Ask your deskmate: Can you...? Use the verbs in the table. Compare your answers. What What can/cannot your deskmate do? play the piano rollerblade ride a horse read books in English wash the dishes ski 3. Look at the sign and make as many sentences as possible to say what you can/cannot do according to the sign. drive a car run 10 kilometers dive

Sydney is the largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of New South Wales. Its main attraction is the Sydney Opera house, which resembles sails rising into the sky, rising directly from the waters of the Harbor. Darling harbour and Circular quay are the busiest coastal areas in Sydney. This is where the arched harbour bridge and the Royal Botanic gardens are located. The 'Skywalk' outdoor viewing platform on the Sydney tower offers panoramic views of the city and its surroundings.

Сидней – крупнейший город Австралии и столица штата Новый Южный Уэльс. Его главная достопримечательность – здание Сиднейской оперы, которое напоминает взметнувшиеся в небо паруса, вырастающие прямо из вод гавани. Дарлинг-Харбор и Круговая пристань – самые оживленные прибрежные районы Сиднея. Именно там находятся арочный мост Харбор-Бридж и Королевский ботанический сад. С открытой смотровой площадки "Скайуок" на Сиднейской башне открывается панорамный вид на город и его окрестности.

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Loch Ness Monster
It seemed we already know everything about the world we live in but still there are some mysteries that we want to reveal.
Loch Ness is the home of probably the world’s most famous monster. People say that from time to time you can see a big monster who they call “Nessie” in this lake. There are some reports about seeing great black humps on the surface of the lake and then their disappearing. The main question is – is it a fact or fiction?
Experts have been discussing that question for years, but in recent times more and more people believe that a whole colony of giant creatures may live in the lake. In 1962 a group of people formed an organization called the Bureau for the Investigation of the Loch Ness Phenomena.
Each summer they invite volunteers who watch the lake. And in 1966, they installed cameras on the banks to prove 'Nessie's' existence. Other people made some photographs on the lake’s surface, but the pictures weren’t good enough to convince anyone, although a film made in 1961 convinced a lot of people that something exists in this lake. The film showed an object twenty-eight metres long, travelling at sixteen kilometers per hour.
People who claim they saw a monster describe it in a very similar way: it has four fins, a tail and it has a length of around eighteen meters. 
Some years ago an 18-year old girl from England had a thirty-seven kilometers journey across Loch Ness. It took her thirty hours, some of which she was swimming in the darkness and everyone applauded her for her strength and bravery.