2 LISTENING 20 Listen to two people talking about a new TV series. Are these statements True (T),
False (F) or is the information Not Mentioned (NM)?
1 For Sue Wilson, there wasn't much
competition for best programme of
the week.
T/F/NM
2 She had the wrong idea about the
programme Hidden Talent at first.
T/F/NM
3 To make this programme, they invited
people with special talents to do tests. T/F/NM
4 Maggie Reenan had always wanted to
try rock climbing.
T/F/NM
5 Being a nurse was possibly an advantage
for Maggie when rock climbing.
T/F/NM
6 Being able to detect lies is quite a
common ability.
T/F/NM
7 With the FBI, Brenda Chamberlain
watched videos of suspects again
and again.
T/F/NM
8 Sue thinks that Maggie never knew about
her talent before because she never
had time for herself.
T/F/NM
1 Francis Drake sailed around
the world between 1577 and 1580
on the orders of Queen Elizabeth
2 Marie Curie once said that the use
of x-rays during the war saved
the lives of many injured men.
3 Blackbeard and his crew attacked
ships on the Atlantic Ocean and
Caribbean Sea to get their treasures
4 Ivan the Terrible terrorised
and killed thousands of people
during his reign
5 in 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded
Egypt with an army
of nearly 33,000 men
6 The Europeans feared
the Vikings because they were
extremely strong warriors who
made surprise attacks.
7 Ivan the Terrible was just 17 years
old when he became
the first tsar of Russia.
8 Queen Elizabeth made
Francis Drake a knight in 1581.
9 They found
a huge
navy and attacked them
10 During his second voyage to the
New World, Christopher Columbus built
the new colony
of La Isabela.
11 Blackbeard hid the treasures he stole
from different
ships on land
12 The Vikings often buried
their dead at sea, on burning boats.
Объяснение:
The family unites New Year-Семью объединяет Новый год.
Russians have a lot of old traditions-Россияне имеют много старых традиций.
Our friends like to get presents -Наши друзья любят получать подарки.
It is important for the British to preserve their traditions.-Британцам важно сохранить их традиции.
There are many royal in Britain traditions-В Британии много королевских традиций
It is not polite to jump the queue in Britain-(Если дословно,то-Невежливо прыгать,перепрыгивать очередь в Британии.) Но правильнее перевести так-Невежливо проходить без очереди в Британии. (Т.е Невежливо будет опередить кого-то или несколько человек в очереди;не дожидаясь своей очереди)