Практична робота 9 (9 клас)

LISTENING

Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

Marion Jacobs is a(n)

LISTENING

Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

How is Elon Musk different from Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs?

LISTENING

Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

Elon Musk said that in the future he would like to

LISTENING

Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

What did Elon Musk do after there was a disaster in Japan?

LISTENING

Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

What would be a good title for Marion’s book?

READING

Read the text and complete gaps 1−5 with the given sentences. There are two extra sentences.

Lost in the translation

In 1977, American president Jimmy Carter visited Poland and tried to say something in Polish. But his translator hadn’t done a good job. ¹_____ It wasn’t a good start to his trip.

Translation is a difficult business. Nobody knows that better than 23-year-old Melike Kara, a translator in Istanbul. Melike is Turkish, but she grew up in Germany and speaks perfect German and English. ²_____ When I asked her what the most difficult thing to translate was, she said ‘poetry’. This is because you can’t translate a poem word-by-word. It has to sound nice in the other language, too. Melike has also translated film scripts. ‘Serious films are OK,’ she says ‘but comedies are really difficult. A joke in one language simply isn’t funny in another language. So you have to think of something else.’

Melike told me that there was no writing on the screen in Turkish cinemas. Instead, she said that actors recorded new Turkish dialogue for foreign films. The translated dialogue must be exactly as long as the original words − so the on-screen actors’ mouths don’t move when there’s no sound. This takes ages to write. ³_____ But when you do your job well, it really looks like the actors are speaking Turkish.’

Nowhere is translation more important than at the United Nations in New York. There, I met Masoud Abadi, who works as a translator in United Nations meetings. ‘It’s a very difficult job,’ Masoud told me, ‘because I have to listen to the conversation, and translate it at the same time. People don’t speak slowly, or stop and wait for you to translate. And you mustn’t miss what anyone says.’

Every day, people at the United Nations translate hundreds of important documents. These can be anything from business agreements to important political discussions. The translators use computer translation programs, but they also have to check everything themselves. ⁴_____ Masoud told me he could speak four: Arabic, French, English and Farsi.

Translating documents correctly can be very important. In 1840, the British and the Maori people signed a peace agreement in New Zealand. ⁵_____ Both sides were very happy when they signed the agreement. But today, the Maoris and the New Zealand government are still arguing about what it says!

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GRAMMAR

Complete the email using reported speech and the words in brackets.

Hi Beth,

Gary phoned me yesterday. He said ¹                         (I had a great time) in London. He asked me ²                                        (are you and Beth going to Chloe’s party) on Saturday, and I said yes. He said ³                          (I’ll definitely come), and he asked ⁴                         (where is she having it)? I told him she was having the party at a new pizza place in town, and I said ⁵                  (I’ll send you) a map. Gary also asked ⁶                      (what time does it start). I said ⁷                    (I don’t know), but I told him ⁸                   (I can ask Chloe) at school.

Anyway, I thought I’d tell you all this because I know you like Gary a lot. So don’t worry − he’s going to be there!

See you there!

Bella

Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions. Вводьте лише те, що потрібно у пропуску!

1 I’ll call you back this evening.

Mr Harris told Lucy ____________________________________________ .

Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions. Вводьте лише те, що потрібно у пропуску!

2 Did you buy your T-shirt at the concert yesterday?

I asked Simon _______________________________________________ .

Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions. Вводьте лише те, що потрібно у пропуску!

3 We went to the cinema last Friday.

Macey and Dan said _______________________________________________ .

Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions. Вводьте лише те, що потрібно у пропуску!

4 Are you going to watch the match tomorrow?

Jason asked us _______________________________________________ .

Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions. Вводьте лише те, що потрібно у пропуску!

5 We’re really enjoying our holiday here.

The tourists told us _______________________________________________ .

Rewrite the sentences and questions. Pay attention to the pronouns and time expressions. Вводьте лише те, що потрібно у пропуску!

6 I’m watching a documentary on TV now.

Dad told me _______________________________________________ .

VOCABULARY

Read the mini-dialogues and choose the correct words.

Dialogue 1

Sinead You said you’d phone John and apologise. Did you ¹                [run out of, get through to] to him?

Dan Well, I tried to phone him. But I ²              [got cut off , broke up].

Sinead Why was that? Did he ³          [speak up, hang up ] on you?

Dan No, it was nothing like that. My phone just ⁴              [got through , ran out of] credit.

Dialogue 2

Suzie The neighbours complained because Helen played loud music when my parents were out. So now we’re both in trouble.

Callum I ⁵        [advise, blame] you to tell your parents that it wasn’t you.

Suzie No, I can’t do that. But I’m really angry with Helen. I ⁶           [warned, suggested] her against playing it loud.

Callum And she ⁷              [agreed to, insisted on ] doing it?

Suzie That’s right. I ⁸           [proposed , begged] her to turn it down, but she didn’t. She’s really silly sometimes!

Match the quotes with the words. There is one extra word or phrase.

Complete the sentences with the given words.

1. The Strait of Florida, in the USA, is one of the world’s busiest shipping           [action, encourage, mention, propose, routes, save]. Many ships and boats use it every day.

2. Did I                [action, encourage, mention, propose, routes, save]getting the concert tickets? I can’t remember if I told you before.

3.           [action, encourage, mention, propose, routes, save]my phone number in your contacts list, so you can call me again.

4. What do you           [action, encourage, mention, propose, routes, save]to do about the problem?

5. Can you           [action, encourage, mention, propose, routes, save]John to come to the picnic? He’ll doesn’t want to go, but it’ll be fun.

6. It’s a good           [action, encourage, mention, propose, routes, save]film, if you like films with lots of guns and fast cars.

Complete the text with the words below.

can’t clear could expression hard I’m looks only say sure

The photo shows three older women who are sitting on a bench in a park. I ¹       be sure, but I’d say that they are all friends. They are dressed in light coats and are wearing headscarves and there are lots of leaves around the bench so I’m pretty ²      that it’s a cool, autumn day. It ³       as if two of the women have moved closer together to look at something that is in the middle woman’s hand. It’s ⁴_      to say, but I think it’s a mobile phone. It’s ⁵       that the two women find something really funny because they are both laughing. Not ⁶_      that, one of the women is using a tissue to wipe a tear from her eye. It ⁷_       be that they’ve just seen a funny photograph or read an amusing message. The third woman is sitting further along at the end of the bench and can’t see what they’re looking at. Judging by her ⁸            , I’d ⁹_     that she feels quite annoyed. ¹⁰_     certain that the other women have completely forgotten about their friend and wouldn’t even realise if she got up and left them.