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Vocabulary

Look at the picture and say:

• how people in the picture feel on the first day at school.
• how you feel now you are back at school.

from “New Millennium English – 10” Student’s book 2004

First day at school

A. Read and listen to the poem.


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В. Look through the poem again and answer these questions.

a) Can you see any unusual words in this poem?
b) Why do you think the words are like this?
c) What words do they stand tor?
d) What are the feelings of the child?
e) What other evidence of the child's feelings can you see in the poem?

First Day at School

A millionbillionwillion miles from home
Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)
Why are they all so big, other children?
So noisy? So much at home they
Must have been born in uniform
Lived all their lives in playgrounds
Spent the years inventing games
That don't let me in. Games
That are rough, that swallow you up.
And the railings.
All around, the railings.
Are they to keep out wolves and monsters?
Things that carry off and eat children?
Things you don't take sweets from?
Perhaps they're to stop us getting out
Running away from the lessins. Lessin.
What does a lessin look like?
Sounds small and slimy.
They keep them in the glassrooms.
Whole rooms made out of glass. Imagine.
I wish I could remember my name
Mummy said it would come in useful.
Like wellies. When there's puddles.
Yellowwellies. I wish she was here.
I think my name is sewn on somewhere
Perhaps the teacher will read it for me.
Tea-cher. The one who makes the tea.
                                
                                  Roger McGough

from “New Millennium English – 10” Student’s book 2004 

A feeling diary

from “New Millennium English – 10” Student’s book 2004

Students' Exchange programs

Где найти видеоинформацию о Students' Exchange program? Какие впечатления у студентов, обучающихся за границей по обмену?

• http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/vide...change.cnn.html — this video reports on the oldest student exchange program in Europe
• http://www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/st...nge/index.shtml — a video clip on Students' Exchange program at the University of Sydney
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ydiTsJe6eo - a video on how the U.S. builds bridges to Africa through the African Student Exchange Program
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7eMUe7_9g - a Students' Exchange program in Australia
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ERusfTUZ3Y — a funny video about how a Pakistani student goes on an Exchange Program to the USA

Make vs Do

Make Vs. Do

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Do or Make

The two verbs 'do' and 'make' are often confused. The meanings are similar, but there are differences.

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• Do or Make Explained

• Do vs Make

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• ESL Quiz - Make or Do
• Matching exercise: Do or make
• Complete the sentences below with make or do (in the correct tense).

Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection

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Learning from the past

Unit 3. Civilisation and progress
Section 1. Learning from the past — Что включает в себя понятие «цивилизация»? Что свидетельствует о существовании той или иной цивилизации? Какие цивилизации самые древние? Как выглядел доисторический человек? Каковы этапы человеческой эволюции? Как выглядел народ называемый «пигмеи», где и когда они жили? В чем загадка древней цивилизации Майя? Где найти дополнительную информацию о них?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization  - еncyclopaedia entry about civilization

• http://archaeology.about.com/od/ancientciv...vilizations.htm — a guide to ancient civilizations
• http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html — interactive exploration of the cities, buildings technology, trade, religion and writing of the ancient world
• http://www.crystalinks.com/ancient.html - provides information on and discussion of dozens of ancient civilizations from throughout the world
• http://www.lost-civilizations.net/ancient-civilizations.html - collected materials and some original essays on Ancient civilizations
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution - encyclopaedia entry about human evolution
• http://wilderdom.com/evolution/HumanEvolutionPictures.htm – pictures of human evolution and timeline of prehistoric, early & modern man
• http://www.historylink101.com/prehistory.htm - links to art, daily life, maps, pictures and research on prehistoric man
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/h...uman_evolution/ - the illustrated information from BBC about the evolution of man
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmies - encyclopaedia entry about pygmies
• http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/pygmies– some information about the Pygmy tribal group of people
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization - an illustrated history which includes Mayan art, architecture, technology, writing, mathematics, religion
• http://www.crystalinks.com/maya.html – complete information about Maya civilization
• http://archaeology.about.com/od/mayaarchae...ivilization.htm - archaeological sites and studies of the ancient Maya civilizations of Central America
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...ayadrought.html – an article from National Geographic News on what killed off Maya civilization
• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/lat...tures/maya.html – a brief history of Maya civilization
• http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions.../mminteng.shtml – the mystery of Maya civilization
• http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/mayan-mystery.html – one more article exploring the mystery of Maya civilization

Your destiny

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
- Anonymous