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№1
1. Let`s talk about your family. Why is family important for you?
2. Are there any things that you do with your parents together?
3. What will you ask a British teenager about his\her family?
4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?
5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?
№2
Let`s talk about your family traditions. What role does family play in each person’s life?
2. Do you have your own family traditions?
3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family traditions?
4. What can you advise a person who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?
5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?
№3
1. Let`s talk about your family. What is family for you?
2. Are you on good terms with your parents and grandparents?
3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family relationships?
4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?
5. They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?
№4
1. Let`s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?
2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?
3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?
4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?
5. Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it?
№5
1.Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?
2. Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?
3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.
4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?
5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?
№6
1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?
2.Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?
3.Ask me about my school life.
4.What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?
5. Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Would you do the same?
№7
1.Let’s talk about school traditions. What can you tell me about the place where you study?
2.Does your school have any traditions?
3. Ask me what a kind of pupil I was at school.
4. Which school club would you advise your classmates to join?
5. Some people think that it is necessary to study foreign languages Do you agree with them?
№8
1. Let’s talk about your future career. What would you like to become?
2.Do you think your life will change when you leave school? Why(not)?
3.What questions will you ask your future employer when applying for a job?
4. Give your schoolmates some advise on what they need to do to create a favourable impression either at a job interview or at an important exam.
5.Some people think that it is necessary to speak a foreign language well to get a good job. Do you agree with them?
№9
1.Let`s talk about life in the city and in the country. Tell me about the place where are you living now.
2.Where would you like to live: in a city or in the country? Why(not)?
3. What questions would you like to ask a teenager who lives in the country?
4.If your parents ask for your opinion where to move: to the city or to the country, what would you recommend them to do?
5.They say that living in the country is better than living in a city. What do you think about this?
№10
1.Let`s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.
2. Do you find your flat a comfortable place for living?
3.What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about his/ her new home?
4.Your friend wants to decorate his/ her new flat. Give him/ her some advice how to furnish it.
5.What type of house would you prefer to live in? Why?
№11
1. Now let’s talk about food. What can you tell me about eating habits in Belarus?
2. Do you personally follow the rules of a healthy way of life? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask me about my eating habits?
4. Which national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?
5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?
№12
1. Now let’s talk about national cuisine of an English-speaking country. What do you know about eating habits in Britain?
2. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his eating habits?
4. Which national dishes can you recommend me to taste in Britain?
5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but English people go on eating it. What do you think about it?
№13
1. Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?
2. Do you like shopping? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask your friend about the best shopping places in his/ her native city?
4. What can you advise a teenager who wants to buy a birthday present for his/ her friend?
5. Parents usually give pocket money to their children. But some people think they shouldn’t do it as teenagers don’t work. What do you think about it?
№14
1. Let`s talk about your leisure time. What do you do in your free time?
2. Do you find it useful to read books? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his\her free time?
4. Give me some advice on what to do in my free time.
5. Many parents often complain that teenagers don`t want to spend their free time with them. What do you think about this?
№15
1. Now let`s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions. What can you tell me about your favorite holiday in Belarus?
2. Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about good manners in their country?
4. Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British friend?
5. Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents`traditions? Why?
№16
1. Now let`s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country. What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?
2. Do you find some British holidays and traditions special? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday celebration?
4. What national souvenirs will you recommend me to buy in Britain?
5. Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?
№ 17
1. Let’s talk about modern means of communication. How do people communicate today?
2. Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask people who live without a TV set, computer or radio?
4. I’d like to watch an interesting programme on TV. What can you advise me?
5. Many people say that newspapers and radio are not as popular as TV and very soon they will lose their importance. What is your point of view?
№18
1. Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What can people do to keep fit?
2. Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask a fitness coach?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to lose weight?
5. Why is fast food unhealthy?
№19
1. Let’s talk about sport . What influences a person’s health?
2. Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?
2. Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?
3. What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?
4. What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?
5. Why is it important to do sports?
№ 20
1. Let’s speak about fashion. What style in clothes do you prefer and why?
2. Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a shop assistant in a big shop?
4. What would you advise your friend who wants to buy some new clothes?
5. A famous person once said: "Fashions come and go, style is forever." What do you think about it?
№21
1. Let`s talk about travelling and tourism. Do you like travelling? Why?
2. How do you like to travel?
3. What questions should you ask a travel agent to learn more about a tour?
4. What can you advise a person who doesn`t know where to spend his\her holiday?
5. Today people are tired of exotic countries and prefer to spend holidays in the countryside in Belarus. What can attract people to it?
№22
1. Now let`s talk about environment. People say that our planet is in danger. Do you share this opinion?
2. What do you think people should do to protect the environment?
3. What would you like to ask your British friend about measures that are taken to protect the environment in Britain?
4. A friend of your wants to develop a programme to protect the city where he lives. Give him a piece of advice.
5. Green School of the Year contest is held in the country and you want your school to enter it. Give ideas for some 'green events'.
№23
1. Now let`s talk about weather and climate. What is happening to weather and climate nowadays?
2. Are you weather dependent?
3. What questions would you ask a meteorologist?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to become a meteorologist?
5. They say there`s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What do you think about it?
№24
1. Let’s talk about the Republic of Belarus. What do you know about our country?
2. Do you know any symbols of our country?
3. What questions about Belarus do you expect to hear from a British teenager?
4. What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?
5. What sights in our country belong to world heritage?
№25
1. Let`s talk about Britain. What do you know abut this country?
2. What are the state symbols of Great Britain?
3. What would you like to ask a British teenager about Britain?
4. What sights in England would you advise me to visit?
5. They say it`s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular all over the world. What is your opinion?
№1
1. Let`s talk about your family. Why is family important for you?
2. Are there any things that you do with your parents together?
3. What will you ask a British teenager about his\her family?
4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?
5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?
1. Let`s talk about your family. Why is family important for you?
Family is very important for every person, because it gives you a sense of stability and tradition, a feeling of having support and understanding. You feel secure when there’s a family behind you. They are people you can trust and rely on, people who won’t let you down and who share your joys and sorrows. In happy families parents are frank and honest with their children, they treat their children with respect without moralizing or bossing them, and children in their turn learn how to treat other people and how to form relationship with their peers.
I enjoy the honest and open relationship in my family. I like it when parents trust their children, give them enough freedom and respect them. I think these things make family relations warm and pleasant. There is no so-called “generation gap” in our family, though we may argue and disagree on certain issues. I can always bring my friend home and my parents are very positive about it, although they don’t always approve of our tastes, views and clothes.
I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other.
2. Are there any things that you do with your parents together?
I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other. It’s a pity, but my parents and I are usually very busy during the weekdays and we seldom have a chance to spend time together.
We have some family traditions. All our family traditions are connected with some holidays. There are family holidays like birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. A birthday is always a happy event in our family. On these days we usually have a party. Friends and relatives come with flowers and gifts and a festive dinner is served.
But I should say that my favourite tradition is to celebrate the New Year. We give presents to each other. One more family tradition is spending summer holidays together either at the seaside or in the country, which I enjoy very much.
3. What will you ask a British teenager about his\her family?
- How many sisters or brothers have you got?
- What kind of person is your mother/father/brother/sister?
- Have you got your mother's or father's personality?
- What's your mother's job?
- What family occasions do you celebrate?
4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?
I think we are old enough to realize that adults are not saints and may make mistakes and that the so-called generation gap should not spoil our relations. Good children are prepared to compromise and meet their parents halfway, render any possible help to their parents, treat their parents in the way they would like to be treated themselves.
So first of all I can advise for anyone to try to understand the feelings of your parents and show respect to them. Even if you don’t agree with their thinking, try to make them understand politely, don’t use harsh words with them which may hurt. It’s important to celebrate your parents’ and grandparents’ birthdays. It will make them realize that you care for them.
5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?
Nuclear families are those which have a mother, a father and their children (biological or adopted).One-parent families are families with children under age 18 headed by a parent who is widowed or divorced and not remarried, or by a parent who has never married.
Single-parent families can no longer be viewed as nontraditional families. These families are all around us today.
A single parent is sometimes working long hours trying to make ends meet, so our government gives some help to such families. It provedes baby’s food free of charge for children under 2. And it gives a special child-care allowance fo such families.
№2
1. Let`s talk about your family traditions. What role does family play in each person’s life?
2. Do you have your own family traditions?
3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family traditions?
4.What can you advise a person who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?
5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?
