Task 1. 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.
You don’t see many
birds in winter. Most have left your area. Those that stay are not as active.
Activity uses energy that is needed to keep warm. The worst problems for birds
in winter are getting enough heat and holding on to the heat once it is made.
These are problems for all birds. But it is especially true for very small
ones. They cannot find enough food. The weather stays so cold for so long that
they cannot eat enough to keep alive. But birds have many ways of fighting the
cold. You shiver to keep warm. The heat that you make is made mostly in your
muscles. The muscles make more heat when they are active. So one way of
keeping warm is to move about, use your muscles. Another way is to shiver. When
your body needs heat, the muscles tighten and loosen quickly. They become
active. Just as you shiver to keep warm, so do birds.
Task 2.
You and your sister/brother are discussing
a new coming baby with your mother. Ask her about:
-
if
it is going to be male or female;
-
arranging
a fun party to meet the baby;
-
any
new duties you will get;
-
things
to buy;
-
nurse
to find.
Task 3. Imagine that while
travelling during your holidays you took some photos. Choose one photo to
present to your friend.
You will have to start speaking in 1.5
minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes. In your talk remember to
speak about:
• when you took
the photo •
what/who is in the photo •
what is happening •
why you took the photo •
why you decided to show the picture to your friend You
have to talk continuously, starting with: I’ve chosen photo number … .
Task 4. Study the
two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the
photographs:
• give a brief
description of the photos (action, location) •
say what the pictures have in common •
say in what way the pictures are different •
say which kind of sport presented in the pictures you’d prefer •
explain why
You will speak for
not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously.
