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1. Over the map of the UK
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The UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - the explanation of the term
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British Islands, the English Channel, seas and oceans, the other groups of islands
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The climate
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The relief (mountain ranges, lowlands)
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Rivers and lakes
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The most important industries and agricultural products
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English regionalism:
1.The South-east of England: (London, Kent, Canterbury, Dover...)
2. East Anglia: (Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich .....)
3. The Midlands: (Coventry, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Oxford, Stratford)
4. The Dales to the Border- the north of England: (York, Newcastle, Durham, the Lake District, Yorkshire.....)
5. The South-west: (Cornwall, Devon,, Land’s End, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Eastbourne........)
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Some facts about Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:
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Political division of the UK, countries, capitals
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Geographical position of Scotland; Scottish Highlands, Lowlands, Uplands
tourist attractions, traditions, events, remarkable personalities
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Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Ness,
Scottish national costumes, whisky, Scottish games, Hogmanay ...
Walter Scott, Robert Burns
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basic facts about Wales
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Northern Ireland troubles
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Gaelic languages within the UK: Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish Gaelic, Cornish, Manx.....
Points for discussion:
 What separates Scotland from England?
 some discrepancies between English and Scots
 Explain: Waverley, Mary Stuart, Inverness, kilt, tartan, tattoo
 IRA, republicans, unionists
 Have you ever been to Great Britain?
 If you went to Britain, what places would you like to see?
 Which areas of Great Britain do you find the most attractive?
 Have you ever been to other west-European countries?
 Explain: the white cliffs of Dover, Brighton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Cambridge, the Lake District, Stonehenge,
Cornwall
2. The USA - geographical survey; the places of interest
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The USA - the position on the American continent
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The climate. great variability within the continent; tropical, subtropical, coastal / maritime / oceanic, continental, arctic
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The relief: 3 types: mountains east-west; central plains, southern lowlands
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Rivers, lakes, oceans
Natural resources, row materials
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The population of the U.S.A; the U.S. - the country of immigrants, the idea of melting pot
Population majorities - minorities, cosmopolitan character
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American regionalism (1-2 sentences to characterise):
 New England
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Mid Atlantic states
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South
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Mid west states
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Rocky Mountain states
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Pacific West
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Southwest
 Some most popular tourist attractions:
American parks, national reserves: Yellowstone, Joshua Tree, Great Canyon, Death valley, Olympic Park , Crater
lake.......
Niagara Falls
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Large American cities:
New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, Orleans, Miami,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston
The topics for discussion:
 My idea of the U.S.A
 Is the U.S.A the ideal country / should we copy Americans?
 Americans * British * Canadians * Australians
 Where are they? Great lakes, Niagara falls, the Great Canyon
 San Francisco, Texas, Chicago, Philadelphia
 Washington, D.C.; Washington - the state
 The chance of travelling around the USA. how to get there, how to travel around the country
3. The interesting points of British and American history
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The oldest periods of British history; the first ethnic groups that inhabited the islands: (the Celts, the Romans, the
Anglo-Saxons, the Norman invasion)
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The Middle Age periods
Elizabethan era - the Golden Age of English history
the House of Stuart - the Civil War (1642 - 1649)
the Commonwealth (1649 - 1660); O. Cromwell
The Restoration era
the Glorious revolution; the base of English parliamentarianism and constitution
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the Act of Union: England, Scotland, Wales; Great Britain
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18th century: Great Britain - one of the world's greatest colonial powers
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19th century; The Victorian era; the Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
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20th century: the modern English history; English participation in world wars, the battle of Britain, the Blitz, political
parties, Labour and Conservative governments, remarkable personalities: Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher,
John Major, Tony Blair.....
The topics for discussion:
 Which periods of English history do you find the most interesting?
 What is the purpose of learning history?
 Can historical knowledge help you to improve the knowledge of language?
 Historical sights in London
 Do you know more about their lives? (the best-known personalities of English history): Alfred the Great, Richard the
Lion-Hearted, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart ......