1. Let`s talk about your family traditions. What role does family play in each person’s life?
Family is very important for every person, because it gives you a sense of stability and tradition, a feeling of having support and understanding. You feel secure when there’s a family behind you. They are people you can trust and rely on, people who won’t let you down and who share your joys and sorrows. In happy families parents are frank and honest with their children, they treat their children with respect without moralizing or bossing them, and children in their turn learn how to treat other people and how to form relationship with their peers.
I enjoy the honest and open relationship in my family. I like it when parents trust their children, give them enough freedom and respect them. I think these things make family relations warm and pleasant. There is no so-called “generation gap” in our family, though we may argue and disagree on certain issues. I can always bring my friend home and my parents are very positive about it, although they don’t always approve of our tastes, views and clothes.
I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other.
2. Do you have your own family traditions?
I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other. It’s a pity, but my parents and I are usually very busy during the weekdays and we seldom have a chance to spend time together.
We have some family traditions. All our family traditions are connected with some holidays. There are family holidays like birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. A birthday is always a happy event in our family. On these days we usually have a party. Friends and relatives come with flowers and gifts and a festive dinner is served.
But I should say that my favourite tradition is to celebrate the New Year. We give presents to each other. One more family tradition is spending summer holidays together either at the seaside or in the country, which I enjoy very much.
3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family traditions?
- Do you often spend your free time with your parents?
- What family occasions do you celebrate?
- Have you got any family traditions?
- Where do your family spend your holidays?
4. What can you advise a person who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?
I think we are old enough to realize that adults are not saints and may make mistakes and that the so-called generation gap should not spoil our relations. Good children are prepared to compromise and meet their parents halfway, render any possible help to their parents, treat their parents in the way they would like to be treated themselves.
So first of all I can advise for anyone to try to understand the feelings of your parents and show respect to them. Even if you don’t agree with their thinking, try to make them understand politely, don’t use harsh words with them which may hurt. It’s important to celebrate your parents’ and grandparents’ birthdays. It will make them realize that you care for them.
5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?
It’s sad that families are getting smaller these days. I think it’s so great to have a sister or a brother. To my mind there should be two or three children in a family. You will never feel lonely in a big family. These are people who are committed to one another.
№3
1. Let`s talk about your family. What is family for you?
2. Are you on good terms with your parents and grandparents?
3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family relationships?
4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?
5. They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?
1. Let`s talk about your family. What is family for you?
Family is very important for every person, because it gives you a sense of stability and tradition, a feeling of having support and understanding. You feel secure when there’s a family behind you. They are people you can trust and rely on, people who won’t let you down and who share your joys and sorrows. In happy families parents are frank and honest with their children, they treat their children with respect without moralizing or bossing them, and children in their turn learn how to treat other people and how to form relationship with their peers.
I enjoy the honest and open relationship in my family. I like it when parents trust their children, give them enough freedom and respect them. I think these things make family relations warm and pleasant. There is no so-called “generation gap” in our family, though we may argue and disagree on certain issues. I can always bring my friend home and my parents are very positive about it, although they don’t always approve of our tastes, views and clothes.
2. Are you on good terms with your parents and grandparents?
My parents and my brother are very understanding and are always there when I need them. They are my best friends, so when I have a problem they are my advisers. We talk about everything. There are no taboos among us. At weekends we spend a lot of time together. I like discussing football with my father. He’s an expert on the matter.
I don’t have a good relationship with my parents. They are too strict. They never accept my opinion. I think they are old-fashioned.During the week I almost never see my father and my mother is always busy. They don’t listen to my problems; they simply don’t have the time or the will to do so. They’re too worried about their jobs and the only thing that matters to them is my marks at the end of the term.
I live with my mother. I only see my father at weekends. They are divorced. My father married again and now I have got a baby brother.My relationship with my mother is quite good, but she is very protective and she’s afraid of everything. I think she is a bit insecure about me.My father is understanding but our relationship is not very close, perhaps because we don’t spend much time together.
3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family relationships?
- How many sisters or brothers have you got?
- What kind of person is your mother/father/brother/sister?
- Have you got your mother's or father's personality?
- What family occasions do you celebrate?
- Do you have your own family traditions?
4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?
I think we are old enough to realize that adults are not saints and may make mistakes and that the so-called generation gap should not spoil our relations. Good children are prepared to compromise and meet their parents halfway, render any possible help to their parents, treat their parents in the way they would like to be treated themselves.
So first of all I can advise for anyone to try to understand the feelings of your parents and show respect to them. Even if you don’t agree with their thinking, try to make them understand politely, don’t use harsh words with them which may hurt. It’s important to celebrate your parents’ and grandparents’ birthdays. It will make them realize that you care for them.
5. They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?
I often hear this term “generation gap”, but I hope it’s not about my family. To my mind misunderstanding may happen if people don’t respect each other. Of course different generations have different ideas and values, nevertheless children and parents love each other. So any problem can be discussed. It’s much easier to find the way out together.
№4
1. Let`s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?
2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?
3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?
4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?
5. Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it?
1. Let`s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?
Friendship is a feeling of comfort and emotional safety with a person. It is when someone knows you better than yourself and assures to be your side in every emotional crisis. It is when you can sleep fighting and get another morning with a better understanding. Friendship is much beyond roaming together and sharing good moments, it is when someone comes to rescue you from the worst phase of life. Friendship is eternal.
The best of friends totally love, support, trust each other, and bare to each other the secrets of their souls, and run – no questions asked – to help each other, and tell harsh truths to each other when they must be told.
2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?
My best friend is really special. Let me tell you about him. His name is Nikita, he is 15 years old (just like me) and we both live in Mogilev. He is taller than me but I am more athletic than him. His parents are divorced. He has got one sister, Tanya, and two dogs: Tim and Kuzya. He loves them because they always do funny things and they often comfort him when he is sad. He has a lot of qualities: he is nice, brave, helpful and reliable. He is not shallow like many other teenagers. The problem is that he is really stubborn: he never changes his mind! On Wednesday afternoons, we usually play videogames together. He wins all the time! I don’t care because I’m not a competitive person. We often do our homework together: it’s cool because we can help each other and it’s less boring. Nikita is the best friend you can imagine.
I have lots of friends, but my close friend is Lena. She is my schoolmate. She is tall, slim and slender and very pretty. Lena’s got dark long hair and a turned-up nose, beautiful green eyes with bushy eyelashes.Lena is as good as gold. Warm-hearted and gentle, quiet and well-bread. We trust each other. She is always ready to help people, when they are in need.She does well at school because she is a very hardworking person. This year she is leaving school and has chosen medicine as her future profession.We always meet at the weekends. We discuss books, music or visit our friends.I’m happy to have such friend as Lena.
3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?
The questions may be like these:
- Where are you from?
- Where do you study?
- What is your hobby?
- What is your favourite writer?
- How do you usually spend your holidays?
4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?
Frankly speaking it’s not a usual case. Probably, a person with such problems needs advice on behalf of a psychologist. But if someone asks me to help, I will recommend her or him to join some kind of a club or a society to meet people with the same interests.
5. Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it?
Our modern life with fast speed has made the world a lonely place. So many of us live and work surrounded by people, but it’s hard to find true friendship. Perhaps this is why the websites like “Facebook” and “Contacts” are so popular these days. They allow people to communicate and even become close without meeting up. But in reality it is not friendship. It’s just one of the ways of communication.
№5
1.Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?
2. Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?
3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.
4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?
5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?
1.Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?
I would like to tell you a few words about my school. I went to school in 20_ _. This school is a three stored building. When you enter the school yard you can see beautiful flowers. To the left of the school building there is a big playground. When you enter the school you can see a large hall and a cloak-room. On the ground floor there is also a gym, a dining-room and classrooms for primary school pupils.
Classrooms for senior pupils, the assembly hall, the teachers’ room are on the upper floors. There are special classrooms for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, English, and Russian.
School provides children not only with knowledge. It’s also a place where children spend their free time. Going to school also means you will have a lot of friends. They are shoulders for you to cry on when you are sad or happy so your sadness will be less, and your happiness will be twice.
2. Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?
Generally speaking, I should say that children have got good opportunities to get good knowledge. Education plays a very important role in our life. It is one of the most valuable possessions a man can get in his life. We get our knowledge of this world and life through education. Many famous discoveries would have been impossible if people were not interested in learning something. Education develops different sides of human personality, reveals his abilities. Besides, it helps a person to understand himself, to choose the right way in this world. During all the periods of human history education ranked high among people. Human progress mostly depended upon well-educated people.
