Once upon a time, a businessman named Ray Kroc discovered a restaurant owned by two brothers. The restaurant served just four things: hamburgers, French fries, milk shakes and coca cola. But it was clean and inexpensive, and the service was quick. Mr Kroc liked it so much that he paid the brothers so that he could use their idea and their name: McDonalds.
Beef, big business and fast service were the ingredients when Mr Kroc opened his first McDonalds in 1955. Four years later there were 100 of them. Kroc knew Americans liked success. So he put signs saying how many millions of McDonalds hamburgers people had bought. In just four years, the number was one hundred million. Now, there are more than 13,000 McDonalds restaurants from Dallas to Paris and from Moscow to Beijing.
Anyone who wants to open a McDonalds must first work in one for a week. Then they do a nine-month training programme in the restaurants and at McDonalds University in Chicago. There they learn the McDonalds philosophy: quality control, service and cheap prices. McDonalds has strict rules: Hamburgers must be served before they are ten minutes old, and French fries, seven.
McDonalds has never stopped looking for new methods to attract customers, from drive-in windows to birthday parties. Chicken, fish, salad and, in some place, pizza are now on the menu. Their international popularity shows they have found the recipe for success.
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1. The title of the text is A HUNDRED BILLION HAMBURGERS.
2. This text is about the history of McDonalds.
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3. Many years ago a businessman named Ray Kroc discovered a cheap and quick restaurant.
4. The restaurant served four things: hamburgers, French fries, milk shakes and coca cola..
5. Mr Kroc paid the brothers for using their idea and name: McDonalds.
6. His first McDonalds was opened in 1955.
7. In four years, they sold one hundred million of hamburgers.
8. Now, there are more than 13,000 McDonalds restaurants from Dallas to Paris and from Moscow to Beijing.
9. McDonaldsis successful because it has own philosophy: quality control, service and cheap prices and it has neverstopped looking for new methods to attract customers.
10. I find this story is really interesting.
Questions:
1. When was the first McDonalds opened?
2. Who opened McDonalds?
3. Anyone who wants to open a McDonalds must first work in one for a week, mustnt he?
4. Did McDonalds find the recipe for success?
5. Are there more than 13,000 or 20,000 McDonalds restaurants?
2. Tell what you like to do in your free time: whether you spend more time outdoors or indoors;
whether you prefer to have a rest with your friends or alone;whether it is necessary to have free time.
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1. Nowadays people work all day long and rarely have spare time to rest and to do something they like.
2. But if they have it they try to spend it in the way they prefer.
3. I have free time only on Saturday and Sunday because I go to school and Im very busy during a week.
4. As for me, I like to pass my free time both in active and passive way.
5. I really enjoy reading or watching films, playing computer games because it's always interesting, helpful and helps to relax.
6. Also I am fond of active sports, running, swimming, skiing or riding a bike, when it is possible.
7. When I have some free time on weekdays, I go for a walk with my friends.
8. I like picnics and parties.
9. And I often visit my grandmother on weekends.
10. As we all know, leisure time is one of the most important thing people can't live without.
11. It is a big part of our life, and it shows the character and temper of a person.
12. I can't imagine a person who doesn't have any hobbies and favorite activities, because it is really impossible.
13. Our hobbies and habits make our lives, filling it up with variety of feelings and emotions.
14. Each person chooses his own way of spending time, either active of passive, and in any case it should be a refreshment and a source of inspiration.
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THOMAS ALVA EDISON
Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things.
Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he could continue his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the baggage car.
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Thomas then worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time on the job conducting experiments. Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He called himself a "two-shift man" because he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensively that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.
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1. The title of the text is THOMAS ALVA EDISON
2. This text is about very famous inventor who invented over 1,200 things.
3. Thomas didnt go to school, his mother taught him a few things so he was mostly self-educated.
4. He was very curious and started experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.
5. When he was 12 years old, he got his first job.
6. Thomas became a newsboy on a train, then he worked as a telegraph operator.
7. He spend free time conducting experiments.
8. Thomas Edison worked 16 hours every day.
9. He died at the age of 84, leaving a lot of useful inventions.
10. It was interesting to know some information about this inventor.
Questions:
1. Was Thomas Edison a famous inventor?
2. Who taught Thomas Edison?
3. Where did he work?
4. Did he invent the electric light or a telephone?
5. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world, didnt he?
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1. Friendship plays an important role in our life because we all need friends.
2. Friendship is a million little things: talks, common interests, smiles, having fun.
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3. In my view, friendship is a unique thing that happens between two people.
4. And its a great gift.
5. It is necessary to have a person you can rely on.
6. Close friends usually have similar ideas and beliefs.
7. They understand, respect and trust each other.
8. Your best friend helps you when you have problems or troubles.
9. I have a lot of friends, but my best friend is Helen.
10. She is 15.
11. She is energetic, active and good at sports, especially basketball.
12. She has different interests, one of them is music.
13. Helen has a good character and a good sense of humor.
14. One of her best features is honesty.
15. She never speaks badly of other people.
16. Helen is a tall pretty girl with long dark hair and a pleasant smile.
17. Her favourite clothes are jeans and sweaters.
18. Helen is very sociable but sometimes impulsive.
19. I know I can trust her.
20. To my mind, this is what real friendship means, I am proud of having such a friend.
21. I just hope that our friendship will last forever.
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