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Since the beginning of the 20th century, more champagne (export)

to the UK than to any other country, except in 1992. In that year, the highest total (sold) to Germany.

In the 17th century, many bottles of champagne (lose) because the

glass was not strong enough to resist the pressure. The problem (solve) when verve anglais (introduce). This was a much stronger glass which (produce) in Britain in the 17th century.

Some champagne houses (hit) very badly by the Russian Revolution.

Ten per cent of total champagne production (import) by Russian royalty and aristocracy before the Revolution. This market disappeared overnight.

Champagne (sell) in eleven different bottle sizes. The smallest is a quarter bottle and it contains twenty centilitres. The biggest, which (call) a Nebuchadnezzar, contains sixteen litres, and is the equivalent of twenty ‘normal’ 75 centilitre bottles.

Самостоятельная работа к урокам 1-2

Present Simple

1.Complete the newspaper article. Write the Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

International shopping

The age of the international shopper is here. These days people often travel (travel) a long way before they____________ (buy) anything - especially when a Euro shopping guide____________ (tell) them that the same toy

(cost) £97.41 in France, £85.12 in Belgium, and £60.56 in Britain.

Every day in Calais 15,000 people from Britain (fill) cars, vans, and buses with beer and wine. When a UK van driver________(take) home 100 cases of French wine, he or she (save) about £1,000.

In Newcastle, in the north of England, one shopper in ten_______ (come) from Norway. By shopping in England, young Norwegian couples like the Pattersens (reduce) the cost of baby clothes by around 50%.

Travel agents in Britain___________(say) that shopping trips to America are very popular, especially for cheap electronic products. When a person__________(spend) £1,000 on a computer in America, the saving is about £300 at today’s exchange rate.

Present Simple questions

2.Complete the conversation between Luis and Annette. Write questions from the words in brackets.

Annette Hello. Are you Senor Navarro ? (Senor/you/are/Navarro)

Luis That’s right. Luis Navarro.

Annette Nice to meet you. I’m Annette Marinetti, from Australia.

I.uis Good to meet you, too. ______________? (from/are/Sydney/you)

Annette Yes, I am. ________________ ? (from/what/of/you/are/part/Spain)

Luis I’m from Rioja, in the north. ______________ ? (do/do/you/what)

Annette I’m a wine importer. Here’s my card.

Luis So, tell me, _________________ ? (do/import/you/wine/Spanish)

Annette No. Not at the moment.

Luis That’s terrible!

Annette Well, tell me about your wines. __________________? (do/come/from/where/they)

Luis From the Rioja region. This one’s a Gran Reserva. __________? (you/do/to/want/it/taste)

Annette Yes, thank you. ____________ ? (year/is/it/what)

Luis 1990. Here you are.__________? (you/do/it/like)

Annette Yes, I do! It’s fantastic!

Frequency adverbs

3.How often do you eat out? Tick (+) your answers on the questionnaire.