I. Use the prompts to write about the following jobs as in the example. 1. travel agent: arrange travel plans/ travel bureau
A travel agent is a person who arranges travel plans for clients. He works in a travel bureau.
2. waiter: serve food/ restaurant or café
3. nurse: take care of patients/ hospital or doctor’s surgery
4. editor: find and correct mistakes in other people’s writings/ newspaper or magazine
II. Read the passage and write down three questions to it.
Charles Ginsburg led the research team at Ampex Corporation in developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR). In 1951, the first video tape recorder (VTR) captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and saving the infor-mation onto magnetic tape. Ampex sold the first VTR for $50, 000 in 1956. The first VCassetteR or VCR was sold by Sony in 1971.
1. Who ?
2. When ?
3. What ?
III. Using the prompts below, write sentences in the Past Passive .
1. -What a nice bike! – It/ give/ my parents/ birthday.
2. – Look at that house! What happened to it? – It/ destroy/ in an earthquake.
3. – Where were you born? – In London / but/ I / raise/ in New York.
I like New Year's Day, it is my favourite holiday. The 1st of January is a winter holiday and now it is the first day of the New Year. Peter the First changed the Russian calendar in 1699. He made the 31st of December, 1699 the last day of the year. The first of January 1700 became New Year's Day.
The 1st of January is in the middle of winter. The weather is usually fine and there is a lot of snow everywhere. As the 1st of January is a holiday I don't go to school and my parents don't go to work.
Our family prepares for this holiday beforehand. My father buys and brings home a beautiful New Year's tree at the end of December. Our family has a tradition to buy it. I like to decorate the New Year's tree with toys, little coloured lights, sweets and a beautiful star on the top. My mother and grandmother prepare our holiday supper and lay the table. I make a cake. All the members of our family clean the flat before this nice holiday and then each of us try to dress well.
We like to see the New Year in at home with our relatives. They come to see us at 11 o'clock in the evening. At 12 o'clock we are sitting at the table and we are glad to see the New Year in. We say, "Best wishes for the New Year!". I hope that next year will be better than the last one.
The New Year's Day is always connected with our new hopes and dreams. It is a pleasant moment to get presents on the New Year's Eve. I usually get many nice useful things from my parents and relatives. My parents put their presents under the New Year's tree. We don't go to bed till morning, we watch TV, dance, eat tasty things and make jokes. I enjoy this holiday very much.
Диана. Асил Привет, Джон, я пишу. (напишите) это в обеденное время. 1 2 (используйте) школьный компьютер. У меня две сестры. Асиль и (изучайте) испанский язык в университете. Она 1 (не живет) сейчас дома, потому что она проводит) шесть месяцев в Испании. Мой папа - бизнесмен, а моя мама - администратор, но они (не работают) на этой неделе, потому что они (visi) Асил! У нас с Дианой есть школа, поэтому мы (остаемся) с нашими бабушкой и дедушкой. Мои родители (хорошо) проводят время, и мы (в восторге) от подарков из Испании. Ой! 1 "... (иди) сейчас, потому что наш урок математики (начало), а я опаздываю! 9 10 12 Пиши скорее, Роман