Exercise 4. Make a dialogue with your partner using the following questions.
· Which are the most interesting wild creatures in your country?
· Are any of them considered dangerous?
· How do people protect themselves from dangerous creatures?
Exercise 5. Listen to Moira Mackenzie, the author of a well-known series of travel guides, who will be talking about wildlife area in Europe. Then answer the questions. [3, p.123]-3 min.
Is there a huge range of wildlife in the highlands?
What should you do in order to blend in with your surroundings?
Why are visitors advised to use their cars?
Why should visitors leave their pets at home?
Exercise 6. Complete the following sentences according to the listened text.
1. Visitors are advised to use their cars where no …
2. People are apparently less likely to startle animals if they stay…
3. Wherever possible use a …
4. Don’t mix wild animals and …
5. Please, leave your dog …
GRAMMAR COMMENT
ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE
[1, p.140]
The passive: be + past participle
- We often use the passive when it’s not clear or important who does an action.
Example: My bike has been stolen
- If you want to say who did the action, use “ by”.
· Look at the chart below, compare the sentences.
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| They make Mercedes cars in Germany. | Mercedes cars are made in Germany. |
| KanyshSatbaev made a valuable contribution to science. | A valuable contribution to science was made by KanyshSatbaev. |
| We are redecorating our living room now. | Our living room is redecorated by us now. |
| Nobody invited me to the party. | I was invited to the party by nobody. |
| They have built a lot of houses since 1999. | A lot of houses have been built since 1999 by them. |
| The plant will produce 10,000 cars next year. | 10, 000 cars will be produced by the plant next year. |
| Films inspire people to travel. | People are inspired to travel by films. |
| JamesCamerondirected Titanic. | Titanic was directed by James Cameron. |
Exercise 7. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the correct passive form.
Example: The country with the smallest film industry is Iceland, where only three films are made in a year. (make)
- More than 26, 000 costumes ________ in the 1963 film Cleopatra. (use)
- The most filmed character is Sherlock Holmes, until now, more than 200 different films________ about him. (make)
- Spielberg’s film The Color Purple ________ for 11 Oscars in 1985 but didn’t win any. (nominate)
- Macaulay Culkin ________ $4.5 million dollars for his role in Home Alone in 1990. (pay) This was a record for a child at that time.
- The director Stanley Kubrick died while his film Artificial Intelligence ________.(make) Spielberg ________ to finish the film.(ask)
Exercise 8. The National Zoo is looking for volunteers who admire animals and want to help them. Write your CV and a Cover Letter using the following phrases.
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| Useful phrases to be fond of something to say the truth to be eager frankly speaking to have an allergy to take care of some one endangered species to be injured living creatures inhabitant of rock pools |
1. Choose the right variant. The letter … two days ago.
a) were sent
b) be send
c) have been sent
d) was sent
2. Choose the right variant. He …..go out after 10 p.m.
a) isn’t allowed
b) isn’t allowed to
c) aren’t allowed to
d) isn’t allow to
3. Choose Present Continuous Passive
a) We are redecorated our kitchen at the moment.
b) We are redecorating our kitchen at the moment.
c) Our kitchen is being redecorated at the moment.
d) We were redecorating our kitchen at the moment.
4. Choose Present Simple Passive
a) English is spoken here.
b) English was spoken here.
c) English is spokening here.
d) English is being spoke here.
GLOSSARY
| English | Russian | Kazakh |
| environment[ɪnˈvaɪərənmənt] | окружающая среда | қоршаған орта |
| inhabitant [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt] | обитатель | бір мекеннің тұрғыны |
| sting[stɪŋ] | укус | шағылған жер |
| creatures[ˈkriːtʃə] | создания | жаратылыс |
| jellyfish[ˈdʒelɪfɪʃ] | медуза | медуза |
| harmless [ˈhɑːmlɪs] | безвредный | қауыпсыз |
| dangerous [ˈdeɪndʒrəs] | опасный | қауыпты |
SIW #39
1) Do the Writing Task 9 [Part III]. Feel the gaps with appropriate words from the box.
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Dear Professor Simpson,
I have been living in International house now for the 1 ______________ six months and feel very much at home as it is very comfortable and reasonably priced. 2 _________, I would like to draw your 3 ________ to the following problems.First of all,the computer room in the basement has been closed for the last two weeks 4 __________ of a shortage of technical staff. 5 _________ is not be possible to pay computer science students to 6 _______ the hall’s computer room on a rota basis? Secondly, noise levels from student parties have increased rtly. I think it would be a good idea 7 ________ parties to Friday or Saturday nights and from 8.00 to 12.30 in term time. I am sure you will 8 ________ that it is very hard to study 9 _______ someone is having an all night party in the middle of the week. I look forward to 10 _______ from you in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
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2) Learn by heart a poem “ Life's Own Battle” by Emma Jackson.
Didn't want a battle,
Yet you declared war,
Each knock you gave me made me stronger than before,
I will not give up,
I will not give in,
You won't make me fall,
I won't let you win.
Office hours #13
1) p. 58, ex. 3 a, b, c. [2]
2) Read the text 6 [Part III], give the main idea of the text.
References
Main literature
1. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig New English File Intermediate Student’s book Oxford University Press, 2010
2. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig New English File Intermediate Workbook Oxford University Press, 2010
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