Стр.68-69 Модуль 4 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 7 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Дули, Копылова 7 класс, Просвещение: 4e Amazing abilities
Vocabulary
Action verbs
1 Listen and say.
Reading & Listening
2 a) Who is Spider-Man? What is he famous for?
b) The text is about a Frenchman named Alain Robert. Why do you think he is called ‘The French Spider-Man’? Listen and read to find out.
The French Spider-Man
While no one is looking. Frenchman Alain Robert jumps up an office building and starts to climb the wall. He hangs from balconies, crawls along ledges and grips the edges of the glass and concrete. There’s no rope and no safety net — he’s using only his bare hands! By the time he’s halfway up, a crowd has gathered on the pavement below. After an hour, he reaches the top and the crowd sighs with relief.
Alain has climbed over 85 of the tallest structures in the world, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. One of his first climbs was at the age of twelve. He didn’t have his flat keys and his parents were out, but he was able to climb up the outside of the building — seven storeys high -and crawl through a window. Nowadays he can manage eighty storeys but, amazingly, Alain suffers from vertigo -he feels dizzy when he’s up high! He has fallen seven times, suffering dozens of broken bones, which has left him partly disabled. But this doesn’t stop Alain. «I only think about what I can do, not what I can’t do,” he says.
So why does he do it? Apart from raising awareness about world issues such as climate change, Alain wants people to see their environment differently. He says, ‘Maybe they think their building is ugly, this big tower with lots of glass — the opposite of a natural landscape. But for me, it’s a kind of urban mountain. So I use the place where they work, and I make it a kind of wonderland. Everywhere I climb, I see people who are happy.”
After a climb, Alain often leaves in handcuffs. What he does is sometimes illegal, but most of the time he just gets a fine. The police say he can’t climb public buildings, but the only thing that stops this daredevil is rain! When it’s wet, Alain can’t grip the slippery surfaces. In 2002, he got stuck on the 35th floor of London’s Canary Wharf Tower when it started to rain. Alain risks his life every time he climbs a new building. His nickname may be Spider-Man, but he is no superhero. He’s just an ordinary man living a very dangerous life!
You can see videos of Alain in action on YouTube.
Check these words
ledge, concrete, rope, safety net, bare hands, gather, sigh with relief, vertigo, broken bone, raise awareness, urban, illegal, get a fine, daredevil, slippery surface, get stuck, nickname
3 Read again and for questions 1-6, choose the best answer. А, В, C or D. Find evidence in the text.
1 When Alain Robert climbs a structure, he doesn’t use any safety equipment.
A many people watch him begin.
В he rests on his way to the top.
C he enjoys looking down at the crowd.
D he doesn’t use any safety equipment.
2 When he was young, Alain climbed up to his flat because it was the only way he could get in
A his parents lost their key.
В he wanted to see if he could do it.
C it was the only way he could get in.
D his parents encouraged him to do it.
3 Alain has a problem with heights
A heights.
В confidence.
C crowds.
D doctors.
4 Alain climbs skyscrapers because he wants to change people’s thinking.
A shock people.
В challenge himself.
C make city life more exciting.
D change people’s thinking.
5 Alain didn’t reach the top of the Canary Wharf Tower because the weather stopped him.
A the police stopped him and arrested him.
В he slipped and injured himself.
C the weather stopped him.
D he felt too dizzy halfway up.
6 The purpose of this text is to give information about Alain Robert.
A criticise Alain Robert.
В stop people from trying dangerous activities.
C give information about Alain Robert.
D encourage people to support Alain Robert.
4 Think! Imagine you are Alain Robert and you are climbing a skyscraper. What can you see hear and touch? How do you feel? Tell your partner or the class.
5 Complete the sentences about Alain Robert using words from the Check these words box in the correct form.
1 Alain’s nickname is ‘Spider-Man’.
2 Crowds of people gather to watch him when he climbs up a building.
3 The people sigh with relief when Alain reaches the top of a building safely.
4 Alain doesn’t use a safety net or rope to climb a building.
5 He wants to raise awareness about climate change and other issues.
6 The police sometimes arrest Alain, but he doesn’t usually go to prison – he get a fine.
7 It’s very dangerous to climb up a slippery surface when it rains.
8 Alain is a daredevil – what he does is very dangerous, but he enjoys it!
6 Complete with: broken, surface, net, awareness, relief, risks, public, suffers, issues, bare. Use the phrases to make sentences about Alain Robert.
1 slippery surface
2 raise awareness
3 broken bones
4 risks his life
5 world issues
6 sigh with relief
7 safety net
8 suffers from vertigo
9 bare hands
10 public building
7 Think! Which three adjectives would you use to describe Alain? Give reasons. In three minutes write a few sentences. Tell the class.
Speaking & Writing
8 Imagine you are a journalist and your partner is Alain Robert. Use the text to help you prepare questions and answers. Read your interview to another pair or the class.
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

3. 1 — D, 2 — C, 3 — A, 4 — D, 5 — C, 6 — C.

4. I can see the city far below me, tall buildings, windows, balconies and people looking up. I can hear the wind, traffic and voices from the street. I can touch the rough concrete and the cold glass. I feel nervous, excited and very focused.

5.

1. Alain’s nickname is Spider-Man.
2. Crowds of people gather to watch him when he climbs up a building.
3. The people sigh with relief when Alain reaches the top of a building safely.
4. Alain doesn’t use a safety net or rope to climb a building.
5. He wants to raise awareness about climate change and other issues.
6. The police sometimes arrest Alain, but he doesn’t usually go to prison — he gets a fine.
7. It’s very dangerous to climb up a slippery surface when it rains.
8. Alain is a daredevil — what he does is very dangerous, but he enjoys it!

6.

1. slippery surface
2. raise awareness
3. broken bones
4. risks his life
5. world issues
6. sigh with relief
7. safety net
8. suffers from vertigo
9. bare hands
10. public building

7. Alain is brave, determined and dangerous. He is brave because he climbs very tall buildings without safety equipment. He is determined because nothing stops him, even when he is injured. He is dangerous because he risks his life every time he climbs.

8.

Journalist: Why do you climb skyscrapers?

Alain: I do it to raise awareness about world issues and to make people see their environment differently.

Journalist: Don’t you feel afraid?

Alain: I do feel nervous sometimes, but I only think about what I can do, not what I can’t do.

Journalist: What is the most difficult thing about climbing?

Alain: Rain is the worst, because I can’t grip slippery surfaces.