NB!!! Pay special attention to the pronunciation of the countries
| Portugal Spain France Switzerland Italy Slovenia Croatia Bosnia Herzegovina Serbia Montenegro Macedonia Albania Greece Bulgaria Romania Moldova Hungary Austria | /’po:t∫ugl/ /spein/ /fra:ns/ /’switzələnd/ /’itəli/ /sləu’vi:niə/ /krəu’ei∫ə/ /’bazniə/ /’hз:tsəgə’vi:nə/ /’sə:bjə/ /’monti’ni:grəu/ /’mæsi’dəunjə/ /æl’beniə/ /gri:s/ /bal’geəriə/ /ru’meniə/ /mal’dəuvə/ /’haŋgəri/ /’ostriə/ | Czech Republic Germany Belgium Netherlands (Holland) Great Britain Ireland Iceland Norway Denmark Sweden Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Belarus Ukraine Russia Slovakia | /’t∫ek ri’pablik/ /’dzз:məni/ /’beldzəm/ /’neðələndz/ /’greit ‘britn/ /’aiələnd/ /’aislənd/ /’no:wei/ /’denma:k/ /’swi:dn/ /’finlənd/ /e’stəuniə/ /’lætviə/ /’liθju’eniə/ /’pəulənd/ /bi’elə’ru:s/ /ju:’krein/ /’ra∫ə/ /sləu’va:kiə/ |
VII. Read the text on pp. 204-205 “Europe has maritime conditions” and explain the meaning of the word “maritime”.
VIII.Translate the words and the expressions:
ü Благоприятствовать
ü Граница
ü Граничить
ü Течение
ü Сирокко
ü Часто рассматриваемая проблема
ü Ни одна из них не лежит на большой площади
ü 4 языка заменили один скандинавский язык
ü высокий жизненный уровень
ü восходить (к истокам, к прошлому)
VIII. Answer the questions after the text on p. 205.
NATIONALITIES
Form a nationality from a country according to the example:
1. Italy Italian
Asia Asian
Australia ___________
Indonesia ___________
Russia ___________
Scandinavia ___________
Argentina Argentinian
Brazil ___________
Canada ___________
Egypt ___________
Norway Norwegian
2. Africa African
America __________
Venezuela __________
3. Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Spain _________
Sweden _________
Turkey __________
Britain __________
Scotland __________
4. Japan Japanese
Portugal Portuguese
China __________
Sudan __________
5. Holland Dutch
Ireland Irish
Wales Welsh
IX. Scan the text on pp. 207-209 and guess a nationality. Describe its features to your groupmates. Let them guess what nationality you mean.
X. Answer the questions on p. 208.
XI. Look through the following idea and comment upon them (agree or disagree). Compare your comments with the text on pp.209-210 “Europe together and apart” and put the following sentences in the right logical order.
A. Although the European nations are different, the divisions between them are disappearing.
B. Each nation had its own language and way of getting money.
C. Food, raw materials and manufactured goods are the ones that unite the European countries.
D. The transportation system is very developed in Western Europe.
E. The Roman Empire was the first to try to create one European unity, first of all through the Latin language.
F. It is possible to create the United States of Europe.
IX. Do the exercises on pp. 211-213.
UNIT 15. ASIA
Warming-up activity
I. What part of the world is called Asia?
II.Make the quiz “How good do you know Asia?” (hometask)