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1. Most countries have a national drink.
Do you agree? Can you give your reasons?
2. Englishmen sip their drinks.
How do you understand that? What is really meant?
3. Pubs have strictly-limited hours of opening and closing.
Do you agree to that? Can you express your opinion on the above?
Discuss pros and cons of having some drinking habits in every country.
Here are some useful expressions for the supporters:
The point I’m making is…; it is generally felt…; I’m bound to say; I’m inclined to point out…; everyone knows that…, etc.
Some useful expressions for the opponents:
That’s not the point…; I think it’s absurd to…; anyone can see…; the facts just don’t support…, etc.
Retell the story as if you visited an English pub.
Make up a story about Great Britain based on the information given in the above Texts.
SPEAKING
DIALOGUE 1
An interview
Robert: Excuse me; are you the Russian students who’ve been visiting England?
Boris: Yes, that’s right!
Robert: I’m a reporter from the “Mirror”. I’d like you to tell me something about
your visit. Were you invited by the National Union of Students, the biggest
students’ organization of Great Britain?
Boris: Yes, we were.
Robert: How long have you been here?
Boris: Since last Monday.
Robert: And what have you seen during your visit?
Boris: Oh, we’ve been to so many places, I really don’t know where to begin. First, we visited Cambridge, then Oxford and Stratford- on-Avon – the town where Shakespeare was born.
Robert: It’s a pity you’ve had such bad weather.
Boris: Well, we expected rain when we came to England and we are sorry we had no fog.
Robert: You’ll have to come again one winter, if you want to see a real Londonfog. Well, what did you like best in England?
Boris: Oh, the Jodrell Bank telescope, one of the biggest radio-telescopes in the world. I am studying astronomy, you see.
Robert: Now, may I ask you what you disliked most?
Boris: But really, we enjoyed everything.
Robert: Nonsense! There must be something you don’t like. Apart from the weather, of course.
Boris: There was just one thing, you know. They woke us every morning at seven with a horribly strong cup of tea with milk.
Robert: I am glad it wasn’t anything worse.
Boris: The train will be leaving in a moment. I’m afraid we have to say good-buy.
17. Memorize and reproduce Dialogue 1.
Make up dialogues of your own using Dialogue 1 as a model.
Situations: You meet your friend and ask him about:
a). his recent visit to Great Britain;
b). English weather;
c). the things you like and dislike in Great Britain.
DIALOGUE 2
Talking of IMPRESSIONS ABOUT BRITAIN and the British
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