III. Let’s talk about family

The family is very important as a unit in our society. Nothing else but family can be an emotional center of people's life. Every mother feels great affection for her children and tries to bring them up in a proper way. Understanding between the members of the family and consideration  for others are very important in family relationship. Tenderness, warm-heartedness and respect must always be present in the family to make it friendly. A lot of activities help members of the family to be on friendly terms: discussing all the family plans together, going on trips hikes together, visiting museums, theaters, exhibitions and exchanging opinions about them, sharing the same joys and sorrows. Now I’d like to tell you about my family. Our family is not large. We are a family of four: my father, my mother, my younger brother and I. My name is Olga. I am seventeen. I am a school leaver. My younger brother is ten. He is a pupil of the fifth form. He looks like our father. As for me everybody says I look like my mother. I am an ordinary girl of 17. Our family lives in Vitebsk. We have a nice three-roomed flat on the fourth floor of a multistoried building. My mother is about 40. She looks pretty well. We all love dearly our Mum, and are always ready to help her about the house. We try to share our duties. My mother is an economist. The firm she works in deals with trading.

My father is an engineer in computers. He is considered to be an experienced engineer. We are very proud of him.My younger brother also has his duties about the house. He helps mother to set the table and wash the dishes. On Saturdays Dad joins us in our work about the house. He likes to make or repair something. We don't have such problems as misunderstanding between the members of the family. I think that it is due to the age of my parents and their character.

                                             

БИЛЕТ 10

What is a good family?

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1. The article can be a good guidance for the young people who want to create a happy and harmonious family which is based on strong family traditions. A lot of activities help members of the family to be on friendly terms: discussing all the family plans together, sharing their hopes and dreams, feelings, solving their problems together.

2. Reading (IV абзац).        

3. Nothing unites a family more than its traditions which include different norms, ways of behavior, customs and views. In united families these traditions are deep-rooted and passed from generation to generation.

4. That varies from family to family. Families with young children usually spend most of their time together because young children need a great deal of physical care and guidance.

                    

II. Listen to the girl speaking about her eating habits and answer the questions below.

1. - The girl can't stop eating chocolate.

2. - Chocolate contains a lot of sugar and fat so the girl has a lot of spots on her face and she is a little overweight.

3. - First the chocolates are sold everywhere. Then if she doesn't eat them she had very bad

headackes and if she eats she feels better and happier.

III. Let’s talk about youth and society.

Youth is the part of society who saves and follows the traditions of preceding generations. They possess such powerful force that is able to invert this world heels overhead. Sure, this force must be directed at peaceful aims and be embodiment only of true values. However, modern youth do not keep their culture in such way. Thus, the new age is the new young people. In my opinion, there are some basis factors influencing on it. One of them is our society. It influences the formation of the teenagers’ true values more than their families do. A child grows in a family where he gets education and there is his primary socialization. But he or she has to make contacts with other people and their influence is not far always positive. Besides, there are different youth subcultures. Not all their values are true values. Many of them have the aim to oppose public foundations. Thus they damage teenagers’ minds and can incite them against the whole world. Another factor influencing young people is mass media. There are a lot of violent programmes and articles on TV and in printed press. Negative characters become the ideal heroes for children who try to imitate their behavior in real life. Teenagers become more nervous and aggressive, their psyche is seriously damaged and very often some of them commit crimes. So I consider that crime is one of the main problems of modern youth. Alcohol and drugs are also among the most actual problems nowadays. Children get their first experience in alcohol or drug use while studying at school. They do not understand how dangerous it is, how harmful it is for their health. Children see beautiful life with cigarettes and drugs in films and try to behave like  their heroes. They become addicted to these things and degraded later. However, I think not all the youth are such bad people without any moral standards and behavior who doesn’t think about their future. The most of them have true values, they are ready to study and work hard to  enjoy the life. But young people cannot do it without the help of the adults.

 

                                            БИЛЕТ 11

PYTHAGORAS

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1.   This article is about one of the most mysterious figure in the world of science - Pythagoras. It introduces some interesting facts from his life story and gives us imagination who and what helped him in become a mathematician, an astronomer, and a philosopher.

2. Reading (II абзац).

3. The people of Samos did not appreciate the teaching methods of Pythagoras. They treated him rudely and improperly. Moreover, they wanted to involve Pythagoras in local politics against his will. For these reasons, he went to Italy.

4. According to Pythagoras there are three types of men: those who love wisdom, those who love honor and those who love wealth.

