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Снимок экрана 2024-02-22 в 18.56.52
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Bad losers
1 V O C A B U L A R Y sports, expressing movement 2 G R A M M A R expressing movement
a C o m p l e t e the sentences. a L o o k at the p i c t u r e s . C o m p l e t e the sentences w i t h the
past s i m p l e o f t h e verbs a n d t h e c o r r e c t p r e p o s i t i o n .
1 The player t o o k t w o shots to h i t the g o l f b a l l i n t o the hole .
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2 I n athletics, the r u n n e r s r u n r o u n d a t r .
3 It was m p , and everyone was
very tense, b u t his fir st s went i n t o the net.
4 The g o l f player had to t r y and h i t the b a l l out o f the
b .
5 Th e athletes were r u n n i n g fast towar ds the f i n i s h i n g line
because they were o n the last 1 .
6 W h e n y o u take a p , y o u have to k i c k the b a l l
past the goalkeeper.
7 The player w h o t o o k the c kicked the b a l l to a
team mate, w h o headed i t i n t o the goal.
4 LISTENING
a d f f i ^ 2 3 ) L i s t e n t o f i v e p e o p l e t a l k i n g a b o u t b a d losers.
W h i c h games or sports do they mention?
Listen again. W h o . . . ?
race /reis/
the b r i d g e , 7
the security guard,
and 8
t h e s c h o o l gates. T h e n referee refa'ri: /
he t u r n e d left a n d d r o v e 9
the score a goal / 'ska:(r) a gaol /
r o a d f o r about 100 m e t r e s 1 0
the
m a t h s teacher's house. T h a t w a s w h e n h e lost
c o n t r o l . H e t r i e d to stop, b u t i n s t e a d w e n t
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a field a n d crashed into
a tree. M i c h a e l has n o w l e f t H o v e P a r k School.
Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney, British songwriters
find out get on with give up go out look forward to look up 4 I called back m y m o t h e r w h e n I got home.
take back throw away try on turn up
negat ive a b o u t h i s j o b ? lunch break , f o r example for a shor t walk. On a sunny day
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your sunglasses f o r at least half an hour
b L i s t e n a g a i n . M a r k t h e sentences T ( t r u e ) o r F (false). to let light ont o your face.
1 G r a h a m goes t o sleep i m m e d i a t e l y after g e t t i n g
home f r o m w o r k . j Create a relaxing routine before going to bed
2 Th e f i r s t meal he has w h e n he gets up is l u n c h . Have a hot bath. Then your pyjamas and
3 H i s c h i l d r e n w a k e h i m u p i n the a f t e r n o o n . make sure your bedroom is at the right temperature. Don't
4 H e never feels t i r e d w h e n he wakes u p . watch TV in bed, as it will stimulate rather than relax you.
5 H e eats three times a day. _
Avoid st imul an ts
6 H e doesn't m i n d his w o r k i n g h o u r s . _
Don't eat big meals or drink coffee late at night.
Avoid drinking alcohol before you go t o bed and
U S E F U L W O R DS A ND P H R A S E S 6
smoking! Cigarettes can cause a
number of sleep problems.
L e a r n these wo rd s and phrases.
buzz /b,\z/ G e t t i ng b a c k t o sl e ep
energetic / enao^etik / If you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get
live (adjective) / laiv / back t o sleep, t r y a relaxation technique like meditation.
sleepy / 'sliipi / If t h a t doesn't w o r k , the light and
w i l d (night) < w a i l d / read a book. If you're w o r r i e d about something,
b o w l ( o f cereal) / 'baol / 8
your problem on a piece of paper so
any t i m e / 'eni t a i m / t h a t you can deal w i t h i t in the morning.
social l i f e / 'saujl laif /
set ( y o u r a l a r m clock) /set/ If the tips above don't help, you might n
stay i n bed /'stei i n bed / to see a sleep doctor.
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Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
Albert Einstein, German physicist
hat a coincidence!
1 GRA MMA R so, neither + auxiliaries 2 V O C A B U L A R Y similarities
a C o m p l e t e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h the p h r a s e s C omplet e the text w i t h w o r d s f r o m
f r o m the b o x . the box.
