| Ex. 2 Listen and decide which picture in Ex. 1 the speaker is describing Ex. 3 Read the description and answer the questions The picture shows a street of terraced houses in a city. I don’t know where it is exactly. Perhaps it’s in Germany, but it’s probably in Britain or Ireland somewhere. The houses are quite small and they haven’t got front gardens. But some of the houses look very colourful. In the foreground there are some young kids who are playing football in the street. And there are two old men on the right who are chatting to each other in front of one of the houses. Perhaps they’re gossiping about the neighbours! Oh, and there’s someone washing his car in the background. It’s not a very beautiful street, but the atmosphere seems very friendly and relaxed *What does the speaker talks about first –small details or a summary of what the picture shows? *Which tense does the speaker use to describe actions? *Which phrases does the speaker use to describe where something is in the picture? Ex. 4 Study Speak out and check your answers Study Speak Out and check your answers to Exercise 3 SPEAK OUT | Describing Start by saying what the picture shows in general. The picture shows a street of terraced houses in a city. – Use the Present Continuous to describe what people are doing. There are two old men on the right who are chatting. Talk about what you can see in more detail. Use the following phrases to describe where things are: in the background/middle/foreground; at the bottom/top; on the right/left. There’s somebody washing his car in the background. Use phrases like perhaps and (it) might be if you are making a guess It might be in Britain Perhaps it’s in Germany Use it looks + adjective to show how you feel about the picture It looks very friendly Ex 5 Look at picture 3. What does the picture show in general? Ex 6 What else can you say about picture 3? Answer the questions 1 Can you guess which country or place the people are in? Why do you think so? 2 Which adjectives describe the scene best? Choose three from the list Attractive, bright, pleasant, nice, relaxed, boring, colourful, horrible, quiet, ugly Ex 7 Look at picture 1 and follow the instructions. Look at Speak Out on page 46 and make notes on what you are going to say. Use the description to help you. Describe the picture to your partner. Ex 8 Choose one of the pictures above and describe it | Поиск и выделение необходимой информации. Планирование учебного сотрудничества, разрешение конфликтов, Развитие навыков аудирования и чтения с общим и выборочным пониманием текста. Развитие навыков устной монологической речи |