UNIT 2 Destinations Listening Visiting Moscow SB pg

UNIT 2 Destinations

�Listening Visiting Moscow, SB – pg. 20 �Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Contents

� Climate: July & August – the warmest months, long summer days and it can rain aquite a lot, frozen – from the end of November till April � Getting around – bus, metro (150 stations), suburban train, transfer, taxi, trams, trollybuses � Sightseeing – the Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral (Lenin’s tomb), Gorky park, river Moskva � Entertainment : the Moscow Film Festival, the Russian Winter Festival � Food and drink: Niam-sweet and savoury pies; Kroshka Kartoshka-jacket potatoes with fillings; Russkie Bliny-Russian pankcakes Listening – Visiting Moscow

� fairground - a piece of land where fairs are held/sajam � gig – 1. a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse 2. a light, fast, narrow boat adapted for rowing or sailing /dvokolice, veslački čamac, svirke � troyka - a Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast/troika � suburban train- of or characteristic of a suburb/prigradski � pier - a structure leading out from the shore into a body of water/pristanište � jacket potatoes - a baked potato served with the skin on/neoljušten krompir Listening – Vocabulary, pg. 20

Russian Blinie

Troyka

Moscow has five airports to book a transfer the Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral (Lenin’s tomb), Gorky park, river Moskva 4. It stretches almost three km along the river Moscow 5. a fairground, an ornamental garden, boat excursions from the pier 6. It takes places in autumn 1. 2. 3. Visiting Moscow - pg. 20, ex. 16

�Climate: humid, chilly, warm, frozen �Transport: tram, coach, underground, cab �Entertainment: night club, show, concert hall, fairground pg 20, ex 15 - Vocabulary

� Climate: cold, cool, warm, hot; mild, moderate, temperate, severe; wet, damp, humid, dry, arid; � a cold climate; a relatively mild climate; a dry climate; a warm climate; a hot climate; � a continental climate; a maritime climate; cold climates; hot climates; a wide variety of climates; e. g. The climate of Siberia is continental, with cold winters and warm summers. The climate of this region is cold and wet. e. g. Ireland has a cool maritime climate. Yalta has a warm subtropical climate. I would like to live in a warm climate. e. g. France has three types of climate. Agriculture in mountainous regions is restricted by climate and relief. Climate

traveling by. . . rail bus / coach air sea station train catch / get on get off platform passenger train journey depart / leave arrive engine driver corridor / aisle bus terminal bus catch / get on / board get off departure gate coach / bus journey depart / leave arrive driver's seat bus driver aisle airport aircraft get on / board get off / disembark departure gate passenger jet / airplane flight take off land cockpit pilot aisle port ship embark disembark quay / dock liner voyage sail dock bridge captain gangway Transport

�KEY INFORMATION �Climate �Food and drink �Getting Around �Sightseeing �Entertainment Presenting a Tourist Destination

�rainfall - 1. a shower or fall of rain, 2. the quantity of water, expressed in inches in a specified area and time interval/pljusak, padavine �takeaway - prepared food that is intended to be eaten elsewhere/jela za poneti Presentations pg. 21 SB

THE LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATIONS Introducing your talk � Good evening, everyone! Thank you for � � inviting me to speak on. . . The subject/topic of my talk is. . . I'm going to talk about. . . My topic today is… My talk is concerned with. . . � � � Where does that lead us? Let's consider this in more detail. . . What does this mean for. . . ? Translated into real terms. . . Why is this important? The significance of this is. . . Giving examples � A good example of this is. . . � As an illustration, . . . � To give you an example, . . . � To illustrate this point. . . The main part of the talk � Let us begin with. . . � However. � As far as (the accommodation) is concerned. Summing up/ conclusion � Moving on to. � So, in conclusion, you can see that. � My third point deals with. � Saying thank you and ending your talk � And last but not least. . . I would like to start � Thank you all for listening so attentively. by. � I hope I have been able to tell you a little � I shall begin by. about. � Then I will speak about. � Before I sit down I would first like to thank � Thirdly I will talk about. . . for. . . � And lastly. � Does anyone have any questions? Giving recommendations

� You have recently returned from a familiarization trip t o a holiday resort and now have to report back on your visit. Decide which resort you went to and which tour operator paid for your holiday. Prepare a presentation. Talk about the resort itself and also about those facilities offered by the tour operator. Include the following: � TRANSPORT TO AND FROM THE RESORT � THE CLIMATE � THE ACCOMMODATION � THE LOCAL ATTRACTIONS � THE FOOD � TRANSPORT IN THE RESORT � THE PRICE AND VALUE FOR MONEY � THE KEY SELLING POINTS HW

Think of the strengths and weaknesses of your own country as a tourist destination! Presentation-Tourist Destination

�Life size - being of the same size as an original / opp. gigantic �Plain – simple, evident, clear/ opp. ornate �Old fashioned – of a kind that is no longer in style / opp. state of the art �Comfortable - providing physical comfort / opp. unpleasant �Recorded -put on tape or film so that it can be heard or viewed again later / opp. live �Weird – odd, unusual / opp. normal �Wide – broad / opp. restricted, narrow WB, pg. 10, ex 2 - Vacabulary

�WB, pg. 11, ex 3 Practice

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION