Повседневная жизнь · уровень B2–C1
Close to home: pets, neighbours and plants — вопросы для разговора на английском
Рядом с домом: питомцы, соседи и растения. Тема для разговорной практики английского: Рядом с домом: питомцы, соседи и растения. Вопросы для обсуждения и фразы, которые помогут поддержать разговор.
Вопросы для обсуждения
Разогрев: личный опыт
- Part 3. People call their pets "my kids" and spend more on the vet than on their own health. Is that love or loneliness? Would you judge someone for it?
- Part 3. Do we keep pets for them or for ourselves? If a cat could leave any time it wanted, would it stay with you?
- Part 2 (2 min). Describe a time when an animal ruined your plans. Say what animal it was, what you were going to do, what happened, and how you feel about it now.
- Part 3. Your neighbours can hear your music and your arguments, but you may not know their names. Why can we live so close and stay strangers?
Мнения и сравнения
- Part 2 (2 min). Describe something you know about a neighbour that they don't know you know. Say who it is, how you found out, who you told, and if it changed how you see them.
- Part 3. In a big city, is it better to know your neighbours or to be left alone? What do you lose in each case? What would make you give a neighbour your keys?
- Part 3. Flowers die in a week and cost a lot, but we still give them on big days. Why? When do flowers mean something, and when are they just the easy option?
- Just for fun: what animal is the other person at 8 a.m. before an exam, and what animal at 1 a.m.? Why?
Полезные фразы
- a pet owner
- take a dog for a walk
- look after an animal
- a stray cat
- be good company
- be allergic to something
- get on well with someone
- keep yourself to yourself
- a noisy neighbour
- lend a hand
- a close-knit community
- mind your own business
- a house plant
- a bunch of flowers
- brighten up a room
Как потренировать тему «Close to home: pets, neighbours and plants»
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