 138  II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы. 1. Why was Bert disappointed when Howard went to art college? 2. Why does Bert envy his son in a way? 3. At what time in his life did Howard understand what sort of person his father is? 4. What features of character does Howard value in his father? III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста. 1. Howard got interested in painting and drawing at the age of 13. 2. In spite of all the difficulties father and son have had lately Howard loves his father very much. №24 Прочитайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания. Men have walked on the moon, transplanted hearts and invented machines to think for them. But they cannot cure the common cold. A spokesman at the world-famous cold research center in Salisbury sounded . understandably bad- tempered when I spoke to him about it. They've been working on the problem for years but the most optimistic he could be was to hope that they would find a cure within the next 10 years. So what was their advice on coping with a cold meanwhile? «Ignore it», he said. In urban areas we have about three colds a year and they are caused not by wet feet or sitting in a draught, but by a virus, or rather many viruses which are always changing so that a vaccine prepared from one is useless against the next. But every year the pharmaceutical companies spend millions of pounds trying to persuade us that their product will banish1 the miseries of sneezing, running noses, sore throats, headaches and coughs. They admit they can't cure the cold, but they do promise to relieve2 the symptoms. We looked at 10 well-known brands of cold remedies and asked a doctor to explain, exactly what they contain, each ingredient is for, and his opinion on their effectiveness. Although none of the preparations had exactly the same ingredients, they fell into certain categories. 138 |
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