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Unit 1 Social Customs

Task 1

A

1.She wanted to see St. PauFs Cathedral.

2.She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike.

3.They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and

newspapers.

4.Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all

looked as if they were wearing a uniform.

5.No, he didn't.

6.He used the English saying "It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his

opinion.

B

If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!

Task 2

A

1.people were much busier

2. colder than England; minus thirty degrees; last longer

3.much more mountainous; much higher and much more rocky; more beautiful

4.tend to be more crowded

5. the houses; smaller

B

1.T

2.T

3. F

4. F

5. F

Task 3

A

1.In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves; they don't invite other

people to watch them.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/dc9390333.html,ually eight people dance together

3.Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of

the square.

B

1. F

2.T

3. F

4. F

5. T

C

1.eight people form a square; on each side of the square

2.what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it

3.don't have much time to think

4.old-fashioned clothes

c

1.eight people form a square; on each side of the square

2.what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it

3.don't have much time to think

4. old-fashioned clothes

Task 4

1.It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.

borrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck.

4.Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried

to use up these things before Lent began.

5.It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.

6.People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the

church people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.

Task 5

A

l. F 2.T 3. F 4.T 5. F 6. T 7. T

B

Life in Victorian times

Advantages:

Lots of servants to do the work; beautiful clothes to wear; lots of tea parties; life being slower; plenty of time to talk to each other, play the piano or play cards together Disadvantages:

Terrible life for servants; very uncomfortable clothes; boring and formal tea parties—often no men being invited; much more illness; children left with servants all day; very poor education; no freedom for women

Life today

Advantages:

Lots of machines to help with the housework; a much better life for children; more freedom for women

Disadvantages:

People being always rushing, having no time to stop or enjoy themselves; too much time spent in front of the television, no talk to each other

Task 6

A

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. a

B

1.family unit; process; change; used to be; the extended; the nuclear

2.job patterns; progressed; agricultural; industrial; forced; job opportunities; split up

3.traditional; family; expanded; other living arrangements

c

1.mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living in

the same house or nearby

2.only the parents and the children

3.previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from

former marriages into a new family

Task 7

A

1.Both

2. Men

3. Both

4. Women

5. Men

6. Men

7. Women

8. Women

9. Women 10. Women 11. Men 12. Women

B

5. dry

6. wet

7. clear

Task 8 A

1. a

2.c

3. b

4. c

5. c

6. b

7.c

8. b

B 1. T 2.T 3.F 4.

F 5.T 6.F 7. F 8. F 9.T 10.F

Task 9

Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.

The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make nobleman who had a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one f the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. Other guests were amused or shocked, but the nobleman calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

Unit 2 Weather

Task 1

1. b

2. a

3. d

Task 2 A

1. T

2.F

3. F B

1. d

2. c

3. c C

1. climate

2. reputation

3. extraordinary

4. unreliable 8. dull 9. hot 10> cold 11 ? bad 12. mild

Task 3

1. the country; Trees, grass, lakes and steams

2. concrete; take in the heat during the day and throw off heat into the air at night; Warmer winters, car engines; electrical appliance

3. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earth; Ice near the North and South poles to melt; to be slowly flooded and people living in these cities to move to higher land Task 4 A

1. b

2. c B

1. night

2. delight

3. morning

4. warning 5- gray 6. way 7. red 8. head c 1. F 2.T 3. F

1. c

2. b

3. d

4. c

5. c

Task 6

A

1. F

2.T

3. F

4.T

5. F

6. T

B

1. incredible

2. one minute

3. one kilometer

4. destroyed

5. lifted up

6. earned away

7. killed

8. injured

Task 7

A

1. b

2. a

3. b

B

1.For today: It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.

