Lesson 1 Summer holidays are fun. The aim of the lesson

Activity 2a Work in pairs. Complete the sentences with the words. 7 min
Objective: to develop reading for detail
The pupils read and complete the sentences.
Answer key:
The village Sentob is between the Nurata Mountains and the Kyzylkum (1) desert. Local (2) people grow (3) vegetables to cook a meal. Each family has a few cows, sheep, goats and chickens and have eggs, milk, meat and wool. In the (4) village Sentob there are three houses for travellers: “Muhlima”,
“Rakhima” and “Maysara”. The first visitors here were in 2007.

Tourists can help local people in everyday (5) life. They can make (6) bread in tandyr, see a wedding, holidays and watch the traditional competition on horses Kupkary during the game season. The most (7) popular tourist activities are hiking, bird watching, (8) taking photos, ecological walking and others. Moreover, you can just sit on tapchan with your friends and have a rest, drinking (9) tea and enjoying birds’ singing. 30 km to the north there is the Aydarkul Lake, where you can (10) fish and swim.

Activity 2b Listen and check. 4 min
Objective: to develop listening skills
The pupils listen and check their answers.
DVD script:
The village Sentob is between the Nurata Mountains and the Kyzylkum desert. Local people grow vegetables to cook a meal. Each family has a few cows, sheep, goats and chickens and have eggs, milk, meat and wool. In the village Sentob there are three houses for travellers: “Muhlima”, “Rakhima” and “Maysara”. The first visitors here were in 2007. Tourists can help local people in everyday life. They can make bread in tandyr, see a wedding, holidays and watch the traditional competition on horses Kupkary during the game season. The most popular tourist activities are hiking, bird watching, taking photos, ecological walking and others. Moreover, you can just sit on tapchan with your friends and have a rest, drinking tea and enjoying birds’ singing. 30 km to the north there is the Aydarkul Lake, where you can fish and swim.