Read the text. a new career eighty-five might seem a little old to start a new career as a writer but thomas bailey is doing just that. his first book, a historical romance, has just been published and he is now writing his second! our reporter, danny street, asked him about his new life. danny are you enjoying this new career, thomas? thomas i’m having a wonderful time! all my life i’ve loved books and reading but i never thought that i could write a book that other people might want to read. it’s a fantastic feeling! danny where do you get your ideas? thomas well, i write about what life was like when i was young. my family was poor and we lived in london. life was very different then. danny and do you write every day? thomas oh yes. i write for three hours every morning on my computer. it took me a while to learn how to use the thing but it’s much better than writing it all by hand! danny and how does your wife feel about it all? thomas she doesn’t like me staying in my study all the time. she wants me to be in the garden or doing jobs round the house! danny she must be very proud of you! do you show her the chapters when they’re finished? thomas sometimes. you see, i write about some of my old girlfriends and she doesn’t like that. she’s a bit jealous! danny i’m sure she needn’t worry! good luck with the next book. are the sentences true or false? 1 thomas has written two books. 2 he’s surprised that his books are popular. 3 he lived in the country for a lot of his life. 4 he found using the computer difficult at first.

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True

As a rule, it happens in the dark on country roads or on completely empty streets. Another car begins to "push" your car to the curb, pushing her into a ditch. As in the case of "taxi drivers", here you will first take a closer look and you will get to see such a car on an empty highway. If you noticed, "run away." At least catch up with some other car. If not, call the traffic police - it is useful to have phone numbers of positions on the track on which you ride continually. If you already "pressed", experts advise to create an emergency - to expose yourself to some machine. The machine will stop, and you won't be alone. Or even to go into the oncoming lane. The goal of criminals is to get you to stop. Then can be anything from robbery, rape, theft, and murder often. Oddly enough, the victims of such crimes often become the drivers of domestic cars. If you are already stopped and there's no one around, it will not help and locked the door. In this case you need to keep in the car mount or other object for self-defense. But, taking it, be ready to strike without hesitation. Just like with guns - if you got, shoot. Forget about a gas gun in the car it is useless, and the criminal, seeing the weapon shoot first, and is not from gas. One striker a woman with a heavy object may damage. Abroad for crimes on the road are fighting those that are made of inflatable mannequins male passengers. At speed you couldn't see the substitution, and a lot of trouble on the road the presence of men, even an inflatable, woman saves.

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Как правило, это происходит в темное время на загородных трассах или на совсем пустынных улицах. Другой автомобиль начинает "прижимать" вашу машину к обочине, сталкивая ее в кювет. Как и в случае с "таксистами", здесь к вам сначала будут присматриваться, и вы успеете заметить такую машину на пустой трассе. Если заметили, "убегайте". Хотя бы догоните какую-нибудь другую машину. Если не получается, звоните в ГИБДД - полезно иметь телефоны постов на трассе, по которой вы ездите постоянно. Если вас уже "прижимают", эксперты советуют создать аварийную ситуацию - "подставить" себя какой-нибудь машине. Машина остановится, и вы уже будете не одна. Или даже выехать на встречную полосу.
Цель преступников - заставить вас остановиться. Потом может быть все, что угодно - ограбление, изнасилование, угон, нередко и убийство. Как ни странно, жертвами таких преступлений чаще становятся водители отечественных машин. Если вы уже остановились, и вокруг никого, то не и заблокированные двери. На этот случай нужно иметь в машине монтировку или другой предмет для самообороны. Но, достав его, будьте готовы ударить без колебаний. Так же как и с оружием - если достал, стреляй. Забудьте про газовый пистолет - в машине он бесполезен, а преступник, увидев оружие, может выстрелить первым, и уже не из газового. Одного нападающего женщина с тяжелым предметом вполне может вывести из строя.
За границей с преступлениями на трассе борются тем, что изготавливают надувные манекены мужчин-пассажиров. На скорости невозможно разглядеть подмену, а от многих неприятностей на дороге присутствие мужчины, даже надувного, женщину

English people have a special cuisine. Traditional English dishes include fish and chips, roast beef, steak, pudding and some others. It’s natural that all types of food can be found in English restaurants nowadays. For example, fans of Japanese food will easily find sushi in English cities, fans of Italian food, will easily find all sorts of pasta and pizza in England. However, many people want to try traditional British cuisine when visiting England. For breakfast English people prefer either oatmeal or cereal with milk, fried eggs with bacon, a glass of orange juice or a cup of fresh coffee. During lunch many people are away at work, or at school, so they carry their lunch with them. It usually consists of a couple of delicious sandwiches with ham, cheese and fresh vegetables, and a small pack of juice. Many Englishmen drink 5 o’clock tea with cookies. It’s a kind of English siesta. For dinner families usually gather around the dining-table to chat and to share some tasty dishes. Among them steaks or fish, steamed vegetables, rice, fresh salad, and a glass of wine or beer, depending on tastes. Children drink either water, or tea. English families often go out for an evening meal, especially on Friday nights. Traditional English cuisine contains many interesting recipes, but probably the most famous of all is “Fish & Chips”. This dish consists of fried chops from fish and French fries. On special occasions English people often serve roast turkey and traditional pudding. Many people tend to criticize the English cuisine, nevertheless, it has a certain charm and value.