 Some films, plays, novels inspired by English history
American history
 The beginnings of American history: the original settlement
 1492; the Spanish exploration
 The English settlement
 The War of Independence ( 1775 - 1783)
 The War between Brothers ; „Civil war“ 1861-65
 20th century: WW I, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression 1929, WW II
 Some facts from post war Am. history : the Truman Doctrine, Marshall plan, Korean War, Vietnamese War; the 60s,
70s,80s; some famous American presidents
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The topics for discussion:
 The relationship between Europe and America; The USA compared to other European countries; the old and new
continent
 British and Americans - the great rivals
 Remarkable personalities: e.g. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin Abraham Lincoln,
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, F. D. Roosevelt, H. Truman, the Kennedy family, ........
 Explain: Pilgrim Fathers - Mayflower - Thanksgiving Day, Boston Tea Party, The Declaration of Independence,
 the Confederation, the Union
 the lost generation, the beaten generation
4. Politics; the political systems of the UK and of the USA compared to Czech political system
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The state form of the UK
What is strange with the constitution?
The Queen: her functions, rights and duties
Political institutions: the Parliament; the House of Lords, the House of Commons
how the Parliament work; sessions, debates, bills, voting; traditions and ceremonies, e. g. the State Opening of the
Parliament
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The Government; the Cabinet
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Political parties; Conservative (Tories), Labour, Liberal (Whigs)
The topics for discussion:
 Me and politics: Are you interested in politics?
 Do you watch TV news, do you read newspapers?
 Some recent political events that caught you
 What happens in the world?
 Explain: elections, the shadow cabinet, Prime Minister, foreign affairs, MPs, Downing Street no.10, Buckingham
Palace, the State opening of the Parliament
The political system of the U.S.A
 The state form of the U.S.A
 the American constitution; the balance of the three powers - the basic principle of democracy
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Federal government institutions : the executive powers
the President and the Cabinet
federal government x the State governments
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the Congress. the legislative body
the house of Representatives, the Senate
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the Supreme Court
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Presidential election
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What's the President’s job ?
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Political parties in the U.S.A: the Democrats, the Republicans
The topics for discussion:
 Compare American and British political system
 The Queen * the President
 English * American constitution
 The guarantee of democracy
The Czech political system:
 The President - the executive power
 The Parliament: its two chambers
 Elections in the CR
 Political parties, political events
5. English literature, my favourite English writer; Books and reading
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The Middle Age English literature:
Geoffrey Chaucer (1345-1400) - 1st top of E. literature; his masterpiece
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The Renaissance Period and William Shakespeare
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John Milton (1608 - 1674): Paradise Lost: the epic reflecting 17 th century situation
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18th century - the beginnings of the novel: J. Swift: Gullivers Travels
D. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders
What was the sense and purpose of these novels?
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The era of romanticism:
Some great names of English poetry. the lake District poets, G. G. Byron, R. Burns
Sir Walter Scott and his historical novels; Ivanhoe, Waverley
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19th century - the Victorian Age - critical realism; Charles Dickens and some topics of his novels
neoromanticism and decadence: O. Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray, fairy-tales, drawing room comedies); R. L.
Stevenson (The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde - the topic; Treasure Island)
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20th century: modern experimental prose
J. Joyce (Ulysses); V. Woolf
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and some of his plays
Some names from modern English literature: sci-fi literature and its most frequent topics;
H. G. Wells, A. Huxley, G. Orwell; utopias and antiutopias
fantasy books. J. R. R. Tolkien
political and religious topics: G. Greene: Quiet American, the Ministry of Fear .....
symbolist prose: W. Golding: The Lord of the Flies, The Spire
social problems, „angry young man“: A. Sillitoe: The Loneliness of a Long-distance Runner
J. Braine
university prose: Kingsley Amis: The Lucky Jim
The topics for discussion:
 Me and literature: Reading in leisure time
 What I read / My favourite literary genre
 Reading * Watching TV / Video
 Books compared to films; what is better, to watch the film, or read a book? Why?
 Why do people read less now?
