unit 1 Афанасьева 6 класс
план-конспект занятия по английскому языку (6 класс) на тему

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TO THE STUDENT’S BOOK BY

O. V. AFANASYEVA, I. V. MIKHEEVA

THE SIXTH FORM

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1. Complete the story:

Where were you on December 31, 1967? You probably (want)1 to be at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This was the site of the National Football League’s (NFL) Championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Anyone alive (remember)2 this game known as the historic “Ice Bowl”. The Dallas Cowboys (come)3 to Green Bay as guys looking for their first NFL title. The Green Bay Packers (enter)4 the contest as the two-time defending NFL champions trying (become)5 the first team in the league history to win three championships in one season.

What was already a great match-up (become)6 more intriguing by the sub-zero temperatures. The official game time temperature was 13 degrees below zero with the wind chill of minus 48 degrees. It (be)7 the coldest game in NFL history.

Now, over 36 years later, fans still (have)8 fond and frozen memories of that New Years’ Eve game. With the –13 degree weather, the fans (recall)9 dressing for the weather – boots with liners, coats with hoods, woolen hunting pants, quilted long underwear, several pairs of mittens. Many (report)10 also taking blankets and sleeping bags to the stadium.

Jim Mostek of Denmark (recall)11, “To really keep warm, we brought sleeping bags. When we (be)12 in our seats, we (crawl)13 into our sleeping bags and (keep)14 pretty warm. We also (bring)15 small boxes with newspaper layered on the bottom. We (put)16 our feet in them and this (help)17 to keep our feet off the snow and (keep)18 them warm. Our only problem (be)19 standing during the exciting parts of the game with the sleeping bag on. But we did manage (cheer)20 and fall over.”

2. Fill in the articles if necessary:

1. …1 storm blew up suddenly on …2 Lake Superior late in …3 fishing season, and as …4 temperature dropped, …5 ice began to form rapidly around his boat, creating …6 hazardous condition. Because Bailey was …7 youngest fisherman on …8 board, he was chosen to go out on …9 deck and break up …10 ice while …11 boat knocked around wildly in …12 storm.

2. “If he hadn’t done that, they would have been in …1 grave danger,” Leary said. “That’s partly …2 story about rapidly changing …3 weather conditions and …4 science of that, and it's also about …5 kind of initiation, …6 coming-of-age, …7 heroic story about …8 young person’s experience.”

3. Complete the story with the given words in their proper grammatical and lexical form:

4. Express the same in English:

1. Это было прекрасное солнечное утро. Дул легкий ветерок. Мы надеялись, что погода не изменится, так как собирались прогуляться по парку.

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2. Какой солнечный день! Небо совершенно голубое. Нет ни одного облачка. Интересно, какой прогноз погоды на сегодня?

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3. Ежедневные газеты всегда печатают последние новости, включая прогноз погоды на следующий день.

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4. Утром был сильный туман. Ничего не было видно, не удивительно, что гости, которых мы ожидали в тот момент, не смогли найти дорогу к дому.

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5. Только к полудню туман рассеялся. Небо было затянуто облаками, все ждали дождь, но погода изменилась. К обеду вышло солнце, и стало тепло.

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6. Вечером была прекрасная погода. Ветер успокоился, тумана еще не было, солнце садилось, и небо было покрыто розовыми облаками.

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7. Вся неделя будет мокрой, так как будет много дождей. Возможно, к концу недели погода изменится.

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8. Синоптики обещали ливневые дожди завтра. Ветер, возможно, усилится, температура – около тридцати градусов тепла.

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5. Group the words:

Verbs___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nouns___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Adjectives_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Read the words and transcribe the pronunciation of letter a in the given words:

9. afternoon ____________________
10. away________________________
11. day_________________________
12. England_____________________
13. farmer_______________________
14. forecast______________________
15. information___________________
16. last__________________________
17. nasty________________________
18.  space________________________

7. Read the story and answer the questions:

That morning, the weatherman warned about a line of strong thunderstorms. The weather radar on the early morning news showed a line of gray-white blobs representing the thunderstorms. Through the haze of the humid morning I could see dark gray clouds appearing on the horizon. I was happy. I moved to the garden where I had a better view of the approaching thunderstorms.

Shortly before 7:00 am, the western sky was dark and deep booms rumbled through the air. The thunder had grown louder and sharper. At 7:10 am the angry dark cloud was almost upon me. By 7:20 the darkest part of the cloud was directly overhead and the frequent dance of lightning bolts was getting quite close. Loud, crashing thunder followed less than 5 seconds after the lightning indicating that the lightning strikes were within a mile of me. Large raindrops began to splat on the ground around me as a breath of cool air pushed over me from the storm. I stood up and began backing toward the house, not able to take my eyes off the angry but fascinating sky.

