Номер 2, страница 173, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

2. a. Read Nikita's tips on how to get to the top in learning English. Which of the spidergram's ideas from ex. 1 did Nikita use?

My secret plan

Last year I felt frustrated with my English level. To be honest, I had a strong desire to skip my English classes because I didn't understand the teacher's speech and my classmates' jokes. I was falling behind, while my classmates were doing their best to make progress in the language. I thought I would never keep up with them.

Last summer changed everything. In late June my best friend Alex came back from an international summer camp in the USA. He was so enthusiastic about the camp life and his new friends who lived all over the world that he couldn't wait for the next summer to go there again and to reunite with the friends. He invited me to join him. The only thing that I had to do was to pass an English exam in March. That made me feel helpless and frustrated again...

Alex spent hours talking to his camp friends on Skype. He spoke English fluently, but I didn't understand his speech and it made me crazy. I needed to do something to turn my most difficult school subject in my favourite one. I made up my secret plan. I am sure about its usefulness and ready to share it with you:

1. I set the English language on my mobile phone and computer. I also did it on my Facebook and Twitter accounts. It was really helpful in improving my English spelling and in learning new words because we use these things daily.

2. In the evenings, I started watching films with the English subtitles with an online dictionary on my mobile and a remote control in my hands. I really enjoyed looking up new words in the dictionary. It was an easy way to refresh and enrich my vocabulary.

3. I made up an endless playlist of English songs and chose the most interesting audiobooks to listen to before going to bed or while doing sports. Very soon I learnt the lyrics of all the songs (of course sometimes I had to google some lyrics) and my singing along made my pronunciation much better.

4. I reread all my favourite books in English. At present, I am reading a lovely novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl.

Suddenly for myself, I joined Alex in his hot discussion with a boy from Mexico about one of the missions in "The World of Tanks". My natural shyness disappeared at once. Since that day I have been practising my speaking skills with Alex's camp friends on Skype. I can say that I am quite fluent in English.

Tomorrow we are flying to Los Angeles to participate in an amazing summer camp. I am proud of myself and my stubbornness I can say now. The exam was as easy as ABC after my daily self-study. Never give up, even if you feel frustrated.

P.S. The flight is going to be long, but I know that reading "Matilda" by Roald Dahl will make it much shorter.

b. Work in pairs and match the words in bold with their meaning.

1. process of speaking; 2. take part; 3. a book with information about words; 4. unhappy; 5. make richer; 6. find information on the Internet; 7. the words of actors written on the screen; 8. make sth better; 9. an ability to do sth as a result of training; 10. a wish; 11. excited; 12. able to speak a foreign language very well and fast; 13. to be worse at sth than others; 14. to become as good at sth as others.

c. Complete the questions with words in bold from ex. 2a. Take turns to answer the following questions in pairs.

1. What made Nikita feel ... at school? 2. What strong ... did he have? 3. Who helped Nikita to ... his classmates' English level? 4. What was Alex ... about after coming back from the USA? 5. What did Nikita do ... his spelling? 6. How did Nikita ... his vocabulary? 7. What practice helped him to be ... in English? 8. What is he going to ... in?

d. Did Nikita's secret plan help him overcome his weakness and laziness? Look at the words in italics. What is common about them? Discuss with the partner. Complete the table. regularly – adverb; friendly – adjective ly ≠ly!

Example: Alex does his homework regularly (adv.). Nikita is a friendly boy (adj.).

2. c. Дополните вопросы словами, выделенными жирным шрифтом из упр. 2a. По очереди отвечайте на следующие вопросы в парах.

1. Что заставляло Никиту чувствовать себя разочарованным в школе?

Ответ: Not understanding the teacher's speech and his classmates' jokes, and falling behind them made Nikita feel frustrated at school.

Перевод: Непонимание речи учителя и шуток одноклассников, а также отставание от них, заставляло Никиту чувствовать себя разочарованным в школе.

2. Какое сильное желание у него было?

Ответ: He had a strong desire to skip his English classes.

Перевод: У него было сильное желание пропускать уроки английского.

3. Кто помог Никите догнать уровень английского своих одноклассников?

Ответ: His friend Alex inspired him, and his own secret plan helped him to keep up with his classmates' English level.

Перевод: Его друг Алекс вдохновил его, и его собственный секретный план помог ему догнать уровень английского своих одноклассников.

4. Чем был полон энтузиазма Алекс после возвращения из США?

Ответ: Alex was enthusiastic about the camp life and his new friends.

Перевод: Алекс был в восторге от лагерной жизни и своих новых друзей.

5. Что сделал Никита, чтобы улучшить свое правописание?

Ответ: He set the English language on his mobile phone, computer, and social media accounts to improve his spelling.

Перевод: Он установил английский язык на своем мобильном телефоне, компьютере и в аккаунтах социальных сетей, чтобы улучшить свое правописание.

6. Как Никита освежил и обогатил свой словарный запас?

Ответ: He watched films with English subtitles and looked up new words in an online dictionary to refresh and enrich his vocabulary.

Перевод: Он смотрел фильмы с английскими субтитрами и искал новые слова в онлайн-словаре, чтобы освежить и обогатить свой словарный запас.

7. Какая практика помогла ему свободно говорить по-английски?

Ответ: Practising his speaking skills on Skype with Alex's camp friends helped him to be fluent in English.

Перевод: Практика разговорных навыков в Skype с друзьями Алекса из лагеря помогла ему свободно говорить по-английски.

8. В чем он собирается принять участие?

Ответ: He is going to participate in an amazing summer camp.

Перевод: Он собирается принять участие в потрясающем летнем лагере.

2. d. Помог ли секретный план Никиты преодолеть его слабость и лень? Посмотрите на слова, выделенные курсивом. Что в них общего? Обсудите с партнером. Заполните таблицу.

Ответ: Yes, his secret plan helped him overcome his weakness in English and his desire to skip classes. His daily self-study and stubbornness were key to his success.

Перевод: Да, его секретный план помог ему преодолеть слабость в английском и желание пропускать занятия. Ключевыми для его успеха стали ежедневные самостоятельные занятия и упрямство.