Ex 39 Discuss the following, giving your arguments for or against

1. You believe that a little learning is a dangerous thing Your friend disagrees, saying that even half educated is better than uneducated. He also adds that nowadays, with all the scientific progress that has been made, you can't expect a person to know much more than a little about everything.

2. You believe that a student must live at the hostel. Life at home with one's parents makes a person soft, leaves him unprepared for the difficulties of life outside home. Your friend argues that a student living at home has more time for his studies.

3. Your friend is against examinations. He argues that they only make a student nervous. You believe that the exam system may not be

perfect, but it's the best, surest and quickest way to test a person's knowledge.

Ex 40 Subjects for oral and written composition.

1. Education in the Soviet Union.

2. Describe your Institute.

3. Give a description of your day at the Institute.

4. Describe how you prepare for an examination.

5. Sport in my life.

6. The importance of learning foreign languages.

7. Write a letter to a friend who has invited you to a birthday party. Write an answer in which you explain why you are not yet sure whether you will be able to go, but you wish him a very happy birthday, etc.

8. Write a letter to your neighbour, telling him as politely and tactfully as you can that you are studying for an examination, and that his radio set — which he uses very noisily until midnight every day — is disturbing your work and sleep. Ask him if he would kindly do something about it.

LESSON TEN

Text: Joe Hill — The Man They Couldn't Kill (from "The Case of Joe Hill" by

Philip S. Foner¹)

Grammar: Tense and Voice (revision)