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Баграмова,
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по устной речи
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Елена П авловна Чарекова
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принципы передачи чужой речи, которые также представляются
наиболее необходимыми для свободного владения диалогической
речью.
В двух разделах, “ П рилагательное” и "Глагол", для более
удобной ориентации в материале выделены подразделы (Sections).
Как и U nits в целом, так и Sections содержат серии разнообразны х
упражнений, от чисто пассивных до довольно сложных творческих.
Многие Sections начинаются с задания “ П рочитайте вслух” . К ак
правило, )'го упражнения, содержащ ие фразы и предложения, для
которых характерна специфическая акцептация, обычно неправильно
воспроизводимая учащ им ися (например, разного рода сравн и
тельные обороты). Н азначение таких упраж нении - предотвратить
возникновение неправильных речевых навыков. В других случаях
такие же задания (многократное произнесение вслух) даются для
предварительной пассивной, тренировки употребления определен! !ых
грамматических структур в типическом для них л ек еи к о -гр ам м а
тическом окружении. Тренировки такого рода облегчают переход к
активному конструированию предложений, поскольку исподволь
создают в подсознании модели этих структур, обеспечивая тем
самым предпосылки дальнейш его построения правильной собст
венной речи учащегося.
Лексической основой ф ам магических упраж нений является
нейтральный бытовой вокабуляр, в значительной мерс связанный
с тематикой второй, лексической части пособия.
В заключение надо остановиться еще на одном вопросе.
Дело в том, что в пособии несколько и зм енена бытовавш ая у нас
ло сих пор терминология, связанная с номенклатурой грам м а
тических форм глагола, которая здесь приведена в соответствии с
более логи чн ой и последовательной, уже получивш ей р а с п р о
странение во многих: западных и русских грамматиках английского
языка. Эти изм енения сводятся к тому, что п ом и м о п ротиво
поставления наименований глагольных форм по л и н и и времени
(Present, Past, Future, Future in the Past), мы столь же после
довательно противопоставляем их наим енования и по линии вида:
все длич'сльпые формы сохраняю'!' название Continuous, за всеми
недлительными формами закрепляется название Simple. Таким
образом, слово Simple заменяет слово Indefinite в названиях всех
недлительных иеперфектных форм и добашшется к названиям i^cex
недлительных перфектных.
Следу к)! цая таблица, о б л е п и т учащимся, возмож но уже при
выкшим к старой номенклатуре, идентификацию всех форм глагола
н их новых наименованиях.
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Названия Ф орм ы (в 3 -см лице сд. ч.)
Авторы
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PART I
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
UN IT 1
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Exercise 2. Ask questions according to the pattern.
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Exercise 4. Ask questions according to the pattern.
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Exercise 6. Extend the statements according to the
patterns. Make use of the nouns in the margin.
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Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with suitable noun
phrases: a big dog; some little plates, some fresh milk, some
cheese, a new ballpoint pen, some children, a little mouse,
a blue vase, two pictures, some English books, a white cat,
ten red apples, some pretty girls, a red rose.
1. There is ... in the yard. 2. There are ... on the
table. 3. There is ... on the shelf. 4. There is ... in the
bottle. 5. There are ... in the park. 6. There is ... on the
floor. 7. There is ... on the bed. 8. There are ... on the
wall. 9. There is ... on the plate. 10. There are on the
dish. 11. There i s ... in my pocket. 12, There are ... on the
dancing-floor. 13. There are ... on the shelf. 14. There is
... in the garden.
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Exercise 9. Add question tags to the following state
ments and then let your fellow students answer these ques
tions.
P a t t e r n: There is a bright lamp on his table.
There is a bright lamp on his table.
isn’t there?
Yes, there is. (No, there isn’t.)
UNIT 2
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в. P a t t e r n : is there much snow in the street?
Yes, there is rather much. (No, there
isn’t. There is very little.)
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C. 1. His book is as interesting as mine. Yum h;nr is
as black as hers. 3. Her watch is as good as Ins I. I heir
family is as large as ours. 5. Our flat is as modem as
theirs. 6. Your task is as difficult as mine. 7. Youi dress
is as pretty as hers. 8. My watch is as slow as yours.
9. Their feet are as wet as ours. 10. Our books arc as easy
as theirs. 11. His answer is as polite as hers. 12. Your
welcome is as hearty as theirs. 13. Her father is as angry
as mine. 14. My hair is as grey as yours.
D. 1. Her smile is as pleasant as her sister’s. 2. His
welcome is as heaity as his wife’s. 3. Our flat is as com
fortable as our parents’. 4. His beard is as long as his
brother’s. 5. Their task is as difficult as their friends’.
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C. as lovely as mine, as dirty as yours, as h e a v y as <>urs,
as short as mine, as interesting as theirs, as big as hers, as
deep as mine, as funny as theirs, as foolish as vours, as
excellent as theirs, as little as hers, as beautiful as theirs.
as sweet as his, as interesting as ours.
1. Her jacket is ... . 2. Their mistake is ... . 3. Hi
hands are ... . 4. Your story is ... . 5. Our lessons arc ... .
6. My children are ... . 7. Their luggage is... . 8. His
marks are ... . 9. My dog is ... . 10. Their work is .,. .
1 1. Her cat is ... . 12. Our garden is ... . 13. His voice
is 14. Her singing is ... .
D. as sad as her m other’s, as good as my friend's, as
noble as his father's, as excellent as their parent's, as sweet
as her sister ’v, as new as his brother ’v.
1. His suit is ... . 2. Her eyes are ... . 3. Her voic
is ... . 4. His face is ... . 5. My watch is ... . 6. Their
health is ... .
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C. 1. My sister is not so young as yours. 2. Her hair is
not so black as mine. 3. Her books not so difficult as his.
4. Their garden is not so large as mine. 5. My dress is
not so short as hers. 6. Her task is not so easy as theirs.
7. Your library is not so rich as ours. S. His voice is not
so deep as yours. 9. Her father is not so famous as his.
10. His dog is not so clever as theirs. 1 1. My children
are not so bright as hers. 12. Their mistakes are not so
bad as ours. 13. Your neighbours are not so nice as theirs.
14. His pupils are not so noisy as mine. 15. Their class
rooms are not so clean as yours.
D. 1. His hair is not so long as his brother’s. 2. Her task
is not so difficult as her friend’s. 3. My work is not so
important as my husband’s. 4. Her voice is not so sweet as
her sister’s. 5. Their flat is not so lovely as their friends’.
6. Their library is not so rich as their parents’. 7. His work
is not so interesting as his wife’s. 8. Her flat is not so large
as her neighbours’. 9. My pronunciation is not so good as
my teacher’s.
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one? 6. Is his old flat not so light as the new one? 7. Is the
red pencil not so hard as the green one? 8. Is the long road
not so dirty as the short one?
C. 1. Is her task not so difficult as mine? 2. Is their
work not so good as ours? 3. Is your milk not so Hot as
hers? 4. Is her welcome not so hearty as his? 5. Are their
bags not so full as ours? 6. Are our answers not so ready as
theirs? 7. Are his days not so busy as hers?
D. I. Is his work not so interesting as his father’s? 2. Is
her hat not so lovely as her friend’s? 3. Is my task not so
easy as my sister’s? 4. Is her hair not so long as her m ot
her’s? 5. Is our flat not so comfortable as your friend’s?
6. Are his eyes not so black as his b ro th e r’s? 7. Are their
rooms not so light as their parents’? 8. Are their apple-
trees not so big as their neighbours’?
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B. so thin as that one, so heavy as that one, so beautiful
as that one, so big as that one, so red as that one, so dark
as that one, so large as that one, so clever as that one, so
dull as that one, so short as that one.
1. This string is n o t ... . 2. T his book is not ... .
3. This film is not ... . 4. This trunk is not .... 5. This park
is not ... . 6. This dog is not ... . 7. This house is not ... .
8 . This field is not ... . 9. This rose is not ... . 10. This suit
is not ... .
C. so old as his, so pretty as ours, so difficult as yours,
so fa r as hers, so interesting as mine, so big as hers, so
black as yours, so fam ous as theirs, so large as mine, so
bright as his, so noisy as mine, so fu ll as yours, so comfort
able as ours, so grey as his.
1. His book is n o t ... . 2. O u r house is not ... .
3. Her cat is not ... . 4. My father is not ... . 5. Your eyes
are not ... . 6. Your family is not .,. . 7. Our puppy is
not ... . 8. His dog is not ... . 9. My mother is not ... .
10. Her ideas are not .... 11. Their children are not ... .
12. Your flat is not ... . 13. My glass is not ... . 14. Their
task is n o t ... .
D. so fu ll as his sister’s, so thick as his son !v, so pretty as
my sister's, so bright as his fr ie n d ’s, so rich as his parents ',
so large as their friends ’ so long as her sister’s, so clever as
her brother’s, so modern as our frie n d s’, so long as her
mother !v.
I, His children are not ... . 2. Our flat is not ... .
3. My dress is not ... . 4. Her dog is not .... 5. Their
family is not ... . 6. Her hair is not .... 7. His library is
not .... 8. Her Lips are not .... 9. Her jacket is not ... .
10. His hair is not ... .
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Exercise 14. Translate into English.
A. I. Вечер не такой ясны й, как утро. 2. Этот стул
не такой тяж ел ы й , к а к кресло. 3. Он не такой
способный, как его брат. 4. Она не такая высокая,
как ее сестра. 5. Он не такой молодой, как его брат.
6. Кошки не такие умные, как собаки. 7. Он не такой
смелый, как его отец. 8, О на не такая хорошенькая,
как ее старшая сестра, 9. С егодняш няя ночь не такая
теплая, как вечер. 10. Она не такая стройная, как ее
подруга.
Б, 1. Эта дорога не такая длинная, как та. 2. Этот
рассказ не такой см еш ной, как тот. 3. Эта квартира
не такая удобная, как та. 4. Эти часы не такие
красивые, к а к те. 5. Это дерево не такое высокое,
как то. 6. Этот мальчик не такой высокий, как тот.
7, Этот котенок не такой маленький, как тот. 8, Эта
чашка не такая большая, как та.
B. 1, Ее работа не такая легкая, как моя. 2. Его отец
не такой молодой, как твой. 3, Этот дом не такой
красивый, как наш. 4. Мой брат не такой высокий,
как его. 5. Наша квартира не такая светлая, как их.
6. М ой братишка не такой вежливый, как твой. 7. Их
семья не такая большая, как наша. 8. Его книга не
такая интересная, как моя. 9. Наши уроки не такие
трудные, как их. 10. Мой отец не такой сердитый,
как твой, 11. Ее платье не такое длинное, как мое.
12. Моя мать не такая молодая, как ее. 13. Мой муж
не такой высокий, как ее.
Г. 1. У него не такой красивый голос, как у его отца.
2. У меня не такая богатая библиотека, как у моей
сестры, 3. У нас не такая удобная квартира, как у
родителей. 4. У него не такая большая собака, как у
его приятеля. 5. У нее не такие длинные волосы, как
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3^ ее
сестры. 6. У нее не такой тяжелый багаж, как у ее
брата. 7. У нее не такие красивые глаза, как у ее
матери. 8. У них не такая теплая квартира, как у их
друзей. 9. У нее не такое печальное лицо, как у ее
сестры.
T h e C o m p a r a t iv e a n d tiie S u pe r la tiv e D e g r e e s
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Exercise 3. Write down the comparative and the su
perlative degrees of the following adjectives.
