MINISTERUL EDUCAfiIEI AL REPUBLICII MOLDOVA MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI AL REPUBLICII MOLDOVA ENGLISHENGLISH AWARENESS AWARENESS Galina CHIRA, Margareta DUȘCIAC, Maria GÎSCĂ, Elisaveta ONOFREICIUC, Mihail CHIRA, Silvia ROTARU ThisThis IsIs OurOur WorldWorld ENGLISH AS A MAJOR LANGUAGE STUDENT’SSTUDENT’S BOOKBOOK 11 11 Editura ARC • 2014 CZU 811.111(075.3) T 56 Manualul a fost aprobat prin Ordinul nr. 267 din 11 aprilie 2014 al Ministrului Educației al Republicii Moldova. Manualul este elaborat conform Curriculumului disciplinar (aprobat în anul 2010) și finanțat din Fondul Special pentru Manuale. Acest manual este proprietatea Ministerului Educației al Republicii Moldova. Școala Manualul nr. Anul de Numele de familie și prenumele Anul Aspectul manualului folosire elevului școlar la primire la restituire 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Comisia de evaluare: Olga Morozan, grad didactic I, lector superior universitar, IȘE; Nina Moraru, grad didactic superior, Liceul Teoretic „Prometeu-Prim“, Chișinău; Eugenia Grigoreț, grad didactic întîi, Liceul Teoretic „Mihai Eminescu“, Chișinău Recenzenți: Cornelia Cincilei, doctor în filologie, conferențiar universitar, Universitatea de Stat din Moldova; Iulia Ignatiuc, doctor în filologie, conferențiar universitar, Catedra de filologie engleză, Universitatea de Stat „Alecu Russo“; Aurelian Silvestru, doctor în psihologie, conferențiar universitar; Vladimir Zmeev, pictor-șef, Grupul Ediorial „Litera“ Redactor: Iulia Ignatiuc, doctor în filologie, conferențiar universitar Lector: Alina Legcobit, lector universitar superior, MA Copertă: Mihai Bacinschi Concepție grafică: Alexandru Popovici Tehnoredactare: Marian Motrescu Desene: Igor Hmelnițki, Anatolii Smîșleaev, Dumitru Iazan Editura Arc se obligă să achite deținătorilor de copyright, care încă nu au fost contactați, costurile de reproducere a imaginilor folosite în prezenta ediție. Reproducerea integrală sau parțială a textului și ilustrațiilor din această carte este posibilă numai cu acordul prealabil scris al Editurii ARC. Toate drepturile asupra acestei ediții aparțin Editurii Arc. Editura ARC, str. G. Meniuc nr. 3, Chișinău; tel.: (3732) 73-36-19, 73-53-29; fax: (3732) 73-36-23; e-mail: [email protected]; www.edituraarc.md The authors are grateful for the opportunity to acknowledge the people and the organizations that have helped this project become a reality. Special thanks to the administration of the Bell School Saffron Walden, the UK, particularly to Rosemery Wilson, Head of the Bell Teacher Training. Their valuable assistance in organizing special courses for textbook writers has facilitated the process of developing the textbooks for the lyceum level in Moldova. For their careful reading of the first draft and valuable suggestions, as well as for their guidance and consultation, our appreciation to: Bruce Milne, Barbara Webb, and Gillie Canningham, Teacher Trainers, authors of coursebooks in English. We would like to thank the Soros Foundation and the Peace Corps of the United States of America in Moldova for gracious support and for providing access to various materials. We would also like to acknowledge the teachers and students who have piloted and commented on materials included in this textbook. © Editura ARC, 2014 © Galina CHIRA, Margareta DUȘCIAC, Maria GÎSCĂ, Elisaveta ONOFREICIUC, Mihail CHIRA, Silvia ROTARU ISBN 978-9975-61-810-6 2 CONTENTS IT’S A BUSY WORLD IT’S A WORLD 1 UNIT 2 UNIT OF COMMUNICATION Lesson 1 Busy Enough? 6 Lesson 1 The Art of Talking 28 Lesson 2 En jo ying Free Time Lesson 2 What Did You Say? 32 or Working Hard? 10 Lesson 3 Time Is Money 14 Lesson 3 Are You Listening? 36 Lesson 4 Life at a Glance 18 Lesson 4 Are Speakers Born or Made? 40 Lesson 5 Literary Focus. Climbing Lesson 5 Literary Focus. Communication the Ladder 22 Is More Than a Monologue 44 Practise Your 26 Practise Your 48 English English 3 UNIT IT’S A CHALLENGING WORLD 4 UNIT IT’S A WORLD OF ART Lesson 1 Problems and Solutions 50 Lesson 1 Enjoying the Arts 72 Lesson 2 The Exclusive Circle 54 Lesson 2 Cinema and Films 76 Lesson 3 Know Your Rights! 58 Lesson 3 Performing Music 80 Lesson 4 The Key to the World 62 Lesson 4 All the World’s a Stage 84 Lesson 5 Literary Focus. Lesson 5 Literary Focus. Why Fly off the Handle? 