Английский язык. Бабушкин А.П - 6 стр.

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3. Read and retell the text. Answer the question.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being educated at home?
                                      Home Schooling
       All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does
not say they have to be educated at school. A number of parents prefer not to send
their children to school. Children who are educated at home are known as “home
scholars.” There are about 300,000 home scholars in the United States today. Some
parents prefer teaching their children at home. Interestingly, results show that home
school children quite often do better than average on national tests in reading and
maths.
       David Guterson and his wife teach their 3 children at home. Guterson says that
his children learn very differently from children in school. Learning starts with the
children’s interest and questions. For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a
winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow removal equip-
ment, Alaska, polar bears and winter tourism. On a spring evening when the family is
out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about satellites and the space
programme. If the Brazilian rain forests influence the climate, how deserts are
formed, and how the polar ice caps affect ocean levels.
       Home schooling is often more interesting than regular schools, but critics say
that home scholars are outsiders who might be uncomfortable mixing with other peo-
ple in adult life. Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their
children. However, most parents don’t have the time or desire to teach their children
at home, so schools will continue to be the places where most children get their for-
mal education.
4. Speak on the problem
What should ordinary people do in their everyday life to become friendlier to nature?

Test 2

1. Read the texts and do the tests.
                                    A Noisy Dance
       Young people in most countries like to dance. Different peoples have different
kinds of dances.
       Pretend that you are in Africa. You are visiting the Kikuyu tribe.
       Hear the drums beat! Listen to the flutes! Almost 2,000 Kikuyus are meeting
for the most important dance of the year.
       First, the Kikuyus choose a large, flat place for their dance. For hundreds of
years, they have danced on a fall night when the moon is full. The moon and the glow
from small fires light the dancers.
       Older people watch from the side while young men and women gather at the
dancing place. The girls wear beaded leather skirts and tops. The men wear fancy
headdresses and carry spears. The dancers' skin and clothes are coloured by light red
chalk. The chalk and the firelight make the dancers look like statues.
       The dancers act out stories of good and bad deeds. The dances tell stories of
lion hunts and other adventures. In one dance, the girls stand on the boys' feet. The