A. High, light, cold, tall, full, thick,, quick, young,
deep, sweet, weak, slender, clever, narrow', yellow.
B. Big, sad, red, flat, fat, mad, hot, thin, wet, fit.
C. Fine, brave, pale, large, late, white, nice,
simple, able, noble, stable, free.
D. Heavy, hearty, early, tiny, lazy, angry, busy,
happy, dry, shy, sly, lovely, dirty, funny, pretty,
grey, gay.
E. Good, bad, little, far, near, old.
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<' 1. My health is worse than his. 2. Your face is paler
' Inn hers. 3. His flat is larger than ours. 4. Her coat is
' inner th an mine. 5. Our river is deeper th a n theirs.
■■ My son is smaller than hers. 7. This room is colder
Hi.in ours. 8. His hair is blacker than mine. 9. Your task
i. easier than his. 10. My glass is fuller than yours.
I I. His voice is deeper than yours.
I). 1. Their fiat is larger than their m other’s. 2. Their
library is richer than their parents’. 3. Our task is easier
ihan our friends’. 4. His feet are larger than his father’s.
■ Her children are younger than her sister’s. 6. His
11 den is more beautiful than his neighbour’s. 7. Your
■inry is more wonderful than your brother’s. 8. My flat is
л юге comfortable than my father’s.
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Exercise 9. Give full answers to the following ques
tions.
A. I. Is your sister taller than you? 2. Is m y room
warm er than yours? 3. Is his flat larger than his sister's?
4. Is she prettier than her mother? 5. Is he stronger than
his father? 6. Is honey sweeter than sugar? 7. Is this path
narrower than that one? 8. fs he cleverer than his brother?
9. Is she more stupid than her sister? 10. Is he more
attentive than his neighbour? 11. Is your flat m ore com
fortable than mine?
B. 1. Is his work tlie best? 2. Is this bag the heaviest?
3. Is this m onth the hottest? 4. Is this path the shortest?
5, Is he the brightest boy of the group? 6. Is she th e pretti
est girl o f the group? 7. Is he the best friend o f yours?
8. Is he the most outstanding writer of the world? 9. Is this
the most favourite film of his? 10. Is this the most interest
ing play of the season? 11.I s he the worst student of the fa
culty? 12. Is this the coldest room in the house? 13. Is this
story the longest in the book? 14. Is this the shortest way to
the station?
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i руппе. 19. Этот диктант труднее того. 20. Н ы н еш
нее лето самое сухое. 21. Твое голубое платье краси
вее. чем белое. 22. О на серьезнее своей подруги,
л. Сегодня утром трава сырее, чем вчера. 24. Сегодня
it.! бледнее, чем. обычно. 25. Сегодня она самая
■частливая девушка на свете. 26. Твой брат выше
моего. 27. Его произношение хуже твоего.
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... than tlie others. 22. By dav the deer
w v1
powerful
are ... and ... than at night. 23. It’s one careful, nervous
of ... of all the beaches. 24. Love is ... safe, wise
than Philosophy and ... than Power. mighty
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Он старший из трех братьев. 8. Она моя старшая
состра. 9. Кто старше, ты или твоя сестра? 10. Это
самый красивый парк из всех, какие я знаю. II. Ян-
марь обычно бывает холоднее февраля. 12. Февраль
обычно бывает не такой холодный, как январь. 13. tie
старший брат учится на пятом курсе. 14. В августе
;рава не такая зеленая, как в июне. 15. Эта девочка -
худшая ученица в классе. 16. Немецкий язы к труднее
н (тлинекого. 17. Кто из вас самьтй смелый? 18. Это
га мая интересная книга из всех, что у меня есть.
19. Это правило такое же простое, как то, которые вы
уже знаете. Возможно, оно даже проще. 20. Эти розы
краснее тех. 2 1. Мой дом дальше от института, чем
гвой. 22. Кто следующий? 23. Эта дорога кратчайшая.
14. У меня такая же красивая собака, как у моего
приятеля. 25. У них не такая большая семья, как у
нас.
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... than the others. 22. By day the deer powerful
are ... and ... than at (light. 23. It’s one careful, neivous
of ... of ail the beaches. 24. Love is ... safe, wise
than Philosophy and ... than Power. mighty
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Exercise 15, Translate the following phrases into
Russian. Insert suitable ones into the sentences given
below.
Five years older, two months younger, ten miles shor-
№ some metres longer, eight dollars cheaper, twenty dol-
to dearer, some degrees higher, fo u r degrees lower, three
kh heavier, seven pounds lighter, three metres wider, a
mb-e narrower.
1. This street is ... than that one. 2. My son is ... than
Ы. 3. She is ... than her husband. 4. The road through
tic fields is ... than the road through the forest. 5. Today
thetemperature is ... than yesterday. 6. This bag is a b o u t...
than that one. 7. My room is ... than yours. 8. This dress
is... than that one. 9. This piece of road is ... . 10, The
temperatute o f the water is ... today. 11. Her coat is ...
tlm yours. 12. I am ... than you.
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E xercise 17. Build som e sen ten ces o f you; own
using the following phrases.
Two years younger, five months older, ten kilometres
lo n g e r , three inches shorter, fo u r pounds lighter, some kilos
heavier, ten degrees lower, ten degrees higher, some dollars
. hcaper, a kilometre wider, about two metres narrower.
last week. 5. Take care! This cup is ... as that one. 6. Tom
boasted that he was ... as mvself. 7. She was ... as her
husband, that’s why everybody sought her advice. 8. This
house is ... as that one. 9. The canyon before them was ...
.i t h e one they had so successfully got over the day before,
I». H a lf as strong, h a lf as large, h a lf as wide, h a lf as
:\ood, h a lf as long; h a lf as long again, half as quick again,
hi',If as heavy again.
1. Now he seemed ... as lie used to be before his ill
ness. 2. Little by tittle the road became ... as it was early in
i he morning. 3. At last the days g o t ... as they were in sum
mer. 4. The river here is ... as it is in our part of the world,
v The old park was ... as the new one. 6. Due to the lack
of proper training she is ... as she has been. 7. My bag was
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... as tlie bag she was carrying on her shoulder. 8. Now the
way seemed ... .
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Exercise 21. Insert the forms older, elder, oldest,
■ !d i ’S t .
U N IT 4
THE VERB
Section 1
P rese n t S im p le
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< I. Do your friends call on you on Sundays? 2. Does
. (ни friend know your brother? 3. Do you switch off the
lij'lit when you leave the room? 4. Does your sister like
urli weather? 5, Does your grandma wear her slippers
II home? 6. Do you know my sister? 7. Does your father
'<мк at the Institute? 8. Do you take a shower in the
>\ niing? 9. Does your sister learn English at school?
id. Does she like her school? 11. Do your parents watch
I V in the evening? 12. Does youv sister watch it too?
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1. Your husband doesn’t know her, does he? 2. Your
IMother doesn’t do his morning exercises, does he? 3. He
doesn’t come home early, does he? 4. He doesn’t live here
inу longer, does he? 5. Your husband doesn’t call on your
parents very often, does he? 6. He doesn’t like me, does lie?
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come to see him rather often. 7. Your sister gets up
very early. 8. I like to take a hot shower. 9. Nick likes
iо walk in the park.
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Exercise 9. Add q u e s tio n -ta g s to the following
statem ents acco rding to the p a tte r n and t h e n let y o u r
fellow-students answer these questions.
P r e s e n t C o n t in u o u s
It is seven o ’clock
It ...
The alarm clock ...
Nelly ...
N ic k ...
Nelly ...
Nick ... a bath.
Mr Smith ... his teeth.
Mrs Smith ... breakfast.
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It is half past seven
It is a quater to eight
It is eight o ’clock
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It is half past seven. I. Nelly is not switching on the
radio, and what about M r Smith? 2. Nick is not taking his
bath, and Nelly? 3. N ick is not cutting bread, and Mrs]
Smith? 4, Betty is not laying the table, and Nick? 5. Nell;
is not cutting bread, and you? 6. Mrs Smith is not readinj
the newspaper, and you? 7. Mother is not switching on
the radio, and Mrs Smith? 8. I am not looking at myself i:
the mirror, and Nelly?
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II. It is half past seven. 1. Is Nick laying the table?
1 Is Nelly washing? 3. Is Mr Smith cleaning his teeth?
I Is Mrs Smith taking a bath?
III. It is a quarter to eight. 1. Is Nick cutting
in cad? 2. Is Nelly drinking tea? 3. Is Mr Smith eating a
mil? 4.1s Mrs Smith reading a newspaper?
IV. It is eight o’clock. 1. Is Nick clearing the table?
’ Is Nelly collecting her books? 3. Is Mr Smith looking
I I himself in the mirror? 4. Is Mrs Smith putting on her
■ 11; 11 ?
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Exercise 9. Looking at the pictures on pages 46, 47 ]
answer the following questions according to the pattern. 1
Section 3
P r e s e n t S im p le - P r e s e n t C o n tin u o u s
S ection 4
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9. Nobody has ever had such good luck. 10. I love her
more than 1 have ever told you. 11. She has not come
down yet. 12. I d o n 4 think he has yet arrived. 13. What
his real nam e is no one has discovered as yet. 14. ( have
not seen him since eleven this morning. 15. My dear,
the world has changed since my young days. 16. I have
known him since he was born. 17. Where have you been
since last Thursday? 18. How quiet you have been all
this time! 19. 1 love this country - this is my home. I’ve
lived here for forty years. 20. Where lias she been all
these years? 2 1 .1 h av e b een out o f tow n for so long!
22. You have always been far too clever. 23. You know,
1 have always loved him, 24. I suppose you have read
the paper this m orning? 25. I have had four wonderful
adventures this morning. 26. f have never been quite
happy with you. 27. My dear, I am so pleased you have
come at last! 28, Go! Go at once! You have done vour *
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ve they just arrived? 14. Have you just returned? 15. Have
you seen her since the sum m er? 16. Have they lived in
Moscow since 1960? 17. Have you always lived here?
18. Has she always been weak? 19. Have you known
them long? 20. Has she worked here long? 21. Have you
seen her today? 22. Have they com e this m orning?
23. Has he left tonight?
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Exercise 4. Add question-tags to the following state-
ments and then let your fellow students answer these ques
tions.
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7. It has b e g u n thawing today. 8. The boy has broken tl
icicle. 9. S h e has changed her name. 10. Maiy hi
brought h im borne. 11. She has brought home a whii
kitten. 12. S h e has always tried to stop him.
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1111 *\v what (to happen to the cake). 16. She doesn’t say
'' 11.11 (she - to do to him).
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come, I, have, you, to tell. 9. Often, spoken, has,
us, he, on the subject. 10. Returned, have, sooner,
expected, than, I. 11. Never, loved, in the world, ha1
but you, I, any one. 12. To follow his advice, at I;
have, you, made up your mind. 13. Has, since tin
days, she, improved, greatly. 14. Some folly, has, ne'
in her life, she, done? 15. Have, all this time, my bo*
had, you! 16. Here, to tell me, have, about your par
come, you?
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Where is your son? to go to school
Where are your fi'iends? to leave for the m o u n
tains
Where is your pen? to leave it behind
Where is the chalk? to put it on the table
Where is your pencil? to break it
h Where are your books? to put them into my bag
Where is vour rubber? to lose it
Why aren’t you writing? to lose my pen
Ч Why aren’t you reading? to leave my book behind
Why aren’t you singing? to catch cold
Why d on ’t you hand in not to write it
your exercise?
