- •1. Speak about the kinds of fast food that are popular and the eating places where British people can find it
- •2. Talk about English food and the qualities it is often criticized for
- •3. Talk about the problem of food additives in the world
- •4. Speak about going out to eat at a restaurant.
- •5. Shape the recipe for “Irish Oatmeal”
- •6. Speak about table manners as seen by the food editor Craig Claiborne
- •7. Talk about the difference between teenagers and adults in the attitude to shopping and in their tastes in clothes
- •8. Speak about the different ways of doing the shopping
- •9. Talk about children with exceptional intellectual abilities and various kinds of schools they can go to
- •10. Talk about the similarities and differences between the “Orientation Week” at an American University and the University you study at
- •11. Talk about the reasons people have for studying at the Open University
- •12. Speak about children’s attitude to school
- •13. Speak about England’s best known public school Eton
- •14. Speak about learning English in different countries, and about the English language as an international language
- •15. Talk about the relationships between the world’s climate and man’s activities
- •16. Talk about Jerusha’s first steps at college
- •17. Talk about Jerusha’s academic life in college: her failures and achievements
- •18. Talk about Jerusha’s winter and summer holidays
- •19. Talk about the relationships between Jerusha and her guardian
- •20. Describe Jerusha’s personality
15. Talk about the relationships between the world’s climate and man’s activities
The weathermen are now making long-term forecasts into the next century with growing confidence. For the most important trend the world’s climate will be a predictable result of man’s activities.
Centuries ago at the start of the industrial revolution, man innocently set off a gigantic experiment in planetary engineering. Unfortunately, man didn’t think about the consequences. Today the possible outcome is frighteningly clear, yet the experiment is unstoppable. The Earth may soon become warmer than it has been for a thousand years and by the middle of the next century it may be warmer that it has been since before the last Ice Age. And the century after it may be hotter that any in the past 70 million years. So this will be the result of man’s actions. He’s the only one who in response of the unstoppable events.
Superficially, a warmer climate may seem welcome by some people. However, it could bring many hazards – disruption of crops in the world’s food-producing regions, famine, economic instability and even war.
To sum up I would like to say that man’s activities are closely connected with the world’s climate and we should try to protect our environment.
16. Talk about Jerusha’s first steps at college
Jerusha Abbott was a 17-year-old orphan who had lived in the asylum since her childhood. And the only education she managed to receive was several years at school of the asylum and four years at the village high school. Jerusha was definitely a brilliant girl therefore she did well in certain branches at school. And her work in English could even be called excellent, that is why she was noticed by a rich man who decided to send her to college with the purpose to educate her to become a writer. Everything was new to Jerusha at college. Actually, it was a totally unknown world for her. This new reality was full of unfamiliar things, because at her 17 years old she had never before stepped outside the asylum and couldn’t picture the life behind its gates. She had never even dreamed there was such a place in the world as college. Every day was full of new impressions, and she was excited by every moment of her life.
Jerusha’s room was situated up in a tower. In fact, she was very lucky to get a single room, although freshmen usually didn’t get singles. There were also two other girls on the floor named Sallie McBride and Julia Pendleton. Jerusha got on well with Sallie who was a nice and cheerful girl, and soon made with her good friends. But Julia seemed to be too haughty as she came from one of the first families in New York.
Although Jerusha’s first days at college were very exciting, she also had to overcome some difficulties. The main problem was that despite she had got some education before, it was utterly little. For instance, Jerusha once got into a stupid situation: the teacher asked her who Michelangelo was, and she thought he was an archangel. So, to exclude similar incident Jerusha made an unbreakable rule: never to study at night, and instead of studying started to read books to fill eight blank years behind her. She read such books as “David Copperfield”, “Robinson Crusoe”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and many others. As a rule, one book was not enough for her hungry mind, so, she was reading four books at once. What is more, whenever, Jerusha came across with an unknown word she looked it up in the encyclopedia.
There’s no doubt, it was extremely difficult for Jerusha to catch up with other students, but nevertheless, she didn’t lose heart but worked hard, because she had a great desire to study and was motivated to become a writer. Probably, she understood that it was the only way to achieve her aims and to make one’s way in life.