Lesson 62. Cultural London

Цілі: вдосконалювати лексичні й граматичні навички; вдосконалювати навички читання, аудіювання й усного мовлення; розвивати логічне мислення і пізнавальний інтерес до вивчення англійської мови; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань і повагу до культури інших народів.

Procedure

1.Warm-up

Think Fast. A game for revision

Divide the class into teams and give them 30 seconds to name as many things as come to their mind according to the following topics:

• London sights

• Kyiv sights

2. Grammar practice

Put in the correct prepositions.

The centre (1)... London has many different areas. Covent Garden (2)... London’s West End, is crowded (3)... cafes, clubs and clothes shops. Soho is also known (4)... its clubs. Knightsbridge has a lot of exclusive shops, as well as many (5)... the embassies. Fleet Street is the home (6)... the Law Courts. Oxford Street is London’s main shopping street (7)... the heart of the West End.

When you go outside the centre, you find many areas which used (8)... be small villages. The villages became part (9)... the city, but they still managed to keep their village character. Hampstead, the best-known (10)... them, is extremely expensive. Next (11)... Hampstead Village there is Hampstead Heath, a huge park (12)... open countryside, lakes, trees and bathing pools.

Key: 1 of; 2 in; 3 with; 4 for; 5 of; 6 of; 7 in; 8 to; 9 of; 10 of; 11 to; 12 with.

3. Writing

Do ex. 1, p. 172.

Key: 1 sightseeing; 2 took, marvelous; 3 must, around; 4 had, map; 5 art; 6 went, tour.

4. Listening

Do ex. 2, p. 172.

Key: 1 b; 2 a; 3 c; 4 b; 5 c.

5. Speaking

Work in pairs

Look at the theatre ticket and make up a dialogue about your last visit to the theatre.

Sample questions:

1. When did you go to the theatre last time?

2. Where did you go?

3. What did you see?

4. When did the performance start?

5. Did you sit far from the stage?

6. How much did the ticket cost?

7. Did you like the performance?

Now tell about your last visit to the theatre using these questions as a plan and add some of your impressions of the play.

6. Listening

Do ex. 3, p. 173.

7. Speaking

Do ex. 4, p. 173.

8. Reading

Do ex. 5, p. 174.

Key: 1 T; 2 F; 3 F; 4 T; 5 T; 6 T; 7 T; 8 F.

9. Speaking

Work in pairs

Make up your own dialogue changing the underlined words in the following model.

— I’m free this evening. Would you like to go out?

— I’d love to. Where shall we go?

— What about watching a new modern play?

— Where is it on?

— At the Experimental Theatre. The acting is said to be incredible.

— Good. Let’s meet a bit early and have some ice cream in a cafe.

— OK. Hope we’ll have a good time.

10. Summary

Do ex. 6, p. 175.

11. Homework

Do ex. 7, p. 175.