Reading

1. Read the text.

A hobby.

A hobby is something you like doing in your free time, such as reading, listening to music, growing, collecting different things, etc. Different people like doing different things, so we can say that people have different hobbies. “Tastes differ”, says the proverb.

And so, here is the story of one poor student, whose hobby brought him fame and determined his future occupation. It was back in 1953. The student was living in Paris. He didn’t have much money, and was living in a small room, and taking photos of the city every day. All he owned, was an old camera, his father left him. Taking pictures was his hobby.

One day he saw that some people were painting the Eiffel Tower, and he decided to take some photographs. He went up the tower and suddenly he saw the man in the photo. The man was painting. The student was very nervous because he was sure that the painter was going to fall. He took his photo and a few weeks later the photo was in Life magazine. The photo became very famous and they made postcards and a poster with it. Later the company that paints the Eiffel Tower phoned him and invited him to lunch. They told him that the painter was an acrobat. His name was Zazou.

Later this student became one of the most famous photographers in France, who was taking dramatic and memorable photos for national magazines and newspapers. Marc Riboud was his name.

Vocabulary

Tastes differ. – О вкусах не спорят.

fame – слава

determine – определять

to own – владеть, принадлежать

memorable – достопамятный

2. Answer the questions to the text.

1. Where did the student live?

2. What did determine his future job?

3. What was his photo famous for?

4. What is the name of the photographer?

5. Do you like taking photos?

6. Who is good at taking photos in your family?

3. Please, point out the verbs in Continuous forms.

4. Give a short summary of the text in English.

Listening

1. Listen to the dialogue.

Excuse me, where is …

-Excuse me.

-Yes?

-Could you tell me where St. Mark’s Church is?

-I’m sorry I don’t know.

-Um… What about the British Museum? Could you tell me where the British Museum is?

-Hmmm, sorry. I don’t know!

-Well, what about Madame Tussaud’s? Do you know where that is?

-Madame Tussaud’s? Of course – you go straight ahead along this street, then you turn right and you’ll see it next to the hotel.

-Thanks! What’s your name?

-Oh, my name is Emma.

-Hey, Emma! Would you like to go to a restaurant for a meal?

-Um… I’m not doing anything at the moment so … OK!

-Hey, then we could go to the cinema or theatre, maybe go dancing…?

-Hmmm. Maybe not so fast!

-We could try to find the British Museum on Saturday.

-Come on! I’m hungry.

2. What was the dialogue about?

3. Read it and point out the verbs in Continuous form and modal verbs.