II. Listen to the three people speaking about things that make them angry about mobiles and answer the questions below.

1.What makes the first speaker angry?

2.What annoys the second speaker?

3.What does the third speaker complain about?

III. Let's talk about Great Britain.

1.What do you know about this country?

2.Would you like to visit Britain Why (not)?

3.What would you ask your British teenager about Britain?

4.Give me a piece of advice on what sights to see in London?

5.Do the British differ greatly from Belarusian people in character? Why?

№ 1 Let's talk about family.

1.What is the role of a family in each person's life?

2. Is family very important for you?

3.What will you ask your British friend about his/her family?

4.What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?

5.Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how

many children should there be in a family?

№ 2 Let's talk about family traditions.

1.What are your family traditions?

2.Do you always follow them?

3.What will you ask your British friend about his/her relatives?

4.What can you advise a person who wants to have a close and happy family?

5. From your point of view, why is family important?

№ 3 Let's talk about family relationship.

1.Wat is family for you?

2.Are you on good terms with your parents?

3.What will you ask your British friend about his/her family relationships?

4.What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents.?

5.They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other

because of generation gap. What do you think about this problem?

№ 4 Let's talk about friendship and relationship with friends.

1.What role do friends play in your life?

2.Can you rely on your best friend? Why?

3.What questions do you usually ask if you want to get acquainted with someone?

4.What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?

5.Nowadays people prefer to have more money than friends. What do you think about it?

№ 5 Let's talk about education

1.What can you tell me about the system of education in Belarus?

2.Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?

3.Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil?

4.Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

5.Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Would you do the same?

№ 6 Let's talk about studying at school

1. What’s your school like?

2.Nowadays some young people complain that they have lots of problems

at school. Do you agree with them?

3.Ask me what kind of pupil I was at school.

4.You are talking with a British student. What would you advise him/her

to do to prepare for an exam well?

5.Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

№7 Let's talk about school traditions.

1.Which school club would you advise your classmate to join?

2.Does your school have any traditions?

3.Ask me about my school life.

4.What can you tell me about your school?

5.Does your school differ from any other school you know from your point of view?

№8 Let's talk about choosing a career.

1.What would you like to become?

2.Is there any profession you wouldn't go into? Why?

3.What questions will you ask your future employer at a job interview?

4.Give me some advice what I need to think about when choosing a job?

5.Some people think it is necessary to speak a foreign language well to get

a good job. Do you agree with them?

№9 Let's talk about life in the city or in the country.

1.Where would you like to live: in a city or in the country? Why (not)?

2.Do you find your city/town/village a comfortable place for living?

3.What questions will you ask your friend who is going to move about

his/her new home?

4.Your friend doesn’t know what to choose: to live in a city or in the country. Give him/her some advice.

5.They say that living in the country is better than living in a city.

What do you think about this?

№10 Let's talk about different types of houses.

1. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.

2.Does the place where a person lives reflect his/her personality? Why (not)?

3.Ask me what my flat/house looks like.

4.Your friend doesn't know what to choose: to live in a city or in the country. Give him/her some advice.

5.What type of house would you prefer to live in? Why?

№11 Let's talk about Belarusian national cuisine.

1.What can you tell me about eating habits in Belarus?

2.Do you like cooking? Why(not)?

3.What questions will you ask a friend who has invited you to a pot-luck party?

4.Which national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?

5.Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can not stop eating it. What do you think about it?

№12 Let's talk about national cuisine of an English-speaking country.

1.What do people eat in Britain?

2.Do you know any British recipes?

3.What questions will you ask a British friend about their eating habits?

4.Which British national dishes would you like to taste?

5.A lot of pupils refuse to have meals at school. What do you think about it?

№13 Let's talk about shopping.

1.Who does the shopping in your family?

2.Do you like shopping? Why (not)?

3.What questions will you ask a shop assistant to help you to choose a purchase?