The aim of our secondary education is to learn social skills, to develop critical thinking, to develop understanding of other people, to prepare for life in the workplace and many others.
3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.
- Did you like your school when you were a pupil?
- What was your favourite subject?
- Did you have classes on Saturday?
- How much time did it take you to do your homework?
4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?
I don’t think it’s a good idea. First of all, I’m not a professional person in the sphere of education. Secondly, it would be more reasonable to have some kind of experience of real British education. And only then, if I were asked, I would be able to suggest something.
5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?
It all depends on many things. Those people who think that having a good education is not very important, have their own plans. Some girls want to be good mothers and have big families. Other people think that manual professions do not need good education. In this case they are mistaken. To my mind all professions need special education. Nowadays only highly qualified workers can deal with rather sophisticated equipment and computers.
№6
1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?
2.Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?
3.Ask me about my school life.
4.What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?
5. Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Would you do the same?
1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?
I would like to tell you a few words about my school. I went to school in 20_ _. This school is a three stored building. When you enter the school yard you can see beautiful flowers. To the left of the school building there is a big playground. When you enter the school you can see a large hall and a cloak-room. On the ground floor there is also a gym, a dining-room and classrooms for primary school pupils.
Classrooms for senior pupils, the assembly hall, the teachers’ room are on the upper floors. There are special classrooms for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, English, and Russian.
School provides children not only with knowledge. It’s also a place where children spend their free time. Going to school also means you will have a lot of friends. They are shoulders for you to cry on when you are sad or happy so your sadness will be less, and your happiness will be twice.
2.Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?
Yes, I do. I think ,school provides young people with essential skills which are always required in university education and in any career. The aim of our secondary education is to learn social skills, to develop critical thinking, to develop understanding of other people, to prepare for life in the workplace and many others.Education plays a very important role in our life. We get our knowledge of this world and life through education. Education develops different sides of human personality, reveals his abilities. Besides, it helps a person to understand himself, to choose the right way in this world
3.Ask me about my school life.
- Did you like your school when you were a pupil?
- What was your favourite subject?
- Did you have classes on Saturday?
- How much time did it take you to do your homework?
4.What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?
People say: “No bees, No honey.” That’s why I advise student who aren’t good at languagesto attend courses in English, read more English books, watch English films, listen to different educational programs, songs, read in English to achieve better results. The Internet can offer you a great variety of activities connected with learning languages.
5. Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Would you do the same?
Yes, it’s true about some people. But they want to go abroad not because the level of education is better there. The level of living conditions is much better in some other countries. Also there are people who are looking for adventures and want to be independent from their parents. Going abroad is the best opportunity to enjoy both.
As for me,I’d like to study abroad because I want to improve my knowledge of foreign languages and have more opportunities in future.
№7
1.Let’s talk about school traditions. What can you tell me about the place where you study?
2.Does your school have any traditions?
3. Ask me what a kind of pupil I was at school.
4. Which school club would you advise your classmates to join?
5. Some people think that it is necessary to study foreign languages Do you agree with them?
1.Let’s talk about school traditions. What can you tell me about the place where you study?
Everyone remembers his or her school and the first school day. It’s an unforgettable event. When I think of my school some pictures come to my memory: I’m on my way to school, flowers in hand, my parents accompany me, children with bags and flowers.
I went to school in 20_ _. This school is a three stored building. When you enter the school yard you can see beautiful flowers. To the left of the school building there is a big playground. When you enter the school you can see a large hall and a cloak-room. On the ground floor there is also a gym, a dining-room and classrooms for primary school pupils.
Classrooms for senior pupils, the assembly hall, the teachers’ room are on the upper floors. There are special classrooms for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, English, and Russian.
2.Does your school have any traditions?
My school life is connected not only with studies but with many other important things. When I think about my school years I recollect a lot of events. Many of them became traditions because they happen every year on the same dates. Some traditions are similar in all Belarusian schools, some are unique.
The school year starts on the 1st of September. This day is special for all: school children, their teachers and parents. The day starts with the school gathering when all classes and teachers stand in front of the school and listen to the welcoming speeches of their teachers, schoolmates and parents. Students look really nice in their new school uniforms. Everyone is excited to see their school friends and teachers after long summer holidays. After the school gathering teachers take their classes to their classrooms for the first lesson. When the lesson is over, students may have a class event – a picnic or a walk in the park or a class trip. The events on this day are usually the same every year but everyone waits for this day, likes it and remembers it.
Of course we never forget to congratulate our teachers on Teacher’s Day
Very soon we’ll have our last and traditional School leavers’ Party. ( the Last Bell….)
I think I will never forget my school, teachers, classmates and our school traditions.
3.Ask me what a kind of pupil I was at school.
- Did you like your school when you were a pupil?
- What was your favourite subject?
- Did you have classes on Saturday?
- How much time did it take you to do your homework?
4. Which school club would you advise your classmates to join?
Our school has a wide range of out-of-class activities. There is a number of school clubs and societies to meet the interests of each pupil. They offer opportunities to develop different talents and skills and test them in different school events.
For example if you are fond of music and singing you may join our “Singing club”. If you are keen on sports you’ll have a lot of opportunities to choose any kind of sport club in our school. You see, “Where is a will there is a way.”
5. Some people think that it is necessary to study foreign languages Do you agree with them?
Yes, I do. Nowadays it’s almost impossible to imagine any profession without global communication. English is becoming the language of international trade. It is essential for the development of international contacts in the sphere of political, social, business and cultural relations. It enables people to find work almost anywhere in the world.
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1. Let’s talk about your future career. What would you like to become?
2.Do you think your life will change when you leave school? Why(not)?
3.What questions will you ask your future employer when applying for a job?
4. Give your schoolmates some advise on what they need to do to create a favourable impression either at a job interview or at an important exam.
5.Some people think that it is necessary to speak a foreign language well to get a good job. Do you agree with them?
1. Let’s talk about your future career. What would you like to become?
The problem of choosing the future profession has always been very important. The profession a person chooses in many ways determines his future life. For most people choosing a career is not an easy task. It is one of the most important decisions one makes in life. The properly chosen career makes a person happy and successful for the rest of his life.
This year I'm leaving school. I have already decided what career to choose. I would like to be a psychologist. I want to help people to solve their problems. I want to help them to understand their inside world, to help them to be confident. I love working with people and children. I think it's a difficult job, because one should love people, take care of them, support them. This profession is rather new and hence very interesting. Psychologists work with people from different layers of society. I realize that my dream can come true only if I work hard.
I want to become a computer programmer. I am interested in computers. My favourite subjects in school are mathematics, physics and, of course, computer science. My hobby is computer games and computer programming. I have a computer at home and can spend hours working at it. It is much easier to do things on computer, for example to write a composition. I think that the profession of programmer can give many opportunities. Computers are the most rapidly changing sphere of modern technology. We are living in the age of information. So after I finish school I want to enter the university and study computer science.
2.Do you think your life will change when you leave school? Why(not)?
Yes, I think my life will change when I leave school. But it will depend on what way I choose.
I’ll try to pass exams successfully, then to enter the university to become a good specialist. So I believe my future job will bring me only satisfaction. I’m sure I’ll meet interesting people on my way.
3.What questions will you ask your future employer when applying for a job?
- How much is the salary?
- Is any experience required?
- Have got any other jobs?
- Do you need any qualifications?
- Is there any dress-code in your office?
4.Give your schoolmates some advise on what they need to do to create a favourable impression either at a job interview or at an important exam.
First of all you should think about your appearance. Dress smartly, wear a shirt or a tie. It shows that you are well brought-up and responsible. Enter the room with a bright and friendly smile. Look at the person you are talking to. Don’t use your mobile phone. Switch it off beforehand.
5.Some people think that it is necessary to speak a foreign language well to get a good job. Do you agree with them?
- Yes, I do. English is becoming the language of international trade. It is essential for the development of international contacts in the sphere of political, social, business and cultural relations. It enables people to find work almost anywhere in the world. Modern world is a global community. So as to be a member of this community you should know a universal language. It’s English. It’s the language of the Internet, all international conferences, different instructions for modern devices and so on. That’s why, you’ll be a good candidate for any job if you speak a foreign language.
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1.Let`s talk about life in the city and in the country. Tell me about the place where are you living now.
2.Where would you like to live: in a city or in the country? Why(not)?
3. What questions would you like to ask a teenager who lives in the country?
4.If your parents ask for your opinion where to move: to the city or to the country, what would you recommend them to do?
5.They say that living in the country is better than living in a city. What do you think about this?
