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“The British Museum”
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For many people who come to London it is a city of history and culture full of museums, galleries and historic buildings. If you ever come to London you will certainly go to the British Museum. It is in Great Russel Street. The British Museum is very large, light-grey building. It is one of the most famous museums in the world and the biggest museum in London. There are a lot of beautiful collections in it: drawings, collection of coins, paintings, sculptures and ceramics. Many things came to museum from Greece. There is a Manuscript Room there, the room where the most important English documents are. You can also find very old books and maps in the museum.
The British Museum is famous for its library , one of the richest in the world -there are more than million books in it. When you come to the museum you can go to the Reading Room which is circular in shape. Some of the greatest people of their times have sat in this Room – such as Dickens, Thackeray, Bernard Shaw. You can walk through the halls of the British Museum for hours making wonderful discoveries.
Questions:
“Blue Jeans”
Listen to the text and say who made jeans and what material they are usually made of.
Levi Strauss came to America from Germany. In 1850 he arrived in San Francisco. San Francisco is a large city in the United States of America. It is situated in California. There were many people in California in those days because they wanted to find gold and become rich. They worked a lot looking for gold and spent much time in the water of the rivers. They needed strong trousers.
Levi Strauss had a lot of strong material. He hoped people could build tents with it. So he decided to make special trousers of this material. They were strong and people liked them. In one day Strauss sold all the trousers he had. But they had no colour and became dirty very easily. So Strauss decided to colour them blue. Now people all over the world wear blue jeans. They think they are good for work and travel, they are practical.
Now listen to the statements and say which of them are “True”, which are “False” or you “Don’t Know” if they are true or false
A Laconic Answer
Listen to the text and say why a short answer is called a laconic answer .
The Lacons lived in that part of Southern Greece which was called Laconia. The people who lived there were brave. They loved their Motherland and defended it from all the enemies. Everybody knew that their life was very simple. They tried to follow the laws of their country and never spoke long. “The shorter the better”, was their rule. And nowadays as you probably know a very short answer is often called a laconic answer, because the Lacons usually gave such short answers.
In Northern Greece there was a land called Macedonia. King Philip ruled there. He was not very clever and he was not very brave, but he wanted to become king of all Greece. So, he collected a great army and soon he became master of all Greece. Only Laconia was not conquered. Then King Philip wrote a letter and sent it to the brave Lacons. The letter said :”If I win the battle with your army, I will become your king and ruin your great city.”
A few days later an answer was brought back to him. King Philip found only one word in it. The word was very short, and that was “If”.
Answer the following questions:
The Doctor’s Advice
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Once an old gentleman went to see a doctor. The doctor examined him, listened to his lungs and heart, felt his pulse and blood pressure, took his temperature and said that medicine wouldn’t help the old gentleman. The doctor . asked him to go to a quiet country place for month and have a rest. “ Your illness is not serious, so don’t worry!” continued the
doctor. “Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot, smoke just one cigar a day and you will recover pretty soon.”
The old gentleman nodded and said :” Thank you very much, Doctor. I shall do everything you say.”
A month later the same gentleman came to see the doctor again. “How
do you do?” said the doctor. “ I am glad to see you. You look much younger. How do you feel?”
“Oh, Doctor,” said the gentleman, “I feel quite all right now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early, I drank a lot of milk, I walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me. But you told me to smoke one cigar a day, and that one cigar a day almost killed me first. It’s not a joke to start smoking at my age”.
Questions:
Two Trips
Listen to the text “Two Trips” and say why Mark thanked George for the two trips in his small plane. Retell the story using the plan.
George Brown was a rich businessman. When he was young he used to travel a lot. He liked to climb the mountains and often spent his weekends there. He loved nature, wild flowers that grow high up in the mountains, fresh air and clean water of the mountain rivers.
When George was 35 he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and could do all kinds of tricks in the air.
George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George invited Mark to have a trip in his plane. Mark thought: ”I have travelled in a big plane many times, but I’ve never been in a small one, so I’ll go”.
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air.
When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back, and he said to his friend: “Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane”.
George looked at his friend and asked :” Why two trips, Mark?”
“My first and my last”, was the answer.
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Bobby’s Answer
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Mr and Mrs Davis have a son. His name is Bobby, and it was his birthday a few days ago.
Last Sunday Bobby’s grandfather came to visit them, and he brought Bobby a nice toy train. When he gave it to Bobby, he said:”I am sorry, Bobby, but I forgot your birthday last Tuesday, so I didn’t give you this present then”.
“Oh, that doesn’t matter, Grandpa,” Bobby answered. “Thank you very much. It’s just what I wanted”.
“And how old are you now, Bobby?” his grandfather asked. Bobby knew the answer to that question. “I’m five, Grandpa,” he said.
“That’s good,” the old man said. “You ‘re a big boy now, Bobby. And what are you going to be when you’re older?” Bobby knew the answer to that question too. “I’m going to be six, Grandpa,” he answered.
Questions :
1.How old was Bobby?
2. His Grandpa gave him a toy present on his birthday, didn’t he?
3. Why did Bobby’s Grandpa give him the present later?
4. Bobby didn’t like the toy train, did he?
5. Did Bobby understand his Grandpa’s last question?
6. What did Bobby’s grandpa want to know when he asked the boy what he
was going to be when he was older?
It Is Important to Know a Foreign Language
Listen to the text and say why it is important to know a foreign language.
A wise mother-cat and her two little kittens live in an old grey house. They live upstairs in an old bedroom and sleep on a warm comfortable carpet that is in the middle of the room. Every morning the two kittens get up, brush their tails, wash their faces and go downstairs to the kitchen to have breakfast. They usually have milk and porridge for breakfast.
After breakfast they wash their cups, glasses and plates and go to the Cats’ primary school. They take their schoolbags with pens, pencils, rulers, rubbers and books with them. But they don’t like to go to school. They are a bit lazy, though they are rather clever. They don’t like many school subjects but they dislike the foreign languages they are learning most of all.
Now the mother -cat and her kittens are walking in the park. Suddenly they see a big dog. The dog is standing in front of them. She looks very dangerous. The kittens are afraid of the dog and cry: “Mew, mew ,mew.” The dog looks at them and answers loudly:”Grrrrr! Grrrrrr! Grrrrr!”. The dog can hardly believe her ears. “Grrrrr! Grrrrr!” she answers and quickly runs away.
Then the wise old cat turns to her kittens and says :”Now, I hope you understand how important it is to know a foreign language.”
Now listen to the statements and repeat the correct one.
1. a) The mother-cat is short.
b) The mother-cat is wise.
2. a) The mother-cat and her kittens live downstairs.
b) All the cats live upstairs.
3. a) The kittens eat vegetables for breakfast.
b) The kittens eat porridge and milk for breakfast.
4. a) Every morning the cat goes to a primary school.
b) Every morning the kittens go to a primary school.
5. a) The kittens are fond of all the subjects.
b) The kittens don’t like all the subjects.
6. a) Cats and dogs speak the same language.
b) Cats and dogs speak different language.