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Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about.
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The text runs about a mysterious episode from the life of Agatha Christie, a famous English detective writer. In December 1926 Agatha left her home and disappeared. The mystery has only recently been solved.
2. How did the story begin? Read aloud the extract which says about it.
Paragraph 2
3. What are the details of the police investigation?
Firstly, the detective in charge of the case immediately organized a big search of the area where Agatha’s car was found crashed. Policemen came from different parts of the country to help in the search, even some famous detective writers were asked to help. Secondly, the police discovered that the marriage between Archie and Agatha Christie was not a happy one. Thirdly, the police received a letter in which Agatha informed her husband’s brother that she was going away to rest in Yorkshire, Harrogate. The police went there and looked for her at all the hotels but didn’t find her.
4. Why did Agatha Christie disappear according to the article?
According to the article Agatha Christie did not do it for publicity. She did it as she was going through an unhappy time with her husband.
| Card 8. Script 26. Kerry’s typical day | 1. What is Kerry’s typical day? 2. Why doesn’t Kerry follow a diet or go to the gym? 3. What piece of advice does Kerry give to beginners? | 1. Carry usually gets up at about 10 a.m. She goes to the gym or to a jazz class. She meets friends, then they go to the theatre where they work. 2. Kerry doesn’t follow a diet or go to the gym because she doesn’t need to do it. 3. Kerry advises the beginners to be confident and to keep practising. |
Text 8 Pablo Picasso
Questions:
1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about.
2. The most famous painting of Picasso is Guernica. Read aloud the extract about it.
3. Where did Picasso learn to paint?
4. Picasso worked in different styles. Which styles are mentioned in the article? What are their typical characteristics?
Answers:
1. The text is about Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Picasso is famous for his painting style which is called cubism. The text runs about different periods of Picasso’s artistic life and about his famous masterpiece Guernica.
2. Paragraph 6.
3. Picasso took his first drawing lessons from his father, who was a drawing teacher. Then he joined an art academy in Barcelona.
4. As the text says, Picasso experimented in many different styles. In his early period he painted life as he saw it. His Blue Period lasted from 1901 to 1904 and is characterised by grey and blue tones. The Rose Period lasted until 1907. It’s the time when Picasso used rose, pink and brown. During his life in Paris he began experimenting with a new style of cubism. Nature in cubism is shown in geometric forms, objects are cut into many flat shapes, which look like a puzzle.
| Card 9. Script 29. Gifts from England p. 97 | 1. What is Alex thinking about? 2. Why does he want to bring soldiers as a gift for his parents? 3. What will Alex buy for his brother? | 1. Alex is thinking about the gifts he should bring back home from England for everyone. 2. He wants to bring soldiers as a gift for his parents because they are not only very colourful, they represent English traditions too. 3. Alex will buy a DVD for his brother. |
Text 9 Good news for chocolate lovers