Жизнь и творчества русских писателей

1. Make changes to make the following phrases politically correct. Translate them into Russian:

1) I saw a group of old people standing by the monument.

2) All of my friends are negroes.

3) Nowadays there are a lot of AIDS sufferers in every Russian town.

4) Deaf children go to special schools.

5) We must show respect for disabled people.

2. Rephrase the sentences using the modals must, may, can/can’t:

1) I’ll never believe that the girl in black jeans is Mary. She never wears jeans.

2) She plays the piano perfectly and she enjoys it a lot. I’m sure she is very talented.

3) It is possible John will enter a university. But I don’t know about his plans.

3. Choose the right variant:

1) I can get ……. in this company if I work hard.

a) a promotion b) progress c) a student loan

2) It is very important for a scientist to ….. an open mind.

a) keep/ have b) make c) do

3) I wouldn’t mind ….. a computer programmer.

a) be b) being c) do

4) British children can go to a university if they do best in their …..

a) GCSE b) eleventh form c) “A”Levels

5) You …. be patient and sociable when you work with people.

a) can b) must c) should

4. Form the words with the opposite meaning. Use im-/dis-/un-/in. Translate the words into Russian:

Possible, friendly, respect, correct, happy, polite, ability, understand.

5. You are applying for a computer programmer (boys)/ a journalist (girls). Please write a short CV to describe your work experience, skills, position of responsibility, etc. Use your imagination and Ex.23, p. 162