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LISTENING AND SPEAKING 21 T08 Listen to the text about an extraordinary house. Whose house is it? What did you know about this person?
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Гаярделли, Редли 8 класс, Вентана-Граф:
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
21 T08 Listen to the text about an extraordinary house. Whose house is it? What did you know about this person? What have you learned about him from the text? What is so interesting about his house?
Текст аудирования:
Bill Gates, who started Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen, is the richest man in the world. He has $45.3 billion! Although he is very rich, he is also very generous: his charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is one of the most generous in the world. In 1999 the foundation gave $3.2 billion to a health charity — the world’s biggest donation to an aid organisation. However, Bill Gates has spent some of his enormous fortune on himself and his family. In the 1990s he built a house next to Lake Washington near Seattle. The house, which cost $97 million, is in a great place, with views of the lake from many of the windows. It is (as you’d expect from a man whose money comes from computers) very modern and has all the latest computer equipment. It has all the normal things you find in a home like a kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms. In addition, it has the things only very rich people can buy: a hall which is big enough for 200 people, a swimming pool that has an underwater music system, a sauna, a library where he keeps a 16th-century Leonardo da Vinci notebook (which he bought for $3.8 million), a theatre with state-of-the-art technology, a formal dining room that’s big enough for 24 guests, an underground garage, a boat house and a guest house for visitors. In fact, the guest house was built first to lest the main house’s technology. The computer technology is remarkable: all the floors, the drive and the paths in the garden are heated, there are 52 miles of communication cables, Bill Gates can fill his bath at the correct temperature, while he is driving home, and his wife’s clothes are in a computerised wardrobe which brings the correct dress or jacket automatically.
The architects, builders and designers used the best materials that money can buy. There is wood on the floors and in the walls, from all over the world, in one bathroom the shower ‘curtain’ is a 225 kilo piece of stone!
Most of us can’t afford to live like the Gates family — but do we want to? It depends on your point of view: a Utopian dream with perfect comfort or a science fiction nightmare with computers controlling everything?
22 T08 Listen to the text again and complete the sentences with dates and figures.
1 He started Microsoft in 1975.
2 He built a house for himself and his family near Seattle in the 1990s.
3 The house cost $ 97 million.
4 The hall in the house is big enough for 200 people.
5 Bill gates bought Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook for $ 3.8 million.
6 The dining room is big enough for 24 people.
7 There are 52 miles of communication cables in his house.
8 In one bathroom there is a shower ‘curtain’ made of stone which weighs 225 kilos.
23 T09 Listen to five people talking about their holiday plans. Mark the speakers as male (m) or female (f). What are their holiday plans?
Текст аудирования:
1. Woman 1: I don’t know when we’re leaving. The plane is delayed, so wetaskre waiting to find out what time the flight is going to be, Right now wetaskre going to sit in a restaurant and eat lunch. Wetaskve got some money from the airline because we’re late. I hope we’re not too late because our hotel is a long way from the airport and the children are tired.
2. Girl: Itaskm going to go camping this year. I’ve got a new tent, a rucksack and a nice, warm sleeping bag. My friends don’t want to come with me — they like sunbathing and relaxing, but I think that’s a boring way to spend your time. I want to walk in the mountains. I’m not sure where I’m going to go yet — Poland looks interesting, or maybe the Pyrenees.
3. Man 1: This is great! We’re leaving in about an hour, I can see the ferry and I’m waiting to drive on. There’s a man checking tickets and a passport control and then we can go. I’m hungry now. When I get on the boat, I’m going to find a seat in the restaurant next to a window and eat breakfast. My last English breakfast for two weeks!
4. Woman 2: This is so exciting. This afternoon, we’re going to go to the travel agent’s and book our holiday. We’re going to have a month in India. I can’t believe it! The price includes flights, hotels and travel in India and we’re going to see everything — the Himalayas, the Taj Mahal, the River Ganges. I want to ride on an elephant in the jungle and see a tiger.
5. Man 2: Itaskm not going anywhere this year. I’ve got two weekstask holiday in July, but I know what I’m going to do. I’m going to paint the house, work in the garden and relax. I like holidays, but when I come home I’m always more tired than before I leave. I hate flying, and holidays in England are very expensive. I might go cycling at the weekend but nothing else.