Why don’t you clean the not to wet the duster
blackboard?
Section 5
P a s t S im p l e
!.iк . N b 1 0 5 8
65
в. P a t t e r n : Was he at home in the evening?
Yes, he was. (No, he wasn’t.)
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1. You cam e h o m e early last night, d i d n ’t you?
' You met him at the pictures, didn’t you? 3. You asked
In-т about her children, didn’t you? 4. You came to din
ner in time, didn’t you? 5. She met them in the street,
•lulii’t she? 6. He wore a mackintosh then, didn’t he?
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1. It stopped raining only at 10. 2. You were glad
see your daughter at last. 3. The snow began an hom
ago. 4. You had a good dinner. 5. The icicles sparkled i]
the sun beautifully. 6. At the party he was with his wife;
7. The children had an evening party yesterday. 8. The;
went to the party with their parents. 9. Your parents hai
guests yesterday. 10, You were there too, 11. Tlie guesi
left late at night. 12. You went for a walk rather early i]
the morning.
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1. They had no children, did they? 2. You had no
т и с yesterday, did you? 3. She had no guests that
■M-iiing, did she? 4. W hen she was a girl she had no
i" is, did she? 5. I had no mistakes in my last com-
i",sition. did I? 6. When it began raining she had no
mackintosh on, did she?
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в. P a t t e r n : She was at home at that time,
and what about you?
(and you?)
So was I,
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Exercise 7. Give short answers to the following ques-
fKins beginning them with neither,
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15. 1. When did you see him? 2. W hen did it stop rai
ning? 3. When did they come? 4. Where did you live last
Mimmer? 5. Where did you see them? 6. Where did they
.со to in January? 7. How many books did you read last
month? 8. How many films did you see last week? 9. How
many letters did you write to your parents in summer?
10. What books did vvou
* read last term? 11. What films did
you see last year? 12. What dress did she wear at the party?
С. 1. Why did you come yesterday? 2. Why did you call
him up? 3, Why didn’t she answer my letter? 4. Why did
you say all that? 5. Why did you buy that book? 6. Why
didn’t you ask her to dinner yesterday? 7. Why didn’t she
come to your party? 8. Why didn’t she give me her book?
Why didn’t she call on them? 10. Why didn’t she ask me
about it?
П, 1, What did she look for in your room? 2. What did
vou and Tom speak about last night? 3. Where did lie go to
last Sundav? 4. What did she ask vou about when vou met?
5. What did you think of when you saw' them in our town?
6. Whose children did she look after? 7. What did you read
on Sunday? 8.What did you do in the morning?
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Exercise 11. Think of questions for which the folio
wing might be answers.
1. I saw them yesterday. 2. She told me about h
tea-party. 3. She knew nothing about it. 4. I wanted ti
go to the pictures tonight. 5. She came back just a minuti
ago. 6. She left it in the kitchen. 7. She came from thi
Caucasus. 8. I met him at the theatre. 9. They cami
after dinner. 10. She stayed with them for a month!
11. It was M ary’s brother, 12. He asked me to give hi
your telephone number.
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Exercise 13. Join the following sentences by means
<>f the conjunctions in the margin. Give two variations
where possible.
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Exercise 14. Translate into English. 4
Section 6
P r e s e n t P e r f e c t S i m p l e - P a st S i m p l e *
76
1. When did she come? (an hour ago, this morning)
2. W hen did you see her? (two m onths ago, this m onth)
3, When did you meet? (in April, never) 4. W hen did he
ring you up? (in the evening, just) 5. When did the alarm-
clock ring? (a minute ago, not yet), 6. When did you get
up? (at seven o ’clock, just) 7. When did the weather
change? (in the evening, today) 8. When did it begin
snowing? (at about ten o ’clock, just) 9. When did he ask
her to come to tea? (last week, this week) 10. When did
lie return? (at noon, not yet) 11, When did it stop raining?
(some time ago, not up to now) 12. When did it all
happen? (a moment ago, just)
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Exercise 3. Insert the Present Perfect Simple or the ?
Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. Change the po- |
sition of adverbs if necessary. 1
1. a) 1 ... this book when I was a child. J
b) I ... this book; it is rather interesting, (to read) I
2. a) I ... him in the summer. 1
b) I ...him since the summer, (not to see) I
3. a) The building of the new theatre ... last spring. 9
b) The building of the new theatre ... already, (to 1
begin) 1
4. a) I ... the letter yesterday. I
b) I just ... the letter, (to post) J
5. a) She ... everything in the evening. |
b) At last she ... everything; now she can go to 4
bed. (to do) j
6. a) My watch was all right at 9. but at 10 it ... . 1
b) My watch was all right at 9. but now i t ... . (to I
stop) j
7. a) Last year he ... in the very centre of the city, j
b) He never ... in the very centre of the city, (to 1
live) j
8. a) He ... the Hermitage two days ago. j
b) I already ... the Hermitage, now I want to go to I
the Russian Museum, (to visit) j
9. a) He ... a moment ago. a
b) He just ... . (to leave) I
10. a) I ... to the dean during the break. I
b) I ... to the dean as yet. (not to speak) I
11. a) They ... on Sunday. 1
b) Ring them up, they ... . (to return) ]
12. a) Yesterday the weather ... . j
b) Put on your coat, the weather ... . (to change) 1
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Exercise 4. Insert predicates in the Present Perfect
Simple or in the Past Simple and other missing paits of tlie
sentence using the phrases in brackets.
A, 1. The doctor ... today, (to visit ten o f his patients)
2. His brother ... that day. (not to go to the pictures) 3. It
... the day before yesterday, (to rain heavily) 4. The pro
fessor ... two days ago. (to examine him) 5. He ... the
other day. (to call on us)
JB. 1. The tourists ... this week, (to arrive here) 2. Mot
her ... that week, (to take the children to the Zoo) 3. My
husband and I ... last week, (to be at the theatre) 4. The
children ... a week ago. (to come from the country) 5. My
aunt ... for a week, (to stay with us)
C. 1. She ... this month, (to take eight lessons in English)
2. They ... that month, (to return from England) 3. His
elder brother ... last month, (to meet them at the pictures)
4. I ... a month ago. (to speak to the dean) 5. She ... for
a month, (not to be in town)
D. I. Her husband ... this year, (to graduate from the
Institute) 2. Their friends ... that year, (to live in the
Crimea) 3. She ... last year, (to miss many lessons in
French) 4. They .,. a year ago. (to get acquainted) 5. She
... for a yeaj'. (to stay in England)
P a s t C o n tin u o u s
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Exercise 3. Think of questions for which the following
might be answers.
1. At seven o ’clock he was just getting up. 2. At
time I was seeing my guests off. 3. At ten o ’clock she w;
walking her dog. 4. When I saw him he was opening thp
door of your house. 5. While Nelly was washing Nick was(
taking his bath. 6. She was pouring out tea when I brought!
in the cake. 7. It was raining heavily since morning till-
night yesterday. 8. When the telephone rang they wen
dancing in the sitting-room. 9. While mother was greeting-
the guests Nelly was cutting bread and butter. 10. When
the bell rang they were all sleeping. 11. In the kitchen she
was hurriedly cooking dinner. 12, They were having a wallc
in the park.
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1 When did you see him last time? to leave after our
dancing-party
п. When did you catch cold? to air the room
i . When did you break the plate? to cany the dishes
into the kitchen
When did she break her arm? to slide on the
frozen pond
Section 8
P a s t S im p l e - P a s t C o n t in u o u s
84
Section 9
P a st P e r f e c t S im p l e
85
turned from the pictures. 3. She had cooked the cake be
fore the guests came. 4. Father rang up after I had finish
ed my lessons. 5. I cam e h o m e after it had grow:
dark. 6. They had gone to the skating-rink before the sno1
stopped. 7. She poured out tea after her husband h
taken the cake from the oven, 8, The storm had stopper
before they left the village. 9, They had left the tow:
before the war began. 10. I visited them after they hai
got their new flat. 11. He went to bed after he had dorij
everything. 12. She had washed up before the childra
came from the pictures.
Section 10
P a s t C o n t in u o u s - P a s t P e r f e c t S im p l e
87
whisper) 5. The children ... crying, and ... frightfully at
each other, (to stop, to look) 6. She ... dinner and ... now
leisurely ... her cigarette, (to cook, to smoke) 7. Now
they ... , and ... the hills, (to stop, to survey) 8. They ... at
each other, trying to make out what ... . (to look, to hap
pen) 9. By that time they ... already ... about ten miles and
... worse and worse, (to go, to feel) 10. Now he ... with his
fiancee. Apparently they ... . (to dance, to return from
abroad) 11. His parents, who ... two weeks before ... . (to
leave, to return) 12. She ... where he ... her. (to stand, to
leave)
Section 11
F u ture S im p l e
1. You will carry the box, w on’t you? 2. You will like
that fur, won’t you? 3. You will like fishing, w o n ’t you?
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4. You will listen to the nightingale, w on’t you? 5. You will
catch that butterfly for me, w o n ’t you? 6. You will go to
Ihe skating-rink with me, w o n ’t you?
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P a t t e r n : You w o n ’t see him, will you?
No, I shan’t. (Yes, I shall.)
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Exercise 10. Think of questions for which the follo-
"m g might be answers.
i. Г 11 stay here for about a week. 2. For your
iniihday I ’ll give you a nice little brooch. 3. My dress will
I" ready in time for the ball. 4. I ’11 leave them at my
nit ice. 5. Tomorrow they will already be in Omsk. 6. She
will not be back till late at night. 7. He will give me a red
mvsc. 8. The rest of them will copy the verse. 9. I’ll put
i hr books on the table. 10. She’ll come in a dav or two.
*
P a t t e r n : He can do it today.
He will be able to do it tomorrow.
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1. Eveiybody can sec that. 2. Now I can finish my*
play. 3. Wait. Гш going to look for a better place w h e r e
we can talk. 4. I’m going up where I can get the sunshinej
5 . 1 can take the things off the table. 6. I menu you can give9
anyone anything. 7. LtOh, I can do it myself’, answered!
the boy. 8. 1 can scarcely describe what the difference is.}
9. You can give some money to her now - enough to pay!
Her rent. 10. I can resist everything except tem ptation.!
11. It is really one of the few houses in London where 1 can\
take Agatha. 12. Here is some money. It’s for you, so yoim
can pay the rent. 13. Mother knows where we are. Let’s !
stay here. She can find us when she comes back. 14. Get !
up! You must get away, my son. 15. You must tell me what IЯ
I did. 16, I think I must go and explain everything to h e r.j
17. You must kiss me on the lips, for I love you. 18. W ei
have been too lax. We must make an example. 19. All! You#
must be at home for me. 20. Arthur, you must let me staym
for five minutes. 21. Robert, you must stop this! 22. O f!
course you must help me in this matter. 23. 1 must go to I
her. 24. It must be done somehow. 25. I must go back - no;
I can't go back. 26. You must have this place at once.
27. Now you may go and look at tlie toys. 28. May I have
it just now? 29. May I pull that little table over here to your
chair? 30. You may call me Jim. 31. May I give it to h e r '
this moment? 32. I may come tonight, m ayn't I? 33.You
may go there after dinner. 34. He may do as he chooses!
now with his life. i
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А когда он будет дома? 8. Перед экзаменами мне
придется очень много работать. 9. Скажите, пожа-
|\йста, когда у нас будет консультация? 10. Сколько
времени вы здесь пробудете? 11. Ты проверишь меня,
щдно? 12. Куда он поедет летом? 13. Когда она
:акоичит д и ссер тац и ю ? 14. Ты будешь завтра в
институте? 15. Через год она окончит институт и станет
преподавателем. 16. Через 10 минут мы должны будем
ыin и , иначе мы опоздаем к началу. 17. Сколько
человек вы сможете проэкзаменовать за шесть часов?
