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1. In the beginning Elaine and Roy didn't plan to educate their children at home. 2. Three of the Fullwoods children have never been to school. 3. Neither of the parents has ever had any teacher-training. 4. Roy and Elaine will decide later whether their children will do «O» and «A» level exams. II. Ответьте на следующие вопросы. 1. At what moment did things go wrong at school? 2. What was Elaine concerned about during the first year of home education? 3. How much time does Roy spend with his family? 4. What do Roy and Elaine put a lot of emphasis on in the upbringing of their children? III. Исправьте предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста. 1. At the end of the first year of home education Elaine and Roy took the girls to the heads of the schools where they would have been pupils. 2. Although the children will never go to school again there is no anti-school feeling in the home. №18 Прочитайте текст два раза и выполните следующие задания. From inside the zoo director's office, the tiger is living very comfortably. Saved from having to earn its own living in the tough outside world, it has all its meals provided and doesn't even have to walk anywhere. I have heard one zoo director describe the zoo as a «welfare state» for animals. But the zoo director also tells us that the tiger is earning its keep by educating the public. When their existence is put into question zoos always answer by saying that they educate people. The argument goes like this: all the nature and wildlife documentary films in the world can't replace flesh and blood. There's just nothing like the experience of coming face to face with real, live, wild animals. Having seen wild animals close up, zoo visitors will be so enthusiastic about the wonders of the natural world that they will start to care deeply about what is happening to wild animals, go off and do something about it. Along with all the other caged animals, the tiger — to use a favourite zoo phrase — is an «ambassador for the wild». 127
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