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.
Most ice creams are exactly as they sound, frozen creams. Ice-cream is a semi-frozen mixture of sugar, milk, and flavouring. A kind of ice-cream was invented in China about 200 BC when a milk and rice mixture was frozen by packing it into snow. Roman emperors are supposed to have sent slaves to mountain tops to bring back fresh snow which was then flavoured and served as an early form of ice-cream. The King of England, Charles I, is supposed to have offered his chef £500 a year to keep his ice-cream recipe a secret from the rest of England. The explorer, Marco Polo, is believed to have seen ice-creams being made during his trip to China and introduced them to Italy.
The ice-cream cone has not changed much over the past century. This is because the cone is a very environmentally friendly form of packaging. There is no waste because you eat the container. Even the chocolate bit at the bottom is more than a nice treat.
Task 2
Study the advertisement.
Grab some friends, run around like loons, yell like there’s no tomorrow, complete a variety of tricksy challenges….
You are considering visiting this live immersive attraction – the Crystal Maze in London, and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:
- experience duration
- age limit
- group size
- types of attraction challenges
You have 20 seconds to ask each question.
Task 3
You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2–3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.
Tapescript for Task 3
Interviewer: Hello everybody! It’s Teenagers Round the World Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss films. We’d like to know our guest’s point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let’s get started.
Interviewer: Who is your favourite actor or actress and why?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: Do you often read film reviews before deciding to watch a film? How do reviews influence your film choices?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: What are your film preferences?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: Where do you prefer to watch films: online, on TV or in the cinema? What is the reason behind your choice?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: Which is more important to you in a film: good acting, characters or a good story? Why?
Student: _________________________
Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.
Task 4
Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project “Out-of-home leisure activities”. You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:
- explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
- mention the advantages (1–2) of the two leisure activities;
- mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two leisure activities;
- express your opinion on the subject of the project – which of these leisure activities you’d prefer and why.
You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.