18. В этом году я подпиш усь егце на два журнала,
i 9. Он не сможет придти к тебе вечером, так как будет
чанят. 20. П омни, лекция начнется ровно в девять.
21. Он будет вам так благодарен за все это. 22. На-
чеюсь, это вам очень поможет.
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5. She will tell you about her job. She will
ring you up.
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23. She will not come. They will invite her.
24. He will not touch his food. You will go away, until
25. She will not come. You will ask her.
26. I shall stay here. You will help me with my work.
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6. When I ... this I ... him. to see, to remember
7. If you ... me run back here, to see
turn round and run as fast as
you can.
8. If you ... what I ask you, I ... to do, to pay
you very handsomely,
9. I ... i f ) ... . to weep, to choose
10. An hour ... before the sun ... up. to pass, to be
11. If that woman ... my threshold, to cross
I ... her across the face, to strike
12. Here is the reddest rose, in all
the world. You ... it tonight next to wear
to your heart, and as we ... to dance
together it ... you how I ... you. to tell, to love
13. How' happy they ... when I ... to be, to come
back.
14. You ... my son as long as I ... . to be, to live
15. It ... a big thing if it ... out all to be. to turn
right.
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7. Nobody knows when they ... back. to be
S. When you ... away, think of me some to be
times.
I’m not sure if I ... to fmd it, but I ’m to be able
very grateful anyhow.
0. I don’t know when I ... again. to come
1. She will not dance with me if I ... not to bring
her a red rose.
2. Ask her if she really ... it. to mean
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в. P a t t e r n : Do you read English?
No, I d o n ’t, but I ’ll be able
to by the end of the term.
Section 12
F uture i n the P a s t S i m p l e
106
Exercise 4. Finish up the sentences using the Future
in the Past Simple.
1. She said that she ... . 2. He thought that you ... ,
3. She hoped that they ... . 4. I didn’t know that you ... .
5. He knew that we ... . 6. He realized that they ... . 7. She
understood that ... . 8. I was afraid that ... . 9. They
suspected that ... . 10. He was sure that .... 1 1. I knew
that ... . 12. She told me that ... . 13. Did you know that
they ... . 14. Didn’t they remember that ... . 15. Didn't
you make up your mind when you ... .
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Exercise 6. Supply subordinate clauses by translating
the phrases in the right-hand column into English.
наступит зима
зайдет солнце
начнется дождь
уедут дети
они все вспомнят
when получат столько денег
у них не будет работы
окончат институт
*
отец заболеет
они останутся одни
потеряют все деньги
if не поспеют на поезд
ты не придешь вовремя
опять не сдадут зачет
узнают правду
Section 13
Тип S e q u e n c e ое T en ses
109
t
he say he didn't know you? 18. Why did you say you had
never seen her before? 19. Why didn’t you tell them youV
be back quite soon? 20. 1 believed he was unable to hide his
feelings.
UN IТ 5
REPORTED SPEECH
110
A. P a t t e r n: She says, "I get up at seven.”
She says (that) she gets up at seven
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30. “Why can’t you do it yourself?'’
31. “What drinks didn’t they hke?”
32. "Who isn't going hiking?”
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Exercise 2. Convert into reported speech. Use sui
table verbs and nouns (or pronouns) from the lists below.
Verbs; to tell, to order, to command, to persuade, to
remind, to invite, to forbid, to warn, to advise, to ask,
to beg, to implore.
Nouns: Tom, Mary, the boy, my friend, lus guest,
the manager, both o f them. Mother, one us part her, my
son, her daughter, me, her, him, them, you, us.
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i
i
в. P a t t e r n: He says, “ Please don’t be upset.”
He asks Mary not to be upset.
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10. почему ты не отвечаешь
на его звонки
11. кто приходит к ним вчера
12. почему Энн не была вче
ра на занятиях
13. сколько времени ребята
тратят на дорогу в институт
14. за кого из кандидат ов бу
дут голосовать твои друзья
15. от кого Энн узнала, чт о
Боб женился
16. как зовут подругу твоей
сестры
17. почему ты не готовишься
к зачетам
18. над чем это ты так с м е
ешься
19. кто поет в соседней комнате
20. почему брат не сдал э к
замен
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9. поедешь ли ты завтра, ка
дачу
10. будут ли твои родители
зантра у Сидоровых
11. любит ли Джек собак
12. не забудешь ли ты о своем
обещании
13. спит ли сейчас отец
14. горит ли еще огонь и к а
мине
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1. “Tell me the truth,” said Mother. 2. “ Stop, stop!”
implored the boy. 3. “Come here,” said the girl. 4. “ Lo
ok at the sky!” cried the man. 5. “ Hurry up!” said F ath
er. 6. “Wake me up early tomorrow,” said (. 7. “ Read
this, please,” said he angrily. 8. “Come n e a r e r / ’ whis
pered the voice. 9. “ Please listen, to m e ,” asked the girl.
10. “Get out of the room!” shouted the man. 11. “ Plea
se tell me all about it,” said her friend, 12. “O pen the
box, please,” said the boy. 13. “ Read the text, please”
said the teacher. 14. “Give me your hand, please,” said
the girl.
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Приятель спросил меня, где живут мои родители
что я сейчас делаю
когда начнется лекция
почему я пропустил столь
ко занятий
почему я не разговариваю
с Тедом
сколько романов Агаты
Кристи я уже прочел
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Exercise 7. Finish up the sentences.
I . She said that they ... . 2. I wondered if lie ... .
3. 1 just wanted to know whether you ... , 4. She asked me
when I ... . 5. He ordered them ... . 6. They begged him
not ... . 7. The teacher wondered what the students ... .
8. The secretary asked the visitor what she ... . 9. The
young man told his friend where he ... . 10. The manager
told the secretary not ... .
A. P a t t e r n : - I’m busy.
- What did you say?
- 1 said I was busy.
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1. Who is this girl? 2. W hat’s your brother? 3. W
do you come from? 4. When will you be back? 5. What
are they doing here? 6. How long has he stayed in here?
7. What colour have you chosen? 8. When will you see
them? 9. Is the boy one our students? 10. W ere you in
the room at tlie time? 11. Who has broken the window?
12. Did he phone you yesterday? 13. Where did she spend
her holiday? 14. Can you tell me who it was? 15. Must I
answer their questions? 16. Why didn't you say a word
about his failure? 17. Will you be back soon? 18. Will they
tell you what actually happened yesterday? 19. D on’t you
know where your children are at the moment? 20. How
much time is still left?
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P A R T II
LEXICAL EXERCISES
FAMILY
Dialogue 1
Kate: Hello, Ann!
Aim: Hello, Kate! H av en ’t seen you for ages!
Meet my fellow student Lena.
Kate: How do you do! Glad to meet you, Lena.
Are you from St.Petersburg?
Lena: N o, I ’m from Moscow. My family lives
there now.
Kate; Do you live in the hall of residence or rent a
room?
Lena: Neither. I live at my sister’s. She has a mce
three-room flat not far from the centre ot
the city.
Kate: You are lucky. Is your sister married?
Lena: Oh, yes. She is married and has a daughter
already.
Kate: What is her husband?
Lena: He is a manaeer.
Kate: And is your sister also a manager?
Lena: Oh, no, she is a teacher of English.
Kate: Is she fond of her job?
Lena: I suppose, she is. She is fond of children
and is very good at handling them. A nd are
you fond of St. Petersburg, Kate?
Kate: Yes, I am. All my family lives in St. P eter
sburg.
Lena: And is it a large family?
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Kate: Rather. We are five: my parents, a grand
mother, my younger brother and me.
Lena: Does your grandmother work9
Kate: No, she is a retired pensioner. She is over
sixty. But site does a lot of housework.
Lena: Is vour brother still at school?
Kate: Yes, he is. He is leaving school this year.
He is seventeen.
Lena: What is he going to be?
Kate: His dream is to be an actor. He is a great
theatre-lover.
Dialogue 2
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Alice: Well, she is a good guitar player. S om e
times she comes to our place and it’s really
a treat to listen to her playing. Come and
see us some day, say. next Sunday?
Jane: Thanks, most willingly.
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.. if her (his) sister is a schoolgirl.
.. if her (his) brother is a doctor.
.. how old her (bis) brother is.
.. if she (he) has any other relatives.
.. if she (he) is fond of them.
.. what her (his) aunt is.
.. what her (his) uncle is.
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Exercise 9. Make up a dialogue using the following
words and expressions.
haven’t seen you for ages: meet my friends; not far
from; to be lucky: to be good at; to go to tlie pictures; by
the way; sorry to say; it's a treat; say; most willingly.
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My parents are fond .... spoil. My sister is 22. She is two
years ... my senior. 2. ... the way, do you know Peter?
He is ... Siberia. He is fond ... his native parts. He says
that Siberia is w onderful. He is very good ... w in te r
sports. 3. W hat are you going to do ... Sunday? L e t’s go
... the p ictures or ... the th e a tre . A new film i s our
local cinem a-house. 4. M eet my friend Kate. She lives
... the hostel. 5. What place are you ... ? 6. My married
sister lives ... her mother’s-in-law. 7, Do you help your
■mother ... the house? 8. The weather is lovely, let’s go ...
a walk. 9. W hat do you like to do ... rainy weather? - I
like to watch TV or listen ... good music. 10. ... classes
they are going to visit their friend who is ill
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and her sister? 4. We are not teachers yet, and you?
5. I ’m not married, and you? 6. My grandm other is not
a retired pensioner, and what about your grandmother?
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та - бы ть зн а м е н и т ы м п у т е ш е с т в е н н и к о м (fam ous
traveller). Он собирается поступать (to enter) на гео
гр а ф и ч е с к и й ф акультет (d ep a rtm en t of geography)
университета.
Appendix
I have a father,
I have a mother,
I have a sister,
I have a brother,
Father, mother, sister, brother -
Hand in hand with one another.
/. Names o f Relationship
mother - мать
father - отец
daughter - дочь
son - сын
grandmother - бабушка
grandfather - дедушка
brother - брат
sister - сестра
aunt - тётя
uncle - дядя
cousin - двоюродный брат (сестра)
mother-in-law - свекровь, тёща
father-in-law - свекр, тесть
п ер 1iew - племянник
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niece - племянница
sister-in-law - свояченица, золовка
brother-in-law - шурин, деверь
stepmother - мачеха
stepfather - отчим
stepson - пасынок
stepdaughter - падчерица
2. Professions
teacher - учитель
doctor - врач
engineer - инженер
driver - шофер
book-keeper - бухгалтер
worker - рабочий
shorthand typist - машинистка - стенографистка
lawyer - адвокат, юрист
manager - управляющий
painter - художник
builder - строитель
actor - актер, артист
actress - актриса
cook - повар
architect - архитектор
pianist - пианист (ка)
pilot - лётчик
typist - машинистка
clerk - клерк, служащий
plumber - водопроводчик
banker - банкир
secretary - секретарша
policeman - полицейский
saleswoman - продавщица
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Word combinations
to meet somebody -познакомиться с кем-либо
to be from some place - быть уроженцем к ак о го -
либо места
to live in a hall of residence - жить в общежитии
to rent a room - снимать комнату
to be m arried to sm b. - быть зам уж ем ( ж е н а
тым) за кем-то (на ком-то)
to be single - быть незамужем (неженатым)
to be fond of - любить что-либо, нравиться
to be good at smth. - иметь способности к чему-
либо
to make coffee (tea) - приготовить кофе (чай)
to switch 0 11 (a TV, radio set) - включать (теле
визор, радиоприемник)
to air the room - проветривать комнату
to wash up - мыть посуду (после еды)
to cook meals - готовить еду
to do one’s room - убирать в комнате
to water flowers- поливать цветы
to keep house - вести домашнее хозяйство
to do housework - делать работу no дому
to leave school - кончать школу
to be ... years old - быть такого-то возраста
I ’m twenty - мне двадцать лет
to be one’s senior (junior) - быть старше (младше)
кого-то
it takes ... to get to - уходит (о времени), чтобы
добраться до ...
