Структура занятия. The aim of the lesson is to teach you to compare several texts dealing with the same problems, to single out what the authors have in common and what they

The aim of the lesson is to teach you to compare several texts dealing with the same problems, to single out what the authors have in common and what they differ by, and to give your own point of view on the problems. Though the texts were written some twenty or thirty years ago, you may find that many issues are of immediate concern to the people of today.

1. Сопоставление пар реплик и определение идентичности или противоположности выраженных в них мнений.

Listen to the pairs of utterances. Show your blue cards if the speakers agree with each other and your red cards if they disagree. E.g.:

Modern technology has a very bad effect upon nature.Modetechnology is likely to ruin nature.

2. Составление высказываний по подстановочной таблице.

Make up two utterances using the table, each consisting of at least two sentences. In the first utterance, the second sentence should add something to the opening sentence (" Besides,... "). In the second case, the continuation should oppose the beginning (" But on the other hand,...."):

3. Сопоставление на слух развернутых реплик, содержащих несколько различающуюся информацию, с целью определить, содержит ли каждая вторая реплика в паре дополнительную информацию или информацию, противоречащую первой реплике.

Listen to the pairs of utterances. Does the second utterance in each pair supply additional information or does it contradict the first utterance? Reproduce the necessary details from the second utterance to prove your point of view. E.g.:

a) Air pollution is dangerous because the diseases it causes do not manifest themselves immediately. In the long run, you never know what has ruined your health, b) No matter how hard you try to keep fit, it's hardly possible in a big city. Too many factors are involved. Besides the polluted air, there's the noise of the traffic and the constant nervous tension.

4. Прослушивание связного текста с целью вычленить основные проблемы.

Listen to the text and then saywhich of the following points are reflected in it.

1) people's interest in the past; 2) people's interest in the future; 3) a great number of films and books on historical subjects and science fiction; 4) questions concerning the food and clothes of the future centuries; 5) the possibility that the Earth will be destroyed completely; 6) the chances of our planet becoming unfit for life; 7) the reasons why life may become impossible on Earth; 8) the possibility that the future generations may live happily on another planet; 9) the possibility of the world remaining nearly the same in the next century