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St Valentine’s Day.

Данная разработка частично взята из тематического кейса «Holidays»

Раздел 1. Аудирование

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A–F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1–7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.

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1. Writing Valentines has a very long history.

2. It’s another time to spend money.

3. Valentines make a big business.

4. There’s always something against the Day.

5. It’s a traditional Valentine’s Day present and no one should spare money for it.

6. Its traditions tend to fade.

7. Even journalists need information about Valentine’s Day.

Го­во­ря­щий

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Утвер­жде­ние

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 1-12. В каждом задании запишите в поле ответа букву a, b, c, d соответствующую выбранному вами варианту ответа

Valentine's Day is (1) ___ of the most famous holidays in the world. It falls on February the 14th and is celebrated across the world. It is the (2) ___ day for lovers to express their love to each other. They do this by sending Valentine’s cards with romantic (3) ___. It is common to leave the card unsigned. Other traditions on this day are buying chocolates and giving red roses. Valentine’s Day used to be an American and European (4) ___, but now it has gone all over the world. It has become very commercial. Companies that make Valentine’s goods even (5) ___ people to send Valentine’s cards to their parents and other family members! In Japan, (6) ___ women give Valentine’s gifts – to all the men they know.

There is (7) ___ over which Saint Valentine the day is named after. It is either Valentine of Rome, who (8) ___ in the third century, or Saint Valentine, bishop of Terni, from the 14th century. The custom of exchanging romantic messages seems to have started in 19th-century England. In 1847, an American woman, Esther Howland, started producing and (9) ___ Valentine cards. Today, over one billion are sent worldwide, with women sending 85 per cent (10) ___ them. Different companies slowly saw the opportunities to make money from Valentine’s Day. In the 1980s, diamond (11) ___ began promoting jewellery as the ultimate Valentine’s gift. French and Italian restaurants are also very (12) ___ on this day.

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