Спотлайт 7 модуль 1а

A city mouse or

a country mouse?

About someone who likes living in the city or in the country.

What are we going to talk about?

Listen to the sounds.

What can you see / smell / hear? How do they make you feel? (stressed? relaxed? free? worried? happy? lonely?)

Use the phrases and your own ideas to tell the class about your preferences.

Don’t you know these phrases? Let’s learn them!

don’t mind

very important to me

can’t stand

High quality lifestyle

Lead unhealthy lifestyle

Вести нездоровый образ жизни

Высококачественный образ жизни

What can you see on the pictures?

Свежий воздух

Интенсивное движение

Heavy traffic

Fresh air

Чувство изоляции

Constant noise & pollution

Feeling isolated

Постоянный шум и загрязнения

Peace and quiet

Convenient public transport

Тишина и покой

Удобный общественный транспорт

Shops, cinemas and theatres

Friendly, helpful people

Магазины, кино и театры

Дружелюбные, отзывчивые люди

Beautiful landscapes

Многолюдные улицы

Красивые пейзажи

Crowded streets

Высокая цена проживания

High rate of unemployment

High cost of living

Высокий уровень безработицы

Низкий уровень безработицы

Low rate of unemployment

Use the phrases and your own ideas to tell the class about your preferences.

I don’t mind the peace and quiet of the country, but I can’t stand feeling isolated. I’m a city mouse.

don’t mind

A high quality lifestyle is very important to me. I like fresh air and beautiful landscapes. I think I’m a country mouse.

very important to me

I’m a city mouse. Convenient public transport and crowded streets are very important to me.

can’t stand

Before reading learn new words.

guest

lovely

чудесный

рядом

close at hand

гость

толчея и суета

swap

обмен

hustle and bustle

огромный

farmyard

huge

двор фермы

to milk

оборудование, приспособление

facility

доить

хлев, сарай

homesick

barn

тоскующий по дому

кормление

feeding

скучать

to miss

isolated

родной город

hometown

изолированный, одинокий

Read the title of the unit and the headings on this page. What do you expect to read about in the text on p. 7? Listen, read and check.

Swap

Sarah, 14

The text is about teenage lifestyles. Two teenagers are taking part in a reality show in which they swap families and schools.

Annabel, 14

Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Then explain the words in bold.

Annabel, 14

In Teenage Life Swap:

Sarah, 14

• Annabel doesn’t like staying in bed.
• Sarah can’t sleep at night.
• Sarah’s new school has lots of facilities.
• Annabel travels five miles to reach the school.

false

true

true

false

Read the text aloud, as if for a radio programme.

isolated

to swap

Nice and kind

To give food to an animal

Very big

Nearby

An area of land near the farmhouse enclosed by walls or buildings

People who are invites

A building on a farm in which we keep crops or animals

To feel bad because you are away from your home and/or family

Being alone or far from people

To exchange sth for sth else

To get milk from a cow

Buildings, equipment, or services provided at a place.

To feel sad because you don’t have something anymore

The town where somebody comes from and lived/lives in

Movement, activity and noise of a place

farmyard

facilities

hustle and bustle

guests

homesick

lovely

to milk

barn

to feed

close at hand

hustle and bustle

huge

isolated

facilities

hometown

to miss

homesick

farmyard

to swap

to miss

to feed

to milk

guests

close at hand

lovely

huge

hometown

barn

One of you works for a magazine. Interview Annabel or Sarah about their new lifestyle.

Scheme

Hello. Nice to see you.

Of course.

I get up at 5 am.

I leave for school at 7 am.

Yes, I’m learning how to milk cows … etc.

You’re welcome.

What time do you get up?

Hello, my name is Ben Jones from Star Magazine.

Can I ask you a few questions, Annabel?

What time do you go to school?

Are you learning anything at Sarah’s house?

Well, thank you very much for your time.

Present Simple VS

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Key words:

• usually
• often
• always
• every day
• every week
• every month
• every year
• in the morning
• in the afternoon
• in the evening
• at night
• at the weekend
• on Fridays

Постоянные действия и состояния

Mark lives in New Zealand.

Непреложные истины и законы природы

The Moon goes round the Earth.

Привычки и регулярные действия

She always cleans the house at weekends.

Расписания и программы

The train leaves at 6:00 am.

Чувства и эмоции

I love skiing because it’s a fun sport.

Present Simple употребляется также в спортивных комментариях, обзорах, повествованиях

Beckham wins the ball, then he crosses and Owen scores.

Present Continuous

Key words:

• now
• at the moment
• at present
• these days
• nowadays
• still
• today
• tonight

Действия, происходящие в момент речи, в настоящий период времени.

Mum is cooking in the kitchen.

He is looking for a new penfriend in England.

Запланированные действия в будущем.

He is playing tennis this afternoon.

