Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с темой "COUNTRY PROFILE". Дедова С.А. - 4 стр.

5. Don't worry if you're finding them difficult; the idea is not to get them    8. Alexander Dubcek, one-time party leader               a Czech
   all right. I had the advantage of an atlas and encyclopedia. Which coun-     9. John Walker, middle-distance runner                   a New Zealander
   tries have these cities as the capital? And what nationality are most of
   the people living in them?                                                  7. To Finish, a word-association game. What do you think of when you
                                                                                  hear the word Danish? Danish bacon? Danish butter? Danish cheese?
 Caracas                  Venezuela                 Venezuelan
                                                                                  Write or say the word you think, of first to go with each of the words
 Sofia                    Bulgaria                  Bulgarian                     below. Possible answers are given on the right. See how often you
 Nairobi                  Kenya                     Kenyan                        think of the same word as the one printed in the book.
 Seoul                    South Korea               South Korean                1. Danish                                   bacon
 Montevideo               Uruguay                   Uruguayan                   2. German                                   beer
                                                                                3. French                                   perfume
 Lagos                    Nigeria                   Nigerian                    4. Irish                                    whiskey
 Addis Ababa              Ethiopia                  Ethiopian                   5. Japanese                                 motor bike
 Amman                    Jordan                    Jordanian                   6. American                                 football
                                                                                7. Greek                                    islands
 Harare                   Zimbabwe                  Zimbabwean
                                                                                8. New Zealand                              butter
 Riyadh                   Saudi Arabia              Saudi (Arabian)             9. English                                  weather
 Baghdad                  Iraq                      Iraqi                       10. Russian                                 dolls
                                                                                11. Argentinian                             beef
 Reykjavic                Iceland                   Icelandic
                                                                                12. Egyptian                                pyramids

6. English is an easy language, so mast of the words in the third columns      8. Read a joke. What other associations do you have in mind about dif-
   above, except those ending -ish or -ese can be used as an adjective or         ferent nationalities?
   as a noun: She's Italian or She's an Italian – He's Israeli or He's an
   Israeli. This is always true of those words ending -an or -i. But there      Paradise is where cooks are French,       and it is all organized by the Swiss.
   are some special cases, such as the form a Dutchman, an Irishman, an         Hell is where cooks are British,          policemen are German,
   Englishmen, a Frenchman, a Welshman. People from Scotland can be             Mechanics are German,                     lovers are Swiss,
   rather complicated. We can call them Scottish or Scotsmen. If you            Policemen are British,                    mechanics are French,
   want to make them angry, you can call them Scotch. Alternatively, we         Lovers are Italian,                       and it is all organized by Italians.
   can say He's (She's) a Scot. Using He's a .., see if you can give the na-
   tionality of the following people:                                          9. Fill in the gaps using the following adjectives: American, French,
                                                                                 German, Greek, Russian, Japanese, English, Irish, Dutch, Chinese,
 1. Alan Wells, sprinter                           a Scot                        Swiss:
 2. Lasse Viren, long-distance runner              a Finn
 3. Bjorn Borg, tennis player                      a Swede                     take ____leave to leave your job without permission
 4. Hans Christian Andersen, story-teller          a Dane                      _____ bean a bean with a long green case that is picked when it is young
 5. Lech Walesa, trade union leader                a Pole                      and soft
 6. Kemal Ataturk, national hero                   a Turk                      _____ polish a clear liquid put on wooden furniture to protect it and make
 7. Pablo Picasso, artist                          a Spaniard                  it shine

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