 School reading, the list of „set books“, reading as the homework for my literary lessons, what would I change, if I
were the teacher?
The names of literary genres; the explanation of some ideas and messages of certain books
The book by an English writer I read; the basic facts about his/her life
6. American literature, my favourite American writer; books and reading
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the birth of American nation: T. Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence
19th century - some remarkable authors : J.F. Cooper. Leatherstocking Tales; The Last of Mohicanes
W. Whitman - the founder of modern (symbolist) American poetry; The Leaves of Grass
American renaissance
the idea of transcendentalism (R. W. Emerson, H. D. Thoreau)
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E. A. Poe (1809-1849) a poet, a writer and an essayist; The Raven; crime/horror stories: The black Cat, The Golden
Bug, The Pit and the Pendulum, The decline of the house of Ushers............
The others: H. Melville: Mobby Dick
19th century realism and naturalism:
M. Twain (1835-1910): short -stories, essays, „hoax“, novels
Jack London: The Call of the Wind, Martin Eden
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20th century: Th. Dreiser: American tragedy, Sister Carrie
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The Lost Generation: E. Hemingway (1898-1961) short stories, anti-war novels
F. Scott Fitzgerald: psychological realism; The Great Gatsby
W. Faulkner: modernism, experimental prose, special narrative techniques
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Sinclair Lewis: Babbit (photographic realism)
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John Steinbeck: social problems, the Grapes of Wrath
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Post war American literature:
Jewish writers: J. D. Salinger, Saul Bellow
Norman Mailer: anti-war novels, The Naked and Dead, Why are we in Vietnam?
John Updike, W. Styron
"Beat Group": Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac
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American drama: Eugene O'Neill, Tenessee Williams, Arthur Miller
Edward Albee
The topics for discussion:
 What I read / My favourite literary genres, authors, periods
 Why should we read American literature?
 Some films inspired by American literature
7. William Shakespeare / Theatre
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William Shakespeare - his importance and position in English literature
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Some important moments or interesting aspects of Shakespeare's life
Shakespeare’s youth, his family: parents - John Shakespeare, Mary Arden
education: The Old Grammar School
marriage: Ann Hathaway
Shakespeare’s London period: Lord Chamberlain’s Men; The Kings Men
Comeback to Stratford; burial in Holy Trinity Church
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Shakespeare’s Properties in Stratford; The Royal Shakespeare’s Company; the Globe in London;
the theatres in Stratford (The Swan)
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the atmosphere of Stratford: the Middle Age Elizabethan architecture: half -timbered houses
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Shakespeare's work: a) historical plays and their topics and inspirations
b) tragedies: Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet. the tragedy of hesitation
King Lear: the central play; the contrast of the old and new era: middleaged and capitalist
c) comedies: The Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Taming of the Shrew
The play by Shakespeare I have seen/read; I like
Some most remarkable characters in Shakespeare's plays. Hamlet, Othello, Iago, Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth,
Petruccio and Catherine, ........
Some of Shakespeare's ideas that are still alive: love and hate, contrasts in the life, post mortal life: to be, or not to be?
some features of human personality: jealousy, envy, hesitations, small-mindedness, greed, stupidity, foolishness,
folly......
Why are Shakespeare's plays still being performed?
Topics for discussion:
 Me and theatres; the theatres in Brno; the vocabulary of the theatre; the layout, people, genres, plays and their parts
 Which plays by Shakespeare could be seen in Brno at the moment?
 My favourite theatre / performance
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Explain: theatregoers - playwrights; fringe theatres; theatrical genres; director - actor - conductor - stage hand make-up artist - prompter
Could you match the characters to the right play?: Desdemona, Rosalynda, Ophelia, Tybalt, friar Lawrence,
Cordelia, Mercuccio, Claudius, Petruccio, Bianca, Iago, Polonius, Macduff, Lysander, Orsino, Prospero
8. Canada, Australia - geographical survey
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Making of Canada.
the discovery (1497 - John Cabot), the settlement (original, French, English)
English-French War (1756-63); British colony, Quebec - bilingual country
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1867 British dominion, the rights further extended in 1931,1941 (the creation of Commonwealth)
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Canadian political system: British pattern
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Basic geographical facts about Canada:
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the position, the climate, mountains, rivers, lakes, raw materials, industries and agriculture
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Some of Canadian provinces and territories
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Large Canadian cities. Ottawa, Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver
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The life in Canada: languages, education, sports, family life...............
