Task 2 Write a short text about you can / can't do (3-4 sentences). Playing a musical instrument
1.Can you play the musical instrument?
2.What instrument can you play?
3.Do you like it? Why?
4.Do you have a favourite musician who plays this instrument very well?
Peter: You (have been telephoning) for ages. Have you not nearly (finished)?
Jack: I (have not got) through yet. I (have been trying) to get our Paris office but the line (has been ) engaged all morning.
2 Ann (has failed) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she (has been practising) reversing for the last week and I think she (has got) a bit better at it.
3 Tom: I have often (wondered) why Bill left the country so suddenly.
Peter: Actually, I have just (found) out.
4 He (has been playing) the bagpipes since six o'clock this morning. He has only just (stopped).
5 Why have you (not brought) me the letters for signature? Have you (not typed) them yet?
6 Tom (looking up absent-mindedly as Mary comes in): Have you been (sunbathing)?
Mary (crossly): Don't be ridiculous! It (has been raining) all day!
7 A pair of robins (have been building) a nest in the porch since last week. I (have been watching them from my window since they began.
8 The police (have not found) the murderer yet, but the dead man's brother (has been) in the station all day. The police say that he (has been helping) them with their enquiries.
9 They (have pulled) down most of the houses in this street, but they (have not touched) the old shop at the corner yet.
10 Tom is convinced that there is gold in these hills but we (have been searching) for six months and (have not seen) any sign of it.
11 I (have been waiting) for the prices of the houses to come down before buying a house, but I think I (have been waiting) too long and the prices are beginning to go up again.
12 Peter (has been) a junior clerk for three years. Lately he (has been looking) for a better post but so far he (has not found) anything.
The main building of Moscow State University was designed by an architect Lev Rudnev. This is one of the symbols of Russian education. The construction of the building started in May, 1949 on the right bank of the Moskva river and it finished in 1953. It was the seventh tallest building in the world then. The skyscraper is 236 (two hundred and thirty-six) metres high and it has 36 floors. Its walls consist of 175 (one hundred and seventy-five) million bricks. The star on top of the building’s spire weighs 12 tons. The top floors are decorated with statues and monuments.
There are 111 (one hundred and eleven) unique lifts in the skyscraper. They are super fast cabins for tall structures. You can visit the Scientific library or the Museum of Earth Sciences on the 29th floor. Students of three faculties study in the main university building: Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Geology and Faculty of Geography.
If you are ever in Moscow, don’t forget to walk around the beautiful main building of the university and take a picture of it.
Главное здание Московского Государственного Университета было спроектировано архитектором Львом Рудневым. Это один из символов русского образования. Строительство здания началось в мае 1949 года на правом берегу Москва-реки и закончилось в 1953 году. Это было седьмое высочайшее здание в мире в то время. Высота небоскреба – 236 метра, и в нем имеется 36 этажей. Его стены состоят из 175 миллионов кирпичей. Звезда на макушке иглы на здании весит 12 тонн. Верхние этажи декорированы статуями и памятниками.
В небоскребе расположено 111 уникальных лифтов. Это суперскоростные кабины для высотных зданий. Вы можете посетить Научную библиотеку или Музей Землеведения на 29 этаже. Студенты трех факультетов обучаются в главном университетском корпусе: факультета Математики, факультета Геологии и факультета Географии.
Если вы когда-либо окажетесь в Москве, не забудьте прогуляться вокруг основного корпуса университета и сделать фотографию.