Graham is telling his friend Marco about what happened yesterday: “I woke up yesterday morning and looked at my alarm clock. It said 2.15pm! I couldn’t believe it. I thought I was late for work, so I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom. The clock on the wall in there was two and a half hours ahead of the one in the bedroom. It was very confusing! I had a shower then went downstairs. The clock in the hall was an hour behind the one in the bathroom. When I went into the kitchen I looked at the clock on the microwave, which was three and a quarter hours ahead of the one in my bedroom. I found out later that day that my flatmate, Gordon, had changed all the clocks in my house for a joke. He thought it was very funny. In the living room the clock on the video said it was 3.30am, while in the guest bedroom the clock on the wall next to the window was two hours and twenty-five minutes slower than that. I went into the study and picked up my watch. It was eight hours ahead of the one in the kitchen. I was due at work at 8.30am and didn’t want to be late. I went outside into the garden and looked in at the window of my shed. The clock on the wall in there was three hours behind my alarm clock. There was a postman walking past, but he didn’t know the time. He said that when he left the sorting office an hour or two ago he thought it was about six o’clock. In the end I phoned my brother Alan in Toronto, Canada, and he was really annoyed because I’d woken him up, along with his whole family. He said it was 2.44 in the morning their time. I had forgotten that in Toronto they’re five hours behind us. That’s how I finally found out what time it was!” What time was it… (use either ‘am’ or ‘pm’) …in the study? …in the living room? …in the guest bedroom? …in the hall? …in Toronto, Canada? …in the shed? …in the bedroom? …in the kitchen? …in the bathroom? …at the end of the story? (the right time!) More questions… What is Graham’s friend called? What time did Graham have to be at work? Who changed the clocks in Graham’s house? Where does Graham’s brother live? Why was he angry with Graham?
My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn't have much time to spare. But he's got a lot of hobbies and interests.
Five years ago Nick was fond of collecting stamps. His hobby helped him to learn a lot about other countries and other peoples' traditions, the world's flora and fauna. Maybe that's why he was good at geography and biology at school.
He used to bring the albums to school and we examined his stamps with great interest and envy. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with his schoolmates.
When Nick was in the tenth form his parents bought him a compact disc player and Nick decided to collect compact discs. Today, he has got more than one hundred CDs of his favourite groups and singers! I think that he is very proud of his collection.
Every time Nick buys a new CD he carefully studies the information printed on disc booklets. He also tries to find out everything about the singers he likes. That's why he reads a lot of specialised magazines and books on the history of rock.
Nick never misses MTV shows — he thinks he must keep up with the news in the world of music. He says he likes all types of music except "rave".
He even writes letters to some fan-clubs in other countries, so he has to brush up his English. Nick never misses a concert of his favourite group. He brings his compact discs to the concert and asks the singers for their autographs.
But in spite of his new hobby, Nick sometimes sits in his room and looks through his albums of stamps (with his earphones on, of course).
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a) There are nine planets in the solar system. b) There are two big hotels in this city. c) There is some tea in my cup. d) There are а lot of sheep in the field. II. a) We live in Magnitogorsk. b) What is the largest city in Canada? c) When we were in London we stayed in a small hotel. d) Would you like an apple? III. a) These rooms are very large. b) Those women are our cousins. c) Our teeth are white. d) They are pupils. IV. a) She speaks (pres simp) Chinese very well. b) The weather will be (fut simp) fine tomorrow. c) He bought (past simp) a new car last year. d) I read (past simp) many books last summer.
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