Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil

Family

Family traditions

Family relationship

Friendship

Education

Studying at school

School traditions

My future career

Life in the city and in the country

Different types of houses

Food, Belarusian national cuisine

Food, British national cuisine

Shopping

Leisure time

Belarusian customs and traditions

Customs and traditions of an English-speaking country

Modern means of communication

Healthy way of life

Sport

Clothes, fashion

Travelling and tourism

Environment

Weather and climate

Republic of Belarus

Britain

№1

1. Let`s talk about your family. Why is family important for you?

2. Are there any things that you do with your parents together?

3. What will you ask a British teenager about his\her family?

4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?

5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?

№2

Let`s talk about your family traditions. What role does family play in each person’s life?

2. Do you have your own family traditions?

3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family traditions?

4. What can you advise a person who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?

5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?

№3

1. Let`s talk about your family. What is family for you?

2. Are you on good terms with your parents and grandparents?

3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family relationships?

4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?

5. They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?

№4

1. Let`s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?

2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?

3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?

4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?

5. Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it?

№5

1.Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?

2. Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?

3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.

4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?

5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

№6

1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?

2.Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?

3.Ask me about my school life.

4.What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?

5. Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Would you do the same?

№7

1.Let’s talk about school traditions. What can you tell me about the place where you study?

2.Does your school have any traditions?

3. Ask me what a kind of pupil I was at school.

4. Which school club would you advise your classmates to join?

5. Some people think that it is necessary to study foreign languages Do you agree with them?

№8

1. Let’s talk about your future career. What would you like to become?

2.Do you think your life will change when you leave school? Why(not)?

3.What questions will you ask your future employer when applying for a job?

4. Give your schoolmates some advise on what they need to do to create a favourable impression either at a job interview or at an important exam.

5.Some people think that it is necessary to speak a foreign language well to get a good job. Do you agree with them?

№9

1.Let`s talk about life in the city and in the country. Tell me about the place where are you living now.

2.Where would you like to live: in a city or in the country? Why(not)?

3. What questions would you like to ask a teenager who lives in the country?

4.If your parents ask for your opinion where to move: to the city or to the country, what would you recommend them to do?

5.They say that living in the country is better than living in a city. What do you think about this?

№10

1.Let`s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.

2. Do you find your flat a comfortable place for living?

3.What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about his/ her new home?

4.Your friend wants to decorate his/ her new flat. Give him/ her some advice how to furnish it.

5.What type of house would you prefer to live in? Why?

№11

1. Now let’s talk about food. What can you tell me about eating habits in Belarus?

2. Do you personally follow the rules of a healthy way of life? Why (not)?

3. What questions can you ask me about my eating habits?

4. Which national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?

5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?

№12

1. Now let’s talk about national cuisine of an English-speaking country. What do you know about eating habits in Britain?

2. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?

3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his eating habits?

4. Which national dishes can you recommend me to taste in Britain?

5. Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but English people go on eating it. What do you think about it?

№13

1. Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?

2. Do you like shopping? Why (not)?

3. What questions can you ask your friend about the best shopping places in his/ her native city?

4. What can you advise a teenager who wants to buy a birthday present for his/ her friend?

5. Parents usually give pocket money to their children. But some people think they shouldn’t do it as teenagers don’t work. What do you think about it?

№14

1. Let`s talk about your leisure time. What do you do in your free time?

2. Do you find it useful to read books? Why (not)?

3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his\her free time?

4. Give me some advice on what to do in my free time.

5. Many parents often complain that teenagers don`t want to spend their free time with them. What do you think about this?

№15

1. Now let`s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions. What can you tell me about your favorite holiday in Belarus?

2. Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?

3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about good manners in their country?

4. Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British friend?

5. Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents`traditions? Why?

№16

1. Now let`s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country. What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?

2. Do you find some British holidays and traditions special? Why (not)?

3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday celebration?

4. What national souvenirs will you recommend me to buy in Britain?

5. Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?

№ 17

1. Let’s talk about modern means of communication. How do people communicate today?

2. Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?