2.For the weekend: Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in northern

Europe

c

For today

Southeast England—26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoon

Southern Scotland■一Maximum temperatures of around 21 degrees

Brighton—15 hours of lovely sunshine

Midlands---23 degrees Celsius by early afternoon

Northwest of ScotlandLight showers around midday

For the weekend

Spain…34 degrees Celsius

Greece—32 degrees Celsius

France—Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degrees

Northern Ireland■—Heavy rain, 17 degrees Celsius

Most of England—Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees Celsius

Task 8

Natural Phenomena Air Pressure (Rise

or Fall)

Causes

Faraway objects are Fall more sharply focused.

Birds' calls become Fall Sharper.

Swamp doesn't Rise smell very strong.

Bird fly high. Rise Smoke rise high in the air Rise Elderly people's joints ache. Fall The dust particles begin to settle to the ground in thinner air and the air clears. Instead of traveling upward and outward into the atmosphere they are bent back to the earth and their range extended.

The methane is trapped in the bottom of the swamp because of the thick air. Birds prefer to fly where the air is the densest and they can get greater lift with their wings

Smoke rises with thicker air.

The gas in our bodies expands in lower air pressure.

Task 9

A

Statements 3, 6, 7 are true.

B

f—c—a—d—b—e

c

1. F

2.T

3. F

4. F

D

1. d

2. b

Task 10

Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city in Tibet, temperatures may exceed 29 degrees Celsius in summer while plummeting to -16 degrees Celsius in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that there are great temperature extremes on the same day! The average temperature in northern Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July or August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperatures, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September represent the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are blocked by heavy snow. Land slides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make travel difficult.

Unit 3 Social Issues

Task 1

A

1.Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in

2.The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure

and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control

3.The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only

answer is to fight back or walk away.

B

1. Three- quarters

2. psychologists, doctors

3.nervousness, anger, frequent illness, forgetfulness, mental problems

Task 2

A

1. give in so easily to hijackers9 demands

a)threaten to blow up a plane, commit some other outage

b)hold out against this kind of blackmail, always have terrorists, Start executing

teiTorists automatically

c)be prepared to face the consequences of evil

2

a)It's the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really

mean business.

b)Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.

B

1. She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would

want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldn't die.

Task 3

A

1.thirty-five, natural light, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy

2.Mexico

3. ought to, shouldn't

B

1.It is located in a narrow street with five-and six-storey buildings eight kilometers

from downtown Los Angeles.

2.This factory makes shirts and jeans

3.She's already been working for ten hours, but won't stop for another two hours.

4.She can't complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant-

Task 4

A

Every year the British government publishes statistics about social trends. Their findings show definite patterns in the British way of life.

garbage that can be easily burned, kitchen and garden trash electrical appliances, plastic tools, plastic toys are poisonous, cause pollution, batteries

bottles and glass containers that can be recycled metal containers that can be recycled furniture and bicycled

different days, on request, fertilizer, to produce electricity, recycled, cleaned,

1. marked differences

a) one hour more every day, three hours more every week

b) 1 percent, cleaning and ironing, keep household accounts, do repairs or improvements c) 30 percent

2. leisure activities, watching television, 20 hours a week, going for walks, Swimming, British women B

1. Unlike the other couples, Carla has always kept her won accounts and Adrian has always done his own housework. Neither of them like watching television very much and they both like swimming. Task 5 A Topic: How a city in Japan solve the problem of garbage disposal.

Supporting details: 160 million, every year, 10 percent, 10 percent, the rest, public cooperation

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. on re

paired, resold cheaply, give away

B

1. The garbage will be taken to a center that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the center, special equipment is used to sort and process the garbage.

2. official from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems. Task 6

1. They were talking about Mrs. Carter.

2. She was a tall, handsome woman who used to come into the shop at least twice a week.

3. She lived alone in a large house on an old farm —about three miles from the shop.

4. He was absolutely certain, otherwise he would never call the police. His evidence was this: First, he saw her do it; second, he found the things in her bag; third, she had done it before.

