- •The timeline of British Monarchs during last 3 centuries
- •Answer the following questions using the text.
- •Match word combinations with their Russian equivalents:
- •Fill in the prepositions.
- •Translate the following sentences into English making use of words from the text.
- •Translate into English using Comparative and Superlative forms:
- •Fill the table with Comparative and Superlative forms of adjectives:
- •What tenses can one use speaking about the past? What tenses are used in the text?
- •Give the list of fish species/animals mentioned in the text. Can you add more names?
- •Give the list of colors mentioned in the text. Add as many colors as possible. Speak about gradations. You can make it a team play.
- •Which facts given by Venerable Bede seem unreal? Why? Discuss in a group.
- •Match the words from the text with their synonyms in the second list.
- •Search through the text for English equivalents to the following phrases:
Search through the text for English equivalents to the following phrases:
- превосходить самые смелые ожидания;
- властелин всего творения;
- звезды, сияющие на своих орбитах;
- хранить открытие в тайне;
- освободить силу, которой суждено потрясти континент;
- в безумной жадности;
- от рассвета до заката;
- слитки стоимостью в тысячи;
- разнести весть по континенту;
- последний форпост цивилизации;
- длинная непрерывная вереница фургонов;
- ряды, опустошаемые холерой;
- неукротимые как дыхание Тихого океана.
What was the everyday life of ordinary people in the Wild West? Can we learn any details of it from the text?
Find the words for:
buildings
activities
animals
tools
transport (land/sea).
In the text there are some verbs describing sound.
Match them with the source given in the text:
Verb Noun
bellow masts
bleat cows
bawl sails
rollick sheep
creak calves
whine youth (young people)
Can we make any other pairs with the same words?
Work with the dictionary and make mind maps for the following polysemantic words.
decimate (v) pick (n, v) round (n, v, adj)
5. What actions of a gold-digger are described in the text?
Listening
Robert Bucholz . History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts (lectures)
(http://www.thegreatcourses.com)
Listening 1
History of London
Listen to the fragment from the lecture.
Try to fix dates and figures while listening. After listening tell what they refer to. Compare answers.
Listen again and check yourself.
Speak about the text. Give summary of it.
Listening 2
The Civil Wars 1642-1649 in England
You are going to listen to the lecture describing the Revolution of 1642-1649. Before you listen remember the main events of the time.
Try to fix names of social groups participating in the Revolution on both sides.
What impressed you most in the story? Retell this episode.
http://www.usahistory.info
eyewitnesstohistory.com
http://www.britannia.com/history/
http://www.great-britain.co.uk/history/history.htm
http://www.thegreatcourses.com