B) Comment on the saying given above. Give its Russian equivalent

A) Read after the teacher.

HOME ACTIVITIES

Translate into English.

B) Explain how you see the advantages and disadvantages of using the mobile phone.

B) Listen to the dialogues again and answer the questions.

A) Listen to the people talking about different machines. Write who is talking and what machine is being discussed.

Ask and answer how to use this or that machine.

B) Answer the questions.

Which of these machines do you have at home? Which members of your family use them more often than others? Have you ever had any problems using them?

Model: St-1 – Could you explain to me how to use the coffee grinder,

please?

St-2 – Plug it in, press the button and it starts grinding. Then

turn it off.

to plug in to turn on/off to press a button to find a file to film

to select a programme to rewind [rI'waInd] to insert [In'sR:t] sth to play

to grind [graInd] to record to vacuum to wash sth to watch

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

People	Machines
1.
2.
3.

1.	How much washing powder does Mrs. Bolton use for a normal wash?
Which programme does she normally use?
Why doesn’t she use the drier?
2.	Has the man tried to use the video recorder before?
What kind of programme does he want to record?
When does the programme start/finish?
3.	How does the grandfather feel about computers?
How does the grandson feel about them?
What does the grandfather do in the end?

с) Answer the teacher’s questions.

6. a) Listen to Thomas speaking on the use of various means of communication.

8. a) Watch the video episode BBC and explain why BBC World Service is so popular. Find the English for the following words and word combinations:

штаб-квартира
передавать (транслировать) новости на английском языке
предоставлять информацию
сообщать о поражении / победе
точность, правильность
передачи на иностранных языках
передача (новостей) в прямом эфире
отдел новостей
находиться под домашним арестом
“глушить” передачу
через спутник

b) Watch the video episode again and complete the sentences below:

1. When the BBC World Service started in 1932 it ________________ _________________________________________________________.

2. The announcers used to ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________.

3. In 1938 the BBC started broadcasting to the Middle East in Arabic

_________________________________________________________.

4. During World War II, the BBC got its reputation for _____________

_________________________________________________________.

5. Today the BBC broadcasts the news in _______________________ _________________________________________________________.

6. The BBC will not broadcast the story until ____________________

_________________________________________________________.

7. When President Gorbachev was under house arrest in 1991, he _____

_________________________________________________________.

8. In 1992, the BBC World Service started _______________________

_________________________________________________________.

c) Ask your fellow-students questions to get more details.

d) Answer the teacher’s questions.

U Step II

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

PHONETIC EXERCISES

Intonation Drill

Ne'cessity is the 'mother of inmvention.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Modal verbs

won’t – wouldn’t

10. Paraphrase as in the model using modal verbs.

Model 1: T – Susan is desperate: she cannot open her PC file.

St – Susan can’t do anything with the file. It won’t open.

11. Develop the situation as in the model:

Model: – Kate couldn’t watch the news broadcast. (TV/to work)

– Kate couldn’t watch the news broadcast. Her TV wouldn’t work.

tape recorder / to rewind coffee grinder / to work his car / to start door / to open

film / to insert it / to plug in it / to freeze the water / to boil

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

12. a) Listen to the text Traffic (1) and say what Vivien thinks about public transport in London. Find English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:

запрыгивать и спрыгивать с автобуса
застрять в “пробке”
в целях экономии
электрические провода
подходит трамвай
сбить кого-либо
проездной билет

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