THE SCIENCE OF SANTA The pictures show Christmas

THE SCIENCE OF SANTA

The pictures show Christmas traditions about Santa Claus in the English-speaking world. Decide if the sentences are true or false. WARM UP

VOCABULARY

1. Around 600 thousand / 600 million / 6 billion people in the world expect a visit from Santa every year. 2. There are several children in every home, so Santa would only need to visit 24 million / 200 million / 240 million homes. 3. He would have 31 / 24 / 13 hours to deliver all the presents. 4. Santa would have to fly twice as fast as / 100 times as fast as / 1, 200 times as fast as the fastest plane in the world. 5. Reindeer can run 18 / 80 / 118 kilometres per hour. WATCHING You are going to watch a video called, "What If Santa Really Delivered Presents in One Night? " This video considers how the story of Santa Claus would be scientifically possible.

6. Santa’s bag of presents would weigh around 6, 000 / 600, 000 tons. 7. The reindeer would fly at 3 / 300 / 3, 000 times the speed of sound. 8. When Santa sat in the sleigh, he would experience a force that is tens of thousands / hundreds of thousands / millions of times stronger than gravity. 9. Santa would receive a total of 72 million / 720 million / 7 billion cookies from all the houses that he visited. 10. Santa would consume 39 million / 396 billion calories if he ate all the cookies and drank all the milk that people left for him.

to expect – очікувати, an expectation(s) - очікування Let’s translate: to meet expectations – виправдати очікування Що ти очікуєш від нас? Я можу очікувати багато, але не думаю, що хочу про то говорити. What do you expect from us? I can do expectations but I don’t want to talk about this. What do you expect from us? I can expect a lot but I don’t think I want to speak about it. What/ when/ why…. . special question. Can/may/must/should (modal verbs) – no TO several – кілька, декілька to develop – розвивати, розробляти to design – створити, розробити В мене є декілька моделей нового пристрою, який я щойно розробила(в) I have several models of a new device that I have just developed. Adjective+Noun – a smart watch/ a lovely girl/ an intelligent human being (in singular) Just/already/ yet/ recently/ ever/ never/since – signal words of Present Perfect; have/has +V (-ed/P 2)

to deliver - доставляти a delivery – доставка Доставка піци сьогодні була занадто повільною. Я більше не буду замовляти її там. Delivery of pizza has been too slow today. I will never order it there. ago/ last/ yesterday/ in 1990…. . Past Simple today – Present Perfect (have/has+V (-ed/P 2)) Pizza delivery has been too slow today. I will never order it there. Noun clusters – delivery of pizza – pizza delivery; speed of sound – sound speed; budget of family – family budget

to drive at/fly at – їхати зі швидкістю/летіти зі швидкістю…. . Ти коли-небудь їздила (в) зі швидкістю 200 км/год? Так, три роки тому, коли я ще була(в) дитиною і полюбляла(в) екстрим. Have you ever travelled at speed of 200 kilometers per hour? Yes, three years ago when I was a child and enjoyed extreme sports. ago – Past Simple; when a child - коли я був дитиною Have you ever driven (drove/driven) at 200 kilometers? Yes, three years ago when I was a child and enjoyed extreme.

to receive – отримувати a total – загальний to receive a total of – отримати загальною кількістю/розміром Коли я отримувала винагороду за досягнення загальним розміром 300 євро, вони увімкнули музику і не дали мені змогу подякувати аудиторію. When I was receiving a reward for my achievements in total of three hundred euro, they turned on the music and didn’t give me a chance to thank the audience. to be (was/were) + Ving – Past Continuous to listen to the music; to turn on the music; to play the guitar; to play the piano, to, play the violin

to consume – споживати; a customer – клієнт, a consumer – споживач; to depend (ON) – залежати (від чогось); IT DEPENDS Скільки води ви споживаєте на місяць? Досить залежно…. Зазвичай, я споживаю води зовсім мало. How much water do you consume per month? It depends. I usually consume very little of water. How much water do you consume per month? It depends. I usually consume quite a bit of water. Much – uncountable nouns Many – countable nous a little – небагато, трішки; little – зовсім мало (uncountable nouns) a few – кілька, декілька; few - зовсім мало (countable nouns)

Glossary: lug: pull (informal) a sonic boom: a loud noise made by an airplane when it starts to travel faster than the speed of sound Watch again

Think of something. . . that you assume when you meet a new English teacher. . that accelerates to a very high speed. . . that you have to factor in when you plan how much money you need every month. . . that is massive. . . that can deafen you

Language in context

Can you think of any other contexts where you could use these expressions? • legend has it that • this is where his luck runs out • but it’s not all doom and gloom

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