Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 11. Dramatize this situations.

1. 
   Exchange impressions with a foreign colleague after a visit to the theatre.
   
2. 
   Speak to a foreign colleague about your favourite playwrights and favourite performances.
   

Exercise 12. Read the letter and do the assignment.
Dear Editor,
Wherever 1 look these days, there are changes. The other day I visited my native town and I hardly knew where I was.
Only a year ago there was a lovely old house in Main street. I was born there. My father sold the house several years ago, but where is it now? When did they build those new stores? There was a nice little meat market next door. It’s gone too. Are they going to move the old church? These are just a few examples of changes that are being made in our town every day.
Things have never changed so often or as fast as they have in the past ten years. It is frightening.
I don't know what young people think, but many older people like me are beginning to feel insecure. People are feeling the stress of constant changes. I am sure that the increasing pace of change is the cause of social problems and men­tal illnesses.
Let’s make changes a little more slowly and think about the people.
Yours truly, Mrs Delia Swan Lakeland, Ohio
assignment [a'sainmont] задание, wherever куда бы ни, store магазин, to move передвинуть, to frighten пугать, insecure [.insa'kjua] ненадежный, непрочный, pace темп, cause [ko:z] причина, mental illnesses психические расстройства
Answer the questions
I. What did Mrs Swan see in her native town? 2. Is she pleased with these changes? 3. Why does she feel insecure? 4. What does the pace of change cause? 5. What does she suggest?