I'll never forget Easter of 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my elder sister Darlene was 16. We lived at home with our mother; our dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with three school kids to raise and no money.
A month before Easter the pastor of our church asked everyone to save money and help a poor family.
When we got home, we talked about what we could do. We decided to buy 50 pounds of potatoes and live on them for a month. When we thought that if we kept our electric lights turned out as much as possible and didn't listen to the radio, we'd save money on that month's electric bill. Darlene got as many house and yard cleaning jobs as possible, and both of us babysat for everyone we could.
Every day we counted the money to see how much we had saved. At night we'd sit in the dark and talk about how the poor family was going to enjoy having the money the church would give them.
The day before Easter, Ocy and I walked to the grocery store and the manager gave us three $20 bills and one $10 bill for all our change. We had never had so much money before.
We could hardly wait to get to church. When the pastor was taking money, Mom gave him a $10 bill, and each of us, kids, $20.
As we walked home after church, we sang all the way. Later that afternoon the minister drove up in his car. Mom went to the door and then came back with an envelope in her hand. She opened the envelope and out fell a bunch of money. Therewerethree $20 bills, one $10 andseventeen $1 bills.
1946 , 14, O 12 , 16. ; , - . . , , . 50 . , , . , . , , . , , . , O , 20- 10- . . , . , 10- , , , 20-. , . . , . , . 20- , 10- 1 .1. The title of the text is THE RICH FAMILY IN CHURCH.
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2. The text is about a poor family.
3. Mother and three daughterlivedwith no money.
4. Before Easter the pastor of their church asked everyone to save money and help a poor family.
5. Mother and three daughters decided to save money to help poor family.
6. They didnt listen to the radio, turned out electric lights, cleaned houses and yards and babysat.
7. The day before Easter girls changed money at the store and the manager gave them three $20 bills and one $10 bill for all.
8. The family gave money to the pastor.
9. Later that afternoon the minister drove up in his car and gave mother the envelope with money.
10. There were $87.
11. I think this family was not poor because they helped other people, they were very generous, they had rich souls. 12. This text teaches us to be compassionate, help other people, because when you helpother people, you will be rewarded.13. I like this story because its interesting and useful.
Questions:
1. Who asked everyone to save money and help a poor family?
2. Did the mother and her daughters save money to help a poor family?
3. How old were the girls?
4. Did the girls live at home with their mother or father?
5. The girls could hardly wait to get to church, couldnt they?
2. Imagine that you are taking part in the International conference on environmental problems. Inform the participants about: the global problems the world faces nowadays; how other countries cope with these problems; your own ways of improving the ecological situation.
Environmental Problems
1. People have always polluted their surroundings.
2. But now environmental problems have become very serious.
3. There are such global problems in the world as acid rains, global warming, air and water pollution and others.
4. The food we eat, the places we live in and the air around us are made dirty and unhealthy by machines and factories.
5. Polluted air can cause illness, and even death.
6. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life.
7. On polluted soil, food can not be grown.
8. In addition environmental pollution spoils the natural beauty of our planet.
9. Scientists and engineers can find the ways to reduce pollution from automobiles and factories.
10. Local government can pass the laws that would make enterprises take measures for reducing of pollution, forbid companies to destroy the forests.
11. We can stop throwing litter everywhere, can plant trees and flowers to keep the oxygen.
12. We can save energy and water.
13. If we start recycling paper and cardboard, we can save lots of trees, if we start using public transport more than private cars we can pollute the air around us less.
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1. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
At 2 pm on 5 December 1945, five US bombers took off from Fort Lauderlale in the USA for a training flight in perfect weather. Shortly afterwards, the pilots radioed that their flight instruments were all malfunctioning. Two hours after take-off, all contact with the planes was lost. A reconnaissance plane was immediately dispatched to search for the missing planes. Within 20 minutes, radio contact with it had also been lost. No trace of any of the planes was ever found. In all, six planes and 27 men had vanished into the air.
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The disappearance of the six planes was far from being the first mysterious incident in the area: for years, navigational problems and strange magnetic forces had been reported. The disappearance was not even the greatest disaster within the triangle. The Cyclops, a 19,000-ton US ship was sailing from Barbados to Norfolk, Virginia. In March 1918, when it vanished with its crew of 309 from the surface of he ocean without making a distress call and without the slightest wreckage ever being found.
The losses of boats and planes in that area defy explanation. The disasters are the origin of a new phrase in the English language the Bermuda Triangle and this phrase has entered legend. The Bermuda Triangle has been called the 'Devils Triangle, the Triangle of Death, the Graveyard of the Atlantic. It has swallowed up 140 ships and planes and more than 1,000 people. Today many airmen and sailors are still afraid of that area of the Atlantic Ocean.
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1. The title of the text is THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.
2. We have learned about very strange area of the Atlantic Ocean where planes and ships disappear.
3. On 5 December 1945, five US bomberstookofffor a training flight.
4. The pilots radioed that their flight instruments were all malfunctioning.
5. Then all contact with the planes was lost.
6. Another plane was dispatched to search for the missing planes butsix planes and 27 men had vanished into the air.
7. The disappearance of these planes was far fromthe first mysterious incident in the area.
8. In March 1918 the Cyclops, a 19,000-ton US ship was sailing from Barbados to Norfolk, Virginia and vanished with its crew of 309 from the surface of the ocean.
9. The disasters are the origin of a new phrase in the English language the Bermuda Triangle.
10. It has swallowed up 140 ships and planes and more than 1,000 people.
11. I like this story because its interesting.
Questions:
1. What is the title of the text?
2. Did five US bombers take off from Fort in the USA in 1945?
3. The Cyclops, a 19,000-ton US ship was sailing from Barbados to Norfolk, wasnt it?
4. How many ships, planes and people has swallowed up in the Bermuda Triangle?
5. Did the Cyclops disappear in 1918 r 1945?
A new boy from another city has come to your class. Tell him about your school: when your school was founded; what the most distinctive features of your school are; what classrooms and facilities the school has.My school
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I am going to tell you about my school. My school is not new and modern but I like it very much. It has three floors. The classrooms are large and light. There are classrooms for different subjects, such as English, History, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geography, Biology Literature etc.
There are two computer classes in our school. We study computer science here.
Weve also an assembly hall, which is situated on the ground floor. Meetings, conferences, concerts and all the celebrations take place here. We prepare different performances for all holidays. We sing songs, recite poetry, dance, and participate in theatre performances.
There are many opportunities to go in for sports in our school. Our school has a gym, a sports ground, a football field, and other sports facilities. There are many different sports groups: table tennis, swimming, athletics, football, volleyball. Many pupils of our school attend these sports groups.
The teachers in our school are very skilled. They try to give us all their knowledge and awake our interest to their subjects and to self study. Besides the school subjects, our teachers tell us about everything, about different problems of our world, such as ecology, nature protection, climat changes etc.
I think that school years are very important for every person. Its a period of becoming adult, achieving knowledges, and choosing your way in life. Often school friends remain your friends for all your life. So Ill never forget my school, my teachers, and my classmates.
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