8. Read the text. So Many Men so Many Minds. Alexander’s family has a flat in a new block of flats on the outskirts of Moscow. Their flat is on the fourth floor. Alexander’s foreign friends — Peter, Jane and Nora — are now in Moscow. At the weekend they come to Alexander to have a look at his new flat. Alexander welcomes them on the landing. He shows them all the modern conveniences: central heating, running hot and cold water, electricity, gas, the Internet, two lifts and a chute to carry rubbish down, as well as three rooms, a kitchen and a balcony. Peter is a future designer. He gives Alexander a piece of advice to change the wallpaper colours in his bedroom and rearrange some pieces of furniture. Peter says: “Look! It would be right to put the bookcase closer to the right-hand corner. I think your wallpaper should be pink.” Jane is not a designer. She is a sociology student, but she has good taste. Jane likes Alexander’s library with a lot of English and Russian books, the cosy kitchen and the paintings on the walls. But Jane doesn’t like the carpet on the floor. “It is not in fashion now,” she explains to Alex. As for the wallpaper colours in Alex’s room, Jane prefers them in green. Alexander is at a loss. He looks at the wallpaper in his room and at the carpet on the floor. Whose advice to follow?

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Answer: I think Alexander should follow Peter’s advice about rearranging the furniture because Peter is a future designer and gives a practical suggestion. However, Alexander should choose the wallpaper colour himself, since he is the one who will live in the flat.

Перевод: Думаю, Александру стоит прислушаться к совету Питера о перестановке мебели, потому что Питер — будущий дизайнер и даёт практичный совет. Однако цвет обоев Александр должен выбрать сам, поскольку именно он будет жить в этой квартире.