Neither did I Neither have I Neither was I as both identical like neither
So am I So do I So would I similar so
A Hi, Tom. Do you ever watch Who do you think People t h i n k m y best f r i e n d Sue and
you are? You know, t h a t TV series about I are sisters, because we're ver y
celebrities who find out about their families? 1
similar . Sue's f r o m the same
B Yes, I do. But I didn't see it last night.
town' me, and we l o o k
A 1
Neither did I . I wasn't at home.
very each other. W e _ 4
like shopping,
B 2
. But I usually watch i t
every week. and we have the same taste i n clothes. I usually wear trousers
B I think it's really and tops, a n d 5
does Sue. She doesn't like short
interesting. I'd love t o find out about my family. skirts a n d 6 _ d o I . Once we w e n t t o a p a r t y together
4
. I'm thinking about wearing 7 clothes!
looking for some information on the internet.
5
. But I haven't done
anything about it yet.
3 PRONUNCIA TION sentence stress, word stress
a C s 2 « 3 ) L i s t e n t o t h e sentences.
r
1 S o did I .
b R e s p o n d t o the s t a t e m e n t s w i t h So o r Neither,
t o say t h a t y o u are t h e same. 2 S o can I .
So am I . 4 N e i t h e r am 1 .
2 I enjoyed the par t y. 5 N e i t h e r do I .
6 N e i t h e r was I .
3 I haven't done the h o m e w o r k .
b L i s t e n a g a i n a n d r e p e a t the sentences. C o p y the r h y t h m .
c L o o k at t h e h i g h l i g h t e d w o r d s a n d phrases a n d guess t h e i r
m e a n i n g . Use y o u r d i c t i o n a r y t o l o o k u p t h e i r m e a n i n g
and pronunciation.
5 LISTENING
a C S2^23) Listen to a radio p r o g r a m m e about famous
t w i n s . M a t c h t h e t w i n s ( 1 - 3 ) w i t h the h e a d i n g s ( a - c ) .
1 ON T H E P H O N E 3 R EA D I N G
Complete the dialogues. a R e a d the t e x t . W h i c h sentence is t h e best s u m m a r y ?
1 A Hello, can I speak to Oliver, please? 1 B r i t i s h and A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h are almost exactly the same.
B This is Oliver. 2 T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t differ ence b et ween B r i t i s h and
A Hi Oliver, this is Mark. I'm returning your call. A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h is the vocabular y.
3 Travellers d o n ' t have p r o b l e m s u n d e r s t a n d i n g B r i t i s h and
2 A Hi Amy.
American English.
B I'm s , you have the
wr number.
U n d e r l i n e f i v e w o r d s o r p h r a s e s y o u d o n ' t k n o w . Use y o u r
dictionary t o look up their m e a n i n g and pronunciation. M a k e
sure y o u c a n say t h e m i n B r i t i s h a n d A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h .
For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
Lord Byron, British poet
? door to have a look, and I found that someone broke / had broken
3
seen it twenty minutes before. Then I realized that 1 left / had left
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2 PRONUNCIATION contractions: 4 L I S T EN I N G
had I hadn't a ^5ff""33J L i s t e n t o four t r u e n e w s stories. N u m b e r the
W r i t e the sentences w i t h c o n t r a c t i o n s . p i c t u r e s i n t h e o r d e r y o u hear t h e stories.
b ^HiT?ii£ft N o w l i s t e n a n d check. T h e n l i s t e n a n d
repeat the sentences. C o p y t h e r h y t h m .
3 V O C A B U L A R Y verb phrases
C o m p l e t e t h e sentences w i t h t h e past s i m p l e o r
past p a r t i c i p l e o f t h e verbs f r o m t h e b o x .
U S E F U L W O R D S A ND P H R A S E S
L e a r n these w o r d s a n d phrases.
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Gossip is what no-one claims to like,
but everybody enjoys.
Joseph Conrad, Polish writer
10 Tvegotalotofworktodo.' H e t o l d me t h a t h e .
W r i t e t h e sentences i n d i r e c t speech.
4 Steve t o l d me t h a t he d i d n ' t w a n t t o go t o
the cinema.
