Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it. The Altai Mountains are located in Russia on the border with Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China. They are considered one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in Russia. The panoramic views from the mountain tops are impossible to forget. The colour palette of the landscape changes greatly with each season so you will never get tired of it. What makes the Altai Mountains even more attractive is that they are not easy to get to. In the past, Old Believers sought safety in this hard-to-reach area and built small villages that were hidden from officials and outsiders. Today visitors still feel like they are the first to see this wild landscape that has stayed untouched so far. To support this impression and make trips to the mountains unforgettable, several eco-lodges will be built in the near future to accommodate nature lovers.

/ði ˈæltaɪ ˈmaʊntɪnz ɑː ləʊˈkeɪtɪd ɪn ˈrʌʃən ɒn ðə ˈbɔːdə wɪð mɒŋˈɡəʊliə, ˈkæzəkstæn ænd ˈtʃaɪnə. ðeɪ ɑː kənˈsɪdəd wʌn əv ðə məʊst ˈbjuːtɪfəl ˈmaʊntɪn ˈreɪndʒɪz ɪn ˈrʌʃə. ðə ˌpænəˈræmɪk vjuːz frəm ðə ˈmaʊntɪn tɒps ɑːr ɪmˈpɒsəbəl tə fəˈɡet. ðə ˈkʌlər ˈpælət əv ðə ˈlændskeɪp ˈtʃeɪndʒɪz ˈɡreɪtli wɪð iːtʃ ˈsiːzən səʊ ju wɪl ˈnevə ˈɡet ˈtaɪəd əv ɪt./ /wɒt meɪks ði ˈæltaɪ ˈmaʊntɪnz ˈiːvən mɔːr əˈtræktɪv ɪz ðæt ðeɪ ɑː nɒt ˈiːzi tə ˈɡet tə. ɪn ðə pɑːst, əʊld bɪˈliːvəz sɔːt ˈseɪfti ɪn ðɪs ˌhɑːd-tə-ˈriːtʃ ˈeəriə ænd bɪlt smɔːl ˈvɪlɪdʒɪz ðæt wɜː ˈhɪdn frəm əˈfɪʃəlz ænd ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəz./ /təˈdeɪ vɪˈzɪtəz stɪl fiːl laɪk ðeɪ ɑː ðə fɜːst tə siː ðɪs waɪld ˈlændskeɪp ðæt hæz steɪd ʌnˈtʌtʃt səʊ fɑː. tə səˈpɔːt ðɪs ɪmˈpreʃən ænd meɪk trɪps tə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ˌʌnfəˈɡetəbəl, ˈsevərəl ˈiːkəʊ-ˈlɒdʒɪz wɪl biː bɪlt ɪn ðə nɪə fjuːtʃə tʊ əˈkɒmədeɪt ˈneɪtʃə ˈlʌvəz./

Task 2. Study the advertisement. A perfect evening at the theater! You are considering visiting a local theater with your friends and now you'd like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following: 1) working hours; 2) performances; 3) price for one person; 4) group discounts. You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

Возможный вариант ответа: What are your box office and performance schedule hours? What plays or shows are currently on the main stage this month? How much does a standard adult ticket cost for an evening performance? Do you offer any special discounts for groups of ten or more people?

You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2-3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Hello everybody. It's Teenagers Round the World channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss teens' free time. We'd like to know our guest's point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So let's get started. How old are you? What class are you in? How do you usually spend your free time? What do you like to do on Sundays? Do you prefer to spend your free time with your friends or your family? Why? How do your friends spend their free time? Where do they go and what do they do? How do you think you will spend your free time in ten years' time? Thank you very much for your interview. Возможный вариант ответа: Question 1: How old are you? What class are you in? I'm 17 years old, and I'm currently in the 11th grade, which is my final year of secondary school. Right now, I'm taking my Unified State Exams, which will determine which university I can apply to. Question 2: How do you usually spend your free time? What do you like to do on Sundays? In my free time, I usually read books, listen to music, or watch YouTube videos on topics like history and technology. On Sundays specifically, I enjoy sleeping in a bit later, meeting up with my friends at a local café, and sometimes going for a walk in the park if the weather is nice. Question 3: Do you prefer to spend your free time with your friends or your family? Why? I prefer to spend my free time with my friends because I feel more relaxed and free to talk about my personal interests and future plans. While I love my family very much, conversations with friends are usually more casual and less serious, which helps me recharge after a long week of studying. Question 4: How do your friends spend their free time? Where do they go and what do they do? Most of my friends spend their free time scrolling through social media apps like VK Video and TikTok, or playing online video games together. On weekends, they often go to shopping malls, cinemas, or fast-food restaurants to hang out and chat. Question 5: How do you think you will spend your free time in ten years' time? In ten years, I imagine myself being a university graduate with a job, so my free time will probably be more limited and valuable. I'd like to spend it travelling to new countries, learning new hobbies like cooking or photography, and meeting up with close friends for dinner rather than spending hours on my phone.

Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project “Studying”. You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project. In 2.5 minutes be ready to: • explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences; • mention the advantages (1–2) of the two ways of studying; • mention the disadvantages (1–2) the two ways of studying; • express your opinion on the subject of the project – which way is more effective for learning a language and why. You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Возможный вариант ответа: Hi Kate! I've found two photos which I think work really well for our project "Studying", and I'd like to tell you about them. Both photos show different ways of studying. One photo shows a classroom where a teacher is explaining a maths topic to a group of students. They are sitting at their desks, listening attentively and taking notes. In the other photo, there is a private tutor and one boy having an English lesson. They are sitting face to face at a table, and the tutor seems to be explaining something while the boy is listening carefully. These two ways of studying are quite different. In a classroom, students learn in a large group with one teacher, whereas private lessons involve individual attention from a tutor. Also, classroom learning follows a general curriculum for everyone, while private lessons can be adapted to the student's personal needs and pace. I think both ways of studying shown in the pictures have their advantages and disadvantages. Group lessons, for example, allow students to interact with each other, share ideas, and learn teamwork skills. As for private lessons, they offer personalised attention, so the teacher can focus on the student's weak points and help them progress faster. On the other hand, group lessons can be less effective because the teacher cannot give enough attention to every student. As for private lessons, they can be quite expensive, and some students might feel too much pressure when studying alone with a tutor. As for me, I believe that private lessons are more effective for learning a language because the teacher can tailor the material to the student's level and interests. Also, you have more opportunities to speak and practise without feeling embarrassed in front of other students. That's all I wanted to tell you. Bye!

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 8. According to Jim, a good leader is a person who is able to 1) tell a group of people what to do. 2) create guidelines for those involved in business. 3) gain the trust and good opinion of the colleagues.

Now we are ready to start. Presenter: Today in our Meet A Celebrity Weekly Program we are talking to a successful filmmaker Jim Slogan. Welcome, Jim! Jim: Good afternoon everyone. It's good to be here. Thank you for inviting me. Presenter: So, Jim, did you want to be a filmmaker when you were growing up? Jim: I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction. In high school I took a bus to school and I was always absorbed in a science fiction book, which took my mind to other worlds. I had a deep interest in other worlds, but didn't have an idea of where it'd take me in life. Whenever I wasn't in school, I was out in the woods taking samples—frogs and snakes—and bringing them back, looking at them under the microscope. I was trying to understand the world and the limits of possibility. Presenter: Ha, sounds like you could have become a scientist then. Jim: Well, not really. I was an artist. I could draw and paint. And I found that it was because of no videogames, so I had to create these images in my head. You know, we all did as kids—read a book and made a picture in our heads. And so my own response was to paint, to draw alien creatures, alien worlds, robots, spaceships—all that stuff. Presenter: I see. So in your art you had this combination of science and imagination that eventually has led to movies, right? Jim: Yes. When I chose a career as an adult, it was filmmaking because that seemed like the best way to reconcile this urge I had to tell stories with my urge to create images. Filmmaking was the way to put pictures and stories together. And of course, the stories that I chose to tell were science fiction stories. Presenter: Yes, most of your films are Sci-Fi and in all of them you used some highly complex technology. Do you choose your plot to fit the technical possibilities or do you create technology to suit your needs? Jim: Usually we come up with ways to realize my film ideas. In one of my films we created this water creature and we used computer-generated animation. And this resulted in the first computer-animated character that was ever in a movie. I witnessed something amazing. The global audience was in awe with this apparent magic. You know, any really advanced technology is hard to tell apart from magic. I thought wow, this is something that needs to be used in the cinema art. So in my next film we took that much further. We created the liquid metal figure. We created magic again and we had the same result with an audience. Presenter: You are known for your feature films, but do you ever do documentaries, for example? Jim: Funny you should ask that. There was actually a moment in my life when I said okay, I'm going to take a break from my day job as a Hollywood moviemaker and I'm going to be a full-time explorer for a while. And so with a team we went on an underwater exploration of a major ship wreck and made a film of that. At the same time I was getting very interested in space science as well. I got involved with NASA. We put what we were learning on tape. Presenter: You must have learned a lot through these new experiences. Jim: I learned a lot about science, but I also learned a lot about leadership. When I made my next Sci-Fi film, I tried to apply the principle of leadership, which is that you respect your team and you earn their respect in return. And the respect of your team is more important than all the fame in the world. Presenter: That's very insightful. What advice would you give to young film directors? Jim: I would say don't put limits on yourself. Other people will do that for you. Don't do it to yourself. Don't bet against yourself. Go and take risks. Whatever you're doing, failure is an option, but fear is not. 8. According to Jim, a good leader is a person who is able to Ключевая фраза: "the principle of leadership, which is that you respect your team and you earn their respect in return." → Завоевать доверие и уважение коллег. → 3) gain the trust and good opinion of the colleagues.