Lesson 47
Do we need MUC h?
Клас
Дата
Цілі: формувати лексичні навички й навички вимови; вдосконалювати на-
вички читання й усного мовлення; розвивати мовну здогадку й мовленнєву
реакцію учнів; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.
Procedure
1. Warm-up
Work in groups
What makes the Earth either healthy or sick?
Collect your ideas for two minutes and discuss them with the other groups.
2. Listening
Tom and Jess both talk about things they could not live without. Listen
and do the tasks.
J e s s. Right, Tom, tell me, what three things could you not live without?
T o m. Well, I guess you say me playing with my new toy just now. It’s my iPod touch and it is fantastic. I often take long bus journeys at the week-
end and on this little electronic storage machine with screen I can watch
a movie and that’s just … makes bus journeys fly by. It also has wireless
internet so I can carry it around and in a coffee shop I can check my e-mail
and it has the added function of being able to play music, although I don’t listen to music much. That’s one. My iPod touch is with me all the time. It’s
kind of connected to my number 2. Number 2 is the internet. I couldn’t live
without the internet. I’m online every day — reading newpapers, check-
ing out information about things I want to do and see that day. Keeping
in touch with family and friends, although I don’t do that as much as they would like. The internet is such a huge part of my life. I can’t imagine what
it was like ten or fifteen years ago, when nobody was online. Number three, I suppose is the sun, which sounds a bit facile because everything on the
whole planet requires the sun, but for me it’s not so much about the nutri-
tion that plants and animals derive from the sun. It’s just being able to lie
and relax in the soft warmth, tanning by the pool letting my mind empty and clear. Those are my three. How about you?
J e s s. Well, I have to agree with your second one, definitely the In- ternet is one thing couldn’t live without either, for the same reasons you
mentioned, really, just to stay in touch with people for things like read-
ing the news, checking my e-mail, finding phone numbers, getting infor-
mation. I really couldn’t live without it. The second thing would be my
family. I couldn’t live without them. I think since I’ve moved away from
Britain and I don’t live close to them, and I don’t see them regularly any-
more, I’ve grown to love them even more. Kind of you don’t realize what
you’ve until it’s gone, and that was true with my family. I really miss them all the time, and I love going back to see them, so they’re my number two, and my number three would be music. Music’s a huge part of my life and I think I remember things by what I was listening to at the time. I’ll
remember periods of my life by what’s songs I was listening to or what
album i bought, so for me my memories are very much brought back to me by music, so those are my three things: the Internet, my family, and music.
Vocabulary Quiz
flew by live without can’t imagine lets her mind until it’s gone period
I went through a … of my life when I liked to go out dancing. He … what it’s like to not have a lot of money.
I was so busy today that the time just ….
After I graduated from university I wanted to go back to school imme- diately. You never know what you have ….
He couldn’t … his dog.
She needs to do something that … empty.
Answer the following questions about the interview.
1) Tom likes his iTouch on bus journeys ….
a) so he can listen to music b) so the time goes by fast c) so he does not have to talk to people
2) He uses the internet to … daily.
|
| a) maintain his blog | b) | catch up with family |
| c) read the news | |||
| 3) | He says the sun helps him …. | ||
| a) clear his mind | b) | derive nutrients | |
| c) dry by the pool | |||
| 4) Jess likes the internet for … reason as Tom. | |||
| a) a different | b) | the same | |
| c) a similar | |||
| 5) | She says she sees her family …. | ||
| a) all the time | b) | quite often | |
| c) not often | |||
| 6) | She says music helps her …. | ||
| a) reduce stress | b) | remember things | |
| c) get motivated | |||
| Key: 1 b, 2 c, 3 a, 4 b, 5 c, 6 b. | |||
3. Reading
Do ex. 1, p. 132.
4. speaking
Do ex. 2, p. 133.
5. summary
1) Can you talk about three of your most prized possessions?
2) Can you talk about three things you need every day?
3) Can you talk about three things you need to do every day?
6. Homework
1) What are the benefits / disadvantages of technical progress?
2) Write down some ideas for discussion.
Lesson 48