The topics for discussion:
 Canadians * Americans / Can. - American border
 Quebec - the problematic province
 What would happened if Quebec declared itself independent
 The density of population in Canada: most densely *sparsely/ uninhabited areas
 Canada - multicultural and multiracial country
Australia, New Zealand
 The basic geographical facts about Australia:
 the position: an island, or a continent; the discovery (Abel Tasman, James Cook)
 the climate, the influences (Tropic of Capricorn)
 the relief - mountains, plains, deserts, lowlands; rivers - lakes - oceans;
 the areas most pleasant for life
 raw materials, industries, agriculture
 the largest Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra ....
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Australian population: Original - English - The others
Australia and its relationship to other continents
The life in Australia : families - homes, sports , education ....
The topics for discussion:
 Australia * the other world (the UK, the USA, Asia)
 Why have been so many immigrants still coming to Australia?
 Australian culture, famous personalities
9. The capitals (London, New York, Prague); living in the town, living in the country
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What is special in capitals and big cities?
The early history of London; the beginnings of London as the city
The growth of London; London today
Greater London - a few centres of distinct character
The City: trade and commerce centre
The Westminster: political centre
The East and West End
The public transport system in London
London museums, theatres, shopping areas, parks , places to relax
The most remarkable places of interest in London:
Westminster Abbey
The Parliament
The Buckingham Palace
Trafalgar Square
The Tower of London
Tower Bridge
St Paul’s Cathedral
Hyde Park
British National Museum
others........
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the river Thames
Topics for discussion:
 Have you ever been to London?
 Have you ever been to any European, or world’s capitals?
 What's special in London?
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When in London, what would you like to see best?
Explain some sayings about London: London - the city of wit
London - the city with difference
When is the man tired of London, he is tired of life!
New York
 New York - the largest American city, the city of great importance
 some facts from New York history
 New York population - the mixture of people
 New York boroughs
 Some places of interest in Manhattan; 5 th Avenue, St Patrick’s Cathedral, the Central Park, the Rockefeller Centre,
the State Empire Building, Wall Street, New York Harbour, the Big Apple
 skyscrapers
 The Statue of Liberty and its history and meaning
Topics for discussion:
 Large cities in America
 Some interesting cities, towns in Europe; the European capitals
 Why do the foreigners admire Prague ?
 Living in the town, living in the country: some advantages and disadvantages, comparison
 Sightseeing, historical monuments: castles, chateaux, churches, cathedrals, towers, town/city Halls, bridges,
squares, avenues, streets, embankments, lanes, .........
 city communications and public transport
 the places to relax: parks, gardens, sport facilities, theatres, cinemas, museums, exhibition halls
10. The Czech republic - geographical survey, the places of interest
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Geographical survey: borders and position on European continent; the CR from European point of view, the
membership in NATO, the perspective of entering to EU
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The climate; mountains - lowlands; the highest areas in Bohemia and Moravia, the uplands around Brno
the most important Czech and Moravian rivers, their sources, estuaries/mouths, the important waterways,
connections to the seas, lakes;
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the most important industries:
coal mining, metallurgy, engineering, chemical, textile, food processing, glass and ceramics, leather industries,
energetics
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the most important agricultural products. potatoes, maize, wheat, sugar beat, flax, fruits, vegetables, vine
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The spots of natural beauty; the spoilt - unspoilt landscape; polluted areas
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the places I have visited; my favourite areas
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Some facts from the Czech history; the most interesting and important historical periods
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The development of the Czech territory: Great Moravian Empire; the Countries of the Czech Crown. the Habsbourgh
Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Czechoslovakia, the Czech and Slovak republics
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The basic principles of the Czech political system: state form, the powers (legislative, executive, judicial)
The Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate
Elections, the deputies’ work
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Prague - the city in the heart of Europe
functions and position
Prague historical core: The Old Town, Jewish Town
the Lesser Town
the New town
Hradčany, Vyšehrad
the important historical events that formed the character of the city
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the most popular historical monuments; some examples of different architectural styles
(Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Secession/Art Nouveau, Neo-Gothic...)