1.Let`s talk about life in the city and in the country. Tell me about the place where are you living now.
I live in Mezhisetki. This village is not far from Mogilev. Sometimes people from other places think that it’s just an ordinary village, but after visiting it they say I live like in a town.
There are a lot of four and five-storied buildings, where most of our villagers live. When we want to buy something, we can go to a shop. There are four shops where we can buy everything we need.
If you catch a cold you don’t have to go to Mogilev because we have a hospital there.
There is a poultry farm, where my parents work. This farm is very big and even people from Mogilev come to work there. Also there is a school where I studied. It’s a beautiful three-storied building. And for little children we have a kindergarten.
I like my village. I have a lot of friends here. When I have to leave this place for a long time I miss it very much.
2.Where would you like to live: in a city or in the country? Why(not)?
I’d like to live in a city because all necessary objects are situated nearby: shops, hospitals, post offices ,chemist’s and so on. It is really convenient that everything you need in your everyday life is situated near you. Besides in big cities you can find all sorts of entertainment such as cinemas, clubs, parks, museums, theatres. Many people like to spend their free time there because it helps them to relax and brings them a lot of pleasure. One of the most important comforts of big cities is that you can get everywhere you like very fast either by underground or by bus or taxi.
3. What questions would you like to ask a teenager who lives in the country?
- Would you like to move to a big city?
- What is the greatest advantage living in the country?
- Have your parents got a car?
- Is your school close to your house?
- How do you get to your school?
4.If your parents ask for your opinion where to move: to the city or to the country, what would you recommend them to do?
So, I would recommend my parents to move to the country. They can enjoy the clean atmosphere, nature, forest, the friendly neighbours. I know they are tired of noisy city. It will be the best way for them to relax and spend the rest of their life listening to the twittering of birds in the tress and the breathtaking sight of the rising sun.
5.They say that living in the country is better than living in a city. What do you think about this?
As for me I prefer to live in a big city because a lot of big shops are situated near my home, but I also like to spend my holidays in the country because after living in the city for about 9 months I start getting tired. I agree that is better living in the country especially in spring or summer because the ecological conditions there are very good. There are no a lot of industrial factories there. People try to do everything to go to the countryside because only there they can find quietness and forget about day to day stress.
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1.Let`s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.
2. Do you find your flat a comfortable place for living?
3.What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about his/ her new home?
4.Your friend wants to decorate his/ her new flat. Give him/ her some advice how to furnish it.
5.What type of house would you prefer to live in? Why?
1.Let`s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.
We have a nice flat in a new block of flats. Our flat is on the fourth floor. It has all modern conveniences: central heating, gas, electricity, cold and hot running water, a lift and a chute to carry rubbish down.
There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat. The living-room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. The bedroom is smaller than the living-room.
It’s really wonderful to have a room for yourself. My room is not large but very cosy. There isn’t much furniture in it, only the most necessary. It has a computer desk and an armchair before it. In the right-hand corner there is a bookcase full of books and magazines. Near it there is a sofa. In my opinion, the study is the best room in our flat.
But the warmest place in our flat is the kitchen, I think — the place where the whole family gathers every evening not only to have supper together, but also to speak and rest. I like the English proverb: “My home is my castle” because my flat is, indeed, my castle.
2. Do you find your flat a comfortable place for living?
Yes, it’s a comfortable place for living. There is everything for living, all conveniences. I like the English proverb: “My home is my castle” because my flat is, indeed, my castle.
3.What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about his/ her new home?
- Is your flat far or close to the centre of the city?
- How many rooms are there in your flat?
- Is it far from our school?
- How much time will it take you to get to your school?
4.Your friend wants to decorate his/ her new flat. Give him/ her some advice how to furnish it.
I think it will be reasonable to surf the Internet in search of some examples of a design. If you choose a certain style then it will be easy to decide about the furniture. I wouldn’t recommend to overcrowd the room with the furniture. There should be everything that is necessary. In this case you’ll have enough space and air in your room. Besides it’s easier to clean such rooms.
But the most important thing about the design of any room is to make it cosy.
5.What type of house would you prefer to live in? Why?
I would like to live in a detached house with a big garden because there is a lot of free space surrounding the building and it belongs only to my family. I can do whatever I’d like to be done in my house. The disadvantage is that all repairs in the house should be made by the owner.
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1. Now let’s talk about food. What can you tell me about eating habits in Belarus?
2. Do you personally follow the rules of a healthy way of life? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask me about my eating habits?
4. Which national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?
5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?
1. Now let’s talk about food. What can you tell me about eating habits in Belarus?
Modern Belarusian cookery is based on old national traditions which have undergone a long historical evolution.
Common in Belarusian cuisine were dishes from potato which is called among people "the second bread".
Potato is included into many salads, it is served together with mushrooms, meat; baked puddings are made from it. The most popular among the Belarusians are traditional draniki, thick pancakes, prepared from shredded potatoes.
A lot of place in the diet of the Belarusians belongs to meat and meat products, especially to the pork and salted pork fat.
The salted pork fat is used slightly smoked and seasoned with onions and garlic.
Dishes prepared from meat are usually served together with potatoes or vegetables such as carrot, cabbage, black radish, peas, etc. It is characteristic that many vegetable and meat dishes are prepared in special stoneware pots.
The choice Belarusian food are fresh, dried, salted and pickled mushrooms, and also berries such as bilberry, wild strawberries, red whortlberry, raspberries, cranberry and some others.
2. Do you personally follow the rules of a healthy way of life? Why (not)?
Yes,I do. I do morning exercises every day, do sports, choose what I eat more carefully. I eat only a well-balanced diet: more fruits and vegetables. It’s very important to be healthy and in a good shape.
3. What questions can you ask me about my eating habits?
- Do you like fast food?
- How many times a day do you have a meal?
- What do you have for breakfast?
- What’s your favourite dish?
4. Which national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?
Of course, draniki (potato pancakes). They are made from grated potatoes with the juices, flour, eggs, soda and salt. All ingredients are mixed together, pancakes are formed from the batter and then fried.
5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?
I think that fast food can be a delicious killer because it can lead to health problems. Fast food is simply tasty, ready-cooked meals packed to go.
Eating too much fast food is bad for your health because fast food contains more calories, more unhealthy fat, and more salt. It has a lot of additives, artificial colours and flavourings. It can can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, weakness of your immune systemand coronary heart diseases.
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1. Now let’s talk about national cuisine of an English-speaking country. What do you know about eating habits in Britain?
2. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his eating habits?
4. Which national dishes can you recommend me to taste in Britain?
5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but English people go on eating it. What do you think about it?
1. Now let’s talk about national cuisine of an English-speaking country. What do you know about eating habits in Britain?
In Britain, people often eat cereals such as cornflakes with milk for breakfast. Some people like to have toast with marmalade or jam, and they drink a cup of coffee or tea, or a glass of orange juice. On cold days, some people like to have porridge for breakfast. Baked beans are a favourite food of many children in Britain. Afternoon tea is traditionally a formal meal where they drink tea and eat small sandwiches (especially cucumber sandwiches), cakes.
Some people criticize English food. They say it’s unimaginable, boring, tasteless, it’s chips with everything and totally overcooked vegetables. If you ask foreigners to name some typically English dishes, they will probably say “Fish and chips” then stop. It is disappointing, but true that, there is no tradition in England of eating in restaurants, because the food doesn’t lend itself to such preparation. English cooking is found at home. So it is difficult to find a good English restaurant with reasonable prices. In most cities in Britain you’ll find Indian, Chinese, French and Italian restaurants. In London you’ll also find Indonesian, Mexican, Greek… Cynics will say that this is because English have no “cuisine” themselves, but this is not quite the true. Everyone knows that tea is the most popular drink in Britain. It’s even more popular than coffee, which is favoured throughout Europe and America.
2. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?
Maybe yes. But it doesn’t happen very often because I’m very busy now. If I have a chance to spend time cooking I prefer to cook some special and tasty things: pizza, pancakes, stuffed cabbage, chops, roast chicken, hot pot (тушёное мясо с картофелем, овощами), biscuits and what not.
No. I don’t like cooking. I think it’s boring. My mum does it better. I only help her by cooking.
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his eating habits?
- What meals do you usually have?
- How many times a day do you have a meal?
- What do you have for breakfast?
- What’s your favourite dish?
4. Which national dishes can you recommend me to taste in Britain?
I think you should taste a pudding. There are hundreds of variations of sweet puddings in Britain, but each pudding begins with the same basic ingredients of milk, sugar, eggs, flour and butter and many involve fresh fruit such as raspberries or strawberries, custard, cream, and cakes.
