2. Read the letter that a student has written to her friend. Her teacher has used symbols to show her the kind of mistakes she has made. Correct the mistakes.
T – Tense; P – Punctuation; WO – Word oder; Prep – Preposition; WW – Wrong word; Gr – Grammar; Sp – Spelling; V – Word missing.
18 Greencroft Gardens London NW6 Tuesday 10 May Dear Stephanie
How are you? I’m very well. I came in (Gr) London two weeks ago for to (Prep) study at a language school. I want V learn еnglish (P) because V is a very important language. I’m stay (Gr ) with a (Gr ) English family called Bennett. They have two son (Gr) and a daughter. Bennett is V teacher, and Mrs. Bennett work (Gr ) in a hospital. English people is (Gr) very kind, but they speak very quickly! I study in the morning. My teachers (Gr) name is Ann. She said(WW) me my English is OK, but I do (WW) a lot of mistakes. Ann don’t (Gr) give us too much homework, so in the afternoons I go always (WO ) sightseeing. London is much more big (Gr) than my town. I like very much painting (WO), and I’m very interested for (Prep) modern art, so I visit galleries and museums. I have met a girl called Christina. She came(T) from Greece and she have(Gr) a lovely flat near Regent’s Park. Last night we go (T) to the cinema, but the film wasn’t very exiting (Sp). Do (WW) you like to visit me in London? Why don’t you come for a weekend? Write to me soon. I’d love to see you. Love Kati |
Supplementary reading
1. Read the Text. The Road to Katmandu.
Susan and Jeremy, with another boy and a girl, are planning a trip next month to the Middle East, India and Nepal. They are going to travel overland, taking buses and hitch-hiking. They will find cheap lodgings wherever they can, and if necessary they will sleep under the stars. They will have very little money. Sir Eric is worried.
“I don’t like to think of Susan and other girl going all that way with two inexperienced boys. How will they manage if anything goes wrong?” he said Hester.
“I’d willingly help to pay for the trip if they’d agree to sleep in decent hotels.”
“You know she won’t accept any money from you,” said Hester. “Besides, the road to Katmandu is pretty well-worn these days. They’ll meet plenty of other young people doing the same trip.”
The longing to get off the beaten track – away from western civilization – is strong among many young people. Before going up to university and during university holidays, many British students drive, trek and fly into the far corners of Africa and Asia.
decent - приличный, подходящий; well-worn – (зд.) хорошо изученный; longing - страстное желание; beaten track - избитый, хорошо известный путь; trek – путешествие.