Lesson 2. Different places

Watch the video and sing the song. Elfin likes our planet and he wants to know the names of the continents. Write them on the map. North America Europe Asia Africa South America Australia Antarctica Look at the map. What colour is our world? Why are there so many colours? Write your answer. Study the new words in ex. 1 on pp. 89-90. Practice the correct pronunciation of the words. Listen and repeat. Read the new words at least 5 times. Learn them by heart. Match the words with their Russian equivalents. a desert пустыня deep глубокий an ocean океан a mountain гора grasslands саванна, степь wet влажный the jungle джунгли dry сухой Complete the sentences. Mountains are high Grasslands are dry Deserts are dry and hot Oceans are deep Jungles are wet and hot Read the texts and check your answers. Answer the questions. You may write the answers or record your voice. 1. What is the biggest desert in the world? Where is it?2. What is the highest mountain in the world? Where is it?3. Where is the biggest jungle in the world? What is it? Mountains 1. You can see snow there. Grasslands 2. There’s a lot of grass there. Deserts 3. There’s no water there. Jungles 4. A lot of animals live there. Oceans 5. You can find beautiful seaweeds (водоросли) there. What do you know about different places: deserts, oceans, grasslands, jungles and mountains? Make up 6 sentences about Belarus (ex. 4a, p. 92).