Стр.16-17 Модуль 1 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 9 класс
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Дули, Копылова 9 класс, Просвещение: 1f A home from home
Vocabulary & Reading
1 a) These words appear in the text. What can the text be about?
busiest airport
passengers waiting
delayed flights
departure hall
passport and ticket
leave the terminal
permanent residents
wheeling suitcases
business trip
loud announcements
bustling passengers
security staff
cold bus terminal
escape from debts
legal problems
b) Listen, read and check.
Check these words
vending machine, permanently, give the impression, presentable, awakened, jangle, engage in, detect, turn a blind eye, migrant workers, foreseeable future
Heathrow is my home
As dusk approaches, Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, quietens down for the night. Night cleaners begin their shifts and passengers waiting for delayed flights curl up on benches in the departure hall One woman. Eram Dor, has found a cosy spot on the floor next to a vending machine. There is nothing to distinguish her from the wading passengers around her, except that she has no passport and ticket and is in no hurry to leave the terminal. For well over a year now. it has been her home and she isn’t the only one Eram is one of well over 100 people who live permanently at Heathrow airport.
Most people would have difficulty in telling these permanent residents of Heathrow apart from the thousands of travelers that pass through the terminals each day. Wheeling suitcases full of their only belongings, they dress ii Hawaiian-style holiday shirts or even business suits in order to give the impression that they are on a business trip or flying to a sunny destration.
Eram, a middle-aged ex-law-student who became homeless after she could no longer pay her rent, actually considers herself fortunate to live in Heathrow. She says. I liked it here immediately. I have never felt lonely because there are so many people. I don’t mix much with the other homeless, although they are of all ages and from every walk of life. We all recognise each other, but I just like to keep to myself.’ There are showers in every terminal where Eram can stay dean and presentable She can sometimes help herself to food passing by the caterers, and while away her time recoding magazines and newspapers left behind by passengers.
It’s difficult not to suspect that Eram is just putting on a brave face It’s hard to believe she’s truly satisfied with this way of life. Once a week, she travels to London to pick up a cheque for ?60 from a charity. ‘The cash goes nowhere,’ she says. ‘Buying food at the airport is expensive I don’t eat anything at breakfast because, if I do, it makes me feel more hungry.’ Living in Heathrow isn’t easy for Eram. Besides being awakened by the jangle of coins as a passenger buys something from the machine, loud announcements and bustling passengers, she has to engage in a full-time cat-and-mouse game with the police and security staff. It’s illegal to sleep at Heathrow unless you have a flight to catch, so along with the rest of Heathrow’s homeless population. Eram has to wash and change her clothes every morning in order to not stand out from the crowd and be detected. If she is, she faces a night in the cold bus terminal or worse, being thrown out into the rain ‘The builders who work overnight at the airport are very kind and don’t report the homeless to the authorities,’ she says. The cleaners turn a blind eye too.’ Night workers aren’t the only ones trying to help this unusual group of people. Broadway, a homeless charity, visits the airport weekly to offer the airport’s homeless temporary accommodation, help to get travel documents for migrant workers and attempts to reconnect people with their families. But, as a Broadway worker points out. ‘Homelessness is a way of life It can be very difficult to convince people to receive help.’ Like the passengers escaping to sunny holiday destinations, many of Heathrow’s homeless are also in search of escape from debts, legal problems or family responsibilities.
The saddest fact is that unless they are arrested or fall I, many of Heathrow’s homeless will stay there for the foreseeable future ‘I don’t really see a different future,’ Eram Dar admits In fact, I could be living at Heathrow forever.’
2 For questions 1-6, choose the correct answer (1.2. 3 or 4). Justify your choices.
1 What does the writer focus on in the first two sentences?
1 what Heathrow airport is like at night
2 what Eram Dar does at night
3 what the homeless at Heathrow are like
4 how to spot homeless people at Heathrow
2 Heathrow’s homeless have to pay attention to their appearance.
1 their belongings.
2 their behaviour.
3 their speech.
4 their appearance.
3 What does the writer find unconvincing about Eram?
1 how she spends her days
2 how she became homeless
3 her background
4 her attitude towards her situation
4 What is meant by ‘just putting on a brave face’ in line 24?
1 trying to make others feel sorry for you
2 refusing to help yourself
3 pretending to be happy
4 making things sound worse
5 The phrase ‘cat-and-mouse game’ (line 31) refers to Eram’s struggle to avoid being caught by authorities
1 the fact that the authorities pretend not to see Eram
2 the difficulties Eram faces every day to survive
3 the fact that Eram is breaking the law
4 Eram’s struggle to avoid being caught by authorities
6 What is Eram’s attitude towards her future?
1 She is hopeful that her life will get better.
2 She expects her situation to get worse.
3 She doesn’t know how to help herself.
4 She doesn’t see her situation changing.
3 Choose the correct word.
1 If we don’t hurry. we’ll miss the flight!
2 They complained about the difficulty of the task.
3 He is a permanent resident of London.
4 She likes keeping to herself and doesn’t mix with others.
5 She engages in charity work.
6 He turned a blind eye and didn’t report her to the police.
7 His job at the airport is temporary, so he is looking for another one.
8 He is in search of a new place to live.
Grammar
Comparisons
4 Complete the sentences with comparative/superlative structures. When do we use comparatives 8r superlatives?
1 London Heathrow is by far the largest airport in the UK.
2 Some workers in the air terminal are kinder to the homeless than others.
3 The most difficult thing about living in the terminal is hiding from the guards.
4 Eram isn’t as desperate as some other homeless people.
5 Eating in an airport is more expensive than eating on the high street.
6 The longer Eram lives in the terminal the easier it will be for the security guards to spot her.
5 Use these adjectives/ adverbs to compare yourself to your friends and family members.
Intelligent
funny
patient
hardworking
work/study long hours
drive carefully
play football well
My friend Paul is funnier than me.
Speaking & Writing
6 Imagine you are a journalist and ask Eram Dar five questions. Write down your questions in your notebook. Your partner is Eram. Act out your interview.
7 Think! Compare your lifestyle to Eram’s. In three minutes, write a few sentences in your notebook. Tell your partner or the class.
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.
Ответ
1) what Heathrow airport is like at night
2) their appearance
3) her attitude towards her situation
4) pretending to be happy
5) Eram’s struggle to avoid being caught by authorities
6) She doesn’t see her situation changing.
1. If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss the flight!
2. They complained about the difficulty of the task.
3. He is a permanent resident of London.
4. She likes keeping to herself and doesn’t mix with others.
5. She engages in charity work.
6. He turned a blind eye and didn’t report her to the police.
7. His job at the airport is temporary, so he is looking for another one.
8. He is in search of a new place to live.
1. largest
2. kinder
3. most difficult
4. as desperate as
5. more expensive than
6. longer, easier
Comparatives are used to compare two people or things. Superlatives are used to show the highest degree among three or more people or things.
My friend Paul is funnier than me.
My sister is more intelligent than me.
My dad is more patient than me.
My brother is more hardworking than me.
My mother works longer hours than me.
My father drives more carefully than me.
My friend Tom plays football better than me.
