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A .   Rediscover books and the art of reading             D. Get out your writing paper

B.   Take a walk around the supermarket                    E. Match a voice to a name               

C. Go back to traditional fun                                     F. Go to other people’s homes                                     

                                                                                          

Life without the Internet

1.     Recently, an earthquake in Taiwan destroyed Internet lines in Asia, upsetting the lives of millions of people dependent on the web for their work and social relationships. Here are some hints on how to cope if a similar situation occurs where you live.

2.     With no chatrooms or games sites, you'll have to find your own entertainment. Take out the games boards you put away when you were given your first PC and play Monopoly or Cluedo with your friends and family. You'll be surprised at how much fun it is.

3.     Instead of e-mailing your friends, you'll have to talk to them on the phone. And perhaps you can get to know some of the many friends you made in the chatroom and find out if they're actually anything like they said they were in their profiles.

4.     As an alternative to picking up the phone, you could visit your friends in their own houses, instead of chatting to the every night from your room. That way you could find things do together and maybe even meet an interesting older brother or sister. You will also be burning off calories, which will help keep you fit and healthy.

5.     The art of letter-writing died with the advent of the Internet and with it, the joy of receiving letters from others. Write some letters to your friends in foreign parts, and experience the pleasure of getting a letter back.

6.     Discover where your local library is and remind yourself w research was like before the age of the online search. Remember, many others will be doing the same as you, so it will be an ideal meeting place for people of your age.

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Текст взят из учебника Solution Intermediate Workbook, авторы Jane Hudson, Tim Falla, Paul A Davies

            

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The Giant's Causeway

If you are sightseeing in Belfast and are tired of the city, you might want to consider a fabulous day trip to one of Ireland's most amazing natural wonders, the Giant's Causeway. It is only one and a half hours by car and the views along the north coast are unforgettable. It is an attraction no tourist visiting Northern Ireland should miss.

The Causeway is a mass of basalt columns standing very close to one another. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. There are 40,000 of them and most have six sides. The tallest are about 12 metres high. They were formed 60 million years ago by lava from a volcano which cooled and shrank as it came into contact with the atmosphere. The columns are blue and black, with some red. Each one is separate, and each could be removed without causing any damage to the causeway.

One old legend says that the Giant's Causeway was built by the great Irish giant, Finn McCool. He wanted to use it to get to Scotland to fight with a rival giant. When he got there, he saw that the Scottish giant was asleep and much bigger than he was, so Finn quickly turned around and ran back home. When the Scottish giant woke up, he came across the causeway to find Finn. But Finn's wife had dressed her husband up as a baby and said 'Finn is not home and be quiet or you'll wake up the baby.'

When the Scottish giant saw the 'baby', he thought to himself that if the baby was that big, Finn must be huge. He was terrified and quickly ran home across the causeway destroying everything but the ends, here at the Giant's Causeway and in Scotland, where similar formations are found. Now the Causeway gets around 500,000 visitors annually from all around the world since it can be reached easily by train, bus or car. And best of all, the Giant's Causeway is open all year round.

A5 The Giant's Causeway is one of the tourist attractions in Belfast.

1)    True                    2) False                            3) Not stated

A6 The Causeway would not collapse if a column was taken out.

2)    True                    2) False                            3) Not stated

A7 About half a million people visit the Giant's Causeway every year.

3)    True                    2) False                            3) Not stated

A8 Finn and his wife had children.

4)    True                    2) False                            3) Not stated

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Текст взят из учебника Solution Intermediate Workbook, авторы Jane Hudson, Tim Falla, Paul A Davies