Text 12 AMELIA
Study and learn by heart!
travelled a great deal – много путешествовал
military nurse - военная медсестра
military nurse - военная медсестра
I. 1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about.
Possibly the most famous female pilot ever, Amelia Earhart was born in 1897 in Kansas, the USA. Amelia had a difficult and unsettled childhood. Her family travelled a great deal so her father could find work. Although she often missed school, Amelia was nevertheless considered to be very bright academically. She enjoyed reading and poetry as well as sports, especially basketball and tennis.
After graduating from high school, instead of going to college, Amelia decided to study nursing. During the First World War, she worked as a military nurse in Canada. When the war ended she became a social worker back in America and taught English to immigrants. In her free time, Amelia enjoyed going to air shows and watching aerial stunts, which were very popular during the 1920s. Her fascination with flying began when, at one of those shows, she took a tenminute ride, and from that moment on she knew she had to learn to fly.
Amelia took on several odd jobs to pay for the flying lessons and after a year, she had saved enough money to buy her own plane. She organised cross-country air races for women pilots and formed a now famous women pilots’ organisation, called the ‘NinetyNines’. One day Amelia received an invitation to be the first woman ever to make the flight across the Atlantic from Canada to Britain. Amelia made the flight in 1928 and, although she was only a passenger and two men flew the plane, it made her a celebrity. She also met there her future husband, George Putman, a publisher, who arranged the flight and organised all the publicity.
In 1932 Amelia and George decided Amelia should make the Atlantic crossing from America to Britain alone. She broke several records on this flight; she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, the only person to have flown it twice and she established a new transatlantic crossing record of 13 hours and 30 minutes. Understandably, she became even more famous as a result earning respect for women pilots all over the world by proving that women could fly as well as men, if not better.
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*an aerial stunt [ˈɛərɪəl ˈstʌnt] фигура высшего пилотажа
2. How did Amelia get interested in flying? Read aloud the extract which says about it.
3. What invitation did Amelia receive one day?
4. Why did Amelia become famous?
Possibly the most famous female pilot ever, Amelia Earhart was born in 1897 in Kansas, the USA. Amelia had a difficult and unsettled childhood. Her family travelled a great deal so her father could find work. Although she often missed school, Amelia was nevertheless considered to be very bright academically. She enjoyed reading and poetry as well as sports, especially basketball and tennis.
After graduating from high school, instead of going to college, Amelia decided to study nursing. During the First World War, she worked as a military nurse in Canada. When the war ended she became a social worker back in America and taught English to immigrants. In her free time, Amelia enjoyed going to air shows and watching aerial stunts, which were very popular during the 1920s. Her fascination with flying began when, at one of those shows, she took a tenminute ride, and from that moment on she knew she had to learn to fly.
Amelia took on several odd jobs to pay for the flying lessons and after a year, she had saved enough money to buy her own plane. She organised cross-country air races for women pilots and formed a now famous women pilots’ organisation, called the ‘NinetyNines’. One day Amelia received an invitation to be the first woman ever to make the flight across the Atlantic from Canada to Britain. Amelia made the flight in 1928 and, although she was only a passenger and two men flew the plane, it made her a celebrity. She also met there her future husband, George Putman, a publisher, who arranged the flight and organised all the publicity.
In 1932 Amelia and George decided Amelia should make the Atlantic crossing from America to Britain alone. She broke several records on this flight; she became the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, the only person to have flown it twice and she established a new transatlantic crossing record of 13 hours and 30 minutes. Understandably, she became even more famous as a result earning respect for women pilots all over the world by proving that women could fly as well as men, if not better.
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*an aerial stunt [ˈɛərɪəl ˈstʌnt] фигура высшего пилотажа
2. How did Amelia get interested in flying? Read aloud the extract which says about it.
3. What invitation did Amelia receive one day?
4. Why did Amelia become famous?
II. Listen to the conversation between Nancy and her mum.(37)
1. What do Nancy’s parents worry about?
2. Why does Nancy refuse to do household chores?
3. What arguments does Mum use to make Nancy clean the room?
1. What do Nancy’s parents worry about?
2. Why does Nancy refuse to do household chores?
3. What arguments does Mum use to make Nancy clean the room?
free-willing* institution - добровольное учреждение
plague* - чума, бедствие
plague* - чума, бедствие
Script
Mum: Nancy, you’ve been home from college for three days now. Why don’t you clean up your room, dear?
Nancy: We don’t have to clean up our rooms at college, Mother.
Mum: That’s very nice, and I’m happy you’re going to such a free-willing* institution. But while you are here in the house I would like you to clean up your room.
Nancy: What difference does it make? It’s my room.
Mum: I know, dear. But your father is very much afraid of the plague*. He said this morning if it’s going to start anywhere in this country, it’s going to start in your room.
