Unit 32 exercises

1.would

2.might

3.could

4.should

5.could

6.should

7.might

8.would

1.when did my brother join…

2.her trip to Turkey has been.

3.how they will find her keys in the dark?

4.why had Rob been on Tv

5.who did we see

6.whom did I see…

Reading project/presentation

Presentation

Classroom activities/07.05.2024

A. This part is about traveling by a plane

SOS – Save Our Space. We need your help to clean up our city. What have you ever done or are going to do to keep it clean?

Almost everyone complains about our world’s pollution, but they don’t even understand that they are one of the reasons to that. Most people just sit and say that we need to clean our space, but what is the use to that? All of us can sit there and complain, saying that our world is dirty and that we need to clean it, but what will change?

Our planet Earth at the moment is dealing with different kinds of pollutions and almost no one does anything for it. Thousands of animals are dying daily because of all that plastic and dirt created by people. The worst part is that there is garbage not only on our planet, but also in the space. Yeah, it is literally so horrible. Our humanity started destroying everything. Even after that, we still cut trees and plants. Just imagine, we pollute the air with different chemicals and still cut trees that give us oxygen. There’s no logic right? Others might say that all those factories are to make our lives easier. Indeed in some cases of course they are! They make our lives easier but also make it a lot worse. At least we might not feel it at the moment, but we understand that after many years it will get much worse right?And there’ll not be ways to not feel it

Humanity also starts different wars, which are even worse. it is just absurd how can people fight for more territory when there are so many other important things to do. And the thing is that all those wars create a worse mess.

Fortunately nowadays people slowly start to understand everything and start creating different things that may help us. There are some factories and companies that make furniture out of plastic and garbage. They basically go to places where there are lots of plastic elements and gather everything, then they turn it into a stylish furniture. Of course they are doing a nice job, but that is not enough! That is just a tiny part of all the garbage thrown all around the world.

Me personally, i try to use less plastic and when i see a mess outside i throw everything into the trash can. In the future im planning that if i create some kind of brand it has to be eco-friendly. And if i see someone who tries to make our pollution better that of course i am there to help them.

Do we live to work or work to live?

Many people always blame their job or just say bad things about it. But is it even right? some people will say.

-Well, it is work, so of course it is tiring and the worst that can happen with us.

And my reply to that is that you might get tired while working or just get tired of all those people who surround you while working. If it is so then the problem isn’t in you or your work. It is mostly from those people whom you are surrounded with during your work, or the atmosphere just isn’t right.

We have all been taught to choose a profession that we’ll do with love, and now when you’ve become a professional, your work is still very nerve wracking…

The thing is that you, yourself need to make your working atmosphere right. You need to find the right people with whom you can communicate without losing your social battery. If that also doesn’t help, that means that you maybe need to change your profession or your workplace, because it might be giving you some kind of negative energy. That is one of the many reasons that because of it people think that everyone works to live.

Now, imagine your life without working or studying. Pretty boring, right? Well, slowly you start to understand that life is not only about spending time with your family, it is also about new experiences and new knowledge.

Lately i’ve been seeing many influencers that quit their jobs after finally understanding that that certain work isn’t for them. And what did they do after quitting their job? Basically they created a youtube channel, where they found the balance of enjoying life and earning money. In their channel they filmed their trips and explored other countries and their traditions. Their viewers liked it a lot. That way they were able to do something they actually like a lot and earn a good amount of money. This case is a great example that we can live to work, but not the opposite.

If you could change one important thing in your country, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answers.

As most of us know, our country has many problems. One of the most important things here is the rudeness of people. Of course there are many many nice workers and people that you can easily meet during their work or just in general. I personally love that factor, when people are nice to you it just makes your life a lot better. But the opposite happens too. Whenever they are angry at you, it makes you day a lot worse. Even if your day started excellent, that doesn’t mean that their rudeness can’t change it. Nice Armenian people, in my point of view, are a part of our culture. Their respect and niceness is different from others. The same thing is with rude people. Rude people are also very different from others. Every time i try to think about them, i get so angry. They are not just rude to you, they are usually very aggressive too!

Once we were in the store and we wanted to buy something. After we tried to get it, a security guard came to us and started quarreling. After that we said to him that we are not going to buy anything anymore, because of his behavior. And then he told the other workers that children are very bad-behaved and raised wrong. I think that his behavior was very unprofessional and it could be some children instead of us, and im sure that he’d do the same. I feel like it could ruin the child’s psychology and starting from that moment he would get social anxiety. And that worker’s mistake could ruin his whole life!

I would change that rudeness and aggressiveness in people.

My favourite elective school subjects. Are they connected with my future profession?

