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Before we start…

My neighbourhood is nice but a bit noisy . The parks are clean and safe but there's a lot of traffic on the streets. The shops are new but there are some old ones too with graffiti on the walls. To make our neighbourhood clean and tidy, we must follow parking and traffic rules . We must also stop dropping litter on the street or writing graffiti on the buildings.

What do you like, dislike about your house? Why?

Do you help out at home? How?

What is your neighbourhood like?

Do you get on with your neighbours?

I live in an apartment building. Apart from too much noise , now and then, my neighbours are well-behaved , we greet each other when we meet, do the small talk , and when they invite me I visit them and have a good time.

Did these creatures exist? What are they? Where can we meet them?

unicorn

dragon

giant

Ex. 1. Look at the creatures in the pictures. Have you ever heard of them? What do you know about them?

the Loch Ness Monster

the Kraken

Which country are they from?

Norway

Bigfoot

the USA

Scotland

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

a long tail

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

huge eyes

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

a short neck

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

two-legged

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

a hairy body

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

sharp hooks

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

a humped back

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

giant tentacles

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

a snake-like head

Let’s learn to describe strange creatures.

long arms

Match.

a short neck

2

3

1

huge eyes

two-legged

a long tail

4

6

5

a hairy body

giant tentacles

long arms

a humped back

7

8

9

10

sharp hooks

a snake-like head

Describe the creatures.

the Loch Ness Monster

Bigfoot

• huge eyes
• giant tentacles
• sharp hooks
• a long arms
• a humped back
• a long tail
• a short neck
• a snake-like head
• two-legged
• a hairy body

The Loch Ness Monster has got a snake-like head, a humped back and a long tail.

The Kraken has got huge eyes and giant tentacles with sharp hooks.

Bigfoot is two-legged with long arms, a short neck and a hairy body.

the Kraken

Read the text.

зафиксированные наблюдения

recorded sightings

знаменитый

famous

to report sightings

сообщать о наблюдениях

humped back

горбатая спина

to survive

выживать

mystery

тайна, загадка

to dive

нырять

strange

странный

to roll

катиться

Read the text.

violent

жестокий

создавать

to create

to remain a mystery

остаться тайной

horrifying

ужасный/страшный

to approach

приближаться

острые крючки

sharp hooks

через/сквозь/поперёк

across

у побережья ч-л

off the coast of …

the bottom of the ocean

на дне океана

Read the text.

отпечатки человеческих пальцев

strange-looking

странный на вид

human prints

witness

очевидец

fossil

ископаемое

no way

к сожалению

без вариантов

unfortunately

подобный

investigator

similar

исследователь

Which creature(s) …

have people been seeing for longer than you might think?

could be creatures that people thought had died out?

live in water?

have people found the bodies of?

often used to destroy something?

Ex. 3. Match the highlighted words and phrases to their meanings.

report

stayed alive

sightings

with great force

survived

shocking, disgusting

until now

horrifying

across

came close

approached

wide

close to

violent

things that have been seen

off

so far

tell people about

Ex. 4. Match the underlined words in the text to their opposites.

mythical

different

famous

destroy

giant

real

similar

unknown

unfortunately

top

bottom

blunt

luckily

create

sharp

miniature

Ex. 5. Fill in:

мифические существа

… creatures

recorded

горбатая спина

… back

humped

змеиная голова

… -like head

horrifying

зафиксированные наблюдения

… sightings

mythical

огромный кальмар

… squid

snake

мощный водоворот

human

… whirlpool

острые крючки

sharp

… hooks

человеческие отпечатки пальцев

giant

… prints

вымершая обезьяна

violent

… ape

ужасный морской монстр

… sea monster

extinct

Ways to look

to glare

to spot

to stare

to look for a long time

to notice

to look angrily

to catch a glimpse

to glance

to see briefly but not well

to look for a short time

Match.

to glance

to see briefly but not well

to stare

to look for a long time

to catch a glimpse

to notice

to look for a short time

to glare

to spot

to look angrily

Guess.

3

2

1

to glance

to stare

to glare

to spot

to catch a glimpse

4

5

Ex. 6. Use the verbs in the correct form to complete the sentences.

• stare

• catch a glimpse of

• spot

• glance

• glare

staring

glanced

caught a glimpse of

glare

spot

Guess.

Ex. 7. read the text again. Close your books and in pairs discuss the things that impressed you most.

Ex. 8. Portfolio.

where you were

Imagine you saw one of the monsters in the text. Write your diary entry for the day of the sighting. Read the example.

what you were doing

exactly what you saw

how you felt

what happened next

Workbook

• huge eye
• sharp hooks
• mythical creature

• snake-like head
• recorded sightings
• violent whirlpool

mythical creature

violent whirlpool

recorded sightings

sharp hooks

snake-like head

huge eye

coast

ancient

legend

horrifying

mysterious

monster