Unit 1 INTERNET FRIENDS AROUND EUROPE NORWAY HEBRIDES Aberdeen Glasgow Edinburgh Belfast Dublin Celtic Sea IRELAND Leeds Manchester Liverpool KINGDOM Cardiff Birmingham London Amsterdam Roterdam NETH. LATVIA Riga Stavanger Goteberg Copenhagen Bornholm Baltic sea LITHUANIA RUSSIA Kaliningrad Hamburg Bremen Berlin Essen Leipzig Poznan BELARUS Hrodna Homyel Kiev Minsk Vitsyebesk Smolensk Mykolaviev Odesa MOLDOVA Bucharest Constanja Varna BULGARIA Belgrade Serbia BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Sarajevo CROATIA SLOVENIA Ljubljana Zagreb Venice Milan Genoa Florence Bordeaux Toulouse Andorra La Vella Marseille Bilbao PYRENEES ANDORRA Zaragoza Madrid SPAIN Valencia Sevilla Malaga Gibraltar Melitta Ceuta Algiers BALEARIC ISLANDS Mediterranean Sea Barcelona Corsica Sardinia Tunis Sofia Istanbul Bursa TURKEY izmir GREECE Athens Thessaloniki F.Y.R.O.M Skpopje Valletta MALTA Scale 1:19,500,000 Lambert Conformal Conic Projection, standard parallels 40 N and 56 N 0 500 kilometers In this unit: √ We learn about computers √ We learn how to write an email √ We talk about things we prefer, like or dislike at school What are Mark, Kostas and Nadine talking about? Mark Kostas Nadine Unit 1 Lesson 1 DO YOU LIKE COMPUTERS? A LEAD - IN • Have you got a computer? • Do you know how to use a computer or the Internet? This is a computer store. Let’s find out together how much you know about computers. Work with your fellow classmate. Look at the picture and match the words with the various computer parts. Write the words in the space provided. screen mouse scanner printer microphone & headphones speaker keyboard tower a. 250€ b. 400€ c. 100€ d. 50€ e. 250€ f. 20€ g. 30€ h. 20€ 14 / Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 1 B SPEAKING: COMPUTERS IN OUR LIVES How useful are computers in our lives? Discuss the following statements in pairs. Decide whether the statements are True (√) or False (x). - Computers and the Internet help us visit museums around the world. - Computers can do our homework. - We can write an email on the computer and send it through the Net. - We can talk to people from various parts of the world through the computer. - In our free time we can play computer games. - Computers are bad for our eyes. - We can play computer games for hours. Can you think of other uses for computers in our lives? Do you feel lonely when you play on the computer? C READING An email from an Irish friend Kostas got this email from his friend Connor who lives in Ireland. He writes about the emails and the Internet. Read it and see how many things he does with it. Dear Kostas I’m sending you this email just to say hello. It’s Friday afternoon and I’m at home answering my emails. I always check my emails when I get back from school. I have many friends around Europe and in other parts of Ireland. We use the Internet to find information, to talk or play computer games, especially at the weekends. Do you do the same in Greece? Time to go now. Love from Connor List four things Connor does with email and the Internet. 1. .............................................................. 2. .............................................................. 3. .............................................................. 4. .............................................................. Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 1 / 15 Unit 1 D 1 PRE - WRITING: COMPUTERS ARE FUN BUT… FREE TIME: Computers are fun but children at your age can do many other things in their free time. Check with your partner what he/she does in his/her free time and complete the table: In your free time Me My friend a. You draw b. You do puzzles c. You watch TV d. You do sports e. You help with the housework f. You listen to music g. You play with your friends/brothers/sisters D 2 LISTENING Two pupils from a school in England talk about themselves. Listen and fill in the chart to find out what they like. Compare their freetime with your class freetime to find out if you share common interests. Name Age Likes Favourite freetime If you find this exercise too difficult, go to Appendix, UNIT 1, Activity A (page 133) E WRITING FREE TIME: Form a small group and make a free time activities survey. How many pupils enjoy / prefer / do not like / prefer doing what? In our group: Three pupils enjoy playing computer games. One pupil enjoys pupils enjoy pupils don’t like -ing pupils don’t like -ing pupils prefer -ing to -ing The majority of our class ............................................................................................... We don’t like ................................................................................................................. We prefer ................................................ to ................................................................. 16 / Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 1 Unit 1 Likes, Dislikes and Preferences Study the following examples to remember how we express likes and dislikes and learn how we can express preferences in English. I like watching tennis on TV. I don’t really like playing chess. You like playing computer games. People hate walking in a big, noisy street/in big noisy streets. She enjoys listening to her MP3 player. He doesn’t usually like watching the news on TV. I prefer table tennis to chess. They prefer playing with my friends in the park to sitting at home watching TV. F SPEAKING WE LIKE THE SAME THINGS - WE ARE GOING TO FORM A CLUB! 1. Work with your partner. Find 3 pastimes which you have in common. Ask each other questions using the structures given above. 