Задание 1. Прочитайте и обсудите текст

Вы прочитаете статью из журнала об одном из самых известных магазинов Британии “Marks & Spencer”.

Нижеуказанные люди, места и вещи встречаются в статье. Как вы думаете, как они связаны с Marks & Spencer. Они расположены в том порядке, в каком встречаются в тексте.

- the Duchess of York - £10 million - a Polish immigrant - shoelaces

- Spain - Paris and Newcastle - jumpers - chiropodists

Marks & Spencer (or M&S) is Britain's favorite store. Tourists love it too. It attracts a great variety of customers, from housewives to millionaires. The Duchess of York, Dustin Hoffman, and the British Prime Minister are just a few of its famous customers. Last year it made a profit of £529 million, which is more than £10 million a week.

It all started 105 years ago, when a young Polish immigrant, Michael Marks, had a stall in the Leeds market. He didn't have many things to sell: some cotton, a little wool, lots of buttons, and a few shoelaces. Above his stall he put famous notice “Penny Stalls”.

Ten years later, he met Tom Spencer and together they started “Penny Stalls” in many towns in the north of England. Today there are 564 branches of M&S all over the world - in America, Canada, Spain, France, Belgium, and Hungary.

Surprisingly, tastes in food and clothes are international. What sells well in Paris sells just as well in Newcastle? Their best-selling clothes are:

- for women: jumpers, bras, and knickers (M&S is famous for its knickers!);

- for men: shirts, socks, pajamas, dressing gowns and suits;

- for children: underwear and socks.

Best-sellers in food include: fresh chickens, bread, vegetables and sandwiches. Chicken is internationally the most popular convenience food.

The store bases its business on three principles: good value, good quality, and good service. Also, it changes with the times - once it was all jumpers and knickers. Now it's food, furniture, and flowers as well. Top fashion designers advise on styles of clothes.

Задание 2. Ролевая игра «Buying a Gift»

ОБУЧАЮЩИЙ МОДУЛЬ 1.6

Sports in our Life

УРОВЕНЬ

Задание 1. Переведите предложения на русский язык

1. We have a good football team. 2. Our P.T. teacher does the coaching. 3. We have a good coach. 4. Do you go in for sports? 5. I go in for swimming, skiing, track and field, gymnastic. 6. Are you good at sports? 7. I like jogging, but I am not very good at high and long jumping. 8. We have two training sessions a day. 9. Sport takes almost all of my free time.

Задание 2. Прочитайте и переведите текст, обратите внимание на выделенные курсивом слова

Sports and Games

It goes without saying that one of the most important tasks today is to bring up a healthy generation. That is why most governments pay special attention to sport and physical education. All students have at least two PT lessons a week. Most colleges have well-equipped gyms, swimming pools and tennis courts, where students can develop physically and get all the necessary skills and habits. It is known that most teenagers are interested in sport or take part in a sporting activity.

Boys, girls and teenagers participate in a great number of sport events. They include indoor and outdoor sports such as football, rugby, cricket, swimming, squash, tennis, running, athletics, horse-riding, archery, chess, and many other social games.

Many of these activities are organised through school or through youth clubs. Every school, college or university has sport teams and groups. They are formed to compete with other schools and clubs.

In many cases sport has become a commercial affair. Large sports and leisure centres have excellent facilities for sport and fitness. Though they are not free, and people have to pay, children and grown-ups attend them willingly. Such places are especially popular with teenagers because they usually offer discounted rates for young people.

Nowadays almost all people are fond of some sport, because it helps them to keep fit and because they enjoy it.

There are summer and winter kinds of sports. The winter sports are: speed and figure skating, skiing, hockey, free style and so on.

Some people prefer summer sports. The most popular are: swimming, rowing, fishing, track and field athletics, mountain-climbing, hiking and others. You can go in for gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, weight-lifting, play volley-ball, basket-ball and tennis in a gym all the year round.

Sports are very much the same in most countries, but some sports are more popular than others in a certain country. Cricket, golf and soccer are popular in England. Baseball and rugby football are popular in America.

Дата добавления: 2015-10-23