1 January - the Euro introduced in non-cash transactions January 12 - Ousted Malian dictator Moussa traoré and his wife were sentenced to death for major theft January 24th - Columbia. A strong earthquake, over 700 dead, over 3,000 wounded January 25 - about a thousand people died because of the earthquake in Colombia. January 28 - Moscow hosted the final of the first international beauty contest "Miss Commonwealth" January 31 - the first part of the cult game series Silent Hill (the first video game in the genre of survival horror) 16 February in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) there was a terrorist attack — a series of explosions February 16 - in Belarus began the census On 20 February in Moscow in the Kremlin Palace the premiere of film Nikita Mikhalkov
January 12 - Ousted Malian dictator Moussa traoré and his wife were sentenced to death for major theft
January 24th - Columbia. A strong earthquake, over 700 dead, over 3,000 wounded
January 25 - about a thousand people died because of the earthquake in Colombia.
January 28 - Moscow hosted the final of the first international beauty contest "Miss Commonwealth"
January 31 - the first part of the cult game series Silent Hill (the first video game in the genre of survival horror)
16 February in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) there was a terrorist attack — a series of explosions
February 16 - in Belarus began the census
On 20 February in Moscow in the Kremlin Palace the premiere of film Nikita Mikhalkov
7. Read the text again. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false statements.
1) The train pushers' job is a full-time job. False. It's a part-time job.
2) Trains are crowded in the morning and in the evening. True
3) People hire stand-in-liners not to waste their time waiting in queues. True
4) Not everybody can work as an ice cream taster. True
5) Ice cream tasters work themselves. False. They work for large ice- cream corporations.
8. Match the highlighted words in the texts with their definitions:
1) crowded - (adj.) very full of people (многолюдный, переполненный)
2) flavors - (n.) the taste of a particular type of food or drink (вкусовые оттенки)
3) evaluate - (v.) to consider or study something carefully and decide how good or bad it is (оценивать)
4) consistency - (n.) how thick or smooth a liquid is (консистенция)
5) hire - (v.) to begin to employ someone (нанимать)
6) texture (n.) the way food or drink tastes or feels in your mouth (текстура)
7) rush hours (n.) the time when a lot of people are travelling to or from work and so roads and trains are very busy (часы пик)
8) degree - (n.) a qualification given for completing a university course (степень)