24 T09 Listen again to these people and fill in the gaps in the sentences below. Then discuss what kind of house/flat/room these people have or what kind of accommodation they need for their holiday.
Текст аудирования:
Speaker 1
has to while away time in restaurant because the flight is delayed
is going to pay for lunch with the money from the airline
does not know how far the hotel is
has to wait until the time of the flight is known
is concerned about her children
Speaker 2
is going to spend his holidays this year camping
likes walking in the mountains
has friends who like sunbathing and relaxing
is going to take a few pieces of camping equipment: a new tent, a rucksack and a sleeping bag
Speaker 3
is leaving England in an hour
Before he drives on a ferry he’ll have to go through passport control
Before he drives on a ferry his tickets will be checked
When he gets on a ferry the first thing he’ll do is go to a restaurant
For two weeks he won’t have English breakfast
Speaker 4
is going to book a holiday at the travel agent’s
is going to stay in India for a month
is planning to ride on an elephant
hopes to see a tiger in the jungle
Speaker 5
is planning to have two weeks’ holiday in July
is planning to paint the house and work in the garden
doesntaskt want to leave England because he is afraid of flying
is planning to go cycling on weekends
READING AND SPEAKING
25 Do you know the story of the phrase ‘to keep up with the Joneses’? Read about its origin and answer the questions.
1 What is a comic strip?
2 In what century did the phrase ‘keep up with the Joneses’ appear?
3 What facts of Arthur R. Momand’s biography inspired him to coin the phrase?
4 Who are the Joneses?
5 Why did Arthur R. Momand give up the name Smiths in favour of the Joneses?
6 Is the phrase used in American English only?
7 What is the Russian for ‘keeping up with the Joneses’?
8 What are the most common last names in Russia that you could use in a phrase like this?
The phrase ‘to keep up with the Joneses’ came into English only about a hundred years ago. It first appeared in a comic strip called ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ in February 1913. It was a great success and ran for 28 years! It was published in various newspapers throughout the US. The author of the comic strip was Arthur R. Momand. He based it on his own family’s experience. His parents felt it was important to show that they were as successful as others, such as their rich neighbours.
Momand’s comic strip was a satire that made fun of people who try to give an appearance of wealth without really being wealthy. The main characters are always trying to seem as classy as their neighbours. People spend because their neighbours are spending. People buy what their neighbours buy, whether they need it or not. In other words, they must keep up with the Joneses.
Jones is a very common last name in the United States. At first Momand thought of calling his comics ‘keeping up with the Smiths’ but finally decided on ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ because it sounds better. The phrase originated in the US but is now used in many English-speaking countries.
26 Have you ever thought how much your home tells about you? Do the quiz in pairs or individually.
What does your home look like?
1 How many computers do you have in your flat/ house?
a Just one — a desktop
b More than one — a desktop and a laptop
c You have a desktop, a laptop and many other gadgets.
2 What would a guest think of your kitchen?
a It’s clean and tidy.
b It needs some cleaning.
c It has not been cleaned for ages, the dustbin is always full.
3 How many mirrors do you have?
a None.
b At least one mirror
c Several or many.
4 How easy is it for you to find a lost object in your house?
a Very easy
b Somewhat difficult
c Next to impossible.
5 Do you have houseplants?
a No. Never had any.
b One pot.
c Many pots.
6 What’s the main colour in your room?
a White.
b Warm colours
c Cool colours
d Black.
27 Pair work. Now try to interpret your partner’s answers using the words given.
Question 1: clever, serious, hard-working, to achieve a lot.
Question 2: clean, housework, domestic person, to make a perfect wife/husband, not to care much about hygiene.
Question 3: to like the way you look, to care about one’s appearance, good-looking, not to pay too much attention to one’s appearance, to worry too much about one’s looks.
Question 4: well organized, punctual, to be often late for appointments, careless, not to control one’s emotions.
Question 5: to like taking care of others, selfish, kind, helpful.
Question 6: tolerant, confident, friendly, cheerful, generous, modest, clever, arrogant, optimistic, pessimistic, lazy.
28 Read the key to the quiz about your home on page 90. Have you learned anything new about yourself? Do you agree with the key given? Describe your home. What does it really say about your personality?
WRITING
29 Read an extract from a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Tracy. Write a letter to Tracy and answer her questions. You must write 90-110 words. Remember the rules of letter writing.
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