It takes me half an h o u r to get to my office - У
м ен я уходит полчаса, чтобы добраться до работы
by the way - между прочим
sorry to say - к сожалению, жать
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Sorry to say but I d o n ’t know this man. - К сожа
лению, я не знаю этого человека
It’s a treat - Это удовольствие, наслаждение
I t ’s a treat to listen to his songs - У д о во л ьстви е
слуш ать его песни
let’s say - скажем, к примеру
Come and see me, let’s say, on Sunday - Прихо
дите ко мне, скажем, в воскресенье
FLAT
Dialogue 1
Ann: I say, Alice, have you got a flat of your own?
Alice: It’s my parents’ flat, but I have a room of my
own.
Ann: Is the fiat large?
Alice: Rather. We have three rooms, a kitchen,
a hall and a bathroom.
Ann: Are there ail modem conveniences in the
flat?
Alice: Yes, there are. There is hot and cold water,
centra! heating, gas and electricity, of course.
Ann: What is your room like?
Alice: My room is not veiy large, but veiy comfor
table. There is not much furniture in it. On
the left, there is a sofa and a small table
near it, at the window' there is my writing-
desk, in the right-hand corner there is a
dressing - table. Near it there is a wardrobe
where I keep my clothes.
Aim: Where do you keep your books?
Alice: There are bookshelves over the sofa.
Ann: Have you got a TV set?
Alice: Yes, we have, but it is in the living-room
where we usually sit in the evenings.
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Dialogue 2
Kate: Pete, have you moved to a new fiat?
Pete: Yes, we have. Our new address is: 16 Lesnaya
Street, flat 22.
Kate: Is it far from the centre of the city?
Pete: It takes me about forty minutes to get to
the University by bus.
Kate: What floor is your flat on?
Pete: It’s on the fourth floor. There are nine store
ys in the house.
Kate: Is there a lift?
Pete: Of course, there is.
Kate: How many rooms are there in your flat?
Pete: There are two rooms, a kitchen, a hall and
a bathroom in it. One room is 16 sq.m, and
the other is 12 sq.m. The kitchen is rather
large, it serves as a dining-room,
Kate: Are you on the phone?
Pete: Г т sorry to say, we aren’t.
Kate: You have all modern conveniences, haven’t
you?
Pete: Yes, we have, even a chute for refuse. Well,
next Sunday we are going to have a house
- warming party. Come to our place and
see it with your own eyes.
Kate: Thanks, I will.
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ground floor? (on the top floor?). Is there a lift in your
house?
2. W hat m o dern co n v en ien ces are there in your
flat? Is there a chute for refuse? Have you got a gas or an
electric stove? Does it take m uch time to cook breakfast
(to boil the kettle) on a gas stove? What furniture is there
in the kitchen? Do you have your meals in the kitchen or
in tlie dining-room?
3. Which is the largest room in your flat? Whose
room is it? W hat is ther.e in this room ? Is there m uch
furniture in this room? What is there in the centre of tlie
room? Are there any pictures on the walls? What is there
on the floor?
4. You have a room of your own, haven’t you? Is it
warm and light? It is not very large, is it? What pieces of
fu rn itu re are there in your room? W here do you keep
your books? T h ere is a w ardrobe in your room , isn ’t
th ere? What colour curtains are there on the windows?
W hat colour is the w allpaper in your room ? W here do
you sleep? Arc there any arm-chairs in your room?
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the arm-chairs? 11. Where is the lamp? 12. Where is the
piano? 13. Where are the bookshelves?
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Exercise 12. Ask your fellow students some q u e s
tions from the chart below.
How much you to do the flat
time does it your sister to scrub the floor
take your mother to cook breakfast
your friend to get to the office
your brother to do the shopping
How long your father to wash up after dinner
does it take to make coffee
to dust the furniture
to read a two-page
English text
to do grammar exercises
to knit a sweater
to make a cake
to get to school
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3. My friends have moved ... a new flat. Now they
live rather far ... the cen tre ... the city. T hey live ... a
ten-storey building. There is a Jift ... the house. Their flat
is ... the sixth floor.
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E xercise 16. M ake up dialogues on the following
topics:
1) Discussing a new flat.
2) Furnishing a new flat.
Appendix
I. Read and translate the text below.
A House O f Their Own.
Ann To Mavis
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Mavis To Ann
32 Parkway.
Hampstead, N.W.5
5 September (992
Mv^ dear Ana,--
O f course I’d be delighted to help you, if you think
my advice useful, in choosing curtains and rugs. It’ll be
almost as exciting as choosing them for my own house.
You are lucky having a house built for you: David and
I will probably have to wait five years before we can
marry, unless we can get a building society to help us.
I’m very fond of reds - they make a room look warm.
Blues and greens are rather cold colours, d o n ’t you think?
Yellows and cream s are good for walls, but not very
suitable for rugs.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing the house.
Do let me know when the inside decoration is finished,
and w e ’ll fix a date. 1 hope David can jo in us, though
lie’s not really an expert gardener.
Yours, Mavis.
2. Read the poem aloud, learn it by heart.
- Little grey mouse,
Where is your house?
- 1 can show you my flat
If you don’t tell the cat.
My flat has no door,
1 live under the floor.
I come out in the night
And go back when it’s light.
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List of words and word combinations
flat - квартира
to be of one’ own - иметь в собственности, владеть
m odem conveniences - современные удобства
hot and cold water - горячая и холодная вода
centra] heating - центральное отопление
gas - газ
electricity - электричество
lift - лифт
chute for refuse - мусоропровод
storey - этаж
floor - этаж
to be on the top floor - быть на верхнем этаже
furniture - обстановка, мебель
to have a liouse-warming party - справлять новоселье
to furnish a flat - обставлять квартиру
in the centre of (in the middle of) - в центре (в
середине)
to the right (left) of - справа (слева) от
on the right ( left ) - направо (налево)
near - около, рядом
curtains - занавеси, шторы
carpet - ковер
picture - картина
wallpaper - обои
armchair - кресло
stool - табуретка
refrigerator (fridge) - холодильник
gas-stove - газовая плита
standard lamp - торшер
living room - гостиная
bedroom - спальня
study - кабинет
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hall - прихожая, холл
kitchen - кухня
bathroom - ванная
dressing-table - туалетный столик
writing desk - письменный стол
wardrobe - шкаф (платяной)
sideboard - сервант
TV set - телевизор
radio set - радиоприемник
to put, to place - поставить, поместить
to move to a new flat - переехать на новую квартиру
sofa - диван, тахта
bed - кровать
night table - ночной столик
bookcase (bookshelves) - книжный шкаф (книжные
полки)
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Kate: T h e first week was very warm. Fancy the
tem perature rising to 24° in the day time!
But it didn’t keep long. In a few days the
weather turned to worse, it started raining,
the temperature fell to seven degrees. And
this spell of nasty weather has been lasting
already for two weeks.
Ann: But you know, the weather in our parts is
very changeable. It can still turn to better.
Sometimes we enjoy very nice and warm
weather in October.
Kate: Right you are. Let’s hope for the best.
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w eath er cbes S t.P etersb u rg look at its best in your
opinion? (\8 i**'4
i When is it slushy? muddy? Ы. When are
th e re th u n d e rsto rm s in S t.P etersburg? In th e South?
Ж W hen does it rain cats and dogs? f21 )'D o you like
rainy weather? 22. What weather is to your taste? 23. Do
you like it when it is hot? w arm ? cold? cool? rainy?
misty? sunny?
Exercise 2. Change the following sentences accor
ding to the example.
E x a m p 1 e: When the sun shines ...
(the weather is sunny).
When the sun shines we say
(that) the weather (it) is sunny.
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Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences.
1. It looks like ... . Take your umbrella. 2. The
temperature has fallen'to f?. . 3. The weather has turned
' to ... .. It is drizzling. 4. After a hard frost everything is
c o v e r e d '-. /Г'’, 5. W h e n th e snow begins to m elt the
streets ... . 6. The temperature has risen . 7. The sky
is d a rk ? it is covered 8. In au tu m n it often"?!.'v
9. S um m ers are ho t very . 10. L o nd on is fam ous
'for ... .f f l. St.Petersburg looks at its best in ... . 12. Indian
summer is a spell of good weather ... V '
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Exercise 6. Ask your fellow students:
... what her (his) favourite season is
... if the climate in her (his) native place is better
than in St.Petersburg
... if she likes it when it is hot
... if she likes to walk in rainy weather
... what Indian summer is hke in St.Petersburg
... if there are often floods in St. Petersburg
.... what the weather is like today
... if she (he) is fond of winter spoil
... if she (he) likes frosty weather
... if the weather is changeable in her home town
... if she (lie) is afraid of thunderstorms
... if there are often thunderstorms in St. Petersburg
... if she (he) knows the weather forecast for
tomorrow
... what she (he) likes to do on a fine summer day
... if she (he) can stand the heat
... if she (he) can stand the frost.
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Exercise 13. Some countries have four seasons, and
other countries have only two seasons. The weather during
the seasons is also different in different countries. In
Southwest Asia, for example, the summers are dry and
hot.
in th e exercise below, write in the clim ate words
that best describe the seasons in y o u r co u n try (in the
N o rth , in the South, in the East, in the West, in the
centre).
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2.
- Ты не знаеш ь се го д н я ш н и й п рогн о з погоды?
- Днем обещают дождь. Возьми на всякий случай (to
be on the safe side) зонтик и надень плащ.
3.
- К акая отвратительная погода! С овсем не п о
хоже на весну. Небо опять затянуто тучами, похоже,
что будет дождь. В апреле было всего несколько т е п
лых солнечных дней.
4.
- К о р о т к и й пери од теп л о й погоды в начале
о сен и н а з ы в а ю т ‘'б а б ь и м л е т о м ’1. М н о г и е р усски е
поэты воспевали это время года.
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2. Read and translate the poem.
Afternoon in February
by Henry W.Longfellow
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agreement. I begin by saying, “A
cold morning, isn’t it?” The other
man says, “ It certainly is” . 1 say, '‘It’s
been cold all week"’, and the other
man says, “Yes, we’re having a very
cold spring” . So far w e’ve agreed
about everything. Perhaps 1 make a
remark about som ething I ’ve seen
in the newspaper. I say, perhaps, “ I
see the Italians have beaten us at
football again” . The other man says,
“Yes, seven-nil tliis time”. Well, when
we’ve exchanged remarks on subjects
of this kind, on which there can be
no disagreement, we’re beginning to
feel friendly. If w e ’d started with
subjects on which disagreement was
possible, politics, for example, we
might not have become friendly.
