1. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы по тексту. ‘THE BLIND MAN AND THE GREAT ARTIST’.
2. Прочитайте текст и выскажитесь по проблеме, затронутой в тексте.
Аргументируйте вашу точку зрения. Сейчас много говорят о телевидении, отме­чают как положительные, так и отрицательные его стороны. А что думаешь ты? TV in our life.

3. Разыграйте с учителем следующую ситуацию. Вы хотите пойти на курсы иностранного языка. Ваш друг считает, что не нужно учить иностранные языки, так как это требует много времени и усилий, в то время как всегда можно прибегнуть к услугам переводчика. Вы с ним не согласны. Приведите не менее двух причин, почему вы так не думаете. Спросите, согласен ли ваш друг с вашим мнением.

TEXT №12: ‘THE BLIND MAN AND THE GREAT ARTIST’.

Every day in one of the streets of Vienna you could see a blind man playing the violin. His dog sat near him with a cap in his mouth. People, who were passing them, dropped coins into the cap.

One day, when the weather was very cold, the man was playing for a long time, but nobody wanted to give him anything. The poor man thought that he would have to go to bed without supper. He was so tired and so weak that he stopped playing.

At that moment a young man came uр to him and asked him why he stopped playing. The blind man said he had played for two hours but nobodyr had given him anything. "Give me your violin. I shall help you", said the man. And with these words he began to play. He played so well that people began to gather and soon there was a big crowd. Everybody was eager to listen to the fine music and to thank the young man for the pleasure.

Soon the cap was full of money.
"I don't know how to thank you", said the blind man. "Who are you?"

"I am Paganini", was the answer.

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