English with Babaeva

​ Pandemic Vocabulary • outbreak (noun) – a sudden spontaneous increase or occurrence of something unwanted or undesirable (such as war or disease). • epidemic vs pandemic (nouns) – a large outbreak of an infectious disease in a localised area (epidemic) or various parts of the world (pandemic). • lockdown vs quarantine (noun) –restrictions on movement, travel and work (lockdown); the isolation of people or products suspected of carrying an infectious disease (quarantine). • to flatten the curve (verb) – a number of actions taken to slow the spread of a disease in order to reduce the stress on health services and other public services. • vaccine (noun) – a substance introduced into the body of a person to stimulate the production of antibodies that will protect them from an infectious disease. • R-number (reproduction number) (noun) – an estimate of the amount of people one infectious person would spread the disease to, used to determine how contagious a disease is. Using the vocabular...

​ https://youtu.be/6Af6b_wyiwI The video for this class is a TED Talk that Bill Gates gave in 2015 warning of a lack of preparedness for a future global pandemic. To highlight this risk, he referred to the Ebola epidemic that affected several countries in West Africa and gave some recommendations so that the world could be equipped to deal with a global outbreak. While you watch the video, answer the following questions: Multiple choice 1. What disaster were people most worried about when Bill Gates was a child? a) pandemic b) the ozone layer c) nuclear war 2. What did the barrel in Bill Gates’ basement contain? a) nuclear waste b) survival supplies c) microchips 3. Medicine Sans Frontiers did a good job of what? a) paper case reports b) stopping the spread of Ebola c) organising volunteers 4. How many workers would be required in a large epidemic? a) hundreds b) thousands c) hundreds of thousands  Sentence completion 5. The World Health Organisation’s main responsibility is to 6. ...

​ 1. What kind of things do you think about when you think of ‘globalisation’? What is it? What does it involve? 2. How has globalisation affected you personally? 3. What products does your country export to the world? Has this trade helped the people of your country? 4. What foreign imports do you buy? Are they more or less expensive than locally produced products? Are they better quality? 5. Some people say the availability of brands like McDonald's and Starbucks in every country is a bad thing. What do you think? Do you ever buy from these or similar brands? 6. How would you feel if a large employer in your country decided to relocate to another country where the wages were lower? 7. Who benefits most from globalisation? 8. What are the positive and negative consequences of globalisation?

​ The video “The Problem With Globalization” explains some of the negative effects of globalisation and how governments can deal with these problems. https://youtu.be/uZXJYE0ZY0s

  Упражнение 1. Сделайте перевод предложенных предложений на английский язык, используя глаголы may, must, can · Ник может ответить на эти простые вопросы. · Мэри умеет хорошо плавать и кататься на лыжах. · Маленький Джон не умел говорить по-испански. · Он может пригласить к себе Ника. · Сейчас ей можно выйти на улицу. · Можно ему прийти ко мне в следующую пятницу? · Майкл может воспользоваться моим большим зонтом. · Они, возможно, вернутся завтра. · Джейн должна найти свою кузину. · Ричард должен помочь своему сыну в гараже. · Должно быть, твоя дочь проспала. · Маленькие дети не должны гулять без своих родителей. · Он должен перестроить свой гараж. Упражнение 2. Сделайте перевод предложенных предложений на английский язык, используя глаголы ought to, need, should. Учтите, что глагол should более приемлем в речи официального характера, а ought – в разговорной. · Дорис следует найти самый короткий путь оттуда. · Твоему отцу следует остановиться у наших друзей. · Он сказал, ч...

  2.         m atch the definitions 1)What is the Article about?  Current affairs  Sport Celebrity  Biography Weather forecast   Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926. She is the Head of the Commonwealth. The final of this competition takes place every May at the famous Wembley stadium in London. Britney Spears is one of the world’s pop princesses. She has a big house in Beverly Hills and recorded her third album. The international community has banned together to condemn a terrorist attack as 35 people were killed in a bombing inside Moscow’s Domodedovo airport Today the heavy rains will be in the central part of the Scotland and England

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