"For the moment," I said rather foolishly, smiling at Miss
Bradley.
"Yes," said the customs man patiently. "But are you travelling together? Is this your joint luggage?"
"Well, no. Not exactly. We're just sharing a porter."
I pointed my cases out. I had nothing to declare, and
declared it. Without asking me to open them, the examiner
chalked the cases and then, instead of moving to my left
and dealing with Miss Bradley, moved to the right, and began X-raying somebody else's luggage.
The boy took my cases off the counter. I hesitated for a
moment, but then decided it was no use waiting for Miss
Bradley since we were about to part, so I said:
"Well, I'll say good-bye now, and go and find my train.
I expect the examiner'll come back and do you next. The
porter will stay and bring our luggage up to the trains
when you're through. Good-bye."
Miss Bradley said, "Oh... good-bye and thank you so
much." We shook hands and I left.
I found my seat in the Golden Arrow and began to read.
It must have been about twenty minutes later that I suddenly realized the train was due to leave in five minutes and
that the porter had not yet brought my luggage. I was just
going to look for him when he appeared, breathing heavily,
with my suit-cases. I asked him rather what he had
been doing.
"The lady is still there," said the boy, "and will be for so-
me time, I think. They are going through her things properly.'
"But why?"
"Well, they'd found forty watches when I came away, and
that was only the start, so I thought maybe you wouldn't
want me to wait."
I have often wondered whether, when Miss Bradley stood
so helplessly on the platform at Calais, she had already chosen me as the person to come to her rescue, or whether she
was just sure that somebody would.
Looking back, I think she must have chosen me. I am
fairly sure of that though exactly how, I have never been
clear. I am quite sure she never made the slightest effort
to make my acquaintance.
· Уровень глобального понимания.
Answer the following questions, using the active vocabulary of the lesson.
1. From which town was travelling the train?
2. Describe the appereance of Miss Bradley.
3. How did the acquaitance between Miss Bradley and the author begin?
4. How did Miss Bradley look?
5. Why did Miss Bradley stay in Italy?
6. By which was travelling the author and by which Miss Bradley?
7. Through which did the customs officer examine the luggage?
8. What did the author declare?
9. How long did the author waited for his luggage?
10. What did the customs officers find in Miss Bradley luggage?
11.What did the customs officers find in Miss Bradley luggage?
12.What had the author often wondered about Miss Bradley?