Classroom activities

C) Listen to the conversation again and put down the key words.

B) Make a plan of the text.

HOME ACTIVITIES

B) Listen to the text again and try to remember the details.

B). Listen to the text again and try to remember more details.

Translate into English.

Thirsty, etc.)

a game of chess a set of tennis a round of golf

a drive to the country a drink a snack

Model 2: St-1 – What about visit ing Julia on Saturday afternoon?

k With pleasure. I haven’t seen her for ages.

St-2 –

mI’m sorry, but I have an appointment for Saturday

afternoon.

to go to a concert to go to the library to go to a disco

to travel to the North to have a rest to visit the Stuarts

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

20. Answer the teacher’s questions based on the text Accomodation.

21. a). Listen to the text Phoning a landlord and fill in the following table:

Tenant’s name
Address
Phone number
Rent
Rooms for use
Public transport

c). Answer the teacher’s questions.

22. a) Listen to the tape Accommodation(by Vivien) and find the Russian for

pedestrian precinct
a short-cut
rush hour traffic
a horn
flatmates

c) Answer the teacher’s questions.

23. a) Listen to the conversation between Jeremy and his wife Linda who are going to buy a house. In the following table write what Jeremy and Linda think about the house they have seen:

opinions   house	Jeremy	Linda
location
ceilings
lounge
bedrooms
stairs and roof
yard

d) Write a reproduction explaining why Jeremy and Linda hesitate whether to buy the house or not. Use the following words and word combinations: 4

· In general,...

· Though...

· On the one hand... on the other hand...

· Jeremy/Linda thinks that...

· Jeremy/Linda argues that...

· In Jeremy’s/Linda’s opinion,...

· As far as Linda/Jeremy is concerned, he/she...

· It’s difficult to say...

24. Get ready to act out the following situation: E

You are going to rent a house (dacha) in the country for a month. Speak to the landlord/landlady to find out where the house is situated and what the house and the rent are like. Then discuss it with the members of your family. Let one of the students act as a landlord/landlady and the others as the family.

U Step III

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

The Article

25. Insert the articles a/an or the where necessary.

1. Approaching ___ Malta Street Vivien thought with wonder of those five years spent in ___ Hague. 2. Then he sat in ___ Bryant Park, a block away, waiting for his ___ girlfriend. 3. They drove off eastward, down ___ High Street and into ___ little side street, by ___ Park Road. 4. Where did you buy this handbag? – In ___ Fifth Avenue. 5. In the middle of ___ Trafalar Square stands ___ monument to Admiral Nelson popularly known as ___ Nelson’s Column. 6. ___ Victoria Avenue your friend lives in is in ___ East End of London, not in ___ centre. 7. How do I get to ___ Cambridge from ___ London? – Take ___ train from ___ Victoria Station. 8. ___ London of Charles Dickens was certainly different from ___ London of ___ 21^st century. 9. ___ residence of American presidents is ___ White House. 10. ___ Jacksons live in ___ white house in ___ Park Lane. 11. Is there ___ park near here? – Yes, ___ park is just round ___ corner. 12. Have you ever been to ___ National Gallery in London? 13. We flew to Moscow from ___ Heathrow Airport. 14. Helen is a student of ___ Cambridge University. 15. Have you ever seen ___ Great Wall in China? 16. ___ Hadrian’s Wall was built in the 2^nd century AD in the north of Britain. 17___ George is one of the oldest pubs in London. 18. Mike used to work for ___ Daily Mirror. Now he works for ___ IBM. 19. Which cinema are you going to this evening? – To ___ Odeon. 20. Which newspaper do you buy, ___ Guardian or ___ Financial Times? 21. This book was published by ___ Oxford University Press. 22. ___ Hilton Hotel is in ___ Park Lane. 23. At the time we met Andrew was a student of ___ University of London but he never took his degree. 24. Freddie took me to ___ little Chinese restaurant just off ___ Campbell Road. ___ Dragon offered cheap and delicious food.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

26. Act out the situation Renting a house in the country (from exercise 24).

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