Task 3. Find true and false sentences.
1. Ice cream was invented by Marco Polo.
2. The first frozen desserts are known from the 4 th century before Christ.
3. To prove that his stories were true Marco Polo produced vanilla ice – cream.
4. The cafes specializing in ice cream had appeared all over Europe in 1700s.
5. First only rich people could eat ice cream because it was very expensive.

Task 4. Answer the questions.
1. When are the first frozen desserts known from?
2. Did Alexander the Great like icy drinks?
3. When was the ice cream invented in China?
4. Who returned to Europe from China in 1295?
5. Why did only few people taste ice – cream in Europe in 1700s?

1. What is the title of the text? 2. What were they discussing at the table? 3. Where has Sasha's mother gone? 4. What did Sasha's father do? 5. How long could he be away from home? 6. How was Sasha treated? 7. Where did Olen'ka moved Sasha? 8. How did Sasha sleep? 9. What did Sasha say before breakfast? 10. How many glasses of tea did he drink? 11. What did he eat for breakfast? 12. How did Sasha look? 13. What did Olen'ka give him? 14. What should Sasha do? 15. Why was Sasha ashamed? 16. How did Olen'ka treat Sasha? 17. What did she tell people at the market? 18. What time did they have dinner? 19. What did they do in the evening? 20. What did Olen'ka dream about?

In my opinion, primary school is better place for learning English language than secondary school. Some experts claim that childen between 4-9 years old have great opportunity to learn new languages. These ages play important role in childrens' building character and developing their personality. Also child's carefree mind can catch more points of English in this level. And experts' studies show that pupils who started to learn English language in secondary school speak good English. But those children who started to learn it in primary school have better English skills. But the most important role, of course, play teachers. Their methods and the whole school atmosphere.