Why is carpooling convenient?

Carpooling is convenient because several people arrange to share one private car to get to work. It saves time and money.

 

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I. Reading “Video blogger”

Read the article and say in 2—3 sentences what it is about.

This text is about Charlie McDonnell, famous video blogger. Making his blogs he wasn’t trying to sell anything, he helped people less fortunate than him. He raised many for cancer research and to children‘s charity.

Charlie says how the idea of making a video crossed his mind. Find this extract and read it aloud.

(1 абзац) In April 2007, a 16­year­old English boy named Charlie McDonnell was studying for his exams. But he was bored, so he turned on his computer and started surfing the web. He soon found a website called YouTube and within minutes he was watching a video of another teenager sitting in his bedroom and talking to his computer about how bored he was. ‘I could do better than that!’ thought Charlie. So, using a cheap computer and webcam, he made his first video blog and posted it on YouTube under the name Charlie is so cool like.

How did he become popular?

He became popular when Oprah Winfrey, the famous American TV host showed one of Charlie’s comedy videos called How to be English on her program.

Why do people like Charlie?

His honesty and modesty are perhaps the main reasons why people like Charlie.

 

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I. Reading “Make your home greener”

Read the article and say in 2—3 sentences what it is about.

This text is about the things which can help us to save the planet from the comfort of our own homes. It gives us some simple and easy rules to make our home greener.

What energy saving features in the design of the building are used nowadays? Read aloud the extract which says about it.

(4 абзац) New buildings have more energy saving features in their design. They can have a wooden structure, extensive insulation, electronic environmental controls, triple glazing⁴, a non­polluting heating system and a turf⁵roof. However, it is how we deal with our present homes that will determine housing’s contribution to global warming. It’s down to each of us, so get insulating!

What can we do to cut carbon dioxide emissions from buildings?

To cut carbon dioxide emissions from buildings we can block up droughts, switch off unnecessary lights and make sure cold and hot water taps are not left running and save energy.

What is considered to be an unnecessary waste of energy used in water purification?

Using water of the same drinkable quality that comes out of the taps to flush the toilets is considered to be an unnecessary waste of energy used in water purification.

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I. Reading “Mr Wemmick’s “castle””

Read the article and say in 2—3 sentences what it is about.

This text is about Mr.Wemmick’s “castle”. It describes us how he organized his life in the tiny “castle” and many interesting and curious things he made himself and wad proud off.

2.‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’. Read aloud the extract which proves this idea.

(8 абзац) ‘Oh yes, I have got a hold of it a bit at a time. I have absolute ownership now. You know, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go to the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come to the Castle, I leave the office behind me. If you don’t mind, I’d like you to do the same. I don’t want to talk about my home in a professional manner.

What do we understand about Wemmick’s home life?

Mr. Wemmick had chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits. Also he got his own little garden and grew cucumbers. He had his collection of curiosities. They were mostly to do with being on the wrong side of the law: a pen with which a famous forgery had been committed, some locks of hair, several manuscript confessions written from prison.

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