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A Quarrel
family, picture-based, СПбГУ, СПбГУ финал 10–11, freestyle, olympic writing 2019/20, psychology, humour
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Aristotle's Quotation
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«Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth»
(Aristotle)…
Artificial Intelligence VS Human Intelligence
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Can Artificial Intelligence Replace the Real Human Intelligence?
They say Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon replace many blue collar and white collar jobs. Artificial Intelligence is exhibiting a slow but continuous influence on the value and availability of work - in the form of wages and the number of adult workers with full-time jobs. The widespread disappearance of jobs would result in a soci…
Babies and Languages
Babies are born able to produce all of the sounds of all the world languages and ready to speak any of them.
Write down your ideas on this statement…
Computer Getting Out of Control
Answer the question and comment on the statement.
If now the computer already helps us to think, sometime it inevitably will start to think and act. What if created by hands and brains of the person the computer, really, unexpectedly will get out of control…
Family Life
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Healthy Writing
Give up to 10 examples of healthy nutrition and eating habits.
(1) Not to eat after 6 o’clock…
Human Lifespan
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Is there necessarily a limit to human aging? The wish to extend the human lifespan has a long tradition in many cultures. Optimistic views of the possibility of achieving this goal through the latest developments in medicine feature increasingly in serious scientific and philosophical discussion. Focusing on interventions in biological ageing, one can distinguish between research that is first and foremost aimed at prolonging life by slowing or e…
Knowledge and Wisdom
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Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
(Jim Hendrix)…
Koalas Aren’t Extinct
олимпиады 10 класс, олимпиады 11 класс, opinion, СПбГУ, freestyle, olympic writing 2019/20, animals, environment
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Koalas Aren’t Extinct, but Their Future Is in Danger, Experts Say.
Claims that koalas were “functionally extinct” spread widely online as fires raged in Australia. With large areas of their crucial habitat ravaged, it is unclear what the future holds for a species that was already under threat before this round of bush fires. Some koalas have been rescued, and with blazes still burning, it is hard to know how many have been kille…
Refusing Gifts
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Text Completion — 1
Представьте, что вы стали невольным свидетелем важного разговора, но Вам удалось расслышать не все реплики. Восстановите недостающие фразы по картинке и запишите их в лист ответов.
Waiter: Good evening, sir, madam. 1. ____________________________________
Mr Adams: No, we aren't. Give us another minute or two, please.
Waiter: Perhaps I could help you.
Mr Adams: Oh, yes, please.
Waiter: Of course. 2. ____________________________________
Mrs Adams: No, we aren't. We eat meat and fish…
Text Completion — 2
Представьте, что вы стали невольным свидетелем важного разговора, но Вам удалось расслышать не все реплики. Восстановите недостающие фразы по картинке и запишите их в лист ответов.
A: 1. __________________ You don't look very well.
B: No. I've had a terrible cold. I've been in bed all weekend, but it's better today.
A: Mm. I had a bad cold last week.
B: I know, and you gave it to everyone in the office. 2. __________________ if I'd had a cold like that.
C: Are you OK?
D: Ye…
Text Completion — 3
Представьте, что вы стали невольным свидетелем важного разговора, но Вам удалось расслышать не все реплики. Восстановите недостающие фразы по картинке и запишите их в лист ответов…
Text Completion — 4
Reconstruct the missing parts of the article using the key words. More than one sentence can be written. The average number of words you should use is given in the brackets below.
“Added value. Celebrity couples: magic or misery?”
For some celebrity couples, two really is better than one... but (single/suit/good) (10-13) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Rosie Milner follows the changing profiles of some of the star…
The Ant and the Grasshopper Fable
Read the fable and write down the moral it contains in the space below the fable.
The Ant and the Grasshopper Fable.
In the field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. “Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?”
“I'm helping to lay up food for winter,&r…
Winston Churchill's Quote
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«Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference»
(Sir Winston Churchill)…
Writing a Comment — 20
олимпиады 10 класс, олимпиады 11 класс, picture-based, Ломоносов финал 10–11, freestyle, olympic writing 2019/20, art, Banksy
You are going to read an encyclopedic article on a famous artist. Using the information from the text or your background knowledge, explain why the works of art following the text could (or could not) be created by the said artist.
Banksy is an anonymous British graffiti artist known for his antiauthoritarian art, often done in public places.
Though Banksy’s identity was well guarded, he came to notice as a freehand graffiti artist in 1993. Using stencils since 2000 to enhan…
Writing an Advertisement — 1
Докажите, что «Реклама — двигатель торговли»! Представьте, что Вы маркетолог и отвечаете за продвижение товаров на рынке Великобритании. Выберите один из изображенных ниже товаров и напишите к нему слоган и рекламное объявление. Ваша задача — сделать товар привлекательным для покупателя. Важно использовать многообразие средств выразительности английского языка.
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Writing an Advertisement — 2
Докажите, что «Реклама — двигатель торговли»! Представьте, что Вы маркетолог и отвечаете за продвижение товаров на рынке Великобритании. Выберите один из изображенных ниже товаров и напишите к нему слоган и рекламное объявление. Ваша задача — сделать товар привлекательным для покупателя. Важно использовать многообразие средств выразительности английского языка.
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