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The Czech cultural heritage: the most outstanding personalities ( literature, music , arts , paintings, sculptures,
architecture); the artists inspired by Prague
My native town
 Brno - the second largest city in the CR; the basic facts from the history of Brno: the beginnings of the town, the
name of the city; 1243 - Brno privileges; the early face of Brno
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Some historical monuments, places of interest in the centre of Brno:
Brno Castle, Cathedral, Town hall, churches, monasteries, squares
Legends about Brno
Present face of the city; everyday life
Entertainment in Brno, spending leisure time, sport activities
public transport system; the problems of the city
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Brno environ
Topics for discussion:
 My neighbourhood / the place where I live
 My favourite Brno area; ugly places in Brno
 Public transport in Brno / My way to school
 Some tales and legends about Brno
 Changes in Brno in recent years
11. Education and school; The educational systems in English speaking countries compared to Czech system
of education: my school
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Schools in and school attendance in the UK: nursery,
primary and secondary education; infant, junior, high schools
comprehensive/ high schools, grammar schools, private and public schools
the end of compulsory school attendance; O-level, GCSE
A-level (GSE) compared to our „maturita“/ final exam
Post - school education
English Universities
What I heard, read about American schools
Our school: basic facts about the „gymnázium“; the oldest school in Moravia, based in 1867
famous people having studied in our school
the layout oh the building; facilities and equipment
people in school, the staff
school subjects; compulsory, optional, voluntary
the organisation of the school year (the terms), of the school day; classes, lessons, breaks
my longest/ the most exhausting /the easiest day at school
the exams: oral, written (tests); homework/assignments
evaluation, marks/grades
Czech final exam and the public discussion about it
school order-the set of rules; what is prohibited, what is allowed, our duties and rights; what would i
change
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The sense of education
Explain the differences: education x upbringing
education x learning, school attendance
education x intelligence
What is the best way of education?
What is the most optimal way of learning? The most effective way of preparation for the exams?
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My plans for the future; my possible future career
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12. Learning languages
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Indo-European language family; the most important branches
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Germanic, Romance, Slavonic languages; the areas in Europe where some Celtic languages are still spoken
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Foreign influences in English; language borrowings (Old German, Norse; Latin; French; Greek; the others)
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The English words in Czech, the areas of life where many words of English origin are used
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English-speaking countries in the world; The Commonwealth of Nations x The British Empire
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Different kinds of English:
 British English - English around the UK; “Cockney“; southern, northern dialects, Oxford English
 American English
 Australian and African English
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Me and languages: learning languages in our school; foreign languages important in our geographical area, my
personal experience in foreign language use
Topics for discussion:
 Why is English so important today?
 Which English magazines and newspapers can you get and read? What are they about?
 How long have you been learning English?(Your experience of learning English)
 The more languages you can speak, the more you are a man! is this proverb really true? If yes, say why.
 Try to guess the origin of these words: kindergarten, liberty, pants, yacht , travel, money, robot, sky, bank,
temperature, sauerkraut
 Explain these idioms: to change one's mind, pull someone's leg, take it easy, to talk around the bush, to be in
someone's shoes
13. The festivals, traditions, the way of life
 National stereotypes, mentalities
 Housing, sports, family life, hobbies, culture, festivals..............
 English/Scots - Americans - Czech
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What are the English and Americans like?/ What is being said about English and American mentalities; some
„typical“ English and American features
How do the English and Americans spend their leisure time?
