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PR: Last year, in a television series called Faking it, various people were given four weeks to learn the skills of a new profession. Peter Harris, a painter and decorator from Liverpool, was one of them. Peter, welcome.
P: Hi.
PR: So why were you selected to take part in the programme, Peter?
P: Well, one day, I got a phone call from someone asking me if I'd like to take part. They were looking for someone who wanted to spend four weeks learning to be an artist, so you'd learn how to do abstract art. And the cameras would be there to see how you got on.
PR: And what did your friends say?
P: They thought it was funny, because I know nothing about art. Before the filming started, I went down to the local art gallery with them to have a look at some abstract art.
PR: So now you're an artist, right?
P: Sort of, yeah. Actually, since the show, I've sold about 15 paintings which has impressed my family more than anything. No, the only people I didn't like were some of the people who bought my work. They only seemed to be interested in how much it would cost in the future.
PR: Peter, thank you.
Ответы на вопросы к тексту для прослушивания № 4
Listening 4
1. The aim of the programme was to teach a person the skills of a new profession in four weeks.
2. Peter’s friends thought it was funny because he knew nothing about art.
3. Peter didn’t like the people who bought the paintings because they were only interested in how much it would cost.
Вопросы к тексту 5
Listen to the programme and answer the questions below.
1. Where does the tour take place?
2. Whose ghost do most people see?
3. What happened to Richard and Edward?
Текст № 5 для прослушивания
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Tour Guide: Welcome to our tour, Ghosts of the Tower of London, everyone. The Tower has stood on this ground since 1066, and throughout its history it has been used as a prison... which may be why today, some people say this is one of the scariest places on earth. There are many tales of ghosts here. The ghost most people see is Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, who was beheaded on Tower Green in 1536. A headless female figure in a white dress has often been seen close to where she was executed, near Queen's House.
The Tower was also the scene of disappearance of two princes — Edward, 12, and Richard, 9, who were murdered in 1483. When their father, King Edward IV, died, his brother Richard took the boys to the Tower for their protection... but they disappeared. Nearly two hundred years later, in 1674, workmen found a chest beneath the stairway of the White Tower that contained the skeletons of two young children — recently proved by DNA testing to be the two princes.
Lady Jane Grey was just seventeen when she was executed on the 12th February 1554, after only nine days as queen to Henry VIII. Her ghost is said to appear on the anniversary of her death on the Salt Tower.
Now, let's go further into the Tower and see if we can find any of these ghosts.
Ответы на вопросы к тексту для прослушивания № 5
Listening 5
1. The tour takes place in London, the Tower of London to be exact.
2. Most people see the ghost of Ann Boleyn, the second wife of king Henry.
3. Richard and Edward-two princes were murdered and their skeletons were found two hundred years later in a chest beneath the stairway of the white Tower.
Вопросы к тексту 7
Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.
1. What does Sonia do?
2. What are the problems of unhealthy eating?
3. Why is eating fruit and vegetables healthy?
