Раздел 2. Чтение

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1. Nervous
2. Natural temper
3. Devoted
4. A change in temper
5. Funny
6. Inappropriate self confidence
7. Inconvenient
8. Sensitive Soul

A.Andy has a terrible singing voice. However he likes to sing and when he sings he is usually very loud and out of tune. Liz thinks that he cannot hear his own voice properly. She assumes that Andy actually believes he has a marvelous voice and anyone who happens to hear one of his beautiful performances is simply lucky. Certainly nobody has ever suspected Andy of being faint hearted or shy.
B.What starts the “terrible two” syndrome on a child’s second birthday? During the first year and 364 days they are smiling, cooing and are sweet as can be. The next day they become mini gangsters — screaming, biting, hair pulling and scratching! I am not sure but many psychologists believe that it is because they lack needed language skills and are angry because they can’t communicate.
C.My sister is a really happy soul and everybody loves her. She is often in a good mood and rarely angry — but she does cry a lot! If she watches a film with a really sad ending it makes her cry. What is more surprising is that is she sees a film with a really happy ending — the chances are that we will still see wet cheeks. Even hearing our baby brother singing one of his nursery rhymes will set her off!
D.We live in a village two miles away from Brighton. There is a good bus service in terms of lots of buses available that generally arrive on time. The problem is that few of them go direct to our village. Instead they make detours down to the Marina and up various residential roads making dozens of stops before reaching our village. What should take 5 minutes sometimes takes almost half an hour.
E.In the past, the smallest things made him angry — he was always shouting and raging. Shop assistants, traffic lights, the TV news — almost anything could make him erupt! Cynthia’s suggestion that he put a pound in a jar each time he got angry proved helpful. Now, sometimes, he even begins to laugh the moment he notices he is angry. When the jar is full he’s promised to treat Cynthia to a meal.
F.Susie loves Rags — her cheerful, faithful and furry companion. She takes him walking every morning and evening and if she cycles to her friend’s house, Rags is invited to run along behind. She never forgets his birthday and is always buying him
special toys and tasty treats. I’ll never forget how sad she was when Rags went missing for a week. She cried every day he was away.
G.Robert Long and Arthur Short are work colleagues and they have known each other since school days. But they often make people laugh when first introduced since Robert Long, could easily get a part in a stage production of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Arthur Short, meanwhile, would not look out of place in a pro Basket Ball team although he is useless at the game.