Прочитай текст. Tony Redford was a journalist. He wrote articles for a magazine called Business News. He was a
young man, of medium height. He had rather long, dark brown hair and a small moustache.
There was always a very serious look on his face. He looked even more serious that morning. He
was in his boss's office. His boss was called Liz Davis and she was the editor of Business News.
«Well, Tony. Your first article about the electronics industry is going to the printer's this
afternoon. It's very interesting. But what about your second article? Are you sure you can write
two articles about the electronics industry? I mean, isn't one enough? » she asked. «Listen, Liz, I
tell you that the second article is going to be more interesting than the first! Far more interesting!
»
«I am going to get some information this evening about a small company called Shandor
Electronics. The director is probably one of the best electronics engineers in the world. But
nobody knows very much about him. Not even where he comes from. He lives on a yacht. He
never visits his factory in Southampton. Someone goes to the yacht from the factory every
morning in a helicopter. Now... I know an engineer who works at that factory. His name is
Presley, and Presley tells me that Shandor has plans for a new kind of electronic brain. It's much
smaller but far better than any other electronic brains on the market today. I'm going to meet
Presley in Southampton this evening. I am going to use the information I get from him in my
second article. Presley says Shandor is going to make some new kind of robot, too. But he
doesn't know very much about that. It's one of the company's biggest secrets! »
Liz Davis looked more interested than before.
«All right, Tony. Go ahead with your second article. But finish it no later than the end of next
week! Do you understand? I must have it at the end of next week! No later than that! »
Task 1 . Mark the following statements as True or False.
1.Tony Redford was a journalist who wrote articles for a magazine called Moscow News.
2.Liz wasn't sure that they needed two articles on the same topic.
3.The director of the Shandor Electronics company went to his factory by helicopter.
4.Tony was going to get some important information from one of the factory's employees.
5.Presley is going to make some new kind of robot, too.
Task 2 . Write answers to these questions.
1. What was Tony's first article
about?
__
2. When was Tony going to get some information about the Shandor Electronics
company?
___
3. What plans did the Shandor Electronics company
have?
Русский писатель Лев Николаевич Толстой(1828-1910) – автор известных произведений “Война и мир”, “Анна Каренина”, “Смерть Ивана Ильича”, и в наши дни продолжает считаться одним из лучших писателей мира.
Лев Толстой родился 9 сентября 1828 года в Тульской губернии (Россия) в семье, принадлежащей классу дворян. В годы своего юнкерства в армии у Толстого было немало свободного времени. В спокойные периоды он работал над автобиографической историей под названием «Детство». В ней он писал о своих самых любимых детских воспоминаниях. В 1852 году Толстой отправил рассказ в “Современник”, самый популярный журнал того времени. Рассказ был с радостью принят, и он стал первой публикацией Толстого. С этого времени критики ставили его в один ряд с уже известными писателями, среди которых присутствовали Иван Тургенев(с которым Толстой подружился), Иван Гончаров, Александр Островский и другие.
В 1860-х годах он написал свой первый большой роман – “Война и мир”. В 1873 году Толстой приступил к работе над второй из наиболее известных его книг, “Анна Каренина”. Он продолжал писать беллетристику на протяжении 1880-х и 1890-х годов. Одна из его самых успешных поздних работ – “Смерть Ивана Ильича”. Толстой умер 20 ноября 1910 г. в Астапово, Россия.
1. Yes, I am. In my opinion art is one of the best ways of self-expression.
2. Of course, yes. People can show personal opinions and judgments through art.
3. I thimk anyone can be an artist, because I believe there is no talentless people. If you can draw, you can be an artist. It does not depend on your skill.
4. Now digital art is getting more and more popular, so we can also see paintings on the Internet.
5. I think yes, but every message is different. Some people just want to draw something beautiful and show their skills, some people want to show issues that otherwise would go unnoticed
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