The schedule of our journey is busy: meetings with many people, sitting interviews, going sightseeings.
1. Our group is not large. There are 4 girls and 5 boys in our group. All members of our group are from different parts of the United Kingdom, the students from different places.
- Cecily Corn, from London
- Richard Dawson, from Edinburgh
- Leonard Lee, from Plymouth
- Alice Adams, from London
- Albert Brown, from London
- Patric Person, , from Liverpool
- Rona Rex, , from Cardiff
- Mary Moris, , from Oxford
- Ulaf Utterson, from Delyn
And my name is Catherine Brown, Kate for short. All members of our group are attractive and hardworking. We are going to work hard. The motto of our group is "Friendship Works Wonders. "
It's nice we are travelling together. Now let's have a little talk.
l) What are we? We are the winners of the International Competition "What do you know about Russia?
2) Where are we? We are in the cabin of the aircraft.
3) What are we doing here? We are flying to Moscow.
4) Why are we flying to Moscow? We are flying to Moscow because we are the winners of the International Competition.
Now let's remember the members of our group
- Hello Bert. It's wonderful, we are travelling together.
Oh! Cecily, morning! Cecily, do you know Bert?
- I know that boy with a guitar. It's Dick, Dawson a student from Edinburgh Grammar School.
- Are you Scottish?
- And this is Alice Adams! Hi, Alice! How are you?
- If it isn't Patric Person! I can't believe my eyes! What are you going to do in Moscow?
- And this is our Rona Rex.
She is funny! She doesn't know what Sheremetyevo is. What is Sheremetyevo?
- Mary Moris! It's wonderful, we are flying together. How are you?
- Meet Ulaf Utterson! He is very clever. He always has original ideas. Where are you from?
- Oh! Leonard! You are here, aren't you. You always come at the last moment. You always make people worry. There is a good rule. Let's remember it. Mind the clock and keep the rule, try to come in time to school.
Now introduce yourselves. Do it like this. Tell us your name, surname, how old you are, what place you are from.
Do you remember the other members of our group?
- Who speaks six foreign languages? What languages does she speak?
- Oh, yes! That's great.
- What about Henry Hudson? What nationality is he? Is he Scottish, English or Welsh?
- He doesn't know exactly. Why?
- Oh! It's really difficult to say.
- Does he know how old he is? No, he doesn't. Why?
- What a wit he is,
(voice) Ladies and gentleman! It seems we are starting. Air companies only pretend to be punctual. There is a nice saying: If you have time to spare fly by air. Are we good friends? Let's sing a song about friendship. We'll sing it with gestures.
I am, I am a happy man
You are, You are my good old friend
He is my friend, she is my friend
We are good friends, all happy friends
2. We still don't know each other quite well. Ask each other about name, nationality, age, the language you speak. We'll have some practice first. Let's divide into two groups. Each group asks one question to another. Now ask questions! Let's try to get as much information as you can.
3. Now I have good news for you. A group of teachers of foreign languages from Kandalaksha has come to our school. As a matter of fact they are all here. Did you show any interest in them?Not yet? I am afraid you are impolite. Correct you mistake and ask them questions: name, place they are from, school they are from . the languages they speak. I hope you've made friends, haven't you? Introduce your new friends to our group.
4. Now sit down and make yourself comfortable. We'll work in groups. Will you divide into 2 groups. The first group thinks of a certain famous character (for example a politician, singer, actor, sportsman.) The second group asks questions and tries to guess who it is. Try to avoid direct questions like (Who is this?) Ask: Does he speak English or French? (a game)
5. Now we are drawing a collective portrait of Mr X. The first group speaks about a certain famous personality. The second group says who it is. Do it like this! He is from Great Britain. He is English. His name is known all over the world. He is one of the greatest writers. He was born in Stradford-upon-Avon. He became an actor and later he began to write poems and plays. (a game)
6. We are in the airport now. Suddenly you see a popular singer, writer, scientist,
politician.
Не/she is flying to Moscow too. Interview them. Ask him/her what he/she is going to do
in
Moscow. What problem he/she is going to study. What places he/she is going to visit. What
people he/she is going to meet. Do you know how to do it? You are welcome. Try to be
emotional. Don't forget to exclaim!
7. Listen to me carefully. The other day I was looking through the newspapers and saw a very interesting advertisement. A competition for the best TV presenter of the educational channel is going to be held. Try to take part in it. But there are two main conditions of success. You should smile, be charming and have a good pronunciation.
8. Remember our poem about Rosie. Rosie speaks Russian. (a poem)
Rosie speaks Russian but not very well.
When she tries to speak Russian
You really can’t tell
What language she is speaking
Or trying to speak
The first time I heard her
I thought it was Tajik.
9. Now look at the table hanging on the wall. Tell us please who speaks which foreign
languages,
who does not. (a table)
| English | German | Italian | French | Japanese | Russian | |
| Gloria Grand | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Bert Brown | * | * | * | |||
| Alice Adams | * | * | ||||
| Cecily Corn | * | * | ||||
| Leonard Lee | * | * | ||||
| Eva Ester | * | * | ||||
| Dick Dawson | * | * |
10. How do we call these people?
11. Choose the right forms.
12. Who is the best translator?
13. English people say: It's time to go home, isn't it? We are flying to Russia, aren't we? Do we know much about it? Would you like to know still more? Our friend Leonard Lee has visited Russia and wants to tell you a few words about it. (a story) Oh! It's very impressive information.
Let's get into some details.
Russia. General information.
I am going to read the text about Russia now. I'll read with the translation into Russian. You should open your books and follow my reading very attentively. Repeat the sentences after me, but silently
Russia. General information.
Home task- p. 9-12 You are
- to read the text
- to translate
- to choose most interesting facts and figures connected with the statistics.