Useful Links for Unit 1 Section 4

Section 4. Where words fail... - Какие музыкальные жанры существуют? Кто из музыкантов является самыми популярными в тех или иных жанрах? Где прочитать рассказ, эссе о любимом исполнителе, музыкальной группе, музыкальном жанре? Как музыка влияет на жизнь людей? Где найти музыку гимнов разных стран?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre - encyclopaedia entry about music genres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_styles — lists of music genres and styles with links to their descriptions
http://datadragon.com/education/genres/ - learn about different musical genres including rock, Celtic, classical, and more all with artist and site links
http://www.musicians.com/genre/ - different styles and music genres explained and explored
http://musiced.about.com/od/classicalmusic...l_Musicians.htm - biographical information on some of the most famous classical musicians
http://www.kickassclassical.com/ - a website dedicated to classical music - the most popular and famous - from movies, TV shows, commercials, cartoons, video games and ringtones
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-jazz-musicians.html – brief information about famous jazz musicians
http://www.joegirardmusic.com/jazz_singers.htm – information about famous jazz singers and entertainers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music - encyclopaedia entry about rock music
http://www.who2.com/job/rockmusician.html – the most famous rock musicians
http://www.popmonk.com/music/index.htm – a collection of profiles of famous pop singers and bands
http://www.geocities.com/petrudumitru/mysound/fsinger01.html – several short essays by American schoolchildren about their favourite singers
http://nadav.harel.org.il/homepage/music.html – a story on “My favourite music”
http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/38430.html - an essay on “My favourite piece of music”
http://jiabinqiao.blogspot.com/2008/12/ess...rite-music.html – one more essay on “My favourite music”
http://www.helium.com/knowledge/20416-the-...ic-in-our-lives – a collection of articles about the importance of music in our lives
http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Music-My-Life/45618 – a sample of essay on “Music in my life”
http://www.cyberessays.com/Arts/38.htm – an essay on what music's important influence on teenagers
http://wichitacounseling.blogspot.com/2008...nce-on-our.html – an opinion about whether music has a positive influence on our life
http://wichitacounseling.blogspot.com/2008...nce-on-our.html – a research paper on Music and its influence
http://hubpages.com/hub/HowMusicAffectsOur...lProveListening – how music affects our thoughts and feelings
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Listening-to...&id=1250371 – an interesting article on how listening to music influences English language teaching, learning and everyday life
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=66...f+Great+Britain – world’s anthems

Useful links and resources for Unit 1 Section 3

Section 3. Are you keen on sports? - Какие виды спорта существуют в мире? Где найти краткую информацию об истории спорта? Какую роль играют занятия спортом в жизни человека и, в частности, в жизни подростков? Как заниматься спортом без вреда здоровью? Какие советы по этому поводу дают тренеры и врачи? Где найти истории о том, как занятие спортом изменило жизнь человека? Какие виды спорта самые необычные?
Где найти информацию об истории Олимпийских игр? Когда состоялись первые Олимпийские игры? Каковы символы Олимпийских игр, когда появились олимпийские кольца, флаг? Кто был основателем олимпийского движения? Где посмотреть видео с Олимпийских игр 2008? Где найти видео о церемониях открытия Олимпийских игр в разных странах? Когда состоятся первые Юношеские Олимпийские Игры?
Где найти информацию об Алексее Немове? Какой скандал произошел с нашим гимнастом на Олимпийских играх в Афинах?
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0128343/kinds_of_sports.htm - pictures and basic descriptions of different kinds of sports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports - a list of sports by category with links to entries about each of them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sport - a brief history of sport
http://ezinearticles.com/?Sport-in-Our-Life&id=1336339 — a short article on what sport means in our life
http://www.summeractivitiesforkids.co.uk/s...-for-teens.html – information about the importance of sport activities for teenagers
http://www.examiner.com/x-11080-SF-Parenti...ll-a-teens-days – useful information on how sport can help teens to fill days
http://www.more4kids.info/359/advantages-o...orts-and-teens/ - this article explores the advantages of sports for teenagers
http://www.raisingkids.co.uk/fea/fea_77.asp – some advice for parents on how to persuade a teen to take up sport
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FK...63/ai_78477085/ - a short article about the advantages and disadvantages of doing sports for teenagers
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/sp...ort_safety.html – some advice for teens and their parents about how to preserve health when playing sports
http://teens.lovetoknow.com/High_School_Sports – a webpage dedicated to high school sports
http://leadership.weei.com/boston/sports/l...success-part-ii — a story about how doing sports helped a man to form his character
http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/a...tion-sports.htm — several essays on how sports have affected a person’s life
http://www.allfreeessays.com/topics/import...ports-in-life/0 — a collection of essays about
the importance of sport in life
http://bestofstupid.com/weird-unusual-sports/ - illustrated information about weird and unusual sports
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/ancient/index_uk.asp# - the history of Olympic Games from the International Olympic Committee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games - encyclopaedia entry about Olympic games
http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/museum/index_uk.asp - a virtual tour of Olympic Museum. Also on this site you can find descriptions of all Olympic sports and animated cartoons demonstrating the sports and providing basic information about the rules and the games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols - encyclopaedia entry about Olympic symbols (Olympic rings, Olympic emblem, Olympic flag, etc)
http://www.janecky.com/olympics/rings.html – what do the Olympic rings signify?
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/olymphlx/answer.htm – interesting facts about the Olympic Medal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin - encyclopaedia entry about the founder of the International Olympic Committee Pierre de Coubertin
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html – a free online video from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz4JjFUcpGs&NR=1 – a video about Olympic Opening Ceremonies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Olympic_Games - encyclopaedia entry about Youth Olympic Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Nemov - encyclopaedia entry about Alexei Nemov
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=624&...93538522329B245 — an article on how Alexei Nemov was affected by the 2004 Athens Olympics irregular judging

