1. 2. Тексты для самостоятельной работы по теме «Student Life»

ТЕМАТИКА ОБЩЕНИЯ: 1. Я и моя семья. Семейные традиции, уклад жизни.

2. Дом, жилищные условия.

3. Досуг и развлечения в семье. Семейные путешествия.

4. Еда. Покупки.

TRANSLATION

My Biography

(Mark Twain)

I was born on the 30th of November 1835 in the village of Florida, Missouri. My father was John Marshall Clemens.

According to tradition some of my great-great parents were pirates and slave traders – a respectable trade in the 16th century. In my time I wished to be a pirate myself.

My parents who had lived in Virginia moved to the South in the early thirtieth. I do not remember just when, for I was not born then and did not take any interest in such things.

They had made a long and tiring journey before they settled in Florida. The village contained a hundred people and when I was born I increased the population by one per cent. It had two streets, each about three hundred yards long, and a lot of lanes. Both the streets and the lanes were paved with the same material – black mud in wet times, deep dust in dry. Most of the houses were of wood – there were none of brick and none of stone. Everywhere around were fields and woods.

Not long ago someone sent me a picture of the house in which I had been born. I have always thought that it was a place but I no longer think so and do not feel proud of it.

WRITING TASK

Write your Biography. What are you proud of?

TRANSLATION

Leonardo Da Vinci

Man of art. Man of ideas.

Man of inventions.

His life

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) lived in a small town in Italy with his grandparents. He studied at home and enjoyed music, singing and mathematics. At the age of 16, he wanted to study art, so he moved to the city of Florence for art classes. He finished his studies after four years. He then worked in Milan as an engineer and he started his life as an inventor.

In 1500 he returned to Florence and in 1516 he traveled to France, where he stayed for the rest of his life.

Leonardo Da Vinci lived and worked before people used electricity and petrol for power, but he had the first ideas for many machines that we use today: the robot, the car, the helicopter, the diving suit, the parachute and even high heels! These are just some of Leonardo’s hundreds of inventions.

WRITING TASK

Write a short biography of a famous person. What is he or she famous for?

TRANSLATION

Student Jobs

Most international students on long courses in the UK can work during the holidays and up to a maximum of 20 hours per week during terms.

You need a National Insurance number (NI number) to work in the UK. You should apply for this before you start work.

Most universities advise that students should not work more than 15 hours a week in terms, so many students do part-time jobs, especially in restaurants or bars in the evenings or in shops at weekends.

In the holidays, full-time jobs are possible. A lot of students are looking for jobs at these times so you should start looking early.

Where and how should you look for jobs? The university careers office or job shop has information about jobs on and off the campus. You should also look at notices on other notice boards in your university. Look for signs in the windows of shops and restaurants, too. Recruitment agencies, local newspapers and websites are also good places to look. And don’t forget you can just ask local employers. You should talk to other students and ask their advice, too.

WRITING TASK

Write what job you would like to have a part-time job or a full-time job. Do you need to work in the evenings or at weekends?

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