Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In your talk remember to speak about:
-when and where the photo was taken -what/who in the photo -what is happening -why you keep the photo in your album -why you decided to show the picture to your friend
Variant I
1. You have 1,5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have
more than 1,5 minutes to read it.
Money can buy happiness – but only if you are richer than your neighbours.
Sociologists found than it was not quite true to say that being wealthy will not make a
person happy, according to today’s research. But it depends on a person’s ability not
to live worse than his or her neighbour. Researchers in the US are sure than most of
people are in a nonstop wealth race with their neighbours.
2. Study the advertisement.
3. Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In
your talk remember to speak about:
when and where the photo was taken
what/who in the photo
what is happening
why you keep the photo in your album
why you decided to show the picture to your friendVariant II
1. You have 1,5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have
more than 1,5 minutes to read it.
A lot of young Britons go travelling thank to the films they watch or books they read.
A research has shown that as many as 45 per cent of 16 to 24yearolds say that fiction
greatly influences their choice of holiday places. For instance, New Zealand has had a
big rise in tourism from the UK since the first of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is
clear that more and more young people wish to visit the parts of the world which have
been made famous by writes and film directors.
2. Study the advertisement.
3. Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In
your talk remember to speak about:
when and where the photo was taken
what/who in the photo
what is happeningwhy you keep the photo in your album
why you decided to show the picture to your friend
Variant III
1. You have 1,5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have
more than 1,5 minutes to read it.
James Blunt has been nominated the best male singer and songwriter. His way to
success hasn’t been easy. He was born into a military family, became a pilot at the
age of 16 and joined the army. Finally he found himself in a studio in Los Angeles,
where he recorded his multimillion selling album “Back to Bedlam”. James draws
his personal lyrics from his life, making them touching and honest.
2. Study the advertisement.
3. Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In
your talk remember to speak about:
when and where the photo was taken
what/who in the photowhat is happening
why you keep the photo in your album
why you decided to show the picture to your friend
Variant IV
1. You have 1,5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have
more than 1,5 minutes to read it.
Jem, the best female singer, is from Wales, Great Britain, but became a success in the
US before her home country. Her debut album went straight to the top of the charts; her
name appeared in lots of newspapers. She seems to be a sweet and easygoing girl but
at the same time she is very strong and fairly ambitious. With both the US and the UK
at her feet, she is going to be a megastar.
2. Study the advertisement.
3. Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In
your talk remember to speak about:when and where the photo was taken
what/who in the photo
what is happening
why you keep the photo in your album
why you decided to show the picture to your friend
Variant V
1. You have 1,5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have
more than 1,5 minutes to read it.
You can be a Japanese manager on business in Brazil, a Mexican computer scientist at a
conference in India, or a Norwegian tourist in an Italian street market, there is one thing
you are likely to have in common – you are probably speaking English.
“There’s never before been a language that’s been spoken by more people as a second
than a first language,” says English language expert David Crystal, author of English as
a Global Language.
2. Study the advertisement3. Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In
your talk remember to speak about:
when and where the photo was taken
what/who in the photo
what is happening
why you keep the photo in your album
why you decided to show the picture to your friend
Variant VI
1. You have 1,5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have more
than 1,5 minutes to read it.
Britain has growing English Language Teaching industry. They say that by 2020 it will
be the UK’s biggest export, giving the income of 20 billion pounds a year.
One of the fastest growing markets in China. Though Chinese is the world’s top
language as it has the largest number of native speakers, the Chinese themselves want to
learn English. Li Yang, an exnewsreader even developed a new method of teaching it.
The language is taught in big stadiums to classes of thousands.
2. Study the advertisement.3. Imagine that these are photos from your album. Choose one photo to presnt to your friend. In
your talk remember to speak about:
when and where the photo was taken
what/who in the photo
what is happening
why you keep the photo in your album
why you decided to show the picture to your friend
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