My name is Philip and I'm going to tell you a few things about my job. I'm an American tour guide and I spend most of my time taking groups of American tourists around Europe: England and Italy mostly, but sometimes France and Germany, too. Before starting, I'd done a two-week European trip as a tourist, then I worked in a travel agency in Chicago, and also worked for a holiday company in Turkey. However, I still had to go through a complicated procedure before getting this job. First, you must fill in the application form and answer all sorts of questions. Next, you have a formal interview and then you have to stand up in front of a group of people and give a talk. They want to see how you can perform in a real situation, because it s no good being shy or too timid. There's a lot of competition for these jobs because they give you a chance to travel and meet lots of new people. But to be a good travel guide, you've got to have a genuine interest not only in the travel, but also in the people. The tours can be rather long, and you're with the same fifty people all the time. You're never really off duty because you're responsible for making sure all the arrangements go well and for keeping everyone happy.

Shopping is a part of

OUR daily life. There are people who hate going shopping. They make a list of what they need and run through

THE STORE buying the

NECESSARY things. But there are people who go from store to store looking for goods of

GOOD quality and

LOW price. They worry about the time they spend shopping.

The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where a customer

GOES from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he

WISHED to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are

ADDED up. If it is not a self-service shop, a shop-assistant helps a customer to find what he wants.

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Ex. 7

Объяснение:

The fact that plants do not live a passive life has been known for some time now. Two separate and (1) reliable research studies reveal that these silent (2) communicators may be 'talking' to each other and us! If you have ever noticed that certain plants seem to thrive next to each other, it may not be a (3) coincidence or (4) proof of your superior gardening skills, but it shows the good (5) neighboring (6) feeling between the two. At least that's what an (7) Australian team of (8) researchers believes. The evolutionary (9) ecology states that plants use some kind of acoustic signaling to communicate with each other and it may allow the weaker plant to thrive or die. What's even more (10) interesting is that the (11) scientist believes the (12) communication happens at a very early stage. Monica, who published her (13) finding in the 7th online edition of BMC Ecology, reached this (14) conclusion following an (15) interesting study she conducted with some chili pepper, basil and fennel plants. So (16) farmers may be able to use sound to (17) encourage or (18) discourage the (19) growing of certain plants, helping to reduce their (20) dependence on fertilizers and pesticides.