Билет №15

1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту ‘A LACONIC ANSWER’.

2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте.

Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. Какие традиционные виды спорта страны изучаемого языка ты знаешь? Популярны ли они в России? Какими видами спорта интересу­ются в твоей семье? Sports in Russia and in my life.

3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Ваш зарубежный друг часто ходит в Макдональдс. Объясните ему, что это не очень полезно для здоровья, приведите не менее двух причин. Дайте совет, как правильно питаться, чтобы быть здоровым.

TEXT №15    ‘A   LACONIC   ANSWER’.

There was a time when the people of Greece were not united but instead there were several states each of which had its own ruler.

Some of the people in the southern part of the country were called Spartans and they were famous for their simple habits and their bravery.

The name of their land was Laconia, so they were sometimes called Lacons.

One of the strange rules which the Spartans had was that they should speak briefly and never use more words than were needed.

A short answer is often called laconic that is such an answer as a Lacon would give.

There was in the Northern part of Greece a land called Macedonia. This land was at one time ruled by a king named Philip. Philip of Macedonia wanted to become master of all Greece. So he raised a great army and made war upon the other states, until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king. Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia and said: "If I go down into your country, I will level your great city to the ground."

In a few days an answer was brought back to him. When he opened the letter he found only one word written there.

That word was "If".

Билет №16

1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту ‘A BROKEN VASE’.

2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте.

Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. Одни люди занимаются спортом, другие предпочитают смотреть спортивные соревнования. Так что же лучше — заниматься или смот­реть? Sport and health.

3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Ваш зарубежный друг считает, что компьютер вреден для здоровья. Вы с ним не согласны. Докажите, что он ошибается. Приведите  не менее двух причин в пользу использования компьютера.

TEXT №16    ‘A BROKEN VASE’

The young man was going to marry a beautiful girl.

One day the girl said to him that the next day she would celebrate her birthday and invited him to her birthday party. The young man was eager to make her a present, so he went to a gift shop. There he saw many beautiful things. Of all the things he particularly liked the vases. But they were very expensive, and as he had very little money he had to leave the shop without buying anything.

Walking to the door he suddenly heard a noise: one of the vases fell on the floor and broke two pieces. A brilliant idea came to his mind. He came up to the counter and asked the salesman to wrap up the broken vase he wanted to buy.

The salesman got a little surprised but did what the young man had asked him to do.  The young man took the parcel and went straight to the girl's place. By the time he entered the room the guests had already gathered. Everybody was enjoying the party.

Some of the people were dancing, others were talking, joking and laughing. Saying "Many happy returns of the day", the young man told the girl that he had bought a small present for her. With these words he began to unwrap the parcel.

Suddenly he got pale and said. "I am afraid, I have broken it. There were so many people in the bus..." But when he unwrapped the parcel, he saw that the salesman had wrapped up each piece of the vase separately.