4. A) Read what a tourist wrote about the places he visited and decide which of these cities you would choose to visit in the first pace.

As well as famous American singer Tony Bennet “I left my heart in San Francisco”. Sliding down the hills to the Pacific, the city charms by its scenic natural location. It’s most famous attraction the Golden Gate Bridge is unsurpassed by the grace of its magnificent 4.200 meter span. Here one can witness the formidable fogs which roll off the ocean across the city to the bay. With cool summers and warm winters flowers bloom in San Francisco thought the year; gardens from old English to austere Japanese, appear in every corner. But this jewel of a city is also a place of exuberant rebelliousness where nothing is accepted merely because it has been in the past. Almost all the people you meet there seem to have come from somewhere else. They are the seekers, the adventurers, the people dissatisfied with things as they are. Most have brought with them something of the '49ers' spirit, the crazy optimism of the men and women who traversed a continent in covered wagons questing for gold, then kept going west to transform a small, rough seaport town into a fantasy of elegance, opulence, and eccentricity.

b) Give at least 3 sentences to motivate your answer. Do it in written form.

5. A) Read the dialogue. Think whether you agree with the speaker’s point of view or not. Then do the task given after the dialogue.

- Do you think we should maintain our traditions or make way for change?

- In country's like Japan, people have done both, though it's usually older people who pass on the traditions. The young are often embarrassed by them. This is a shame.

-Why do you say that?

-Let me explain. Take a traditional Japanese song, for example. Perhaps children are taught to sing this song by their grandmother when they are five years old. Well, when they reach the age of fifteen, they reject the songs of their childhood. Instead, they are into pop or rock songs which will be forgotten within weeks.

-But, that's quite natural. Teenagers have always had an appetite for fast food.

-It would be O.K. if they recognized the quality of the songs that their grandmother had taught them and went on to sing them to their own grandchildren.

-Why shouldn't they? After all, these songs have been handed down for generations. If they're any good, then surely they'll survive.

-I’m not so sure about that.

-Why not?

-Because traditions are now under attack from mass production and mass marketing.

-What do you mean?

-Music today is owned by large multinational recording companies, many of which are based in the United States. The same applies to soft drinks.

-I don't understand. What's the connection between a folk song and a soft drink?

-Well, take the Spanish drink "horchata". This is a very nice, traditional, vegetable-based drink for people who don't want to drink alcohol. However, try to order it in a number of Spanish bars and you'll find that it has almost become extinct.

-Come on! I bet that you can get traditional Spanish wines and beers!

-That isn't the point. I'm talking about soft drinks and few Spanish bars will serve you with "horchata", their own traditional soft drink. However, they'll be delighted to serve you with American soft drinks which will be advertised all over the walls of the bar on the sign outside. It's the same with music. The oral traditions of small countries are being submerged by inferior American imports.

b) Fill in the words from the dialogue into the gaps.

1. It's usually …… who pass on the traditions.

2. Teenagers …… the songs of their childhood.

3. They ……. pop or rock songs.

4. Traditional songs have been …… for generations.

5. These songs surely will …… .

6. Traditions are now under …… from mass production and mass marketing.

7. Music today is …… large multinational recording companies.

8. "Horchata" is a very nice, traditional, …… drink for people who don't want to drink alcohol.

9. Spanish bars will be delighted to serve you with American …….. .

10. The oral traditions of small countries are being ……. inferior American imports.