Write ten questions on the text.
WEATHER FORECAST
Two men were travelling in a very wild part of America. They saw no modern houses and no traces of civilization for many days. What they saw were only a few huts made of wood or tents where Indians lived. One day they met an old Indian who was a hunter. He was very very clever and knew everything about the forest and the animals living in it and many other things. He could also speak English quite well. "Can you tell us what the weather will be like during the next few days?" one of the travelers asked him. "Oh, yes," he answered. "Rain is coming, and wind. Then there will be snow for a day or two but then the sunshine will come again and the weather will be fine".
"These old Indians seem to know more about Nature than we with all our science", said the man to his friend. Then he turned to the old Indian.
"Tell me", he asked, "how do you know all that?"
The Indian answered: "I heard it over the radio".
ON WEATHER
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"Good morning, Mrs Green. It has become quite cool all of a
sudden, hasn't it?"
"Yes, and this rain seems endless".
"I think the summer is over and autumn's on the way".
"The nights are certainly longer. It gets dark soon after tea-time
now".
"I much prefer winter to summer. I can't stand hot weather".
II
"I say, Mum. What's the weather going to be?" "It looks like rain. There are dark clouds in the sky and a strong wind is blowing"
1 "Oh, I have to put on my raincoat'' "And don't forget your umbrella"
"All right, Mum. I must be off. Bye"
III
" Hi, Susan. Where have you been this summer? You look fine"
"I spend my summer holidays at the sea-side" "What was the weather like?"
"It was hot all the days, not a cloud in the sky. The water was about 25 degrees above. I enjoyed my stay there very much"
IV
"I say, John"
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"Yes?"
"Have you got today's newspaper?"
"What does the weather report say?''
"Let me see. Well, it says: 'The weather will be rainy with bright intervals. Strong north-east winds. Temperature about 15'C (degrees Centigrade)' ".
VOCABULARY
weather-aya-райы
good morning-қайырлы таң
to prefer-қалау
a strong wind-қатты жел
to forget-ұмыту
umbrella-зонтик
newspaper- газет
Questions:
What is the weather like today?
In what weather is it more pleasant to stay inside than to be outside?
What will you put on if the weather is very cold? Do you see any change in the weather?
Task:
Tell the group if the weather is agreeable for your plans and why?
why?
Task:Describe the view you see from the window of your group and the weather you are having.
Abraham Lincoln ( 1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln had a still greater wish: he wanted to see all the people of the United States, including the black people, free from oppression and exploitation by the rich, the owners of the big plantations. Abraham Lincoln was the son of a poor farmer. He was born in 1809 and his childhood was spent in hard work, helping his father on their small farm. But in 1816, when the young Abraham was only seven years old, his father lost his farm and the family moved to another part of the country, where the boy worked as a rarm labourer, a shop-assistant and later as a clerk in the post-office.
Then, in 1818, his mother, whom he loved very dearly, lied. Happily for him, when his father married again, the second wife was a good mother to him too. Seeing that Abraham liked reading, she did all she could to help him. But the family was
poor and the boy could not get many books. His favorite ones were The Life of George Washington and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. He later said himself that he only went to school “by littles" - a little now and a little then, and not more than a year in all. But he worked hard and later even became a lawyer.
In 1847 he was elected member of the US Congress. In all his political work, Lincoln thought of building a free state for all
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people. The state, he said, could not be half free and slaves.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of United States. Then he worked still harder for freedom for j slaves.
During the Civil War between the North and the S« .;: Lincoln was named commander-in-chief of the Union Ai ; and in 1865, the war was won by the Union Army and i who wanted freedom for the slaves.
In 1864, he was* elected President of the United State for the second time. But his enemies, the owners of the plantai r, in the South and the bankers in New York who had grown с on the work of the slaves, could not let Lincoln continue ii good work. He was shot in a theatre in Washington on Apri -1865 and he died the next day.
At the opening of a memorial to the many men who io; their lives fighting for the freedom of the black slaves, Abrahai Lincoln told his countrymen that the living must finish the wor of those dead; that they must fight for freedom for all the blac and the white; that America must strengthen government of th people by the people and for the people.
VOCABULARY
blаск-қара
exploitation-эксплуатация
plantation-плантация
роог-кедей
childhood-балалық шақ
hard work-қиын жұмыс
to work-жұмыс істеу
the second wife-екінші эйелі
lawyer-адвокат, қорғаушы
political work-саяси жұмыс
freedom-бостандык
enemies-жаулар
black slaves-қара құлдар
Questions:
Where and when was Abraham Lincoln born?
What can you tell us about Abraham's childhood?
When was he elected as President?
What is he famous for?
Task
Retell the text: ' 'Abraham Lincoln"
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