Language isn’t used only for giving
or asking for facts.
Mrs. Green: Rem arks about the weather are a
safe way of opening c o m m u n ic a ti
on with a stranger. When I go abroad,
to a country where I ca n ’t speak the
language, I always try to learn a few
phrases, like “Good morning”, “Good
afternoon” , "Isn ’t it a nice day” ,
“ Please” and “Thank you” . People
are suspicious of strangers who are
completely silent.
Mr.Green: Oh,yes. These words are certainly
useful when you come to this countiy.
(A.S. H ornby. Oxford Progressive
English for Adult Learners)
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4. Read, and translate the story.
Weather Forecast
Is)G eorge took*the paper, and read us out the w e a t
h e r forecastVhich promised^'1ram. cold, wet to fine, 6cca-
sional local thunderstorms, east wind, with general'depres-'1
si on over Midland Counties (London and Channel). Bar
failing”?*
'' f think that all this silly,- irritating ftom foolishness
which_piagues us. this ‘‘weather forecast ' I’r aud is the most
aggravating.' it " f o r w 11at happened yesterday or the
day b efore, and just the opposite, of what is going to
happerr.today.
ъ I rem em berliow a holidaV^of mine was ^completely
ruined one day late autm nivbecause w e j a a i ^ ^ e u t i o n to
the weather repoit^of tlfe local newsnapeL-4^Heavy sho-
ЛУШЬ thimderstorms^may.^e e x p e c ts today” , it said
on Monday, and so .we £ a v a u p ’ bur picnic, and stopped
in doo rs all day waiting for the rain. And p eo p le passed
the house going off merrily, the sun shone out and there
was not a cloud in the skv." •
4 "A h !” We said, as we stood ippkingJcfut at them
th ro u g h the window., “tl^ey wilLcome home, soaked!”
'CAn d we e liu c k k j/w h e n we th ou ght 1iow wet they
*1 A? / '
"3
And when the afternoon was nearly gone, and still
there was no sign of rain, we tried to cheer ourselves up
with the idea that it would come'down: all at once, fust as
t h e ^ e o p J e 'h a d startecf Yor h o m e, and were out of the
■'reach 'of auv- shelter, and that they would bo thus ^aet more
drenched than ever. But not a drop fell, and it was a
grand dtjj^ and a lovely night after it.
T h e"next morning w e^ead that it was going to be a
“warm, fme day; much heat”, and we dressed ourselves in
flimsy things, and w e n / b u t , and, half-an-hour аДет we
started, it began to rain hard, and a^jMtterly cold wind
sprang up and both kegt steadily for the whole day, and we
came h^me with colds and rheumatism all over us and went
to bed. л
The weather is a thing that is beyoncj^me. I never
;can understand
- *- — ‘ itf'The barometer иJ is useless; it is as mis-
leading as the newspaper forecast.
тКеге wras one hanging up* m a hotel at Oxford at
which I was .staying hist spring, and, when I got there it „
ft ^
was pointing to “set f a ir ’. It was simply pouring with rain
outside, and had been^all day; and 1 couldn’t quite mq^e
m atters outb I tappea the barometer, and it jum ped up
a n d p ointed to “ very .d ry ” .\3 Ai, man stopped as he was
*" C j\
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List of words and word combinations
APPEARANCE
Dialogue
E xercises
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Exercise 2, Complete the following sentences.
1. Your sister is a regular beauty ... .
2. He was a handsome young man ... .
3. The woman who opened the door was ... .
4. My niece is such a nice little thing . . . .
5. The most remarkable thing about her face is ... .
6. She looks the very picture of h er m other: she
has the same . . . .
7. The girl charmed everybody: she ... .
8. Can you describe that man? - Sure, he ... .
9. Is your friend still as beautiful as she was some
years ago? - It's a pity, but she is not. She ... .
10. She is twenty five but she looks ... .
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Exercise 4. Ask your fellow-students:
... who she (he) took after
... what her (his) sister looks like
... if her girl-friend is a regular beauty
... what colour hair has her (his) mother (father)
if her (his) brother is tall or short
... if her (his) little sister has a snub or a straight nose
... who of the children took after their mother
... if she (he) and her (his) brother (sister) are alike
... what colour eyes she (he) likes better: dark or blue
... if her (his) mother looks her age (old, young for
her age)
... if she uses make up
... if her parents approve of young girls using make up
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Exercise 9. Translate into English.
1. Её мать невысокого роста, полная, с тем н ы
ми волосами и серыми глазами. Дочъ совсем на нее
не похожа. Она высокая блондинка, очень стройная,
с большими голубыми глазами, темными бровями и
ресницами. У нее большой, но красивый рот, пря
мой нос и прекрасный цвет лица. 2. Мой сосед был
в ы с о к и й худой м у ж ч и н а лет п я т и д е с я т и . Его л и ц о
было не очень п ри влекательн ы м (attractive). У него
был крупный нос, небольшие темные глаза и тонкие
губы. О д н ако (b u t), когда он говорил и у л ы б ался,
л и ц о его сразу же становилось очень приятным. 3. Это
была пожилая (elderly) ж енщ ина лет 60, с седыми
в о л о сам и , д о в о л ь н о п о л н а я , но все ещ е к р аси вая .
4. Д евочка была прелестна с её круглым личиком,
больш им и тем но-голубы м и глазами и вздернутым
носиком.
Exercise 10. Make up your own dialogues on the topic.
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dark hail' and light eyes. Some have light hair and light
eyes, some have light hair and dark eyes. Some redheads
get angry quickly, but many others do not.
Many people who wear glasses are not intelligent.
Many doctors are rich, but others are not. Many Ameri
cans love hamburgers and hot dogs, but some Americans
hate them.
O f course, everyone likes ice cream!
The statements in the first paragraph are generaliza
tions. They are general statements about groups of pe
ople. G eneralizations may be dangerous because not all
the people are the same. If we accept generalizations, we
may judge individuals incorrectly. Judging people before
we know' them is called prejudice. And, if we are prejudi
ced, we may make mistakes th at will hurt oth er people
and us.
Dialogue
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Peter: Rather. Besides English books in the original
I ’ve got many travel books and books about
animals. I could lend you a veiy interesting
book about wolves if such books are to your
liking.
Kate: Thanks. I ’ll be delighted.
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Exercise 2. Ask your fellow students:
. . . i f there is a public library in her (his) home town
... what books one can borrow there
... how often she (he) goes to the library
... if she (he) always asks the librarian what book to
take
... what book she (he) borrowed last
... if she (he) has read and enjoyed it
... what reference books she (he) knows
... what reference books she (he) usually uses if she
(he) lias to write a report (an article, an essay)
. . . i f she often uses dictionaries
... where one can get information on science, art,
outstanding people, etc.
... if she (he) reads periodicals regularly
. . . i f she (he) remembers any article which produ
ced a great impression on her
... if she (he) likes reading in bed
... what books she (he) likes best of all
. . . i f she (he ) has a rich collection of books at home
... how many books she (he) buys monthly
... what books her (his) younger sister (brother) likes
reading
... what books she (he) was fond of when a child
... if she (he) knows any poems by heart
... if she (he) has seen any plays by O.Wilde or
B. Shaw
... w hat books she (he) can re c o m m e n d for light
reading.
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Exercise 3 . M atch th e titles o f the books and the
names of'the authors.
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ren,isn’t it? And why? 10. Can you nam e any other books
by Dickens besides “ Little Dorrit”?
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E xercise 7. Ask questions so th a t the sen ten ces
given below could be answers.
1. I can rec o m m en d you “ Fairy T a le s ” by O scar
Wilde for your extra reading. 2. You may borrow three
books at a time: a te x tb o o k an d two fictio n books.
3. You may keep textbooks all year long. 4. I don’t think
N ’s latest boo k is a success w ith the public. I t ’s a bit
dragged out. 5. It w o n ’t be very difficult to understand
the language of the book. I t ’s good colloquial English.
6. You can look through the magazine “ England” in the
reading-hall. 7. No, I haven’t yet finished reading it. 8. The
librarian recommended me some stories by S. Maugham.
1 prefer seeing plays on stage to reading them. 10. The
first English book we’ve read in the original was ‘‘Alice in
Wonderland” , 11. My friend has to spend much time in
the library because she is writing an essay on S hak es
peare. 12. My brother is fond of books about animals
and nature. 13. The action of the novel ... takes place in
the XIX century. 14. Science fiction books are very po
pular nowadays because they show new trends and ten
dencies in the d e v e lo p m e n t o f science and the h u m an
society. 15. I th in k i t ’s very useful to learn poem s by
heart.
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Ь х a m p i e : - Shall we go to the library
after classes?
- With pleasure. Fd like to look
through the new books they
have received.
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detectives. 2. It’s the dullest book I ’ve ever read. It ma
kes me sleepy. 3. His books are always a great success.
! ie is a great master of psych ological analysis. 4. The plot
of the story is very complicated and it carries you away,
v I’ve greatly enjoyed the language of the book. It’s very
iich and expressive. 6. N. has touched upon important
.s o c ia l problems of younger generation in his latest book.
/. T h e characters of the book are quite vivid and real.
N. Everybody is talking about M .’s collection o f poem s
which has com e out lately. They say that some of them
are great pieces of poetry. 9. The scene in the book is
laid in St.Petersburg, Moscow and Washington. 10. I ’ve
nothing against detective stories if they are good.
On Reading
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She continued to publish one or two novels a year,
often plotting them in a hot bath while eating apples.
But it was th e elderly, frail sp in ster Ja n e M arple
who remained her favourite detective.
G ifted w ith as m an y “ little gj;ey c e lls” as Poirot,
Miss Marple also posSeses some wisdom and insight that
make her Agatha Christie’s alter ego. Although Poirot is
gone, Miss Marple survives for at least a while longer. An
unpublished manuscript in which she too passes on was
locked in the Christie vault, along with Dame Agatha’s
autobiography. (Abridged and adapted from “ Mozaika”).
2. Read and translate the text below. Get ready to
speak on the similar topic referring to this country.
T h e sum spent on books and m agazines seems
small. M ost families take at least one daily new spaper
and a Sunday paper. They , may take several weekly
magazines, usually in clu ding the “ Radio T im e s ” . This
gives th e m th e weekly program m es of the B.B.C. The
small sum spent on books does not mean that people do
veiy little reading. Millions of cheap, paper-backed books
are bought every month. There are good public libraries
everywhere from w hich books may be borrow ed. Over
one million books are taken out from these libraries every
weekday. In some homes, however, there is less serious
reading now than there was fifty years ago. Many people
prefer to listen to the radio, or look at films on television.
Many people seem to prefer popular picture magazines to
magazines that contain serious reading.
(A.S. Homby. Oxford Progressive English
for Adult Learners)
3. Read and translate the text below'.
T h e re is a public library in every tow n in G re a t
Britain. T h e re are b ran ch libraries in m ost villages.
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A nyone may become a member, and it costs nothing to
borrow books. Three books may be borrowed at a time,
but only two may be novels. If there are four persons in
the family, they can, between them ,, take home twelve
books. These books can be kept for a fortnight, so there is
no difficulty in providing the family with all the reading
that is needed. If, at the end of the fortnight, you have
not finished reading a book, you may renew it for anot
her fortnight. If the book you want is out, you may ask
for it to be kept for you, and if you pay the cost of a
postcard, the librarian will let you know when the book
has been returned and is ready for you.
