Упражнение 38. Read the text. Is it a true story?

The boys ..... good at school.
A) are
B) is
C) am
D) have

bookworm and has no other hobbies.

Chun-To reads one or two books a week.

His favourite books are famous classics. To read more he exchanged books with his classmates. He borrowed books from school. BOOKWORM'S LOVE OF READING
WINS HIM TOP AWARD Thirteen-year-old Chun-To started with one or two books а week but in the past nine months he has read 137 books — enough to win the Education Department's Extensive English Reading Scheme award. Не became the top student from 19 schools participating in the Scheme run by the Institute of Language in Education. The Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School pupil suggested that he probably was а kind of bookworm and that he had few other hobbies, though he did once represent his primary school in а table tennis contest. But most evenings he spent reading to try to improve his English. “Every evening after my homework I set aside one to two hours reading the story books. And when I had finished the ones I borrowed from school I exchanged them with my schoolmates, sо I can read more,” he said. Chun-To said his favourite books were science fiction, detective and horror stories but most of the titles he read for the competition were famous classics. “At first I had tо read twice some of the books I found difficult,” he admitted. The school will not allow students to borrow books over the summer holidays but Chun-To said he hoped tо continue his reading next term. But as for his future career, he was still undecided. “I want to work in an office rather than labouring and I want to be able to use my mind, but it's too early for me to decide what I might do,” he said.

Yeah, I’m going to Kerala. I’m flying on Saturday.

Wendy:

Oh, that sounds nice. It’s got beautiful beaches, hasn’t it?

Julia:

I hope so.

Wendy:

Where is it exactly?

Julia:

In the south-west India.

Wendy:

That’s a long way for just one week, isn’t? How long’s the flight?

Julia:

Oh… I don’t know. About eleven hours I think. But I just want to get away and have a real break.

Wendy:

So where are you staying?

Julia:

I’ve booked a package holiday; I’m staying at a hotel on the beach. I don’t know exactly where.

Wendy:

Are you going to travel around or just lie on the beach?

Julia:

Oh, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll visit one other place. I don’t like planning these things. I’m going to take it easy. Perhaps I’ll just sleep for a week… on the beach of course!

2. What is the difference between them nowadays?
3. What do tabloids write about?
4. What do broadsheets focus on?



In the UK we have two main kinds of newspapers: broadsheets and tabloids.
Originally these names came from the size of the newspapers. A tabloid format newspaper was smaller and the broadsheet format newspaper was bigger.
But nowadays when we talk about tabloids and broadsheets, we talk about two different kinds of newspapers: easy reading and quality newspapers. Tabloids report news in a very condensed form. They write about celebrities, the British Royal Family, sport, crime stories and scandals.
Broadsheets give their readers long, detailed reports on the latest news and focus on more serious things: politics, economy, government, international events, business, culture.

1. Who are the Druids?

2. What do people in Robin’s time do in autumn and in winter?

3. What are autumn and winter in Scotland like?

4. What do people in Robin’s time do in spring and summer?

5. What are spring and summer in Scotland like?

6. What are the special days for the Druids?

7. Why are they special?

8. Do people remember these special days nowadays?

9. How do people celebrate them?

Misha: Do you have magical holidays, Robin? Can you tell me about them?
Robin: Well, where do I start, Misha? I come from Scotland and my great-grandparents were the Druids. The Druids are magical people. They can speak to the trees and to animals. They can fly and see into the future. They say that a year has two halves: a light half (spring and summer) and a dark half (autumn and winter).
The weather in Scotland is usually cool, but spring and summer are often nice. It is never hot, but it can be quite warm. It sometimes rains, but we also get some sun. The nights are short and the days are long. People work in the fields. Children lie in the sun and play in the woods.
But autumn and winter in Scotland are very cold. The weather is bad. In autumn it often rains and in winter it snows and rains,