Task 1. Read the texts carefully. THE PUNKS
The ideology of punks is quite simple: “Say “NO” to everything”. They are politically indifferent. They only want to express their individuality in a shocking way. They always wear dirty clothes and never wash themselves. They use vulgar language. Punk-Rock music is very loud and aggressive. But what makes punks be so aggressive? They are dissatisfied with their place in society. They behave aggressively to show that they don’t want to be treated only as weak segments of the society. Nowadays punks tend to disappear. If that weren’t so, punks would be a great problem to the society.
THE FREESTYLERS
Freestyle nowadays is the most numerous subculture in the world. Many boys and girls are freestylers: BMX-bikers, skaters, rollers- anybody attending extreme sports. They do everything that is dangerous for their life. Freestylers always wear wide breeches, caps or headscarves, sport boots. There are a lot of trends in music of freestylers: Drumm’n’Bass, Hip-Hop, Jungle, Breakbeat and some others. Freestylers’ ideology is a healthy life style. Thus they usually don’t smoke, don’t do drugs, don’t drink alcohol. They are not aggressive but extreme in Sports – all the time trying something new. The main social problem about them is that they always break their arms, legs, necks.
THE PLASTICS
All around the UK there are teenage girls that identify themselves as “Plastics”. The name comes from the 2004 Paramount Pictures film Mean Girls and applies to girls that care about their appearance – a lot. Before they leave the house, Plastics put on lots of jewellery and make-up. They always wear fashionable clothes and high heels, but never jeans or trainers. Plastics listen to pop music like Britney Spears and Beyoncé and they mostly enjoy spending time with their friends. The most important things for Plastics are friendship, make-up and fashion. And their favourite colour? Pink, of course!
Select if the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
1. The main social problem about the punks is that they always break their arms, legs and necks.
2. The punks are dissatisfied with their place in society therefore they behave themselves aggressively.
3. The freestylers are extreme and do everything that is very dangerous for their life.
4. The freestylers’ ideology is to wear fashionable clothes.
5. The plastics often listen to punk, heavy metal music.
6. The punks never wash their clothes and use vulgar language.
7. The plastics always wear fashionable clothes, high heels and put on lots of jewellery and make-up.
2 No, it can`t
3 The processing`s called digestion
4 Enzymes`re certain substances which are made by the body (and mixed with the food passing through the body)
5 Our food consists of protein, carbohydrate, fat and small quantities of vitamins and minerals
6 They (proteins) are found in meat, fish, eggs, cheese and milk
7 They`re necessary for cell growth and repair
8 Carbohydrates provide body cells with the energy required to perform their functions
9 Body fat`s stored in a layer beneath the skin
10 It acts as a reserve source of energy when needed and also as insulation, helping maintain body temperature in cold weather
11 It`s necessary for us to drink more than a liter of fluid daily
роальд даль 13 сентября 1916
roald dahl died on 23 november 1990, at the age of 74 of a blood disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, in oxford, and was buried in the cemetery at st peter and st paul's church in great missenden, buckinghamshire, england. according to his granddaughter, the family gave him a "sort of viking funeral". he was buried with his snooker cues, some very good burgundy, chocolates, hb pencils and a power saw. today, children continue to leave toys and flowers by his grave. in november 1996, the roald dahl children's gallery was opened at the buckinghamshire county museum in nearby aylesbury.
in 2002, one of cardiff bay's modern landmarks, the historic oval basin plaza, was re-christened "roald dahl plass". "plass" means "place" or "square" in norwegian, referring to the acclaimed late writer's norwegian roots. there have also been calls from the public for a permanent statue of him to be erected in cardiff. in 2016, the city is to celebrate the centenary of dahl's birth in llandaff. welsh arts organisations, including national theatre wales, wales millennium centre and literature wales, have come together for a series of events, titled roald dahl 100, including a cardiff-wide city of the unexpected, which will mark his legacy.
dahl's charitable commitments in the fields of neurology, haematology and literacy during his life have been continued by his widow since his death, through roald dahl's marvellous children's charity, formerly known as the roald dahl foundation. the charity provides care and support to seriously ill children and young people throughout the uk. in june 2005, the roald dahl museum and story centre in the author's home village great missenden was officially opened by cherie blair, wife of uk prime minister tony blair, to celebrate the work of roald dahl and advance his work in literacy education. over 50,000 visitors from abroad, mainly from australia, japan, the united states and germany, travel to the village museum every year.
в 2008 году благотворительный фонд великобритании booktrust и детский лауреат майкл розен учредили приз roald dahl funny prize-ежегодную премию авторам юмористической детской фантастики. 14 сентября 2009 года (на следующий день после 93-летия даля) в лландаффе была открыта первая голубая доска в его честь. а не в честь его места рождения, тем не менее, мемориальная доска была возведена на стене бывшей кондитерской (и сайта "великая мышь участке 1924"), который включает в первой части автобиографии мальчик. он был открыт его вдовой фелисити и сыном тео. годовщина со дня рождения даля 13 сентября отмечается как "день роальда даля" в африке, соединенном королевстве и латинской америке.
в честь роальда даля, королевский гибралтар почта выпустила набор из четырех марок в 2010 году с участием квентин блейк оригинальные иллюстрации из детских книг, написанных в. даля во время его долгой карьеры; в бфг, , чарли и шоколадная фабрикаи матильда. набор из шести марок была выпущена к королевской почты в 2012 году, с участием блейк иллюстрации к чарли и шоколадная фабрика, , ведьмы, матильда, фантастический мистер фокс, и джеймс и гигантский персик. влияние даля распространилось за пределы деятелей. например, режиссер тим бертон с детства вспоминал " о втором слое [после доктора сьюза], связанном с писателем, который получает представление о современной басне – и о смеси света и тьмы, и не говорит с детьми, и о том, какой политически неправильный юмор получают дети. мне это всегда нравилось, и это формировало все, что я чувствовал."актриса скарлетт йоханссон названа фантастический мистер фокс одна из пяти книг, которые изменили ее.