5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but English people go on eating it. What do you think about it?
I think that fast food can be a delicious killer because it can lead to health problems. Fast food is simply tasty, ready-cooked meals packed to go.
Eating too much fast food is bad for your health because fast food contains more calories, more unhealthy fat, and more salt. It has a lot of additives, artificial colours and flavourings. It can can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, weakness of your immune system and coronary heart diseases.
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1. Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?
2. Do you like shopping? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask your friend about the best shopping places in his/ her native city?
4. What can you advise a teenager who wants to buy a birthday present for his/ her friend?
5. Parents usually give pocket money to their children. But some people think they shouldn’t do it as teenagers don’t work. What do you think about it?
1. Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?
My parents do most of the shopping in our family. They usually drive to the supermarket where they buy all the food we need for our family. They usually do it once a week. As for me, I like window-shopping. And if something catches my eye and is good enough I just have to buy it. My favourite buy was jeans. I like them because they make me look nice.
Sometimes shopping is a kind of pastime and even entertainment for me and my mother. We can spend hours walking from one shop to another in search of something special.
2. Do you like shopping? Why (not)?
Some people hate shopping. Others make a hobby of shopping tours. Like most girls I like shopping. I like to do my shopping at big supermarkets because you can buy everything you like there. They sell various goods under one roof and it is very convenient.. I can say that our shops are becoming more and more European-like.
Like most boys I hate shopping. I think it’s boring and a waste of time.
3. What questions can you ask your friend about the best shopping places in his/ her native city?
Is there any shopping centre in your city?
What shops would you recommend to visit?
Is there a market place in your city?
What is the best hi-fi shop in your city?
4. What can you advise a teenager who wants to buy a birthday present for his/ her friend?
First I should say, buying gifts for teens is not easy. Secondly, I advise you to find out as much as possible about his or her hobbies, interests, likes and dislikes. Nowadays teens are much into communication so an inexpensive gadget will be a good idea.
At the same time teenagers like surprises so if you are a creative person think of something unusual.
Be practical!
5. Parents usually give pocket money to their children. But some people think they shouldn’t do it as teenagers don’t work. What do you think about it?
I think parents should give their children pocket money because in this way they will learn how to budget. It is important because if they learn to budget, they can learn to save and plan their expenses. In this way children will become more responsible. To my mind pocket money can give good experience. Children should understand that they can’t always have everything right away – sometimes they have to save up for things that they would like to buy.
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1. Let`s talk about your leisure time. What do you do in your free time?
2. Do you find it useful to read books? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his\her free time?
4. Give me some advice on what to do in my free time.
5. Many parents often complain that teenagers don`t want to spend their free time with them. What do you think about this?
1. Let`s talk about your leisure time. What do you do in your free time?
Tastes differ. Different people like different things, different people like different hobbies.
Everybody sometimes has a free time. Somebody prefer only to sleep in their leisure time, but the largest part of us prefer to do a great amount of things which are pleasant and interesting for us. It may be reading, a various types of sport game, watching TV, listening music and others.
I love music, I think people cannot live without it.
I enjoy listening to music it reflects my moods and emotions. Very often when I’m blue, I play my favourite songs and feel much better. As for music I prefer pop, country and RnB. I don’t like electronic music, it sounds so unnatural. And also I like to sing. People say that I’ve got a beautiful voice. I often took part in school concerts.
A book is one of the greatest wonders of world. We try to look like the characters of your favourite books: to be brave, honest, not to be silly and greedy, to be real friends.
If I have got time I like to spend it with my favourite book. I like to read books on science. You can learn many things from books. I am sure that books play a very important role in my life.
2. Do you find it useful to read books? Why (not)?
The world of books is full of wonders. Reading books you can find yourself in different lands, countries, seas, oceans. Together with the characters of the book you go by ship in the stormy sea, you climb high mountains, you fly into space, you have a lot adventures. By reading we develop our imagination, logical thinking and broaden the outlook.
Books give us necessary information and a clever book is a good friend with whom you can discuss a lot. Books include interesting photos, biographical details and statistics, a lot of unknown facts. Books help us to solve our problems, to discover new things and to escape from routine every day life. A good humorous book is an entertaining reading.
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his/her free time?
- Are you fond of collecting anything?
- Do you like going to the cinema?
- Would you rather go to the disco or to the art gallery?
- What do you think about extreme kinds of sport?
4. Give me some advice on what to do in my free time.
The simplest is to find something interesting to do. Here are some variants of activities to choose:
- Decide on making candles, knitting, cross snitching - in one word, create something new you can be proud of;
- Photography, drawing, painting, playing musical instruments are very special activities that you can do as a cure fore boredom;
- Read something exiting, encouraging, or anything that will enrich your knowledge;
- Join a health club or gum where you will be able to feel happy and keep fit;
- Try new recipes;
- Set your aims and keep a diary.
Following these simple advices you will never have a time to think about such problem as boredom.
5. Many parents often complain that teenagers don`t want to spend their free time with them. What do you think about this?
Family is very important for every person, because it gives you a sense of stability and tradition, a feeling of having support and understanding.Nowadays my parents and I are usually very busy during the weekdays and we seldom have a chance to spend time together. My parents spend as much time with me as possible but I think we would all love more time together.
We have some family traditions. All our family traditions are connected with some holidays. There are family holidays like birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. During these holidays all my relatives gather to spend time together.
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1. Now let`s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions. What can you tell me about your favorite holiday in Belarus?
2. Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about good manners in their country?
4. Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British friend?
5. Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents`traditions? Why?
1. Now let`s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions. What can you tell me about your favorite holiday in Belarus?
My favourite holidays are the New Year.
New Year Day is the most exciting time of the year for the children and the adults. New Year has three marvellous aspects — both giving and receiving presents, making beautiful decorations and preparing the most wonderful food. The central decoration for New Year must be the fur tree decorated with toys and lights. Long before the New Year Eve people begin to buy New Year cards, toys and presents. Most families see the New Year in at home. A lot of delicious food is cooked for the night meal which usually starts at 10 o'clock. This day is a traditional family reunion day and a special day for children.
2. Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?
Like other countries Belarus has its own holidays. They are of two kinds – traditional national holidays and religious holidays. National holidays are both – a public celebration and a personal event in the family.
We have some special holidays. For example, Kupalle, it is the most loved and celebrated pagan holiday in Belarus.People jump over the fire, bath in the river, roll in the grass dew. They dance in karagods, compet in strength and look for a blossoming fern flower – “paparats kvetka”.
Another interesting holiday is Belarusian Kalyady.Orthodox Christmas comes a week after the New Year and this week in Belarus is called Kalyady. During the Christmas week street festivals of all kinds take place in the cities and towns of Belarus. For religious people this holiday is of special meaning. So they go to churches and take part in different religious celebrations.
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about good manners in their country?
- Should I hug or shake hands when I say hello?
- What should I bring as a present when being entertained at someone's home?
- Should I greet people with a kiss?
- How many times a day do you usually saythank you?
4. Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British friend?
When people come from other countries they usually look for something special and traditional in this country. So I think it would be a good idea to recommend them to take part in Kalyady celebrations in winter and Kupalle celebrations – in summer.
Kupalle is the most loved and celebrated pagan holiday in Belarus. Kupalle is celebrated in the night from the 6th of July to the 7th of July. In ancient times young girls used to go into the meadows to collect plants and herbs.
The central part of Kupalle celebration is a fire, which symbolizes life. People jump over the fire, bath in the river, roll in the grass dew. They dance in karagods, compet in strength and look for a blossoming fern flower – “paparats kvetka”.
5. Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents`traditions? Why?
Belarusian national culture is rooted in old antiquity. Belarusian nation has stored tremendous spiritual treasures that reflect the versatility (многосторонность) of its intellectual, moral, aesthetical and other being. Belarusian culture has always maintained its national traditions, at the same time remaining an integral part of the world cultural heritage.
So we are responsible for this heritage and shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of those generations that destroyed our national treasures and forgot our history.
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1. Now let`s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country. What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?
2. Do you find some British holidays and traditions special? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday celebration?
4. What national souvenirs will you recommend me to buy in Britain?
5. Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?
1. Now let`s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country. What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?
As for me, one of the most interesting holidays in Britain is Easter. Like in our country, it is celebrated each spring. On this holiday, we remember the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Many people go to church on Easter Sunday.
