It was just a holiday, but it changed my life

Victoria Smith, six years ago, was working as a manager at Next, a British chain store. Then she went on holiday to Borneo…

“It was a working holiday”, said Victoria, ‘where you could study orangutans in the wild – I have always been interested in apes, so I thought it would be fun. The holiday was wonderful, and when Victoria came home she found it very difficult to return to her old life. ‘Suddenly the problems in the store just seemed so trivial.’ Although everybody told her she was mad, she decided to go back to university and study biology. For years later she became a chimpanzee keeper.

For the last two years Victoria has been working at Monkey World, a centre in south-west England which looks after apes which have been ill-treated. ‘Apes are good family, each with their own personality.’

I’m really happy now. Since I started working here I feel that I’ve been doing something important, not just wasting my life.

Exercise 6.Answer these questions.

1 What is she doing now?

2 What was she doing before?

3 What made her change her life?

4 How does she feel now?

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Exercise 7.You see an advertisement in an international magazine.

Can you sayYESto these questions? • Do you speak English confidently? • Do you enjoy visiting new places? • Do you get on well with people? If so, we would be interested in hearing from you! We are looking for energetic and cheerful guides to lead our 15-day coach tours round Europe. Tell us why you would be suitable. Apply to: Europewide Coach Tours, PO box 23, London W1X 6TY stating where you saw our advertisement

Write a letter of application in 60 words. Don’t include any postal addresses.

For example: I saw the job you advertised and I want to give it a go. Although I have no on board experience, I have been working as a waiter in local restaurants for the last 18 months and I have also had some experience of bar work. My knowledge of English is quite good, as I have been attending classes for the last six years.

Exercise 8.There are 10 spelling mistakes. Find and correct them.

Dear Patrick,

I have just receved your letter, and I hasten to ansewer. I think your idea of an exhcange visit is excellent. We should be delihted to welcome your friends here this sumer and to arange an exhange with them for the next summer. Thank you very much for putting these sugestions to them as well. We are very glad that they agree to the proposal. I am sure we can make a sucess of it.

As to the details of the arrangments I will write to your friends directly.

Thank you very much for having taken the time to help us.

Kindest regards.

It was just a holiday, but it changed my life - student2.ru Check yourself

1. Choose the right variant.I'm exhausted! I ______ all day.

a) have working

b) have been working

c) has been working

d) were working

2. Choose the right variant. I _______ to music for an hour.

a) listening

b) am listening

c) listened

d) have been listening

3. Choose the right variant.I don't believe it! I missed the last … .

a) train

b) tube

c) bicycle

d) station

4. Choose the right word.Тоnу Russell has had his ______ mobile phone for only three months.

a) new “state of the impression”

b) new “state of the work”

c) new “state of the art”

d) new “state of culture”

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
to disappear [ dιsə'pιə]	исчезать	жоғалу
ape [ eιp]	большая обезьяна	үлкен маймыл
trivial ['trvιəl]	незначительный	маңызды емес
circus['sЗ:kəs]	цирк	цирк
tube [ t(j)u:b]	метро	метро
delicious[ dι'lιʃəs]	вкусный	дәмді
to rescue ['reskju:]	спасать	құтқару
redundant [ rɪˈdʌndənt]	уволенный	босатылған; шығарылған
insecure [ɪnsɪˈkjuər]	ненадежный, неуверенный в себе	сенімсіз, солқылдақ
flexible [ˈflɛksəbl]	гибкий	икемді

LIW №8		Learn by heart the poem “At the mountainside”(p. 162)

LIW №9		Make up a video presentation “Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today”.