It Takes Your Breath Away!

The art of cooking requires the use of garlic. Of course, the eating of garlic is not generally approved of. Working beside someone who has eaten garlic is as bad as sitting beside someone who smokes. But while smoking is definitely bad for you, there is no doubt that eating garlic is good for the health. We are likely to see more «No smoking» signs, but we won’t see any «No breathing» signs for garlic eaters! Cultivating and exporting garlic has become big business now that so many people use it for flavouring meat and adding to different dishes. People often buy it when they do the shopping. You don’t have to deny using it or eating it. Being a garlic eater is something to be proud of and shows you enjoy good living. The story of garlic is a breathtaking success!

Перевод:

Искусство кулинарии требует использования чеснока. Конечно, употребление чеснока по большому счету не одобряется. Работа около кого-то, кто съел чеснок, столь же плохо как сидеть около кого-то, кто курит. Но в то же время как курение, без сомнений, определенно вредно для тебя, так еда чеснока полезна для здоровья. Мы, скорее всего, будем видеть больше знаков "Не курить", чем увидим какой-либо знак «Не дышать» для любителей чеснока! Культивирование и экспорт чеснока теперь стали большим бизнесом, когда так много людей используют его для придания аромата мясу и добавления к различным блюдам. Люди часто покупают его, когда они ходят за продуктами. Ты не можешь отрицать использование это или употребление чеснока. Быть любителем чеснока значит чем-то гордиться и показывает, что ты получаешь удовольствие от хорошей жизни. История чеснока - захватывающий дух успех!

Activity 6. READING THE TEXT.

Read the following text. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If the line is correct – write OK in the right part, if a line has a wrong word – write it in the space.

Swimming is Great

Do you know the saying 'like a duck to water'? OK

That's me! Swimming is definitely my a favourite sport. a

I love splashing around in the water, and I believe OK

I'm not the only one. Swimming is a very popular sport OK

for various reasons. To start with, swimming is good a good

exercise because it is keeps you fit and healthy. OK

It is good fun, too, as you can play lots of games in the OK

water with your friends. Another good thing was about were

swimming is that it is cheap. All you need is water and the water

a swimming-costume! On the other hand, learning to swim OK

can be hard work because you must to practice a lot. You need OK

to spend lots of hours in the water before you have OK

learn to swim well. Also, swimming can sometimes OK

to be tiring. For example, professional swimmers need needs

to push themselves to do their best. However, it is pushing

definitely worth it in the end. All in all, although OK

swimming can be a hard work, I think it is a great way a

of exercising for everyone. It's an enjoyable sport an

for all the family, from children to grandparents. OK

Activity 7. READ THE TEXT.

Read the following text. Then choose the best answer A, B or C for questions 1-8 given below.

E-Ink – A Revolution in Information Technology

With a world full of electronic displays made with liquid crystals, light-emitting diodes and gas plasma, you probably don’t think of paper as being a revolutionary display technology, but the Chinese invention of paper in 105 A. D. forever changed the way the world communicates. Without it, books might still be printed on silk rolls, making literacy an expensive skill. It would be nearly impossible to live one day without coming into contact with paper in some form. This year, for example, the world will consume an estimated 280 million tons of paper.

For nearly 2,000 years, ink on paper was the only way to display words and images, and it still beats computer displays when it comes to portability and price. Paper also doesn’t require an external power supply. Yet it does have some limitations: once printed on paper, words cannot be changed without at least leaving some marks, and it is also difficult to carry around a large number of books.

Scientists are developing a revolutionary technology that could replace, called electronic ink. It will allow you to carry a whole library in one book. E-link technology aims at creating a digital book that can type-set itself and that readers could leaf through just as if it were made of regular paper. Such a book could be programmed to alternate between up to 10 books stored on the device. Just as electronic ink could radically change the way we read books, it could change the way you receive your daily newspaper. Simply pressing a button on the delivery computer will simultaneously update thousands of electronic newspapers each morning.

E-Ink has several advantages over current display technology, including: low power usage, flexibility and readability. Electronic ink uses 50 to 100 times less power than liquid crystal displays because it only needs power when changing the display. E-link can be printed on any surface, including walls, product labels and T-shirts. You will soon be able to change your digital wallpaper by sending a signal to the electronic ink painted on the walls. Another advantage

electronic ink has over traditional computer displays is its readability. It looks more like printed text, so it’s a lot easier on the eyes. And it saves trees by cutting the demand on paper!

1. The invention of paper changed the world communication by making books … .

1. expensive

2. available

3. impossible

2. For nearly 2,000 years words and images were displayed by means of … .

1. ink and paper

2. portable computers

3. books

3. E-link technology will eventually create … .

1. paper

2. newspapers

3. a digital book

4. The digital book will look like … .

1. a computer display

2. a common book

3. a silk roll

5. Liquid crystal displays consume … E-Ink.

1. more energy than

2. less energy than

3. as much energy as

6. Electronic ink needs power consume … E-Ink.

1. change the display

2. alternate between the books stored

3. show pictures

7. Digital wallpaper, T-shirts and glass prove E-Ink to be … .

1. energy-efficient

2. readable

3. flexible

8. Good readability of E-Ink means that the text is … .

1. harmless for the eyes

2. easy to understand

3. weighs very little

Activity 8. WRITING.

Study the example and write your own advertisement of a new model of a robot. Open the brackets and use the verbs in the correct form.