Listening

Model A Model B

Discovering similarities and differences

FOCUS ON FUNCTION

Comparison and contrast are ways of looking at objects and thinking about how they are alike and different. In comparison and contrast, transition words show that a speaker is changing from talking about one item to the other.

1. Study the language of comparing information:

ü... compared to...

ü Similarly / moreover / likewise / on the contrary / conversely / however

ü On the one hand / on the other hand …

ü Both … and …

ü If you compare... and...

ü... I consider it to be greatly inferior / superior to...

ü I don’t consider... to be in any way more complicated / attractive than...

ü All in all,... / By and large,...

ü On the whole,...

ü I don’t see how you can talk about... and... in the same way.

ü You just can’t compare... and...

ü There’s absolutely no comparison between... and...

ü... is incomparably more interesting than...

ü... is less valuable than...

2. Study the tables containing the results of the survey of mobile phones (models A and B). Then compare the models using expressions from task I.

E. g. Both models have a colour display screen.

	good	satisfactory	poor			good	satisfactory	poor
Price / quality ratio		V			Price / quality ratio			V
WAP service	V				WAP service			V
Voice mail service		V			Voice mail service	V
Battery life			V		Battery life		V
Colour display screen		V			Colour display screen		V
Digital camera	V				Digital camera			V
Voice recorder		V			Voice recorder	V
Text messages		V			Text messages		V

3. Perform a comparative analysis of the state structure of the USA, the UK and Belarus, make use of the functional vocabulary.

“Washington, D.C.”

1. You are going to watch the videoabout the capital of the USA, Washington. Here are some words that might seem unfamiliar to you:

assassination (n) – убийство

attic (n) – чердак

cemetery (n) – кладбище

faith (n) – вера

marble (n) – мрамор

refugee(n) – беженец

storage and retrieval of information – хранение и поиск информации

2. Washington has many historical places. As you watch the video film for the first time, complete the following table. There are some places of interest which are not mentioned in the chart. Note that some boxes will not be filled.

	…is situated …	… is associated with the name of …	…is a gift from …	…symbolizes…	…contains…	additional information
the Capitol
the Washington Monument
Memorials: -the Lincoln Memorial -the Jefferson Memorial -the Vietnam Memorial
the White House
the cherry trees
the Air and Space Museum
the National Museum of Natural History
the National Cathedral
the National Archive
…

2. Watch the video film again and answer the questions:

1. Which of the presidential memorials is the newest one?

2. Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?

3. Who was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery?

4. Where is the President’s residence situated?

5. Is the National Cathedral the church for all faiths?

6. What museum is often called ‘the Nation’s Attic’ and why?

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