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Read this forum on special events of the year.
Isabel
I always feel my birthday is a special day in the year, because my parents do the best
to make it wonderful But this year it was absolutely fantastid They took me to the new
theatre in the city to see a show with lots of singing and dancing. It was amazing! We
Invited my friends and we had a brilliant time. I was so tired at the end that I slept all the
way home in the car!
Richard
Lots of good things happened this year but the best thing was that I passed all my
exams. I studied really hard all year and I was feeling quite confident but when it came
to the actual exams. I was so nervous. My parents were so pleased that they gave me
some extra pocket money. Soon I'll be able to buy the new bicycle that I want. I can't
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Alice
My sister went to university to study engineering in September. Before she left, we
had a party to say goodbye. She didn't want a big party so it was just family and a
few friends in the garden. It was a really fun afternoon. The weather was fantastic, the
music was great and everyone was dancing and having a really good time. I even got
up and danced, too, which is really unusual!
Luke
Stepping off the plane at Sydney Airport and knowing that a great adventure was
about to begin that was the best bit of my year and the start of my travels. I know
everyone wants to go to Australia during their year out but I've got family there so it
made sense to go there first and then decide what to do. I ended up staying there for
most of the year because I got a job on a fam.
Grace
I've always written, ever since I can remember.poems and short stories, and Mum
has always encouraged me to enter competitions. It's good practice, and teaches you
how to keep going even when you're not always successful. So imagine how great!
felt when I heard that I'd won a national writing competition. The prize was a tablet so I
take that everywhere with me now instead of my old notebooks.
I'm a tennis fan so the greatest day of my year was the day I met Rafael Nadal. We got
tickets for a tennis tournament and we actually watched him play. I was waiting around
afterwards, taking a few photos, and saw him as he came off the tennis court. He was
really friendly and signed my tennis magazine. To me, he's the greatest player in
the world!
Paul
Are the sentences True (T) or False (A? If there isn't enough information in the text,
write Doesn't Say (DS).
0 Isabel spent her last birthday just with her family
E
1 Richard has got enough money to buy a new bicycle.
2 Alice danced with someone from her family at her sister's party.
3 Luke decided to go to Australia because everyone goes there,
4 Grace doesn't need her notebooks to write in any more.
5 Paul got a photograph of Nadal at a tennis tournament.
Total (5)
iting Task
pose ONE of the topics below.
press your opinion on topic.
onnect your ideas into a paragraph.
se present simple forms
se correct form of modal verbs.
se appropriate punctuation.
test (the10th form)
unit 4
is it easy to be young?
which speaker says that …
1. friendship is a great thing?
2. he has very few friends?
3. his friend is so dear to him?
4. friends are stealers of time?
5. animals can be friends, too?
6. a bosom friend makes your life happier?
7. friends must help each other?
new yorkers used to see the graffiti on the walls of poor neighbourhoods and subway trains as an example of young people rebellion. the slogans were seen as aggressive, the work of vandals seeking to express their identities or even make a political point. up to the 1970s, most new yorkers hated graffiti.
since those days, graffiti has changed a lot and it is not longer found only in the subway and in the poor areas of the city. nowadays, it has the status of “street art” and you get graffiti in places where you would not expect to – in advertisements, on clothes, on toys, and even on the wall street journal’s official website! in the early 1980s, there was a real craze for graffiti art and the sophisticated manhattan art world had displays of street art in its galleries. then trend was short-lived – until the arrival of hip-hop music in the late 80s.
in her book, subway art, martha cooper says, “graffiti came back with hip-hop music and people are now appreciating it for its style, which they couldn’t back then, because they couldn’t get beyond the vandalism thing.” hip-hop was originally black music, sung by young african americans from the poor, run-down districts of american cities. when it suddenly got to the top of the american music charts, hip-hop culture was spread, bringing graffiti with it.
today companies are starting to use the appeal of graffiti in advertising. kel rodriguez, who used to spray new york subway trains, was the artist chosen to design the wall street journal’s website and it is obviously done in graffiti style.
many of this new wave of artists give lectures on developments in the art. lee quinones is having a lot of success in europe and feels that european galleries and museums are more open to this art form. “they want to support an artist as he develops,” comments quinones, who can get up to $10,000 for his paintings. indeed, the groninger museum in holland is one of the few museums in the world that displays and recognizes graffiti as an art form.
another artist, blade, has his own website devoted only to the world of graffiti. this website has ‘a page’ where blade sells things with his own original designs all over the world – everything from baseball caps to yo-yos! leonard mcgurr, a street artist for 25 years, went from painting subway trains to designing and marketing graffiti-inspired clothes for young people. “graffiti has been a story of survival,” he says. “there’s a way to benefit from your work without spoiling public property.”
a1 according to the article, people did not like graffiti because…
nobody understood it.it made cities ugly.it considered to be the work of hooligans.a2 nowadays people’s attitude towards graffiti is …
not as bad as it used to be.worse than before.the same as in the past.a3 what do graffiti and hip-hop have in common according to the article?
they are both illegal.they are both examples of political views.they came from similar background.a4 what is said in the article about graffiti artists?
most of them moved to europe.some of them are treated as respected artists.they haven’t learnt how to draw properly.a5 lee quinones thinks that graffiti is more popular in europe because…
graffiti artists can make money more easily there.graffiti is taken more seriously there.european museums and galleries have more space for graffiti as an art form.a6 some graffiti artists make money by…
painting subway trains.selling painted street walls.selling products with graffiti design on them. iii. используя complex object , заполните пропуски в2-в7.b2 listening to music is the thing i like most. but my parents don’t __i/listen to/permit
what i want.
b3 they also don’t bright clothes and chains. i/let/wear
b4 my father to discos. forbid/go/i
b5 my parents my school homework every day. do/force/i
b6 it really crazy! feel/i/make
b7 i just me alone. leave/they/want
the national union of students was founded in 1922 to the rights of the student youth. the aim of the union is to a8 the interests of students, their right to their views and a10 better education.
the union takes part in the struggle of the young people who a11 against discrimination. it a12 the movement against youth a13 and drug
a7 1 enjoy 2 defend 3 develop
a8 1 complain 2 protect 3 delay
a9 1 provide 2 support 3 express
a10 1 permit 2 provide 3 represent
a11 1 rebel 2 reject 3 forbid
a12 1 provides 2 represents 3 supports
a13 1 protection 2 disability 3 violence
a14 1 protection 2 addiction 3 disability
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