66 It’s Always Love... 88 Practise Your 70 Practise Your 92 English English Contents 3 56UNITIT’S A MEDIA WORLD UNIT IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD Lesson 1 in FORMATION 94 Lesson 1 In Harmony with Nature 112 Lesson 2 Watching the Box 98 Lesson 2 The Sense of Beauty 116 Lesson 3 Cyber Smart 102 Lesson 3 Literary Focus. The World Is a Beautiful Place 120 Lesson 4 Literary Focus. Practise Your 124 That’s News! 106 English Practise Your 110 English SUPPLEMENT LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO 125 LANGUAGE REFERENCE 126 GRAMMAR PRACTICE EXERCISES 142 TAPESCRIPTS 152 4 Contents To understand the world, and to like it, are two things not easily to be reconciled. Halifax Dear friend, This Is Our World is the second book of the English Awareness series. You will master a new and a deeper level of the English language. The present course encourages you to enrich your vocabulary, and develop your speaking abilities. It also provides you with in-depth knowledge of the English grammar. The Language Reference at the end of the book provides a solid theoretical background and will help you prepare for the graduation exam in English. The topics included are diverse and contain information about the world, environ- ment, media, art, etc. Some of the topics are meant to give you skills in communicat- ing with other people, listening skills, and skills in giving and receiving feedback. You will also learn to deliver a presentation in front of an audience, problem solve difficult situations, and organize your time better. All these are life skills that will serve you now and in future. The culture and civilization information included in the units will enrich your knowledge about English-speaking countries and about our country. You will continue to enrich your knowledge about literature and learn to do a literary analysis in the Literary Focus lessons. As we did before, we encourage you to think critically and express your opinion while participating in class discussions, group and pair work, debate, and while completing various assignments. The textbook challenges you to be active, make decisions, solve problems, and be inventive in your project works. We recommend that you study the structure of the book, each unit, and each lesson together with your teacher before starting your search for knowledge. Enjoy your journey. The authors 5 1 UNIT IT’S A BUSY WORLD LessonLesson 11 Busy Enough? Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. Lowell Thomas DISCUSSION POINTS e. How much time per day do you spend... 1 Comment on the quotation of the lesson. Why is it impor- — watching TV? tant to keep yourself busy? — playing computer games? 2 Answer the following questions and compare your answers — reading books? with those of your colleagues. — practising sports? a. When do you get up in the morning? How do f. How much time do you spend socializing with you start your day? friends/relatives? What do you do together? b. How many lessons per day do you have at g. When do you go to bed? How many hours per school? When do they start/finish? day do you usually sleep? c. What other activities besides lessons do you h. Are you a busy person? have at school or outside it? When do you have i. Do you value time and spend it reasonably? What them, how often and for how long? makes you think so? d. How much time do you spend on home- work? When do you do it? READING 1 Diana, a Moldovan student who went to the United States with the FLEX (Future Leaders for Exchange) program, is willingly sharing her experience and her daily schedule with you. Read her letter and tell how the daily schedule of American students is similar to or different from yours. Hi, around to every class. Vanessa helped me out when I I am Diana and I came to the United States as most needed somebody. an exchange student. I am staying in Philadelphia At school, I have seven classes a day including 1 with a nice family and I am attending J.R. Master- lunch. Lunch is different for everybody: high school 3 man High School. students (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and sen- I feel comfortable at school now, but it was quite iors) have lunch during the 3rd period. Lunch is as different at the beginning. long as a regular class is and it is a time when you I remember my first day at school. It was Thurs- day, September the 6th. I went to my Advisory, which is a fifteen-minute class each morning. There the 2 teacher makes all the announcements. The teacher gave out our schedules. I looked at mine and became frustrated. I didn’t know where the rooms I was sup- posed to go to were, and how hard the classes were going to be. I tried to find somebody who had the same schedule as I had, so I could follow the person Diana during a ski trip 6 UNIT 1 2 3 4 5 6 Diana (second from left) and her American friends dur- ing a trip to New York City Word Study Abbreviations used: MG — Mentally Gifted AP — Advanced Placement H.R. — Home Room — a class of students getting together for advisory PD — Period get to talk to your friends or get to know them in my DY — Day case. Gr — Grade Classes are about fifty-one minutes long and CHEM — Chemistry there are very short breaks between them, just SPAN — Spanish enough time to get from one class to another.