Task 1. Read the text below carefully. About half the young people in America are heavier than they should be. That’s because they eat the wrong food, or they eat too much or too often. Or all three! American doctors keep warning about ‘overweight kids’ and some things are changing, very slowly. However, a lot of habits are very hard to change. Fast Food restaurants, for example, are as popular as ever, at all times of the day. Hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries are still the most popular things to eat. The problem is that they are high in calories and fat. Another problem is to encourage children and teenagers to eat their greens. “I often come in for a burger after school,’’ says Billy, a teenager from San Francisco. “They are so tasty and cost only a dollar! We also come here because it’s a good place to sit and chat!” But eating too much is not the only reason why people get fat - drinking too much has the same effect. In summer it’s so easy to drink too much. In America people drink lots of soda pop, such as colas and 7Up. The reason is simple. They are on sale everywhere: in shops, cafés…. And compared to Europe, it’s very cheap. But each small soda contains spoonfuls of sugar. No wonder people get fat!
Match the parts of the sentences
1. Many young Americans a) are very delicious.
2. American doctors b) a fast food restaurant.
3. People like eating fast foods such as c) think that child obesity is a problem.
4. Young people don’t like eating d) favourite summer drinks.
5. Billy regularly goes to e) vegetables very much.
6. He thinks hamburgers f) are too fat.
7. Coke and 7Up are American’s g) aren’t very healthy.
8. Fizzy drinks h) hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries.
- In order for my character to understand what "heroism" is, he must realize the value of life and his role in preserving it.
He is called James Bond for the marginalized. He answers:
- Often my heroes are people who have to be tough. Only being so, my hero knows how to survive, and how to take care of people he loves.
He is accused of callousness and lack of spirituality. He explains:
- The fight that is shown in the movies, sometimes happens in life. A family sometimes has a struggle, when one person feels that he must take care of everything. And younger relatives deny it.
He is accused of neglecting laws and striving for thoughtless risk. He agrees:
"Speed is something that always fascinated me." I have a racing car in New York. Every day I come to a special place in Manhattan on my car and drive at incredible speed. When I was younger and a bit stupider, I was insanely driving a motorcycle, for me all directions from Manhattan were open. I like the very idea of speed and freedom that speed gives you.
Some directors refuse to work with him. He does not care about them.
- It's just necessary to work with professionals who are passionately passionate about the work process. Because such people bring great energy, incredible drive and insanely believe that something magical can do.
He is considered a bad actor, whose popularity is based only on stuntmen who perform dangerous stunts for him. He almost does not argue:
- Tricks allow you to do things that we would never physically have been able to do in normal life. But they must be very well prepared. Tricks allow us to look cool. They allow us to look like real heroes.
2. Where Is Mary? - She's busy in the kitchen. I think. she's giving us a surprise. - What? - I think she's gonna bake a pie. At least for the last half hour, she keeps asking me questions about cooking. - When will he be ready? - I don't know, but I hope that dinner will be served on the table.
3. Where did you spend last Sunday? - As usual, in the city. We rarely leave in autumn and winter. - What did you do? - On the morning was cleaning apartment, then was preparing lunch, and on the evening came our old friends. A week earlier, they returned from England, where they worked for a year under a contract. We listened to their stories with great pleasure.
4. Recently, former students of our group rarely see each other. Everybody's busy. I called Natasha several times this week, but she hasn't come back from a business trip yet. This year it often happens in Moscow on Affairs.
5. Before I could say two words as she started screaming at me. After she said everything she wanted to say, I promised her I'd never let her down again.