2. What are you good at? Year 7, unit 2. By T.V. Korzina, the teacher of the English language, lyceum #33, Ivanovo.

3. What are your achievements? Year 7, unit 2, lesson 1.

4. Ex. 1, pp. 26-27. Pay attention to the word box. Listen to me, look at the words, repeat the words after me. Guess the meaning of the words in the box. Listen to part 1) and answer the questions. Find words with …* in the Linguistic Guide. Read task 2 on page 27. Сan you do it?

5. Check your answers: 1.T – he says that he thinks he has musical abilities. 2.T – he says he wants to be a famous pianist. 3.F – he says he tried hard. 4.T – he says he trained properly and he goes in for the long jump. 5.T – he says that his ambition is to win the Olympics and to be a top sportsman and a professional. 6.F – he says that he has set a new national record. 7. T – she says that she her greatest achievement was when she was in the British team at the TREC European Championships. Her team won the bronze medal. 8.T – she says she has to train hard. 9.F – she says she won the Young Cartoonist of the Year Award. 10.F – she says she has always enjoyed drawing and she won the Young Cartoonist competition. 11.T – she says that it’s necessary to practise hard to be really good at something.

6. Agree or disagree with me. Pay attention to the highlighted words You often try hard at school. You study properly in English. You have an ability in learning foreign language. Your ambition is to be good at English. To achieve good results it is necessary to work hard. You go in for English. You want to be a top pupil in English.

7. S.B., ex. 2, p.27. Key: 1.…have gone in for.., …ambition.., …championships.., …top..; 2.…Award.., …tried…, …set a record…, …gold.., …necessary.., hard…, properly..; 3.… ability.., …professional.

8. Answer my questions: 1.Have you ever taken part in a championship? 2.Have you got any award? 3.What were your biggest achievements? 4.What was necessary for you to have such achievements? 5.Who or what helps you to get it? 6.What are your ambition in the future?

9. A. B., p. 19, ex. 1 Check your ideas. Since 1989, Russian schoolchildren have taken part in the International Olympiad in Informatics. And they are always one of the best. In 2000 the team from Russia set a record. The pupils got four gold medals and the World Cup in Informatics. Russian school children have won the World Cup several times.

10. Read Andy’s story and answer the questions below. I like to swim. I have gone in for swimming since I was six years old. My ambition is to compete for Russia in the Olympics and to become a top sportsman. Last year I took part in a competition in swimming in our city. I tried hard and got a prize. I know it is necessary to train properly if I want to achieve my ambition. 1.What does Andy like to do? 2.When did go in for swimming? 3.What is his ambition? 4.What did he do last year to achieve his ambition? 5.What did he do to get a prize? 6.How can Andy achieve his ambition?

11. Listen to Alyosha’s story about his ambitions. Answer the questions below: What is his ambition? Why does he want to have such profession? What should he do to achieve his dream? What has he done?

12. Find mistakes if any. it are c

13. S.B., ex.3, p.28. Make up your own story about your achievements and ambitions using the words from the table.