Do you like travelling?
What places do you want to visit?
What do you think the theme of our lesson is?
Match the words to their definitions
1.Impressive
a.to stay somewhere where you can’t be seen
2. Steep
b.interesting place that tourist often visit
3. Sight
c.to get away, to run away
4. Breeding season
d.Exciting, amazing
5. Survive
e.time of the year when animals mate
6. Escape
f.to move slowly out on hands and knees
7. Swallow
g.to use force to make sth move towards you
8. Pull in
h.capable of causing death, dangerous
9. Lie flat
i.to absorb as if to eat
10. Crawl out
j.to not die
11. Fatal
k.to be in a horizontal position against smth
12 Hide
l.rising at a sharp angle
The Keys
1.d 2.l 3.b 4.e 5.j 6. c 7.i 8.g 9.k 10.f 11.h 12.a
Fill in: swallow, poisonous, escape, reptiles, spectacular, breeding, steep, sandy, cable, shaking
1. A cable car takes people up and down ________ streets
2. You can use _____car to get to the museum
3. The view from the top of the building is absolutely ________
4. We liked this ____beach, it was great.
5. Usually these animals has a ______season from February to April
6. If you want to ____ from the pressures of the big city, then go to the Florida Everglades
7. Be careful while in the swamps as there are _______ snakes
8. Alligators and snakes are ______
9.People say the bog can ______anything
10. Suddenly, the ground started ______ . It was an earthquake.
The correct answers:
- 1. A cable car takes people up and down STEEP streets
- 2. You can use CABLE car to get to the museum
- 3. The view from the top of the building is absolutely SPECTACULAR
- 4. We liked this SANDY beach, it was great.
- 5. Usually these animals has a BREEDING season from February to April
- 6. If you want to ESCAPE from the pressures of the big city, then go to the Florida Everglades
- 7. Be careful while in the swamps as there are POISONOUS snakes
- 8. Alligators and snakes are REPTILES
- 9.People say the bog can SWALLOW anything
- 10. Suddenly, the ground started SHAKING . It was an earthquake.
Give each other the marks, according to the table:
9-10 pluses is a “5”
7-8 pluses is a “4”
5-6 is a “3”
Let’s do the quiz
Divide into two teams,
you’ll give the answers in a turn,
the team with a lot of points wins.
The Golden Gate Bridge
The ancient Redwood trees
You can see elephant seals at Piedras Blancas
Hearst Castle
You can see zebras there
The mud bogs can swallow a car or a person in a few minutes
Flash floods
These reptiles can run up to 48 kmph
And the winner is ….
Congratulations!!!
The final task
Let’s pretend that we are going to the Pacific Coast Highway and the Florida Everglades Park. We have two groups with two guides in each and tourists. Here is the plan of your speech. Don’t forget to be informative and friendly.
All the rest, listen to a guide’s speech and be ready to choose the best guide.
The Pacific Coast Highway
San Francisco
Big Sur
Piedras Blancas
Hearst Castle
The Florida Everglades
Mud bogs
Bugs and bites
Flash floods
Alligators
Who is the best guide in your opinion? Why?
1. What do you think about the lesson? Did you like it? Why or why not? 2. What do think about your work? Are you satisfied or not?
Homework
Write a letter to your friend on the topic of our lesson. You went to the Florida Everglades or to the Pacific Coast Highway and share your impressions on what you’ve seen and liked the most. Don’t forget the rules of writing an informal letter.
Thank you for the lesson!