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A rich American went to Paris and bought a very strange picture painted by a fashionable modern artist. The American thought the picture was very fine because he had paid a lot of money for it. But when he came to his hotel and wanted to hang the picture up on the wall, he could not tell which was the top and which the bottom of the picture. The American turned the picture this way and that, but still could not decide which was the top and which was the bottom. So he thought of a plan. He hung the painting in the dining-room and invited the artist to dinner. When the artist came, the American said nothing to him about the picture. When the artist began to eat his soup, he looked at the picture many times. When he began to eat his fish, he put on his glasses and looked at the picture again. Before he began to eat his fruit, he got up and walked over to the picture to look at it more closely. At last when they began to drink their coffee, he understood that the picture was upside down. "Why, my friend", he said, "my picture is hung upside down". Билет №14 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту “A SLAVE”. 2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте. Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. Молодежь любит разные музыкальные стили. Какие из них популярны сейчас? Какой стиль ближе всего тебе? Почему? Music in our life. 3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Обсудите с вашим зарубежным другом, что нужно сделать, чтобы быть успешным в жизни: иметь талант, закончить вуз, успешно жениться/выйти замуж или что-то еще? Приведите не менее двух причин, почему вы так думаете. Спросите согласен ли ваш друг вашим мнением. TEXT №14 “A SLAVE”. Murillo was a great painter in Spain. He painted beautiful pictures and he had many students. Once he came to his studio and found a very beautiful picture there. He asked his students who had painted that picture but nobody answered. Then he asked his slave Sebastian if he had seen somebody in the studio the night before. The slave did not answer. When the night came and everybody went away Sebastian began to paint. He did not think of the time. Suddenly he heard a noise behind him. When he turned round he saw Murillo and his students watch him quietly. "Sebastian", cried Murillo, "you are a very good painter. How did you learn to paint?" "You gave lessons to your students, and I heard them", answered the slave. Murillo understood that the slave was a very gifted painter, so he gave him freedom and began to work with his "slave" who was not a slave any longer. 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 boughta 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 wrappedup each piece of the vase separately. Билет №17 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту ‘A FUNNY STORY’. 2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте. Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. Что означает «здоровый образ жизни»? А как ты заботишься о своем здоровье? How to take care of your health? 3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Вы собираетесь в школе подготовить вечер, посвященный дню города, в котором примут участие ваши зарубежные гости. Посоветуйтесь с учителем, как и когда можно организовать вечер. TEXT №17 ‘A FUNNY STORY’. Once a man went to a shop and bought a pair of trousers. When he came home, he put the trousers on. Then he saw that they were too long for him. So he went to his wife and said: "Please make my trousers shorter, they are too long for me, I cannot put them on." But the wife said: "I have no time now. I must wash the plates. It is late now, I shall do it tomorrow." The man went to his daughter and asked her: "Can you make my trousers shorter? I cannot put them on." "No, I cannot," said the daughter. "I must do my lessons now. I shall do it tomorrow". His wife washed all the plates, came into the room, took the trousers, made them shorter and put them back on the chair. When his daughter did her lessons, she came into his room, took the trousers and made them shorter. Late in the evening his sister came too and made the trousers shorter. The man got up at 7 o'clock in the morning. His wife told him, "I have made your trousers shorter; you can put them on". But when the man put them on, he saw that they were too short for him and he could not wear them. Билет №18 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту. ‘HIS FIRST MONEY’. 2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте. Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. Проблемы экологии необычайно важны сегодня. Что ты и окружающие тебя люди могут сделать, чтобы защитить планету? Great troubles. 3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Вы собираетесь поехать в страну изучаемого языка на неделю в октябре. Узнайте у своего зарубежного друга, который там живет, какая пода в октябре, часто ли она менятся и что лучше брать с собой из вещей. TEXT №18 ‘HIS FIRST MONEY’. Somebody once asked Mark Twain whether he could remember the first money he ever earned. "I remember quite well", the famous writer answered. "Soon after that, I had to go to my father and ask him to give me five dollars. I was honest enough to explain that I could agree to receive a beating instead, but he said: "No, I can't allow you to connect our name with such things. So I'll pay the five dollars. But you must suffer for what you have done. I'll give you the beating here, at home". "So he beat me, and then gave me the five dollars to take to school. But I decided that the beating didn't hurt so much, and another beating at school wouldn't be worse. Билет №19 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту. ‘ONE MORE FUNNY STORY’. 2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте. 3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Ваш зарубежный друг в плохом настроении. Попытайтесь узнать, в чем причина его плохого настроения, чем вы можете ему помочь, дайте совет, как исправить ситуацию. TEXT №19 ‘ONE MORE FUNNY STORY’. One of Mark Twain's hobbies was fishing. He went fishing whenever he had a chance, even in the closed season, when fishing was not allowed anywhere in lakes and rivers. Like all fishermen, he sometimes invented stories about the number of fish he caught. One hot day during the closed season, Mark Twain was fishing as usual, under a low bridge. A man who was walking across the bridge happened to notice Mark Twain and began to watch him. At last he asked: "Have you. caught many fish?" "Not yet", Mark Twain answered. "I have only just begun. But yesterday I caught thirty great big fish here". "No", Mark Twain said. "I don't think I ever happened to meet you before". "I'm the fishing inspector in this place. Do you know that this is the closed season?" Mark Twain thought quickly. He understood how foolish he had been. «Do you know who I am?» he asked aloud. "No, of course not», answered the inspector." "I am the biggest liar on the Mississippi", Mark Twain told him. Билет №20 1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту. “ROBIN HOOD AND THE GOLDEN ARROW” 2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте. Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. 3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Вы с другом готовите проект о стране изучаемого языка. Обсудите, о чем будите ваше сообщение и почему, кто из вас что будет делать. TEXT №20 “ROBIN HOOD AND THE GOLDEN ARROW” Robin Hood was a legendary hero who was well known and loved by the poor people of England. He lived in a forest far from the towns, and when the poor were oppressed by the rich, he helped them by giving them food and shelter. The sheriffs tried to arrest him but they did not succeed in doing so. Once the sheriff of N. decided to organize a shooting contest in order to catch him because he knew Robin Hood to be a very good shot and was sure that he would take part in the contest by all means. The prize was a golden arrow. On learning about the forthcoming contest Robin Hood gathered his men and discussed whether they should take part in it. Finally it was decided that although the risk of participating in the contest was great, they should all go, Robin Hood among them. The day of the contest was fine and clear. The town was decorated with flags, and field for the contest was full of people. The sheriff looked for Robin Hood and his men everywhere. He knew that they were always dressed in green. To his disappointment, however, he could not find anybody who looked like them. The contest was won by a fellow dressed in red, who had come from a village with a whole company of young men. After receiving the prize the fellow left the town, and nobody ever thought that it was Robin Hood. While leaving the town Robin Hood shot an arrow through the sheriff's open window. There was a paper attached to it with the following words: "Robin Hood thanks the sheriff for the Golden Arrow."
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