Easter day is also associated with special food. The two important cakes at Easter are the Simnel Cake and Hot Cross Buns.
Boiled eggs are traditionally served at breakfast, then Easter cards and gifts may be exchanged.
Children dye Easter eggs and have Easter egg hunts. Small chocolate eggs are hidden for the children to find on the traditional Easter Egg Hunt.
The night before Easter Sunday, children set out their Easter baskets. They hope the Easter bunny will fill them with jellybeans, candy, and toys.
2. Do you find some British holidays and traditions special? Why (not)?
Though there are only six public holidays a year in Great Britain, the days on which people need not go to work. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday.
Besides public holidays, there are other holidays, anniversaries and simply days off, for example Pancake Day and Bonfire Night, on which certain traditions are observed, but unless they fall on a Sunday, they are ordinary working days.
Every year on the 5th of November Bonfire night is celebrated all over the UK. It goes back to the discovery of the so-called Gunpowder Plot. The event is commemorated by fireworks and burning “guys” on bonfires.
Traditionally, 41 days before Easter Sunday is a special day for Christians, called Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. It is the day before Lent starts. On Pancake Day people used to celebrate the last day before Easter when they could eat what they wanted. All over England there were pancake races on or near Shrove Tuesday. The tradition is still around today. The rules of pancake races are different in different places, but each participant, usually a woman, has to wear an apron and a hat or a scarf.
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday celebration?
Birthdays are always happy events for all children and teens. And of course it’s interesting to know about these celebrations in Britain. So the questions may be:
- Where do you like to celebrate your birthday party?
- Do you prefer to invite your friends and relatives together?
- What presents do you usually get for your birthday?
4. What national souvenirs will you recommend me to buy in Britain?
Typical English presents (souvenirs) to take back home are rather various.
Common themes depicted on many English souvenirs include The Royal Family, Policemen, Royal Guards, London Transport, Union Flag and famous London buildings.
You can buy thimbles (напёрстки), bells, T-shirts, soft toys, models, magnets, pens and pencils, mouse mats, caps, pin badges, post boxes, aprons and much more.
5. Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?
So many countries so many customs, an English proverb says. The combination of the words tradition & custom means a usual manner of doing something, of conduct passed on from generation to generation.
By comparing the customs and cultures of people from other countries, we can learn how others view the world and why they think the way they do. By understanding others, we can not only form deeper friendships with others but can also learn more about ourselves and our own culture.
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1. Let’s talk about modern means of communication. How do people communicate today?
2. Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask people who live without a TV set, computer or radio?
4. I’d like to watch an interesting programme on TV. What can you advise me?
5. Many people say that newspapers and radio are not as popular as TV and very soon they will lose their importance. What is your point of view?
1. Let’s talk about modern means of communication. How do people communicate today?
When we think about modern means of communication we cannot understand how people who lived some fifty years ago were able to keep in touch. Nowadays, with a mouse in one hand and a mobile phone in the other one, we cannot imagine human contacts without modern technology devices.
Thanks to the new technologies people are communicating more than ever before. Modern means of communication have made the distance between people unimportant.
Unlike 20 years ago, we usually call someone, not visit. This traditional way of keeping in touch has suffered a lot as people choose quicker and easier phone calls. Mobile phones are PORTABLE and let us contact others wherever they and we are. Furthermore, mobile phones offer the possibility of texting. Text messaging is the most convenient and the cheapest form of communication when we need to pass a quick note containing only a few words. Emails have replaced letters and postcards almost completely. People use video chats or chat –rooms to keep in touch with the families and friends that live abroad. Thanks to them they can talk for free and without time limits.
2. Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?
I wouldn’t say – I can’t live without any means of communication. To tell you the truth we should have rest from any form of communication. But I can’t imagine my everyday life without the Internet.
The Internet is a great source of information and entertainment for many people. It has made possible new forms of social interaction and has become a major source of leisure.
Thanks to it I have got an opportunity to access news, documents, images, sounds, video and games, to make friends, to book tickets and to purchase different things online. There are a lot of different sites for students, gardeners, businessmen, engineers, for people who are fond of music, cinema, theatre, sports and even for disabled people. What is more, the Internet has revolutionized the way people communicate. Sending electronic text messages is much faster and easier than writing letters. People use e-mail to stay in touch with friends worldwide.
3. What questions will you ask people who live without a TV set, computer or radio?
It’s very unusual to live without a TV set or a computor. And that’s why I would ask them such questions:
4. I’d like to watch an interesting programme on TV. What can you advise me?
First of all, I would ask about your preferences and interests. Sometimes people watch TV just to relax. In this case my advice may be very different.
So, I personally would recommend you to watch any programmes on Discovery Channel or on Viasat History Channel. If you’ve got a pet you would enjoy watching special programmes about cats and dogs on Animal Planet Channel. If you want to listen to hot discussions, visit RTVI Channel and choose anything to your taste.
Also there are many programmes about education and culture. There are programmes on wide range of subjects — from physics and literature to cooking and yoga. Public TV also broadcasts plays, ballets, symphonies as well as programs about art and history. So you’ve got a great choice.
5. Many people say that newspapers and radio are not as popular as TV and very soon they will lose their importance. What is your point of view?
Maybe. But I don’t think they will lose their importance. Probably they will change the forms. Many newspapers will be transformed into electronic versions on the Internet. As for radio, it has already lost its importance in its initial way of existence. Nowadays we can listen to the radio through the Internet.
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1. Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What can people do to keep fit?
2. Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask a fitness coach?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to lose weight?
5. Why is fast food unhealthy?
1. Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What can people do to keep fit?
There are many opportunities for keeping fit. First of all it is necessary to do exercises. Running, jumping, swimming, bending and stretching are among the most popular exercises. Many people prefer jogging, or walking. For example, popular running competitions are now held everywhere. Television and newspapers report about them in detail. In order to keep fit some people do aerobics or yoga; others prefer some kind of weight training in a gym. People can easily learn more about fitness through popular books and videos that are sold almost everywhere. I think everyone can benefit from being a little more active. Making small changes like using the stairs instead of the lift or walking or cycling instead of taking the bus can help people live a more active, healthier and enjoyable life.
2. Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?
Of course I agree. Smoking is harmful for all people and especially for children. It’s known from statistics that smoking kills 2 million people a year. Many of them die from lung cancer. Some aren’t even smokers. They are people who live or work with heavy smokers. Also smoking may cause heart diseases and spoil your teeth and skin.
So it is better not to begin smoking because in future you will have to make a lot of efforts so as to get rid of this bad habit.
3. What questions will you ask a fitness coach?
- Have you got special programs for people who suffer from overweight?
- Do you advise to have special diets?
- How much time is it necessary so as to become fit?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to lose weight?
There are many books about different methods of loosing weight. I would advise for such people to analyze the way of life they have. They should have regular exercises and move as much as possible, eat more fruit and vegetables and reject junk food, eat in small portions at regular hours and be positive in your attitude towards your appearance. I think people should love themselves and take care of their souls and bodies.
5. Why is fast food unhealthy?
Everybody knows we are what we eat. I think that fast food can be a delicious killer because it can lead to health problems. Fast food is simply tasty, ready-cooked meals packed to go.
Eating too much fast food is bad for your health because fast food contains more calories, more unhealthy fat, and more salt. It has a lot of additives, artificial colours and flavourings. It can can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, weakness of your immune system and coronary heart diseases.
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1. Let’s talk about sport . What influences a person’s health?
2. Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?
2. Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?
3. What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?
4. What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?
5. Why is it important to do sports?
1. Let’s talk about sport. What influences a person’s health?
A considerable ingredient of a healthy way of life is sport and exercising. Sport helps people to keep fit and have good health. Doctors say that twenty minutes’ exercise three times a week is all you need to be fit. If you go in for sports you can’t catch a cold. All kinds of sports are useful and healthy but it is not compulsory to go in for sports professionally.
Of course, good eating habits, regular sleeping habits, and plenty of fresh air are all important parts of the way to keep fit.
2. Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?
Smoking is harmful for all people and especially for children. It’s known from statistics that smoking kills 2 million people a year. Many of them die from lung cancer. Some aren’t even smokers. They are people who live or work with heavy smokers. Also smoking may cause heart diseases and spoil your teeth and skin.
So it is better not to begin smoking because in future you will have to make a lot of efforts so as to get rid of this bad habit.
3. What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?
First of all I’d like to ask some personal questions:
- Is it a pleasure or hard work to be a sportsman?
- Have you got any time for your personal life?
- What is the best moment in your life?
