Complete the sentences. A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it

Try

Love

Reflect

Be

listen to

strive

Can

prefer

learn

Have

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it

People (not) _ live without music. They _ music, dance to music or _ to play musical instruments. There _ music everywhere: at home, in a concert hall, in the park, at the seaside, in the forest and even in the street.

Music is not only a combination of pleasant sounds. It is an art which reflects life. Music _ people's ideas and emotions. In this world of ours, filled with conflicts, tragedies, joys and hopes, music _ to speak to people of what is most important, urgent and poignant.

Music in the lives of different people is different: some compose music, others play music, and others only listen to it. A lot of people who cannot play any musical instrument __ to listen to music either at home or at a con-cert. Different people like different kinds of music. You may __ pop or rock music, country or folk music, classical music or jazz, but you certainly cannot think of a day without music.

As for me, I prefer... music. I _ a lot of cassettes (CDs, records).I _ to watch all the programmes dealing with it on TV and to go to the concerts as often as possible. My favourite composer (singer, musician) is... I think he (she) is very talented. I can (not) play an instrument (the piano, the guitar, the violin). It is a great pleasure to be able to play an instrument and I like it a lot.

Task for Office hours: Speak on: Why do you think music is important and how does it affect different people?

References

Main literature:

1.New English file (pre-intermediate) Student’s book/Work book ClieveOxenden Christina Latham – Koening. Oxford University Press, 2010

2. New Inside Out (pre-intermediate) Student’s book Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones Macmillian 2012

3. Cutting edge (pre-intermediate) Student’s book. Sarah Cunningham and Peter Moon Longman 2008

Additional literature:

4.“Essential grammar” R.Murphy. Second edition. (pre-intermediate)l. Cambridge University Press. 2009.

5.Brush up your English Romanovich A. U. Moscow 2007

6.onestopenglish.com

HAND-OUT Discipline: English as a foreign language Lexical theme: At the museum Pre-intermediate Grammatical theme: Verb-ing Practical lesson 8 Assistant-Professor: A. K. Tassyrova

Warming-up: Explain the saying. In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

GRAMMAR: V+ing

I’m thinking of buying a new car. Eating outside in the summer makes me feel good. I love reading in bed Use verb + ing:

• as the subject of a sentence: Smoking is bad for you.
• after some verbs (like, love, hate, enjoy, etc.): I hate getting up early.
• after prepositions: He left without saying goodbye.

1 Complete the sentence with a verb in the –ing form

be go learn remember study talk teach

a. My mother very bad at ________ names

b.__________ teenagers is very hard working

c. You can’t sing well without _________to breathe properly

d. My sister spends hours on the phone __________ to her boyfriend

e. I hate ________ first to arrive at parties

2 Put the verbs in the –ing form

a. I like ___________ to music (listen)

1. I’m thinking of _________ a new car (buy)
2. I hate ______ early (get up)
3. I’m not very good at _________ maps (read)
4. Have you finished _______ your homework? (do)

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