Презентация. "One of the pages from the British life".

One of the pages from the British life

Listening

Pre-listening activity

Answer the questions

1) Why do we say that the English are stay-at home people?

2) How many English proverbs and sayings do you know to prove that? What are they?

3) What are the English very much fond of?

4) Do the English have love of gardening?

Stay-at-Home People

Reading Group 1. Sports and Games the English Are Fond of

Choose the sentences which are true to the text

1) A. In Great Britain people like to play only football. B. The English do not like sports. C. English people like to play a lot of games and sports. 2) A. English boys are not fond of football. B. In Great Britain boys are fond of playing hockey. C. English boys like to play football, hockey, rugby, cricket.

3) A. In Great Britain girls play hockey. B. English girls are fond of playing netball. C. Girls in Great Britain don’t like sports.

4) A. English people come to watch games and sports in any weather. B. In Great Britain people don’t like to watch games and sports. C. The English come to watch games only when the weather is fine.

Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1) Lots of British people go in for different kinds of sports and are fond of playing sport games. 2) The most popular outdoor activity is running about two miles. 3) The most popular indoor activity is billiards. 4) One of the most popular British games is cricket. 5) English people like to watch games and sports on TV.

Group 2. The Devotion to the Animals

Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1) People have dogs and cats as pets. 2) Every year the British spend more than 1,5 billion pounds on pet food. 3) The Royal Society for the Prevention on Cruelty to Animals is one of the largest animal welfare society in Britain. 4) People in Britain never help charity. 5) Only rich people help RSPCA. 6) Animals are protected by law.

Speaking Work in groups. Compare the customs and traditions of the British and Russian people

Homework Discuss the English people’s customs and compare them with ours.