A 12. évfolyam figyelmébe

Az érettségiző osztály figyelmébe ajánlom a következő anyagokat:

A három év anyagának átismétléséhez:

9. osztály | Class 9

10. osztály | Class 10

11. osztály | Class 11

 

Az érettségi feladatokra való felkészüléshez:

Érettségi tételek | GCSE

Questions and Answers (Writing a Letter)


 

Questions and Answers (Writing a Letter)

- whether you have been to Britain (if yes, how many times)

I have been to Britain [once/twice] three times so far.

- in which month(s) you want to visit Britain

I want to visit Britain in April, May or June because spring in Britain is beautiful.

- which parts of Britain you want to visit

I want to visit the northern part of Britain because I am interested in Scotland and its culture. I also want to visit the western part (of Britain) because I would love to see Wales.

 

- how long you have been studying Biology

I have been studying Biology for three years in primary school and three years in grammar school.

- whether you have a pet/pets at home (if yes, what)

I have pets at home. I have a black bunny, two white cats and a little brown dog. I love animals.

- what is/ are your favourite wild animal(s) and why

My favourite wild animal is the tiger because tigers are so beautiful and fast, they are like big cats.

My favourite wild animals are dolphins and polar bears because they are beautiful and intelligent animals.

 

- how long you have been a hiker

I have been a hiker for a long time because my family often goes on trips in the mountains when the weather is fine.

- whether you have been on hiking tours outside your home country (if yes, where)

I have been on hiking tours outside my home country a few times. I have visited Austria, Poland and Greece.

- which part(s) of Britain you would like to explore

I would like to explore the western part of Britain because I am really interested in Wales and its beautiful countryside.

 

- whether you have done any guiding before

I have done some guiding before because I like travelling and I like working with people.

- if yes, how many times/who you guided and where

I have guided about three of four times when I took some friends/colleagues to Eger and Budapest to visit the famous places.

- what your special fields of interest are

My special fields of interest are museums and art galleries because I love history and old paintings.

 

- how long you have been a train enthusiast

I have been a train enthusiast for a long time, since my childhood.

- how often you travel by train

I often travel by train, every weekday because I live far from my workplace.

I rarely travel by train, only in summer when I go on holiday to another city or abroad.

- how long you will be able to spend working for the Trust?

I will be able to spend working for the Trust for about two months when I am on summer vacation.

 

- whether you have been to the United States (if yes, when/where)

I have been to the United States once. I visited my friend in New York two years ago.

I have never been to the United Stated but I would love to visit New York and Chicago.

- what you think your life will be like at the Plantation

I think my life will be interesting and exciting at the Plantation. It must be interesting to live there.

- how long you wish to stay at the Plantation

I wish to stay two or three weeks at the Plantation because it will be an interesting possibility but I prefer living in the modern world.

 

- how long you have been studying History

I have been studying History for four years in primary school and four years in grammar school.

- how many castles you have visited so far

I have visited three or four castles so far. I visited the castle of Diósgyőr in my home city, and the castle of Eger and Boldogkőváralja.

- whether you have been to Britain/Wales; if yes, what you remember seeing

I have been to Britain once so far. I remember seeing London, the Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace.  

I have never been to Britain but I would love to see London, the Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace.

 

 

1. HOW LONG – mennyi ideje, tehát a válaszban használjuk a FOR  vagy SINCE szócskát valamilyen időhatározóval

 

2. A kérdésekben mindig “YOU” “YOUR” (te, a te…-d) szerepel, de nekünk az “I” “MY” (én, az én …-m) használatával kell válaszolnunk.

 

3. Time of arrival – érkezés időpontja

I am going to arrive at Heathrow Airport at half past four.

 

4. Chosen programme – választott program

I would like to choose the third option because I would like to see the Monument and St Paul’s Cathedral.

 

5. Weather in April

The weather in April in Hungary is really beautiful and colourful.

 

5. Clothes you wear in spring

In spring I wear light clothes, skirts and T-shirts, my denim jacket and I wear sandals instead of boots.

 

6. Accept the invitation

Thank you for the invitation, I would really like to go to your party/wedding.

 

6. Say thank you for the book

Thank you so much for the book.

Relationships

Do you think a prenuptial agreement should be signed between a man and woman?

In my opinion, a prenuptial agreement ruins the romance of a marriage. It shows that the groom and the bride don’t trust each other and think about what if something goes wrong. I think marriage is sacred. It’s when two people agree to live together in good and bad no matter what will happen.

