1. Sarah's first question is about wha t type of books Charlie likes readi True False 2. Sarah asks Charlie to name three types of books that he likes. True False
3. Charlie likes science fiction, romance and Westerns. True False
4. Charlie spends about $50 a month on books. True False
1 Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says: Where are you going, Paul? Paul: I'm going to buy some cigarettes. Do you want an evening paper?
2 Ann: No, thanks. You are always buying cigarettes, Paul. How many do you smoke a day?
Paul: I don't smoke very many—perhaps 20. Jack smokes far more than I do. He spends £10 a week on cigarettes.
3 Mary sees Peter standing at the bus stop.
Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus are you waiting for?
Peter: Hello, Mary. I'm waiting for a 9 or a 14.
4 Mary: You usually go to work by car, don't you?
Peter: Yes, but the car belongs to my mother and she sometimes wants it. She is using it today to take Tom to the dentist.
5 Mary: I usually go by car too. Jack takes me because he passes my office on his way to the factory. But this week he is working in a factory in the opposite direction: so I'm queuing like you.
6 Peter: Here's a 9 now. Are you coming on it or are you waiting for a 14? Mary: I think I'll take the 9. If I wait for a 14, I may be late, and if you are late at my office, everyone looks at you.
7 Mary and Ann are waiting outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy is dialing a number.
Mary: Do you know that boy?
Ann: Yes, he's a friend of my brother's. He phones his girl friend every day from this box.
8 Mary: Where does he come from?
Ann: He comes from Japan. He's a very clever boy; he speaks four languages.
9 Mary: I wonder what he is speaking now.
Ann: Well, his girl friend comes from Japan too; so I suppose he is speaking Japanese.
10 It is 8.30. Tom and Ann are having breakfast. They both are opening their letters.
Tom: No one ever writes to me. All I get is bills! Do you have anything interesting? (Have you got anything interesting?)
11 Ann: I've got a letter from Hugh. He says he is coming to London next week and wants us to meet him for lunch.
12 Peter: Do you have traffic wardens in your country?
Pedro: No, I don't think so. You don't see them in my town anyway. What exactly does a traffic warden do?
13 Peter: He walks up and down the street and if a car stays too long at a parking place or parks in a no-parking area, he sticks a parking ticket to the windscreen.
14 Look! He is putting a ticket on Tom's car. Tom will be furious when he sees it. He hates getting parking tickets.
15 Customer: I want to buy a fur coat. Have you got any nice coats for about £500?
Assistant: I'm afraid we are just closing, madam. It's 4.55, and we always close at 5.00 sharp on Fridays as Mr Jones the manager doesn't want to miss his favourite television programme.
So, I will start with saying that on my perfect day I would not get up earlier than 11 a. m. I like to sleep long hours but it does not happen often in my busy life. That is why I hope that I will have sound sleep in the morning. I expect my perfect day to be sunny, quiet and warm. I would like my breakfast to be served to bed, and I would have it while watching some funny comedies on TV.
Then I would call my friends and we would go for a walk in our local park to breathe some fresh air and enjoy the view of magnificent tall trees and thick bushes framed with neat sidewalks and roads for cyclists. We would go to the cafe in the central part of the park without any doubt. They sell marvelous ice cream of various colors, shapes and tastes. That ice cream is a joy but it is rather costly so you cannot eat it every day. We would eat it and discuss the latest news and our plans for future.
Going to the cinema seems a logical continuation of the walk. We would go to the new cinema built a few months ago near the park. On that very day a famous American actor, say Brad Pitt, would happen to arrive to our city and exactly at that cinema to present his latest movie. We would take places in the first row and would be the first to get his autographs and maybe even a kiss on the cheek! Certainly, after that watching the film would be much more captivating than usual.
In the evening, we would have some pizza and go home to tell our relatives and friends about the famous movie star from America we saw in person and whose autograph we took. It is interesting but it seems that my perfect day is not something impossible to have! With some free time and a certain spark of creativity I can spend my perfect day next weekend!
Перекла: Кажуть, що можна творити чудеса маючи фантазію і сильну волю. Я думаю, це правда. Ваша уява дає вам ідеї, а ваша сильна воля допомагає втілити їх на практиці. Думаючи про своє ідеальному дні, у мене склалося таке уявлення про нього. Сподіваюся, це до моєму прекрасному дню статися.
Отже, я почну з того, що в мій ідеальний день я не встану раніше, ніж 11 годин. Я люблю довго спати, але це трапляється не часто в моїй зайнятої життя. Ось чому я сподіваюся, що у мене буде міцний ранковий сон. Я очікую, що мій ідеальний день буде сонячним, тихим і теплим. Я б хотіла щоб мій сніданок був поданий в ліжко, і я б хотіла їсти його під час перегляду смішних комедій по телевізору.
Тоді я зателефонувала б моїм друзям, і ми б пішли на прогулянку в нашому місцевому парку, щоб подихати свіжим повітрям і насолодитися видом чудових високих дерев і густих кущів, обрамлених акуратними тротуарами і доріжками для велосипедистів. Ми пішли б в кафе в центральній частині парку без будь-яких сумнівів. Вони продають чудове морозиво різних кольорів, форм і смаків. Це морозиво справжню насолоду, але воно досить дороге, так що ви не можете їсти його кожен день. Ми б їли його і обговорювали останні новини і плани на майбутнє.
Похід до кіно, здається, є логічним продовженням прогулянки. Ми пішли б в новий кінотеатр побудований кілька місяців тому поруч з парком. У той же день відомий американський актор, скажімо, Бред Пітт, приїхав би до нашого міста і саме в цей кінотеатр, щоб представити свій останній фільм. Ми б купили собі місце в першому ряду і були б першими, хто отримає автографи і, можливо, навіть поцілунок в щоку! Звичайно, після цього дивитися фільм було б набагато більше захоплююче, ніж зазвичай.
Увечері, ми б з'їли піцу і повернулися додому, щоб розповісти нашим родичам і друзям про знамениту кінозірку з Америки, яку ми бачили в обличчя, і чий автограф ми взяли. Це цікаво, але мені здається, що мій ідеальний день не є таким вже неможливим! З деякою кількістю вільного часу і певної іскрою творчості я можу провести мій ідеальний день на наступному тижні!