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“TALKING ABOUT LONDON” (p.32-33)
1) obviously the biggest difference is…
2) the average English man is…
3) to start conversation with people in the street
4) to be more enthusiastic and spontaneous
5) to improve
6) to get to know smb
7) to make a friend
8) to take a very long time
9) to be very respected
10) to want to talk to smb
11) to be inquisitive
12) to love the accent
13) to be thought to be a little inferior
14) to get excited by everything
15) to think everything to be so cute
16) to move away
17) to move backwards
18) to stand closer
19) life is a lot easier
20) to make money
21) to spend money
22) to be open all the time
23) you have to race to reach a supermarket
24) the private life is very important
25) work is the most important
26) to seem to be longer
27) to close down for two weeks
28) in this respect
29) to live to work
30) to look forward to coming back
31) to find life safer
32) to be more relaxed and much more enjoyable
33) to use smth and to feel safe
34) to be wonderful
35) to tell smb one’s life story
36) to know every street in London
37) to have the dramatic beauty of the States
38) to get into English habit
39) to find smth comforting
X. Now make a comparison between these cities, fill in the table, focusing your attention on:
a) CITY b) LIFE c) PEOPLE | |||||
L O N D O N | N E W Y O R K | ||||
city | life | people | city | life | people |
XI. Tell your neighbour group mate what you have learnt about major differences between these two global cities.
XII. Study some extra-vocabulary on the topic
Motorway | автомагистраль |
Traffic jam | автомобильная пробка |
Road repairs | ремонты дорог |
In both directions | в обоих направлениях |
The curse of the XX th century | проклятие ХХ столетия |
Advertisements for cars | реклама машин |
Masculinity | характерные для мужчин особенности (мужественность) |
To be /get stuck in… | застрять |
To be injured | пострадать, травмироваться |
Major cause of death | основная причина смерти |
Two-level roads | двухуровневые дороги |
To travel at hundreds of miles an hour | путешествовать со скоростью сотни миль в час |
Either way | в любом случае |
To double | удваиваться |
Environmentalist | эколог (специалист по защите окружающей среды) |
Public transport | общественный транспорт |
To be crowded | быть переполненным |
A race on the move | раса в движении |
XIII. Team work. Arrange yourselves in teams of 3 or 4 students. Fill in the gaps choosing the words from the above table (XII). Write a literary translation of the text. The best one will be highly assessed.
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