This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 59 стр.

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3 COMPREHENSION CHECK

Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE

1. There are a number of ways to find someone to date in the US.

2. The purpose of dating is to develop a close relationship and get married.

3. Young people in America usually live with their parents until they get married.

4. Blind dates are the most popular forms of finding someone to marry.

5. Some public eating and drinking places that help plan dates for single people

charge a lot of money for their service.

6. A business called Match.com is a leader in organizing dates through the World

Wide Web.

7. No one method of finding someone to date works for everyone.

4 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR EXERCISES

1) Match the beginnings of the phrases with their endings to make expressions

from the text

1. involved a. programs and activities

2. meet b. close relationship

3. find c. a message on a recording machine

4. offer d. by communicating with strangers

5. leave e. in a close relationship

6. start f. dates through services

7. form g. of finding someone to date

8. method h. by chance in a public place

2) Bare or Full Infinitive? Fill in the gaps with suitable forms of the Infinitive

There are a number of ways 1)_____(find/to find) someone 2) ____ (date/to

date). Some people meet at work. Others meet by chance in a public place. Still

others visit places where other single people go. Or they can 3) ____ (use/to use)

businesses that help 4) ____ (organize/to organize) dates.

There are telephone dating services in many cities. A person calls a telephone

dating service and leaves a message on a recording machine. For example, a man