5. Because two young people saw her. The shopkeeper believed that if they didn't punish her, young people would think that stealing didn't matter.

excuses her found for her were: First, the woman was old and she lived alone—she was lonely. Second, she wasn't poor..-she was well-known for her generosity to charities and she didn't need to steal. Te items were only worth a pound or two.

Third, she pleaded not guilty and she didn't know that she had done it.

Task 7

A

Topic: According to the urban planner, not all modern cities are alike. There seem to be two types of modern city.

1. a single high-density center, skyscrapers, motorways, as far as you can see

2.the low-density multi-center city, a large collection of a number of small centers,

shopping centers, factories, businesses, skyscrapers

B

1.He thinks that the second type( the Los Angeles model) is more sensible.

2.He considers it highly likely that the kind of city we know now will completely

disappear.

Task 8

A

1.He thinks that this country's problems all come from inflation, which is the result

of the Democrat's careless spending.

2.No, she doesn't agree with Ned. She believes that the problem is unemployment. If

the government cuts spending too much, people will fall into a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayers to share the burden.

3.She agrees with Barbara. She believes that unemployment is a big problem,

especially in the big industrial cities. And the government isn't doing very much to help the big industries out.

4.He believes in the free market system rather than government regulation or

protection. He thinks that without a lot of government interference everything w川be okay.

5.No, they think it's bad for the weak, the poor and the unprotected/ it's bad for the

underprivileged.

B

1. more and more money

2. come from somewhere

3. higher taxes and higher prices Task 9

A

1. The problem is whether or not the inner city—the core of most urban areas—will

manage to survive at all.

2.They moved to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room, and privacy.

3.As a result, suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside. Many cities began

to fall into disrepair. And many downtown areas existed for business only.

4.The result was that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded

5.Because from the decision of the Taylors and many other young couples, we can

see that some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life.

B

1. F

2.T

3. F

4. F

5. T

6.T

C

1.middle-class, tax money, neighborhoods

2. Crime, public transportation

3.housing construction costs, was allowed to, constructed

Task 10

A

1.54. 20. 1980, 70,000

2. 30, 1980

3. a newspaper article, to research the market

4.another few months, in April 1981, a 1,500 sq ft

5.third, Canada, America, 20 percent, ￡ 1 million

6. 20, 70, 3

B

1. F

2.T

3. F

4. F

5. T

C

1.He was deeply involved in the present job and rather enjoyed himself. He thought

the shop was his own little baby and thought it was fun to serve behind the counter.

However, he also thought that there was a lot more hard work than he was used to;

he was working over the weekend doing his books. He called his old job "boring trips to Manchester to sell vast quantities of PVC."

2.He thought that there was far more job satisfaction; and believed that he was

making money, rather than making money for other people.

3.He's about to diversify into commercial distribution of imported and domestically

produced wine and wines he's producing himself.

Task II

I could hear the guard blowing his whistle, so I ran onto the platform and up to the train. Luckily, someone saw me coming, a door opened, and I jumped on while the train was moving out of the station. "Phew!” I thought. "That was hard work!” I was sure the other passengers could hear my heart beating; it was so loud, and I was in a cold sweat.

After a while, I recovered, and had a look at the other passengers. The

They were orphans and had nobody to support them.

Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more -一far

from enough.

They boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided

that tone of them must ask the master for more gruel. Olive Twist was chosen by casting lots.

He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given

portion. Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver's request.

He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a week Olive remained

prisoner in the cellar.

2.F

3.T

2. b

compartment was full, but I was the only one standing. The people in the carriage turned their eyes away as they noticed me liking at them. All except one, a beautiful woman sitting in the comer. I saw her watching me in the mirror. Automatically, I adjusted my tie. She had seen me running for the train: maybe this was my lucky day after all. I prepared to say hello.

She spoke first, however. "Would you kike my seat?" she asked. "You look rather ill.” That was the day on which I realized I was getting middle -aged.

