Miscellaneous Reader. Part I. Учебные задания для обучения базовым умениям чтения. Гергесовa О.В - 26 стр.

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V. Read your girlfriends (boyfriends) excuses for being late for a
date. Which ones you would never believe. Discuss it with
your partner.
I’m sorry I’m late but…
- the car/train /bus broke down.
- there was a bus strike
- I got held up in the traffic.
- I missed the bus.
- my alarm clock didn’t go off.
- I got off the bus at the wrong stop.
- I bumped into an old friend on the way here.
- I got lost.
- I overslept.
- When I got to the station, I realized I’d left my money at
home.
THE THREAT TO KIRIBATI
Pre-reading task.
1. Look at the list and choose five things that can be a threat to
the world:
education famine
earthquake self-improvement
wildlife pollution
global warming tolerance
rain forests flood
Word Power
II. Check the following words in your dictionary and trite down
their translation.
release (v.)
literally (adv.)
swallow (v.)
cause (v.)
pollutant (n.)
III. Match the following words with their definitions:
1. destroy (v) a. destiny or fortune
2. happen (v) b. class of things having some
common characteristics
3. reduce (v) c. mass of land ice
4. fate (n) d. occur
5. expand (n) e. discontented
6. species (n) f. make or become smaller or less
7. tide (n) g. ruin
8. glacier (n) h. influx of water
9. frustrated (adj) i. increase in size or importance
10.flood (h) j. periodic rise and fall of the
sea
Reading
IV. Read the text and check True or False. For the false
statements. Give the correct information.
1. The People of Kiribati are True False
afraid that their country will
be swallowed by the sea.
2. Global warming may be a
reason for high tides.
3. The Marshall Islands are
home to more species than
any other places on earth.
4. The nations of the Pacific
feel frustrated because of 
V. Read your girlfriends (boyfriends) excuses for being late for a   release (v.)
    date. Which ones you would never believe. Discuss it with        literally (adv.)
    your partner.                                                    swallow (v.)
                                                                     cause (v.)
I’m sorry I’m late but…                                              pollutant (n.)
   - the car/train /bus broke down.
   - there was a bus strike                                          III. Match the following words with their definitions:
   - I got held up in the traffic.                                   1. destroy (v)               a. destiny or fortune
   - I missed the bus.                                               2. happen (v)                b. class of things having some
   - my alarm clock didn’t go off.                                                                   common characteristics
   - I got off the bus at the wrong stop.                            3. reduce (v)                c. mass of land ice
   - I bumped into an old friend on the way here.                    4. fate (n)                  d. occur
   - I got lost.                                                     5. expand (n)                e. discontented
   - I overslept.                                                    6. species (n)               f. make or become smaller or less
   - When I got to the station, I realized I’d left my money at      7. tide (n)                  g. ruin
       home.                                                         8. glacier (n)               h. influx of water
                                                                     9. frustrated (adj)          i. increase in size or importance
                                                                     10.flood (h)                  j. periodic rise and fall of the
                 THE THREAT TO KIRIBATI                                                            sea

Pre-reading task.                                                    Reading
1. Look at the list and choose five things that can be a threat to   IV. Read the text and check True or False. For the false
  the world:                                                             statements. Give the correct information.

education             famine                                         1. The People of Kiribati are              True        False
earthquake            self-improvement                                  afraid that their country will
wildlife              pollution                                         be swallowed by the sea.
global warming        tolerance                                      2. Global warming may be a
rain forests          flood                                              reason for high tides.
                                                                     3. The Marshall Islands are
Word Power                                                              home to more species than
II. Check the following words in your dictionary and trite down         any other places on earth.
their translation.                                                   4. The nations of the Pacific
                                                                        feel frustrated because of

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