2015-04-23
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My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn't have much lime to spare. He is free only at the weekends. A few years ago Nick was fond of collecting stamps. I know that his mother had started collecting stamps long before he was born. When he was five years old his mother had six albums of stamps. She didn't let him touch (he stamps until he was twelve. She gave him the albums as a birthday present and he continued collecting stamps himself, he learned a lot about other countries and other peoples' traditions, the world's flora and fauna. Maybe that's why he was good at geography and biology at school. He used to bring the albums to school and we examined his stamps with great interest and envy. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with his schoolmates.
But three months ago Nick's parents bought him a compact disc player and Nick decided to collect compact discs. He is fond of listening to music (as you remember, Nick has a good car for music and likes jazz very much). Besides jazz, Nick also likes rock music, pop music, and classical music. He doesn't like techno, metal and rap. He himself says that he likes any good music. Now Nick collects compact discs of his favourite groups and singers, he carefully studies the information printed on disc booklets. He also tries to find out everything about the singers he likes. That's why he reads a lot of specialized magazines and never misses MTV shows (he thinks he must keep up with the news in the world of music). He even writes letters to some fan-clubs in other countries, so he has to brush up his English. He never misses a concert of his favourite group (if they come to our city). He brings his compact discs to the concert and asks the singers for their autographs.
But in spite of his new hobby, Nick sometimes sits in his room and looks through his albums of stamps (with his earphones on, of course).
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8. Complete the following sentences:
1. My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn't have…
2. He is free only....
3. A few years ago Nick was fond of…
4. Maybe that's why he was good at…
5. She gave him the albums as…
6. He learned a lot about…
7. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with…
8. Now Nick collects compact discs of…
9. Learn the following words by heart:
valuable – ценный, дорогой
to house – помещать, размещать
in a small way – понемногу
item – предмет
a good deal of – много
rare – редкий
to take pleasure in – получать удовольствие от
no matter what kind of hobby a person has – чем бы человек не увлекался
opportunity – возможность
to add – добавлять
exciting – увлекательный, захватывающий
time to spare – свободное время
flora – растительный мир
fauna – животный мир
10. Find the equivalents:
| 1. activity 2. variety 3. grown-up 4. schoolmate 5. booklet 6. item 7. opportunity 8. needlework 9. knitting 10. fishing | a. вязание b. взрослый c. разнообразие d. рыбалка e. вышивание f. возможность g. одноклассник h. занятие i. предмет j. вкладыш |
11. Translate into Russian:
Booklet, to be good at, specialized, envy, to keep up with, to exchange, fan-club, schoolmates, to brush up, techno, autograph.
