Task 1 Read the words and their definitions. Try to guess what the text is going to be about. ➔ ice sheet a thick layer of ice covering a large area of land for a long period of time ➔ glacier very large, slow-moving mass of ice ➔ in balance having different parts or elements arranged in the correct proportions ➔ tipping point time at which a change or an effect cannot be stopped ➔ rate speed at which something happens or changes ➔ throw your hands up (idiom) show frustration and despair when a situation becomes so bad that you give up Have you guessed the topic?

a) Slava Zaitsev has designed the fashion collection.

b) The government arranged the charity event, c) My granny is planting flowers now. d) Where are they building a new supermarket?

e) When are you meeting your friend? f) Were they writing a report at 7 o’clock?g) They will discover a new medicine to treat a cancer in future. Fill in by or with. The novel was written Pushkin. The stature is carved wood. Ann has just been bitten a dog. The streets are covered snow. The dress is made silk.

Объяснение:

a) Slava Zaitsev has designed the fashion collection.

b) The government arranged the charity event, c) My granny is planting flowers now. d) Where are they building a new supermarket?

e) When are you meeting your friend? f) Were they writing a report at 7 o’clock?g) They will discover a new medicine to treat a cancer in future. Fill in by or with. The novel was written Pushkin. The stature is carved wood. Ann has just been bitten a dog. The streets are covered snow. The dress is made silk.