Урок по английскому языку на тему "Postal Workers"

LESSON 5

POSTAL WORKERS

Цели урока:

1. Образовательная – дать представление о работниках почтового отделения и их функциях

2. Воспитательная – повышение познавательной активности,  интереса к предмету и профессии;

3. Развивающая – совершенствовать навыки чтения с извлечением нужной информации, развитие памяти (зрительной, слуховой, механической), внимания.

Тип урока: изучение нового материала.

Методы ведения урока: наглядно-иллюстративный, словесный, практический.

Оборудование урока: конспект урока, ксерокопии текстов для чтения, словари, тетради учеников, карточки с заданиями.

Ход урока:

1.  Организационный момент.

2.  Фонетическая зарядка

3.  Объяснение нового материала.

Today we will learn more about postal workers and their functions. The following text will help us. (Учитель раздает ксерокопии текста) But before you read pay attention to the words in the vocabulary. Please write them down with the translation in your copybooks. You should memorize them for the next lesson.

ВВЕДЕНИЕ НОВОЙ ЛЕКСИКИ  - 

VOCABULARY

1.      A postal worker – работник почты

2.      To work for – работать на

3.      to deliver mail – доставлять почту

4.      an employee of a post office – работник почтового отделения

5.      to employ – нанимать на работу

6.      service clerk - служащий

7.      mail sorter – сортировщик

8.      mail carrier - курьер

9.      to sort the mail – сортировать почту

10.  a mail truck  - почтовый грузовик

11.  A postmaster – начальник почтового отделения

12.  To be responsible for – быть ответственным за

13.  mail distribution – распределение почтовых отправлений

14.  letter carrier routes – маршруты курьеров

15.  enforcement of the rules  - выполнение правил

 Read and translate the text and get ready to make the after reading exercises

POSTAL WORKERS

Through "rain or snow or sleet or hail," postal workers bring the mail. Have you heard this before? A postal worker's job is to deliver mail. A postal worker is the one who works for a post office, such as a mail carrier. A mail carrier, mailman, mailwoman, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, or letter carrier (in American English), sometimes colloquially known as a postie (in Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, and other parts of the United Kingdom), is an employee of a post office or postal service, who delivers mail and parcel post to residences and businesses. The term "mail carrier" came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job. 

     In the United States, the official label for a mail carrier is "letter carrier". The US Postal Service employs around 584,000 people. The bulk of these work as  service clerks, mail sorters, mail carriers.

Service Clerks sell stamps and postage, help people pick up packages and assist with other services. Mail Sorters physically sort the mail to go to the correct place. As automation has become more common, some of these people now operate the sorting machines. Mail Carriers deliver the mail. In densely populated areas this is done on foot. In urban areas the carriers often use a mail truck and in rural areas carriers drive their own vehicles.  Most postal workers in the US make between $36,000 and $43,000 per year.

A postmaster is the head of an individual post office. When a postmaster is responsible for the entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), the title of Postmaster General is commonly used. Responsibilities of a postmaster typically include management of a centralized mail distribution facility, establishment of letter carrier routes, supervision of letter carriers and clerks, and enforcement of the organization's rules and procedures.

4.  Закрепление нового материала.

Exercise 1  Answer the following questions about the text.

1.      Who is a postal worker?

2.      Why did  the term "mail carrier" come to be used?

3.      What is the official label for a mail carrier in the United States?

4.      What are the usual responsibilities of Service Clerks?

5.      What do usually Mail Sorters do?

6.      What are Mail Carriers responsible for?

7.      Who is the head of an individual post office?

8.      What are the typical responsibilities of a postmaster?

 Exercise 2 Read the following statements and say whether they are true or false.

1.      A postal worker is the one who works for a post office.

2.      The term "mail carrier" came to be used instead of "mailman" soon after women began performing the job.

3.      In the United States, the official label for a mail carrier is "post carrier".

4.      Service Clerks usually physically sort the mail.

5.      Mail Sorters help people pick up packages and assist with other services.

6.      Mail Carriers deliver the mail.

7.      In urban areas the mail is often delivered  on a mail truck.

8.      The head of an individual post office is a postmaster.

5.Рефлексия, подведение итогов.

6.Домашнее задание.

1. Represent the information in a form of a summery.

2. Make a literary translation of the postal workers’ motto “Through "rain or snow or sleet or hail," postal workers bring the mail” .