(picnicking, camping, sports, gardening,...............)
favourite English and American sports
British and American eating habits? Table manners
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Festivals and traditions:
the festivals derived from Christian traditions: Christmas, Easter; (the birth, crucifixion, resurrection of Jesus Christ);
the names of Christmas days, celebrating, legends, customs, activities, menus;
Czech celebrations and national customs; the differences
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the festivals devoted to the saints / patrons (England); to historic personalities (the USA)
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the festivals commemorating historic events, or celebrating the monarchy, or American state
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Bank Holidays / National Holidays; National Holidays in the CR; some important Czech anniversaries for the year
2000
Topics for discussion:
 The Anglo-Saxon lifestyles compared to Czech; which one is healthier? ( Food, drinks, habits)
 What do people do on : Boxing Day, Hogmanay, Easter Monday (CR), Thanksgiving, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Day
14. Sports and games
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Physical activities - a very important part of healthy lifestyle
What can sports bring us
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Great variety of sports; lots of criterions how to sort them
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Outdoors and indoors
Collective sports and individual sports
Summer and winter sports
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Water sports
Adrenaline sports
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My attitude to sport, the sports that I like best
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Sport equipments and facilities
People in sports (players, referees, judges, jury, ...........)
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The important sport events: games, matches, races, tournaments, championships, cups.....
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The Olympic Games: the beginnings in modern time, traditions, commercial character
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Ideal sportsmen / sportswomen
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Sport on TV, in newspapers
15. Travelling, means of transport, accommodations
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Why do people travel? / Why do people like travelling?
learning about foreign countries, holidays, business trips, visiting people.......
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Why is the travelling so important? How can it help me at school, in my work?
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The advantages and disadvantages of travelling
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The means of transport; travelling by land, by sea, by air, comparison
Backpacking, package holidays/tours, travellers-explorers
Hitchhiking - the cheapest but problematic way of travelling?
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At the station, at the airport
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What's necessary when going abroad?
Safe travelling
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The foreign language knowledge
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Travelling abroad, travelling in this country
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The places of interest, the tourist attractions
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Travel agencies / other possibilities how to organise your trip
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Accommodations: hotels, boarding houses, B&B, hostels, private accommodations, camps, mountain chalets, .......
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My own travelling experience
16. Housing; How and where people live in the UK and in the CR; the place where I live
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How do people live? Housing, running the house, household chores (cleaning / tidying, washing, ironing / doing
laundry, cooking, washing up, shopping, gardening, repairing / mending / darning......)
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Buildings / Where do people live in this country, in the English speaking countries:
Semi-detached houses; detached houses; terraced houses
Housing estates
Prefabs / prefabricated blocks of flats
Family houses
Blocks of flats
Weekend houses/ Cottages/ Gardens“ front/back/flower/vegetable; paths/beds
The important parts of the house:; the names of rooms in the house
What are the main differences in housing between the CR and the UK?
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Furniture and equipment: living room/sitting room; lounge
bedroom, bathroom
kitchen, hall
facilities in the house
The place where I live; my room, or the room I share with my brother/sister
The house of my dreams
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Explain these proverbs:
My house - my castle
East or West, home is best !
How many countries, so many customs
When in Rome, do as the Romans do!
17. My family, talking about myself and my home./ The way of life in the Czech republic
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The people in my family, their ages, professions, characteristic features, personalities
Physical appearances
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My home, my room, housing in this country
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My personal features, interests, hobbies, plans for the future
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My daily routine, programme of the day
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The way of life in the CR: an average Czech family
Housing, daily routine, duties
Leisure time - holidays.
