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#8: 柏崎、新潟

Attila İlhan is a poet lived in between 1925-2005. He has many poems and books. One of the very valuable poets of Turkish literature. He usually writes his poems to anyone, his love poems are usually written for a stranger. Being a poet is also a little bit about being very emotional isn't it?

Şiirler/Poems 

Üçüncü Şahsın Şiiri-Attila İlhan

   МОЛОДАЯ СЕМЬЯ
   Это   Виктор   и   Лена.   Они   муж   и   жена.   Они   ещё   очень   молодые.  Виктор  и  Лена  студенты.  Они  учатся  в  Петербургском  университете.
   Виктор  и  Лена  очень  любят  друг  друга.  Они  живут  вместе  2 года. Они познакомились, когда отдыхали на Чёрном море.
   Лена москвичка. Но сейчас она, конечно, живёт в Петербурге, потому что здесь живёт её муж.
   Недавно Лена была в Москве. Там она видела папу, маму, брата, подругу.  Родители  спросили,  как  живут  Лена  и  её  муж.  Лена  сказала, что они живут хорошо, что у них всё нормально.
   Сейчас  Лена  не  учится,  потому  что  она  ждёт  ребёнка.  Лена  хочет девочку, а её муж — мальчика. Виктор и Лена — хорошая семья.

Вопросы:
1) Где учатся Виктор и Лена?
2) Сколько времени Виктор и Лена живут вместе?
3) Когда они познакомились?
4) Где Лена жила раньше?
5) Где она живёт сейчас?
6) Где Лена была недавно?
7) Кого Лена видела в Москве?
8) Почему Лена сейчас не учится?

Источник текста и заданий: "Первые шаги. Ч1" Беликова Л.Г., Шутова Т.А., Ерофеева И.Н.
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Queen Elizabeth the First 

IELTS Speaking Part 1 - Telephoning.

How often do you make telephone calls? 
Who do you spend the most time talking to on the telephone? 
When do you think you’ll next make a telephone call? 
Do you sometimes prefer to send a text message instead of telephoning?

How can you answer these basic questions? What would you include? Should you make it complicated or should it be simple and straighforward?