Номер 18, страница 37, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Вербицкая, Гаярделли

Часть 2. Unit 12. Shopping - номер 18, страница 37.

Условие.

18 Which of these presents are really the worst? Which would you like to get for yourself?

Say what you think

The worst gift for a pop-star

For Christmas and the New Year we may receive not only gifts we were dreaming about, but also some presents that we don’t like at all.

For example, Britney Spears remembers that her grandmother adored giving her socks. ‘Your relatives’ attention is important and every gift is good, but the socks — it’s too much.’

However, such a gift is more practical than the slippers that were given to Kylie Minogue at the age of 17. The slippers had the picture of Bugs Bunny. ‘When you are 17 you want to look cool. I was offended!’ remembers Kylie. ‘But of course I pretended to appreciate the slippers a lot and wore them at home. Thanks, granny!’

Sting is too polite to say what the worst gift he ever had was: ‘I received many presents I didn’t like too much, but I kept them all.’

Sir Elton John is not as polite as his friend and well remembers some terrible gifts of his childhood, among them models of planes that he had to build. He hated them. What he wanted very much was a CD!

For Emma Bunton her worst gift was a lamp decorated with artificial flowers. It was her grandmother’s present. Later on she hid the lamp in the wardrobe — it was so ugly!

The singer Jenny Frost from Atomic Kitten was rather afraid of her grandmother’s gifts, too. ‘My granny is an adorable lady,’ says Jenny Frost. ‘But she was mad about those shops where you can find the most useless little things. And it was there that she bought the earrings which sparkled and even played the tune Merry Christmas.’

One of the Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, thinks it isn’t nice to criticise presents, but she confides she received clothes she didn’t like a lot. ‘People told me, ‘Oh, you’re so stylish, I’m sure you’ll like it!’ And I thought, ‘Do you really think it’s nice?! I will never wear it!’

Решение.

Решение 2.

18. Какие из этих подарков действительно худшие? Какой бы вы хотели получить для себя?

Ответ:

I think the worst gifts are the lamp with artificial flowers and the musical earrings. They sound really tacky and useless. I would like to get the models of planes for myself. Building them could be a fun hobby. (Я думаю, что худшие подарки — это лампа с искусственными цветами и музыкальные серьги. Они кажутся очень безвкусными и бесполезными. Я бы хотел получить для себя модели самолетов. Их сборка могла бы стать интересным хобби.)