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Topc 6: My Friends
Like many other students, I have friends at school (in the town/ village) where I live.
Some of my classmates/ boys/ girls from school are my friends. They are the same as me in
their habits. We have the same field of interest. Youngsters today are interested in sports/
music/ going to concerts/ looking after animals / keeping pets / playing computer games, etc.
We spend long hours together in school (in our free time/ in the afternoon/ at weekends, etc). I
often talk with my friends about life / school/ parents/ the problems caused by the generation
gap. One of my friends likes fast sports cars (classical music/ taking photos of animals and
plants/ repairing old things / collecting stamps and coins, etc).

When we have free tirne, we visit/ call each other and organise joint programmes/ outings/
trips to the mountains/nature. If the weather is good, we go fishing (on a bike tour/ waiking
trips).

If it is raining, we either go to the cinema/club (to visit friends) or play indoor games like
football, basketball, handball, tennis, etc.

My best friend is a very polite

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considerate/ cleveil skilful/ optimistic/ positive/ pro-active) and gifted boyi girl. Helshe is
very good at sports (mathsi school subjects/ computersl music/ dancing/ drawing/ languages).
He/she is about my height (as tall as me). He/she is taller (shorterl more enthusiasticl less
pessimistic/ more generous/ less talkative) than me. He/she follows teenage fashion in
clothing (in hairstyle/ way of life). Usually we are in agreement but sometimes we quarrel
about studying (girls/ boys). What I like in him/her is that he/she respects teachers (has got a
good sense of humour/ helps a lot in studies/ listens to me). I can share my probiems/ trouLrles
with him/her and he/she makes me calml relaxed.
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Do you have friends?

What do your friends have in common?
What do you do together?

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Do you have common interests?

What is your best friend like?
What do you respect in him/her?

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Write a letter to your penfriend about what personality you are and what personality your best
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Topic 8: The Telephone

If you have a telephone / If you are on the phone, you can sort out things rnuch more easily.
You can easily get in touch with the people you need to talk to. You can send a telegram or.'er
the phone. Sorne telephones have an answerphone system, which, if we are not at home, will
automatically answer and record any message left by the caller. I think that the telephone is a
marvellous invention. (It was invented by Alexander Graham 8e11")
There are public phone boxes at post offices and in different places in the towrt. There are
instructions on how to use the telephone.
First you pick up the receiver and wait for the dialling tone. Then you insert a twenty-foint
coin into the slot and dial the number. If you are calling a place in the same area, you just diai
the number, but if you call somebody who lives in another town or village, you dial first the
code for that area. For these long-distance calls the charge is higher.
A frequent high tone buzzingmeans the line is engaged. You should hang up the receiver and
your oin is returned. If you hear the ringing tone, which is a repeated burr-burr' it means that
the equipment is trying to call the dialled nurnber.

If you have misdialled and it is not the person wanted who answers the phone, you have to
apologise and say: ,,sorry, wrong number".

Nowadays more and more people have mobile phones, which have a great advantage' They
are athand all the time. You might be anywhere, yor.r can easily reach the person you want to
talk to.

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What's your telephone number?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a telephone or a mobile phone?
Why is it useful to have an answelphone?
Where can you find public phone boxes?
Can you teil me how to use a puLrlic phone box?
What do you do if the line is engaged?
What different tones can you hear on the phone? What do they indicate?
Where can you look up the number you want to call?
What happens if you have misdialled?
What do you say first when you answer the phone?
Why are post offices important? What is the central post office like in your town?
How many counters are there? How many services do they offer?
How do you address an envelope in Hungary?
What can you buy at the post office?

Writing Task
Write a letter to your friend. Imagine that you received a mobile phone for your birthday.
State what you could use it for besides calling your friends. Imagine that one day there was a
big crowd in the bus when you got off. You noticed that your phone was gone. Continue the
story, tell your friend what measures you took so that you couid find your telephone"

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