1) Hurray!!! Я написал opinion essay. По времени вышло не более 20-25 мин (забыл засечь время, но по ощущениям так), по объему - 168 слов.
В основном я почувствовал сложность в использовании артиклей, точнее не то чтобы сильно, но в некоторых местах я, с одной стороны, поставил бы определенный, с другой - вообще ничего. Остановился на варинте "вообще ничего". И пунктуация в паре мест.
Признаюсь, что одну идею и пару linker'ов взял из Successful Writing, откуда же и задание.
Оставлю свой опус в спойлере, если интересно вам будет почитать.)
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Cars are the greatest danger to human life today
___Nowadays, cars are widely considered to be life-threatening to people. From my point of view, these machines have more advantages than disadvantages.
___In the first place, cars are convenient. Their convenience reflects itself in time-saving (when you need to get to a particular place quickly), defense from bad weather conditions, comfort for your body during a trip. (Сразу захотелось "the trip", но вроде нелогично, так ведь?)
___The second reason in favor of cars is personal freedom. By that, I mean you do not need to use public transport services, you are not restricted from limited distance of public transport's route, so you can go wherever and whenever you would like to.
___It is argued that cars pollute our environment and cause a lot of car accidents resulting into injured or killed people. However, in my opinion, with technologies developing, cars are becoming more environmentally friendly, and human deaths are caused by people, not cars themselves.
___Taking everything into account, I claim that cars are highly useful inventions and are not the greatest danger to human life today.
___Nowadays, cars are widely considered to be life-threatening to people. From my point of view, these machines have more advantages than disadvantages.
___In the first place, cars are convenient. Their convenience reflects itself in time-saving (when you need to get to a particular place quickly), defense from bad weather conditions, comfort for your body during a trip. (Сразу захотелось "the trip", но вроде нелогично, так ведь?)
___The second reason in favor of cars is personal freedom. By that, I mean you do not need to use public transport services, you are not restricted from limited distance of public transport's route, so you can go wherever and whenever you would like to.
___It is argued that cars pollute our environment and cause a lot of car accidents resulting into injured or killed people. However, in my opinion, with technologies developing, cars are becoming more environmentally friendly, and human deaths are caused by people, not cars themselves.
___Taking everything into account, I claim that cars are highly useful inventions and are not the greatest danger to human life today.
Еще немного думал, как впихнуть туда conditionals или Past Perfect, но идей не возникло.
2) закончил первый юнит EXPERT First в coursebook'е. Есть ошибки. Буду возвращаться к упражнениям по Use of English и по Vocabulary.
Что касается Listening, то речь speaker'ов мне показалась медленной. Наверное, из-за слушания подкастов и сериалов для носителей.
