Vocabulary and speaking
A.
1. Make the phrases with the words from two lines. Use the text if you don’t remember the phrase.
is striking are carrying are making is shutting are having are watching is waiting
acrobats the door dragons the midnight fun the clock resolutions
2. Say where people are doing this:
- are letting the New Year out - are making resolutions
- are eating grapes - are dancing in the street
-are watching parades - are going to pubs
-are spending time with co-workers - are laughing at each other
B.
1. Answer the questions:
1. What is happening at the midnight in Spain? In England?
2. Are bonenkai parties family days?
3. Why are the Chinese buying oranges?
4. Are Spanish people looking funny at the moment of eating the grapes?
5. What promises do English people make in December?
6. When is the Japanese New Year’s Day?
2. Are the sentences true or false?
1. In Spain people see the New Year in with a mouthful of cherries.
2. Japanese people celebrate the New Year with their co-workers.
3. In China people go out into the streets and have fun, dance and sing.
4. Children always try to keep their New Year resolutions.
5. Bonenkai parties are popular in China.
C.
1. Describe:
1. The Spanish tradition of celebrating the New Year’s Day.
2. The English children’s customs.
3. The Chinese celebration.
4. Japanese bonenkai party.
5. Letting the New Year out.
2. You are at the New Year’s party art the moment. Make the report about the seeing the new Year’s day in your country. Are there any special traditions? What are people doing?
Grammar
Present Continuous
A.
1. Use the words in brackets in Present Continuous.
e.g. The Japanese (have) fun with co-workers in a pub. –
The Japanese are having fun with co-workers in a pub.
1. Manuela (laugh) at the plate with grapes.
2. On the parade the people (sing and watch) magic tricks.
3. In English family the father (open) the door for the New Year..
4. This Chinese man (buy) oranges for the New Year party.
5. You (celebrate) the bonenkai party.
2. Ask general questions to the sentences.
e.g. Tomoko is having fun in the pub– Is Tomoko having fun in the pub?
1. Lee is watching the parade.
2. Johnny and Mary are writing the papers with their resolutions.
3. Anna is sitting with mouthful of grapes.
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4. Mr. Smith is opening the door for the New Year.
5. We are enjoying funny tricks.
B.
1. Choose between Present Simple and Present Continuous.
e.g. People like / are liking having New Year’s parties.
1. Generally we buy / are buying much food for New Year’s dinner.
2. Look! That boy makes / is making tricks in the street.
3. We don’t celebrate / are not celebrating the New Year with our friends.
4. I go / am going to the pub because my friends wait / are waiting for me there.
5. In Britain people usually make / are making promises for themselves.
2. Ask questions to the parts in bold. Watch the tense!
e.g. We always go to the bonenkai parties with colleagues. – Where do you always go?
1. The Chinese are singing and dancing together in the streets.
2. People all over the world are waiting for Santa Claus.
3. In England people have a tradition of letting the New Year out.
4. The Spanish are seeing the New Year in with mouthful of grapes.
5. The Chinese is making wonderful tricks with fire.
6. In December we try to forget our old troubles.
C.
1. Fill in the necessary verb. Mind the spelling of the verbs with – ing form.
1. Why … you … at the table with the plate full of grapes?
2. We … the door and then we … it.
3. Many people … paper dragons and flowers.
4. – Tomoko … fun with her co-workers in a pub.
5. How many oranges … you … for the party?
6. The clock … twelve and we … “Happy New Year”!
2. Ask 5 tag-questions with not true information to the text. Make up the questions of different types. Make questions in the Present Continuous and the Present Simple tenses.
E.g.
In Spain people wait for the midnight with a plate of grapes, don’t` they?
What are the people looking at the Chinese parade?
Module 8
Vocabulary: Travelling
Grammar: Numerals
Reading: Edinburgh: A colourful city
Warm-up
Read and translate these words.
Edinburgh [`edınbәrә] medieval [medi`i:vәl]
colourful [`k Λ lәfәl] ghost [`gәust]
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hundred [`h Λ ndrıd] castle [`ka:sl]
thousand [`θauzәnd] volcano [vol`keınәu]
A.
Match the words from these columns. Use a dictionary for unknown words and pronunciation.
Castle a New year party in Edinburgh
Ghost a fortified building
Festival a spirit of a dead person
Edinburgh any occasion for celebration
Hogmanay the capital of Scotland
B.
Read and translate the phrases, pay attention to the numerals.
1. 450 000 people live in Edinburgh.
2. In 2003, there were over 500 different shows.
3. Over 1 000 000 people visit the castle every year.
4. The old city has 100s of ghosts.
5. 100 000s of years ago, the hills in Edinburgh were volcanoes.
C.
Answer the questions.
1. Which old cities of your country do you know?
2. How old are they?
3. How many castles could you name?
4. Which festivals are there in your country?
5. What do people do there?
Reading
EDINBURGH: A COLOURFUL CITY
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. Four hundred and fifty thousand people live there, and because it’s in the North the skies are often grey. But Edinburgh itself is a colourful city – it mixes modern and medieval, the traditional and the new. It’s famous for its international festivals and unusual local culture.
When you arrive the first thing you see is Edinburgh castle, on a hill, high above the city. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the hills in Edinburgh were volcanoes. Today, the volcanoes are quiet. Over one million people visit the castle every year. Part of it is a thousand years old. Edinburgh castle is not the only castle in Edinburgh. In fact there are many old castles and old houses.
It’s not surprising that the old city has hundreds of ghosts. Some are famous. One is the ghost of George Mackenzie who killed a lot of people.
Edinburgh is a great place for a party. From the twenty-ninth of December – the first of January Edinburgh has a New Year festival called Hogmanay. Four hundred thousand people from all over the world go to the party. There are fireworks, concerts and a huge street party with dancing in the street!
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Every summer there are art festivals in the city. They include jazz, book, cinema festivals and, of course, the famous International and Fringe Theatre Festivals. At these festivals you can see everything from circuses to ballets and from comedy shows to Shakespeare plays. In 2003, there were five thousand different shows and many of them were free!
Follow-up
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