Конспект урока "Let's talk about postcrossing"

Let’s talk about Postcrossing.com 

Before we start:

 Can you explain the word “postcrossing”?

 Have you ever come across postcrossing or have you ever exchanged letters

from people all around the world?

You’ll see a short video of a girl talking about her postcrossing experience. After watching

it, what can you say:

 About her favorite postcrossing service?

 About the way people exchange the letters on postcrossing.com?

 About her postcards?

Watch the video one more time and mark these sentences as true or false:

True

False

1) Postcrossing.com is a social network.

2) On postcrossing.com you can reсieve postcards

from a limited number of countries.

3) The girl shows her favorite postcards received

in 2013.

4) One of her postcards is connected with

Napoleon.

5) She got some postcards with the images of the

Royal Family.

6) She adores A. Mucha

and his commercials

Tick the countries which are mentioned in the text:

USA

France

China

Spain

Japan

Check Republic

Canada

Finland

Germany

Spain

Аphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist,

known best for his distinct style. He

produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs

Postcrossing

1) Match the words and their definitions:

A. A postcrossing

1. a quality that causes someone or something to be very

likeable : an attractive quality

B. A dot

2. a person who is skilled at drawing, painting, etc.

C. A postcard

3. project that allows its members to send and receive

real postcards from all over the world

D. A community

4. really

E. A wish list

5. a group of people having some particular characteristics

in common

F. To look for

6. expect or hope for

G. A charm

7. a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television

H. An artist

8. a person you come to know by frequent friendly

correspondence

I. A commercial

9. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

J. To make sure

10. a very small circular shape

K. Truly

11. make a point, make certain

L. A pen pal

12. a list of desired but often realistically unobtainable items

M. To support

13. A card for sending messages by post without an

envelope

2) Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from above . There are three extra words:

______________________

The goal of this project is to allow people to receive ____________ from all over the world,

for free. The main idea of this ___________ is that: if you send a postcard, you will receive

one back from a random postcrosser from somewhere in the world. But ____________ that

you give a right address.

There are lots of people who ____________ real mail and make a ___________ of the

postcards.

The element of surprise of receiving postcards from different places in the world (many of

which you probably have never heard of) can turn your mailbox into a box of surprises - and

who wouldn't _________ like that? We connect random people all around the world through

postcards and turn them into ____________!

3) Translate. Underline the new vocabulary you use

 Друг по переписке вряд ли сможет дать хороший совет.

 Члены семьи обычно поддерживают друг друга в сложных ситуациях.

 Составь список предметов, которые ты хотел бы получить на день

рождения.

 Улицы старой Самары имеют особую привлекательность для меня.

 Многие художники получали огромную популярность только после

смерти.

 Не обязательно искать этот учебник в библиотеке, он есть в Интернете.

 На телевидении сейчас действительно слишком много рекламы.

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