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    Speaking Photo description Describe the picture. Answer the following questions: 1. Are these people having a good time? Why do you think so? 2. What is your favourite way of spending your holidays? ‘© Think about each question carefully. What is the aim of each question? ‘© Give your opinion about what is happening in the picture ‘© Relate the picture to your own life In the picture ..; there ifae .; in the mide of the pictur .. inthe background/oreground ... on the lefion the right... + Yes I think they are because. (the weather i fine; No, {dot thnk so. Its too crowded. They areflook + Lovefike going to ./swimming/doing nothing ..; 1 dont ke. I prefer. because Reading 11 Read the text below. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Survival holidays in Alaska - a personal story On May 6 | set up a base camp on the ie cap and wate for the plane to bring food. For the next four days it snowed andthe plane didn't come. Sometimes | went out for a short si, but most ofthe tie lay slenty in ‘my tent, alone with my thoughts. ‘As the days passed, | grew very anxious. | had no radio and no other means of communication. | was almost out of stove fue, so | couldn’t ook anything, | had some cheese and three packets of crisps. Thi, | hoped, would be enough for three or four more days. But what next? When | woke up on May 10 it was sil snowing and it was very windy. | cic’ know what to do: start walkng tothe coast in the moming or stay here, on the ice cap. Suddenly | heard something. | couldn’ beleve my luck: it was a plane! ran out of the tent. waved my arms and shouted, and then | took my sleeping bag and waved it inthe al. When the plane began to fly in my direction, | felt tears of joy in my eyes. The pilot came and went tree times and he dropped two boxes of food every time. Then the plane disappeared and there was sience all around me again | felt sad, depressed, lost. On May 11 the weather was good and knew it was time for me to do something | packed up my rucksack and began sing. After two days that 50 involved waking through deep snow and cimbing high rocks, | came to the coast. My adventure was over On May 9 A the plane came with food. B the weather wasn't good, C he finally left his tent. D he didn't eat anything, The author was worried because A he couldn't contact anvbody. B he didn't know how to cook. C he had enough food for one day. D he couldn't sleep at all When the author heard the plane ‘A he was on his way to the coast. B he was shocked. Che tried to show where he was. D he started packing. The author got ... boxes of food. Atwo B three C four Dsix Allin all, the authors adventure ‘A made him very ill. B lasted seven days. C finished on May 13. D was rather relaxing. 2 Read the text below. Match each paragraph (1-4) with a title (A-F). There are two extra titles. A [1] Switch them on or switch them off 8 [5] Be an artist and create clothes for others C [7] Do as the Romans did ... but with a difference D [7] Buy clothes and save on perfume © [7] Buy them, wash them ... and they still look nice F [Be an artist and protect our planet Fashion for the future In four different laboratories across Great Britain, scientists are already working on fashion for the future. Today we visit them and talk about their ideas. 1 First we go to a small university building on the cutskits of Liverpool. Jocelyn Brown, the head of the department, informs us about their project clothes which smell. As Brown explains, people can save on ant-perspirants and perfume because the clothes produce a nice, fresh aroma. 2 The next place to visit is a charming vilage on the coast of Scotland. Our host here is Mandy Wilson who manages the project for the University of Glasgow. Their idea is clothes with a tiny electrical heating system to keep the wearer warm. When itis hot, you can switch the system off and clothes are ‘ool again! 3 In Wales, scientists are busy with large sheets of paperlike material. They are producing clothes hich the user can paint and decorate any way they like, What's more, itis possible to wash the clothes ‘and paint them once again. Mary Smith, the director (of the project, also stresses the fact that these

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