3. What questions will you ask people who live without a TV set, computer or radio?

4. I’d like to watch an interesting programme on TV. What can you advise me?

5. Many people say that newspapers and radio are not as popular as TV and very soon they will lose their importance. What is your point of view?

№18

1. Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What can people do to keep fit?

2. Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?

3. What questions will you ask a fitness coach?

4. What can you advise a person who wants to lose weight?

5. Why is fast food unhealthy?

№19

1. Let’s talk about sport . What influences a person’s health?

2. Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?

3. What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?

4. What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?

5. Why is it important to do sports?

№ 20

1. Let’s speak about fashion. What style in clothes do you prefer and why?

2. Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?

3. What questions can you ask a shop assistant in a big shop?

4. What would you advise your friend who wants to buy some new clothes?

5. A famous person once said: "Fashions come and go, style is forever." What do you think about it?

№21

1. Let`s talk about travelling and tourism. Do you like travelling? Why?

2. How do you like to travel?

3. What questions should you ask a travel agent to learn more about a tour?

4. What can you advise a person who doesn`t know where to spend his\her holiday?

5. Today people are tired of exotic countries and prefer to spend holidays in the countryside in Belarus. What can attract people to it?

№22

1. Now let`s talk about environment. People say that our planet is in danger. Do you share this opinion?

2. What do you think people should do to protect the environment?

3. What would you like to ask your British friend about measures that are taken to protect the environment in Britain?

4. A friend of your wants to develop a programme to protect the city where he lives. Give him a piece of advice.

5. Green School of the Year contest is held in the country and you want your school to enter it. Give ideas for some 'green events'.

№23

1. Now let`s talk about weather and climate. What is happening to weather and climate nowadays?

2. Are you weather dependent?

3. What questions would you ask a meteorologist?

4. What can you advise a person who wants to become a meteorologist?

5. They say there`s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What do you think about it?

№24

1. Let’s talk about the Republic of Belarus. What do you know about our country?

2. Do you know any symbols of our country?

3. What questions about Belarus do you expect to hear from a British teenager?

4. What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?

5. What sights in our country belong to world heritage?

№25

1. Let`s talk about Britain. What do you know abut this country?

2. What are the state symbols of Great Britain?

3. What would you like to ask a British teenager about Britain?

4. What sights in England would you advise me to visit?

5. They say it`s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular all over the world. What is your opinion?

№1

1. Let`s talk about your family. Why is family important for you?

2. Are there any things that you do with your parents together?

3. What will you ask a British teenager about his\her family?

4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?

5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?

1. Let`s talk about your family. Why is family important for you?

Family is very important for every person, because it gives you a sense of stability and tradition, a feeling of having support and understanding. You feel secure when there’s a family behind you. They are people you can trust and rely on, people who won’t let you down and who share your joys and sorrows. In happy families parents are frank and honest with their children, they treat their children with respect without moralizing or bossing them, and children in their turn learn how to treat other people and how to form relationship with their peers.

I enjoy the honest and open relationship in my family. I like it when parents trust their children, give them enough freedom and respect them. I think these things make family relations warm and pleasant. There is no so-called “generation gap” in our family, though we may argue and disagree on certain issues. I can always bring my friend home and my parents are very positive about it, although they don’t always approve of our tastes, views and clothes.

I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other.

2. Are there any things that you do with your parents together?

I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other. It’s a pity, but my parents and I are usually very busy during the weekdays and we seldom have a chance to spend time together.

We have some family traditions. All our family traditions are connected with some holidays. There are family holidays like birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. A birthday is always a happy event in our family. On these days we usually have a party. Friends and relatives come with flowers and gifts and a festive dinner is served.

But I should say that my favourite tradition is to celebrate the New Year. We give presents to each other. One more family tradition is spending summer holidays together either at the seaside or in the country, which I enjoy very much.

3. What will you ask a British teenager about his\her family?

- How many sisters or brothers have you got?

- What kind of person is your mother/father/brother/sister?

- Have you got your mother's or father's personality?

- What's your mother's job?

- What family occasions do you celebrate?

4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?

I think we are old enough to realize that adults are not saints and may make mistakes and that the so-called generation gap should not spoil our relations. Good children are prepared to compromise and meet their parents halfway, render any possible help to their parents, treat their parents in the way they would like to be treated themselves.

