- •Harold: Here I am in Hastings. Now where’s Castle Road? Ah, there’s a
- •Notes. Forms and Patterns.
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •Notes. Forms and Patterns.
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •A Sad Story of a Sad Man
- •Notes. Forms and Patterns.
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •Notes. Forms and Patterns
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •Notes. Forms and Patterns
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
- •Grammar Exercises
- •Text Two
- •Notes. Forms and Patterns.
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •Notes. Forms and Patterns.
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
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- •Text One “Polite Conversation”
- •Text Two
- •Notes. Forms and Patterns.
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
- •Grammar Exercises Exercise 1. Give 4 possible forms of polite requests and an answer for each of
- •Text One «The King is Dead: Long Live the King»
- •Text Four
- •Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises
- •Grammar Exercises
- •Startling discovery off florida coast
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- •Contents
- •Focus on english
- •Часть II
Text Two
«Hannah Jones Gazes into the Future of Futurology»
I confess I am obsessed with the future – and I am not the only one. Over the centuries, people have used the stars, cards, crystal balls and even tea-leaves to look into the future. I still read my horoscope every day. This weekend, hundreds of futurologists are meeting at Newcastle University. The conference starts on Thursday and the experts will be discussing the impact of technology on the future. The future is now big business. I logged on to the websites of some professional futurologists and found these predictions:
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Vocabulary: to be obsessed an impact to log on a website a prediction an image intelligence to store to carry out smart brain |
In the next few years, we will be communicating with our friends around the world using life-sized video images on large screens in our living rooms.
By the year 2020, computers will already have become more efficient and powerful than the human brain both in terms of intelligence and the amount of information they can store.
By the year 2030, genetic engineering and nanotechnology will enable us to live for at least 150 years. Using nanotechnology, tiny, insect-like robots may be sent around our bodies to carry out repairs and keep us healthy.
By the middle of the century, computers, millions of times smarter than us, will have been developed. By this time, we will be linking our brains with ‘ultra-smart’ computers. A new species might have developed – ‘Homo Cyberneticus’.
By the end of the century, we will have colonised our solar system and will be looking for ways to colonise deep space.
Much more interesting than horoscopes, I am sure you will agree! I’ve decided I’m going to give up astrology and take up futurology – I’ll be there in Newcastle this weekend. At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I’ll be sitting in the front row and listening to the great Duke Willard talking about the future of my brain. If you can’t beat the future, join it!
Text Three
«To the Old Castle»
Mr Miller:
Nancy:
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I’ll take you as far as Dc Donald’s farm. From there you can climb up to the castle. How do we come home again? |
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Vocabulary: to climb up Thanks for the lift! What a smell! youngsters to grumble to catch a ghost |
Good gracious! to make jokes ringing bells a cellar to give a hand to get through |
Peter: Oh, there’s a bus-stop near the farm.
Mr Miller: Harold: Peter: Mr Miller: Harold: Nancy: |
All right then, you’ll come home by bus. But not too late! Is that McDonald’s farm? Yes, that’s it. Be careful, eh? It’s a lonely place. Aye, aye, sir. Good-bye, Father. Thanks for the lift. |
Harold, Peter: Bye! Bye!
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There’s the farm. Well, this is the real country. Yes, cows, horses, sheep and pigs. And a lot of fowls. What a smell! Yes. There’s the farmer’s wife. Good afternoon, Mrs McDonald. |
Mrs McDonald: Good afternoon, youngsters.
Nancy: How are you today?
Mrs McDonald: Well, I mustn’t grumble. The weather is all right. Where are you
going?
Harold: To the old castle. We hope to catch a ghost.
Mrs McDonald: Good gracious! That’s no joking matter.
Nancy: Oh, he always makes jokes, Mrs McDonald.
Harold: Good-bye.
Mrs McDonald: And mind how you go. It’s very dangerous in the castle.
Peter: Nancy: Peter: Harold: Peter:
Harold: Peter: Harold: Peter: Harold: Peter:
Nancy: Peter: Harold: Peter: Nancy: Peter: Nancy: Harold: Nancy: Peter: Harold: Peter: Harold: Peter: Harold: Peter: Harold: Nancy: Harold: |
All right. We must go that way. To the left. There’s a story about this castle. Really? What’s the story? Well, many years ago some people tried to burn down the castle. But the old servant saved the castle by ringing the bells. Jolly good! But he died shortly after. Oh, bad luck. How? The shock was too much. And what’s the end of the story? Well, the ghost of the old servant still rings the bells of the old castle at midnight. Oh, stop it, Peter. Let’s talk about something else, please. There’s the castle. Do you see it? I say...it’s old enough. There are only the walls and some big stones. Yes, but under these walls are large cellars. How do you know? I was looking at them last week. Come on. This way. Oh, I’m getting tired. Let me help you. I’ll give you a hand to the top. Ready? ‘oops. Phew. We’ve made it! Look, there’s the sea. There’s a little boat in the distance. Yes, it’s a fishing boat, I think. Let’s go into the castle now. How can we get into the castle? There’s no door. There’s a hole in the wall here. It’s easy to get through. Have you got your electric torch, Peter? Yes, here it is. Shall I go first? And you come next, Nancy. No, I’ll stay here and wait for you. Don’t be silly, come on. We stay together. |