LESSON: Theory and practice of translation School: 120

The Buy Nothing Movement

Date: 03/02/2023 Teacher’s name: Amiralieva A., Seitzhan Zh., Kaldar A.

CLASS: 10абв Number present: absent:

Learning objectives 10.2.2 - understand specific information in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and
that this lesson is curricular topics, including talk on a limited range of unfamiliar topics;
contributing to 10.2.5 -recognise the attitude or opinion of the speaker(s) in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of
general and curricular topics, including talk on a limited range of unfamiliar topics;
10.5.1 - plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level independently on a range of general and
curricular topics;
10.5.2 - use a growing range of vocabulary, which is appropriate to topic and genre, and which is spelt
accurately;
10.5.5 - develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for
a wide range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics;
10.5.6 - write coherently at text level using a variety of connectors on a range of familiar general and
curricular topics
Lesson objectives All learners will be able to:
to understand the main gist of the text
Most learners will be able to:
to understand the main gist of the text and the most of the given vocabulary
Some learners will be able to:
write and translate the text independently on a range of general and curricular topics

ICT skills Audio-visual skills, working with URLs

Assessment criteria Students can analyze and translate the text freely

Previous learning World’s children care most about education

Planned Teacher’s activities Pupil’s activities Marks Resources

timings
Beginning Organization moment : The text from the previous lesson: « World’s At the organization Book
the lesson 1. Greeting. children care most about education» moment T tries to Copybooks
award active Ss.
2. Before the lesson begins, «The praise»
5 min. the teacher checks students’ method is used to
copybooks and the translation evaluate Ss with
of the text from the previous phrases like:
lesson. “Good job!
Well done!”
30 min Students individually translate Social media, magazines and shop windows Book
the given text in their bombard people daily with things to buy, Copybooks
copybooks. and British consumers are buying more
clothes and shoes than ever before. Online
«The Buy Nothing shopping means it is easy for customers to
Movement» buy without thinking, while major brands
offer such cheap clothes that they can be
treated like disposable items – worn two or
three times and then thrown away.

In Britain, the average person spends more

than £1,000 on new clothes a year, which is
around four per cent of their income. That
might not sound like much, but that figure
hides two far more worrying trends for
society and for the environment. First, a lot
of that consumer spending is via credit
cards. British people currently owe
approximately £670 per adult to credit card
companies. That's 66 per cent of the average
 wardrobe budget. Also, not only are people
spending money they don't have, they're
using it to buy things they don't need. Britain
throws away 300,000 tons of clothing a year,
most of which goes into landfill sites.

People might not realise they are part of the

disposable clothing problem because they
donate their unwanted clothes to charities.
But charity shops can't sell all those
unwanted clothes. 'Fast fashion' goes out of
fashion as quickly as it came in and is often
too poor quality to recycle; people don't
want to buy it second-hand. Huge quantities
end up being thrown away, and a lot of
clothes that charities can't sell are sent
abroad, causing even more economic and
environmental problems.

However, a different trend is springing up in

opposition to consumerism – the 'buy
nothing' trend. The idea originated in
Canada in the early 1990s and then moved to
the US, where it became a rejection of the
overspending and overconsumption of Black
Friday and Cyber Monday during
Thanksgiving weekend. On Buy Nothing
Day people organise various types of
protests and cut up their credit cards.
Throughout the year, Buy Nothing groups
organise the exchange and repair of items
they already own.

The changes they made meant two fewer

cars on the roads, a reduction in plastic and
paper packaging and a positive impact on
the environment from all the energy saved.
If everyone followed a similar plan, the
results would be impressive. But even if you
can't manage a full year without going
shopping, you can participate in the anti-
consumerist movement by refusing to buy
things you don't need. Buy Nothing groups
send a clear message to companies that
people are no longer willing to accept the
environmental and human cost of
overconsumption.
Ending T checks works of students Ss answer the questions like : T awards active Ss. Book
the lesson who have finished and gives What have you learnt today? What is the 8+ marks for those Copybooks
them opportunity to reflect on most important issue discussed today? students, who
Reflection their mistakes and on things What did you find difficult to comprehend? finished early and
they have learned. What are some questions you would like to translated
explore further? without/with
Individual minimum amount
work: of mistakes.
5 min.