Номер 2, страница 6 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Вербицкая, Маккинли

Unit 1. Success!. Grammar and reading - номер 2, страница 6.

Условие.

2 Read the article again and answer the questions.

• Why did Hardeep feel lonely as a teenager?

• Why did she become interested in art?

• Why didn't she go to her college interview?

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Happy Accidents

Hardeep Sidhu is one of Britain's top women comedians. She is appearing this week at the Buxton Comedy Festival.

When I was twelve, my parents moved out of London to a small village near Oxford. I was the only Asian girl in my school, and I suddenly felt a bit lonely. I became a typical 'difficult' teenager – I hated school, and I thought all the world was against me. But two important things happened. I realised that being funny was the best way to make friends. Perhaps if we'd stayed in London I would never have learned how to be funny! And then I had a brilliant art teacher, Mrs York, who encouraged me to go to Art College. I would probably have left school as early as possible if I hadn't met her. However, on the day of my college interview in Bath, I woke up late. I left the house wearing two odd shoes and didn't notice that my bottle of chocolate milk had spilled all over the paintings in my bag. Then when I finally got to the station, I got on the wrong train! Who knows ... if I had gone to Bath that day I might have become a professional artist. But I went to Swindon instead! I told the woman next to me on the train about what had happened, and she sat and cried with laughter. It turned out she was the producer of a comedy programme on the radio. To cut a long story short, I got an invitation a week later to attend an audition for the show ... and the rest, as they say, is history! I'm very lucky – my life has been full of happy accidents!

START

Parents stay in London

Have lots of friends

Do well at school

Go to university

Become an artist

Arrive for college interview

Catch the train to Bath

Parents move to Oxford

Feel lonely

Become a difficult teenager

Be inspired by art teacher

Decide to go to Art College in Bath

Catch the wrong train

Start talking to stranger on train

Start a career in comedy

Leave school early

Work in family firm

Get bored

Решение.

Решение 2.

Почему Хардип чувствовала себя одинокой в подростковом возрасте?

Почему она заинтересовалась искусством?

Почему она не поехала на собеседование в колледж?

Ответ:

• She felt lonely because her parents moved from London to a small village, and she was the only Asian girl in her new school. / Она чувствовала себя одинокой, потому что её родители переехали из Лондона в маленькую деревню, и она была единственной азиатской девочкой в своей новой школе.

• She became interested in art because she had a brilliant art teacher, Mrs York, who encouraged her to go to Art College. / Она заинтересовалась искусством, потому что у нее была замечательная учительница рисования, миссис Йорк, которая посоветовала ей поступить в художественный колледж.

• She didn't go to her college interview because she got on the wrong train. / Она не поехала на собеседование в колледж, потому что села не на тот поезд.