\boxed{10} Установи соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Используй каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. Strategies and useful tips Recommended time to fulfil is 10 minutes! First thing you need to do is to read the titles very carefully and translate them. Try to keep them in mind while doing the task. You don't need to read all the texts very carefully. Your aim is to understand the main idea. Most often key information can be found in the very first and last sentences of the texts. The heading must be the one that best covers the main topic, so you need to make sure that the heading you have chosen fits the meaning of the whole mini text, and doesn't just simply use some of the same words. Very often you will not find the same words in the texts and titles, so pay attention to synonyms. If necessary, highlight the keywords in the texts. Remember! There is one extra title that you do not use. A Giant Step of Choice. People Waking Up. Fresh News from the Streets. Bright Days and Dark Days. Golden Hands. Work That is not a Real Work. A New Era of Forbidden Jobs. A Food Postman. A. The milkman would deliver bottles and jugs loaded to the brim with milk every morning in the 1950s, like clockwork. If you were lucky, he'd also provide other culinary needs like eggs and butter on occasion. Milk survived the introduction of home refrigerators, but the profession did not. Perhaps, milkmen would have had a better chance if they also brought pastries? B. People employed knocker uppers to help toss peas at their windows or pound the glass with long rods, so they didn't oversleep for work or during a noon nap before the first automated alarm clock was produced in 1847. This work was popular until the XIX century because only rich people could buy alarms and use them. C. The ancient proverb "choose a profession you love and you'll never work a day in your life" puts pressure on people who are trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. Is it possible to discover one that is so delightful that it doesn't seem like work? D. There were lots of jobs that people needed in the previous century. Nowadays, we have radios, TVs and social networks to get fresh news but what about our ancestors? A town crier was a man who knew everything in a town. He was responsible for shouting vital news from town squares, a custom that dates back to the XVIII century. Their resonant vocals strutted over the streets with a commanding presence. E. No matter how much thought you put into choosing a career, there will be days when it feels like work. However, there will be times when you say to yourself, "I'd do this even if I wasn't getting paid." The idea is to find a profession that has a lot more good days than bad days. F. In the previous century people couldn't choose their vocation. A father taught his skills to a kid and a kid took his father's job. But today many public libraries provide free career counselling. We should be grateful that we can make this important choice in our life. If your local library does not have one, the librarian can recommend one. He or she may also be able to suggest local organisations that provide career advice. Instead of meeting with a counsellor, you can take a career evaluation online for free or at a modest fee. G. American blacksmiths were caught red-handed with quantities of copper artefacts by the 1700s. They had lots of useful stuff at home and could forge everything by hand. This profession was one of the most prestigious in the previous century. The word "blacksmith" derives from the gleaming bronze hue of copper, and just a few blacksmiths remain today. The term "metalsmith" has grown more prevalent in recent years. It's a fact but in several Russian towns we still need blacksmiths, especially in machinery production. Ответ A B C D E F G

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\(\boxed{10}\) Установи соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Используй каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний.
Strategies and useful tips

Recommended time to fulfil is 10 minutes!
First thing you need to do is to read the titles very carefully and translate them. Try to keep them in mind while doing the task.
You don't need to read all the texts very carefully. Your aim is to understand the main idea.
Most often key information can be found in the very first and last sentences of the texts.
The heading must be the one that best covers the main topic, so you need to make sure that the heading you have chosen fits the meaning of the whole mini text, and doesn't just simply use some of the same words.
Very often you will not find the same words in the texts and titles, so pay attention to synonyms.
If necessary, highlight the keywords in the texts.
Remember! There is one extra title that you do not use.

A Giant Step of Choice.
People Waking Up.
Fresh News from the Streets.
Bright Days and Dark Days.
Golden Hands.
Work That is not a Real Work.
A New Era of Forbidden Jobs.
A Food Postman.

A. The milkman would deliver bottles and jugs loaded to the brim with milk every morning in the 1950s, like clockwork. If you were lucky, he'd also provide other culinary needs like eggs and butter on occasion. Milk survived the introduction of home refrigerators, but the profession did not. Perhaps, milkmen would have had a better chance if they also brought pastries?

B. People employed knocker uppers to help toss peas at their windows or pound the glass with long rods, so they didn't oversleep for work or during a noon nap before the first automated alarm clock was produced in 1847. This work was popular until the XIX century because only rich people could buy alarms and use them.

C. The ancient proverb "choose a profession you love and you'll never work a day in your life" puts pressure on people who are trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. Is it possible to discover one that is so delightful that it doesn't seem like work?

D. There were lots of jobs that people needed in the previous century. Nowadays, we have radios, TVs and social networks to get fresh news but what about our ancestors? A town crier was a man who knew everything in a town. He was responsible for shouting vital news from town squares, a custom that dates back to the XVIII century. Their resonant vocals strutted over the streets with a commanding presence.

E. No matter how much thought you put into choosing a career, there will be days when it feels like work. However, there will be times when you say to yourself, "I'd do this even if I wasn't getting paid." The idea is to find a profession that has a lot more good days than bad days.

F. In the previous century people couldn't choose their vocation. A father taught his skills to a kid and a kid took his father's job. But today many public libraries provide free career counselling. We should be grateful that we can make this important choice in our life. If your local library does not have one, the librarian can recommend one. He or she may also be able to suggest local organisations that provide career advice. Instead of meeting with a counsellor, you can take a career evaluation online for free or at a modest fee.

G. American blacksmiths were caught red-handed with quantities of copper artefacts by the 1700s. They had lots of useful stuff at home and could forge everything by hand. This profession was one of the most prestigious in the previous century. The word "blacksmith" derives from the gleaming bronze hue of copper, and just a few blacksmiths remain today. The term "metalsmith" has grown more prevalent in recent years. It's a fact but in several Russian towns we still need blacksmiths, especially in machinery production.

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