Task I. Reading. Read the text and answer the questions. EATING OUT Are you looking for somewhere special to go this weekend? Do you want to try something new? Check out one of these hot new restaurants. This week's top recommendations A. Last Days of the Raj A centrally located Indian restaurant, perfect for eating before or after the cinema or a show. In summer enjoy your meal in the beautiful garden. The most popular dishes are lamb and chicken cooked with mild, medium or hot spices. For brave customers there is extra hot. B. A Taste of Tuscany Wherever you'd like a great value-for-money lunch or a relaxed evening in stylish surroundings, this is the place for you. The chefs have all been trained in Italy and they make both traditional and contemporary dishes. We recommend the pasta and seafood. C. Your Local Caff Remember when cafes served full English breakfasts - sausages, beans, fried bread, eggs and bacon - with a strong cup of tea? Well, this place still does and you can have your breakfast at any time you like during the day while you listen to your favourite tunes from the 1980s. D. The Lemon Tree This pretty restaurant serves healthy food that is tasty too. Come in for a vegetarian snack at lunchtime or a great fruit smoothie or a cappuccino and a delicious piece of cake in the afternoon. Food is bought from local producers whenever possible. This restaurant is for vegetarian. E. Fast Best Fast Food doesn't have to be junk food, as this café proves. Do you fancy a really good hamburger made with the best ingredients, or old-fashioned fish and chips fried to perfection, all on the table in super-quick time? Speed and quality are important here, and the prices aren't bad either. F. The Chocolate Box The owner of this small café used to cook all kinds of food, but then she realized she preferred desserts to anything else. If you want meat of fish, don't come here. They only do desserts. Lots of different kinds of sweets. Chocolate lovers will be excited by the range of chocolate cakes. G. Musical Chairs Have you noticed how music improves the taste of your food? This new restaurant has different types of live music every night except Sundays, and excellent food to go with it. Great fish dishes, steak and pizza. Monday is classic rock night, so see you there!​

                                    My Dream Island

I dream about living on a tropical island. The weather there is usually good. The island is not very big. There are a lot of palm trees on it. There are not so many people there as in a city and there are no cars on this island. The islanders live in cosy bungalows and grow a lot of fruit and vegetables. People also go fishing every day. My favourite place on the island is a sandy beach.

                                  Остров моей мечты

Я мечтаю жить на тропическом острове. Погода там обычно хорошая. Остров не очень большой. На нём много пальм. Там не так много людей, как в городе, и на этом острове нет машин. Островитяне живут в уютных бунгало и выращивают много фруктов и овощей. Также каждый день люди ловят рыбу. Мое любимое место на острове - песчаный пляж.

There is a small island on the New York Harbor that has witnessed over twelve million immigrants pass by its doors from 1892 to 1954; the golden portal is called Ellis Island. I went to see this museum on Wednesday, November 26, 2004 and I loved it. As soon as I walked in the Museum I felt as if I had walked into another time, the foyer is huge and I tried to imagine myself as an immigrant seeing all this for the first time and it was intimidating. People came from many lands; there were Bantu, Chinese, Germans, Irish, Italians, Jews, Mexicans, Palestinians, Poles, Russians, Vietnamese, etc. Countless of Americans are descendants from these waves of immigrants. On the main floor you also the see Baggage Room that was restored to resemble the baggage from the period. When I stepped into the Registry Room I was in awe. Here was the focal point for the newcomers because they were question in the same are that I was standing in. This was where they were given permission to enter the land or denied access. 
Ellis Island was originally known to the Native American as Kioshk, or gull Island, because those birds were its only inhabitants. The Dutch then purchased the island and called it “Little Oyster Island” because of the delectable oysters found in its bay. The Island was then referred to as Gibbet Island because they would hang criminals on “gibbets” or gallows trees. Then Samuel Ellis was given ownership about the time of the American Revolution, he died in 1794 and in that same year the city began to fear British attacks so they built a defense on Ellis Island. I was briefly talking to a tour guide and she informed me that to the immigrants Ellis Island looked like a gracious haven on the outside but on the inside it was a place of cruelty and corruption. Newcomers were sold tickets at inflated prices and the seller would then pocket the money, pretty young girls were given passes by conductors only if they woul...