Task 1. Read the text. Mark the statements 1–7 as True, False or Not Stated. Text: A few years ago, Dr. Madan Kataria, a doctor from Mumbai, India, wrote an article called “Laughter – The Best Medicine”. In the article, he said people shouldn’t be sad all the time. They should laugh more: laughing is good for your health. He decided to test his idea so he went to his local park with four other people and spent the day laughing. This was the first laughing club. Other people in the park enjoyed watching them and wanted to join their club. Soon, there were fifty people in the group. At first, they stood in a circle, while one person told a joke or a funny story. Everybody enjoyed the jokes and stories and felt good for the rest of the day. But after two weeks there was a problem. People had no more jokes to tell. Then Dr Kataria had a new idea. He decided that our bodies cannot tell the difference between fake and real laughter. He decided that we can teach ourselves to laugh. He tried this with the group and the results were amazing. At first people acted their laughter, but after ten minutes everybody was laughing naturally. It was the start of laughter yoga. Today laughter yoga is popular all over the world. 1. Dr Kataria is from India. A. True B. False C. Not Stated. 2. Dr Kataria has written many articles. A. True B. False C. Not Stated. 3. The first laughter club took place in a park. A. True B. False C. Not Stated. 4. On the first day there were more than fifty people with Dr Kataria. A. True B. False C. Not Stated. 5. Some people thought the classes were boring. A. True B. False C. Not Stated. 6. Dr Kataria thinks fake laughter is the same as real laughter. A. True B. False C. Not Stated. 7. Laughter yoga is more popular in India than any other country. A. True B. False C. Not Stated.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст. Отметьте утверждения 1–7 как «Верно», «Неверно» или «В тексте не сказано».

1. A. True — Dr Kataria is described as a doctor from Mumbai, India. (Доктор Катариа назван врачом из Мумбаи, Индия.)
2. C. Not Stated — The text mentions one article but does not say how many articles he has written. (В тексте упоминается одна статья, но не говорится, сколько всего статей он написал.)
3. A. True — He went to his local park with four other people, and this became the first laughter club. (Он пришёл в местный парк с четырьмя другими людьми; там возник первый клуб смеха.)
4. B. False — On the first day there were Dr Kataria and four other people, not more than fifty. (В первый день были доктор Катариа и ещё четыре человека, а не больше пятидесяти.)
5. C. Not Stated — The text does not say that anybody thought the classes were boring. (В тексте не сказано, что кто-либо считал занятия скучными.)
6. A. True — He believed that our bodies cannot tell the difference between fake and real laughter. (Он считал, что организм не различает притворный и настоящий смех.)
7. C. Not Stated — The text says laughter yoga is popular all over the world, but does not compare its popularity between countries. (В тексте сказано, что йога смеха популярна во всём мире, но не сравнивается её популярность в разных странах.)