DAVID AND ROSA'S DAY David is an architect and Rosa is a doctor in a large hospital. David gets up at 7.30 a.m. and has a shower. He leaves home at 8.30 and goes to work by train. He arrives at the office at 9.00. Rosa gets up at 9.30 because she doesn't start work until 1.00 in the afternoon. She goes by bus to the hospital at 12.15. David finishes work at 5.30 p.m. and goes shopping in a supermarket near the office. Then he goes home and cooks the dinner. He eats alone in the kitchen at 7.00 and then he usually watches TV in the living room until Rosa arrives home at 10.00. She often has her dinner in front of the TV. David goes to bed at 11.00, but Rosa usually goes to bed a bit later.

5 Write short answers to the questions. Some of the questions are about yesterday.

1 Is David a doctor? No, he isn't.

2 Does Rosa work in a hospital?

3 Where were David and Rosa at seven o'clock yesterday morning? They



4 Was David in the bathroom at twenty-five to eight?

5 Was David at work yesterday?

6 Was Rosa at work yesterday morning?

7 Where was Rosa at twenty past twelve?

8 Can David cook?

9 Where was Rosa at seven o'clock yesterday evening?

10 Where were they at half past ten last night?

2 Write three things you could do when you were three.

1 I could run.

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Write three things you can do now that you couldn't do when you were three.

l I couldn't swim when I was three, but I can now.__

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Write two things you couldn't do when you were three and you still can't do!

1 I couldn't ski when I was three and I still can't___

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If you go to school or university, you are faced with a number of exams. Basically, these exams are supposed to test your knowledge and skills. Also, they may motivate you to study harder.

In my opinion, it is really the case that exams motivate students to study harder. Firstly, exams are often a pass to a higher level of education. If you get good marks in examinations, you are admitted to further education. If you fail, you do not get the admittion. So, you make every effort to keep the right to study further. Secondly, exams are a good way to assess your learning efficiency and detect possible gaps in your knowledge. Bad marks mean that your knowledge is flawed and you need to be more disciplined and work harder to do away with the flaws.

But there are people who believe that examinations do not give real motivation to a student. They say that being a good student with excellent marks does not guarantee future prosperity.

Nevertheless, I cannot assent to the foregoing opinion, because being a good student is the beginning of being a good employee or worker who can earn a good living. Highly qualified professionals are always in great demand in any business sector.

In conclusion, exams play an important part in our life, although any exam is a kind of pain. But the saying is: no pain, no gain!

Acid rain 1) Problem The problem starts here. Cars burn gasoline, factories and power plants burn coal and emit toxic fumes. Thus, the air that we breathe is polluted. 2) Acid rain pollution contamination is collected in the clouds with water and oxygen in the atmosphere, it becomes acid. Winds are polluted clouds over large distances, far 1) When there is rain, the pollution lands on trees, buildings, houses, cars, clothes, everywhere! It is called acid rain, 2) There are actually 'acid mist', 'snow' and 'rain and snow' in the same way! 3) Water and soil pollution When acid rain falls into lakes, streams, rivers and the sea, they become toxic. This is - water pollution, and it hurts, kills or destroys fish and plant species. When acid rain flows through the soil, it poisons the trees and plants. Acid rain 3) causes serious damage to important buildings and sites 4) Good news Good news - that the government tried to reduce the air pollution that causes acid dozhd.4) .. industries have used new technology for some time to help make the factory smoke less harmful to the environment. But we must do more! We can help reduce the amount of acid rain through 5) cars less or using solar energy to heat our homes.