Telling a story Read a story and add useful phrases to interest a reader.

( A funny thing happened,
something happened
, there was something that happened) on a flight from Shymkent to Nur-Sultan. Unexpectedly, the plane stopped in Almaty along the way. The flight-attendant explained that the passengers could get off the plane and walk around. ( A finally ,
a few minutes later,
at last) all the passengers got off the plane but only one man didn’t because he was blind. He had a guide dog with him. ( A short time after , at first , finally) the pilot came up to the man and asked if he wanted to walk around. The blind man said that he did not want, but his dog wanted. And he asked a pilot to take this dog for a walk. All the people were frightened and panicked when they saw a pilot wearing sunglasses and a guide dog next to him.

They have been talking a lot lately.
You have been watching too much television.
We have been eating too many sweets lately.
Lately, I have been exercising quite frequently.
You have been helping me a lot.
You have been helping your sister.
I have been reading a very interesting book.
We have been playing cards since morning.
She has been running around the whole day.
It has been snowing since Saturday.
Peter has been feeling a little down lately.
Recently, I have been studying quite seriously.
We have been doing different things.
Sharon has been smoking.
It has been raining the whole day.

THE INTERNET

- one of the most astonishing technological breakthroughs – один из наиболее удивительных технологических открытий

-the paybacks outweigh the drawbacks – достоинства превышают недостатки

- to offer unlimited possibilities – предлагать неограниченные возможности

учащимся получать обучающий материал эффективным образом

- surf the Internet/ browse the Internet – сидеть в интернете

-  make the most aggravating and mundane tasks incredibly simple – делать самые трудные, надоедливые задачи необычайно простыми

- provide both learning and entertainment – предоставлять и обучение и развлечение

- to result in weakness of sight, pain in the back or defects in the spine – результат-упадок зрения, боль в спине, дефект позвоночника

- to visit many charged or non-charged sites on the internet to see educational media – посещать много платных и бесплатных сайтов в интернете, что бы посмотреть образовательные ресурсы

- an indispensable device of our daily life – неотъемлемое устройство нашей повседневной жизни

- substantially increase productivity – значительно увеличивает продуктивность

- suffer from the Internet trolling and bullying – страдать от интернет тролинга и угроз

- send offensive and insulting messages to users – отправлять оскорбительные, шокирующие сообщения пользователям 
(+ и - в виде словаря, который недавно составляла)