Nancy: Mother, you, people, aren’t interested in anything really important. Do you realise how big corporations are polluting our environment?
Mum: Your father and I are very much worried about it. But now we are more concerned about the pollution in your bedroom.
Nancy: I never do it at the college.
Mum: Of course you don’t, and I’m sure the time you save goes towards your education, doesn’t it? But we still have that old-fashioned idea about making beds in the morning. And since you are at home, why don’t you do it to please us? Nancy: All right, all right. I’ll clean up my room if it means that much to you. But I want you to know you’ve ruined my vacation.
Nancy: We don’t have to clean up our rooms at college, Mother.
Mum: That’s very nice, and I’m happy you’re going to such a free-willing* institution. But while you are here in the house I would like you to clean up your room.
Nancy: What difference does it make? It’s my room.
Mum: I know, dear. But your father is very much afraid of the plague*. He said this morning if it’s going to start anywhere in this country, it’s going to start in your room.
Nancy: Mother, you, people, aren’t interested in anything really important. Do you realise how big corporations are polluting our environment?
Mum: Your father and I are very much worried about it. But now we are more concerned about the pollution in your bedroom.
Nancy: I never do it at the college.
Mum: Of course you don’t, and I’m sure the time you save goes towards your education, doesn’t it? But we still have that old-fashioned idea about making beds in the morning. And since you are at home, why don’t you do it to please us? Nancy: All right, all right. I’ll clean up my room if it means that much to you. But I want you to know you’ve ruined my vacation.
- What role do Mass media play in your life? Which of them do you prefer?
- Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?
- Ask people who live without a TV set, computer or radio some questions.
- Give me some advice on what interesting programme to watch on TV.
- Can the Internet replace all the other means of mass media? What is your point of view?
POSSIBLE RESPONSE
1. Mass media play an important role in the life of society. They inform, educate and entertain people. Millions of people in their spare time watch TV and read newspapers.
Mass Media have made our world small. Now information gets from one part of the world to another at the speed of light. Everyday a huge amount of information is given by newspaper articles, TV news and radio. For us it is to choose what’s the truth and what’s not.
A wide range of different shows, films and other kinds of programs are created just for our pleasure. We are fed up with various kinds of entertainment. Mass Media add spice to our lives. They make us laugh and cry.
As for me I’m not a TV fan. But my parents still watch TV. My mother enjoys watching lifestyle programmes, talk shows, soaps, drama and sitcoms. My father prefers news and sports programmes.
To tell the truth, I’m not really interested in any traditional media. Instead I enjoy using the Internet, which unites all media sources nowadays. So I can easily watch the same films or channels online. Besides, sometimes I use the Internet for communication with my friends who live far away from me. I am sure that the Internet has changed my life for the better, because it’s the easiest and quickest way to stay informed.
2. Yes, there is. I can’t live without my mobile phone. I use it every day to come in touch with my friends or to get information.
3. How do you spend your free time?
Where do you get information from?
Would you like to have a computer or a mobile phone? Why? Why not?
4. In my opinion an interesting programme is the one which may teach us something. So I highly recommend you to watch Discovery and National Geographic.
5. It's hard to say now. The Internet is a great source of information and entertainment for many people. But there are always those who prefer going to the cinema or reading a good book to surfing the Internet. Let's wait and see.
Mass Media have made our world small. Now information gets from one part of the world to another at the speed of light. Everyday a huge amount of information is given by newspaper articles, TV news and radio. For us it is to choose what’s the truth and what’s not.
A wide range of different shows, films and other kinds of programs are created just for our pleasure. We are fed up with various kinds of entertainment. Mass Media add spice to our lives. They make us laugh and cry.
As for me I’m not a TV fan. But my parents still watch TV. My mother enjoys watching lifestyle programmes, talk shows, soaps, drama and sitcoms. My father prefers news and sports programmes.
To tell the truth, I’m not really interested in any traditional media. Instead I enjoy using the Internet, which unites all media sources nowadays. So I can easily watch the same films or channels online. Besides, sometimes I use the Internet for communication with my friends who live far away from me. I am sure that the Internet has changed my life for the better, because it’s the easiest and quickest way to stay informed.
2. Yes, there is. I can’t live without my mobile phone. I use it every day to come in touch with my friends or to get information.
3. How do you spend your free time?
Where do you get information from?
Would you like to have a computer or a mobile phone? Why? Why not?
4. In my opinion an interesting programme is the one which may teach us something. So I highly recommend you to watch Discovery and National Geographic.
5. It's hard to say now. The Internet is a great source of information and entertainment for many people. But there are always those who prefer going to the cinema or reading a good book to surfing the Internet. Let's wait and see.