Стр.115 Unit 10 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 11 класс

2. Choose one of the topics and prepare a three-minute presentation. Use all the necessary phrases to keep the audience involved.

   1. “The younger generation knows best.” Do you agree? Justify your opinion.
   2. Some people believe that intelligence has more to do with a person’s potential than with their abilities. Do you agree with this and how, in your opinion, can this potential be brought out?

LISTENING SKILLS

1. RT007 Listen to the radio programme about obesity. Are the statements true, false or not stated?

   1. In Britain obesity has recently become a much bigger problem than smoking.
   2. By 2025 over 50 percent of teenagers in Great Britain will be seriously overweight.
   3. The number of obese people in the UK is now twice as high as twenty years ago.
   4. Experts are very clear as to why people’s calorie requirement is much lower now than before.
   5. Scientists believe that the sensation of hunger is genetically determined.
   6. People’s claims about how much they eat and exercise are often misjudged.
   7. The results of the studies show that overweight people should be much more careful with what they eat than slim people.

2. RT008 Listen to the BBC Radio 4 programme and choose the correct answers (a–d).

   1. Derek Bond was in the headlines because
      1. thousands of people have had a similar experience to his.
      2. he was the latest victim of identity theft.
      3. his case of identity theft was unusual.
      4. a lot of money has been stolen from him.
   2. Which of the following statements is NOT true of Tom Craig?
      1. He used to work as a detective.
      2. He has access to people’s credit records.
      3. He worked for Scotland Yard.
      4. He consults people on security issues.
   3. Quite a number of people have experience of
      1. having their identity documents stolen at the airport.
      2. being accused of identity theft.
      3. having to wait for new documents for three weeks.
      4. being suspected of something they haven’t done.
   4. What, according to the experts in the studio, is true about fraudsters?
      1. They might add data to those of their victims.
      2. Most often they get hold of their victims’ identity by stealing their mail.
      3. They often commit serious crimes such as murder in the name of their victims.
      4. They need to steal just one document.

3. Look at the visuals and get ready to present the material and discuss:

   • people’s reading habits and preferences;
   • the future of traditional books and newspapers.

   Then answer the teacher’s questions.

   1. What information do you get from the graph, the photos, the short comments and the quote?
   2. What kinds of books are the most popular among children, teenagers and young adults in Russia?
   3. What role does reading play in people’s lives?
   4. Why are alternative forms of reading gaining more and more popularity?
   5. In your opinion, how will reading habits change in the near future?

   John Steinbeck — East of Eden
   John Grisham — The Testament
   H.G. Wells — The War of the Worlds

   “Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.”
   Samuel Paterson

   Are traditional books and newspapers dying?

   HAVE YOUR SAY

   Well, just answer these simple questions for yourself. How much time do you spend each day reading newspapers? And how much time do you read on-line?

   Tim Brown, UK
   Why should they be? Because of the influence of the Internet? It is just a big library. Of a different kind.
   T. K. Serghides, USA

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   Reading preferences by gender, 2011, UK

   Reading material	Percentage
   Websites
   Magazines
   Social networking sites
   Emails
   Fiction
   Comics
   Non-fiction
   Newspapers
   Lyrics
   Manuals
   Blogs

   0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

   Children aged 8–16. More than one response could be given.