Номер 1, страница 104 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Кузовлев, Лапа

Unit 4. What school do you go to?. Lesson 7. Good news, bad news - номер 1, страница 104.

Условие.

Blair and Serena from the book Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar are leaving school; they want to go to university. They had sent letters to different universities and they got the answers.

1) Look through the text and say what universities the girls sent their letters to. Find the information about them in the LCG. (reading for specific information)

1. On the bed between the two girls there were some letters, which were put facedown and the girls couldn't see return addresses. Blair got seven letters and five letters were Serena's. "Okay. Ready?" Serena asked.

Blair closed her eyes and took the first letter. "Okay. Let's do it."

Rriipp! Rriipp! Rriipp!

2. Blair looked at Serena. "How'd you do?" she asked.

Serena could tell from the scary look on Blair's face that the news was not good. She didn't know what to say. "Well, I got a place ... um ... basically ... everywhere?"

Blair stared at the acceptance letters in Serena's hands. On top was a letter with the blue Yale University* letterhead. "Wait, you applied to Yale?" asked Blair.

"Yes," Serena said. "At the last minute I just decided, why not, you know?"

"And you got a place?"

"Yes. Sorry."

3. The way Blair was looking at her was making Serena nervous. What did Serena have that she didn't? She was the top student in her class at school and took every AP* course they offered. She was the best at the SAT. She did charity work. She was the leader of the French club. She was an excellent tennis player. Her whole life she'd been working to enter Yale. Her father had gone there. Her great-uncle had donated two buildings and a playing field. Serena took no APs at all, and did only a few extracurricular activities. Serena's dad had gone to Princeton* and Brown,* two of Yale's biggest competitors.¹ Still, Yale had accepted Serena and put Blair on their wait list!

4. "Perhaps I won't even go," Serena tried to make things less important. "I have to ... you know ... visit all the schools before I decide," she gathered her blond hair on top of her head. "Maybe I won't even go to college right away. I could stay in the city and try to do some acting or something."

5. So Serena got into Yale, but she didn't even really want to go there. Serena collected her letters and held them behind her back.

"What about the other schools? You must have —"

"I got wait listed at Yale. The only place that accepted me is Georgetown.* Stupid Georgetown. But it was my safety."

Serena stared at her for a moment, her eyes wide with surprise. "That's not so bad," Serena said. "I'm sure Yale is hard to enter. And if you didn't enter, at least you have backup."¹

2) In the text, find the words and phrases which mean the following. (guessing meaning by context)

1) обратный адрес (§ 1)

2) письмо о принятии (в университет, на работу) (§ 2)

3) шапка на фирменном бланке (§ 2)

4) обращаться с просьбой, (письменным) заявлением (о приёме на работу, учёбу) (§ 2)

5) внепрограммные, необязательные, факультативные мероприятия (§ 3)

6) включить в лист ожидания (§ 3, 5)

7) дурацкий (§ 5)

Решение.

Решение 2.

1. Просмотрите текст и скажите, в какие университеты девушки отправили свои письма.

Ответ:

According to the text, Serena applied to Yale University. Blair applied to Yale University and Georgetown.

Согласно тексту, Серена подала документы в Йельский университет. Блэр подала документы в Йельский университет и Джорджтаун.

2. В тексте найдите слова и фразы, которые означают следующее:

Ответ:

1) return addresses - обратные адреса

2) acceptance letters - письма о зачислении

3) letterhead - фирменный бланк

4) to apply (to) - подавать заявление (в)

5) extracurricular activities - внеклассные/внеучебные мероприятия

6) to be wait listed / to be put on the wait list - быть включенным в лист ожидания

7) stupid - дурацкий