Table Of ContentУДК 811.111(075.3=161.1)
ББК81.2Англ-922
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Рецензенты: кафедра английского, общего и славянского языко-
знания учреждения образования «Могилевский государственный уни-
верситет им. А.А. Кулешова» (старший преподаватель И.И. Шевцова);
методист учебно-методического отдела государственного учреждения об-
разования «Гродненский областной институт развития образования»
Г.К. Новицкая
3BN 978-986-06-1861-0 © Юхнель Н.В., Наумова Е.Г., 2010
© Издательство «Вышэйшая школа», 2010
Contents
Book search 4
UNIT 1. Appearance 7
UNIT 2. Shopping 26
UNIT 3. Friendship 45
UNIT 4. Sports 64
UNIT 5. Travelling back in time 83
UNIT 6. Town and village 104
UNIT 7. Travelling to world capitals 125
UNIT 8. From Australia to Belarus 149
UNIT 9. English 173
Tapescripts 196
Grammar reference 227
Active vocabulary 251
Geographical and proper names 258
Abbreviations 262
English-Russian Dictionary • • • 263
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BOOK SEARCH
1. Look through your book and answer these ques-
tions.
How many units are there in the
> How many lessons are there in V"
> Where can you find informa- Я
tion on grammar rules? тЩ^шш^
> Where can you find the new
words of each unit?
> Where can you find any other Welcome back
unfamiliar words? t0 school!
2. Work in pairs. Which pair is the fastest to answer the
questions below? In which unit can you
a) listen to a poem which begins with 'Dear teacher...'?
b) learn about sports facilities in Belarus?
c) write a composition about friendship?
d) read an excerpt from a popular children's book?
e) speak about the history of the world?
f) see an upside down map of the world?
g) read the same phrase in 8 differ-
ent languages?
h) see a similar picture?
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3. Look through the pages of the book.
a) How many new words are you going to learn in
Unit 6?
b) What grammar tense do we use after 'if' when we
speak about the future?
c) What are the third forms of the verbs 'find' and
'found'?
d) What grammar is dealt with in Unit 7?
4. Look at the list of contents. Decide which units you
think the pictures in this exercise are in and then
check in the units.
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Try to guess what these pictures, diagrams and
abbreviations mean. Look through the book and
check yourselves.
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Уои look g r e a t!
Active vocabulary: good-looking, freckles, fair,
straight, curly, skin, pale, sun-tanned, fat, fit, friendly
Active grammar: look, look like
Look at the pictures. Do these teenagers look good?
What makes them good-looking?
2 ® Listen to some people talking about the photos.
Are their descriptions positive or negative?
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3. a) Find the opposite expressions in the columns
below.
1. freckles all over the face
2. pale skin
3. fat
4. long curly hair
5. dark hair
6. brown eyes
7. active and friendly
8. tall
a) fit
b) short straight hair
c) no freckles
skin
d) short
e) green eyes
f) quiet and romantic
g) sun-tanned skin
h) fair hair
b) Which of the expressions in ex. 3a describe the boy
on the left? Which ones describe the girl? (See p. 7)
4, ® a) Listen to the conversation again. Use the phras-
es in the box to complete the sentences.
1. She looks like...
2. She looks...
3. She also looks...
4. He looks so...
5. If he wears glasses, he'll look like...
6. And he looks...
quiet. Cinderella.
sun-tanned. Harry Potter,
very friendly and active. romantic.
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b) Look at the sentences again. What parts "of speech
follow each of these constructions?
A) She looks... B) She looks like...
c) Look at the words and phrases in the box. Which
words can complete sentence A? Which words can
complete sentence B?
sporty, very young, a British schoolchild, tired
fat, healthy, a pupil, nice, an alien, independent
thirsty, an excellent pupil, sun-tanned, friendly
quiet, pale, a waiter, a film star, a cartoon charac
ter, fit, dangerous and wild, a famous person
a tourist
5. a) Complete the sentences below to describe your-
self. Use ex. 3a and 4c for help. Write the description
on a piece of paper.
I'm ... and ... .
I've got... and ... .
My ... is/are ... .
Sometimes I look ..., but now I look ... .
My friends say I often look like ... .
b) Hand in your descriptions to the teacher. Read
someone's description. Can you guess who wrote it?
6. a) Work in groups. Look at your classmates and dis-
cuss how they have changed after summer holidays.
- Who has had his/her hair cut?
- Who has grown taller?
- Whose hair has grown longer?
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- Who has got freckles?
- Whose skin looks pale?
- Who looks fitter?
- Who has got sun-tanned?
- Whose hair has got
lighter / darker / curlier /
more straight?
b) Report to the class.
LESSON Beauty is only skin deep
Active vocabulary: character, appearance, pretty,
handsome, ugly, lovely, opinion
1. Read the statements below in pairs. Do you agree
with them?
• Healthy people always look
good.
• Life is easier and more
enjoyable for beautiful
people.
• You need a lot of time and
money to look good.
• It's more important to be beautiful inside than out-
side.
2. a) Read the definitions below. Which statement in
ex.1 talks about appearance and character?
Appearance - the way you look (young, beauti-
ful, tall, etc.).
Character - what kind of person you are (kind,
polite, friendly, etc.).
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b) Have a class vote on what's more important: char-
acter or appearance.
3. ® a) Look at the adjectives in the box. Listen to a sty-
dent explaining what they mean and put them into
the right order.
handsome, good-looking, beautiful,
pretty, ugly, lovely
® b) Listen again and answer the questions below.
Which adjective(s) | + j = | ely
ove y 0V
1) are opposites? friend + ly = friendly
2) also describes character?
3) is used to describe men only?
4) are not used to talk about men?
5) is negative?
6) describe you?
© a) Complete the sayings below with some of the
adjectives from ex. 3.
great
He that has a ... nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.
Thomas Fuller
A monlcey never thinks her baby's .кЦ; 1
Haitian Proverb
pvc t,
Butterflies come to ... flowers.
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.... flowers fade (вянут) fast.
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