Questions 1. Do the media play an important part in your life? 2. Do you think that the media influence our life? 3. Millions of people get most of their news from television. What about you? 4. Do you read newspapers? 5. When do you usually listen to the radio? 6. Do you agree that most news we get from the media is bad news? 7. Do you think it would be nice if all news printed in newspapers and shown on TV was good news?

Dead Mother

Our neighbour told us this story. It was many years ago. He had left school and tried to go to medical univercity, but he failed. He was really sad, but then he got a job the paramedic. Because his sister worked there. One day the call arrived on the night duty. Someone got hupertensive crisis. We went on the dark road. It was extremely rainy. Strange muddy figure stand near the cemetry. Pale young woman was waving hand in the light of headlights. It seemed strange to us and we went out of the car. Shivering woman came closer and started begging us to save little child in the village nearby. She was unusial cold. Not like a normal human. We were very scared and we wanted to run away. Nevertheless we regretted her and went to that willage. She left at the cemetry, at her home as she said. At this place he meeted a man with ill girl. He said that he did not calling them. We brought girl to hospital. She had pneumonia. He asked, who had called them. And then we saw portrait with black ribbon of that strange woman.We felt sick. Man said us that this woman died seven days ago. There was no woman on the road when we went home. But I looked back. She was standing and watching us.          

1. The picture hanging in the corner caught my attention . 2. I do not remember the numbers , which he mentioned in the report . 3. The old woman was glad that the children returned home. 4. The letter, which held the young woman was not printed. 5. Here is a man with whom you want to talk . 6. Do not sit in the sun in such a hot day . 7. I met him in the small southern town . 8. We will go out of the city in good weather . 9. The house, which is built on your street, is one of the tallest buildings in Tomsk. 10. The zoo was located opposite the house where he lived.