Card # 16

LISTENING (7 minutes)

Task 1. Listen to the text [T.16] Proverbs in use and complete the test

(listening- 2 minutes, time for fulfillment – 1 min., for checking – 1min.).

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1	”Let’s cross that bridge when we come to it ”.
2	“You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.”
3	“If you fly with the crows, you’ll bark yourself.”
4	“Why have a dog and get shot with the crows ?”

Task 2. Retell the listened text (time for preparation - 2 min., time for answer - 1 min.).

SPEAKING (10 minutes)

Task 1. Discuss on the given topic/situation (time for preparation – 2 min., time for answer – 2 min.)

What are the biggest ecological and social problems in your country at the moment?

Task 2. Talk about How can children be encouraged to adopt healthy eating habits? (time for preparation – 5 min.,

time for answer – 1 min.)

READING (9 minutes)

Task 1. Read the text (silent reading – 1 min., reading aloud – 2 min.)

Make a plan to the text (time for preparation- 1 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

British Customs and Traditions

British traditions are rather interesting and unusual. If you arrive in Great Britain, you’ll hear the word “tradition” everywhere. Englishmen have a sentimental love for things and traditions because they are old. They never throw away old things. In many houses of Great Britain they have fireplaces and though their bedrooms are awfully cold, the English people don’t want to have central heating because they don’t want to have changes. Therefore the Yeomen-Warders are dressed in traditional medieval clothes and the traditional dress of the House Guards regiment has existed since the 12 th century. This dress costs a lot of money and seems very funny nowadays but Englishmen stand for it because it’s a tradition. f you enter the Houses of Parliament, you’ll see the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

In Great Britain people attach greater importance to traditions and customs than in other European countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. The best examples are their queen, money system, their weights and measures. There are many customs and some of them are very old. There is, for example, the Marble Championship, where the British Champion is crowned; he wins a silver cup known among folk dancers as Morris Dancing.. A boat with a team from Oxford University and one with a team from Cambridge University hold a race. British people think that the Grand National horse race is the most exciting horse race in the world. It takes place near Liverpool every year. Sometimes it happens the same day as the Boat Race takes place, sometimes a week later. Amateur riders as well as professional jockeys can participate. It is a very famous event.

Task 2. Translate the 2-nd paragraph of the text (time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering - 1 min.).

WRITING (14 minutes)

Task 1. Write an essay on the given topic: “Many governments in the world spend large amounts of money on art” (100 words).

(time for preparation – 13 min., time for answer – 1 min.)