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Interesting Articles from the Newspapers the Radio Program for You
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1. The President of the United States is having talks today with the Russian premiere in Moscow. They are discussing peace plans.
2. At home. Figures for this month show that the cost of living is rising at a rate of 10%. Wages are only rising at a rate of 7%.
3. British Air flight today announced the timetable of their new supersonic jet aero plane. The plane takes off on its first scheduled flight to New York at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.
4. Some good news. The pound is up again against the dollar. One pound is now worth 2.26 US dollars.
5. Unemployment has reached its highest figure ever. There are two million people out of work now.
6. And now a reminder that British Summer Time ends tonight at 3 a.m. Dont forget to put your clocks back one hour when you go to bed.
7. Finally, the weather. Its cloudy over most of Britain today with rain in Scotland. The temperature is about 13o Centigrade, thats 58 Fahrenheit.
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Ex.1. : Write answers to the questions
1) Which two countries are taking part in the peace talks?
2) At what rate are wages rising?
3) When is the jets first scheduled flight to New York?
4) How much is $2.26 worth in pound sterling?
5) How many people are out of work?
6) What time do the clocks go back?
7) In which country does it rain?
Ex.3. . Write plurals of these nouns:
Box, shelf, customer, sheet of paper, secretary, filing cabinet, glass, paper clip, lunch, cup of tea, letter, floor, office, day, man, person, company, woman.
Ex.4. : .Put these words into two lists of count and mass nouns.
Stationery, catalogue, table, desk, bottle, tea, paper, furniture, coffee, equipment, money, car, butter, envelope, sheet, country.
Ex.5. We usually think of some things in fixed amounts. We use unit nouns to be more exact. Decide which word in the list on the left goes with the word on the right. - . . , . Preposition of will help you. of. (A bottle of ink)
| Roll Bottle Box Sheet Glass Jar Packet Cup | Coffee Tea Cigarettes Wine Paper clips Ink Paper Sellotape |
Ex.6. Joy and Simon are planning a party. They are making a list of things they need for the party and then discussing what they need to buy. This is their party list. . , , , : Party list
Glasses butter to buy
Bread to buy knives
Cheese to buy orange juice
Plates
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wine to buy
. , . We have glasses We need to buy bread
Ex. 7. Write six questions and answers about the conversion table. . : What are 30 Austrian schillings worth in French francs? 30 Austrian schillings are worth 9.51 French Francs.
Conversion Table
| Austria France Germany Italy Japan Norway United States | 30 shillings 9.51 francs 4.11 marks 1.810 lire 490 yen 11.30 kroner 2.26 dollars |
Ex.8 Look at the weather table and write ten sentences about the weather round the world: 10 .
Todays weather around the world
| Amsterdam | C | 16o |
| Athens | S | 30 o |
| Berlin | F | 19 o |
| Cairo | F | 24 o |
| Copenhagen | C | 10 o |
| Lisbon | S | 28 o |
| London | Fg | 17 o |
| Madrid | S | 28 o |
| Paris | R | 22 o |
| Rome | S | 31 o |
| Stockholm | Sn | 3 o |
| Tokyo | F | 14 o |
Note that C=cloudy, F=fine, Fg=foggy, R=raining,S=sunny, Sn= snowing. Dont forget that it is cold below 15o , warm above 15o and hot over 25 o
Thats why it is warm and cloudy in Amsterdam today.
Ex 9. Look at the information about British summer time. Write 10 questions and answers about the time throughout the world. p . .
For those of you who regularly telephone other countries, we bring you a handy guide to the international time zones. When it is noon in London, this is the time in the rest of the world. - , , - . , :
| Alexandria | 2 p.m. |
| Delhi | 10.30 p.m. |
| Hong Kong | 8 p.m. |
| Los Angeles | 4 a.m. |
| Nairobi | 3 p.m. |
| New York | 7 a.m. |
| Rio de Janeiro | 9 a.m. |
| Rome | 1 p.m. |
| Tokyo | 9 p.m. |
| Sydney | 10 p.m. |
When it is two oclock in Alexandria, what time is it in Rome?
Ex. 10 , . Write five sentences about the timetable. :
to depart from - , to leave - , to take off from - , t arrive in - , to land at
| London | D1000 | A 1333 | New York |
| London | D1505 | A2210 | Delhi |
| Delhi | D2330 | A0640 | Sydney |
| New York | D 1515 | A 2045 | London |
| Delhi | D 1620 | A 2325 | London |
| Delhi | D 2330 | A 0640 | Sydney |
| Sydney | D 0750 | A 1455 | Delhi |
. Write the times in full.
The jet plane departs from London at ten a.m. and arrives in New York at thirteen thirty five p.m.
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Peace ,
Figure -
Month -
Cost of living
Rise ,
Wages
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Unemployment -
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Reminder -
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Weather
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Customer
Sheet
Filing cabinet
Glass
Paper clip
Stationery
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Jar
Ink
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Juice
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Hot -
Warm
Handy guide
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