He said:' .'
1 She said that she had been t o a fr iend's house. 5 O v e r 5 0 percent o f the m e n i n the survey said they
2 We o u r parents we w o u l d n ' t be h o m e gossiped at w o r k .
for l u n c h .
I y o u that the m a n wasn't her b r o t h e r .
6 Less t h a n 50 per cent o f w o m e n said they gossiped.
They _ t h a t they were g o i n g o n holiday.
He me t h a t he d i d n ' t have a g i r l f r i e n d .
7 T h e m e n i n the survey t a l k e d about topics related
You_ t h a t y o u weren't g o i n g o u t t o n i g h t .
to w o r k .
James. that he was busy t o n i g h t .
I t h a t the f i l m started at eight o'clock.
8 T h e w o m e n talked about t h e i r male colleagues.
9 We t h e m t h a t his sister was o n holiday.
10 O l i v i a me t h a t she had called Jack t h i s
morning.
U S E F U L W O R D S A ND P H R A S E S
3 PRONUNCIA TION double consonants
L e a r n these wo rd s and phrases.
a L o o k at t h e p h o n e t i c s a n d w r i t e t h e w o r d s .
genes / d3i:nz /
1 / 'gosip / gossip gossip / gosip /
2 /"masrid/ share /Jea/
3 /'lets/ a c c o r d i n g t o / a'koidirj ta/'
4 / 'midl / feel g u i l t y / fill 'gilti /
5 /'hAri/ i n general / in d3enral /
6 / difrant / pass o n "pa:s Dn/
7 /'sDri/ social s k i l l / "saojl skil /
8 /'sAma/
9 /'mesid3/
10 / 'hajpi /
L i s t e n a n d check. T h e n l i s t e n a g a i n .
Practise s a y i n g the w o r d s .
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How many roads must a man walk down
before you can call him a man?
Bob Dylan, US singer and songwriter
ngiish File q u i z
5 How ? 4 m a mistake
A m y W i n e h o u s e died f r o m alcohol p o i s o n i n g . 5 d_ the s h o p p i n g
6 Where ? 6 I_ m o n e y to somebody
Polar bears live i n the A r c t i c . 7 s_ hours doing something
7 H o w many at the A r c de Tr i o m p h e i n Paris? . o n w e l l w i t h somebody
Twelve roads j o i n at the A r c de T r i o m p h e i n Paris.
9 e_ a salary
8 W h i c h country i n the w o r l d ?
10 f a job
I n d i a produces the m o s t bananas i n the w o r l d .
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3 PRONUNCIATION revision 4 READING
a O r c l e ) t h e wor d w i t h a different sound. a R e a d t h e a r t i c l e a n d m a t c h the q u e s t i o n s t o t h e a n s w e r s .
lazy safe bald A Bees stop flying and birds stay together in groups or migrate.
train B People decided to have 'time zones' so that it would be light during the day
everywhere on Earth. If there weren't time zones, some people would have midday
towel goat throw in the middle of the night!
C The Earth weighs 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kg.
D Because of their chemistry, some liquids can be absorbed by solid things.
kind shy thin E The moon can be lit up by the sun, depending on where it is in the sky. If it reflects the sun's
bike rays, we can see it, even during the day. It all depends on its angle towards the Earth.
F Multiply the single numbers and the tens separately, then add them together.
G Sunlight arrives on Earth in every colour, but it hits particles in our air that 'shine' blue.
cow horse mouse
H Planes have special wings which push air down. This pushing action is stronger than
owl gravity, and so the plane goes up in the air.
I Sunlight going through water drops in the air 'separates' into all the colours.
boring awful word J No one knows.
horse
b U n d e r l i n e five w o r d s that y o u don't k n o w . Use y o u r d i c t i o n a r y to l o o k
up their meaning and pronunciation.
10 beard earrings wear
ear
5 L I S T EN I N G
11 hair scared fear a ft^rf?i?T« L i s t e n to five people t a l k i n g about q u i z shows.
chair C o m p l e t e the names o f the shows.
1 Master
12 crowded city across 2 A Question of
3 my Bluff
4 Who wants to be a ?
13 church beach chemist's 5 Quiz