Даны слова: be come do drive find have look manage jane is being interviewed by mrs. carr for a job working with young children. mrs. carr: come in jane, do take a seat. would you like a coffee? jane: thank you, actually i (1) … (just) one. mrs. carr: oh good. now, do you know this area at all? jane: quite well. my grandparents live just on the outskirts of town so i(2) … here for holidays since i was little. i’m staying with them at the moment, actually. mrs. carr: oh, that’s nice. and do you have a driving license? jane: yes. i (3) … for four years now. mrs. carr: and would you say you’re a careful driver? jane: yes, i think so. at least i (4) … (never) an accident. mrs. carr: good. now, could you tell me why you think you would be right for this job? jane: well, i (5) … (always) interested in working with small children. and i (6) … to get quite a bit of practical experience by taking holiday jobs and so on. mrs. carr: how do you think you would cope in an emergency? jane: i’m quite a calm person, i think. i (7) … a first aid course, too. igot this badge. mrs. carr: oh, yes. that’s good. now, this job isn’t permanent, as you know. we need someone for about a year. how would that fit with your longterm plans? jane: i’d like to work abroad eventually. but i want some full-timeexperience first. i (8) … a nursery teacher’s course this year. we finish next week, in fact, and i’ve already got a child care certificate. mrs. carr: well, i can’t make any promises, but you do sound just the sort of person we’re looking for. when would you be able to start? jane: as soon as i finish my nursery teacher’s course. mrs. carr: excellent. and would you live with your grandparents? jane: well, they live a bit far away. i’d probably try to get a small flat. i (9) … in the paper every day, but i (10) … not / anything yet. mrs. carr: well, if you get the job, we’ll try to help you. now, would you like to come and meet some of the children?

1. have just done; 2. have been; 3. have driven; 4. have never had; 5. have always been; 6. have managed; 7. should/would manage; 8. have found; 9. look; 10. haven't found 

Let’s try to imagine the world without education, without any schools, colleges and universities. What would that be like? No school means no knowledge and skills. No university means no doctors, no engineers and no scientists. Therefore, it means no development and no inventions. Would you like to live in the world that is deteriorating? The answer is quite obvious: it’s vitally important to study and get an education.

Nowadays there’re different kinds of education, but the most wide-spread is still the traditional one that includes the set of establishments providing education. For the vast majority of people, the first step is a primary school where students get the basic skills of reading, writing and counting. The next stage is secondary school which gives broad knowledge about various subjects and prepares students for future professional education. At the end of the last form school children take exams and after school graduation they have several options: to stop studying and get a job or get professional education in college or university. Students’ life is not easy because they have to take exams every term and study hard to succeed. Nevertheless, most people remember students’ years as the best time of their lives, full of fun and entertainment.

However, modern world is full of new opportunities to get education. More and more schools and universities provide on-line courses and trainings. It has some advantages for sure, because you study in a comfortable place at comfortable time. Also, some alternative ways are becoming more and more popular, e.g. home education or some approaches connected with developing the mind without books and strict systems.

As for me, I’m fully convinced that, no matter what kind of education you support, it’s necessary to study and develop your skills, to use the experience of others to create your own ideas in order to implement them to life.

My Weekend

Yesterday it was Sunday, so my last weekend was not too long ago and I remember it quite well. I always try to do my best to make my holidays really exciting, because we have only few days in a week for relaxation and rest.

Yesterday my friends and I agreed to meet at my place. First we watched a very interesting TV show "What? Where? When?". Then we took a videocassette and watched an outstanding movie "The Independence Day". This is a story about strangers from the other planets that were trying to conquer the whole Earth and about the struggle against them. The movie is full of visual effects and computer graphics that takes your breath and makes you admire the modern technologies in the cinema. I wish our studios and directors made such movies. "The Independence Day" can be added to the genius pieces of modern art – that is my opinion.

Having watched the film, we decided that it was a time to go outside. The first place we went to was the sports ground. Though it was rather cold, we put on warm clothes and had much fun. Almost all day long we played soccer and basketball.

As for me, I like weekends and holidays, as the majority of other people. And I like telling about my holidays. It's dull to listen about the ordinary working day, how do you think? Every working day looks like another, but every weekend is different from the other. During the weekend we have an opportunity to enjoy the life and having rest.