 

II. Listen to the interview with Mr Ron Cansler taken by the Youth Magazine and answer the questions below.

1. - Mr Cansler is 99.

2. - He was one of 10 children. They were happy if they had enough to eat and they worked hard on a farm.

3. - He recommends to be as active as possible and have a positive attitude.

III. Let’s talk about the mass media.

The mass media play an important role in our lives. Newspapers, radio and especially TV inform us of what is going on in this world and give us wonderful possibilities for education and entertainment. They also influence the way we see the world and shape our views. Of course, not all newspapers and TV programmes report the events objectively, but serious journalists and TV reporters try to be fair and provide us with reliable information. It is true that the world today is full of dramatic events and most news seems to be bad news. But people aren't interested in ordinary events. That is why there are so many programmes and articles about natural disasters, plane crashes, wars, murders and robberies. Good news doesn't usually make headlines. Bad news does. Some people say that journalists are given too much freedom. They often intrude in people's private lives. They follow celebrities and print sensational stories about them which are untrue or half-true. They take photos of them in their most intimate moments. The question is — should this be allowed? The main source of news for millions of people is television. People like TV news because they can see everything with their own eyes. And that's an important advantage. Seeing, as we know, is believing. Besides, it's much more difficult for politicians to lie in front of the cameras than on the pages of newspapers.  Still, many people prefer radio. It's good to listen to it in the car, or in the open air, or when you do something about the house. Newspapers don't react to events as quickly as TV, but they usually provide us with extra details, comments and background information. The Internet has recently become another important source of information. Its main advantage is that news appears on the screen as soon as things happen in real life and you don't have to wait for news time on TV.

   БИЛЕТ 12

Amelia

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1. This article is about the most famous female pilot Amelia Earhart. The author gives some notices of her childhood and some details of how she started interested in flying and how she became famous.

2. Reading (II абзац).

3. Amelia received an invitation to be the first woman ever to make the flight across the Atlantic from Canada to Britain. Amelia made the flight in 1928 and, although she was only a passenger and two men flew the plane, it made her a celebrity.

4. Firstly, she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, the only person to have  flown it twice and she established a new transatlantic crossing record of 13 hours and 30 minutes. Understandably, she became even more famous as a result earning respect for women pilots all over the world by proving that women could fly as well as men, if not better.

  II. Listen to the conversation between Nancy and her mum and answer the questions below.

1. - Nancy's parents are worried because Nancy hasn't cleaned her room for 3 day al ready.

2. - Nancy said that she didn't have to clean up her room at college. And the parents shouldn't worry because its her room.

3. - Her father said that the plague will start in her room. And her mother insisted on an idea of making beds in the morning and asked Nancy  to do it to please them.

  III. Let’s talk about the mass media.

The mass media play an important role in our lives. Newspapers, radio and especially TV inform us of what is going on in this world and give us wonderful possibilities for education and entertainment. They also influence the way we see the world and shape our views. Of course, not all newspapers and TV programmes report the events objectively, but serious journalists and TV reporters try to be fair and provide us with reliable information. It is true that the world today is full of dramatic events and most news seems to be bad news. But people aren't interested in ordinary events. That is why there are so many programmes and articles about natural disasters, plane crashes, wars, murders and robberies. Good news doesn't usually make headlines. Bad news does. Some people say that journalists are given too much freedom. They often intrude in people's private lives. They follow celebrities and print sensational stories about them which are untrue or half-true. They take photos of them in their most intimate moments. The question is — should this be allowed? The main source of news for millions of people is television. People like TV news because they can see everything with their own eyes. And that's an important advantage. Seeing, as we know, is believing. Besides, it's much more difficult for politicians to lie in front of the cameras than on the pages of newspapers. Still, many people prefer radio. It's good to listen to it in  the car, or in the open air, or when you do something about the house. Newspapers don't react to events as quickly as TV, but  they usually provide us with extra details, comments and background information. The Internet has recently become another important source of information. Its main advantage is that news appears on the screen as soon as things happen in real life and you don't have to wait for news time on TV.

 

                                           БИЛЕТ 13

STRESS OF COMMUTING

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1. This article is about one of the greatest problem of modern world – stress of commuting. The author gives some advice how to avoid stress, reduce the level of pollution and improve people`s lifestyle. It also gives valuable information about carpooling as a convenient way to drive to and from work. Public transport systems are ‘cleaner’.

2. Reading (III абзац).

3. To reduce pollution we can use environmentally friendly means of transport such as trams, bicycles, metro system. 

4. Carpooling is convenient system, because it saves people`s times and money, helps avoid stress.