However, the vet is confident of curing him by means of a small operation. Today he is taking Sam to the local vet, because he is afraid that he is going blind. There is always a supply of fresh water for his whisky, and plenty of carpet space for putting practice, so he is very comfortable and content with suburban life.įelix is very fond of his old dog, Sam. His wife Gertie looks after him carefully she cleans the house regularly, and feeds him daily on well cooked meat and tinned vegetables. He looks gloomy, but in fact he is quite happy, and he leads a quiet life in this suburb of London. A Quiet Lifeįelix Catt is a typical resident of Siberia Avenue, Surbiton. Listen to the text and find out if you guessed right.
Use 12 words (4 adjectives, 4 verbs and 4 nouns) not used in the class from the table to the game “My Word” to describe yourself.Īims and objectives: introducing and practicing the vocabularyĮquipment: writing paper, pictures, handouts Then the students go round the class and talk to the others in search for the person with whom they would like to swap lifestyles. They have to think of what they really dislike about their present lifestyle, and what they are looking for. Then the students are told they would like to change their lifestyle. There may be a need to prepare a certain questionnaire for the students to note down the answers. The teacher asks to imagine that they are the people in the cards and think a while how old they are, what their education and occupation may be, what they do every day, where they work, what their hobbies are, etc. The students are given the cards (one for each student). We are going to start this year with telling not about other people but about ourselves, and this is called “autobiography”.īefore writing autobiographies let’s practice describing biographies of other people by playing a game. Such way of describing is called “biography”, and you know it quite well. There is one more way of describing people but it mainly deals with telling the facts from people’s history and background. You have just used a great variety of words to describe mostly appearance and character. If the suggested words are agreed upon, the student’s score is counted, and another student takes the turn.Īfter the groups have produced their sentences, the teacher draws the students’ attention to the fact that not only adjectives (which is quite common) but also other parts of speech can be used for describing Other students may question the suggested vocabulary. First, I.Īfter the player is chosen (or appointed), he / she contributes a sentence to the story using as many words from the list as possible. The beginning of the story may be as follows (depends on the teacher): I’ve had a wonderful summer this year. The student who gets the highest score wins. Each word is assigned a certain number of points, and it mayīe used only once. After that, the rules are explained: the teacher starts telling the story, and the students must continue it when the teacher stops using as many words from the list in their sentences as possible. The teacher gives the handout to each student and checks if all the words are familiar. This is a competition, in which students try to score as many points as possible by continuing a story started by the teacher using a given set of words. In this case, it is not bad to think of a small prize for the winner. This can be done in pairs or groups to save the time. ( Usually, I am not keen on travelling.)ģ) to / give / chance / never / a / despair! ( Never give a chance to despair!)Ĥ) person / a / you sociable / are / very ? ( Are you a very sociable person?)ĥ) the / it / in / to / was / sail / interesting / ocean? ( Was it interesting to sail in the ocean?)Ħ) for / this / work / person / does / Microsoft? ( Does this person work for Microsoft?) ( You and I will come to class tomorrow.)Ģ) travelling / I / on / not / am / usually / keen. If you do it correctly, reading every third word you will find a message.ġ) class / will / you / to / and / tomorrow / come / 1.
Science and technology in English-speaking countries _188 Science and technology in English-speaking countries. Science and technology in English-speaking countries _181 Lesson 46.
Exam practice.167Įnglish-speaking countries.
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