Task 12.2

Some time ago a regional TV channel released an announcement about the available jobs they offer. It was seen as a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity by a lot of people. It is indicated by the fact that the contest for each job was really big and announcer’s job drew by far the largest amount of attention. The channel staff also showed their appreciation of their viewers’ opinions: not only were final stages of job contest aired on TV but the viewers could also vote for the contestants they liked the most. To make the final decisions, a lot of factors were taken into account: appearance, speaking skills, confidence and so on. The most-wanted job, an announcer, went to 20 year old Jennifer who was dreaming of working in the media sphere.

Several months after working as an announcer, she was asked if she was enjoying her job. Jennifer said: “If I knew how hard it is in reality, I would think twice before applying, but I like my job. My show is broadcast weekly and it’s a great experience even though my schedule is very tight now”.

Task 9

CROSSWORD

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Три года за драку

МК-Эстония,
23 мая 2007

An unusual incident took place during the first league match between "Kuressaare" and "Ajaks". Women's football matches are known for being rather gentle and cute for spectators to watch, but this one was different.

"Ajaks" team members say that they felt mental pressure throughout the whole match. Not only did "Kuressaare" players insult their opponents but so did people in the crowd. Triin Juulin, a "Kuressaare" player, says that after the match, she was attacked and beaten by two "Ajaks" players, Yekaterina and Kristina. In response, the girls said that they were forced to defend themselves after they were mocked by Triin because of their nationality.

A few hours later it seemed like no one had any complaints, but that was not true. Before going back to Tallinn, "Ajaks" president found out that "Kuressaare" sent a complaint to the Estonian Football Association.

A week ago it was announced that Kristina and Yekaterina are disqualified until the end of 2009. No one expected the punishment to be this tough but there's nothing they can do. Team's coach hopes that the girls will not lose their interest in football.

Another curious incident happened when "Kuressaare" played "TFMK" at home. Ten minutes before the end of the match, a young man appeared on the pitch. He was tall, athletic, wearing black shoes and waving his hands. Girls quickly switched their attention to him. The guy was wearing nothing but the shoes. The referee had to suspend the game until everyone calmed down.
Turns out, the streaker was a 23-year-old basketball player, who is said to get 10 000 krones for what he had done. He is actually proud of himself because there are not many similar incidents in Estonia. So far, there were only a couple of them.

(298 words)

Task 8

Once upon a time, a chiropodist decided to take part in a movie audition. Not only was he hungry for fame, but also he wanted to get some money to open his very own salon with opaque windows. After chiropodist’s performance, a movie director asked him to wait for an announcement to know if he was accepted or not, so the chiropodist decided to spend some time in a buffet. An hour later, when the chiropodist was eating 11^th meringue in a row, the director came back to say that the chiropodist was denied. The chiropodist was shocked so he started screaming at top of his lungs… Little did he know it was April Fools joke. But then he got denied for real because the director seriously questioned his psychic health.

(131 word)

Task 7

A)
Netiquette - a set of rules for proper behaviour among users in a computer network
Cyberspace travelers - trevellers of the online world of computer networks
Cybernauts - a computer user who uses the internet
Newbies - any new participants in some activity
Bandwidth - a data transmission rate
Flame-bait - a message posted to a public Internet discussion group with the intent of provoking an angry response
Asterisk filler - a star-shaped character
Emoticon - a representation of a facial expression created by typing a sequence of characters
Flood - a massive amount of posts to a single newsgroup in a short period of time
Off-topic - a contribution that is not within the bounds of the current discussion

B)
Acronyms:
a. ATM - at the moment
b. IDK - I don't know
+. ASAP - as soon as posible

Slang:
a. fantabolous - fantastic & fabulous
b. threads - clothes
+. poor man's something - a worse version of something

Smiles:
a. :D - big smile
b. :( - sad
+. :) - happy

C)
Irina Kartseva's example.
BRB - Be Right Back
I use it it quite often because it saves your time when you need to go somewhere quickly.

Sources:
my head
wikipedia
thefreedictionary.com

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Task 3

It was December and the weather was very cold. It was snowing all the time and when strong winter wind started to blow it caused a blizzard.
Children loved this kind of weather - when their parents let them they spent all their time outside making snowmen and playing snowballs.
Older people didn't like snowy weather that much though because of sudden fall of temperature a lot of snow ploughs got broken and people were stuck in snowbanks.
The weatherman said meteorologists don't know when the snow storm will end for sure yet but the precipitation level has already surpassed the normal rate.
So everything was covered with snow and the sky was overcast with clouds.

(116 words)

Task 2

Following instructions



I have done items 1,2,3,4,5

Task 1

Introduction

Introduction

Hello, I am Ksenia. I live in Tallinn and I am a Karjamaa Gymnasium student.
My birthday is on March 12th.
In my free time I enjoy listening to the music and spending time with friends.
My favorite movies are "Rear Window", "Dancer in the Dark", "Some Like It Hot", "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and many others.
My favorite books are "The Little Prince", "Twelve Chairs" and all books by Max Frei.