Every city has one or more zoos. For a while, people think that a zoo is no useful purpose. If I were faced with this issue, I would think that zoos are

В каждой стране свои праздники и фестивали. В России мы отмечаем Новый год, Рождество, Масленицу, День победы и многие другие праздники. У нас прочная традиция отмечать женский день 8 марта. В этот день женщины получают подарки, мы устраиваем вечеринки, готовим особенные блюда. Если вы идете к друзьям, не забудьте красивые цветы для матери семейства. Национальным праздником всей страны является ДеньпПобеды, который мы отмечаем 9 маяэ Утром мы смотрим парад на Красной площади по телевизору, а вечером — разнообразные фейрверки, а также представления на открытом воздухе, концерты, которые проходят в парках и на главных площадях. В России много региональных фестивалей, например День Арбуза в Астрахани, день огурца в суздале. В эти дни проводятся разнообразные конкурсы, вы можете стать их участником и получить приз. Самый любимый праздник детей — Новый год. Они украшают елки, взрывают хлопушки, пускают серпантины, надевают маски и маскарадные костюмы. Взрослые тоже любят этот праздник, нарядно одеваются, обмениваются подарками, фотографируются. Это самый веселый семейный праздник. Ежегодный карнавал на острове- очень красочное зрелище. Жители острова свято придерживаются своих традиций: надевать на карнавал маски монстров, наряжаться (для костюмов используется все: от фруктов до старой мебели и посуды) и веселиться.

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1) Why not! See you tomorrow morning then.
2) Have you ever been to an art gallery?
3) I don’t know yet.
4) What are you going to do on Saturday?
5) No, I’ve never been there.
6) Let’s go then. It’s worth seeing.
a) 1,3,4,2,6,5 b) 2,5,4,3,6,1 c) 4,2,5,6,1,3

Eisteddfod. Women wear full skirts laced bodices colourful shawls and a specific tall crowned black hat while men have dright waistocoats and flat black hats. The Scottish Highland dress worn by bouth sexes and based on each clan's distinctive tartan is considered the Scottish national dress. For men it includes a tweed jacket a tartan kilt and tartan stockings. Women's dress is similar but with a tartan skirt in place of the kilt. Scottish costume is worn at many national events such as the Highland Games but also for everyday use by some Scots. A from of dress similar to the Scottish one is also worn by the Irish on ceremonial or formal occasions showing the common Celtic and historical link between the two peoples.
Members of particular professions and occupations wear special dress. Among those considered as distinctively British are the dark blue helmet and uniform of the policeman the ceremonial red tunics and busbies of some army regiments the sixteenth-century scarlet uniform of the Beefeaters the gown and mortarboard of university students and the wigs worn by judges. To this one could add the bowler hat pin-striped trousers and rolled umbrella that were at one time almost a uniform for civil servants and City businessmen.

Items of clothing that are linked with particular social groups are the flat cap, associated with working-class men and the more rounded cap worn by the «country gentlemen».

In general,people in Great Britain dress rather informally. Many wear casual clothes most of the time, not just when they are at home on holiday. Men and woman wear jeans with a shirt or T-shirt and a sweater to go shopping, meet friends, go to a pub or bar, or take their children out. Older people are more likely to dress more smartly. When they go out, women wear a dress or skirt and blouse while men wear a shirt, jacet and trousers. In summer younger people may wear shorts.

There are a few occasions, when people like to dress formally. For such occasions like interviews for jobs, men wear lounge suits, and women wear suits or dresses. Many weddings, for example, are very formal with men wearing morning dressand women wearing extravagant hats. Women also usually wear hats at events,where members of the royal Family are present. Most people in Britain dress smartly to go to a party or restaurent. Many people do not now dress up to go to the theatre, as was once common, but prefer to wear casual or office clothes.

hated Robin and would have been very glad if any one had killed him.

The Sheriff was a very unkind man. He treated the poor Saxons very badly. He often took away all their money, and their houses and left them to starve. Sometimes, for a very little fault, he would cut off their ears or fingers. The poor people used to go into the wood, and Robin would give them food and money. Sometimes they went home again, but very often they stayed with him, and became his men.

The Sheriff knew this, so he hated Robin all the more, and he was never so happy as when he caught one of Robin's men and locked him up in prison.

But try how he might, he could not catch Robin. All the same Robin used to go [35] to Nottingham very often, but he was always so well disguised that the Sheriff never knew him. So he always escaped.

The Sheriff was too much afraid of him to go into the forest to try to take him. He knew his men were no match for Robin's. Robin's men served him and fought for him because they loved him. The Sheriff's men only served him because they feared him.

One day Robin was walking through the forest when he met a butcher.

This butcher was riding gaily along to the market at Nottingham. He was dressed in a blue linen coat, with leather belt. On either side of his strong grey pony hung a basket full of meat.

In these days as there were no trains, everything had to be sent by road. The roads were so bad that even carts could not go along them very much, for the wheels stuck in the mud. Everything was carried on horseback, in sacks or baskets called panniers.

The butcher rode gaily along, whistling [36] as he went. Suddenly Robin stepped from under the trees and stopped him.

"What have you there, my man?" he asked.

"Butcher meat," replied the man. "Fine prime beef and mutton for Nottingham Market. Do you want to buy some?"

