Exercise 1 Present Perfect and Past Simple Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect form of the verbs in brackets. Carla Brown (1) _has worked_ (worked) in marketing for 10 years. She (2) (study) marketing at college, and then (3) (find) a job with a small advertising agency in Manchester. Since then she (4) (5) ago, she (6) (change) her job several times and she (live) in many different places. Three years (start) working for Jerome and Jerome, a big company with offices all over the world. She (7) (be) a manager with the company for eighteen months. The company has clients in the USA, and Carla (8) (be) there several times on business. Last year she (9) (spend) six months in their New York office.
Roses smell so nice.
2. What parents travel just round Europe?
Don’s parents travel round Europe.
3. Why didn’t Victor swing himself in the garden yesterday evening?
He was ill yesterday evening.
4. What kind of books does your sister like to read best of all?
She likes to read fairy tales.
5. What is your favourite TV programme?
My favourite TV programme is news.
6. How did the travel round Africa last year?
They travelled round Africa by car last year.
7. Which of your family has moved the grass in the field this morning?
My father has moved the grass in the field this morning.
8. When did Fred ride a horse last time?
Fred rode a horse last June.
9. What seeds did you sow in the kitchen garden the other day?
I sowed carrots and radish in the kitchen garden the other day.
10. What game are the boys playing in the yard now?
The boys are playing rugby in the yard now.
11. What colour does your uncle paint his house in the country?
My uncle paints his house grey in the country.
2) Oh, and there is someone washing his car in the background. - На переднем плане есть некоторые маленькие дети, которые играют в футбол на улице
3) It is not a very beautiful street, but the atmosphere seems very friendly and relaxed. - Это не очень красивая улица, но атмосфера, кажется, очень дружелюбны и расслаблены.
4) The houses are quite small and they haven't got front gardens. But some houses look very colorful. In the foreground there are some young kids who are playing football in the street. And there are two old men on the right who are chatting to each other in front of one of the houses. Perhaps they are gossiping about the neighborhoods. Oh, and there is someone washing his car in the background. It is not a very beautiful street, but the atmosphere seems very friendly and relaxed. - Домов довольно мало, и они не получили палисадники. Но некоторые дома выглядят очень красочными. На переднем плане есть некоторые маленькие дети, которые играют в футбол на улице. И есть два старики справа, которые, болтая друг с другом перед одним из домов. Возможно, они сплетничают о кварталах. Ох, и есть кто-то моет машину в фоновом режиме. Это не очень красивая улица, но атмосфера, кажется, очень дружелюбной и расслабленой.
Why? I think the author would show us that not only external beauty plays an important and "beautiful" role in life, but also internally. - Почему? Думаю автор хотел показать нам что не только внешняя красота играет важную и "красивую" роль в жизне, но и внутреняя.