Unit 4 Literature

Task 1

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Task 2 A

1. F B 1. d

Task 3 A

Name: Lewis CaiToll; Occupation: mathematics; Oxford University Literary works: Alice"s Adventures in Wonderland. 1865;

Through the Looking-Glass; 1871

B

1. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures. Task 4

I. the Greeks 2. closed the gates of the city and stayed behind the walls 3. the Greeks 4. a huge wooden horse 5. hide inside it 6. the horse 7. they stopped 8. hid their ships 9. Greek prisoner 10. the horse II. The Greek soldiers 12. the wooden horse Task 5

1. c

2. a

B

1.All the animals thought that he was the king of beasts. Actually he was a coward.

He was afraid of human beings and other big animals. He roared only to scare them away and never really hurt them.

2.Dorothy and her dog wanted to get back to Kansas. The Scarecrow wanted some

brains and the Tinman wanted a heart. The Lion wanted to have courage.

Task 6

A

1. civil war

2. first; equality

3. battlefields; bloodiest

4. ordinary

B

1. d

2.c

Task 7

A

1. A red, red rose that's newly spring in June and the melody that's sweetly played in

tune.

2.He will love her till all the seas are dried and the rocks melt in the sun. his love will

last as long as the sands of life run(there is life on earth).

3.Yes, he is, and he will come back no matter how far it is.

B

June—tune I—dry sun—run while —mile

Task 8

1.Tall stories, that is, unlikely ones.

2.Because he wanted to be a member of a certain club.

3.he went there because he was told that a lion came there each evening to drink

water.

4.Sixteen times.

5.He killed sixteen lions.

Task 9

1. a young prince who lived on land; rose to the surface of the sea and waited for the

prince to come to her; never came

2. a witch; changed her fish's tail into a pair of human legs; she gave the witch her

tongue

3.the prince's palace; her feet hurt terribly; didn't love her

Task 10

A

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. a

1. e

2. b

3. a

4. d

5. c

Task 11

1.stuck a rock and began to break up; sank too; had survived

2.he was tied very firmly by a large number of fine ropes; about forty little men shot

at him with their arrows, which hurt like needles; the little men gave him all the bread, meat and wine they had

3. 3. was seven feet by three feet, equipped with twenty-two wheels and pulled by

fifteen hundred little horses

Task 12

Aesop was a very clever man who lived in Greece thousands of years ago. He wrote many good fables. He was known to be fond of jokes. One day, as he was en joying a walk he met a traveler, who greeted him and said, “Kind man, can you tell me how soon I shall get to town?”

“Go,” Aesop answered.

“I know I must go", said the traveler, “but I should Like you to tell me how soon I shall get to town.”

“Go,” Aesop s aid again angrily.

“This man must be mad,” the traveler thought and went on.

After he had gone some distance, Aesop shouted after him, “You will get to town in two hours." The traveler turned around in astonishment. "Why didn't you tell me that before?” he asked.

"How could I have told you before?” answered Aesop. "I did not know how fast you could walk.

Unit 5 Education

Task 1

A

1.People's ideas on permanent education.

2.One is an ordinary "man in the street". The other is an educational psychologist.

3.The first person thinks this idea of permanent education is crazy. He can't

understand people who want to spend all their lives in school. The second person thinks the idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning.

B

1. was; hated; stand; got out

2. all their lives

3. certain limits; age limits

It's difficult to teach children these days, when

many of them know they won't get jobs. It's hard

Task 2 A Age Schooling Four Nursery School

Five The Infants ,

School Seven

The Junior School

B

1. He stayed there for a year.

2. He has faint, but very pleasant memories of it. He had fun and played games---including story-telling, drawing, singing and dancing.

