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Monday, February 26, 2024

8th grade. Unit 5. Lesson 10. Culture corner. Welcome to the garden!

 ðŸ‘‰Communicative area: describing gardening in Britain


Discuss the questions. 

1. How many gardens are there in the place where you live? 

 2. Are you fond of gardening? Why? Why not? 

3. Who in your family has a passion for gardening? 

4. What are the benefits of gardening?


Read a post from a garden writer’s blog. Is the writer American or British? Why do you think so?



Answer the questions.
 
1. What encourages interest in gardening in children according to the author? 
2. How does the writer explain the passion for gardening in grown-ups? 
3. What leisure activity connected with gardens is found almost nowhere else? 
4. Why are there exotic plants in the British gardens? 
5. What was established at Kew in the middle of the 18th century? 
6. How did British gardeners break with tradition in the 18th century? 
 7. What is characteristic of an ideal British garden? 









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