Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов 3-5 курсов исторического факультета. Часть 2. Коныгина Г.И. - 16 стр.

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explore a vast range of subject material and as a result, one of the first collecting crazes
of the Twentieth Century - known as deltiology - started.
Sally: So they caught on straight away?
Neil: Yes, in the next six years, one hundred million postcards were sold in Britain.
Many were never used but were put straight into albums by people who were collecting
them. Millions more were used to send simple messages. In fact, postal deliveries were
so quick and reliable that one businessman who made the daily trip to London from his
home fifty kilometres away would send a postcard to his wife, telling her what time he
would be home.
Sally: Has collecting postcards always been a popular hobby?
Neil: Well, in the middle part of the century the postcard declined quite considerably,
because of increases in postage rates, greater use of the telephone, and changing social
habits, and this was reflected in a fall in postcard collecting. In the 1950s, comic
postcards and those with countryside views were the only ones people collected. But in
the 1960s, there was a huge revival of interest in collecting, and this continues today.
Sally: So what’s the appeal of collecting postcards today?
Neil: There are a variety of reasons. In the first place, many postcards are miniature
works of art, giving visual pleasure. But there’s also the historical value. Local
historians are very interested in topographical views - street scenes - which show them
how towns and villages used to be, and enable them to compare them with how they are
now. These postcards show how society was in the past. At the beginning of the
Twentieth Century, postcards were commonly used as an early form of news reporting -
the postcard at that time was actually a photographic record - remember, there weren’t
photos in newspapers and magazines then.
Sally: And are some of these postcards worth a lot of money?
Neil: They can be. There are albums of pictures which people have long forgotten
about, which hold absolute treasures, all over the country. Some rare postcards can be
worth hundreds, even thousands, of pounds.
Sally: So, David, perhaps you’d better check whether you’ve got a valuable postcard or
two lying around in your house!
Presenter: I will. Thanks, Sally. That was Sally Wells, reporting from the postcard
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You will hear five different people talking about a famous sportsman who has retired.
For questions 19-23, choose from the list A-F who each speaker is. Use the letters only
once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
Speaker 1 He’s one of the all-time greats. I knew the first time I saw him that he was
going to be something special. I’ve followed his career from the start and it’s been great
watching him. Of course, a lot’s been written about him, and not all of it good, and he’s
certainly had his share of arguments with the people who run the game. But for those of
us who love the team, he’s given us a tremendous amount of joy. Going to matches
won’t be quite the same without him playing.
Speaker 2 Every country needs its heroes and he’s certainly been one of ours. I can’t
pretend he was always that easy to get on with during games - he was quite an