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методическая разработка по английскому языку (7 класс)

A Trip to Britain

Task I: read & comprehend the following story.

Once my friend and I decided to go on a trip to London. Bill said he knew all about England ruled by the Queen who had no power, with a lot of old palaces and castles in different villages, towns and cities. I had read a lot about Great Britain too and was very much interested in the life of people on the British Isles. I thought we would go there and learn the customs and traditions of the Scots, the English, the Irish and the Welsh. And we certainly wanted to do the sights of London with its beautiful cathedrals, theatres and museums.

But when we arrived at Heathrow Airport we understood that we wouldn’t be able to go on all those trips and excursions we had planned to. The flight from California to London, though comfortable, is certainly very long. It took us about 10 hours to get to London. We were very tired and felt bad.

The next morning after breakfast Bill and I sat talking about our health in the hotel room. We agreed that we were very ill. I explained to Bill how I felt when I got up in the morning and began to move about, and Bill described how he felt when he had gone to bed the previous night. We didn’t know what the matter with us was, but we were sure that we had worked hard and that we needed a short rest instead of doing the sights of the city which is hard work too. “I think we should go to some quiet place in the mountains, far from the noise of London,” Bill said.

I then offered to go to Scotland. We could travel there from London by car or by coach. We hadn’t been to that part of Britain either. And all the guidebooks informed travellers that it was a very specific place full of mountains. The loneliest and wildest part of Scotland is the Highlands. The highest mountains in Britain are situated here. The climate is not mild in this part of the UK and only few trees grow in the mountains because of the cold winds and the weather.

Skiing is developed there and Bill said we could watch some ski competitions high in the mountains. I also remembered that Scotland is the home of golf and we thought we would be able to watch some interesting championships and visit some old golf clubs. Thus in the end we decided to spend our holidays in Edinburgh, or some other Scottish place.

Task II: decide whether the following sentences are true or false, correct the false ones.

1. Once the young men decided to go on a trip to London.

2. They didn’t know anything about England.

3. The young men wanted to do the sights of London.
4. It took them about an hour to get from California to London.
5.  They were ready to do the sights of London when they arrived there.
6. The next morning the friends talked about museums and theatres.
7. The highest mountains of Britain are situated in Scotland.
8.  The friends decided to spend their holidays in Edinburgh.

Task III: answer the following questions.

1. What did they know about Great Britain?
2. Did the boys do the sights of London? Why?
3. Why did they choose Scotland?