Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
What does the Moon smell like? Like gunpowder, apparently. Only twelve people have walked on the moon, all of them American. Obviously, in their airtight space suits the astronauts could not actually smell the Moon, but moondust is clingy stuff, and plenty of it was traipsed back into the cabin when they returned from the Moon’s surface. They reported that moondust feels like snow, smells like gunpowder, and doesn’t taste too bad.
Moon’s surface. It also contains minerals like iron, calcium and magnesium. NASA employs a small team to sniff every single piece of equipment which goes onto its space flights. This is to ensure that no items which could change the delicate balance of the climate of the International Space Station make it on to shuttles. The idea that the Moon was made of cheese seems to date from the sixteenth century. The first citation from John Heywood says that the moon is made of green cheese.
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Task 1. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
What does the Moon smell like? Like gunpowder, apparently. Only twelve people have walked on the moon, all of them American. Obviously, in their airtight space suits the astronauts could not actually smell the Moon, but moondust is clingy stuff, and plenty of it was traipsed back into the cabin when they returned from the Moon’s surface. They reported that moondust feels like snow, smells like gunpowder, and doesn’t taste too bad.
Moon’s surface. It also contains minerals like iron, calcium and magnesium. NASA employs a small team to sniff every single piece of equipment which goes onto its space flights. This is to ensure that no items which could change the delicate balance of the climate of the International Space Station make it on to shuttles. The idea that the Moon was made of cheese seems to date from the sixteenth century. The first citation from John Heywood says that the moon is made of green cheese.
Task 2. Study the advertisement.
You are considering buying a skateboard and you'd like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out the following:
1) if there are extra wheels in the kit
2) a free delivery service
3) country producer
4) availability of other colors of the skateboard
5) warranty period
You have 20 seconds to ask each question.
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if there are extra wheels in the kit
a free delivery service
country producer
availability of other colors of the skateboard
warranty period
Task 3. These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.
You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12 – 15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:
· where and when the photo was taken
· what/who is in the photo
· what is happening
· why you keep the photo in your album
· why you decided to show the picture to your friend
You have to talk continuously, starting with: “I’ve chosen photo number …”
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Photo 1.
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Task 3. These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend.
You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12 – 15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:
· where and when the photo was taken
· what/who is in the photo
· what is happening
· why you keep the photo in your album
· why you decided to show the picture to your friend
You have to talk continuously, starting with: “I’ve chosen photo number …”
Photo 2.
Photo 1.
Photo 3.
Task 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:
· give a brief description of the photos (action, location)
· say what the pictures have in common
· say in what way the pictures are different
· say which of the seasons presented in the pictures you prefer
· explain why
You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12 – 15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.
Photo 2.
Photo 1.
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Task 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:
· give a brief description of the photos (action, location)
· say what the pictures have in common
· say in what way the pictures are different
· say which of the seasons presented in the pictures you prefer
· explain why
You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12 – 15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.
Photo 2.
Photo 1.