Текст № 25 для прослушивания и материал для собеседования к экзамену по английскому языку

Вопросы к тексту 25

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below.

1. What does the boy want to do?

2. What does his mother want to do?

3. Why can't they make a decision?

Script:

James: Morning, mum.

Mother: Good morning, James. Will you, please, help me to get breakfast ready? J: Sure, mum. Oh, by the way, mum, what will we do this Sunday?

M: Well, there are a lot of things we can do, but I think we have to talk to dad about it first. I'm afraid'he'll want to stay home.

J: Oh well, if he wants to stay in I'll go and see a football match then. MU's playing with Chelsea!

M: We'll see about it. We may drive to the country and can all take a long walk in the wood! Then have a picnic by the lake! We haven't done it for a long time.

J: Oh no! It's so boring! I never enjoy those walks. Besides, they forecast bad weather for the weekend! I'd better stay in town and see a match with the friends. It'll be great fun I am sure!

M: All right. But let's talk about it later. It's only Wednesday today!

J: But it will be too late then. The boys are buying tickets for the match now. I won't be able to get it later!

M: Let's wait for father anyway.

J: OK. When will he be back?

M: I am not sure but I hope he'll be back at 8 pin.

J: All right, then. I do hope he'll let me go to the football match.

 

 

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Текст № 26 для прослушивания и материал для собеседования к экзамену по английскому языку

Вопросы к тексту 26

 

Listen to the interview and answer the questions below.

1. What is Kerry's typical day?

2. Why doesn't Kerry follow a diet or go to the gym?

3. What piece of advice does Kerry give to beginners?

Script:

Interviewer: For most of us, childhood dreams of becoming a dancer stopped at about the time we became teenagers but not for Kerry Jay. Now at the age of 24 she is a dancer in one of the West End's musicals. Kerry, what's a typical day?

K: I'm usually not in bed before 2 am, so I get up about 10 am. I go to the gym or occasionally a jazz class. I meet friends who don't work by day either — it's my main chance to socialise. We get to the theatre by 6.15 and put on our make­up. Then we'll get our hair done and put our costumes on.

I: Do you have to exercise to keep your figure?

K: Not at all! I don't look after myself as well as I should do! I don't need to do diets or go to the gym daily — just watch what I'm eating. I eat completely normally, including sweets and chocolates but not much.

I: How do you see your future?

K: I can't imagine myself doing anything else! I'd love to get one of the main roles in 'Chicago' eventually. As for getting older in the business, I know a lot of dancers in their mid-30s who are in main parts and doing well.

I: Any advice for beginners?

K: Be confident and keep practising — patience is rewarded!

 

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Текст № 27 для прослушивания и материал для собеседования к экзамену по английскому языку

Вопросы к тексту 27

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below.

Listen to the interview with a teacher and answer the questions below.

1. What did the teacher like most about the school?

2. Why did she like teaching at that school?

3. What makes teaching a rewarding profession?

Script:

Interviewer: How does it feel to be leaving after nearly a quarter of a century here?

Teacher Ann: Very odd! Hampton* has always been not so much a job, more a way of life! One of the things I've really liked about this school is the way it is so easy to become part of it.

I: Is that the main reason you've stayed here so long?

T: One of the reasons. I've been happy here. Teaching in today's world can be very difficult and stressful, but in a school like this we are extremely privileged we get all the good bits! There are no real discipline problems, and you are daily

in the company of interesting and pleasant people.

I: So it's been an easy job from the start, then?

Т: No, I don't think anyone would describe teaching as an easy job. Everybody has moments when they feel exhausted*, usually by increasing paper work! Classes can be uncooperative. But the pleasure of having a class that really seems to be enjoying learning is what makes teaching so rewarding.

I: Finally, have you any regrets about your time here?

T: I regret that at University one can no longer take a subject for just intellectual pleasure. In today's more practical world, it often seems that it is not understanding which counts, but usefulness to a career.

 

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Текст № 28 для прослушивания и материал для собеседования к экзамену по английскому языку

Вопросы к тексту 28

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below.

1. How did Peter start writing?

2. Why does he include real people in his books?

3. What advice does Peter give?

 

Script:

 

Interviewer: Peter, how have you enjoyed your day back at school after all these years?

Peter: Oh, enormously. It really was like coming back to school. I was very warmly received and the school has got a great atmosphere these days.

Interviewer: When did you first realize your talent for writing?

Peter: I came into it indirectly. My first book was about long-distance running. I was just interested in how other people did it. But because I had finished the book on long-distance running, then I was encouraged to write a crime novel.

Interviewer: And where do you find inspiration for the plots and characters?

Peter: From real people. Nearly all my friends have gone into my books. That is certainly one way of making them more realistic.

Interviewer: What has been your favourite book to write and why?

Peter: That is difficult, very difficult. Looking back there is a book which I wrote back in the 1980s. That had the most success and probably the most interesting plot.

Interviewer: What advice would you give someone who wants to do writing as a career?

Peter: I think first and foremost you have to have a passion for your subject and you have to have a deep knowledge of it. I think reading is important. And then it's your own persistence and determination. There is no easy way into it.

 

 

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