Стр.88-89 Модуль 5 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 8 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Дули, Копылова 8 класс, Просвещение: 5a Extraordinary skills
Vocabulary
Martial art skills
1 Listen and say. Which action can you see in the picture?
Balance body on the tips of spears
lie on a bed of nails
break bricks on someone’s body
throw oneself into the air
walk barefoot up a staircase of knives
fight blindfolded
do the splits
stand still with legs bent
crawl on hands and knees down a mountain
2 Which of these qualities does someone need to have to be able to do these actions: courage, patience, discipline, pride, determination, inner strength, arrogance?
I think that someone needs to have courage to be able to do these actions as they seem dangerous to me. I also think…
Reading
Study skills
Predict content
Read the title and the first and the last sentence in each paragraph. This will help you predict content of text.
3 Read the title, the first and the last sentence in each paragraph. What is the text about? Read through and check.
Training with the Shaolin Monks
By Joseph Barnes
I watched in awe as the man threw himself into the air and spun across the stage. He landed gently and crouched down like a tiger ready to attack, with his sword held out in front of him. It was impressive, but nothing prepared me for what came next: a man balancing his body on tips of spears! I gasped in amazement all the way through this incredible performance of the Shaolin monks. Trained in the art of Kung Fu at the world famous Shaolin Temple in China, these monks are so strong that they can break bricks on their bodies and so skilled that they can fight blindfolded without getting hurt! After the performance, I just knew I had to learn more about them. So I did a little research and then last summer I travelled high into China’s Yuntai Mountains, where the stunning scenery takes your breath away, for a month of training at a real Shaolin school.
I arrived late at night, exhausted by my long journey, but the next day I was woken up by a bell at 5:40 for a run to the top of a nearby mountain! I struggled slowly upwards, and by the time I reached the top, the Chinese students had crawled back down on their hands and knees to build their muscles and were back at the academy, warming up. I looked on in horror as students practised doing the splits! “How will I survive a whole month here?” I remember thinking. To my relief, I soon learnt that foreigners don’t train with the Chinese students. And when my new ‘Shi Fu’, or teacher, Master Jin Long arrived, he was calm and patient, not fierce and proud, like I had imagined. We began by practising ‘mabu’, a basic Kung Fu position. For this, you stand with your legs bent, as if sitting on a chair. It looks simple but I couldn’t do it for more than a few seconds! I felt like a failure. Master Jin Long came over and told me that I would learn little by little. After the class, he told me that a key secret to Kung Fu was repetition and that I would improve greatly after a lot of practice.
An hour later, we finally got breakfast; large bowls of rice and vegetables. Afterwards, it was straight back to the gym to practise basic punches and kicks, in the afternoon, I chose to study Tai Chi, a martial art which focuses on controlling energy. Physical training finished at 6 pm, after an exhausting 8 hours. Fortunately, evenings were a time to work out our minds, with two hours of either Mandarin Chinese, or meditation classes. Building mental strength and control is an essential aspect of Kung Fu, too. By the time the first day was over, I felt almost sick from exhaustion.
But as I showered, to my disappointment, in a cold shower (there is no hot water at the school!), I told myself that if Shaolin monks could train from 5 am until late in the evening under much harsher conditions with many of them beginning at the age of five, then I could survive a month here!
Well, the month flew by and by the end, I felt incredible. I couldn’t have imagined what a life-changing experience it would be. The monks constantly told us that we would build character and learn humility through hardship and discipline and that’s exactly what I experienced. Although I couldn’t quite break bricks on my head. I left the academy with a new inner strength and determined to work hard to achieve my goals in life. Still, upon my return. I couldn’t wait for a hot shower and a relaxing sleep in my comfortable bed.
Check these words
spin, land, spear, gasp in amazement, stunning scenery, take breath away, muscles, to my relief, bent, failure, punch, kick, martial art, meditation class, mental strength, constantly, build character, humility, discipline, inner strength
4 Read again and decide if the statements are T (true), F (false) or NS (not stated). Justify your answers.
1 After the show, Joseph wanted to find out more about Kung Fu.
2 Joseph was impressed by the school’s location.
3 Joseph got lost on his way to the school
4 Training started very early.
5 The Chinese students were much faster than Joseph.
6 Joseph found the sight of students doing the splits amusing.
7 They all had an hour to rest after breakfast.
8 Joseph decided to return to the school for further training.
learn humility
5 Complete with: inner, goals, exhaustion, stunning, life-changing, gasped, character, failure, breath, key.
1 gasped in amazement
2 stunning scenery
3 take your breath away
4 feel like a failure
5 life-changing experience
6 feel sick from exhaustion
7 energy secret
8 build character
9 inner strength
10 achieve my goals
6 Match the words in bold with their meanings below. What part of speech is each word?
firmly decided
tired very hard
talented
passed quickly
bent
tiredness
difficulty
amazement
moved forward on hands and knees
preparation by doing exercises
more difficult
aggressive
Grammar
Reported speech (statements)
7 a) Study the examples. What is reported speech? How do direct statements differ from reported statements? Check in the Grammar Reference section.
DIRECT SPEECH -> REPORTED SPEECH
«We went to a Shaolin monks performance last night,» said Joseph to Phil. ->Joseph told Phil that they had gone to a Shaolin monks performance the night before.
b) Report the following, as in the example.
1 I’m leaving for China next Friday, (next Saturday)
I thought you said you were leaving on Saturday.
2 Jack is a Kung Fu teacher. (karate)
3 Sue has spent a month studying yoga. (a year)
4 Joseph left last week, (a month before)
5 We’ll get up at 6 am tomorrow. (5 am)
6 I was planning to go for a run later. (go to the gym)
7 She is learning Chinese. (Japanese)
c) Find three reported statements in the text. Change them into direct speech.
Speaking & Writing
8 Listen and read. You’re a radio presenter and your partner is a Shaolin monk. Prepare questions and answers for a radio interview about daily life at a Shaolin School. Act out your interview.
9 Think! What did Joseph learn while he was training with the Shaolin monks? How do you think this experience will help him? In three minutes, write a few sentences, then read them to your partner.
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

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1. T — After the show, Joseph says he had to learn more about the monks.
2. T — He describes the scenery as “stunning” and says it takes your breath away.
3. NS — It is not stated that he got lost.
4. T — Training started at 5:40 a.m., so it was very early.
5. NS — The text says the Chinese students were back at the academy, but not that they were faster than Joseph.
6. F — He looked on in horror, not amusement.
7. F — There was no hour of rest after breakfast; they went straight back to training.
8. NS — He says he wanted to work hard to achieve his goals, but not that he returned for further training.

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7b

1. I thought you said you were leaving on Saturday.
2. I thought you said Jack was a karate teacher.
3. I thought you said Sue had spent a year studying yoga.
4. I thought you said Joseph had left a month before.
5. I thought you said you would get up at 5 am the next day.
6. I thought you said you were planning to go to the gym later.
7. I thought you said she was learning Japanese.

7c

1. “We went to a Shaolin monks performance last night,” said Joseph to Phil.
2. “I arrived late at night,” Joseph said.
3. “I felt almost sick from exhaustion,” Joseph said.