"Yes, I do," said Robin. "I'll buy it all and your pony too. How much do you want for it? I should like to go to Nottingham and see what kind of butcher I will make."

So the butcher sold his pony and all his meat to Robin. Then Robin changed clothes with him. He put on the butcher's blue clothes and leather belt, and the butcher went off in Robin's suit of Lincoln green, feeling very grand indeed.

Then Robin mounted his pony and off he went to Nottingham to sell his meat at the market.

When he arrived he found the whole town in a bustle. In those days there were very few shops, so every one used to go to market to buy and sell. The country people brought butter and eggs and honey to sell. With the money they got they bought platters [37] and mugs, pots and pans, or whatever they wanted, and took it back to the country with them.

All sorts of people came to buy: fine ladies and poor women, rich knights and gentlemen, and humble workers, every one pushing and crowding together. Robin found it quite difficult to drive his pony through the crowd to the corner of the market place where the butchers had their stalls.

He got there at last, however, laid out his meat, and began to cry with the best of them.

"Prime meat, ladies. Come and buy. Cheapest meat in all the market, ladies. Come buy, come buy. Twopence a pound, ladies. Twopence a pound. Come buy. Come buy."

"What!" said every one, "beef at twopence a pound! I never heard of such a thing. Why it is generally tenpence."

You see Robin knew nothing at all about selling meat, as he never bought any. He and his men used to live on what they shot in the forest.

[38] When it became known that there was a new butcher, who was selling his meat for twopence a pound, every one came crowding round his stall eager to buy. All the other butchers stood idle until Robin had no more beef and mutton left to sell.

As these butchers had nothing to do, they began to talk among themselves and say, "Who is this man? He has never been here before."

"Do you think he has stolen the meat?"

"Perhaps his father has just died and left him a business."

"Well, his money won't last long at this rate."

"The sooner he loses it all, the better for us. We will never be able to sell anything as long as he comes here giving away beef at twopence a pound."

"It is perfectly ridiculous," said one old man, who seemed to be the chief butcher. "These fifty years have I come and gone to Nottingham market, and I have never seen the like of it—never. He is ruining the trade, that's what he is doing.

[39] They stood at their stalls sulky and cross, while all their customers crowded round Robin.

Shouts of laughter came from his corner, for he was not only selling beef and mutton, but making jokes about it all the time.

"I tell you what," said the old butcher, "it is no use standing here doing nothing. We had better go talk to him, and find out, if we can, who he is. We must ask him to come and have dinner with us and the Sheriff in the town-hall to-day." For on market days the butchers used to have dinner altogether in the town-hall, after market was over, and the Sheriff used to come and have dinner with them.

"So, the butchers stepped up to jolly Robin,

Acquainted with him for to be;

Come, butcher, one said, we be all of one trade,

Come, will you dine with me?"

"Thank you," said Robin. "I should like [40] nothing better. I have had a busy morning and am very hungry and thirsty."

"Come along, then," said the butchers.

The old man led the way with Robin, and the others followed two by two.

As they walked along, the old butcher began asking Robin questions, to try and find out something about him.

"You have not been here before?" he said.

"Have I not?" replied Robin.

"I have not seen you, at least."

"Have you not?"

"You are new to the business?"

"Am I?"

"Well, you seem to be," said the old butcher, getting rather cross.

"Do I?" replied Robin laughing.

At last they came to the town-hall, and though they had talked all the time the old butcher had got nothing out of Robin, and was not a bit wiser.

wanted to call someone you stood facing the phone to dial the number. You never knew if one or more neighbours were listening as all they had to do is pick up thier receiver to eavesdrop on you conversation . Back then teenage conversations weren't so important . Any adult wanting the line could interrupt you . Unfortunately , there were no other options for communicating. There were no personal computers, no Internet , no e-mail, no text messaging or chat rooms.That landline phone was all we had . Still trying to avoid eavesdropping , I turned sideways trying not to listen to either of them . You see, I'm old enough to control my behaviour but not old enough to have poor hearing . I could not hearing their conversation.

at for a drink. It flew round and round (3)___but could not to see any water. At last it saw a big jug near the house. The (4)___crow flew down to the jug. It looked into it. There was a little of water in (5)___the jug. The crow put its head into the jug but couldn’t get the water. The (6)___crow flew into the air, then it flew down on the jug. It has wanted to break (7)___it. But the jug was strong. It could not be break it. The crow could not fly (8)___any more. It sat down to rest. It thought and thought. The crow saw some (9)___small stones on the ground. It had an idea. It took a stone and had put it (10)__into the jug. Then another and another. The water came higher and every (11)__time the stone fell into the jug. Soon the water came very high. The crow (12)__ put its head into the jug and had a drink at the last.

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TOURISM INBRITAIN

Every year more than eleven million tourists visitBritain. In fact,

tourism is an (1)___ industry, employing thousands of people.

IMPORTANCE

Most (2)___ come in the summer months when they can expect VISIT

good weather.

Tourists (3)___ spend a few days inLondon, then go on to USUAL

other well-known cities.

Perhaps the least visited places inEnglandare old (4)___ INDUSTRY

towns.

But many people think that nineteenth-century cities show

the (5)___ reality ofBritain. WONDER

The cheap, concrete (6)___of the 1960s look old and dirty BUILD

but for adventurous (7)___ these cities are full of life and colour. TOUR