2. Find another 2-3 people in your class who have the same interests. 3. Get together with them and see whether you all want to form a club. 4. Decide what the aim of the club is. Is it to share news, to learn from each other, to go play sports together? For example, if you have a chess club you will be interested in playing together. How regularly do you want to meet? Decide who is the secretary of the club. 5. Present your club on a poster and stick it on the classroom wall. The Children’s Art Village (“CAV”) is based in California. CAV helps children using art in orphanages throughout the world. G WRITING Now answer in full Connor’s email in Activity C (p. 15). Give information about your favourite free time activities. Say what you like or don’t like doing. Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 1 / 17 Unit 1 Lesson 2 INTERNET FRIENDS Learning strategies I LEARN ENGLISH BECAUSE I LIKE... - Learning about other places & people - Filling in charts - Listening for specific information A LEAD - IN • These are sites where you can write to other young people. For example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/children http://www.iky.gr Ask your teacher to help you find some other internet addresses. • Think about some things you want to tell the new friends you make on the Net. • Will the English language help you in your Internet journey? B MEMORY GAME Pupils from different countries in Europe are using their computers and speaking to each other using the Net. Look at the following chart and see what is missing. Then close you books and listen. How much can you remember? Fill in the chart with the missing information. Then open your books and check your answers in the dialogue. Names of Friends Ages Where from: Country Their Likes and Dislikes Mark 12 (you) Hello, there! It’s Kostas, from Athens in Greece. I’m Mark from London in England. Hi, Kostas! Hi, you two. I’m Nadine from Marseilles. Mark: That’s great! Three European friends! French, Greek and English! So, how old are you, Kostas? Kostas: I’m eleven. I’m a pupil in the 5th class of Primary School. Mark: I see. Well, I’m twelve and I’m a pupil at West Wimbledon Primary School. How about you, Nadine? Nadine: Oh, I’m twelve and I’m a student in the second year of College. That’s like your middle school. Mark: Wow, that sounds difficult! Nadine: Well, not really Mark. Actually, I like going to school and I love studying. Mark: Well, I don’t really mind studying, Nadine, but I hate tests and homework. How about you, Kostas? Kostas: Hm, the only thing I like about school is spending time on our computers. 18 / Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 2 Unit 1 Mark: That means you’re a computer expert, then! Kostas: Not really. I can hear our school bell. Can we all get together again tomorrow? Nadine & Mark: Good idea! Let’s speak again tomorrow! For extra activity see Appendix Activity B (page 133). C INTERNET FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE Bonjour! Buon giorno! Dobroye utro! Here are some more internet friends. a) Fill in the nationality of each person. Example: Mark is from Great Britain and he is British. 1. Pablo is from Portugal and he’s ....................................... 2. Svetlana is from Russia and she’s .................................... 3. Hans is from Holland and he’s ......................................... 4. Carmen is from Spain and she’s ....................................... 5. Gunther is from Germany and he’s ................................. 6. Maria is from Switzerland and she’s................................. 7. Armando is from Albania and he’s .................................. 8. Isabella is from Italy and she’s ......................................... 9. Kostas is from Greece and he’s ........................................ b) Now use a Geography book or a map and match the countries from above which border with each other. Discuss with your partner and check your results. c) Finally, draw and colour in the flags of three of these countries. Don’t show the flags you are colouring. Give your book to your partner and see if he/she can guess the countries of your flags. Can he/she write the names both in English and in Greek? Names: ___________-___________ ___________-___________ ___________-___________ Do you know how to say “Good Morning” in any other languages? Go to Appendix, UNIT 1, Activity C (page 133). Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 2 / 19 Unit 1 Simple Present Tense Study the sentences to see how we can talk about student life in English. I go to school on weekdays. I don’t go to school on Sundays. You do your homework after school. You don’t do your homework at night. A pupil studies in the afternoon A pupil doesn’t study at night or in the evening. A teacher works in a school. A teacher doesn’t work in a cafe. We have classes on weekdays. We don’t have classes on Sundays. Schools in Greece finish in June. They don’t finish in March. Do you go to school by school bus? Yes, I do / No, I don’t. Does a teacher work on a farm? No, he/she doesn’t. He/she works at a school. Note the different endings! I watch - he watches you play - she plays they study - John studies we teach - Helen teaches I enjoy - he enjoys we carry - she carries you go - it go they stay - it stay I fly - the bird flies D WRITING Write 3 sentences talking about what you do in... a. your school programme, b. your afternoon activities and c. during your weekends. a. School programme b. Afternoon activities I do karate c. Weekends Then make a list of activities you want to do but can’t do. 20 / Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 2 Unit 1 E A DAY IN MY LIFE Here is a page from a pupils’ newspaper of a school in Dublin, Ireland. The title is: “A Day In My Life”. Read and compare. How different is your everyday life? Discuss with your classmates and teacher. Points to discuss: - Times - School subjects - Activities Classroom in India A Day in My Life Ireland Morning Time. My name is Richard. I am 12 years old next month. I get up at 7.30 every morning! I eat my breakfast. Then watch some tv. Then I go to school. School Time. At school we learn Maths, Irish, English, History, Geography and Religion. School starts at 9.15 and ends at 2.45. In school we have one teacher who teaches all subjects. Afternoon Time. When I get home from school I do my homework. I play football with my friends. I like to read 'Harry Potter'. In my spare time I play my Playstation two. Evening Time. Before I go to bed I watch tv. I like to watch programs such as Father Ted, Only fools and horses and football matches. At ten o'clock I go to bed. F WRITING In your free time, you’ve made contact with an Internet friend from outside Europe, for example Asia or Australia. What questions would you like to ask him/her? Name of Net friend: Vijay (from India) Example: Does Vijay have a favourite football team? 1) ........................................................................................................... 2) ........................................................................................................... 3) ........................................................................................................... G PORTFOLIO You can use your answers for questions in ex. D (p. 20) to write about A Day in your Life. You can put it in your Portfolio or in the English Newspaper of your school. Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 2 / 21 Unit 1 Lesson 3 THE UNITED KINGDOM Wales Scotland England Ireland A LEAD - IN Read this text quickly, without understanding every word. Where can you find a text like this? Visit the British Isles! The British Isles are situated on the west side of Europe. Geographically the British Isles are made up of two main islands, Great Britain and Ireland. Politically the two islands are made up of: • the United Kingdom, which includes Great Britain (with England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland • the Republic of Ireland, in the southern part of Ireland. The population of the United Kingdom is about 59 million. That’s 6 times more than Greece. About 10-12 million people live in London, its capital. London is about twice as big as Athens. The Republic of Ireland has a population of 3,7 million. One third of its people live in its capital, Dublin. • Each country has a national flower. The national flower of England is the rose; for Wales, the daffodil; for Scotland, the thistle and for the Republic of Ireland, the shamrock. -Go to Appendix, page 134, for additional information on the symbols of Great Britain. B READING Find the information in the text above and complete the table below. United Kingdom Ireland Your prefecture* Capital city Population * prefecture=νομός C VOCABULARY Find words or phrases in the text that fit in the four categories of the table below. countries geography terms size/ number national flowers PROJECT 1. How about a leaflet from Greece? 2. Now go to Appendix, UNIT 1, PROJECT (page 134). 22 / Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Lesson 3 Unit 1 SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST Name:..................................................... Class:.............................. Date:....................................................... Score:............./ 100 A. Read and decide: True (√) or False (x) Pedro is an eleven-year-old boy from Spain. He lives in Barcelona with his father and his twin sisters Maria and Granada. Pedro is a pupil in the fifth class of Primary school. He loves school and he is very good at maths and languages. He can solve mathematical problems very quickly and he can also speak English and French. In his free time, Pedro loves riding his bike and drawing. He is also fond of surfing the Net and chatting to children from all over Europe. E.g. Pedro is Spanish (√) 1. He lives with his family in a big city .............. 2. He’s got a brother and a sister .............. 3. He is very good at English and Italian .............. 4. His favourite hobbies are cycling and drawing .............. 5. Pedro is very good at computers .............. Pedro - Barcelona Points: ....... / 20 B. Computers. Look at the pictures and tick the right box. 1. modem tower 2. screen printer 3. keyboard mouse 4. speakers microphone & headphones 5. scanner printer Points: ....... / 10 Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Self - Assessment Test / 23 Unit 1 C. Countries and Nationalities. Fill in the spaces. 