Lesson 58. Famous landmarks of Kyiv

Цілі: вдосконалювати лексичні навички и навички вимови; вдосконалювати навички читання, аудіювання й усного мовлення; розвивати логічне мислення; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань і повагу до культури своєї країни.

Procedure

1.Warm-up

What places can we find in a city? Use relative clauses with where.

A... is a place where....

Example: A bakery is a place where people bake bread, cakes, and donuts.

• A factory

• A museum

• A department store

• A park

• A hospital

• A bank

• A gallery

• A theater

• A zoo

• A restaurant

• A library

• An aquarium

• A hotel

• A stadium

2. Speaking

Do ex. 3 (a), p. 158.

3. Reading

Do ex. 3(b), p. 158.

Match the places in the pictures and their descriptions.

1. This is a fascinating church which gave the street its name.

2. This is a village close to Kyiv where a lot of pieces of folk architecture are brought from all parts of Ukraine.

3. This is the central square where all important events take place.

4. These are the original ruins of the gates which were built ten centuries ago.

5. This unusual building was built at the beginning of the last century.

Make a list of Kyiv’s landmarks which are mentioned in the text.

• Zoloti Vorota

• The St. Sophia Cathedral

• The Statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

• St. Michael’s Zolotoverkhyi Monastery

• Andriyivsky Uzviz

• St. Andrew’s Church

• Kyivo-Pechercka Lavra

• Maydan Nezalezhnosti

• Nebesna Sotnya Alley

• Khreshchatyk, the main street of the city

• The House of Chimeras

• Mariyinsky Palace

• The Statue of Volodymyr the Great

• The Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture

Sort them:

• streets and squares;

• churches;

• monuments and museums.

Make up sentences to describe the landmarks.

4. Vocabulary practice

Do ex. 4, p. 161.

5. Writing

Do ex. 5, p. 161.

6. Summary

Do ex. 6, p. 161.

7. Homework

Write about your favourite place in your city. Is it popular with many people? Why?

Appendix

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

William Wordsworth