- •Введение
- •Unit 1. Superstitions and Prejudices.
- •In Britain as well as in other countries the objects and actions have superstitions attached to them:
- •II. Read the following situations and say which of them are associated with superstitions and which of them are associated with customs and traditions:
- •Highlight the following words and word combinations and fill the gaps in these sentences with suitable words from the list above.
- •Look at the pictures given below and say what these superstitions foretell and which of them foretell good / bad
- •Read the definition of the word “superstition” and answer the following questions:
- •Work in Pairs. Ask your partners:
- •Vocabulary Development
- •Do you believe in luck? Put the beginnings and ends together, using expressions from the box. (There are too many expressions).
- •Explain the following expressions and make up situations of your own:
- •Explain the following expressions. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •Fill the gaps with suitable phrases from the list above.
- •Work in pairs. Make up a dialogue using the expressions with “luck” and act it out. Reading.
- •A) Before you read the text discuss the role of superstitions in our life.
- •Text 1 Superstitions
- •XII. A) Read the text and find the following information in the text:
- •Text 2 The Murder of the Mandarin
- •XIII. 1) What is prejudice?
- •2)What is the difference between prejudice and superstition?
- •Vocabulary Development
- •XIV. A) Match these definitions to the following words:
- •XV. Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner the following points:
- •Reading
- •XVI. A) Read the article and find the answers to the following questions in it:
- •Text 3 Prejudices
- •XVII. A) Read the following text and say what kind of prejudice is described in it: Text 4 The Thoughts of Lizzy
- •Discussion activity
- •Unit 2. The Unexplained.
- •In our life we often encounter some phenomena difficult to explain, they are often called paranormal.
- •Vocabulary development. The Six Senses
- •I. Make a sentence using any of these verbs, look, sound, taste, touch and smell, plus an adjective about the situations:
- •II. Which of the verbs in the text in b suggests looking:
- •III. Replace the underlined words with a more interesting and precise verb:
- •Reading
- •X. A) Read the following stories and answer these questions:
- •Coincidences
- •What are the main points? Do the tasks; you can look back at the stories.
- •XI. A) Read these five texts and answer the questions given below: Chance Encounters
- •Same Names
- •Love Will Find a Way
- •No Escape From Love
- •Like Father, Like Son
- •A) Read the following story and answer the questions: Another Time, Another Place
- •2) Do you know any good ghost stories or have you seen any good ghost films? Tell each other the story and how you felt about it.
- •A) Read the following stories and match them to the phenomena which a person with sixth sense may experience:
- •Strange Tales Indeed!
- •Out of Body Experience
- •2) A There are six stages associated with ‘Near Death Experiences’. From what you heard before, what order do you think they come in?
- •Listening
- •1) This is the first line and the last line of another ghost story. The title is ‘The Dress’. In groups, guess what happens.
- •2) A) Listen to the story. How different was it to yours?
- •Listen to a phone-in on the radio with people who have had a ‘Near Death Experience’
- •Discussion Activity
- •Think up a story about a coincidence (intuition, premonition, telepathy, déjà vu, ufOs, etc.) that has happened to you or someone you know.
- •Think about a big surprise in your life (good or bad).
- •XIX. Read the following abstracts; comment on them and discuss
- •XX. Invent a ghost story based on the pictures below.
- •XXI. Complete the following stories:
- •XXII. Debating the Issue:
- •Preparation for the Debate:
- •Procedure
- •3.In pairs write a plan for an essay “Do Near Death Experiences Really Exist?”
- •Useful Language
- •Unit 3. Fears and Phobias
- •Vocabulary Development
- •V. Which of the phobias mentioned in ex. IV have you experienced if you:
- •Reading
- •VI. Read the following text and answer the questions given below: Fear is Necessary
- •VII. A) Read the following text and answer these questions:
- •The Mystery Phobia
- •Listening
- •Discussion Activity
- •XIII. Work in groups. Here is a statement. Discuss your reaction to it with your partner. Give your argument /counterargument, using the expressions and the procedure, given on p. 49-51.
- •Appendix I
- •XXI. Read the end of the stories, given on p. 49.
- •Appendix II Superstitions and Prejudices (Additional Information)
- •Why people believe in magic
- •Kinds of mental illness
- •The powers of witches.
- •Appendix 3 Texts for Listening Unit 2. The Unexplained
- •XV. Text “The Dress”.
- •Unit 3. Fears and Phobias.
- •VIII. Text “Phobias”.
Listening
1) This is the first line and the last line of another ghost story. The title is ‘The Dress’. In groups, guess what happens.
This story is about a bloke who was driving home one night late at night… They opened the wardrobe and in the wardrobe they found this white dress, soaking wet.
2) A) Listen to the story. How different was it to yours?
b) Who was the little girl and why do you think she appeared to the speaker?
Listen to a phone-in on the radio with people who have had a ‘Near Death Experience’
a Listen to each of the three extracts, and complete the sentences below:
Tom:
1 Tom fell into the sea because….
2 He saw…. before he ‘came back’.
3 Afterwards, in hospital, he felt…
Susan:
1 Susan was in hospital… when things started to go wrong.
2 She saw… and felt…
3 She wanted to return because…
Jane:
1 Jane floated… .
2 She heard… and saw… .
3 She was told… and returned to hospital.
b Do these extracts confirm your views of what death might be like?
c Which of the words in XIV 1) above do they use when describing their experiences?
Discussion Activity
Think up a story about a coincidence (intuition, premonition, telepathy, déjà vu, ufOs, etc.) that has happened to you or someone you know.
Think about a big surprise in your life (good or bad).
XIX. Read the following abstracts; comment on them and discuss
them with your partner:
Susie heard two Frenchmen talking of them (Margaret and Haddo).She flushed as she heard one of them make an observation about Margaret which was more than coarse. The other laughed.
“It is incredible,” he said.
“I assure you it’s true. They have been married six months, and she is still only his wife in name. The superstitious through all the ages have believed in the power of virginity, and the Church has made use of the idea for its ends. The man uses her simply as a mascot.”
It was said that Haddo had magical powers of extraordinary character, and the tired imagination of those pleasure-seekers was tickled by his talk of black art. Some even asserted that the blasphemous ceremonies of the Black Mass had been celebrated in the house of a Polish Prince. People babbled of satanism and of necromancy. Haddo was thought to be immersed in occult studies for the performance of a magical operation; and some said that he was occupied with the Magnum Opus, the greatest and most fantastic of alchemic experiments. Gradually these stories were narrowed down to the monstrous assertion that he was attempting to create living beings.
(from W. Somerset Maugham “The Magician”)
XX. Invent a ghost story based on the pictures below.
XXI. Complete the following stories:
Some years ago a man picked a winning number on the draw. The prize was a car which he was to get only in a month according to the lottery rules. But unfortunately the man died in a week and didn’t get it. A few weeks after the funerals his relatives remembered that the deceased had won a prize but they couldn’t find the lottery ticket. So they decided that the man had been buried with the lottery ticket in the pocket of his suit. So the grave was dug out and when the coffin was opened, everybody saw that there was no dead body in it…
It happened in the 1930s. A man used to write and send letters to imaginary addressees and addresses. But the letters returned as there were neither addresses nor addressees he had invented. Once he wrote a letter, having invented the name of the town, of the street, the name of the addressee and sent it to New Zealand…
Read the end of the stories (on p. 59) and say how different was it to yours. Try to explain them.