5 Vocabulary Work
In the reading passage, find the adjective that comes before each noun or a noun phrase below. | From the box below, choose an adjective that has a similar meaning to each adjective you have found. | Which of the remaining adjectives in the box mean the opposite of the adjectives in the left column? (One adjective doesn’t have an opposite) |
e.g. … expanding economies …………….. living standards …………….. labour shortages ………… social expenditure …………… standard of living ……………………….. roles ………………. market sector
| e.g. fast-growing economies …………….. living standards …………….. labour shortages ………… social expenditure …………… standard of living ……………………….. roles ………………. market sector | e.g. … flagging economies …………….. living standards …………….. labour shortages ………… social expenditure …………… standard of living ……………………….. roles ………………. market sector |
acute corresponding crucial declining rising
frivolous inadequate related ineffectual unconnected
negligible powerful satisfactory thriving
- Unit 1 art or entertainment? lead-in
- 1 Discuss the following questions.
- 2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given. A charge on the National cuLture
- 3 Vocabulary Work
- 6 Use the words and phrases which you heard in the listening to complete the sentences below. (The sentences are not connected with text!)
- 7 Speaking points .
- Snatched from northern climes
- 12 Panel discussion
- 13 Read the following text. The Museum Wars
- 14 Answer the following questions and sum up the information provided in the text.
- 15 Vocabulary
- 16 Projects and presentation skills
- If you are curious for the Sample Presentation, this is a very interesting site of Coca Cola Museum http://www.Woccatlanta.Com/
- Part 3
- 17 Read the text, summarize it and render Part 1 into English. The maximum length for the task is 300 words. What parts would you divide the text into?
- Музей: искусство или развлечение?
- 18 Role-play
- Unit 2 global issues lead-in
- 1 Discuss the following questions.
- 2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given. The legacy of the baby boom in australia
- 3 In the text find the information as referring to
- 5 Vocabulary Work
- 6 Summary Writing
- 7 Listening 1
- 8 Speaking
- Part 1
- The other population crisis
- 10 Summarize what each whole paragraph is about and write a paragraph heading and a summarizing sentence for each paragraph.
- 11 Panel discussion
- 12 Read the following text. Unlikely boomtowns?
- 14 Complete the sentences with the underlined words from the text. Suggest synonyms for them or explain them.
- 16 What are the implications of the following sentences. Translate underlined phrases.
- 18 Projects and presentation skills
- Part 3
- 19 Read the following article and render it into English The maximum length for the task is 300 words. Make use of the words form Tasks 13, 14,15. Город для людей
- 20 Role-play
- Unit 3 science approach lead-in
- 2 Complete the text using the words and phrases given.
- Killer blow
- 3 Find the linking words used in the text. Study the way they organize the structure of the text.
- 5 Listening 1
- Part 1
- 7 Read these comments about space exploration and discuss how far you agree with each opinion.
- 8 Read the following text. Exploration through the ages
- 9 Complete the sentences, summing and paraphrasing the information in the text.
- Part 2
- 14 Read the text and complete the tasks that follow it. Science vs. Pseudoscience
- Vocabulary work
- 16 For the words 1-7 find the appropriate definitions a-f.
- 17 Complete the following sentences using words from the above right column.
- 18 Define five factors why pseudoscience may cause problems for the society.
- 19 Summing up - Make a direct comparison: Science vs. Pseudoscience.
- 20 Panel discussion
- Part 3
- 21 Read the text, summarize and render it into English. The maximum length for the task is 300 words. Интернет. Дефрагментация мозга
- 22 Panel discussion