4.What can you advise a person who wants to buy many things

(clothes, foodstuffs, etc.) but has little time?

5.Parents usually give pocket money to their children. How do you usually spend your pocket money?

№14 Let's talk about leisure time.

1.What do you like doing in your free time?

2.Do you find it useful to go to the theatre or cinema? Why (not)?

3..What questions can you ask a British friend about his/her free time?

4.Give me some advice on what to do in my free time.

5.Many parents think that children should spend less time playing computer games, that they should play outside or do some sport instead. What do you think about this?

№15 Let's talk about Belarusian customs and traditions.

1.What can you tell me about your favourite holiday?

2.Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions??

3.What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday

celebrations.

4.Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British

friend?

5.Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why?

№16 Let's talk about customs and traditions of an English–speaking country.

1.What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?

2.Do you find some British holidays and traditions special? Why (not)??

3.What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her best school celebration?

4.What national souvenirs will you recommend to buy?

5.Do you think it is easy to organize a good party? What mistakes do people sometimes make?

№17 Let's talk about modern means of communication.

1.What scientific achievements do you find very important?

2.Do you use many gadgets and devices at home? Why(not)?

3.What would you like to know about a new gadget-iPad?

4.Give me a piece of advice on how to convince my parents of the necessity of a mobile phone for every teenager.

5.Parents think that the internet influences negatively the development of teenagers’ thinking skills. Children, on the contrary, believe that it’s impossible to imagine our modern world without the internet. What is your point of view?

№18 Let's talk about a healthy way of life.

1.What do you do to stay healthy?

2. Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)

3. What questions will you ask a fitness coach?

4.What can you advise a person who wants to lose weight?

5.What health problems does fast food lead to? What should you do to avoid them?

№19 Let's talk about sport.

1.What do you do to keep fit?

2.Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?

3.What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?

4.What can you advise a person who doesn’t know what kind of sport to take up?

5.What is the best way to promote a healthy way or life among young people?

№ 20 Let's talk about fashion.

1.What clothes do you prefer to wear in different situations?

2.Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?

3.What questions can you ask a shop assistant in a big shop?

4.What would you advise your friend who wants to buy some new clothes?

5.A famous person once said: “Style is knowing who you are and what you want to say.”Do you agree with this? Why (not)?

№ 21 Let's talk about travelling and tourism.

1.What difficulties can you have when visiting a foreign country? Is it possible to avoid them?

2.How do you like to travel?

3.What questions should you ask a travel agent to learn more about a tour?

4.What can you advise a person who doesn’t know where to spend his/her holiday?

5.Today people are tired of exotic countries and prefer to spend holidays in the countryside in Belarus. What can attract people to it?

№ 22 Let's talk about environment.

1.What do you think people should do to protect the environment?

2.People say that our planet is in danger. Do you share this opinion?

3.What would you like to ask your British friend about measures that are taken to protect the environment in Britain?

4.A friend of yours wants to develop a programme to protect the city where he lives. Give him a piece of advice.

5.Green School of the Year contest is held in the country and you want your school to enter it. Give ideas for some ‘green events’.

№ 23 Let's talk about weather and climate.

1.What is happening to weather and climate nowadays?

2.Are you weather dependent?

3.What questions would you ask a meteorologist?

4.What can you advise a person who wants to become a meteorologist?

5.They say there’s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What is your point of view?

№ 24 Let's talk about the Republic of Belarus.

1.What can you tell me about our Motherland?

2.Do you know any symbols of our country?

3.What questions about Belarus do you expect to hear from a British teenager?

4.What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?

5.What sights in our country belong to world heritage?

№ 25 Let's talk about Great Britain.

1.What do you know about this country?

2.Would you like to visit Britain Why (not)?

3.What would you ask your British teenager about Britain?

4.Give me a piece of advice on what sights to see in London?

5.Do the British differ greatly from Belarusian people in character? Why?

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