1. Fill in: absolute, spectacular, road, foot, seaside, cheap, nasty, experience, breathtaking, local
1. My uncle caught a … virus when he was in Thailand.
2. The west … of Ireland is beautiful.
3. We like to stay at … campsites.
4. Tibet has some of the most … scenery in the world.
5. I’ll always remember the … view from the top of Mont Blanc.
6. When we go abroad we always taste … dishes.
7. It’s getting late. We’d better hit the … .
8. It was a (an) … nightmare. Everything went wrong.
9. Many emigrants dream of the day they’ll set … on their native soil again.
10. Travelling to China was truly a (an) … of a lifetime.
2. Fill in: by, with, around, on with, by, in, across, on
1. He looked at me … astonishment when I told him the news.
2. I don’t get … Tim. I don’t like his attitude.
3. We’ll have to go … boat. There’s no road.
4. It’s hard to get … on a such low salary.
5. We arrived … Paris late.
6. It’s really interesting to travel … the ocean.
7. It’s not far. Let’s go … foot.
8. How does she get … without a car?
3. Put the verbs into the correct form of the past tenses
1. I (drive) to the work when I heard the news on the radio.
2. What you (do) when your mum (come) home?
3. She said she (already/do) her homework.
4. Tom (do) that task for 3 hours before he found the answer.
5. You (see) the accident last night?
6. I (not/hear) what you said. I (listen) to the radio too loudly.
7. We (be) very tired. We (work) since the morning.
8. The boys (play) while their mums (chat).
РЕБЯТА
This is a story about the tragic love of two lovers and the legend of the "Aisha-Bibi" mausoleum. Aisha-Bibi was the daughter of an influential, noble rich man Hakim-ata. The young ruler of Taraz-Karakhan fell in love with Aisha-Bibi, but Hakim ata didn't not agree to their marriage. For this reason, Aisha-Bibi decided to run away from home to her lover along with her nanny Babaji-Khatun. After the father found out about his daughter's deed, he shouted after her: "You will cross six rivers, but you won't cross the seventh one." Soon Aisha-Bibi crossed six rivers, and on the seventh one she was bitten by a poisonous snake. Karakhan managed to come to her while she was still alive and they held a marriage ceremony. After the death of Aisha-Bibi, Karakhan ordered the construction of the Aisha-Bibi mausoleum to immortalize the name of his wife. Currently, the mausoleum is an elegant, majestic building, an architectural monument and a landmark of Kazakhstan.
Перевод:
В данном рассказе повествуется трагическая история любви двух влюбленных и легенда о мавзолее “Айша-Биби”. Айша- Биби являлась дочерью влиятельного,знатного богача Хакима-аты. Молодой правитель Тараза- Карахан , влюбляется в Айша-Биби, однако Хаким ата не дает согласия на их брак. По этой причине Айша-Биби решилась сбежать из дома к своему возлюбленному вместе со своей няней Бабаджи-Хатун. После того, как отец узнал о поступке дочери, он закричал ей вслед: “Шесть рек ты перейдешь, а седьмую не перейдешь”. Вскоре Айша-Биби перешла шесть рек, и на седьмой реке ее ужалила ядовитая змея. Карахан успел приехать к ней , пока она еще была жива и они провели брачную церемонию. После смерти Айша-Биби Карахан приказал построить мавзолей “Айша-Биби”,чтобы увековечить имя своей жены. В настоящее время мавзолей представляет собой изящное, величественное здание- памятник архитектуры и достопримечательность Казахстана.
The koala is a familiar Australian symbol.
Koalas have soft, wool-like grey fur. They have a large, round head with large, round, furry ears, a large nose and long strong limbs with sharp claws. The koala look like little bear, but the koala ‘bear’ is not a bear at all. Koala is a marsupial mammal.
Eucalyptus trees are the primary habitat of Koalas and they are rarely observed anywhere else.
Koalas are very fussy. Koalas eat only leaves and bark from eucalyptus trees.
Koalas get a lot of moisture from eucalyptus leaves, so they don’t have to drink a lot of water, because in Aboriginal language, the word Koala is thought to mean "does not drink".
Koalas vary in size and colour depending on where they live in Australia.
A baby Koala is called a joey. Joeys are only around 2 cm long when born and like most other marsupials, Koala mothers keep their joeys in their pouch for around 6 months.
Koalas can live up to 10 years in the wild.
In the 20th, century population of koalas declined to such an extent that they were included in the endangered animals list.