1. Someone who comes from Great Britain is ................. while someone who comes from ................ is French. 2. What nationality is your uncle? He is ..................... and lives in Rome. 3. Athens is the ................ capital, Lisbon is the ....................... capital, Berlin is the capital of........................ and Amsterdam is the ......................... capital. 4. People in Moscow speak ..................... . 5. Franz lives in Switzerland. He’s ............................... 6. A lot of people who live and work in Greece come from Tirana in ........................... . Points: ....... / 30 D. Answer the following questions. Write true answers. 1. What time does school start ? ....................................................................................... 2. How do you go to school? ............................................................................................. 3. Which school subject do you like best? ......................................................................... 4. Do you do your homework alone? ................................................................................ 5. What do you do in the afternoons? .............................................................................. Points: ....... / 20 E. Match the sentences 1. Hi ! I’m Greek! Where are you from? 2. Which do you prefer? Maths or Science? 3. Do you like school? 4. Nadine comes from Marseilles. 5. How about heavy metal music? 6. Sue hates going to the dentist. 7. Do you like horse riding? 8. Henry doesn’t come from Germany. 9. Which are the colours of the British flag? 10. Where’s Ireland? a. Red, white and blue. b. Well, I don’t really like it. I prefer pop music. c. He’s Swiss. d. I’m Dutch. I am from Holland e. It’s to the west of Britain. f. She says it’s an awful experience. g. I hate it!! h. She’s French. i. I prefer Maths. j. Well, I don’t mind school, but I hate homework!! Points: ....... / 20 Tick what’s true for you: Now I can: - Name the various parts of the computer - Talk about what I like and what I don’t like to do in my free time - Write and talk about my school life Learning strategies in English I LEARN ENGLISH BECAUSE I LIKE... - Learning about other countries and people - Filling in charts - Listening for specific information - Scanning a text - Learning more about young people in other countries 24 / Pupil’s Book • UNIT 1 - • Self - Assessment Test Unit 1 INTERNET FRIENDS AROUND EUROPE LESSON 1 ACTIVITY A. Differentiated Activities on p. 64 What do you like doing in your free time? Study the following pictures. Use the expressions in Grammar Practice in your Student’s book to write sentences. a. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… b. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… c. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… d. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… e. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… f. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… a b c d e f LESSON 2 ACTIVITY A. Match 1. Kostas is 2. Marseilles is 3.Mark 4. Nadine is 5. The only thing Kostas likes about school is a.comes from Great Britain. b.computers. c. from France. d. a Greek student. e. a French city. Activity Book • UNIT 1 • Lesson 1-2 / 7 Unit 1 ACTIVITY B. Read the dialogue on page 18 in your pupil's book and fill in: Kostas from …….....………… is talking to …….......……………. from …......……………… Nadine is from …………………………. in the south of ………………Kostas is ……………. years old and he is in the …………. class of Primary School. Mark is …………………… and he is a student at ………………………………….. Primary School. Nadine is ……………………………. and she is a ………………….. in the …….....………. class of the College. Nadine likes ……………… while Mark hates ……………………… and …………....………. On the other hand, the only thing that…………………….....…. likes about school is the computer. ACTIVITY C. Test your knowledge. Fill in the missing countries or nationalities. 1. The British Queen is in Russia at the moment. 2. Rome is the capital of Italy 3. This German car is really nice. Have you any idea how much Mercedes cars cost? 4. Does Hans come from Austria? No, he doesn't. He’s from Holland. He's Dutch 5. Tirana is the capital of Albania and Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria 6. How much do you know about Poetry and Art? Is Matisse British or French? (Ανθολόγιο, page 45) 7. What about Hans Christian Andersen? Was he Swedish or Danish? (Ανθολόγιο, page 149) 8. Roald Dahl is the Welsh writer of Matilda. (Ανθολόγιο, page 87) 9. William Shakespeare, the famous playwright and poet, was from England (Θεατρική Αγωγή, page 75) 10. Thomas Edison was an American inventor. (Ερευνώ & Ανακαλύπτω, page 69). Do you know what he invented? 8 / Activity Book - UNIT 1 - Lesson 2 Unit 1 ACTIVITY D. [Differentiated Activity (*) on p. 65] Use Simple Present tense 1. Where (you/come from)………………………………………………….. ? I (come from) ………………………………… Greece. 