Task:1 Task 1. Read the excerpt from a discussion between the professor of a business class and a guest speaker. Notice the words in bold. Read each statement. Teacher should pay attention to the usage of comparative degree adjective/adverb structures Online Reviews: * or ? Professor. So, Dennis, what changes have you seen in marketing recently? Dennis: Well, as you know, customers love to post online reviews of products these days. These reviews are now just as important as traditional advertising. Maybe even more important. TV advertising is as useful as it was before, of course. On the other hand, newspaper ads are much less effective than they used to be Professor: Hmm. That's interesting I've spoken to some marketing people who aren't as positive as you are about online reviews. Dennis: Really? I'm surprised. There are certainly some concerns with online reviews. For example, satisfied customers are less likely to write reviews than people who have had a problem. This means there might be more negative reviews than positive ones. But online shoppers are wiser now. A few negative opinions are not as harmful as they used to be. Also, the positive reviews can be as valuable as ads. If a customer loves a product, he or she will endorse it just as enthusiastically as a TV ad does!

On( 0) Friday it was raining the whole morning and we decided to go to (1)Madame Tussauds. When (2) we got to the museum it was already 11 am. From (3) 11 to (4) 12.30 we were standing in line for tickets. For(5) the next two hours we were going from room to room and watching the wax models of famous people. While(6) I was taking a photo of (7)Michael Jackson, my friend said,''I want a photo with Michael Jackson'' .During(8) our excursions I could hear from different rooms, ''I want a photo with Beckham , I want a photo with Leonardo Di Caprio. Look! I want a photo with the Queen! ''The models were great and we had a great time at (9) the museum. We got to the hotel at (10) 3.

Travelling is very popular nowadays. a lot of people travel to different countries if they have such opportunity. travelling allows you to get interesting experience, learn about people’s life in other countries and continents. i think it is very interesting to discover new things, new places and different ways of life. while on travel, you meet new people, try different meals; see world famous places with your own eyes. these are many ways of traveling — by train, by plain, by ship, on foot. if you want to visit a far country, you’ll definitely choose a flight. if your aim is to see many countries for a short time, you’ll choose travelling by bus or by car. if you want to be closer to nature, you may choose a trip on foot. lots of people nowadays live in big cities. so it’s natural that they want to have a holiday by the sea or in the mountains with nothing to do but relaxing. there is other sort of travellers. they want to visit as many countries as possible. so after exploring europe and north america they go to exotic countries. people who travel a lot, are very interesting, they always have a good story to tell. thanks to them you can learn many things which you didn’t know before. they motivate to see something new, to explore the world, which is so easy to do nowadays. any kind of travel helps you to understand many things that you would never see or learn at home. as english people say — a picture is worth a thousand words. and i totally agree