3. He began t have more formal lessons and even worry about exams.

4. The exam was called the “Eleven Plus”. Students took the exam to see what kind of secondary school they would get into. Task 3 A

1. compulsory; the ages of 5 and 16; state-funded; independent

2. available; at a nursery school; in the nursery class at a primary school

3. preparatory; primary; aged 5 to 13

4. enter the state education system; at the age of 5; secondary school

5. 7, 11, 13 or 16; gain admission at 11 or 13; the Common Entrance Examination

6. one further year; Advanced Supplementary Examinations; Advanced Level Examinations

7. classroom; laboratory; work independently; undertake research for projects 8. vocational; conventional

9. secondary education; with A-levels; further; higher

B

1. GCSE stand for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. It is normally take at the age of sixteen.

2. Students usually study form 8 to 12 subjects over two years.

3. Some subjects take account of the work students do throughout the year, while others are assessed entirely by examination. Task 4 A

Topic of This Discussion: Corporal Punishment

Interviewees Position on

This Topic Arguments/Reasons For/Against

Kate For

Rolf Against

Jane Raoul

Against

For Its' impossible to teach the rest of the class of you

to control the class if you can't punish them. Some

children need discipline.

It always has been difficult to be a teacher. But you don't have to use violence. It's impossible to teach students about nonviolence and being good

citizens when you are violent yourself.

have one student who constantly misbehaves. It's

bad for the others.

B

1..F

2. F

Task 5

A

1.Because the television program by that name can now be seen in many parts of

the world.

2.This program is very popular among children. Some educators object to certain

elements in the program. Parents praise it highly. Many teachers also consider

it a great help, though some teachers find that problems arise when first

graders who have learned from “Sesame Street” are in the same class with

children who have not watched the program.

3.In order to increase the number of children who can watch it regularly.

4.1) The reasons may include the educational theories of its creators, the

support by both government and private businesses, and the skillful use of a

variety of TV tricks

2)Perhaps an eq ually important reason is that mothers watch “Sesame Street”

along with their children. This is partly because famous adult stars often

appear on “Sesame Street”.

3)The best reason for the success of the program may be that it makes every

child watching it feel able to learn. The child finds himself learning, and he

wants to learn more.

B

1.six million; regularly; half; economic; racial; geographical

2.fifty; Spanish; Portuguese; German; one hundred thousand; English; every two

weeks

3.songs; stories; jokes; pictures; numbers; letters; human relationships

Task 6

A

1. It is to have all public schools connected to the Internet computer system and have

computers available for all students-

Task 7 A 1

2.

3. spoken; written; saying poetry aloud; giving speeches; advanced degrees; field of study; custom; candidates; doctor's degree

written; nineteenth; the great increase in population; the development of modern industry; objective; personal opinions; memory of facts and details; range of knowledge; a fairer chance; easier; quicker; learning; essay; ling answers; broad general questions; the element of luck; put facts together into a meaningful whole; really knowing much about the subject; have trouble expressing their ideas in essay form; examiner's feelings at the time of reading the answer

unsatisfactory; along with

2.Its web site provides information about the school, the teacher and their mail

addresses. It also lists student events and organizations.

3.They I earn numbers and letters. They also I earn how to use the computers they

will need later in their education.

B

1.1994; 35%; Last year; 89%

2.universities; colleges; urge; require

B

1. b

Task 8

Americans know that higher education is the key to the growth they need to lift their country, and today that is more true than ever. Just listen to these facts. Over half the new jobs created in the last three years have been managerial and professional jobs. The new jobs require a higher level of skills.

Fifteen years ago the typical worker with a college degree made 38 percent more than a worker with a high school diploma. Today that figure is 73 percent more. Two years of college means a 20 percent increase annual earnings. People who finish two years of college earn a quarter of a million dollars more tan their high school counterparts over a lifetime.