What is your opinion about pre-arranged marriages?

Pre-arranged marriages are very popular in some other cultures, for example in India. It’s when the parents of the couple agree on the marriage of their children. I don’t think that I would be able to live with someone who is not chosen by me. I believe it’s very important to get to know and cohabit with the person you want to establish a family with. The period of courtship before one gets married is vital. That is the time when you get familiar with your girl or boyfriend. You have time to decide whether she/he is the person you can imagine your whole life with. In a pre-arranged marriage, you have no chance to decide about it and it can also happen that a very young girl is given to an elderly man, which would probably not happen under normal circumstances.

Is cohabiting before marriage important?

I firmly believe that people should not get married without living together for at least a year. This is the only way you can get familiar with your spouse’s habits, let them be good or bad. It can be quite shocking to realise after the honeymoon that your husband snores and his feet smell, or your wife cannot even prepare the most basic dish for you. I think that cohabitation reduces the risks of a bad marriage and this way the number of divorces will also decrease.

What can be the pros and cons of getting married at an early age?

I believe that getting married early is not very fashionable nowadays. Young people want to go on to higher education instead of starting a family. They think that they should enjoy life until they can and it is enough to find a future husband or wife at the age of 30.

The advantage of an early marriage is that the generation gap between the parents and the children would be not so large.

However, most early marriages ends in divorce. In most cases, these people are not mature enough to bring up children and to provide them with the necessary financial background. It is very difficult to make ends meet  without the support of the whole family.

What do you know of polygamy and polyandry?

In order to make judgements about polygamy and polyandry, we have to have a clear picture about what the two words derive from. Polygamy is a form of marriage in which a man has more than one wife at the same time. It has been widely practised at various times in many societies throughout the world, and it is still common in Muslim countries and in some parts of Africa where it is legal under Islamic law. In the United States it is also common in some Mormon communities in Utah. Although laws prohibit polygamy, thousands of people practise it. It can have several advantages and disadvantages. As far as the husband is concerned, polygamy is an attractive form of marriage for several reasons: it means greate economic contributions from the wives to the household income; it provides increased sexual availability and companionship; and it attracts greater social status and prestige to be able to afford to look after more than one wife. Polygamy may also prove attractive to women because it provides a role for women in societies in which there is no accepted social role ascribed to unmarried women; and it means shared child-rearing and domestic labour.

Can you imagine having more spouses?

I don’t think I could live with more than one spouse at the same time. However, a lot of people have partners or mistresses who they cheat on their spouse with. Unfortunately, adultery is a very common issue in our world. People might think that it is normal as they see it on television all the time. Being faithful does not mean too much for young people. All they want is sexual satisfaction and not a normal relationship.

What is the ideal age to start a family?

I don’t think that there is an  ideal age to start a family. It depends on the person, his/her maturity and way of thinking. Nowadays, as more and more people go to university, an ideal period can be after graduating from higher education. There are, however, plenty of issues to consider when founding a family: Are you ready for a serious relationship or do you want to enjoy life a little more? Most people would say that enjoying life a bit is a good choice. They believe that having a child is a burden on them. Also, whether you are ready to support a family or not is the most important question to answer. If you don’t have a good, well-paid job, it is almost impossible for one person to earn the money for the whole family. Another issue is the age difference between the husband and the wife. Today it is a trend among young women to choose a man who has already achieved something in life. They need someone they can rely on, someone who would be faithful and a caring husband.

What was the situation a hundred years ago?

Even in the middle of the twentieth century, most people got married right after high school. Young couples struggled together to make end meet and to bring up their children. It was considered abnormal if a girl who was over 20 was still single. Women wanted to avoid remaining spinsters (hajadon) and they thought it was a shame if no one choose them. Another important factor was the social status of the young. It was obvious that two people from different levels of society do not match each other. It was quite rare for people with different backgrounds to get married. If it happened, there were usually family feuds, young men were sometimes disinherited by their fathers if they dared to marry someone inferior to their ranks.


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Hungary

Geography:

This country is situated in the centre of the continent Europe. It is Europe’s eastern part. This is the Carpathian Basin. Visitors already found a Hungarian State one thousand years ago.

Its capital is Budapest.
This is a small country.

