Through Listening to Speaking
And Writing
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U N I T O N E BY HEART
PART I. WARMING UP ACTIVITY
TASK I. Work in pairs. Do you have any problems with your studies? Ask your partner about it using the following ideas:
- you dont like the subject
- you dont like the teacher
- other students seem to be better than you
- you cant follow the lesson
- you cant concentrate
- the lessons are usually boring
TASK II. A student, Ann by name has some problems with studying. This is her letter to a magazine problem page for advice. List her problems and tell your partner about them. What are her fears? Make a list of them.
Dear Susanne,
Im having some problems at University. It is very difficult to concentrate in the evenings because Im always sleepy. What is more, I find it difficult to get down to work. I think that other students are much better than me and Im afraid I wont be able to keep up with them. The teacher has told me that Im falling behind with my studies. Im not good at writing dictations and Making a Message comes difficult to me.
Im sure Im not going to getthrough my winter exams. I scraped through my mid-term tests with only 67% and Im depressed now.
What do you think I should do?
Yours desperately,
Ann.
Try to work out what the italicized words mean.
TASK III. In pairs, through discussion, match the words in column A with the definitions in column B. Using the expressions below give Ann your advice.
A B
1. to get down to doing sth a. to pass an exam or test
2. to keep up with someone/sth b. to pass an exam with a very low
grade
3. to fall behind with sth c. to start work on
4. to come easy/difficult to smb d. to remain at the same standard
as someone else
5. to learn parrot fashion e. to be behind with sth, not at the
level expected
6. to scrape through sth f. to cause some/no problem
7. to get through sth g. to learn sth without understanding
a word of it
TASK IV. Take turns to ask and answer the questions below about your studies:
1. How are you getting on with your studies?
2. Are you good at using computers?
3. Is it always easy to keep up with the group?
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4. How do you think you will do in your future exams?
Report to the rest of the group of what you have found out.
TASK V. Discuss the following questions:
1. What are the arguments for and against learning by heart?
2. What do you think is a good way to learn new words and expressions?
3. How useful is it to learn things parrot fashion?
4. Why do people find it difficult to get down to work?
TASK VI. Discuss in pairs how teenagers express their complaints about their problems in studies.
Neutral Formal Informal
Im sorry, Im afraid Im not completely satisfied Im sick & tired of.
Its really bad I wish to complain about Im fed up with
Im sorry to say this, Im not the person who Ive just about had
but usually complains, but enough of!
Theres something to
complain about
How would you express your complaints talking to: a foreign friend?
An adult?
Role-play.
In most Canadian schools, teachers ask parents to come to parent-teacher conferences. The teacher and parents discuss the childs progress in school, and other problems.
Role-play the following situations:
Teacher: Parent:
- the pupils bad marks Listen to the teachers complaints.
- the recent missing 5 classes Respond to the complaints.
on your subject
the pupils bad behaviour
PART II. LISTENING
TASK I. Study the meaning of the following words and expressions:
- to run (about plays/films) for years on end - continuously, without break
- to be cast in a role - to be chosen to act a role
- to falter - to say in a weak and broken manner
- a jailer - a person who is in charge of a prison or prisoners
- to write out in full to write a complete text
- eagerly with strong interest
- to squint ones eyes to look with almost closed eyes in order to make out what is written
- promptly (adv) quickly
TASK II. Look at the words below and try to guess what the story on tape is going to be about. Discuss it with your partner.
By heart, to falter, to play a joke on somebody, a jailer, behind bars, dim light, to squint ones eyes, much to smbs amusement, an aristocrat.
TASK III. Listen to the tape and having got a general idea decide how far or close you were in your predictions. Discuss it with your partner.
TASK IV. Now you will listen to the tape again. As you listen, fill in the missing information in the sentences below.
Some plays run for years because _____________________.1
In many ways, this is unfortunate for___________________2, who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
One would expect them ____________________.3
A famous actor was cast in the role of ________________4, who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for ____________5. years.
