Disaster, emergency, hooliganism, living, disease, famine, slums, injuries, rubbish, earthquake, floods, invasion.

a) Food has been sent to areas of Africa suffering from _____.

b) Many people live in overcrowded _____ on the edge of the city.

c) The cost of _____ has risen steadily this year.

d) Thousands of buildings fell down during a severe ____.

e) _______ at football matches has been reduced this year.

f) The _____ of Ruritania has been condemned by the United Nations.

g) The eruption of the volcano was a terrible ____.

h) Hundreds of people drowned during the ____.

i) Two of those involved in the crash had serious _____.

j) Large cities face the problem of what to do with household _____.

k) Doctors announced that there was now a cure for the _____.

l) During the storm there were hundreds of _____ calls.

EX. 13. DECIDE WHICH ANSWER (A, B, C OR D) BESTFITS EACH SPACE.

I had only been at university for a few hours when the enormity of it finally dawned on me: I was now independent. Having lived at home with parents all my life up until that day, I had often dreamed of the freedom that living 1 ___yourself gives you. There’s no one to tell you when to go to bed, when to get up, what to do, what not to do. Now, though, I felt the responsibility weighing down on me. True, there was no one giving me rules to obey, but there was also no one to 2 ___on but myself. If I didn’t remember to go to the supermarket, there wouldn’t be any food in the flat. If I didn’t budget correctly, there wouldn’t be Mum or Dad nearby to lend me some money. If I didn’t pay the bills on time, the electricity or water would be 3 ___off. It was a frightening feeling, and I prayed I would be able to deal with adult life in a 4 ___enough way.

Over the next days and weeks, I began to realise how much I still had to learn. How could I have 5 ___to the age of eighteen without ever having ironed my own shirt? Was that laziness on my part (“Mum, can you iron a shirt for me?”) or had my parents and teachers failed to provide me with the skills I now needed? Whichever it was, I quickly had to learn. And learn I did – partly through trial and error, and partly 6 ___to the help of the new friends I was making. Many of them were in a similar situation, but we each had different skills to share. I could show them how to cook a tasty spaghetti Bolognese – a 7 ___every student should be able to prepare – and they could teach me how to light a gas oven or defrost a fridge. When I went home for Christmas, I sensed that my parents were a little surprised that I had 8 ___to survive so well. I didn’t admit it, but I felt extremely proud of all I’d accomplished so far.

1. Aor             Bby                Cwith            Don

2. Afollow      Bbelieve         Crely                       Dtrust

3. Acut            Btaken           Cset               Dstopped

4. Agrown      Bdeveloped             Cmature        Dripe

5. Areached    Bgot               Carrived        Dappeared

6. Arecognition Bpraise          Ccredit           Dthanks

7. Adish          Bplate            Cportion        Dserving

8. Amanaged  Bsucceeded             Cachieved      Dhandled

Ex.14. FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

CLUB CULTURE IN BRITAIN

Before you read about club culture in Britain, try to guess the answers to the questions below.

TRUE OR FALSE?

· You must be eighteen to go to a nightclub in Britain.

· You should drink a lot of water when you are dancing.

· It is a good idea to order a taxi to take you home.

Going to nightclubs, or clubbing as it is called, is very popular in Britain. From the age of about 15 young people like to go clubbing at the weekend. Usually friends meet in the evening and go to a pub or a café, or just sit at home and chat. Then, late in the evening after 10pm they travel to the centre of the town and wait in a queue outside the nightclub. The clubs are usually special buildings with a big space inside for dancing. There is a bar of course, and often a special room with chairs and sofas where it is less noisy. This is for people who are tired of dancing. They can rest here for a while. Some clubs only play one kind of music on different nights. If you want to go to a club you need to know what kind of “night” the club is offering. For example, if you like“Hip-Hop” then you probably don’t want to go to a “Disco” night.

Here is what Helen, a fifteen-year-old girl from Brighton, says.

 - Our club is called “The Escape”. I come here because on Fridays they have a “Dance Night”. We are into hardcore dance music. On Saturdays it is a completely different scene: Eighties Pop and Seventies stuff. Sometimes my brother, who is 26, comes here on a Saturday.

 - Before going out on a Friday we meet at my parents’ house and get ready. You need to dress up in a special outfit for a proper dance night. You can’t just come to the club in jeans and a T- shirt. Besides, it’s very hot here so you should wear light clothes that are easy to dance in. People change their hairstyle too.

 - It’s a good idea to come to the club in a taxi. Unfortunately, there isn’t a cloakroom in the club so it’s better not to bring a coat. We all come together from my house and share the fare. We also order a taxi to take us home at 3am, when the club closes. It’s very expensive, but again, we share the cost. It’s a part of the clubbing culture.

 - If you get tired you can go to the chill-out room and sit down for a while. It’s less noisy and smoky there. It’s also important to drink a lot of water during the night. If you want beer or cocktail, the barman must check your identification. You have to prove you are old enough to drink strong drinks. But anyway, you shouldn’t drink when you dance because you get tired and dehydrated. The point of dance music is to dance, not to drink.

 - Normally you must be eighteen to get into a club. At the door a bouncer checks the identification of all the clubbers as they enter the club. You need to show a card with a photograph, like a driver’s license. Otherwise you won’t be allowed in. The bouncer also collects the cover-charge from the clubbers. Tonight the charge is five pounds. Usually I spend about forty pounds on a night out, including the taxi home.

seventies staff – зд. музыкасемидесятых

cloakroom – гардероб, раздевалка

chill-outroom – комната отдыха

identification – удостоверение личности

dehydrated – обезвоженный

bouncer– вышибала

cover-charge – плата за вход.

Ex. 15. TEXT FOR ADDITIONAL READING.