Classify the following statements as positive or normative: 1. Discounts on airline tickets have increased the demand for air travel among students.
2. The retirement age should be raised to 65 to solve the problem of budget deficit.
3. Inflation is more harmful than unemployment.
4. The government should raise the old-age pension to ₽20.000 to help reduce poverty in society.
5. An increase in the old-age pension to ₽20.000 would reduce employment among older people by 10 percentage points.
6. An increase in the price of crude oil on world markets will lead to an increase in cycling to work.

The printed edition is a publication multiplied by typing. These can be: books; newspapers; magazines; almanacs; collections; bulletins, etc. The newspaper is a printed periodical, published under a permanent title and at least once a month. The prototype of the newspaper is the ancient handwritten newsletters. Even Julius Caesar began to publish the "Acts of the Senate", and then "The Daily Public Acts of the People." The Roman newspapers were clay tablets on which a chronicle of events was recorded. Around 911, "Jin Bao" ("The Metropolitan Herald") began to appear in China. The name "newspaper" came from the name of a small Italian coin of a newspaper (Italian gazzetta). In the 16th century, a newspaper was paid for reading a daily public leaflet with information (messages about court life, trade news, messages from other cities). According to the Soviet GOST - "leaf publication in the form of one or several sheets of printed material of the established format, publically adapted to the specifics of this periodical."

1. – Why are you putting on your coat? - I am going for a walk. Are you coming with me? – Yes, I’d love to come. Do you mind if I bring my dog? – No.

2. I am going to visit Peter tonight. He is leaving tomorrow morning. – Is he

coming back the same day? – I don't know.

3. Ann isn't coming today. She is busy reading. 

4. Nick is leaving tonight. – What train is he taking for his journey? – He is catching the 9.30 train.

5. Nick and Ann are driving up to Moscow this afternoon.

6. Are you writing him tonight? – Yes, I always write him on his birthday. Do you want to send any message? – Certainly.

7. Jack: Is lunch ready, Mummy? I am hungry and I am in a hurry as

well. I am playing football this afternoon.

Mother: Well, I am sorry, but lunch is not ready. But look, it is raining out-of-doors. You can’t play football in such bad weather. Do you want to catch a cold?

Jack: Oh, Mummy, we often play football in much worse weather than this. And it’s an important matchtoday. Are you coming to watch us, Mom?

1. Stop smoking! The room is full of smoke which is coming from your

cigarette. Usually nobody smokes here.

2. The woman who is speaking with my sister in the yard is our neighbour who lives across the street.

3. You are asking too much of me. I am quite powerless to help you.

4. Do you hear the speaker well? – Yes, I hear him clearly. I am listening very attentively, but still I don't understand what he means.

5. Are you going in my direction? I can give you a lift.

6. I look at the barometer and see that it is falling.

7. Don’t enter the room. Father is working  there and he doesn't like to be disturbed.

8. Do you see that woman in the corner? She is having her dessert now. As soon as she leaves we are occupying the table.

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