I. Read the following proper names correctly:
A. Europe, Asia, South America, North America, Africa, Australia
B. Argentina, Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahrain [bR'reIn], Barbados ['bRbeIdLz], Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia ['bPznIq]-Herzegovina [hFqtsq'gPvInq], Brazil [brq'zIl], Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Chile ['CIlI], China, Croatia [krqu'eISIq], Cuba, Cyprus ['sQIprqs], the Czech [Cek] Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea ['gInI], Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel ['IzreIl], Italy, Japan [Gq'pxn], Korea, Kuwait [kHweIt], Lebanon ['lebqnqn], Liechtenstein ['lIktnstaIn] Luxembourg ['lAksmbWg], Macedonia ["mxsI'dqunIq], Malta ['mLltq], Nepal [nJ'pLl], the Netherlands, New Zealand ['neTqlqndz], Norway, the Philippines ['fIlIpJnz], Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Montenegro ["mPntI'nJgrqu], Spain, Sweden ['swJdn], Switzerland, Thailand ['taIlxnd], Turkey ['tWkI], Ukraine, the UAE (the United Arab ['xrqb] Emirates ['emIrqts], the USA (the United States of America)
II. Match the country and its capital:
China Stockholm ['stPkhqum]
Austria Vienna [vI'enq]
Norway Oslo ['Pzlqu]
Poland Warsaw ['wLsL]
Italy Rome
France Valletta
Japan Tokyo
Malta Athens ['xTnz]
Greece Copenhagen ["kqupn'heIgn]
Denmark Paris 'pxrIs]
Sweden Beijing
III. Endings ese, - an, - ish, -i are used to form the word denoting nationality
Form each nationality according to the modal:
- an
America American: Austria, Belarus, Egypt, Canada, Norway, Italy.
He is from the USA. He is an American. He speaks English. (the English language). The Americans are easy-going. (The Americans are an easy-going people.)
- ese
Portugal Portuguese: Burma, China, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Nepal.
He is from Portugal. He is a Portuguese. He speaks Portuguese (the Portuguese language). The Portuguese are friendly. (The Portuguese are a friendly people.)
- i
Iraq Iraqi: Israel, Pakistan, Kuwait.
He is from Iraq. He is an Iraqi. He speaks Arabic (the Arabic language). The Iraqis are independent and warlike. (The Iraqis are an independent and warlike people.)
Irregular cases:
Cyprus a Cypriot, the Cypriots; Spain a Spaniard, Spanish, the Spanish; Great Britain an Englishman/woman, English, the English; Denmark a Dane; the Danes, Danish; France a Frenchman/woman, the French, French; Turkey a Turk, the Turks, Turkish; Poland a Pole, the Poles, Polish; The Netherlands a Dutchman/woman; the Dutch, Dutch.
III. Listen to the tape and do the exercises below.
PRE-LISTENING TASKS
Do you know how the names of these countries are pronounced in English?
Egypt Iran Japan Ireland
Czechoslovakia Switzerland China Brazil
Portugal Saudi Arabia Belgium Iraq
Vietnam Norway Poland Israel
Hungary Finland Canada
LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION TASKS
Listen and check if you can guess correctly. Practise the reading of the names with the tape.
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Listen to 8 short dialogues. Pick out the nationality adjectives for each country and put them down into the right column (according to the suffix).
| -ian | -ish | -ese | -i | other |
Look at the list of countries in the pre-listening exercise. Complete the columns with the nationality adjectives of the countries not mentioned in the dialogues. Consult a dictionary to spell the words correctly.
2.4. Listen again. What adjectives are used to describe peoples characters? Put them down into your notebooks.
e.g. Czech sociable
IV. Learn the structure What is/are like?
A. Your friend is living in Australia for one year. Ask lots of questions about the country:
The weather, the people, the towns, Sydney, the beaches, the TV programmes.
B. Robert had a terrible holiday. Complete the questions about it in the following dialogues.
1. A. ..
B. Awful. My room was tiny, and the service was bad.
2. A.
B. It was terrible. The plane was delayed six hours!
3. A.
B. Awful! It rained almost every day.
4. A. ..
B. They were crowded and dirty. There was no sand on them, just stones!
5. A.
B. Disgusting! Chips with everything and it was often undercooked.
V. Make up a dialogue of your own by analogy:
- What country is Lian from?
- He is from China. He speaks both Chinese and English.
- What are the Chinese like?
- Oh, the Chinese are an inventive and creative people. (They are inventive and creative.)
VI. What country would you like to visit? Why?
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