43. Read the text and retell it.

Nobody knows for sure if Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's romantic heroes, really existed but millions of people go to Verona, Italy, to see the house of Juliet. This 13th-century house belonged to the Cappello family (sounds a bit like the Capulets, doesn't it?) who had a daughter called Juliet.

Juliet Cappello was born on the 16th of September 1284. There were many legends and poems about her romance with a young man, and these legends probably inspired William Shakespeare to write his famous play in 1596.

Tourists like to be photographed standing on the balcony of the house of Juliet because they believe that it's the balcony where Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague revealed their love to each other. And thousands of lovers from all over the world leave their love notes on the walls of the house.

The town's cleaners have tried to remove them many times but they keep appearing again and again - and in greater numbers.

There is also an unusual volunteer organization in Verona - the Juliet Club. Every year, they receive about 5,000 letters from heartbroken men and women all over the world. And each letter is answered!

This tradition dates from 1937, when the guardian of Juliet Cappello's tomb found a letter at her grave. It had a very simple address - 'to Juliet, Verona' - and was written by an Englishman who was desperately in love with a girl. The guardian felt sorry for the Englishman and decided to write back pretending to be Juliet's secretary. This is how the Juliet Club started.

Giulio Tamassia, head of the Juliet Club, says that answering love letters isn't an easy job. Most of the letters are written in Italian and English, but some are written in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and other difficult languages. Then the club has to find someone to translate them.

Some letters are from young people who just cannot find their Romeo or Juliet, others are from teenagers who find it difficult to talk to their parents. A lot of letters are from mixed-race couples whose parents oppose their love.

Unit 2

Texts: 1. University Education in Great Britain. 2. The Universities of Great Britain. 3. Canadian Universities.

Grammar: Present, Past, Future Simple Active.

2.1. Put the words in the alphabetic order.

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1. serve, 2. leave, 3. take, 4. get, 5. it, 6. me, 7. hostel, 8. for, 9. most, 10. of

2. Compare the English and Russian words.

selection n	(ср.: селекция) отбор
activity n	(ср.: активность) деятельность, работа
proportion n	(ср.: пропорция) часть
modern a	(ср.: модерн) современный
equal a	(ср.: эквивалентный) равный
service n, v	(ср.: сервис) служба; обслуживать

2. Read the English words correctly and give their Russian equivalents.

Nouns n – practice, committee, group, army, seminar, mathematics, physics, chemistry, history, material, sport, architect, bureau, designer, technology, fund, prestige, authority, type.

Verbs v – control, limit, concentrate, organize, characterize, function, classify, realize.

Adjectives a – basic, final, extra, fundamental, original, active, positive, negative, stable, public, unique.