Edutainment Video 1st episode “Blood from a mammoth”
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LEE – Learn English Easily language school presents a series of educational video lessons for those who are learning the language and who want to refresh or boost their knowledge. This series is based upon original American and British video news, they will allow you to improve or update your skills of using live/real life language.
LESSON PLAN
1. Listen to the vocabulary and the questions before watching the news
2. Watch the video
3. Try to answer the questions to the video
4. Watch the video again with subtitles
5. Do after-watching exercises
Blood from a mammoth
Vocabulary
mammoth [‘mæməθ] мамонт
thought to be [θɔːt] предположительно
Siberian [saɪ’bɪərɪən] сибирский
frost [frɔst] мороз
reddish [‘redɪʃ] красноватый
smell [smel] иметь запах; пахнуть
well-preserved [ˌwelprɪ’zɜːvd] хорошо сохранившийся
clone [kləun] клонировать
long-extinct [[lɔŋ – ɪk’stɪŋkt ] давно вымерший
beast [biːst] зверь, животное; скотина; тварь
sample [‘sɑːmpl] образец, образчик; екземпляр
freezer [‘friːzə] холодильная установка, морозильная камера
freeze [friːz] – froze [frəuz] – frozen [‘frəuz(ə)n] – замерзать, обледеневать, покрываться льдом
attempt [ə’tempt] попытка, пробаFreeze froze frozen, Freeze froze frozen
Attempt, attempt
Mammoth, Thought to be, Siberian
Frost, reddish, smell
Well – preserved, clone, Long – extinct
Beast, sample, freezer
freeze – froze – frozen, attempt
Watch the video and answer the following questions
1) What has been found?
2) Where has it been found?
3) Does the meat smell fresh?
4) What gives scientist hope to clone the long-extinct beast?
5) What happened to the blood when they put it into the freezer?
6) Have scientist tried to clone mammoth before?
Answer the following questions
What has been found? The body of a mammoth.
Where has it been found? It has been found in the Siberian frost.
Does the meat smell fresh? They can’t say it smells fresh.
What gives scientist hope to clone the long-extinct beast? Scientists have never found blood so well-preserved. It gives them hope that one day they might be even able to clone the long-extinct beast.
What happened to the blood when they put it into the freezer? It didn’t freeze at -17 Celsius like they expected.
Have scientist tried to clone mammoth before? Attempts to clone mammoth have been happening since the 1990s.
Listen to the news again with the subtitles
“The body of a mammoth thought to be more than 10.000 years old has been found in the Siberian frost. “The meat looks quite fresh. It’s reddish in color in some parts but I can’t say it smells fresh.” Scientists have never found blood so well-preserved. It gives them hope that one day they might be even able to clone the long-extinct beast. “We have put the sample into the freezer and it didn’t freeze at -17 Celsius like we expected. Studying the blood is going to be very exciting.” Attempts to clone mammoth have been happening since the 1990s.”
After-watching exercises
Find the mistake and explain it
The body of a mammoth thought to be more then 10.000 years old has been found in the Siberian frost.
The body of a mammoth thought to be more than 10.000 years old has been found in the Siberian frost.
then [ðen] затем; позже, после, потом; далее
than [ðæn] чем, нежели
Name the tense
The body of a mammoth thought to be more then 10.000 years old has been found in the Siberian frost.
Present Perfect Tense. Passive Voice
Fill in the gaps with the prepositions
“The meat looks quite fresh. It’s reddish ____ color ______ some parts but I can’t say it smells fresh.”
“The meat looks quite fresh. It’s reddish in color in some parts but I can’t say it smells fresh.”
Fill in the gaps with the prepositions
We have put the sample_____ the freezer and it didn’t freeze ______ -17 Celsius like we expected.
We have put the sample into the freezer and it didn’t freeze at -17 Celsius like we expected.
Gives the synonyms
It gives them hope that one day they might be even able to clone the long-extinct beast.
beast [biːst] = brute [bruːt] = animal [‘ænɪm(ə)l] beast, brute, animal
Find the mistake and name the tense
Attempts to clone mammoth have been happening since 1990s.
Attempts to clone mammoth have been happening since the 1990s.
Present Perfect Continuous. Active Voice
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