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Favourite leisure activities: active - passive ways of having a rest
sports
handwork, woodwork, making models, arts
reading, music
collecting things
gardening, keeping the house, or a cottage
travelling
watching TV, listening radio
computers
Being workaholics, characteristic and after effects, the importance of having a rest
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The standard of living, changes since 1989, some problems in our society
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Some typical Czech features
Czech customs, celebrating festivals
The Czech Republic compared to English-speaking countries
18. Food and meals; Having a meal in the restaurant; Table manners
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Czech eating habits; the regular meals; lunch and its main courses
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Anglo-Saxon eating habits and daily routines. breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper
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Explain. snack, elevenses, brunch, tea
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National cuisines; typical Czech dishes, English and American food
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Healthy eating habits; well-balanced diet
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The unhealthy food, rich in calories; calorific food
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My favourite dish; my personal recipe, who does the cooking in our family;
kitchen utensils, kitchen equipment, the most important ingredients
My personal eating habits, my regime
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The importance of table manners; different table manners and routines in different countries,
the English and Americans at the table
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Having a meal in the restaurant; people in the restaurant; the parts of the menus, the choice; being served aperitifs,
drinks, starters / appetisers, soups, main courses, desserts; fixing the bill, giving tips
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Explain:
vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates
edible, delicious food
spices, herbs
name different kinds of meat
describe the main components of the set table
19. Weather, seasons of the year
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The different types of the climate, typical features, differences
temperatures, rains, storms, thunderstorms, droughts. snowfalls, frosts, mists, fogs, hails, sleets
natural disasters. floods, gales, tornadoes, cyclones, typhoons, hurricanes, avalanches
wind scale. breeze - wind- gale- blizzard- hurricane
four-season year: typical feature of the mild climate
spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter: descriptions(temperatures, the length of the day, sunshine, raining, snowing.....)
the equinoxes and solstices
my favourite season of the year; what happens in the nature to the trees, flowers, animals
different types of landscapes: mountains, plains, lowlands, valleys, meadows, forests/woods, groves, clearings, rivers,
lakes, ponds, villages, hamlets, fields, gardens, parks...............
mountainous landscape: mountain range, tops/peaks/summits, hillsides, foothills, passes, gorges, ravines, ridges,
rocks, cliffs, abysses, caves, slopes
Animals.
forest animals, wildlife
domestic animals and their kids
pets
exotic, or dangerous animals
arctic animals
some kinds of fishes, birds and insects
Which animal do these parts belong to. whiskers, paws, trunk, claws, tusks, gills, flippers, wings, furs
Can you prepare one example for these species: omnivores, herbivores, beasts, rodents, amphibians, reptiles?
People and their attitude to animals
20. Nature and environmental protection
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The trees and forests; their importance for mankind
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The parts of the trees; bushes
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Coniferous and deciduous trees
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What can pollution cause to the forests; the other ways how the forests/rain forests are being destroyed
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In the orchard; kinds of fruit trees; the work in the orchard
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The plants and flowers:
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The parts of a plant
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Some names of garden and meadow flowers
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Gardening; the names of some important garden tools; front/back garden; flower / vegetable garden; paths, beds,
lawns, greenhouses, hotbeds / seedbeds / dunghills
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Environment and pollution:
the most serious environmental problems caused by pollution. acid rains, greenhouse effect, ozone holes
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environmental protection and prevention; our contribution to the environmental improvement
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sorting the waste, planning shopping, recycling , unleaded petrol, catalysts, economic driving, saving energy,
alternative energy sources , lowering the consumption
21. Health and diseases, the ways of keeping fit
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Medical care in this country;
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Maternity hospitals, medical check ups,
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mother benefits, health insurance
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The types of medical treatment: general practitioners
specialists
hospitals; hospital wards
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The most frequent illnesses and troubles; symptoms and treatment
(cold, influenza/flu, tonsillitis /angina, sore throat, running nose, temperature, fever
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More serious. bronchitis, pneumonia, scarlet fever
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Serious and dangerous diseases. jaundice, appendicitis, leukaemia, cancer, heart attack, blood pressure diseases
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At the doctor's - medical examination
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Medical treatment and medicaments
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Human body; skeleton, the most important internal organs
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Injuries and first aid: fractures, bruises, sprains, burns, wounds, cuts, concussion, shock
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First aid kit components
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The serious diseases, the global health problems
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The ways how to keep himself in a good shape; the prevention; healthy lifestyle, hygiene
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How can the living style influence our health?
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What can we do to improve the living conditions on the Earth?
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Some future prognosis for the life in 21 th century
22. The Media; TV, radio, Magazines, newspapers, internet
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The use and the importance of media in modern time; can we fancy the life without media?