Most public libraries also have a reading-room and
a reference library. In the reading room there are tables
and desks at which you can sit and read the daily papers
and all the other im p o rta n t periodicals (th e weeklies,
m onthlies and quarterlies). In the reference library there
are encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and num erous
other books. These may not be taken away.
(A.S. Hornby. Oxford Progressive English
for Adult Learners)
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INSTITUTE LIFE
Dialogue
Kate: Hello, Ann. Haven’t seen you for ages. What
are you doing now?
Ann: I ’m studying in the teachers’ training college.
Kate: Are you, really? What are you doing?
Ann: I ’m doing foreign languages.
Kate: How very interesting! You know my sister
is leaving school this year and her dream is
to enter this college, Will you tell me some
words about your college?
Am: Most willingly. What are you interested in?
Kate: What languages are you doing?
Ann: G erm an and English. G e rm a n is my first
language and English is the second. I have
taken it up only this year.
Kate: Which of them do you find more difficult?
Ann: English grammar is easy but pronunciation
is my weak point. I have to work hard at it
in the language laboratory. On the whole,
English is easier in my opinion.
Kate: How long will your course run?
Am: Five years. In the fourth and fifth years we'll
have our teaching practice at school.
Kate: How many periods do you have daily?
Am: As a rule we have one or two lectures, then
a seminar or a class in English or in German.
Kate: Is it a hard job to do two foreign languages?
Aim: If you don’t miss classes and work regularly
you are sure to make a good progress.
Kate: Do students sometimes fail at the exams?
Am: They do, if they work by fits and staits.
Kate: Thanks a lot for this useful information.
Ann: You are welcome.
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Exercise 3. Ask the teacher if you must:
read the second passage; translate the sent елее; switch
on the light; turn on the tape-recorder; recite the poem;
render the story; explain the rule; clean the b la c k
board; fetch a piece of chalk; wet the duster; get the
books from the library.
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Exercise 6. Use the f o l l o w i n g questions and senten
ces in a natural conversation.
1. Where is the timetable? 2. What lecture shall we
have on Tuesday? 3. Where can I get this textbook? 4. Is
Ilie library open? 5. I’m very nervous about my exam in
English. 6. Why did you miss classes yesterday? 7. I’m
afraid h e ’ll fail in G erm an. 8. Y ou’И have to work hard
io catch up with the group. 9. D o n ’t worry about him.
lie is very good at English. 10. Was he absent again?
i I. I ’ve m ade rath er m an y m istakes in my dictation.
12. Will you help me with this exercise? 13. Can you
slay after classes? Do you remember that we have a re
hearsal today?
Exercise 7. Complete the following sentences.
1. She has been ill for a week and now.... 2. My
friend has made a good progress in English because ... .
3. If you work by tits and starts . . . . 4. You will fall be
hind the group if ... . 5. I’m going to the library, I must
prepare . . . . 6. She is very good at . . . . 7. If you don’t
know the pronunciation of a word . . . . 8. Will you help
Ann . . . . 9. He is veiy weak in ... . 10. Our course of
studies runs . . . .
Exercise 8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and
postverbal adverbs wherever necessary.
1. T he students ... our group are very good ...
English. They w ork hard ... their p ro n u n ciatio n and
grammar. 2. When Kate fell ... the group ... the History
... the English language everybody was ready to help her
... this subject. It took her a week to catcli ......... the
group. Now she is very strong ... this subject. 3. Peter
makes many mistakes ... ins speech. T hat’s because he
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works ... fits and starts. 4. Lectures ... English literature
are veiy popular ... our students. 5. Yesterday we had a
lecture ... history, a seminar ... Stylistics and a class ...
English. 6. ... the end ... th e first te rm we shall have
th ree exams. 7. If I pass my exam ... English I’ll be veiy
happy, Though I work hard English doesn’t come easy ...
me. 8. It’s high time to start reading .......... your exams.
9. D o n ’t miss classes, otherwise you may fail ... English.
10. What subject are you week ...?
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3. You are a freshman and your friend is a fou
year student. She has come back from her school prac
tice. Ask her how she liked it.
SHOPPING
(at a department store)
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 3
E xercises
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departm ent? 22. What is your favourite departm ent?
23. Do you like doing the window-shopping?
Exercise 2. Say what one can buy:
at the hosiery department; at the millinery depart
ment; at the leather goods department’ at the footwear
d ep artm ent; at the perfum ery departm ent; at the glass
ware department; at the knitted goods department; at the
stationery department; at the furniture department; at the
ready-made clothes department; at the haberdashery de
partment.
Exercise 3. Say where one can buy:
high-heel eel shoes; a dress: a pair of gloves; stockings
and tights: a sweater; a blouse and a skirt; p ap e r and
pens; a hat; a coffee-set; a dinner-table; a suit-case; scents;
a tea-set; a scarf; strong walking shoes; a coat: lace.
Exercise 4. Ask your fellow students:
... if there are many department stores in her (his)
hometown
... if she (he) is fond of shopping
... what her (his) favourite department is
... if she (he) likes to buy ready-made clothes
... if she always tries a dress on before buying it
... what size she takes in dresses
... what shoes she (he) wears every day
... if her shoes go with her coat
... where she buys her hats
... what hats are to her taste
... where one can buy a pair of gloves
... when she wears high heels
... if she likes knitted things
... if she can knit herself.
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Exercise 5. Ask questions so that the sen ten ces
b e l o w could be answers to them.
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Exercise 8. Fill in the blanks with the words “to fit,
to go with, to become, to suit, to m atch” .
i. The dress doesn’t ... me: it is a bit too loose in
the waist and tight round the hips. 2. This colour doesn’t
... you. 3. I w an t a grey jac k et ... my skirt. 4. The
gloves d o n ’t ... with my shoes. 5. At last I have found
the dress which ... me perfectly. 6. The jacket ... you,
but the colour ... you. 7. W hat colour tie will you
reco m m en d ... my light-grey shirt? 8. I don’t think grey
shoes will ... with your brown coat. 9. The dress is to my
taste but the price doesn’t ... me.
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С*Yes, and it’s a pretty grey. You know what I mean,
dear; not a common grey. O f course1 grey is alway^ an
uninteresting colour” .
'.“ It's quiet” . .
^ “And then again, what I fee] about the red is that it
is so warm-16'oking. Red makes you feel warm even when
vou’re not warm. You knbw what I mean, .dear” . .ч
“Well, then, why not have the red? 4 t suits you -
red” . 1
“No; do you really think so?”
“Well, w hen y o u ’ve got a colour, I m ea n , of
co u rse” ,
“Yes, that is the drawback to red. No, 1 think, on
the whole, the grey is safer” .
“Then you will take the grey, madam”?
“Yes, I think I ’d better; don’t you, dear?”
“ I like it myself very m uch,”
“A nd it is good w'earing stuff. I shall have it
trim m ed with - Oh! You haven’t cut it off, have you?”
“I wras just about to, m adam ”?
4 “ Well, d o n ’t for a m o m e n t. Just let m e have
a n o th e r look at the red. You see, dear, it has just
occurred to me - that chinchilla would look so well on
the red” .
“So it would, dear” .
“And, you see, I ’ve got the chinchilla” .
“Then have the red. Whv* not?” , 1 '
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“Yes, fourteen yards will be enough; because J shall
mix it \yith - one m inute. You see, dear, if I take the
grey 1 shall have nothing to wear with my black jacket” .
“W on’t it go with grey?’’
“N ot well - not so well as with red” . Г/
“ I should have the red, then. You evidently fancy it
y o u rself \
“ N o, personally ( prefer th e grey. But th en one
m u st.th in k of everything, and - G ood gracious! T h a t ’s
surely not the right time?”
“ No, madam, it’s ten minutes slow. We always keep
our clocks a little slow”.
“And we were to have been at M adam e Jannaw ay’s
at a q u a rte r past twelve. How long the shopping does
take! Why, whatever time did we start?”
“About eleven, wasn’t it?”
“ H a lf past ten. I rem em b er now; because, you
know, we said w e ’d start at h alf past nine. W e ’ve been
two hours already!”
“And we don’t seem to have done much, do we?”
“ D one literally nothing, and 1 m eant to have done
so m uch . I m ust go to M adam e J a n n a w a y ’s. Have you
got my purse, dear? Oh, it’s all right. I ’ve got it” .
“Well, now you h a v e n ’t decided w h e th e r y o u ’re
going to have the grey or the red.”
kT m sure I don’t know what 1 do want now. I had
made up my mind a minute ago, and now it’s all gone
again - oh, yes, I remember, the red. Yes, Г 11 have the
red, 1 don’t mean the red; I mean the grey” .
“You were talking ab ou t the red last tim e, if you
remember, dear” .
“Oh, so I was; you’re quite right. T h at’s the worst of
shopping. Do you know, I get quite confused s o m e
t im e s ” .
“Then you will decide on the red, madam?”
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“Yes, yes, I s h a n ’t do any b e tte r, shall I, dear?
What do you think? You haven’t got any other shades of
red, have you? This is such an ugly red” .
The shopman reminds her that she has seen all the
o th e r reds, and th a t this is th e p a rtic u la r shade she
selected and admired.
“Oh, very well” , she replied, with the air of one
from whom all earthly cares are falling, “ I must take that,
then, 1 suppose.
I can’t be worried about it any longer. I’ve wasted
half the morning already” .
Outside she recollects three insuperable objections
to the red, and four u n an sw erab le argum ents why she
should have selected the grey. She wonders would they
change it, if she w ent back and asked to see the s h o p
keeper? Her friend, who wants her lunch, thinks not.
“ T h at is w hat i hate about s h o p p in g ” , she says.
“One never has time to really think” .
She says she shan’t go to that shop again.-
(After Jerome K.Jerome)
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blouse - блузка
to try on - примерять
high (low) heels - высокие (низкие) каблуки
sandals - босоножки
jewellery - ювелирные изделия
bracelet - браслет
precious stones - драгоценные камни
semi-precious stones - полудрагоценные камни
millinery - головные уборы женщ ин
hosiery - чулочно-носочные изделия
stationery - канцелярские товары
haberdashery - галантерейные товары
pin - булавка
lace - кружево
thread - нитки
button - пуговица
zipper - молния
needle!s') - иголка, спицы
suit-case - чемодан
brief-case - портфель
doll - кукла
shopping bag - хозяйственная сумка
perfume - духи
lipstick - губная помада
powder - пудра
make up - грим, косметика
size - размер
to be all the fashion - быть в моде
to be out of fashion - быть не в моде
to pinch - жать (об обуви)
to be a perfect fit - прекрасно сидеть
to wrap up - заворачивать
cash-desk - касса
cheap - дешевый
frock - платье
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^ to be stock size - иметь стандартный размер
cotton - хлопок
silk - шелк
wool(len) - шерсть (шерстяной)
* to fit - хорошо сидеть, быть по размеру
to become - подходить (по цвету)
с to match - подходить, гармонировать
to suit - годиться, быть подходящим
to go with - подходить к чему-то (гармонировать)
* leather - кожа
с suede - замша
to afford - иметь возможность, позволять себе
window-shopping - смотреть на витрины
с to cost - стоить
to decide on - сделать выбор, остановиться на
shrmkproof - не садящийся
waterproof - водоотталкивающий
tight / loose - узкий / просторный, свободный
space ship - космический корабль
set of records - набор пластинок
SHOPPING
(buying foodstuffs)
Dialogue
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Mother: For the first course I want to make clear
s o u W i l l you buy some beef; please,
but mind, it shouldn’t be very fat.