4. What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?
There are many opportunities for keeping fit. First of all it is necessary to do exercises. Running, jumping, swimming, bending and stretching are among the most popular exercises. Many people prefer jogging, or walking. For example, popular running competitions are now held everywhere. Television and newspapers report about them in detail. In order to keep fit some people do aerobics or yoga; others prefer some kind of weight training in a gym. People can easily learn more about fitness through popular books and videos that are sold almost everywhere. I think everyone can benefit from being a little more active. Making small changes like using the stairs instead of the lift or walking or cycling instead of taking the bus can help people live a more active, healthier and enjoyable life.
5. Why is it important to do sports?
Sport is very important in our life. It is popular with young and old people. A lot of people do morning exercises, jog in the morning.
Sport helps people to keep fit and have good health. If you go in for sports you can’t catch a cold. Children and grown-ups must take care of their health and do morning exercises regularly.
Sport helps look beautiful, enjoy life and be free. Only being healthy people can enjoy life in its full beauty.
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1. Let’s speak about fashion. What style in clothes do you prefer and why?
2. Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a shop assistant in a big shop?
4. What would you advise your friend who wants to buy some new clothes?
5. A famous person once said: "Fashions come and go, style is forever." What do you think about it?
1. Let’s speak about fashion. What style in clothes do you prefer and why?
As for me, it is always important to remember the rules of politeness, that there are different styles of clothes for different types of events. As one wise well-known proverb says, “People meet by clothes and set off by mind”.
From my point of view, things that you have in your wardrobe should be comfortable to wear.
My favourite clothes are jeans, shirts and sweaters or jackets. They are comfortable and I can wear them in any weather.
2. Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?
I prefer to wear comfortable clothes. My favourite clothes are jeans, shirts and sweaters or jackets. They are comfortable and I can wear them in any weather.
Sometimes I try to combine both comfort and fashion.
The explanation is quite simple I want to keep up to date and feel comfortable.
3. What questions can you ask a shop assistant in a big shop?
- How much is it?
- Can I try it on?
- Where are the dressing rooms?
- Have you got any discounts?
- What’s on sale today?
4. What would you advise your friend who wants to buy some new clothes?
Before any kind of shopping you have to plan everything carefully. You should decide what you need first of all. Then you should know how much money you can afford. After that go through some shops so as to find out the types of clothes and their prices.
Think everything over and then you may go to the shop you are going to make your choice at.
5. A famous person once said: "Fashions come and go, style is forever." What do you think about it?
I like this saying. Some people try to be fashionable at any cost. But they may not have their style. Fashion will not help you to look attractive if it is impersonal. Also there are cases when these or those fashionable clothes don’t fit you. In this case only your personal style will help you to avoid clumsy situations.
Besides, fashion is so changeable. As for your style it is unique and reveals your personality.
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1. Let`s talk about travelling and tourism. Do you like travelling? Why?
2. How do you like to travel?
3. What questions should you ask a travel agent to learn more about a tour?
4. What can you advise a person who doesn`t know where to spend his\her holiday?
5. Today people are tired of exotic countries and prefer to spend holidays in the countryside in Belarus. What can attract people to it?
1. Let`s talk about travelling and tourism. Do you like travelling? Why?
People are fond of travelling. So am I. I can spend my holidays travelling. Usually I visit Belarusian cities and towns. Sometimes I go to the sea with my family.
People travel to see other countries and continents, to learn a lot about people’s traditions, to enjoy picturesque places. I think it’s interesting to discover new things, different ways of life, to meet different people, to try different food.
Those who live in the country like to find themselves in large cities with their shops, cinemas, crowds of people. City-dwellers usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains with nothing to do but walking and bathing, lying in the sun. Most travellers and holiday makers take a camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them - beautiful views of waterfalls, forests, unusual plants and animals. These photos will remind them of the happy time of holiday.
As for me I’d like to have a coach tour to some foreign country. Coach tours are planned and I’ll have a chance to do a lot of sightseeings and have a good rest at the same time.
2. How do you like to travel?
As for me, I prefer travelling by car. I think it's very convenient. You needn't reserve tour tickets. You needn't carry heavy suitcases. You can stop wherever you wish, and spend at any place as much time as you like.
Travelling by train has its advantages. You can see much more interesting places of the country you are travelling through. Speed, comfort and safety are the main advantages of trains. That’s why sometimes travel by train.
3. What questions should you ask a travel agent to learn more about a tour?
- What documents do I need to carry with me when I travel?
- What is the best time of year to travel to this destination?
- Do you offer travel insurance or refunds?
- What are the emergency numbers I can call?
4. What can you advise a person who doesn`t know where to spend his\her holiday?
Some people go abroad to see new countries.
Summer may be the best time to visit Europe, and winter’s great in the Caribbean, but you should try to travel in the shoulder seasons – just before or after peak season. Prices are low, the weather is nice, shops and restaurants are open and happy to see you, and there are few other people around. Shoulder seasons might not be the warmest or sunniest, but the prices are far better.
If you like the country life you can stay on a farm or a country house. This kind of tourism is called agroturism. It is a type of both foreign and domestic tourism. You can pick fruit there, feed animals, buy produce direct from a farm land. It’s one of the growing forms of tourism in many countries.
5. Today people are tired of exotic countries and prefer to spend holidays in the countryside in Belarus. What can attract people to it?
Belarus is a small, beautiful country. It is a land of vast plains and picturesque hills, thick forests and green meadows, deep blue lakes and flowing rivers. One third of the republic's territory is covered with forests. The largest of them are called pushchas. The most beautiful are the Belovezhskaya, the Nalibokskaya which have rich flora and fauna. There are 3,000 rivers in the republic. The longest rivers are the Dnieper, the Nieman, the Western Dvina, the Pripyat and the Bug. There are 4,000 lakes in Belarus. The largest of the lakes is the Naroch, the pride of the republic. It is very popular recreation area in our country. There are many rest-homes, sanatoriums and tourist camps in Belarus. Spending holidays on the beach is a great rest though many people combine sunbathing with visiting museums and places of interest.
You can also go sightseeing. There are some historical places that you can visit in Belarus. They are Mir castle, Nesvizh castle and others. A lot of tourists come to see them.
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1. Now let`s talk about environment. People say that our planet is in danger. Do you share this opinion?
2. What do you think people should do to protect the environment?
3. What would you like to ask your British friend about measures that are taken to protect the environment in Britain?
4. A friend of your wants to develop a programme to protect the city where he lives. Give him a piece of advice.
5. Green School of the Year contest is held in the country and you want your school to enter it. Give ideas for some 'green events'.
1. Now let`s talk about environment. People say that our planet is in danger. Do you share this opinion?
People are more worried about the environment as a result of the harmful effects of human activity. Some of the activities cause pollution and some are destroying the environment.
One of the most important ecological problems is the water pollution. If a ship loses some of the oil, or waste from the ships is put into the ocean, the water becomes dirty. Many sea birds die because of the polluted water. Many fish are dying in the sea, others are getting contaminated. People may get sick from eating them. Lakes and rivers are becoming polluted, too. Some beaches are dangerous for swimming.
The second important problem is air pollution. Cars and factories pollute the air we use. Their fume also destroys the ozone layer which protects the Earth from the dangerous light of the Sun. Aerosols create large "holes" in the ozone layer round the Earth. Burning coal and oil leads to global warming which may bring about a change in the world's climate.
Another problem is that our forests are dying from acid rain. Deforestation, especially destruction of tropical forests, affects the balance of nature in many ways. It kills animals, changes the climate and ecosystem in the world.
2. What do you think people should do to protect the environment?
Environmental protection is a universal concern. There are different organizations and parties in Europe and America that actively work to protect the nature from harm.
To stop or at least reduce the amount of damage we bring to the environment we should follow these suggestions. We mustrespect the Earth’s biodiversity. We should reuse all recycled materials to reduce the demand.It’s good idea torecycle all used materials made with trees/plants to reduce deforestation. We should recycle all used materials with the available technologies.
3. What would you like to ask your British friend about measures that are taken to protect the environment in Britain?
- Are there any environmental organizations inBritain?
- What organizations reduce human activities causing pollution of water, air, forests and soil?
- Does your school take part in any programmes to protect the environment?
- Do you reuse all recycled materials to reduce the demand?
- Do you recycle all used materials made with trees/plants to reduce deforestation?
- Do you recycle all used materials with the available technologies?