In the last act, a jailer would always ________________6 which he would _______________.7
The noble man insisted that the letter should _________________.8
One night, the jailer decided ________________9 on his colleague to find out if he knew the contents of the letter by heart.
He entered the cell and gave the noble man the letter which was ______________.10
The noble man stared at the letter, then squinted his eyes and said that _______________.11
Then he asked the jailer to _______________12 and promptly handed him the sheet of paper.
Finding that he couldnt remember a word of the letter___________13, he agreed that _________________14 and went to fetch _________.15
Much to the nobles amusement, the jailer returned with ___________16 which he preceded to read to the prisoner.
TASK V. Listen to the tape one more time and answer the following questions:
1. Why do some plays run for years on end?
2. Why are the actors expected to know their part by heart?
3. What is the layout of the story?
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4. Who was imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years?
5. What did the actor always insist on?
6. Why did the jailer decide to play a joke on his colleague?
7. When the curtain went up on the final act, what did it reveal?
8. What did the jailer present to the aristocrat? Was it a usual letter?
9. What proves the fact that the noble was a quick-witted man?
10. Did the jailer get puzzled?
11. Why did he go to fetch his glasses? What else did he bring?
12. Did the audience guess anything?
TASK VI. Now restore the context in pairs helping each other.
TASK VII. At home make up a dialogue between the jailer and the noble after the performance and act it out.
TASK VIII. Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible:
a) Why are actors in successful plays in many ways unfortunate?
b) In which act of the play was the aristocrat given a letter to read?
c) What are the relationships between the colleagues in this theatre?
TASK IX. Read the following sentences and do the following tasks given in brackets.
1). Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. (Write two sentences illustrating the use of
so + adj/adv +that
such + (a) noun + that.)
2). In the last act, a jailer would always come on to the stage with a letter. (Which verb could be used in place of would? Write two sentences illustrating the use of would and used to.)
3). The noble was expected to read the letter at each performance. He always insisted that the letter should be written out in full. (Join these sentences using even though and a pronoun.)
4). He always insisted that the letter should be written out in full. (Write sentences using the following:
He suggested that
He insisted that
He demanded that)
5). The jailer entered the cell. He presented the letter to the aristocrat. (Join these sentences so that a new one could sound natural.)
6). I must get my glasses. (Which verb can we use in place of must here?)
PART III. EXTENSION ACTIVITY. Have a talk with your partner or teacher on the following questions.
1. Which is more popular now, cinema or theatre? Why? Which of them speaks more to the eye than to the ear?
2. What is the role of the theatre in the intellectual life of a country? of a person?
3. What world-famous theatres do you know or have you heard of?
4. Which do you prefer, going to the theatre or to the cinema? Why? What films do you enjoy?
5. Do you ever go to concerts? Why? Why not?
PART IV. WRITING (supposed as home-assignment)
Write a composition of about 2OO words using the ideas given below. Do not write more than four paragraphs.
Title: SIX SHORT WEEKS
Introduction: A new play called by The World Tomorrow to be shown
Development: First night not play well received supposed to be funny nobody laughed people walked out bad reviews
Conclusion: The play ran for six weeks last performance small audience actors struggled through - the audience found the last line of the play very funny: Our six short weeks have hastened to their end even the actors laughed.
UNIT II. THE CUTTY SARK
PART I. WARMING UP ACTIVITY
TASK I. Look at the race. How are the ships doing?
2 6
1 5 3 4
Complete the sentences below using the following expressions:
to keep up with
to fall behind
to catch up with
to take the lead
Number 1 is ______________________.
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Number 2 is ______________number 5.
Number 6 is ________________number 3.
Number 4 is _____________.
TASK II. What kinds of ships are they? Discuss it with your partner and then label the pictures using the words below.
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power boat, rubber dinghy, dinghy, rowing boat, canoe, yacht, motorboat
