в) Закінчіть речення так, щоб вони відповідали змісту оповідання.

1) The shopkeeper went out to shut the windows and through the glass he saw ... . 2) "I'll have lots of fun," the shopkeeper said to himself as he thought of a way to punish ... . 3) Seth wanted to get out of the shop at once, but the shopkeeper ... . 4) Seth didn't know what to do. The butter began to ... .

3. Уважно прочитайте репліки співрозмовників. Підготуйтеся

відтворити діалог за ролями.

4. Придумайте свій варіант заголовка до оповідання.

Task 9

1. Прочитайте текст за 1 хв. і скажіть, про що йдеться в ньому.

Pop music has permeated¹ all the mass media² — radio, television, cinema and the press. Yet, what is it? It obviously³ means more than just popular. Mozart is popular but he is certainly not pop. The Oxford English Dictionary cannot help those who are trying to find more or less exact definition⁴ to the word "pop".

Music is the "art of combining sounds with a view to⁵ beauty of form and expression of emotion." Good music, like any good art, is characterized by its lasting qualities⁶. From this point of view, pop music may be seen as the antithesis⁷ of music.

Pop music appeared in the mid-50s with the arrival⁸ of rock'n'roll. In the course of time rock came out of fashion, and moreover, every comedian⁹ added to his repertoire¹⁰ jokes about guitarists and singers in hippy-like wigs¹¹. Yet, rock and its hybrids still form the mainstream¹² of pop.

A long-standing¹³ criticism of pop songs is that "You can't hear the words. About 99 per cent of songs are about "love", and most are not worth listening to¹⁴. On the other hand, those songs which have a lot to say are all too frequently¹⁶ pieces of literature¹⁶ accompanied by guitars¹⁷. Folk-singer Bob Dylan provided¹⁸ many examples of this. He can sing poetically about death, war, class attitude¹⁹ and justice²⁰.

A fairly simple message with a good melody has been found by the Beatles and occasionally by the other groups. Some of the Beatles' old songs still enjoy popularity today.