Reading. 1 semester. 8 grade. Nesvit

Read the text and do the tasks.

LOVE TO LANGUAGES

Bernard Berg, Professor of Linguistics, started as an English language teacher. He was always good at languages at school, so he decided to take his degree in French and German first. When he finished his university studies in oxford he began teaching in a secondary school in England. Two years later, however, he met someone by chance who offered him a job teaching English to foreign students during the long summer holidays. His students were adults and he enjoyed the work greatly. He soon found he was interested in languages of different countries. Since then he has specialized in this work.

First he went to Africa for two years and then he spent a year in Spain. After that he went to Italy where he worked for three years. НE hasn’t been to South America yet but he plans to go there next. He has taught men and women of all ages and of all nationalities. He has also learnt to get on with people of all walks of life. Now he is a writer but his interest in foreign languages never lessens.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Bernard Berg is ... .                  [a) a teacher, b) a professor, c) a student]

2. At school he was good at ... .                [a) languages, b) mathematics, c) biology]

3. Bernard Berg studied in ... .              [a) cambridge, b) oxford, c) Eton]

4. He was offered to work as a teacher ... .                      [a) two years later, b) three years later, c) four years later]

5. He was offered to work during ... .                    [a) autumn holidays, b) winter holidays, c) summer holidays]

6. Bernard Berg specialized in teaching ... .                                     [a) geography of different countries, b) economy of different countries, c) languages of different countries]

Read some pieces of advice and match them with the following statements.

Read the text and mark the following statements «True» (T) or «False» (F).

Cornelia Funke is a German writer. Her famous story «Inkheart» is a rich story centred around a 12-year-old book lover whose father has a unique gift for bringing the world of books to life. «Inkheart» was the first in a trilogy and Funke followed with «Inkspell» and «Inkdeath». Before writing «Inkheart», she learns about booksellers, book collectors, book thieves and even book murderers as well as reading about martens and fire-eaters. She then imagines the characters and the places they might go, writes down lines for the first 20 chapters. Then, and only then — after about six months — she writes the first sentence. A novel will take her about a year to write. She always does her own sketches — in pen and ink, she creates a picture of her own characters to help her write about them. She married printer Rolf Funke in 1981. They have two children, Anna and Ben. Up until 2005 the Funke family lived in Hamburg, Germany, when they moved to Los Angeles. Sadly, in March 2006, Rolf died of cancer.

1) «Inkheart» is the first book in the series.___       [True, False]_____

2) «Inkheart» is about the girl who can bring characters of books to life.__       [True, False]__

3) Before writing a story the author finds out a lot of things she wants to write about.___       [True, False]___

4) It takes Cornelia Funke six months to write a story.___       [True, False]____

5) Cornelia’s grandfather illustrates her books.____       [True, False]_____

6) Cornelia Funke is a widow.____       [True, False]______

Read the text below. Match choices to the right parts of the text.