Unit 6 Work

Task 1

A

1. d—b—a—e—c

B

1. a

Task 2

Task 6

Former Jobs 1st man Car salesman When Laid-off Recently

2nd man Worker at a vacuum cleaner

plant 10 months ago

Why Laid-off

Low sales, due to the increase

of interest rates

Plant moved to Singapore where

worker are paid much less

A

1. a

2. b

3. d

4. c

B

1. T

2.T

3. F

C

wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way; the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were! Task 3

A

Harry—Sailor Nora—Farmer(if she were a man)

Robert―Civil engineer Peter--?Racing driver or explorer

B

1. a

2. b

3. c . b 5. d

Task 4

1.correspondents; columnist; may not need either; to go to places where events take

place and write stories about them

2.first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other people

3.working hours; free time; work long hours to begin with

Task 5

A

1. acd

2. abe

B

1. she is the wrong sex

2. she wears the wrong clothes

B

1st speaker---bed 2nd speaker-一ae

c

1. F

2. F

Task 7

A

1. According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clearly

the results of his efforts.

According to the second speaker, English language teaching is a good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure.

He also likes the way elderly teacher are.

Task 8

The interview with Michale:

1.No.

2.The work he used to do was not what interested him and what he likes to do cannot

earn him enough money to support himself.

3.You do not have to get up it you don't feel like it. You can spend your time on the

things you want to do.

4.He believes he does things which are enjoyable for him and useful to people and

the community.

The interview with Chris:

1.Very little value other than supporting oneself and ones family.

2.It is a bread-winning process. The activities in it can be valuable to society.

3.He thinks it harmful to both the environment and the society, for cars add to

pollution and consume the scarce resources.

4.He thinks it a valuable job in any society.

5.He is perhaps a university teacher.

6.He regarded his job a "white collar" job, which he does with his mind and receives

mental satisfaction from it.

Task 9

A

Interviewees Like their jobs Dislike their jobs

Like jobs in part

(percent) (percent) (percent) Men 91 5 4

Women 84 12 4

MenAVomen 18-24 70 20 6

Men/Women 25-29 88 9 3

MenAVomen 30-39 92 8 0

White-collar workers 87 8 4 Blue-collar workers 91 5 3

B

1.No major change. For some--?less paperwork. Some---less working hours.

Others—earn more money.

2.Most adults—would go on working. Esp. young adults (18 to 24)—9 out of 10

would go on working.

Task 10 A

According to Mother According to Cathy

Career inclination teacher or vet hairdresser

B

1. F

2.T

C

1. b

2. a

D

1. She really enjoyed meeting new people. She had good qualifications in English and

Maths. She did not mind hard work, even if it was not always pleasant. She had the experience of looking after sick animals and her mother. She liked living away form home.

Task 11

I began my career during college, reporting on news stories at a Toronto radio station. The station's program manager was also a professor who taught one of my classes. I convinced him that she needed a youth reporter because that year was International Youth Year. After graduation, I took a job as a television news reporter and later, news anchor. But sports reporting was something different, so I decided to try it. Figure skating was my first assignment.

I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judged. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.

Unit 7 People

Task 1

1.Because he wrote an astonishing number of books.

2.Mankind would have to create a world state.

3.No.

4.Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from aeroplanes.

5.Any two of the following: The War in the Air. The First Men in the Moon,

The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man.

6.Events forecast in Well's books might come true.

Task 2

A

1. b

2. c

3. c

4. a

B

1. tall; narrow; tousled

2. surveyed; half-closed

3. taking a long stride

4.capable; flexible; still life

5. faded; frayed

6.tilted his head; smiled; walked forward; with a flourish

Task 3

1. F

2.T

3. F

4.F

5. F

6. T

7. F

8. T

B

1. dramatic sunsets and sunrises

2. 1930s; 1840s; impressionistic

3.reds; oranges; 1820

Task 4

1.A natural curiosity./A good interviewer is one who likes meeting people and wants

to find out about them

2.A curious kind of affinity with people , and an ability to get on will with people. Task 5: A.

?in 1997

?plant trees all over Africa

?thirty million

?seeds nurseries

?communities

?planting

?taking care of the trees

?survives

?fuel