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Chapter 8. Great Britain. London

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Chapter 7. The Republic of Belarus. Cities of Belarus

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Chapter 6. Youth life

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Chapter 5. Future profession

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Chapter 4. Free time. Travelling

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Chapter 3. University. Week days

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Chapter 2. Meals. Shopping

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Chapter 1. Family. Home

Exercises

1. Put questions to the words in italics:

1. Darwin’s theories caused a revolution in biological science.

2. All species of plants and animals had evolved from a few common ancestors through millions of years.

3. Evolution occurred through natural selection.

4. Darwin’s grandfather proposed a theory of evolution in the 1790’s.

5. With a British scientific expedition he studied plants and animals everywhere.

6. Darwin collected the fossils and other specimens of organisms for future study.

7. Darwin studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and theology at Cambridge University.

2. Add 2–3 sentences to the following statements:

1. Darwin became famous for his theories on evolution.

2. His theories shocked most people of his days.

3. As a boy, Darwin often heard his grandfather’s theories discussed.

4. From 1831–1836, Darwin served as a naturalist with a British scientific expedition.

5. In 1836 he returned in England and settled in London.

3. Make an outline of the text and be ready to speak about Darwin’s life and his theories.

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Введение............................................................................................................................... 3

Text 1. Oleg Kirillov............................................................................................................. 4

Text 2. Oleg’s family............................................................................................................ 6

Text 3. The Kirillovs’ flat and a place of residence......................................................... 9

Text 1. Jackie’s family......................................................................................................... 10

Text 2. The house of an Englishman.................................................................................. 12

Text 1. Meals.......................................................................................................................... 13

Text 2. Shopping.................................................................................................................... 15

Text 1. Meals in England...................................................................................................... 18

Text 2. Shopping in the UK.................................................................................................. 19

Text 1. Oleg’s student life.................................................................................................... 20

Text 2. Oleg’s ordinary working day.................................................................................. 23

Text 1. Student life in Great Britain................................................................................... 25

Text 2. An account of a typical day at Oxford University.............................................. 26

Text 1. Oleg’s free time........................................................................................................ 28

Text 2. The Kirillovs’ week-end......................................................................................... 31

Text 3. Oleg’s trip to Minsk................................................................................................. 33

Text 1. Sunday in England................................................................................................... 34

Text 2. Adventure holidays at Beacon Park...................................................................... 35

Text 3. Travelling.................................................................................................................. 37

Text 1. Oleg’s future profession......................................................................................... 39

Text 1. School teacher.......................................................................................................... 40

Text 2. Economist.................................................................................................................. 41

Text 3. Philologist................................................................................................................. 42

Text 4. Historian.................................................................................................................... 43

Text 5. Ecologist.................................................................................................................... 44

Text 1. Oleg is a teenager..................................................................................................... 46

Text 1. Problems of young people’s unemployment....................................................... 47

Text 2. Leisure activities of youth...................................................................................... 48

Text 1. Belarus....................................................................................................................... 50

Text 2. Minsk......................................................................................................................... 52

Text 3. Mozyr......................................................................................................................... 54

Text 1. From the history of Belarus.................................................................................... 57

Text 2. From the history of Minsk...................................................................................... 59

Text 1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland............................. 61

Text 2. London....................................................................................................................... 65

Text 1. From the history of Britain..................................................................................... 67

Text 2. From the history of London.................................................................................... 69

Text 3. Museums of London................................................................................................ 70

Text 4. London parks............................................................................................................ 71

Text 5. English character...................................................................................................... 72

Text 6. Customs‚ holidays and traditions in Great Britain............................................. 73

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