My this school year’s elective subjects are cooking and design. I chose cooking because i have been in love with cooking since my childhood. I have always likes]d baking and cooking different delicious things for my friends and family. Baking is almost my love language. Every week, after long days at school, i come home, do my homework and then i start cooking. I honestly don’t really care abut what i’m cooking, because the main parts that i like are the process of making it and the result.
Every time i try to cook something different. I try new recipes, new techniques and new cuisines. To be hones at the moment i mostly bake for my family because i don’t think that i can find enough time to cook something. Cooking is a bit different than baking. You need to tell you family that at this day, on thins time you are going to be the one who’ll make the dinner. Unfortunately i can’t do that, because i don’t really know whether i’ll have the time to do that. But baking, you can do it whenever you want. When i find some free time, the one thing that i’m thinking of is baking.

I chose that elective subject to learn more about my favorite hobby. It isn’t really connected with my future profession, because i haven’t chosen one yet.

My second elective subject is design. Again i loved art for a long time. I made handmade earrings, necklaces and accessories from scratch and gave them to my relations. During that subject i’m being able to rest and stop thinking about other things and then i get an amazing result wich makes everything even better.

Destination b1/ Unit 28 exercises

London Bridge

1. London Bridge isn’t actually in London anymore, but it used to be there.
2. When it was in London, the bridge crossed the Thames River, which is
3. in the middle of London. London Bridge is made of granite, and it’s an
4. arch bridge; you can see the five curved arches in the bridge. London
5. Bridge was built in the first half of the nineteenth century. When it was built,
6. it was a very difficult project. It took 800 men seven years to build the
7. bridge.
8. In 1968, the city of London decided that it needed a new bridge. London
9. Bridge was too narrow; a wider bridge with six lanes was needed.
10. The city didn’t tear the bridge down and throw it away. Instead, the city found a
11. buyer and sold the bridge. The company that bought London Bridge paid a
12. lot of money for it. The company paid two and a half million dollars for
13. London Bridge. Then the company took the bridge apart stone by stone, put it
14. into crates, transported it across the Atlantic, and rebuilt it in its new home.
15. London Bridge is now far from its original home, on a lake in Arizona in 
16. the southwest of the United States.

1. This text is mainly about a bridge that 

• a) is still in London.
• b) was originally built in Arizona.
• c) moved from Arizona to London.
• d) moved from London to Arizona.

2. How many arches does London Bridge have?

• a) One
• b) Three
• c) Five
• d) Seven

3. When was London Bridge originally built?

• a) At the end of the eighteenth century 
• b) In the last half of the eighteenth century
• c) In the first half of the nineteenth century 
• d) In the last half of the nineteenth century

4. Why was London Bridge replaced?

• a) The city of London did not want a bride
• b) The city of London wanted a wider bridge.
• c) The city of London thought that the bridge was too old.
• d) The city of London wanted a heavier bridge.

5. How much money was paid for the bridge?

• a) half a million dollars
• b) one and a half million dollars
• c) two million dollars
• d) two and a half million dollars

Extreme weather

The summer of 2022 has seen record-breaking heatwaves in countries as widespread as India, the UK, Brazil and Australia. The high temperatures have resulted in many serious problems. Wildfires have destroyed vast areas of vegetation across Europe and sometimes houses or entire towns. 1 _ First, scorching temperatures draw moisture from the ground, resulting in tinder-dry conditions. Then, lightning from storms, which also increase in hot weather, may supply the spark that sets the vegetation alight. 

Meanwhile, in China, the heatwave resulted in power cuts. 2 _ The drought has affected crop production everywhere, which is forecast to be up to fifty per cent lower for some crops in Europe. This will result in food shortages and higher prices.

Increasing temperatures have also increased the incidence of floods, devastating New Zealand and Pakistan this year. 3 _ In Asia, the monsoon rains have become more unpredictable. Dry periods have occurred at critical planting times, while sudden downpours have destroyed homes and drowned out entire crops. Cyclones are also more common. 

Human-induced climate change is now accepted as the reason behind these extreme weather events. Emissions caused by the burning of fossil fuels have been trapping heat in the atmosphere since the start of the industrial era. Climate experts say that extreme temperatures are now ten times more likely a result of climate change, and future temperatures may well be higher. 4 _ Whether or not we meet the emissions targets set by the Paris Agreement in 2015 will affect billions of people across the globe. 

5 _ However, even in this case, the heat index is forecast to reach dangerous levels ten times more often. When this happens, the effects of heat on the body make it increasingly difficult for humans to maintain a safe body temperature. The conditions will be unprecedented for people working outdoors in countries where it is already as hot as this, such as Sub-Saharan African farmers.

Poorer countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, experiencing increasingly extreme weather events, are looking to richer countries for more finance. 6 _ With limited means themselves, they are forced to choose between rebuilding or developing ways to cope with future climate crises. Richer countries have promised funding, but developing countries still need to receive it or receive it in the form of loans they cannot repay.