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Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project "Keeping young". You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project.
In 2.5 minutes be ready to:

• explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
• mention the advantages (1−2) of the two ways of keeping young fo the elderly people;
• mention the disadvantages (1−2) of the two ways of keeping young fo the elderly people;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project — which way of keeping young your elderly relatives prefer and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Task 2. Study the advertisement.

Come to our yoga classes!

You are considering taking yoga classes and now you'd like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out the following:

1) tuition fee;
2) duration of one class;
3) special clothes;
4) evening classes.

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

The first human carrying flight technology was the hot air balloon. While unmanned balloons have been around in some form for thousands of years, the first flight with people on board was in 1782.
The large balloon on top is called an "envelope". It holds hot air created by a heat source known as a burner. The burner creates an open flame by burning a mix of propane and air. Hot air balloons are capable of floating because the hot air inside the envelope has a lower density than the colder air outside. The top of the balloon usually has a vent which allows the pilot to control the speed of ascent or descent. Passengers typically stand in a basket beneath the envelope.
While most envelopes have a standard balloon shape, others are designed to look like animals, cartoon characters and other fun objects.

Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Our world is full of mysteries. There are stunning icebergs, roaring waterfalls, dashing jungles and many more. There are also singing sands in Kazakhstan. "Singing sands" is the name of big dunes that produce various sounds in dry weather.
The sounds can be heard several miles away and resemble sometimes organ music and sometimes the roars of an aircraft engine. According to local legends, such sounds are songs of desert ghosts and voices of fabulous beasts. Scientists however think that the grains of sands create those sounds as they rub against each other under a wind force.
Another miracle can be seen in the Antarctic. These are waves frozen in the air. Of course, it is not a real tsunami. Water cannot freeze instantly and in motion, even in the freezing temperatures. This ice begins to melt in summer and then freezes again - many years in a row forming natural sculptures for centuries.

Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

High in bamboo forests in the rainy mountains of China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda. Only about 1,500 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild.
Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99% of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. The reason is they digest only a fifth of what they eat. Overall, bamboo is not very nutritious. To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot.
The shape of teeth helps pandas crush bamboo shoots and leaves. To get the bamboo to their mouths, they hold it with their front paws. A panda should have at least two bamboo species where it lives, or it will starve. A lack of bamboo threatens the limited panda population.

Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

People have always told stories and legends to explain natural, but mysterious, occurrences such as the Northern Lights. The Vikings believed the Northern Lights were caused by the shining weapons of warriors. The Alaskan people thought the lights were the souls of salmon, deer and other animals. The Indians told the stories of giants living in the North and thought the lights were their torches.
The Northern Lights are actually caused by electrons from solar winds. They are attracted to the poles by the magnetic fields found there. They mix with gases in the atmosphere which causes the gases to glow.
The Northern Lights are most visible in the far north. They are typically green, purple, red or blue.

Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Canada's original inhabitants are Indians. The very name Canada comes from a word meaning "village" in one of the local languages of Indian tribes. These tribes had lived on the territory of modern Canada before the first Europeans arrived in the 11th century. More Europeans came in the 16th century and were made welcome because they brought manufactured goods and traded them for furs and other native products. The Europeans settled down and gradually displaced Indians over the next 250 years.
European settlers came in a series of waves. First were the French, followed by the English, and these two groups are considered the founding nations. France lost its part of the territory to Britain in a war in 1760, but most of the French-speaking colonists remained. Their effort to preserve their language and culture is still a continuing theme of Canadian history and has led in recent years to a movement to become independent from the rest of Canada.

Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project "Modern inventions". You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project.
In 2.5 minutes be ready to:

• explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
• mention the advantages (1−2) of the two types of modern inventions;
• mention the disadvantages (1−2) of the two types of modern inventions;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project — which modern invention you'd prefer and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

Japan is an island nation in East Asia, located in the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Asian continent. Japan comprises the four main islands in addition to numerous smaller islands. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city. 
Mountains dominate Japan's landscape, covering 75 to 80% of the country. Historically, the mountains were barriers to transportation, limiting the economic development of isolated areas. However, with the development of tunnels, bridges, and air transportation in the modern era, the mountains are no longer an obstacle. The Japanese have long celebrated the beauty of their mountains in art and literature, and today many mountain areas are preserved in national parks. 
Most of Japan's people live on plains and lowlands found mainly along the lower courses of the country's major rivers, on the lowest slopes of mountain ranges, and along the sea coast. This concentration of people makes Japan one of the world's most crowded countries.

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Holidays

Ronald and Brenda left for Wales to spend their holidays in Templeton Castle, the ancestral home of Lord and Lady Usher, Brenda's late grandparents. The castle brought back many happy memories – they 30 ______ how they'd spent a holiday there just before Ronald went up to Cambridge. They roamed the hills together during the day, rarely returning to the castle before the sun had 31 ______ behind the highest mountain. They 32 ______ delicious food and after supper they sat by a roaring log fire reading novels and short stories.

After a fortnight, during which time they encountered more cattle than human beings, they reluctantly set out on the long journey back to London. They 33 ______ at the Russell House looking forward to a life of domestic tranquility. 34 ______, it was not to be.

Ronald's mother-in-law confessed that she could 35 ______ wait to get Billy off her hands. Tears before bedtime had occurred once too often, she told them as her cat leapt up on to her mistress's lap and promptly fell asleep. "Frankly, you haven't returned a moment too soon," she added. "I haven't 36 ______ to complete The Sun crossword once in the past fortnight." Ronald thanked his mother-in-law for her understanding, and he and Brenda took their hyperactive five-year-old son back to the Russell House.

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