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Task 1. Read the text and answer the questions.

EATING OUT

Are you looking for somewhere special to go this weekend? Do you want to try something new? Check out one of these hot new restaurants.

This week’s top recommendations

A. Last Days of the Raj

A centrally located Indian restaurant, perfect for eating before or after the cinema or a show. In summer enjoy your meal in the beautiful garden. The most popular dishes are lamb and chicken cooked with mild, medium or hot spices. For brave customers there is extra hot.

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1) What are you doing here now? - We are listening to tape-recordings.
2) D you want to see my father?-Yes, I do. 
3) Michael knows German rather well. He wants to know English, too, but he has little time for it now. 
4) What magazine are you reading? - It is a French magazine. There is  good articles on sport here. Are you interested in sports? - Yes, I am. But I do not know French. 
5) We are having an English lesson now.
6) Does Lena usually prepare her homework at the institute? - No, she doesn't. As a rule, she works at home.- And what is she writing now? - Oh, she is writing an article for our wall newspaper.
7) Who is that man who is standing in the doorway? - Do you not recognize him? It is John, my cousin.
8) I have no time now,I am having dinner. 
9) Does your family leave St. Petersburg in summer? - Yes, we always go to the sea-side. We all like the sea. Mother stays with us to the end of August, but father returns much earlier 

Парламент Соединённого Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии (англ. Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) является высшим законодательным органом в Соединённом Королевстве и Королевских заморских территориях. Его возглавляет Британский монарх. Парламент двухпалатный, включает в себя верхнюю палату, называемую Палата лордов, и нижнюю палату, называемую Палата общин. Палата лордов не выбирается, она включает в себя лордов духовных (высшее духовенство англиканской церкви) и лордов светских (членов пэрства) . Палата общин, напротив, демократически избираемая палата. Палата лордов и Палата общин собираются в разных помещениях Вестминстерского дворца в Лондоне. По обычаю, все министры, включая премьер-министра, выбираются исключительно из состава парламента.