So first of all I can advise for anyone to try to understand the feelings of your parents and show respect to them. Even if you don’t agree with their thinking, try to make them understand politely, don’t use harsh words with them which may hurt. It’s important to celebrate your parents’ and grandparents’ birthdays. It will make them realize that you care for them.

5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?

Nuclear families are those which have a mother, a father and their children (biological or adopted).One-parent families are families with children under age 18 headed by a parent who is widowed or divorced and not remarried, or by a parent who has never married.

Single-parent families can no longer be viewed as nontraditional families. These families are all around us today.

A single parent is sometimes working long hours trying to make ends meet, so our government gives some help to such families. It provedes baby’s food free of charge for children under 2. And it gives a special child-care allowance fo such families.

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1. Let`s talk about your family traditions. What role does family play in each person’s life?

2. Do you have your own family traditions?

3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family traditions?

4.What can you advise a person who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?

5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?

1. Let`s talk about your family traditions. What role does family play in each person’s life?

I guess, when people spend more time together they are closer to each other.

2. Do you have your own family traditions?

3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family traditions?

- Do you often spend your free time with your parents?

- What family occasions do you celebrate?

- Have you got any family traditions?

- Where do your family spend your holidays?

4. What can you advise a person who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?

5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?

It’s sad that families are getting smaller these days. I think it’s so great to have a sister or a brother. To my mind there should be two or three children in a family. You will never feel lonely in a big family. These are people who are committed to one another.

№3

1. Let`s talk about your family. What is family for you?

2. Are you on good terms with your parents and grandparents?

3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family relationships?

4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?

5. They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?

1. Let`s talk about your family. What is family for you?

2. Are you on good terms with your parents and grandparents?

My parents and my brother are very understanding and are always there when I need them. They are my best friends, so when I have a problem they are my advisers. We talk about everything. There are no taboos among us. At weekends we spend a lot of time together. I like discussing football with my father. He’s an expert on the matter.

I don’t have a good relationship with my parents. They are too strict. They never accept my opinion. I think they are old-fashioned.During the week I almost never see my father and my mother is always busy. They don’t listen to my problems; they simply don’t have the time or the will to do so. They’re too worried about their jobs and the only thing that matters to them is my marks at the end of the term.

I live with my mother. I only see my father at weekends. They are divorced. My father married again and now I have got a baby brother.My relationship with my mother is quite good, but she is very protective and she’s afraid of everything. I think she is a bit insecure about me.My father is understanding but our relationship is not very close, perhaps because we don’t spend much time together.

3. What will you ask your British friend about his\her family relationships?

- How many sisters or brothers have you got?

- What kind of person is your mother/father/brother/sister?

- Have you got your mother's or father's personality?

- What family occasions do you celebrate?

- Do you have your own family traditions?

4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?

5. They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?

I often hear this term “generation gap”, but I hope it’s not about my family. To my mind misunderstanding may happen if people don’t respect each other. Of course different generations have different ideas and values, nevertheless children and parents love each other. So any problem can be discussed. It’s much easier to find the way out together.

№4

1. Let`s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?

2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?

3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?

4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?

5. Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it?

1. Let`s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?

Friendship is a feeling of comfort and emotional safety with a person. It is when someone knows you better than yourself and assures to be your side in every emotional crisis. It is when you can sleep fighting and get another morning with a better understanding. Friendship is much beyond roaming together and sharing good moments, it is when someone comes to rescue you from the worst phase of life. Friendship is eternal.

The best of friends totally love, support, trust each other, and bare to each other the secrets of their souls, and run – no questions asked – to help each other, and tell harsh truths to each other when they must be told.

2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?

My best friend is really special. Let me tell you about him. His name is Nikita, he is 15 years old (just like me) and we both live in Mogilev. He is taller than me but I am more athletic than him. His parents are divorced. He has got one sister, Tanya, and two dogs: Tim and Kuzya. He loves them because they always do funny things and they often comfort him when he is sad. He has a lot of qualities: he is nice, brave, helpful and reliable. He is not shallow like many other teenagers. The problem is that he is really stubborn: he never changes his mind! On Wednesday afternoons, we usually play videogames together. He wins all the time! I don’t care because I’m not a competitive person. We often do our homework together: it’s cool because we can help each other and it’s less boring. Nikita is the best friend you can imagine.

