Номер 1, страница 64, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

1. a. Alex is writing a letter to his English friend about the festival he has recently attended. Read the letter and say which paragraph is missing.

Plan

• Greetings, opening remarks.

• Introduction. General information about the festival. What is its name? When and where is it held? What does it celebrate?

• Paragraph 1. Your festival experience. What did you do/see there?

• Paragraph 2. The most impressive part of the celebration. What impressed you most of all? Why? Describe the occasion in detail.

• Conclusion. Feelings and comments. How did you / other people feel? Would you recommend this festival? Why?

• Closing remarks.

Note. Use present tenses to write about something that happens every year or continues for some time and past tenses to describe your actual experiences at the event. Use adjectives to make the description more interesting.

Dear George,

How are you? You asked me to write to you about some interesting Belarusian traditions. Well, I’ve got one for you. I attended “Dranik Fest” and I can’t wait to share my experience with you.

“Dranik Fest” is held in Mahilou in September. This biggest potato festival celebrates the most popular dish in Belarus. The

programme includes live music, competitions, unusual exhibitions, painting, and potato carving workshops.

I was lucky to attend “Dranik Fest” last weekend. There was a lot to see and do there. When we arrived at the Zyalenaya Roshcha ethnographic farm, it started raining. We even heard a clap of thunder in the distance. We were a bit worried that the rain would ruin the festival fun but, luckily, it had stopped by the time the Draniki competition started. What an amazing show it was! All the spectators were watching five teams making their delicious draniki. Of course, everybody was looking forward to the next part, the tasting. I had never eaten so many potato pancakes in my life! I wanted to take part in the contest for eating draniki the fastest but my mum told me I would have a stomach ache as I had already eaten quite a lot of draniki. So I had to agree with her.

The “Dranik Fest” gives people a unique opportunity to learn more about the national Belarusian culture with its dances, songs, crafts and, of course, culinary traditions. It’s a great way to discover something new and to get energised for weeks ahead.

Do you have any food festivals in your city? Please, write to me.

Best wishes,

Alex

b. Find in the letter examples of Present Simple, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Future-in-the-Past.

c. Reconstruct the missing paragraph. Put the verbs in the correct past form. Add necessary articles and prepositions. Listen and check.

After / contest / my parents / participate / blacksmithing and weaving workshops. Dad / make / cool iron horseshoe / and / Mum / weave / lovely linen / napkin. Funny thing / happen / me / during / potato carving workshop. I / think / what / I / carve / from / potato / when / small bird / sit / my shoulder. I / have / idea! Bird / fly / photo / us / before / bird / fly / away. You know, I / get / prize / my art object / "golden" grater!

d. Work in pairs. Answer the questions in the letter plan in ex. 1a.

e. Find all the adjectives in the letter. What synonyms can replace them?

1. c. Восстановите недостающий абзац. Поставьте глаголы в правильную прошедшую форму. Добавьте необходимые артикли и предлоги. Прослушайте и проверьте.

Ответ:

After the contest, my parents participated in blacksmithing and weaving workshops. Dad made a cool iron horseshoe and Mum wove a lovely linen napkin. A funny thing happened to me during the potato carving workshop. I was thinking about what I could carve from a potato when a small bird sat on my shoulder. I had an idea! The bird sat on my shoulder while I was carving a bird! Incredible! My dad took a photo of us before the bird flew away. You know, I got a prize for my art object – a “golden” grater!

Перевод:

После конкурса мои родители участвовали в мастер-классах по кузнечному делу и ткачеству. Папа сделал крутую железную подкову, а мама соткала прелестную льняную салфетку. Забавная вещь произошла со мной во время мастер-класса по вырезанию из картофеля. Я думал о том, что бы мне вырезать из картофелины, когда маленькая птичка села мне на плечо. У меня появилась идея! Птичка сидела у меня на плече, пока я вырезал птичку! Невероятно! Мой папа сфотографировал нас, прежде чем птичка улетела. Знаешь, я получил приз за свой арт-объект – «золотую» терку!