Useful links and resources for Unit 1 Section 2

Section 2. What's in? - Откуда пришло понятие dress code? Каков dress code в школах Британии и др. стран? Какая униформа существует в школах Великобритании, Америки, Канады, Австралии и России? Какое отношение самих подростков к школьной форме? Каковы аргументы «за» и «против» школьной формы?
Какая одежда и обувь модна сейчас у современных подростков? Где посмотреть сайты молодежной моды? Какая молодежная мода существует в Англии и России? Какие самые популярные молодежные бренды? Какие самые популярные молодежные журналы о моде? Какие вопросы задают подростки о моде, о стиле, о современной одежде?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_code - encyclopeadia entry about dress code
http://www.dresscodeguide.com/ - dress code guide, selection a dress code for details of correct attire
http://www.boardingschools.co.uk/boarding_...ls_uniforms.htm – a short article about school uniform
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/u/uniform/ - a guidance to schools of England on school uniforms and related policies
http://www.schoolsecurity.org/resources/uniforms.html – an article on how school uniforms and dress code can improve the school climate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_uniform - encyclopaedia entry about school uniforms in different countries
http://www.archivist.f2s.com/bsu/Bsu.html - pictures of different uniforms in British schools
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ou...ol/uniform.html - English schoolchildren tell about their school uniform
http://www.archivist.f2s.com/bsu/Miscel.htm - pictures of the most famous English school uniforms
http://histclo.com/Schun/gar/pants/short/su-specs.html - information about school uniforms in English comprehensive schools
http://www.greatschools.net/find-a-school/....gs?content=121
- an article about a problem with school uniforms in the USA
http://www.schooluniforms.com/ - a complete illustrated catalogue of all types of uniforms for schools of the USA
http://histclo.com/Schun/country/us/schunus.html - information about American school uniforms
http://histclo.com/Schun/country/can/schuncan.html – information about school uniforms in Canada
http://www.topmarks.ca/collection/ - images of Canadian school uniform
http://histclo.com/Schun/country/oz/schunoz.html – information about school uniforms in Australia
http://www.focusuniforms.com.au/focusUniforms/ - pictures of Australian school uniforms and accessories
http://histclo.com/Schun/country/rus/rsuc-sov.html - information about school uniforms in the Soviet Union
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050825/41225976.html – an article on why school uniforms are coming into fashion again in Russia
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/pro...forms-1248.html - find out some of the advantages & disadvantages of school uniform
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-pros-an...1244682823.html – how producers of school uniform consider all its pros and cons
http://education.newarchaeology.com/agains...ol_uniforms.php – facts against school uniforms
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/arti...s_pros_and_cons – an article on whether schools should require students to wear uniforms
http://www.catalogs.com/clothing/teen/index.html – links to catalogues of teen fashions
http://www.shoebuy.com/teens-fashion-shoes.htm - an e-store for teen fashion shoes – pictures and descriptions
http://www.lovetoknow.com/top10/teen-clothing.html – top 10 teen clothing websites– pictures and descriptions
http://teenfashionclothes.com/index.php?ze...amp;ASKFEED_URL – teen fashion – pictures and descriptions
http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Personalit...and-Youth-Style – youth related articles about different personality types and about fashion and style for teens and kids
http://teenfashion.about.com/ - a webpage dedicated to teen fashion
http://teens.lovetoknow.com/Category:Teen_Fashion - links to webpages on teen fashion in Britain
http://www.teenvogue.com/industry/fashionw...stinina?slide=1 — an article about Kira Plastinina, a 15-year-old fashion designer from Russia
http://www.apparelsearch.com/Wholesale_Clo...mes_clothes.htm – a list of popular clothing brands
http://www.esl-lab.com/clothing/clothingrd1.htm — listening exercises on «Clothing Styles»
http://www.teenvogue.com/ - the site of Teen Vogue magazine, here a teen can find all about teen fashion, ask a question and get qualified advice
http://www.seventeen.com/ - a teen fashion magazine with the latest fashion, beauty, dating and health tips
http://www.cosmogirl.com/ - an online version of the magazine for teenagers Cosmo Girl