I have lots of friends, but my close friend is Lena. She is my schoolmate. She is tall, slim and slender and very pretty. Lena’s got dark long hair and a turned-up nose, beautiful green eyes with bushy eyelashes.Lena is as good as gold. Warm-hearted and gentle, quiet and well-bread. We trust each other. She is always ready to help people, when they are in need.She does well at school because she is a very hardworking person. This year she is leaving school and has chosen medicine as her future profession.We always meet at the weekends. We discuss books, music or visit our friends.I’m happy to have such friend as Lena.

3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?

The questions may be like these:

- Where are you from?

- Where do you study?

- What is your hobby?

- What is your favourite writer?

- How do you usually spend your holidays?

4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?

Frankly speaking it’s not a usual case. Probably, a person with such problems needs advice on behalf of a psychologist. But if someone asks me to help, I will recommend her or him to join some kind of a club or a society to meet people with the same interests.

5. Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it?

Our modern life with fast speed has made the world a lonely place. So many of us live and work surrounded by people, but it’s hard to find true friendship. Perhaps this is why the websites like “Facebook” and “Contacts” are so popular these days. They allow people to communicate and even become close without meeting up. But in reality it is not friendship. It’s just one of the ways of communication.

№5

1.Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?

2. Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?

3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.

4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?

5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

1.Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?

I would like to tell you a few words about my school. I went to school in 20_ _. This school is a three stored building. When you enter the school yard you can see beautiful flowers. To the left of the school building there is a big playground. When you enter the school you can see a large hall and a cloak-room. On the ground floor there is also a gym, a dining-room and classrooms for primary school pupils.

Classrooms for senior pupils, the assembly hall, the teachers’ room are on the upper floors. There are special classrooms for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, English, and Russian.

School provides children not only with knowledge. It’s also a place where children spend their free time. Going to school also means you will have a lot of friends. They are shoulders for you to cry on when you are sad or happy so your sadness will be less, and your happiness will be twice.

2. Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?

Generally speaking, I should say that children have got good opportunities to get good knowledge. Education plays a very important role in our life. It is one of the most valuable possessions a man can get in his life. We get our knowledge of this world and life through education. Many famous discoveries would have been impossible if people were not interested in learning something. Education develops different sides of human personality, reveals his abilities. Besides, it helps a person to understand himself, to choose the right way in this world. During all the periods of human history education ranked high among people. Human progress mostly depended upon well-educated people.

The aim of our secondary education is to learn social skills, to develop critical thinking, to develop understanding of other people, to prepare for life in the workplace and many others.

Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.

- Did you like your school when you were a pupil?

- What was your favourite subject?

- Did you have classes on Saturday?

- How much time did it take you to do your homework?

4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?

I don’t think it’s a good idea. First of all, I’m not a professional person in the sphere of education. Secondly, it would be more reasonable to have some kind of experience of real British education. And only then, if I were asked, I would be able to suggest something.

5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

It all depends on many things. Those people who think that having a good education is not very important, have their own plans. Some girls want to be good mothers and have big families. Other people think that manual professions do not need good education. In this case they are mistaken. To my mind all professions need special education. Nowadays only highly qualified workers can deal with rather sophisticated equipment and computers.

№6

1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?

2.Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?

3.Ask me about my school life.

4.What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?

5. Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Would you do the same?

1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?

Classrooms for senior pupils, the assembly hall, the teachers’ room are on the upper floors. There are special classrooms for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, English, and Russian.

2.Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?

Yes, I do. I think ,school provides young people with essential skills which are always required in university education and in any career. The aim of our secondary education is to learn social skills, to develop critical thinking, to develop understanding of other people, to prepare for life in the workplace and many others.Education plays a very important role in our life. We get our knowledge of this world and life through education. Education develops different sides of human personality, reveals his abilities. Besides, it helps a person to understand himself, to choose the right way in this world