Then it hit. First there was a loud hiss that moved rapidly overhead and to my left, which was followed a split second later by a brilliant bolt of lightning into the back of the next-door neighbour’s house. The explosive force of the lightning bolt nearly knocked me off my feet. I couldn’t tell if my house had been hit. I turned toward the front door and paused briefly to see if the house was on fire. Another intense flash from behind was followed instantaneously by a deafening crash of thunder. After about ten minutes the most electrical part of the storm was off to the east and southeast and the rain became gentle.

When the storm ended I learned that lightning damaged houses on both sides of ours and struck a clump of three scrub oak trees just behind the house. The lightning strike had caused dishes to fall from shelves and pictures to fall off walls along the back wall of the house. Half of the house had no electricity.

Questions:

1. What did the radar show early in the morning?
2. How did the storm start?
3. Did the thunder and the lightning go together?
4. Did the man go home or did he watch it outside?
5. What knocked the man off his feet?
6. When did the rain become gentle?
7. What happened with the trees behind the house?
8. How was the house damaged?

8. Find synonyms to the given words in the text above:

1. wet (weather) ____________________________________________
2. coming (storm)___________________________________________
3. straight (above me)________________________________________
4. fall (on the ground)________________________________________
5. magnificent (sky)_________________________________________
6. (move) quickly___________________________________________
7. make sb fall______________________________________________
8. bring some harm (to the houses)______________________________

9. Express the same using Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous:

19. Когда вы обычно выходите из дома?

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20. – Вы сейчас работаете? – Нет, я вообще не работаю.

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21. Я люблю гулять по вечерам, когда нет дождя.

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22. Вчера в шесть часов пошел снег. Он шел около двух часов.

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23. Я не вижу, кто это к нам идет. Это твой друг?

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24. Когда она входила в комнату, она заметила шляпу на стуле.

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25. Мы живем в большом доме на углу улицы.

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26. Он читал детектив, а брат играл на пианино.

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10. Make words of the parts:

1.____________________________

2.____________________________

3.____________________________

4.____________________________

5.____________________________

6.____________________________

7.____________________________

8.____________________________

11. Make your own weather forecast in your country for tomorrow using the following phrases:

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12. Complete the sentences using information from the text ‘The Weather Forecast’:

27. It is hard to ________________ weather as it may be very changeable.
28. ______________ constantly collect information about the weather from different sources.
29. The _____________ is very important for farmers and sailors as they may get into trouble if they don’t know it.
30. When the ______________ shows high pressure, we may expect good weather with no storms or heavy rains.
31. Some people can predict weather but usually it is a result of _____________’s work.
32. ___________ weather forecasts are shown on TV or you may hear them on the radio.
33. If there is low pressure in the atmosphere we should ____________ rain and wind.
34. It happens so that the weather forecast is not correct because the weather itself is difficult to _____________.

13. Fill in the gaps with the prepositions:

35. There was a heavy rainstorm and we all got wet … as we were caught almost … the beginning of it.
36. I am looking awful as I’ve fallen ill. I have been caught … the rain twice this week.
37. If you are cold you may put … my sweater. I don’t need it … the moment.
38. … the help … the information collected … the ships we managed not to get … trouble.
39. … the next few days the village people looked … … the rain as there was a strong wind and the sky was grey and overclouded.
40. That wasn’t a bright day at all as it had been forecasted … weathermen … the radio.
41. Friday is expected to be wet … heavy showers and occasional sunshine.
42. The harvest is not so good … … rain. Next year we should take some measures not to get … trouble again.

14. Make your own weather diary for a week. Check the weather every day and make notes about temperature, strength of wind, rainfalls (or snow), mist. Don’t forget to mark whether it is sunny or dull, bright or cloudy. Register your notes:

15. Read the sayings about weather and discuss them with your classmates:

1. Winter dies into the spring, to be born again in the autumn.
– M. Blumenberg

2. Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do – or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.
– S. Crawford

3. Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
– M. McLaughlin

4. Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.
– Anonymous

5. Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
– V. Hugo

16. Read the text by lines. Check each line and find mistakes if any, correct them and put the right variant:

17. Match the parts:

43. rain and sun together
44. a quick short rainfall
45. peaceful
46. expect some kind of weather
47. flashes of light in the sky
48. to say what weather to expect
49. a kind of fog
50. quick to alter

1. shower
2. forecast
3. lighting
4. changeable
5. mist
6.   look out for
7. calm
8. rainbow

18. Match the type of weather with the seasons:

stuffy                 misty                                                        hot                rainy

frosty                      snowy                                        sunny                warm        windy

                                                  cold

wet

                                        cloudy        stormy                                        dull

19. Describe the weather in different cities:

°C

Anchorage, AK-6°; Miami, FL27°; Atlanta, GA 32; Moscow, RUS2°;  Portland, OR7°;  Toronto, CAN7°; Memphis, TN21°; Washington, DC11°.

20. Write an essay on the topic “Impact of Weather on People”. How do you feel in different weather? Why do people feel under the weather? Why does everyone like spring weather? How do people feel in autumn rainy weather? Express your opinion and speak in class.

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