Умоляю решите. 1. Match the word combinations with their definitions.
Lead unhealthy lifestyle The factories, cars produce waste
harmful to nature
Heavy traffic Too many people
Constant noise Too many cars
Pollution The sum of money you pay for
accommodation, transport, etc. is really
big
Convenient public transport There are not many people without
work
Crowded streets To breathe in polluted air, smoke, sleep
for few hours…
High cost of living You can hear too many sounds of
different type all the time
Low rate of unemployment It’s easy to get to any part of the city by
bus/trolley bus/tram or metro
2. Match the word combinations with the Russian equivalents.
High quality lifestyle Тишина и спокойствие
Feel isolated Чувствовать одиноко, изолированно
Beautiful landscapes Отзывчивые люди
High rate of unemployment Красивые пейзажи
Peace and quiet Правильный образ жизни
Helpful people Высокий уровень безработицы
3. You are at a conference devoted to the problems of living in the cities and in
the country. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of both. Use the words
from exercises 1 and 2. Give true to life examples.
4. Answer the questions to the text in your SB, p. 7.
• Does Annabel like going to the farmyard? Why?
• What time do Annabel and Sarah get up?
• Why is Sarah so excited?
• How different are Annabel’s and Sarah’s schools?
• Why do Annabel and Sarah feel happy about going back home?
5. Would you like to live in the city/country? Work in pairs. You are leaving
for the city/village tomorrow. Make a list of things you are going to do. Use
the schedule below:
Day Village City
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Share your plans with your classmates. Choose the most exciting plan of
staying in a city/village.
6. Use Present Continuous or Present Simple to complete the sentences.
• Where’s Jane? – She a shower. (have)
• My lessons at 9.00. (start)
• Tom never computer games before he his
homework. (play, finish)
• Nick and Peter chess at the moment. (play)
• you a cow these days? (milk) – Yes, I .
• What time your train ? (leave)
7. a. Look at the cities. Where are they? What do you know about these cities?
New York, London, Paris, Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver, Auckland, Vienna,
Dusseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt, Sydney, Bern.
b. Make a rating of these cities – start with the best for living (in your
opinion). Try to explain your choice. Work in groups of three.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
8. Study the rating of best places in the world presented in the article “The
World’s Best Places to Live 2008” (Business Week, July 12, 2008). Is your
rating the same? Where would you like to live? Why?
Consultants rated each city on a variety of factors including the level of traffic
congestion, air quality, and personal safety. The highest-scoring U.S. city is
Honolulu, which came in at No. 28.
Still, Mercer says that cities with a high quality of life are not necessarily the most
exciting. “There are a lot of ‘sleepy’ towns that got high ratings,” said Rebecca
Powers, a principal consultant in human capital for the company. “But if you were
to judge them on something like nightlife, there are some that probably wouldn’t
have rated as high.”
No. 1: Zurich, Switzerland
Population: 347,517
Life expectancy: 80.74 years
No. 2: Vienna, Austria
Population: 1,825,287
Life expectancy: 79.36 years
No. 3: Geneva, Switzerland
Population: 185,000
Life expectancy: 80.74 years
No. 4: Vancouver, Canada
Population: 560,000
Life expectancy: 81.16 years
No. 5: Auckland, New Zealand
Population: 1.18 million
Life expectancy: 80.24 years
No. 6: Dusseldorf, Germany
Population: 581,858
Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 7: Munich, Germany
Population: 1,332,650
Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 7: Frankfurt, Germany
Population: 3,700,000
Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 9: Bern, Switzerland
Population: 122,178
Life expectancy: 79.36 years
No. 10: Sydney, Australia
Population: 4,297,100
Life expectancy: 80.73 years
Cities are compared to New York as the base city, with an index score of 100. The
quality-of-living survey covers 215 cities and is conducted to help governments
and major companies place employees on international assignments. The survey
also identifies those cities with the highest personal safety ranking based on
internal stability, crime, effectiveness of law enforcement, and relationships with
other countries.
9. Project. Make a rating of the 10 top cities in Russia. Choose the criterion
for rating the cities (the most exciting, the most polluted, the cleanest, the
noisiest…). Make a poster and present it.

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