1. Read the text and answer the questions.

When I (Waris) was a child I lived in Somalia. We moved around from place to place to find water for animals. I looked after them and was quite happy.

When I was thirteen an old man wanted to marry me. He offered my father five camels. Camels are important in the desert, so my father said ‘yes’. I said to my father, ’I’m not going to marry him. That man needs a nurse not a wife.’

That evening I decided to run away and go to my uncle and aunt to Mogadishu. I didn’t tell my father. When I told my mother, she said, ‘You’ll be OK. Do what you want and be happy.’ It took two weeks to walk to Mogadishu. I got a job as a builder. It was hard work, but I earned money and sent food to my mother.

Then I lived with an uncle in Saudi Arabia and worked as a nanny. When I worked there I met another uncle who lived in London. I went there and looked after his children. When I was nineteen, my uncle went back to Somalia but I stayed in London. I had no visa and I didn’t speak English. I worked as a cook and cleaner and learned English quickly.

Then I met a photographer who took photographs of me for the Pirelli calendar. My next job was in a James Bond film and after that I became famous.

In 1995 I went back to Somalia for the first time in fourteen years. It took a month to find my mother. My father has another wife. One day I’m going to build a house for my mother and buy my father some camels. I want to say I’m sorry.

Questions:

1. What is this text about?

2. What happened when Waris was thirteen?

3. Why did she decide to run away?

4. How long did it take her to walk to Mogadishu?

5. When she became famous?

2. Read the text and prove that smoking is unhealthy. What is the consequence of smoking? Speak on healthy life style.

Don’t smoke. It looks smart in old movies, and it seems that everybody does it. But that is just a clever form of advertising. Smoking is unhealthy. It causes a cough and pneumonia. Your reactions will be slow if you smoke. Smoking makes your teeth yellow and your skin grey. You will never look healthy if you smoke.

It is unpleasant and harmful to non-smokers, too, and a serious fire risk. It is offensive in public places like cafes and schools. Any form of addiction is unhealthy, whether it is tobacco, alcohol, drugs, sugary things, or money. It may be a sign of not growing up and not being able to cope.

Do you know that the 16^th of November is the day when people all over the world quit smoking?

Do you know that every year 3 million people die of smoking?

Do you know that your life is 25% shorter if you smoke?

Do you know that only 13% of the population smoke in the USA, but in Russia – more than 76%? 400,000 people die in Russia every year as a result of smoking. Imagine that a whole town like Ufa disappears every year.

In Britain smoking is now forbidden in many public places: on the underground, on stations, in shops, in theatres and in cinemas.

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