2. (a crocodile/climb)……………………………………………. trees? No, of course not. 3. What (a doctor/do) …………………………………………………….? He/She (work) ………………………………….. in a hospital and (take care)…………………………of people who are ill. 4. How often (you/see) …………………………….. a dentist? I (visit)……………….. my dentist once a year. 5. (people in Greece/celebrate)……………………………………………….. Christmas the same way people in the U.K. do, don’t they? Well, I (suppose)………………so. Christmas is an international feast, even though it’s a religious celebration, so people all over the world (have)………………… fun and (enjoy) …………………. themselves. 6. Where (a postman/work) …………………………………………………..? He (work) ……………… at the Post Office and (deliver)………………. letters all over the neighbourhood. Activity Book • UNIT 1 • Lesson 2 / 9 Unit 1 ACTIVITY E. [Differentiated Activity (*) on p. 66] • Do you like stories about aliens and extra-terrestrial life? • Do you believe in UFOs? • Imagine you’ve just met Spark, a space friend and you want to know all about him. • In the interview that follows, write the questions you ask Spark in your interview. You: oh, hello, there!………………………….………….….….….? Spark: My name’s Spark. You: …………………………………………………………………? Spark: Well, I’m seventeen months old. You: ……………………………………………………..….….….….? Spark: I come from Planet Omega, which is far away from your planet. You: Oh, I see. And………………………………………. ? Spark: I live on satellite 13. You: Wow, that’s strange… Anyway, what about your interests, Spark? ……………………………………………? Spark: Yes, I do. I love travelling. You:……………………………………………………………? Spark: Well, I also like exploring new planets and meeting different beings, like you! You: Yes, I’m quite different from you, aren’t I? But what about sleeping? ……………………………………… ? Spark: No, I don’t. I hate it! You: …………………………………………………………………………….….….….….….….? Spark: Well, I also dislike washing my clothes. I think it’s horrible!!!! You: I can see what you mean, my friend. I hate washing clothes myself and that makes my Mum quite angry…….. Well, let me ask you a final question now. ……………………………………… ? You must like something in particular, I suppose… Spark: Yes, I adore learning new languages to communicate with other beings…… That’s why I’ve learned English. But I’d love to learn Greek! So, would you teach your language to me, please? You: That’s a fantastic idea, Spark! I’d love to! 10 / Activity Book • UNIT 1 • Lesson 2 Unit one, Internet friends around Europe, Cover page. What are Kostas, Mark and Nadine talking about? I’m French and I have lots of Internet friends all over Europe. Do you? Do you play computer games? Do you enjoy learning English? I do Unit one, lesson one, do you like computers? Task E Two pupils from a school in England talk about themselves. Listen and fill in the chart to find out what they like. Compare their past times with your class past times to find out if you share common interests. - Hello! I’m Susan. Who are you? - I’m Tom. How are you, Susan? - Very well, thank you. And you? - Fine, thanks. Are you ten, like me? - No, I’m eleven. I’m a student in the fifth class of Primary school. - Oh, I see. I go to the fourth grade, I’m younger than you. - Well, then. What do you like doing in your free time, Tom? - I like playing football and I also like reading. But my favourite hobby is working on my computer. I’m pretty good at it, you know. I love surfing the Net, too. I find out so many things about so many faraway places.... I also visit museums round the world and make friends through the Net. - Oh, that’s nice. I like computer games myself, but I also like jogging. - What about your favourite hobby, then? You must like something in particular, right? - Yes, absolutely. I love painting and I want to be a painter when I grow up. - Wow, that’s fantastic. You must show me some work of yours one day. Will you? - Of course I will. I’d love to. Anyway, see you later. - OK, see you tomorrow. Unit one, lesson two, Internet friends. Task B, memory game. Pupils from different countries in Europe are using their computers and speaking to each other using the Net. Look at the following chart and see what is missing. Then close you books and listen. How much can you remember? Fill in the chart with the missing information. Then open your books and check your answers in the dialogue. - That’s great! Three European friends! Greek, French and English! So, how old are you, Kostas? - I’m eleven. I’m a pupil of the 5th class of Primary School. - I see. Well, I’m twelve and I’m a pupil at West Wimbledon Primary School. How about you, Nadine? - Oh, I’m twelve and I’m a student in the second year of College. That’s like your middle school. - Wow, that sounds difficult! - Well, not really Mark. Actually, I like going to school and I love studying. - Well, I don’t really mind studying, Nadine, but I hate tests and homework. How about you, Kostas? - Hm, the only thing I like about school is spending time on our computers. - That means you’re a computer expert, that’s cool! - Not really. I can hear our school bell. Can we all get together again tomorrow? - Good idea! Let’s speak again tomorrow! Unit one, lesson two, Task C. Here are some more internet friends. Listen and complete. Example. Mark is from Great Britain and he is British. Pablo is from Portugal and he is Portuguese. Svetlana is from Russia and she is Russian. Hans is from Holland and he is Dutch. Carmen is from Spain and she is Spanish. Gunther is from Germany and he is German. Maria is from Switzerland and she is Swiss. Armando is from Albania and he is Albanian. Isabella is from Italy and she is Italian. Kostas is from Greece and he is Greek.