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 Досрочный ЕГЭ – Задание 39
• ... Lots of my friends eat fast food. What kind of food do you
prefer? How often and where do you have meals? What do you
think about the meals served in your school canteen?
My cousin visited the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

- ask three questions about his cousin's visit to Russia.

 ... Lots of my friends eat fast food. What
kind of food do you prefer?

- I prefer tasty food.

- I like to eat healthy food.
- I like the food that is cooked by my mom.
• How often and where do you have meals?

• I like the food that is cooked by my mom, so I

always eat at home.

• I like fast food too and we often go to

Macdonald’s with my friends.
• What do you think about the meals served in your school
canteen?

• In my school canteen we can have 3 meals a day. I think it’s

good and healthy to eat 3 times in a day.

• I think it is good that we can eat in a school canteen, because

not everyone has money to buy snacks.

• I don’t eat in our school canteen but my classmates go there.

 School meals
• ok
• tasty, delicious, appetizing / bland, tasteless / unappetizing,
terrible, horrible, disguising
• (too) salty, spicy, bitter, sweet, hot, dry and tough
• sugary
• fatty
• unsalted, low-salt
• fresh / stale
• undercooked, overcooked
• unpleasant to eat / look at
• absolutely inedible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW7IssCKgmI
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/thai/features/6-minute-english/ep-180830

• http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/school-dinners

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/thai/features/6-minute-english/ep-170316
• ... My elder brother has just come back from Peru and brought
lots of souvenirs. Most of them are quite useless. What kind of
things do you consider nice souvenirs? Why do you think
people buy souvenirs at all? What do you do with the ones you
don't like?
I have finished translating a book.

Write a letter to Nick.

- ask 3 questions about his translation.
• a fridge magnet (a flag magnet)
• a miniature
• a photo frame
• a guide book
• metro / museum entry tickets
• a local newspaper
• chocolates
• a vintage gift bought at a flea market
• a toy
• a car / bus model
• key rings
• a T-shirt
• a wristband
• a hand painted portrait / caricature

• a delightful little object of sentimental value

• sth useful
• sth unique (that can’t be bought in the place where I live)
 What do you do with the ones you don't like?

• I usually don’t know what to do with the souvenirs I don’t like.

I try not to buy such things.

• I don’t know where I hide the souvenirs I don’t like.

• 2.1 Работа над анализом темы. Введение.
- Как анализировать и выбирать тему эссе. Как определять сложность темы.
- Что стоит за формулировкой тем эссе в ЕГЭ; критерии адекватного
понимания темы. На какие типы можно разделить эссе в ЕГЭ в зависимости
от формулировки темы; определение типа эссе. Учим выявлять, чем
похожие темы отличаются друг от друга.
- Как выстраивать введение.
Как перифразировать тему (типология перифраза, секреты правильного
перифразирования, упражнения для тренировки перифраза).
Домашнее задание: написать введение к предложенным темам эссе.
 Выбор темы
• длина утверждения;
• прозрачность / однослойность утверждения;
• принадлежность к тематическому смысловому полю;
• личный опыт;
• аргументация.
• It is wrong to make pupils read a lot in summer.
• The best holidays and festivals are those with
specific traditions for celebrating.
• One should read about historical sites before
sightseeing.
• Digital literacy is the key to success in any
occupation.
• Extreme sports should be banned.
• The Internet is the biggest evil of our time.
• Точность
• Полнота
• Развернутость

• Прозрачность
• Ёмкость

• Связность: one coherent connected piece!

 Типология эссе на ЕГЭ

• Эссе - факты / эссе-мнения.

• Эссе – should do sth.
• Эссе – can/cannot
• Эссе – comparative/superlative degree
• Эссе – временной период
  Факты / мнения
• Sport helps to fight stress.
• Sport unites people.

• There is no privacy in a popular actor’s life.

• A popular actor’s life is always fun.

• Work is one of the most important parts of people’s lives.

• The most important thing in life is work (love, friendship,
family).
 Факты
• data (statistics, research findings) and evidence

- Statistics indicates / suggests that…

- Government figures show that…
- There is increasing evidence that…
- Fresh evidence demonstrates that…
- Recent scientific findings show / confirm that…
- According to sociologists, …
- As psychologists explain, …
- Research data demonstrates / reveals that…
- A number of studies have shown
- It is a well-known fact that…
 Мнения
• It is generally believed / accepted that…
• Most people would agree that…
• There is a wide-spread belief that…
• It is common knowledge that…
• Conventional wisdom suggests that…
• Contrary to popular belief, …
  Should do sth
• too much
• is a waste of
  Should do sth
• Advantages / disadvantages
• Pros / Cons should
• Pluses / Minuses
  Can / cannot
• Possible (can) / impossible (cannot)
• Is the key to (you cannot … … without …)
  Can / cannot
• can/ cannot  under certain conditions

• The clothes people are wearing can influence their behavior.

• The clothes people are wearing influences their behavior.

yes no not always

  Comparative / superlative degree

• is better than / is more important than

• Is the best / is the most important
  Временной период
• Always
• In the future
• Nowadays
• Modern

• The skill of handwriting will be unnecessary in the future.

• Modern teenagers are awful.
 Досрочный ЕГЭ-2019
• Self-education is impossible without computer
skills.
• Studying knows no holidays.

• Travelling in your own country is the best way to

learn about it.
• Doing sports is essential for young people.
 Analyzing the statement
1. Identify the subject area and the focus.

2. Identify restricting words which limit what you should write

(time periods, particular areas of a subject, number of things,
superlative degree).

3. Identify the meaning of the instruction words (Express your

opinion. Do you agree with the statement?)
 Identify the subject area and the focus.
• Self-education is impossible without computer skills.

education computer skills

1) You cannot study effectively without a computer.

2) Computer skills are the key to academic success.
3) 21 century student success depends on Internet access.
4) Learning is increasingly self-directed in the digital era.
5) Every school should teach computer science education.
6) In the future, computers will replace teachers.