3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer. Complete the texts. Pupil A: Look at this page.
Pupil B: Look at page 59.
e.g. A: When did Paul Nipkow transmit black and white
picture with his famous "Electric Telescope"?
B: In ...
Pupil A
An average person spends almost 10 years of his life watching TV.
But when did the television appear?
Paul Nipkow from Germany transmitted black and white picture with
his famous "Electric Telescope" in 1884.
In (1) ... Russian scientist Constantin Persky gave the name Television.
John Baird transmitted the first black and white television in 1925.
The first world television was in the UK in (2) People all over the
world watched the coronation of George VI, the English King.
The first advert on TV appeared in 1941 and lasted 20 seconds.
Cable TV appeared in (3) ... in Canada.
First colour television came only in 1975 but John Baird demonstrated
colour TV in 1928!
First TV satellite appeared in (4) ... and in 1969 over 600 million
people from their homes watched astronauts walking on the moon.
The remote controls appeared in 1980.
1. It’s is celebrated on March 8th. No, it’s not.
2.Because women receive gifts and attention from men.
3. Если ты мальчик - I usually give gifts on this day. Если ты девочка - I usually get gifts on this day.
4. No, I don’t.
5. Если ты мальчик - I give gifts to my mom, grandmother and girl classmates. Если ты девочка - I receive gifts from my dad, my brother(если у тебя есть брат) and my boy classmates.
6. Если ты мальчик - we usually just give gifts to moms, grandmas and girls and that’s all. Если ты девочка - we usually receive gifts from our dads and boys.
Victory day
1. It is celebrated on May 9th. Yes, it is.
2. Because it is a memory that our great grandfathers fought for our lives.
3. We usually have a big parade with tanks and many other attractions.
4. We usually give gifts to the veterans.
5. Yes, we do.
6. We have a big parade with tanks and many other attractions, we give flowers to the veterans, we gather with our whole family and have a big table with food and drinks.
I think it’s hard to create an ideal school uniform. First of all, it’s very cold in winter and really very warm in Russia in spring and the beginning of autumn, and school uniform should be perfect for the whole school year. Then comes the question of the materials – it’s of course cheaper to make uniform from modern synthetic materials, than from natural fabrics and wool, but each mother would choose the last variant. At the same time, school uniform should be affordable to each family. If speaking about the design of the ideal school uniform, it should suit every pupil, boy and girl, regardless if he or she attends elementary school or is almost a school graduate.
But I support the idea of school uniform. I like that school uniform is a part of school tradition, and makes you honor your school more. Also I support the idea that pupils should think more about studying, and not about what are they dressed in. Introduction of school uniform can help to ease the gap between the rich and the poor and make pupils treat each other as personalities.