Unit 1

All Dressed Up For A Date With David:

Plosives [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g]

Pronunciation Practice: Plosives [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g]

1. Practise these sounds in words and dialogues (pp. 2-13).
2. Find illustrative examples for idioms and proverbs (pp. 2, 4,
6, 8, 10, 12); make up your own examples.
Ponsonby M. How Now, Brown Cow. A Course in the
Pronunciation of English. New York : Prentice Hall, 1987.
https://www.academia.edu/33638060/
Mimi_Ponsonby_How_Now_Brown_Cow

Vocabulary Practice: Clothes

Clothes (pp. 107-109)
Wellman G. The Heinemann English Wordbuilder. Oxford:
Heinemann, 1992.
http://davydenkova.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/
Wordbuilder.pdf

Writing Practice: Dressing up for a Date

What should we wear on a date? Write a fashion blog
article. Add pictures with options.

Speaking Practice: To Kill a Wife with Kindness

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (with
English subtitles)
https://web.swatchseries.ru/movie/the-taming-of-the-shrew-
52xm0/1-full
Discussion questions
1. In Shakespeare’s time, women were often treated as
property and second-class citizens. There is a theory that

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Shakespeare wrote this play to highlight the unfair position women
held in society, does the movie support this idea?
2. Discuss the “Sun and moon” scene? Why did Petruchio
call the sun the moon? Why did Kate agree? 
3. Consider Kate’s final speech, what do you think she is
saying there? Has she really been "tamed," or is she only pretending
to be a dutiful wife?
4. Have you ever had a fight with your brother or sister? Do
you ever feel like your parents “always” take his or her side instead
of yours? What can you do to try and better express how you feel
when you are angry?
5. How would you react if you were treated the way Kate is
treated by Petruchio? Would you do what he wanted or keep
fighting?
6. Do you think Kate and Petruchio’s marriage will be a good
one?