Reading : Censorship and Freedom

1. Read the international words:

 

Censorship, apartheid, express, cultural, boycott, isolate, original style, musician, jazz, accurately, slang, demonstrate.

 

2. Find a suitable definition for a word and reproduce it.

A: censorship, boycott, resistance, indigenous, slang, township.

 

B:

- informal words and expressions;

- official order that prevents someone from taking part in an event as a protest;

- town where black South Africans live;

- practice of not allowing freedom of expression;

- native to a country or area;

- fighting against attack.

 

3. Paraphrase the following:

 

1/ Under apartheid there was strict censorship which affected many writers and artists.

2/ From the 1950s onwards many countries, including Britain and the USA imposed cultural boycotts on South Africa.

3/ The country also produced an indigenous form of music enjoyed by all sections of the population.

4/ Musicians such as Hugh Masekela, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Miriam Makeba developed a distinctive South African jazz sound, which has found success throughout the world.

 

4.Retell the text.

 

Reading: Rediscovering South Africa

 

1. Read and translate the words:

 

To rediscover, attractions, to ferry, destination, mines, fascinating.

2. Make up word-combinations:

 

A: politically, foreign, magnificent, much-needed foreign, tourist, popular, fascinating;

B: part, destination, attractions, currency, houses, millionaires, correct.

 

3. List five reasons for visiting South Africa.

 

Reading Coasts and Landscapes

1. Read the names:

 

Sir Francis Drake, the Cape Peninsular, Gordon’s Bay, Cape St Francis, Port Elizabeth, the Garden Route, Mossel Bay, Tsitsikamma National Park, the Karoo, Table Mountains, the Royal Natal National Park, Sani Pass.

 

2. Translate the following word-combinations:

 

-the farriest cape;

- with access to miles of sandy beaches and safe swimming;

- the name given to the coastal road;

- their slopes covered in lush forests;

- they offer trekking routes through spectacular scenery.

 

3. Speak about sightseeings of Cape Town and other places.

 

Listening: The big five

1. Pronounce the words correctly:

 

Climate, vineyards, elephants, rhinos (hippopotamus), lions, leopards, buffalo, species of birds, culling, poacher, sub-tropical, whales, antelope,.

 

2. Read the proper names:

 

Kruger National Park, the Kalahari desert, the West Coast National Park, Karoo Nature Reserve, the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve.

 

3. Listen to the text and tell what animals can be seen in different parks and reserves.

4. Make a list of the things you would like to see and do on a visit to South Africa.

 

 

Reading: The dawn of time

Text 1: Our origins

1. Read the names:

Charles Darwin, Olduvai Gorge, Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, the East African coast, the Middle East, the Shona kings’ city of Great Zimbabwe, Australopithecus Africanus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus.

2. Explain the meaning of the words:

Ancestor, to estimate, indigenous, humanoid.

3. Make up word-combinations:

A: theory of, stone, large, indigenous, humanoid, Arab;

B: tools, traders, African states, evolution, remains, parts.

4. Read the text. Prove the theory of evolution speaking about humanoid remains found in different parts of East Africa.

 

 

Reading

Text 2: The Struggle for freedom

1. Read the names:

Cecil Rhodes, Cairo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, the Kukuyu, General Idi Amin Dada, World War II, Civil War, President Museuveni, International Monetary Fund.

2. Remember the meanings:

Geurrilla – unofficial soldier, who usually attacks in small groups;

To expel – to send someone away from a country, school or organization permanently;

Colony – country or area which is under the particular control of another nation;

Civil war – war between two opposing groups from the same country.

3. Translate into Russian:

Unexplored blank, the great land-grab, to claim huge areas, diamond mines, to gain the independence, to accept black majority rule, a guerrilla war, to redistribute land, the economy collapsed.

4. After reading the text speak of the main events in East Africa in its struggle for freedom.

 

 

Listening

Text 3: People first?

1. Read the names:

Uganda, AIDS, Kwanda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, the Ruwenzori Mountains, World Heritage Sites.

2. Translate the following words:

To cope with, to orphan, tribal war, ivory tusks, poaching, the elephant population, a guarded attraction, to go gorilla-tracking.

3. Listen to the text and prove the following using the prompts:

- The countries of East Africa have many problems to cope with (poor, to orphan, mass killings, animal population, a conflict, poaching).

- Luckily, there is a solution that suits both people and animals (eco-tourism, wildlife national parks, World Heritage Sites, gorilla-tracking).

4. Retell the text.

 

West Africa. New Hopes.

Reading: Slave Trade

1. Read and translate the following words into Russian:

To reach, to kidnap, to enslave, defiance, to abolish, descent.

2. Read the text and answer the questions:

1/ What was the book about, which became a best-seller?

2/ What was the result of discovering a route by the Portuguese?

3/ What nationalities took part in slave trade?

4/ Who was the first to abolish the slave trade?

5/ Did the Americans do the same in their country?

3. Retell the text