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Watching TV: channels, programmes, different kinds
commercial and state televisions; who subsidises state TV channels?
the objective / serious / biased broadcast
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me and watching TV; my favourite programmes
Watching video; is the video recorder a useful appliance, or just a time-consuming thing?
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Explain. soap operas, cartoons, commercials, series, serials, talk shows, romances, adventures, thrillers, quizzes,
documentaries
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Some foreign TV channels; cable TV, satellites
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Listening to the radio: stations, regional, state, commercial; the examples
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Me and radio; my favourite radio station; my favourite music style
When do people listen to the radio?
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Newspapers and magazines:
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Czech newspapers; who are the publishers / editors of the Czech newspapers?
Which of the newspapers are the most objective ones?
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Journalists / reporters and their position in the society
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Some examples of foreign newspapers:
traditional: The Times, The Independent, The Guardian - dailies
tabloids: The Sun, The Daily Mirror
Sunday newspapers
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daily, weekly, monthly
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articles, reports, editorials, headlines, commentaries, cultural pages, reviews, columns, gossip columns, crossword
puzzles, scandals, sensations, scoops, canards, journalese
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The internet
What is the principle oh the internet?
User’s domain; @ sign; the definition of the server
The basic facts from the internet history (the 60’s)
How can we use the internet (getting the information - World Wide Web; downloading; e-mailing; chatting)?
23. Fashion and clothes; my attitude to the fashion
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Different people / individuals have different attitudes / approaches to the fashion
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What influences the taste; what do the expressions style and taste mean?
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For which areas of life is taste important? (Clothing, furniture, sport, music, arts....)
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Different factors that form the way how we dress: weather, geographical position, time, age, occasion, money, social
background, social rules
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Getting dressed for special occasions:
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business meeting
final exam
weekend party
cooking
repairing the car
Examples of formal/traditional clothes; casual/slovenly clothes
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What do the men and women wear in winter? Some examples of summer clothes.
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Some examples of sport wear (skiing, swimming, fitness, gymnastics); knitwear, underwear
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Some kinds of shoes: shoes, boots, sandals, trainers, plimsolls, clogs , high/low-heeled shoes
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Being dressed properly, dressed up, casually, after the latest fashion, out-of-date
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Loose, tight, clothes; when clothes fit and suit you
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How can we get rid of the old clothes?
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Dressmakers and tailors; handwork
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What kind of clothes do you prefer to wear? What is your favourite colour, pattern and material?
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What do you think of these. fashion parades, modelling, the profession of models, the beauty Competitions
theatre
24. Shopping and services
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Different types of shops
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The names for, small, specialised shops
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Self-service shops; supermarkets, hypermarkets
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Department stores; some famous English department stores. Harrods, Marks and Spencer,
Selfridges
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People in the shop
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Doing shopping in supermarkets; the advantages and disadvantages; the competition/rivalry of hypermarkets and
small shops
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The ways how we pay: in cash, credit cards, cheques
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Money and currencies; currency rate; bank notes and change, coins
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My personal attitude to the shopping; the shopping in our family; shopping habits/routines
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Going shopping to the supermarket
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Shop assistant - a very exhausting profession; the ideal shop assistant
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The other services:
post offices
banks (accounts, putting money aside/saving, interests, loans, mortgages, deposits)
police stations
local authorities
25. My future career, jobs and professions
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Different kinds of occupations:
 Who are the professionals?
People with university education: doctors, teachers, lawyers, technicians, businessmen, engineers; specialisation within
these professions
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Officials
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Artists
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Workers
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People in services
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Work; working hours, working week, workdays
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Full-time / part-time job; seasonal jobs
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Working freelance, the advantages and disadvantages
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Professional career, promotions
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Employment and unemployment; relationship between the staff and the director
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Pays and salaries, benefits, bonuses
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Being fired, being made redundant; strikes, trade unions
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My future perspective, my future career, my idea of an ideal work
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The most lucrative, creative, boring, dangerous, risky jobs