Открытый урок по теме "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 London.

1.                 The motto of our lesson is:

The more you live ,

The more you travel,

The more you travel,

The more you see,

The more you see,

The more you learn.

2.                 “The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only one page”

St. Augustine

3.                 Make up a cluster: Why do people travel?

 

4.     What kind of transport can people travel by? - People can travel by…

5.     What is your favourite way of travelling?

- My favourite way of travelling is travelling by?

-  I like to travel by…

CONVERSATIONAL GAMBITS

In my experience	I think
In my opinion	Generally speaking
To my mind	To tell the truth
As a rule	As for me

6.     Match the names of sights of London with its translation.

Underground, subway, tube, metro	Двухэтажный автобус
The British Museum	Телефонная будка
The Buckingham Palace	Биг Бен
Westminster Abbey	Лндонский глаз
Museum of madam Tussauds	Британский музей
telephone box	Букингемский дворец
Trafalgar    Square	Собор святого Павла
Double-decker bus	Лондонский Тауэр
Great Bell, Big Ben	Вестминстерское аббатство
The London Eye	метро
St Paul's Cathedral	Трафальгарская площадь
The Tower of London	музей мадам Тюссо

7.     Work in groups. You are given a card with the information about one of the London sight. Your task is to check your group-mates if they know much about London sights asking: Do you believe that …? Your information may be incorrect. You may ask some other questions.

8.     Watch the film about Big Ben and choose the right variant.

1.      Big Ben is the nickname for the

a) Great Bell

b) Small Bell

2.      Big Ben is situated

a)      at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London

b)      at the south end of the Buckingham Palace

3.      The tower holds

a)      the second largest four-faced chiming clock in the world

b)      the first largest two-faced chiming clock in the world

4.      The tower was completed in

a)      1858

b)      2000

5.      The tower had its

a)       150th anniversary on 31 May 2009

b)      200^th  anniversary on 31 May 2009

6.      The tower has

a)      no lift

b)      lift

7.      The clock dials are set in an iron frame

a)      7.0 m in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass

b)      1 m in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass

9. Read the text and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

The London Eye

The London Eye is situated on _______ of the river Thames. It is also known as a Millennium Wheel. The London Eye was _________ by Julia Barfield and David Marks. Construction of the observation wheel took more than a year and a half to complete.

The London Eye is _____________and turns very slowly. There are 32 comfortable ________for people to stand in. Each capsule weighs _______ and can carry twenty-five people. It takes about 30 minutes to climb into the sky. The London Eye is very popular ________, because many famous sights are clearly visible, including Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament.

the observation wheel – колесо обозрения

comfortable capsules – удобные капсулы

clearly visible – четко, ясно видны

The missing words: with tourists, designed, capsules, the south bank, 135 meters high,  ten tones

Leaving on a jet plane

(John Denver)

All my _____are packed                                I'm ready to go I'm standing here outside your ______ I _______ to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breaking It's early morn’ The taxi's ________ He's blowing his ______ Already I'm so lonesome I could _____ So kiss me and ______ for me _______me that you'll wait for me _______me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane I don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go There's so _______ times I've let you down So many times I've _______ around But I tell you now They don't mean a thing Every ____ I go I'll think of you Every song I sing I'll sing for you When I ____ back, I'll wear your wedding ____ So kiss me and _____ for me ______  me that you'll wait for me ______  me like you'll never let me go 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane I don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go

bags/suitcases window/door hate/want here/waiting horn/trumpet cry/die laugh/smile tell/say hold/love much/many played/walked place/time come/go ring/dress