Unit 6, lesson 1 "What does the world know about your country?"

Pair work. Your foreign friends want to know more about Russia.

How would you answer your friends` questions?

Fact file. Russia.

Answer the questions:

• What kind of country is Russia?
• What are Russia`s international links?
• What makes Russia one of the largest exporters?
• Do Russian people have a high standard of living?
• Why do young people from different parts of the world come to study in Russia?
• In what fields has Russia influenced the world?

International links: a member of the UN, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the G8, etc.

Trade: with many countries, especially Germany, Italy, China, Ukraine, Belarus, France, Finland, Brazil, etc.

Education: about 7 million students; more than 1300 institutions of higher education; 10,000 foreign students study in Russia, half of them at Moscow State University

Mass media: Voice of Russia - in 33 languages; The Moscow Times - English-language daily; The Moscow News - English-language weekly; Russia Today - international English-language news channel

Tourism: 3 million tourists a year; most famous attractions - Moscow and St Petersburg; famous throughout the world - the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Bolshoi Theatre, etc.

Science: 14 Nobel Prize winners; a lot of world-famous scientific and technological inventions; great achievements in space exploration

Music: worldwide recognized composers - M. Glinka, P. Tchaikovsky, D. Shostakovich, etc.; popular operas and ballets staged abroad - Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, War and Peace, Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin and others

Literature: 5 Nobel Prize winners: I. Bunin, B. Pasternak, M. Sholokhov, A. Solzhenitsyn, I. Brodsky; in the list of top twenty popular works among leading foreign writers - L. Tolstoy`s Anna Karenina and War and Peace, F. Dostoevsky`s Crime and Punishment and A. Chekhov`s Stories

"If I wanted to go to study abroad, England would be the only place. In England you can get qualifications that ___ throughout the world." (Syed, Pakistan)

"Actually, I like British food, though it ___ highly. I also think that its electrical goods are of high ___ ." (Sarah, US)

Young people have positive and negative opinions about Britain.

The official view of Britain.

Listen to the story, write down key words and phrases, tell about British aspects of life.

"Britain is the birthplace of many things, for example modern music and football, of course. The music ___ us a lot. For me it was Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones. I also know that British films and actors often ___ the best at international film festivals." (Barbara, Poland)

Resourses:

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8.http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/14/0001217807/spacewalk_gem4.gif

Home task:

Russia and Britain are great countries. Prove that in a written and oral forms.

Fill in the gaps with the words from the box in the correct form.

"For centuries, Britain has had an ___ influence on the world. Some of the greatest inventors have been British and many everyday things were invented by the British." (Svetlana, Russia)

Thank you!

economy / enormous / influence / link / member / not rank / quality / rank among / recognize / reputation / standard of living / trade

Fact file. Britain

Kind of country

International links

Trade

Economy

Education

International reputation

Influence on the world

"Britain has ___ with many countries, though it is an island state. It is a ___ of many international organisations. I know that some British companies ___ with my country and we often buy their products." (Norman, Germany)

"I know that Britain is a rich country with a strong ___; it is also a country with a high ___ . But I think it should care more about old people and do more for poor people and poor countries." (Yang, China)

What does the world know about your country?

Active vocabulary:

• a link / to have links with smth;
• a member / to be a member of smth;
• a field / in the field of smth;
• trade / to trade with;
• exporter / to be an exporter of smth to; export / to be exported to somewhere;
• to recognize / to be recognized as;
• to rank (among/as);
• democratic;
• industrial;
• enormous;
• economy / economic;
• standard of living;
• throughout.

"I`ve been to London and admired its beautiful landmarks. Britain has an international ___ for its historical sights. However, I wish London were not so expensive and Londoners should be friendlier to foreigners." (Paula, Mexico)

Warm up

Britain / Russia is ...

Britain / Russia has links with ...

Britain / Russia is a member of ...

Britain / Russia is recognized as an ...

Britain / Russia is the exporter of ...

Britain / Russia ranks among ...

Britain / Russia has a high ...

Britain`s / Russia`s influence on the world is ...

British / Russian sport, culture, ideas, inventions have been exported to ...