4. A friend of your wants to develop a programme to protect the city where he lives. Give him a piece of advice.
I think it’s good idea to explain people that water consumption is usually too high. To prove this fact he can make a questionnaire and then compare the results. And of course, it’s necessary to give these people some informaton about how much water do they usually spend on these activities. The questios can be like these.
- Do you usually take a bath or a shower?
- Do you keep your tap running when you clean your teeth?
- Do you use your washing machine or dishwasher for just a few items?
- Do you wash vegetables and salads under a running tap?
5. Green School of the Year contest is held in the country and you want your school to enter it. Give ideas for some 'green events'.
Green schools teach children to be environmentally friendly.
I think we should start a recycling program. We can recycle all our paper, plastic, metal.
Sudents can do many things around the school. They can clean up and plant new trees. Also we can start a composting program. We can use all our cafeteria lunch waste for composting and then use it on the school flower-beds.
To become a Green School we need to start learning about the importance of living in harmony with our natural world and learning how to live without using up the planet's resources faster than the planet can produce them.
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1. Now let`s talk about weather and climate. What is happening to weather and climate nowadays?
2. Are you weather dependent?
3. What questions would you ask a meteorologist?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to become a meteorologist?
5. They say there`s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What do you think about it?
1. Now let`s talk about weather and climate. What is happening to weather and climate nowadays?
Climate is the weather a certain place has over a long period of time. Climate has a very important influence on plants, animals and humans. Some scientists think that the world is becomming hotter.
If you compare winter and summer temperatures in Belarus at the beginning of our century and at its end you will see that climate has really changed. Winters have become warmer. Sometimes there is little snow in January, and there were winters when it rained on the New Year's Eve. Many people say that it is so because of the greenhouse effect. During the last 100 years people have produced a lot of carbon dioxide.
As we see the climate in different parts of the world changes a little from year to year. These changes can be dangerous for our planet, which needs protection.
2. Are you weather dependent?
The weather often changes and brings cold and heat, sunshine and rain, frost and snow. One day is often unlike the next. I don’t think that I am weather dependent, I just put on the right clothes and go anywhere I need or I can change my plans and stay at home or at my friend’s place.
3. What questions would you ask a meteorologist?
- How does a weatherman predict the weather?
- How did you become a meteorologist?
- What tools are used to do measures and to collect data about the weather?
- Is true that the weather can be indicated with the help of frogs?
- What observation did ancient people make about the behaviour of insects, animals and birds before a storm?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to become a meteorologist?
I should say to become a meteorologist one should study hard and learn science. I think a person should learn how to use a barometer (it measures air pressure), an anemometer(it measures wind speed), a psychrometer(it measures the humidity in the air). Computers and satellite images are also used by professional meteorologists. That’s why one should study computer technologies.
As a matter of fact, the weather is not always predicted accurately. Even with all of these special tools and knowledge, a meteorologist still has to make an educated guess about what will happen.
5. They say there`s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What do you think about it?
If you have a proper clothes you can go everywhere you need and do everything you want. The weather often changes and brings cold and heat, sunshine and rain, frost and snow. One day is often unlike the next.
As for me, in summer my favourite clothes are jeans and a T-shirt. When it’s hot and sunny, I wear a cap and sunglasses. When it’s a bit colder, I wear jeans, socks and trainers when I go to the park with my friends. Sometimes there is heavy rain, so that an umbrella or a raincoat is necessary if I don't want to get wet through.
In winter I always wear a sweater and trousers. When I go out, I put on a coat or fur-coat and winter boots. As in Belarus it’s usually snowy and frosty in winter, I wear a hat, a scarf and gloves.
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1. Let’s talk about the Republic of Belarus. What do you know about our country?
2. Do you know any symbols of our country?
3. What questions about Belarus do you expect to hear from a British teenager?
4. What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?
5. What sights in our country belong to world heritage?
1. Let’s talk about the Republic of Belarus. What do you know about our country?
The Republic of Belarus is a small, beautiful country. It is situated in Eastern Europe. The Republic borders on Russia, the Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. It has a population of more than 10 million. The largest cities are Minsk (the capital), Gomel, Brest, Vitebsk, Grodno and Mogilev.
Belarus is a land of vast plains and picturesque hills, thick forests and green meadows, deep blue lakes and flowing rivers. One third of the republic's territory is covered with forests. The largest of them are called pushchas. The longest rivers are the Dnieper, the Nieman, the Western Dvina, the Pripyat and the Bug. The largest of the lakes is the Naroch, the pride of the republic. It is very popular recreation area in our country.
2. Do you know any symbols of our country?
I should say that there are official and non-official symbols of my country. The National Flag of the Republic of Belarus, the National Emblem of the Republic of Belarus and the National Anthem of the Republic of Belarus are official symbols of Belarus.
The most widely known symbols of Belarus are a bison, a stork and a cornflower.
3. What questions about Belarus do you expect to hear from a British teenager?
- What is the most beautiful city in Belarus?
- What is your country famous for?
- How many people live here?
- Have you got any national symbols ( customs and traditions)?
4. What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?
Belarus is a unique country which is known for its rich and colourful heritage and culture. Places, people, myths and legends all come together to tell us stories that fascinate and inspire.
I will advise to visit Lida , Mir, Nesvizh. Castles. It’s impossible to visit the country and not to visit its capital. That’s why Minsk would also be an interesting point in your route. Such places as Polotsk and Vitebsk are connected with certain events and names. Our famous Belarusian guides will tell a lot of interesting things about the history of our country.
5. What sights in our country belong to world heritage?
Belarus has four World Heritage Sites, with two of them being shared between Belarus and its neighboring countries. The four are: the Mir Castle Complex; the Nesvizh Castle; the Belovezhskaya Pushcha (shared with Poland); and the Struve Geodetic Arc (shared with Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Moldova, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine).
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1. Let`s talk about Britain. What do you know abut this country?
2. What are the state symbols of Great Britain?
3. What would you like to ask a British teenager about Britain?
4. What sights in England would you advise me to visit?
5. They say it`s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular all over the world. What is your opinion?
1. Let`s talk about Britain. What do you know abut this country?
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and a great number of small islands. The UK consists of four parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The northern and western parts of the country is mountainous and is called the Highlands. All the rest is a vast plain which is called the Lowlands.
Most of the rivers flow into the North Sea. The Thames is the deepest and the longest of the British rivers.
Great Britain is a highly industrialized country. The main industrial centres are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow and Bristol.
The population of the United Kingdom is over 58 million people.
The capital of the country is London. The United Kingdom is parliamentary monarchy and the Queen is the head of the state.
2. What are the state symbols of Great Britain?
The flag of the United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of three crosses. It is made up of the individual Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries - the countries of 'England, of 'Scotland' and of 'Northern Ireland'.The Welsh flag, called the Welsh dragon, represents a red dragon on a white and green background.
A red rose is the national emblem of England from the time of the Wars of the Roses (15th century).The thistle is the national emblem of Scotland. The national emblem of Ireland is shamrock. The leek is the emblem of Wales.
3. What would you like to ask a British teenager about Britain?
- What places can I visit in London if I want to go shopping?
- What is the weather usually like in summer?
- What are the biggest cities in the country?
- Where can I go in London if I want to listen to an opera or to watch a consert?
4. What sights in England would you advise me to visit?
London itself is a great city to visit. Start your London tour from Westminster Abbey. Every monarch since William the Conqueror has been crowned here.
Buckingham Palace is The Queen's official residence.The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palaceis a free display of colourful Royal pageantry.
Take a look at the Houses of Parliament and the famous clocktower. The famous Big Ben is not the whole clock tower. It is just the name of the bell that rings inside of it.
The Houses of Parliament is the place where the House of Commons and the House of Lords conduct their sittings.
Tower of Londonhas been a treasury, armory, and royal residence, but it has also been a prison for enemies of the crown.
British Museumis the country's largest museum and one of the oldest and finest in the world.
A river cruise along the Thames River will give you a nice experience and view of the city.
Of course, you have to ride on the London Eye - the new landmark for London!
5. They say it`s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular all over the world. What is your opinion?
First, English helps you to improve friendship and maybe include our knowledge around the world. Nowadays, many people have a wider friendship around the world. Learning English can help you to make more friends, we can exchange with a lot of people, improve our relationships.
Second, English helps you to connect our country to the world or we can learn more about another countries's tradition. Learning English, we can introduce every beautiful things, places to internaional friends from another countries. Foreigners wil be curious and they will travel to our country.
Finally, we can find jobsmore easily. Today, all companies need their wokers know at least on language, especially English. In some international companies, every person have to know English well.