The country occupies a territory of about 93 000 square kilometres. Longest distance from north to south is 268 km. Longest distance from east to west is526 km.
It shares borders to the north with the Slovak Republic, to the north-east with Ukraine, to the east with Romania, to the south with Croatia and Serbia and to the west with Austria and Slovenia.
Our country can be divided into three large regions: Transdanubia, the Great Plain and the Northern Mountains.
There are several ranges of hills, chiefly in the north and west.
The Great Plain stretches east from the Danube to the hills of the Carpathian Mountains.
As much as 50 % of the country’s territory is flat: the Great Hungarian Plain occupies the entire eastern part of the country and the small Plain lies along the north-west border.
The two important rivers, the Danube and the Tisza cut across the country from north to south.
The region between the Danube and the Tisza rivers is flat. The region is called Transdanubia west of the Danube.
Lake Balaton is the largest of inland water in Central Europe.
A range of medium height mountains stretches across the country. West of the Danube, the Transdanubian Range is about 500 metres high, divided Keszthely hills, the Bakony, Vértes, Gerecse, Pilis and Visegrád mountains.
East of the Danube the Northern Mountain Range rises to heights of 500-1000 meters, divided into the Börzsöny, Cserhát, Mátra, Bükk and Zemplén Mountains.
The highest point is Kékes in the Mátra Mountains.
The Hungarian “Puszta” is a favourite tourist destination where the characteristic animals and ethnographic traditions can be seen in the Hortobágy National Park, and in the Kiskunság National Park, when the horse shows are held.

Population:
It has quite a small population, just 10 million, and the country is small too.
63 % of the population live in towns.
It has more ethnic groups: Hungarian, Roma, German, Serb, Slovak and Romanian.
The official language of Hungary is Hungarian, but quite a few other languages are spoken. These are German and the Slavonic languages.

Climate:
The climate is temperate continental. The coldest month is the January, and the warmest month is the August. The winters are cold and cloudy, and the summers are warm and hot.

Government:
This country name is Republic of Hungary.
The government type is parliamentary democracy.

History:
This small country is one of the great survivors of history: states and empires emerged, expanded or disintegrated and disappeared around it.

Cuisine:
The traditional Hungarian dishes abound in piquant flavours and aromas. Dishes are flavourful, spicy and other rather heavy. People with a sensitive stomach should be careful. Flavours of Hungarian dishes are bared on centuries old traditions in spicing and preparation methods.

Famous:
It is famous for embroidery of Matyó, red pepper, Hortobágy and its cuisine etc.
Hungary has a lively cultural life. There are a lot of popular cultural events. A lot of tourists go to us to see the open-air summer festivals. This festivals are held in different towns, such as Szeged, Sopron and Szentendre.


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Roles in the family

Is the mother’s place in the home?

No, I don’t think so. If woman were involved only in domestic affairs, would mean their leading separate lives from their husbands. But when they too have a job, they have more to share with their husbands in other ways and can expect help from them in the home and with the children. You can’t deprive a woman of her right to earn her own living, find pleasure in her work and keep in touch with real life.

Should housewives be paid in the same way as other people are?

There is no way you could pay a housewife now. She is doing about 10 jobs. Families should have a woman  in for some hours every day to do the housework.

How many jobs are women responsible for?

If a woman goes out to work, she is responsible for at least three jobs. Some women hold high positions  and are good mothers and housewives at the same time.

Can a woman fulfil the duty of a wife, a mother and a career woman?

It all depends on the husband’s attitude. If he shares the responsibility of bringing up a child and caring for the family with his wife, which should ideally happen in every family, women will be less exhausted and more efficient both at work and at home.

Who wears the trousers in your family?

My mother does as my parents are divorced so decisions are always made by her.

What jobs are typically the husband’s responsibility?

Men are usually good at decorating the flat and repairing household devices. A handyman can fix a dripping tap, replace a burnt-out light bulb, stick on wallpaper, repair a leaking waterpipe.

Who can stay at home on child care leave?

According to an act passed some years ago, it is either the mother or the father who can stay at home with the new-born baby. In practise, however, it is still the mother who goes on maternity leave for one, two or sometimes three years.

Is it worth staying at home until the child is three years old?

Yes. Definitely. The first few years of a child’s life are crucially important. This is the time creating contact between parent and child. There can’t be anything more important for a mother than attending to a child during the first few years of its life.


Source: http://erettsegizz.com/erettsegi/angol/