Decide whether the following sentences are correct or incorrect.

1. His friend was serious injured but still alive.

2. The rucksack acted as a cushion.

3. They were on a kayaking expedient.

4. The bear broke the rifle with its hand.

5. The bear dragged him out of the tent.

6. He survived a 300-metre fell.

7. In Norway it is only permit to kill a polar bear in self-defence.

8. The man suddenly slipped and fell.

9. They killed the animal in self-defence.

10. He opened the fire with his rifle.

11. After falling 300 metres he finally came to a halt.

12. He suffered serious injured.

13. The man’s friend saved his life by shooting the bear.

14. He suffered fractures to small bones in his back.

15. They called for a rescue helicopter.

THINGS TO TAKE TO THE BEACH.

Match the words with the pictures:

bikini	swimming costume	swimming trunks	beach towel
snorkel and mask	inflatable dinghy	flippers	lilo

Education of a modern man

Lesson 33

1. Warm-up activities

I. Which of the learning situations in the photos have you experienced? When and where? Which are the most effective? What do you need to succeed in each of them?

II. Ask and answer the questions with a partner:

1) Have you ever taken any courses outside your school or university? What was good/ bad about them?

2) Do you think making mistakes is an important part of learning? Why/ Why not?

3) If you go to a lecture, do you make lots of notes or just listen?

4) How can you make progress in English outside the classroom?

5) What useful memory strategies can you name?

6) What kind of learner are you (fast or quick/ slow/ keen/ reluctant, etc.)?

7) “Learning languages is always fun.” Do you support this statement? What can make the learning process more enjoyable in your opinion?

8) Which of these things do you think are most useful for learning a language?

- to have a good memory

- to have patience

- to make an effort

- to be interested in it

Notes: learn (how) to do smth= gain knowledge of a subject or skill in an activity learn= remember; memorize; learn by learn your lesson heart live and learn

- learn from your mistakes

- rote learning = a method of learning that involves repeating something until you remember it, without having to understand it

III. The educational process has been the subject of much comment by academics and writers. Their observations range from praise to cynicism, mostly the latter.

· Look at these thought-provoking observations on education and say which of them appeal(s) to you most.

Education is...

a) one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.

William Lowe Bryan (1860-1955) 10^th president of Indiana University (1902 to 1937);

b) a form of self-delusion.

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author, editor and printer.

c) what remains when we have forgotten all we have been taught.

George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633-1695) English statesman and author.

d) a progressive discovery of our ignorance.

Will Durant (1885-1981) U.S. author and historian.

About education:

e) The whole object of education is...to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) American novelist and short story writer.

f) Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

G. M. Trevelyan (1876-1962) British historian

g) The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author, editor and printer.

h) Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) American poet.

i) Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet, dramatist.

j) Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist,

mathematician, engineer, and inventor. Notebooks.

k) In education, nothing works if the students don't.

Donald E. Simanek (1936-) American physicist, educator, humorist.

• Which of quotes on education (e)-(k) do you strongly disagree/ totally agree with? Why?

• Comment on quotes (f) and (j), saying how you understand these points of view.

• Are education and intelligence equal things to you?

• What is your definition of an educated person?