Money has no smell

People say that these words belong to Vespasian, an emperor of Rome. Suetonius, a Roman historian, writes that the words were used by Vespasian on the following occasion. Once the emperor’s son Titus reproached his father, that he had introduced a tax on public lavatories. Vespasian told him to smell the money he was holding in his palm and to see if the smell was not foul. Titus said that the smell was not foul. Vespasian remarked that money was in the urine, because it had been just paid as the tax on lavatories.

The dollar is the basic unit of United States money. It is worth 100 cents. The dollar is also the main currency unit of many countries in the world. The dollar was adopted in the USA in 1792. The first US dollars were issued in silver and gold. After 1934, however, all gold coins were taken out of circulation.

The basic unit of money of the United Kingdom is the pound, also called the pound sterling. Today the pound is equal to 100 pence. The British adopted the decimal system in 1971.

The tenge is the currency of Kazakhstan. It is divided into 100 tiyin.

Task 2. Read the text and write a suitable heading to each paragraph (Time for preparation- 2 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

WRITING(10 min.)

Task 1. Write an essay to the given situation (60 words).(Time for preparation- 8 min., time for answering- 2 min.).

Imagine you are staying at one of the hotels. Write about hotel service. What do you like and don’t like.

Card №11

LISTENING (10 min.)

Task 1.Listen to the text [T.11]- 2.5 min. and give T(True) and F(False) answers (Time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

№		TRUE	FALSE
1	Speaker 1 would like a traditional Englishgarden.
2	Speaker 2 would live on the coast.
3	Speaker 3 would love to have a big old town house.
4	Speaker 4 would buy a big penthouse.
5	Speaker 4 doesn’t think they will ever get their dream house.

Task 2. Retell the main idea of the listened text (Time for preparation-2 min., time for answering-2 min.).

SPEAKING(10 min.)

Task 1. Discuss on the given situation (Time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

How long have you known your best friend? Where did you meet? What do you have in common? How often do you see each other?

Task 2. Speak on the given topic “Connection between the person's style of life and his/her duration of life?” (Time for preparation- 4 min., time for answering- 2 min.)

READING (10 min.)

Task 1. Read the text and translate the 2nd paragraph of the text (Time for preparation-5 min., time for answering- 2 min.).

In many countries, the number 13 is considered to be very unlucky. In France, there is never a house with the number 13. In the United States, modern high-rise buildings label the floor that follows 12 as 14. Where did this fear of a number come from? The idea goes back at least to Norse mythology in ancient times. There was a banquet with 12 gods. Loki, the spirit of evil, decided to join without being invited. In the fight that followed, Balder, the favorite of the gods, was killed. In Christianity, this theme was repeated at the Last Supper. Jesus Christ and his apostles numbered 13 people at the table.

When humans first flew in space, they were amazed to discover that the only man-made object visible from orbit was the Great Wall of China'. Although this is a nice idea, it's not true. The Great Wall is mostly grey stone in a grey landscape and, in fact, is very difficult to see even from a plane flying at mere 15 kilometers above. What can be seen when orbiting the Earth (from about 200 kilometers up) are the lights of the world's large metropolitan areas.

Task 2. Write a suitable heading to each paragraph (Time for preparation- 2 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

WRITING(10 min.)

Task 1. Write an essay on the given situation (60 words), (Time for preparation- 8 min., time for answering- 2 min.).

You would like to rent a house in a quiet area. Where would it be? What kind of house would it be? What special features would it have? What would it have inside? Whatfeatureswouldithaveoutside?