2015-01-07
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I. Read the letter and do the tasks following it.
Hi, Steve,
Thanks for your letter. I love hearing your news and I was really impressed by the views of the countryside with its green fields, groves, streams, gardens and hills covered with bright flowers. It was a pleasure looking at the photos! I can imagine how enjoyable it is to cycle or have a walk there on a nice summer day.
Well, I am going to send you a text of my own making about the place in Russia which is dearest to my heart, and that is Nizhny Novgorod, the city I live in. I hope it won’t be less interesting for you than any information about Nizhny Novgorod that can be found in the Net.
And Steve, could you look through the 2 texts I have enclosed in the letter about the state organisation of the UK and the USA and see if I’ve made any mistakes? If possible, make some additions, but the texts shouldn’t be long and they should not take up too much of your time.
All the best,
Alex.
II. Say if it is true or false.
1. Alex wants Steve to make up 2 texts for him.
2. Alex is going to send Steve some postcard views of his city.
3. Steve is asked to greatly enlarge the texts.
4. Alex was impressed by the sights of London.
5. Alex asks Steve not to hurry and check his texts thoroughly.
III. Find proofs in the text that the following statements are correct.
Найдите в тексте письма подтверждение правильности следующих
высказываний.
1. Alex was pleased with the contents of Steve's letter.
2. He wants to write his own text about the city he lives in.
3. Alex is going to include in his text some information about Nizhny Novgorod that can hardly be found in the Internet.
4. Alex is not quite sure of his grammar.
5. He doesn’t want Steve to spend too much time on his request.
