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I'm going to talk about a phenomenon which happens very often in spring and summer and causes a lot of damage and even the deaths of people and animals. This is flooding. We call it a flood when a very large amount of water covers an area that is usually dry.
I am going to use St Petersburg as an example of an area that gets regularly flooded. Floods in St Petersburg have a long history. Some of the floods were really disastrous. They not only destroyed buildings and streets but also killed and injured people.
When people started living on the Neva River in 1700, they didn't build houses — they just built light huts which could be easily put on rafts and tied to trees, so as not to be carried away by floods.
In 1715, there was a very big flood. If you look at the picture at the top you can see that some people used boats and others stayed on the roofs of their houses. All the city bridges and buildings on the banks of the river were destroyed by the flood. Many people drowned. Lots of cows, pigs and goats died.
The second picture illustrates the biggest flood the city has ever seen. It was in 1777 when the water was about 3.5 metres higher than its usual level. There were no streets and squares any more — just one big lake. The storm was severe. The following facts show the scale of the disaster: 2,000 trees were torn out and carried away. Just imagine a wooden house was moved to the opposite bank of the Neva River.
Since that time there have been big floods in the city every five years. So people started building firm constructions. They also decided to build a dam to protect the city from flooding.
To conclude I'd like to say that though floods can be severe and dangerous, people can learn how to tame them and survive.

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becoming very popular way to spend free time/modern cinemas are beautiful and comfortable rooms are equipped with large new screens, special sound absorption panels and nice places you can buy tickets right before the movie starts or the day before certain types of films are the movies if you want to have fun you can choose comedy or Western if you enjoy special effects and are interested in around the idea of a future you can see science fiction or adventure.Children like to watch cartoons and come to the movies with their parents.

2)Use the text and find the appropriate words to eht definitions.

1)People,who enjoy going to the cinema in their free time.______________

2)Something that many people like._______________________

3) A piece of paper that shows you have paid to do something____________

4)A film about the life of cowboys in the USA in the 19th century.__________

5)A film using drawing and not real people,animals?things.___________--

About 85 percent of American students …public schools, which are supported by state and local taxes (attended; have attended; attend) What …American public schools teach? (are; do; does) Wise kings generally …wise councillors. (to have; has; have) All historical places of London …in the West End. (had been; were; are) The city of Montreal …70 square miles. (covering; covers; is covered) Man …live by bread alone (do not; does not; is not)

Present Continuous

I know you …an advanced geography course now (were taking; is taking; are taking) Now she …difficulty in putting facts in order (is having; has been having; had) The world sea surrounds the earth and …to us all. ( is belonging; belongs; has belonged) Scientists in many different countries …to explain its mystery (are working; have worked; worked) These are just a few of the questions to which they … their energies (are devoting; had devoted; is devoting)

Present Perfect

…you ever a film in which a train crashed or a ship sank ? (did…see; have…seen; do…see) Recently BBC experts …a new system that lets the deaf understand TV programmes (have invented; invented; to envent) The nation’s income and productivity …enormously over the past 70 years ( rose; has risen; have risen) American schools for many years …federal aid for special purposes. ( have received; received; receive) Like it or not, television …the supreme holiday attraction ever since it upstaged the cinema by showing old films ( has been; is ; was) He … … everything except his last paper (did; have done; has done)

Present Perfect Continuous

It … since early morning (rained; had rained; has been raining) You are a good football-player. Since when …you…football ? (have …been playing; did …play; had …been playing) My brother …music lessons for three years now (have taken; has been taking; took)

Future Simple

Perhaps in the future men …on the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land (will live; would live; are living) The student …as an apprentice to a trained worker next week (shall work; will work; would work) During the apprenticeship period the student …to earn money (shall begin; would begin; will begin) We …take a vacation this month ( is not; did not; shall not)

Past Simple

Sir Walter was a proud knight, and …to think that he had to submit to the commands of a tyrant lord (had hated; was hating; hated) …you…the ancient stone carvings at the museum last week ? (have …seen; did…see; had…seen) Dinosaurs …millions of years ago (died out; had died out; were died out) In the year 1620, a ship named the ‘Mayflower’ …120 Englishmen to the rocky coast of America (has brought; brought; had brought) It was late in the year when the Pilgrims …and founded a colony ( were landing; had landed; landed)

Past Continuous

When Jim came out of the army he … what to do ( is wondering; has wondered; was wondering) His parents were sick, they didn’t have much money, so they …pretty desperate (were getting; are getting; have gotten) Meanwhile in the village most people … …to go skiing. (was preparing; were preparing; are preparing) Those who couldn’t do it …TV or looking through the newspapers (were watching; have watched; are watching)

MONEY IS USED FOR BUYING OR SELLING GOODS, FOR MEASURING VALUE AND FOR STORING WEALTH.Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and paper notes of one kind or another. In primitive societies a system of barter was used. Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods. Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the market place that they considered to be equal value. Barter however was a very unsatisfactory system because people’s precise needs seldom coincided. People needed a more practical system of exchange, and various money systems developed based on goods, which the members of a society recognized as having a value. Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, features, skulls, salt, elephant tusks and tobacco have all been used. Precious metals gradually took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable, and divisible into larger and smaller units of value. A coin is a piece of metal, usually disc-shaped, which bears lettering, designs or numbers showing its value. Until the 18th and 19th centuries coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value, the value the governments choose to give them, irrespective of the actual metal content. Coins have been made of gold, silver, copper, aluminum, nickel, lead, zinc, plastic and in China even from pressed tealeaves. Most governments now issue paper money in the form of notes, which are “promises to pay". Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world. Checks, bankers, cards and credit cards are being used increasingly and it is possibly to imagine a world where “money” in the form of coins and paper currently will no longer be used.