Lesson 7. Loch Ness Monster

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УДК 811.111(075.2=161.1)
ББК 81.2Англ-922
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Авторы: Л.М. Лапицкая, Н.В. Демченко, А.И. Калишевич, Н.В. Юх-
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нель, А.В. Волков, Т.Ю. Севрюкова
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Рецензенты: кафедра профессиональной иноязыочной подготовки
учреж дения образования «Барановичский государственный университет» (кан -
дидат педагогических наук, доцент, заслуженный учиктель Республики Бела -
русь Ю.В. Маслов); учитель английского языка высшей категории
государственого учреждения образования «Средняя общеобразовательная
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школа № 184 г. Минска» Н.В. Шудейко

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ISBN 978-985-06-1869-6 © Издательство «Вышэйшая школа»,
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Contents
Unit 1.About the UK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Unit 2.School is not only learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Unit 3.Meals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
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Unit 4.Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
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Unit 5.Very traditional Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
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Unit 6.Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
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Unit 7.There is no life without books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
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Unit 8.Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Grammar reference . . . . . . . .я . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Irregular verbs list . . . . . .а . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . ш. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
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UNIT 1
ABOUT THE UK
Lesson 1. AboutUK.com
1.Answer the questions. а
What’s the UK? What’s the UK famous for? Whлere can you
find information about the UK?
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2.How well do you know the national symbols of the UK? Play the board
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game. Start with a country’s emblem and come to its flag.
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The National Emblem of

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England is …
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the Daffodil.
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Scotland is … э
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WВales is …
the Thistle.
Northern Ire-
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the Rose.
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The red cross on а
Scotland’s flag.
a white field
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is theй Red Dragon.
The red X- э
Wales’flag.
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is the Cross of Saint
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Andrew.
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land’s flags.
a blue field
isthe Cross of Saint
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The red dragon England’s flag.
on a green and
white field
is the Cross of Saint
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3a.Look through the main page of the website AboutUK.com. What
topics does the website cover1? What’s the topic of this webpage?
Match the rubrics with the information.
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AboutUK.com.
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Home General information Geoкgraphy FAQ2
Places to visit Games Trivia quizzes3 Stories
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1. Official name of the country
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2. UK countries
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4. Head of the government [g∧v´nm´nt]
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5. Area
6. Population (2007)
7. Capital and largeйst city (2003)
8. Other large cities.
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Interesting fact: Nine out of ten people live in towns and cities.
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9. Monetary [m∧nIt(´)ri]unit
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7,429,200 –seven million four hundred andtwenty-
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A. 244,820 sq km4 B. Prime Minister David Cameron
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[kQm´r´n] (2010) C.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland D.Queen Elizabeth II (1952) E.England, Scot-
1What topics does the website cover?– Какие темы охватывает
этот сайт?; 2FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions– часто задаваемые
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вопросы; 3Trivia quiz[trIvi´«kwIz] –викторина, интеллектуальная
игра;4sq km= km2– квадратные километры
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land, Wales and Northern Ireland F. London [l∧nd´n],
7,615,000 (with metro area), 7,429,200 (city only) G. Pound
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sterling (£) H. 60,776,238 people; I. Glasgow [glA:zg´U],
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1,099,400; Birmingham [bз:mIN´m] 971,800; Liverpool
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[lIv´pu:l] 461,900; Edinburgh [edInb´r´] 460,000; Leeds
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417,000; Bristol 406,500; Manchester [mQntSIst´] 390,700;
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Cardiff 321,000,Belfast [belfA:st] 276,459.
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3b. Listen and check.
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3c.Have a phonetic competition. Who can say correctly more proper
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names and numbers?
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4.Play trivia quiz.
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A.In pairs make questions to the rubrics of the website and about the
UK’s national symbols.

Model: 1. What’s the official naяme of the country?
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Help box. What’s the … / Who’s the … / What are the …of
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the UK? ’s = is
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B. For two minutes read the webpage again. In pairs play the first
game of trivia quiz: asэk and answer your questions in turn.
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C. Play the second game of trivia quiz between 2 teams.
D. Play the thыird game of trivia quiz about
Belarus. Ask your teacher different ques-
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Help box. the Republic of Belarus, President, Belarusian
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[«bel´rUsi´n],flag,region,regional [ri:dZ(´)n´l] cities
5.Write 10 questions about Belarus.
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Lesson 2. Geography of the UK
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1a. Read and complete the chant. Listen, check and learn the chant.
political physical
Maps, maps, … maps.
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Mountains, islands,
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Oceans and seas. о
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Maps, maps, … maps.
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What do they show?
Countries on continents,

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Towns, villages,
even bridgаes.
Mшaps, maps.
What’s their role?
They take us on a tour
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Round the world.
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1b. Say the tongue twister. Mind the [eI]-sound.
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The rain in Wales stays mainly in the plains.
1c. Find theы words with the sound [eI] (see ex. 1a, b). Which letters
and letter combinations denote this sound?
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2. Look at the map on the webpage (p. 9). What kind of map is it?
What does it show? Read the proper names on the map from north
to south and from west to east (see the inner cover). Use the definite
article “the” where necessary.
NB: No article is used with the names on maps.
3. Play a guessing game. Imagine you were in the UK last summer.
to the north of –in the north of
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Model: A: I’ve been to the north ofthe Grampian [grQmpI´n]
Mountains.
B: To the north of the Grampian Mountains? Were
you in the Northwest Highlands?
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B: Were you on the Orkney[ç:knI]Islands?
A: Yes, I was.
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4a. Read the information line on the next webpage of the site
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AboutUK.com. What’s the topic? Read the whole page and complete
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Location seas border islands interesting facts
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What is the ... of the UK?
The UK is situated on the
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British Isles [D´brItIS«aIlz]. It я
lies between the Atlantic
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Ocean in the north and west
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east. The UK is 35km off the
northwestern coast of France,
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from which it is separated
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Channel. In its narrowestpart
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it is called the Strait of Dover.
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Beneath [bIni:T]the English Channel there is the Channel
Tunnel, which linksthe UK with France. The Channel Tunnel
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is the longest undersea tunnel in the world. The section under
the sea is 38km long. The three tunnels, each 50km long, were
made at an average1of 40m below the sea bed.
above the sea – below the sea ↓
How many … are the British Isles made up of?
The British Isles are made up of 136 inhabitedа2 islands
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[«aIl´ndz]. The two largest islands are Great Britainл an«d Ireland
[aI´l´nd]. Some other large islands are the Hebrides [hebrIdi:z]
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to the north-west of Great Britain, the Orkney [оç:knI]Islands to
the north and the Shetland Islands still further (ещедальше) to
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the north. The biggest island to the south of Great Britain is the
Isle of Wight. ш
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There are 6,289 islands aroun d Great Britain (England,
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Scotland and Wales), mostly in Scotland.
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What … surround[s´raUnd] the UK?
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The UK is washedby four seas:
to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from
continental Europe, toй the east by the North Sea, to the west by
the Irish Sea and to the north-west by the Atlantic Ocean.
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No one in the UK lives more than 120 km from the sea.
How long is the land …?
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Only Northern Ireland, part of the UK, shares a 360km in-
ternational land border with the Republic of Ireland. The UK
does nВot border onany other countries.
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4b. Listen and check your questions. Read along.
4c. Look at the words in bold in the text and guess what they mean3.
Write their translation without a dictionary. Check with your partner,
then with the class. Use the definitions below.
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1at an average[Qv(´)rIdZ] – в среднем;2inhabited[InhQbItId]
населённых; 3what they mean–что они означают.
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