How Different the World Is!
урок в 10-м классе по теме “There Is No Place Like
Home”
Teacher: We have already discussed how geographical position and
environment can influence people’s lives, how they help shape some specific character
traits. Today we’ll revise all the information. So today we’ll play a game. Now I’ll
divide you into two teams. Choose captains and name your teams.
Teacher: First of all we’ll travel for a while and visit
different countries. I’ll show you a picture and give the description of the country.
Task 1:
Guess what country we are visiting:
– Nature hasn’t been kind. It is very cold most of the year. People
could do little during winter months. (Russia)
– Mountainous areas of this island state are found only in the north and west. (England)
– It is the world’s largest island and its smallest continent. Much of the land is
useless desert. Severe droughts, floods, and cyclones happen on the continent very often.
(Australia)
– It is the fourth largest nation in the world. Three quarters of the country are washed
by ocean. (USA)
– In spring there is much to be done and in a short period of time to take advantage of
warmer weather. (Russia)
– We live on a very small island with a mild climate. (England)
– The landscape changed dramatically, so that at one moment you were in moorland, the
next one in a glen, and the next one in the mountains. (Scotland)
Teacher: You know that geographical position can influence a
nation’s character and this influence is very deep. On the blackboard I put some
specific character traits of the Americans and the Russians, but one character trait in
each column is an odd word.
Task 2:
Find the odd word and explain why.
THE AMERICANS
Risk-taking
Hospitality
Willingness to experiment
Toughness
Love of gardening |
THE RUSSIANS
Predictability
Strength
Passivity
Communalism
Ability to overcome hardships |
Key: Love of gardening (Americans);
Risk-taking (Russians)
Task 3:
Make up a good scene to illustrate these words:
mobility
hospitality
love of gardening
Task 4:
Put the words in the right order. I’ll read the definition of the
word. Find this word and put the right number:
1. Cautiousness – ability to take great care.
2. Politeness – ability to be always well–mannered.
3. Optimism – ability to believe that everything will be fine.
4. Self-reliance – ability to depend only on one’s own judgment.
5. Mobility – ability to move quickly.
6. Risk-taking – ability to risk everything for something important.
7. Toughness – ability to overcome difficulties.
Task 5:
Guess the word using the clues on the cards.
1. The 1st letter takes the 6th place in the word
осторожность – cautiousness.
2. The 2nd letter occupies the 1st place in the word вежливость – politeness.
3. The 3rd letter occupies the 1st position in the word выносливость – toughness.
4. The word подвижность – mobility gives 4 letters to this
word: the 4th letter takes the 4th and the 6th positions; the 1st letter takes the 5th and
the 8th positions.
5. The 1st letter of the word скептицизм – skepticism takes the 7th
position in this word. |
Key: optimism
1. The 1st letter takes the 1st place in the second
part of the word азартный – risk-taking.
2. The 2nd letter of the word подвижность – mobility is the same with
the 2nd letter of this word.
3. The 3rd letter in the same with the 3rd letter of the word осторожность –
cautiousness; the last four letters of these words are also the same.
4. The 4th letter occupies the last place in the word азартный – risk-taking.
5. The 1st letter of the word гостеприимный – hospitable is the same
with the 5th letter of this word. |
Teacher: Very often we say: “There is no place
like home”. Is it true? At home you were to make up a short advertisement of the place
where you live.
Task 6:
Consult each other and get ready to present your advertisement.
Teacher: It is really true that “East or West home is best”,
but sometimes we want to travel and see some foreign countries. When you are abroad you
have to ask for some information.
Task 7:
Make up short dialogues and use as many polite questions as you can.
Task 8: Crossword Puzzle
Guess the words by the definitions given below. Fill in the puzzle.
H:
1. A willingness to do what somebody tells you to do.
3. The ability to see a future action, a future event.
6. The ability to move quickly from one place to another.
7. The ability to be always kind and well-bred, even if it is unpleasant.
8. The ability to take great care.
V:
1. The ability to doubt and question everything.
2. The ability to believe that everything will be fine.
4. The ability to live through difficult conditions.
5. The ability to wait for something calmly for a long time.
Key: H: 1. submission, 3. predictability, 6.
mobility, 7. politeness, 8. cautiousness; V: 1. scepticism, 2. optimism, 4.
patience, 5. toughness.
By Galina Stepanova,
Blagoveschensk
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