Hooligans/housing/neighbourhood SPEAKING 8 Hooligans/housing/neighbourhood

Task 1. You are going to read the text aloud. You have 1 Task 1. You are going to read the text aloud. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, and then be ready to read it aloud. Remember that you will not have more than 2 minutes for reading aloud. People all over the world say the British football fans are very cruel. They try to fight the supporters of the other team inside and outside the stadium. The problem of hooligans is not new. There were already hooligans a hundred years ago. An angry crowd stopped the players from leaving the pitch at a game in England in 1885. There are hooligans in other countries, but they have always been worst in England. They were a very big problem there in the 1980s. Hooligans broke glasses in bars and shop windows in the streets of the towns where their team were playing. They went to the matches by train and broke everything in the trains. Many people in England were afraid to go into the street on the day of a football match. Today things are better. Games now are not so dangerous because the police understand the problem better. Families have started to go to soccer games again. In England you can see the bright side of soccer again.

Do you live in a house or in a flat? Task 2. You are going to take part in a telephone survey. You have to answer six questions. Give full answers to the questions. Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question. Do you live in a house or in a flat? 1______________________________________ Is it a typical kind of housing in your country? 2_______________________________________ What types of houses are there in your country? 3__________________________________________ Do many people rent houses? 4__________________________________________ How do people in your country feel about their houses? 5__________________________________________ Which house or a flat would you prefer to live in? 6____________________________________________

what kind of neighbourhood you live in Task 3. You are going to give a talk about neighbourhood. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously. Remember to say: what kind of neighbourhood you live in if you have any problems in your local area what residents can do to improve their neighbourhood

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