A Bad Fishing Day

As some of you may or may not know, I’m something of a fisherman. Every day, I check the almanac to see the tides and decide on the best time to hit the beach.

The best time to go is when the tide is rising. But there are other factors that can make the difference between a good fishing day and a bad one.

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A Letter to Mike

Английский язык для экономистов начинается с некоторых основополагающих терминов. Прочитайте письмо студента экономического факультета к своему другу по переписке в университете Бостона, CША. Обратите внимание на слова, выделенные жирным шрифтом, и запишите их.

Dear Mike,

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Cat in a box

A cardboard box was supposed to carry an ordinary parcel, but somehow it ended up carrying a very unexpected passenger. Inside was a cat who had accidentally been shipped away, beginning a five-day journey that no one could have planned for.

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Stork Loyalty

In 1993, a shotgun blast shattered the wing of Malena, a white stork who from that day on could no longer fly. While the other storks migrated to Africa, she remained in Brodski Varoš, a small village in eastern Croatia. Taking care of her was Stjepan Vokić, a retiree who built her a shelter, fed her, and helped her survive the harshest winters.

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Martin Cabello, photographer

§ 1. My name’s Martin Cabello and I’m a young photographer. Taking photographs was always my favourite activity as a child. And when I was 15, I felt that if I wanted to take my hobby to the next level, I had to do something special. So I decided to start a personal project: I would take one photograph every day for a whole year of my life. I knew that many other young photographers before me had done the same thing, but it seemed like a really great idea, and so I started.

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