1. Memory exercise

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1. Каждый год в Индии продается более четырех миллиардов билетов в кинотеатр. Ежедневно кинотеатры посещает 14 миллионов индийцев. Если говорить о Голливуде, то во всем мире продается 3 миллиарда билетов на просмотр новых голливудских блокбастеров. Поэтому самые заядлые киноманы – индийцы.

2. Copenhagen, one of the "greenest" cities in the world, endured an added 41,000 extra tons of carbon-dioxide-equivalent in December during the 11-day "climate summit." The 15,000 delegates required 2,000 limousines (only five of which were electric or hybrid) to get around town, and the world leaders arrived and departed in 140 private jets, some of which had to be "parked" overnight in Sweden because of airport congestion.

3. По данным на 1984 год, к Интернету было подключено лишь тысяча компьютеров. Но уже к 2000 году их количество увеличилось до 90 миллионов. Если брать подобную статистику по радио, то количество радиопользователей увеличилось до 50 миллионов лишь через 38 лет после изобретения радио. Интернет вырос до 50 миллионов пользователей всего за 4 года.

2. Listening

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Wis. woman accused of placing dead rat in food. APPLETON, Wis. - A woman accused of planting a dead lab rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion. Debbie R. Miller, 41, of Appleton, also faces misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer.

Miller claimed to find the rat in her lunch April 17 as she ate at the upscale Seasons Restaurant in Grand Chute, according to the criminal complaint. She threatened to alert the media unless the owners paid her $500,000, the complaint said.

The owners turned the rat over to their insurance company. Investigators there determined the rodent was a white laboratory rat, the complaint said. Tests also suggested the rodent had been cooked in a microwave, but the restaurant doesn't use microwaves in cooking. Miller said the incident caused her to seek unspecified medical treatment. She was being held Monday in the Outagamie County jail in lieu of $1,500 cash bond.

Court Commissioner Brian Figy said the bond amount reflected Miller's lack of a criminal record. "The defendant may have some physical or mental issues and has no warrant history," Figy said. "But the allegations are rather disturbing." Online court records did not list a defense attorney for Miller, who is due back in court Thursday for further proceedings. The extortion charge carries a maximum penalty of 3 1/2 years in prison.

3. Sight translation 1

Annual house price falls worst since 1992. The pace of falling UK house prices accelerated sharply last month. According to figures from the Nationwide Building Society, prices are now dropping at an annual rate of 6.3 per cent, the biggest drop since November 1992. The price of a typical house is now £172,415. Nationwide said the slowdown was still being driven by the lack of cheap mortgages. Average two-year fixed mortgage rates are now at an 11-year high at 7 per cent according to Moneyfacts. Home buyers also now have to provide higher desposits and arrangement fees have risen sharply. The latest data from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals for house purchases slumped to 42,000 in May - the lowest level since comparable records began in 1993.

The Bank of England also revealed that mortgage lending retreated sharply to £4.1 billion in May from £6.2 billion in April. Cazenove analyst Anthony Codling commented: "New loans are no longer being rationed, they are suffering a famine." Furthermore, latest survey evidence shows that agreed house sales are very low, buyer interest is continuing to decline, it is taking longer to sell a house and sellers are achieving a falling percentage of their asking price. All these factors point clearly to further declines in house prices. Global Insight forecasts house prices to fall by 12 per cent in the near future, before gradually flattening out. But Mr Archer warned that the forecasts could be driven further downward, particularly if the Bank of England's next move is to raise interest rates.