Меняющиеся и развивающиеся ситуации

Mary is getting more and more beautiful.

Такие наречия, как always, для выражения эмоционального состояния (часто раздражения) по поводу повторяющегося действия.

She is always losing her keys.

Stative verbs – глаголы состояния

She sounds quite happy.

Обозначают состояния

Present Continuous

She appears happy.

The food tastes delicious.

Глаголы восприятия

taste

smell

The milk smells strange.

appear

hear

sound

Do you see that bird now?

see

seem

Stative verbs – глаголы состояния

He believes in ghosts.

Обозначают состояния

Present Continuous

I don’t understand you.

Do you remember me?

Глаголы мыслительной деятельности

understand

Please, don’t forget about it.

believe

know

remember

I know it is truth.

forget

realise

Stative verbs – глаголы состояния

I like ice cream.

Обозначают состояния

Present Continuous

I like your new haircut.

I hate Monday mornings.

Глаголы, выражающие чувства и эмоции

want

love

We prefer lemonade.

desire

hate

prefer

He wants a new car.

enjoy

like

Stative verbs – глаголы состояния

They own three cows.

Обозначают состояния

Present Continuous

It belongs to me.

Другие глаголы

include

need

want

have

be

contain

own

fit

belong

cost

wish

matter

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Think

Обдумывать, размышлять

He is thinking about going to France.

Думать, полагать

I think she’s beautiful.

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Хорошо проводить время; принимать душ, обедать

Have

James is having a great time at school.

He is having a shower.

They are having dinner.

Иметь, владеть

She has twelve cats.

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Встречаться

See

I’ m seeing John this afternoon.

Видеть; понимать

You can see the tree in my garden.

I see what he means.

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Пробовать на вкус

Taste

Ann is tasting the pudding.

Быть … на вкус

This coffee tastes good.

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Выступать, играть, появляться

Appear

She is appearing in a Shakespeare play.

Казаться, производить впечатление

She appears to know the way.

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Нюхать, вдыхать аромат

Smell

She is smelling the flower.

Иметь запах, пахнуть

Her perfume smells sweet.

Некоторые из этих глаголов могут употребляться в Present Continuous, но с иным значением.

Устанавливать

Fit

Tom is fitting a new lock on the bathroom door.

Быть впору, нужного размера

The dress fits her perfectly.

Глаголы look (когда речь идёт о чьей-либо внешности), feel (переживание определенных эмоций) и ache могут использоваться во временах Simple и Continuous без изменения значения .

She feels very stressed.

She is feeling very stressed.

Explain the use of the verbs in bold.

An action happening at the moment of speaking.

Future plans.

Present state and facts.

Routine, habit

Future plans

Future plans.

Find examples in the text above.

Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Give reasons.

A: Why ……………………… (you/be) in such a hurry?

1.

B: I’m worried. My exam ……………………… (start) in ten minutes.

2.

A: I ………………………… (think) of changing school.

B: I ………………………… (not/think) it’s a good idea. You’ll be lonely.

3.

A: Why ……………………… (you/be) angry?

B: My sister ………………………… (always/take) my clothes.

A: Tom ……………………… (look) very stressed.

4.

B: Yes. He ……………………… (study) a lot these days.

A: Why ……………………… (you/leave) now?

5.

B: my train ……………………… (leave) in an hour.

Writing (an e-mail)

Write an e-mail to your English penfriend. Write about:

Where you live

Your daily routine

What you are doing these days/tonight.

Workbook

Match the words to form collocations.

fresh

streets

heavy

air

1. Very few people …………………… a healthy lifestyle in big cities.

lead

2. Our house is next to the train station, which is very …………………….

3. Many young people have to deal with ……………………………… when they finish their studies.

4. Thailand is a country with amazing …………………….

5. I can’t study when there’s ………………………… noise around me.

6. She lives in a(n) ……………………… area in Northern Norway.

traffic

public

convenient

unemployment

transport

crowded

Fill in the correct words.

landscapes

constant

lead

convenient

constant

isolated

landscapes

isolated

unemployment

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

• …………………………… (he/like) the English countryside?
• Peter …………………………… (go) to the theatre now.
• I’m happy I ………………………… (fly) home tomorrow.
• She ………………………… (want) to visit London again.
• I ………………………… (not know) where she is.
• He ………………………… (start) school at 8:30 every day.
• She ………………………… (always/call) me late at night.

Does he like

is going

am flying

wants

don’t know

starts

is always calling

Read and choose A, B or C.

1. The Australian Outback is close to the sea.

True

False

Doesn’t say

2. Children in the Australian Outback don’t get an education.

True

False

Doesn’t say

3. The students study online.

Doesn’t say

True

False

4. The students don’t speak to their teachers.

True

False

Doesn’t say

5. School is more fun for children in the Australian Outback.

True

False

Doesn’t say