7 класс Модуль 1 - A city mouse or a country mouse?

A city mouse or a country mouse

Voronina M.V.

Some people live in the city  Where the houses are very tall.  Some people live in the country  Where the houses are very small.  But in the country where the houses are small,  The gardens are very big.  And in the cities where the houses are tall  There are no gardens at all.

Life in a city

Life in a city

Life in the country

Life in the country

Use the phrases below and your own ideas , then tell the class about your preferences.

I don’t mind …..

I can’t stand…..

… very important to me…

As for me, fresh air and beautiful landscapes are very important to me. I can’t stand heavy traffic. So, I think, I am a country mouse!

Match the columns and translate into Russian

• Constant
• Heavy
• Feeling
• Lead
• Crowded
• High cost of
• Beautiful
• High rate of

• air
• landscape
• streets
• noise and pollution
• living
• unemployment
• unhealthy lifestyle
• isolated

Match the words to the pictures

huge

school facilities

hometown

hustle and bustle of a big city

barn

milk a cow

feed the chickens

farmyard

6

1

2

7

5

4

3

8

Match the words to their definitions

1. barn

• a building on a farm in which we keep crops or animals
• giving food to an animal
• being alone or far from people
• nearby
• movement, activity and noise of a place
• people who are invited
• exchanging sth for sth else
• an area of land near the farmhouse enclosed by walls or buildings
• getting milk from a cow
• to feel sad because you don’t have something anymore
• the town where somebody comes from and lived/lives in
• nice and kind
• very big
• buildings, equipment, or services provided at a place
• to feel bad because you are away from your home and/or family

2. feeding

3. isolated

4. close at hand

5. hustle and bustle

6. guests

7. swapping

8. farmyard

9. milking

10. miss

11. hometown

12. lovely

13. huge

14. facilities

15. homesick

Present Simple or Present Continuous

Usually, every day, often, sometimes, in the morning

Now, at the moment, these days,

at present