Objectives:

• to practise prediction and intensive listening

• to develop learners' reading skill through the methods of interactive read­ing

• to develop students' speaking skills Warm up

What do you know about lifestyles of British people?

Introducing the Topic

Listening

Pre-listening task:

Try to predict the answers to the questions:

1. Are the British good listeners?

2. What is understatement?

3. Do people help charity in Britain?

LIFESTYLES

In Britain strangers don't talk to each other; it is polite to queue for every­thing; people say "thank you" when they give money to a shop assistant; peo­ple open presents in front of the people they receive them from.

British people are good listeners. Understatement is another character trait of the British. If continental youth wants to declare his love to a girl, he kneels down, tells her that she is the sweetest and the most charming in the world, that she has something in her, that he would be unable to live one more minute without her and so on.

About half the population of Great Britain takes part in sport. The most popular outdoor sporting activity is walking about 2 miles. The most popular indoor activity is snooker / billiard.

There are about 7 million dogs and over 7 million cats in Britain. One in ten people own a dog or a cat. Every year the British spend over 1.5 billion pounds on pet food. They support 380 charities the protect animals. The Roy­al Society for the Prevention of Cruelty / the RSPCA / is the largest animal welfare society in Britain. It provides practical help and campaigns against animal cruelty. It has over 250 inspectors who make sure nobody breaks the laws which protect animals.

Post-listening activities:

A) Draw a line to correct the words that go together.

1. money shop

2. queue animal

3. dog activity

4. snooker people

5. charity sport

6. pound cat

7. pet dollar

B) Replace the pronouns with the nouns in the boxes.

understatement; sport; "thank you"; presents dogs

1. People say it when they give money to a shop assistant.

2. People open them in front of the people they receive them from.

3. It is another character trait of the British.

4. People take part in it.

5. There are about seven million of them in Britain.

C) Discuss the answers to these questions with your classmates.

1. In Britain strangers don't talk to each other, don't you?

2. Why do people say "thank you" when they give money to a shop assistant?

3. British people are good listeners, aren't they?

4. What is the most popular outdoor sporting activity in Britain?

5. How many dogs are there in Britain?

6. How many charities, which protect animals, do British support?

7. How do people help charity?

D) Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses?

1. One of ten people / own /_a dog or a cat.

2. Once the RSPCA / get /_1.7 million from an animal lover.

3. He said he / play /_snooker.

4. She said she / have /_a pet.

5. They said they / help /_charity.

Reading

A) Cloze test

Every eighth word in the text is omitted. Try to guess what it is.

SOME OF THE CUSTOMS OF ENGLISH PEOPLE

People in England do not shake hands_(as) much as we do in our

country_(or) the people in other countries of Europe._(At) first for­eigners are often surprised because people_(do) not put out their hands

when foreigners_(meet) them. Certainly, there is no absolute role_

(about) this, but certainly the delightful habit of_(shaking) hands as a daily

greeting is not_(found) in Britain. The English usually, but not_(al­ways), shake hands when they first meet somebody;_(but) at sherry parties

it is not often_(done) because one's hand are full; sometimes, but_

(not) always, when a friend is going away     (for) a long time; almost always

when they_(want) to congratulate someone on a great examination_

(success), on being married, or having a baby._(Visitors) from abroad find it

difficult not to_(shake) hands on leaving after coffee, a meal,_(or)

a party but the normal practice in_(not) to do so. In fact the best_(rule)

is the same as the one for_(the) use of the comma, "When there is_

(doubt), don't".

Men raise their hats to women_(but) not to each other.

B) Work in 2 groups.

Group 1 — Some of the customs of British people. Group 2 — Some of the customs of Ukrainian people. The students discuss the customs of these two countries and compare them.

C) In groups, students read the texts using the interactive reading strategies.

Group 1

LIFE OF YOUTH IN BRITAIN (part 1)

The needs of young people from all walks of life are served by the estab­lished youth organizations in Britain. They involve the contribution of both full-time and part-time youth workers and great many volunteers.

Outdoor pursuits involve anything from pony trekking to rock climbing or canoeing in white water and take young people away from the confines of their home or their inner city environment. Such pursuits nourish a spirit of self-reliance, develop confidence and help to reinforce the importance of team­work and good leadership.

Local authorities and a number of multipurpose youth organizations pro­vide centres for activities such as canoeing, sailing, mountain walking, map reading, orienting and cooking for survival, all of which encourage initiative and self-discipline.

Vocabulary

from all walks of life — з усіх верств населення outdoor pursuits — заняття на свіжому повітрі self-reliance — впевненість у своїх силах confidence — самовпевненість multipurpose — комплексний, багатогалузевий provide — надавати, забезпечувати sailing — вітрильний вид спорту

While- reading activity

Read the text using the following interactive reading strategy: put some marks on the margins:

S — information you know;

--information that contradicts your ideas;

+ — new information;

? — information you are interested in.

Group 2

LIFE OF YOUTH IN BRITAIN (part 2)

Among providers of outdoor centres are the Sport Council, the Outward Bound Trust, the Ocean Youth Club, the Sail Training Association.

The Outward Bound Trust is the longest established and most experiences outdoor personal development training organization in Britain and has five centres in the English Lake District, Wales and Scotland. It operates in 38 oth­er centres around the world. It also includes centres in Belgium, France, Ger­many and the Netherlands. This organization is based on two simple princi­ples: "First, that everyone is capable of achieving more than they might realize, and the second, that too few people have a real appreciation of what can be achieved by the team work and mutual support".

Young people participate in "expedition courses" lasting 8, 12 or 20 days and involving an adventurous journey by land or the sea. There are also "spe­cialist courses" for young people aged 17 and over to become involved in work with groups such as the homeless, the elderly and the disable.

Vocabulary

the Outward Bound Trust — благодійна організація mutual support — взаємна підтримка adventurous — сміливий, ризикований disable — недієздатний, інвалід

While- reading activity

Read the text using the following interactive reading strategy: put some marks on the margins:

S — information you know;

--information that contradicts your ideas;

+ — new information;

? — information you are interested.

After reading and analyzing the texts in the groups the students change their representatives who tell the students of the other group everything he / she knew about the life of youth in Britain. After that the students answer the questions and retell the texts in chain.

Questions:

1. What organizations in Britain serve the needs of young people?

2. What do outdoor pursuits involve?

3. What do local authorities and a number of multipurpose youth organiza­tions provide?

4. What organizations are among the providers of outdoor centres?

5. What do you know about the Outward Bound Trust?

6. How many centres does it have?

7. Where are these centres situated?

Homework

1. Find more facts about the British ways of life.

2. Write a composition "British ways".