Aim: Shall I buy anything else at the butcher's?
Mother: If they have lean mutton, buy 2 kilos,
please. I’ll make mutton chops for the
second course. I’m afraid we’ve run out
/ of potatoes and tomatoes. Drop in at tlie
greengrocer’s and get 2 kilos of potatoes
and one of tomatoes. ,
Ann: l.s that all? Beef, 2 kilos of mutton,
2 kilos of potatoes and 1 of .tomatoes.
Mother: Oh, dear, you won’t be able to carry all
th at, I ’ll ask Mike to help you. Mike,
will you please, go with A nn and help
her with the shopping?
Mike: Certainly, if she buys me ice cream.
Mother: T h a t rem inds me. W iir'you look in at
tlie cake shop >and buy a chocolate'cake?
• ;/< • **'* ' лЧ '/-..О-* '
Aunt Liza is veiy fond, of it. That seems
to be all. Here is the money.
Arm: Mike, take the shopping'bag and off we
go.
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often do you buy cakes and biscuits? 13. What shop in
Si.Petersburg is famous for its cakes? 14;. Wlrat does the
'rruiterer deal in? -fcSrWhut fruit can you buy in season?
.ill the year round? 16. Do you prefer apples to pears?
irapes to oranges? peaches to plum s? straw berries to
<■
с berries? U. Where do we buy vegetables? Pfe-What ve
getables do you usually buy? 19. W hat dishes can we
make of vegetables? W here is dairy p ro d u ce sold?
2 1 . W hat dairy p ro d u ce do you buy daily? 22. Do you
buv bottled or loose milk? 23. Do you *
use sour cream
when cooking? >24. What shop deals in fish? 25. Do you
like fish better than meat? 26. Is there a supermarket not
far from where you live? 27. What departm ents can you
see in the supermarket?
Exercise 2. Ask your fellow' students:
... if she (he) likes shopping
... when she (he) usually does it
... if there are many shops in her (his) street
... what food she (he) buys every day (on Sunday,
for a festive dinner)
... what vegetables she buys for a mushroom soup
... what things she (he) buys for breakfast (supper)
... if she buys cakes or makes them herself
... if she (he) prefers smoked fish to pickled fish
... what kind of meat she usually buys
... where she buys it
... if it is sold ready-weighed and ready-packed
... what fiuit she can buy all the year round (in season)
... what her favourite kind of fruit is
... what dishes she can make of potatoes
... if she knows how to make salads
... what salad she likes best of ail
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... if she knows how to make it
... what dairy produce she usually buys
... what bread she prefers: brown or white
... how much bread she buys eveiy day
... how much money she spends on her eveiy day
shopping
... what food she buys once a week
... how often she buys flour, coffee, sugar, tea, cereals
... if she prefers to do the shopping at a self-service
shop and why
... if she likes small specialized shops better than
supermarkets
E x a m p 1 e 2: We buy meat
We buy meat at the butcher’s
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lates; curds and sweet cream ; tea, eggs, flour; beetroot
and cabbage; turkeys and ducks; oranges and apples;
cheese and cream; green peas and tomatoes.
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List of words and word combinations
/ .. V; to deal in - торговать чем-то
а:ц grocery - гастрономия, бакалея
& foodstuffs - продукты
flour - мука
butter - масло
eggs - яйца
biscuits - печенье
jam - варенье
jelly - желе
ham - ветчина
bacon - бекон
cheese - сыр
sugar - сахар
spice - пряность, приправа «
tinned (canned) food - консервированная еда
Уfrozen food - замороженная еда
bakery - булочная
bun - булочка
rusks - сухари
rolls - булочки
rings - сушки
confectionery - кондитерский отдел >
chocolate - шоколад
toffy - конфета (типа ириски)
candy - леденец
loose (bottled) milk - разливное (бутылочное) молоко
sweet (sour) cream - сливки, сметана
dozen - дюжина
Z b u tch e r’s - мясной магазин
poulterer’s - отдел (магазин) домашней птицы
poultry - домашняя птица
-/'fishmonger’s - рыбный отдел
smoked (pickled) fish - копченая (маринованная) рыба
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lean - постный (о мясе)
fat - жирный (о мясе)
supermarket - супермаркет
curds - творог
green peas - зеленый горошек
to run out of smth. - кончиться (о запасах)
loaf (loaves) - буханка (ки)
Г greengrocer’s - овощной магазин
3 fruiterer’s - фруктовый магазин
'О dairy produce - молочные продукты
MEALS
Dialogue 1
/' t • ■>'.•
/в :•
Jane: It’s high time to have a snack. Would you
like to go to our buffet? / -/ .. - - "
Peter: As for me I ’d rather have a good substantial
dinner. What about going to our refectory?
Jane: All light. Let it be our refectory.
At the refectory
s /
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of fish? 4. W hat appetizers do you usually take? Is there
a good choice of salads at our buffet? Can у ou make Rus
sian salad? 5. Are you fond of sweet dishes? W hat do you
usually have for dessert? Do you prefer fresh fruit to
sweets or sweets to fresh fruit? 6. What things do you
usually put out when you lay the table: for breakfast,
dinner, supper? 7. How many meals do you have daiiy?
8. Is your breakfast light or substantial? W hat does it
usually consist of? 9. W here do you have y o u r dinner?
10. W hat did you have for d in n e r yesterday? II. Are
you a hearty or a poor eater? 12. Do you like y our food
spicy? 13. Who does the cooking in your family? 14. W hat
did your friend treat you to when you came to visit her?
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Exercise 3. Extend the following using suggestions given
in brackets.
22 0
... what her breakfast (lunch, dinner, supper) con
sists of
... at what time she has her meals
... what kind of soup (salad, meat dish, fish dish)
she prefers
... if she prefers tea to coffee or coffee to tea
... who washes up dishes in her family after meals
... if she likes beer (dry wine, co ca-cola, gin and
tonic, sweet wine, lemonade, mineral water)
... if she prefers meat to fish or fish to meat
Exercise 7. Use the following in short dialogues or
situations of your own.
1. I ’d like to tre a t you to this cake. It must be
rather tasty. 2. Wiil you, please, cut the birthday cake!
3. Help you reelf to roast .beef. 4. May I trouble you for a
slice of bread? - Brown or white? - White, please. - Excuse
fingers. 5. Will you, please, pass me the p epp er-bo x?
6. How many lumps of sugar do you take with your tea?
- One will do. 7. Try this wine. They say, i t ’s not bad.
8. C an I offer you another cup of tea?
Exercise 8. Complete the following sentences.
1. Help yourself to ... . 2. The meat, is ... . 3. The
soup lacks . 4. C an 1 offer you ... ? 5. Will you
have ... ? 6. May 1 trouble you 7. Will you pass ... ?
8. Shall I treat you ... ? 9. For dessert I Ml have ... .
10. Will you ... ? 11. Let’s have .... 12. They serve ... .
Exercise 9. Read and translate the following prov
erbs, Give their Russian equivalents.
Too m any cooks spoil the broth. Hi.hs eves are
bigger t h a n his stom ach . Tastes-differ. H u n g e r is the
best sauce. As hungry as a wolf (a hunter).
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Exercise 10. Say w hat proverbs can be applied to
the following pieces of conversation.
1.
Father: Isn’t it time to have dinner?
Mother: Is everything ready, Ann?
Ann: Quite. Peter, will you help me to lay the
table, please? (After the table is laid.) How
do you like the soup, Father?
Father: N o t bad. But d o n ’t you th in k it is a bit
oversalted?
Ann: Is it, really? But why? Peter, did you salt it
too?
Peter: Well, Г in afraid, I did.
Mother: ....4)1X . '
*S^*' s. .
2.
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A. Shall we drink anything? i ■■
В . ' v r i r : - r - > : 1 o f ' ^ ° l l i f ^
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E xercise 19. Tell your fellow students what you
know about English and Russian m eals and cooking.
TRAVELLING BY TRAIN
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 2
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Exercise 3. Ask your fellow students and let them
answer:
... from what railway station trains for Helsinki (War
saw, Kiev, Tallinn, Sochi, Moscow, etc.) start.
... at w hat platform th e 8.30 train for Sosnovo is
standing
... where the booking-office is
... if there are many people in the waiting-room now
... where you can get something to read (at the s ta
tion)
... how much poiters charge for a piece of luggage
... if there is a good restaurant at Warsaw station
... why he (she) is going to take a stopping train
... if there is a through train from here to Saratov
... why express trains fares are the highest
,. for what kind of travellers local trains are
... if he (she) has ever travelled on a long distance
train and how he (she) liked it
... if there is a dining-car on the night express to
Moscow
... where you can buy a ticket for a train journey
... if it is possible to book a ticket to Hamburg before
hand
... who takes care of passengers on board a train
... in what cases passengers leave their luggage in the
left-luggage office
... if there are long queues at the booking-offices in
summer
... if he (she) usually travels light
... who usually comes to see him (her) off.
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Exercise 4. Make op your own sentences using the
words and word combinations given below.
To buy a ticket for a journey; to cany luggage; to
take trunks and suitcases to the luggage van; to get off the
train; to stop at the station; to get a light refreshment;
hand luggage; to hurry; to book a ticket beforehand; to
queue up; to register o n e’s luggage; late-comers; to see
smb. off.
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Exercise 7. Learn and dramatize dialogues 1,2 in class.
Travelling by Train
TRAVELLING BY AIR
Dialogue 1
On the Plane
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will they'' d'o or would you rather sit nearer the
1 pilot’s
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Dialogue 2
John: H ello, N ick. H a v e n ’t seen you forages.
Where have you been, old boy?
Nick: Hello, I ’ve just come back from France.
John: Have you really? What were you doing there?
Nick: Oh, it was just a business trip. v X
John: Did you fly there?
Nick: Yes,.••' -fIi did. And
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it was
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expiring. .
John: Where did you get your ticket?
Nick: I went to the Air Company office and fixed
Up everything in a few minutes. T hen I came
home, packed" mv things and got ready for
the itrip. • ^ '
John: Did you feel nervous?
Nick: Not a bit. Just,.excited^ _
J ohn: Did you get into th e ^ la n e straight away? ^ ,
Oh, no. First 1 had to check in my lug-
• gage. I f your luggage is overweight you
have to pay extra, if it is underweight you
needn’t pay anything.
John: And what did you do then?
N ick : I went .to the departure lounge to wait for
m /n ig h t. When it was announced I passed
th ro u g h custom s and im m ig ra tio n office
and walked to the plane. It was on the ru'ii-
'way. S om etim es when the plane is at the
far end of the field passengers are taken there
by a special motor-coach.
John: Did the stewardess meet you at the gangway?
N ick: Sure she did. She welcomed us and showed
us to our seats. In a few minutes “No smo
king” and “ Fasten your belts” were lighted
up and the pilot began to taxi o u t into the
middle of the airfield.
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John: How did you feel in the air? Not airsick?
Nick: No, the flight was very smooth. We didn’t
hit a single air-pocket.
John: Could you .see anything through the port
hole?
Only clouds.
John: How long were you up?
Nick: About three hours.
John: Was it very expensive? ■'
Nick: Rather. But it saved me a lot a time.
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■ и Jess offer them? 12. At what speed and altitude do
m odern aircrafts fly? 13. On what flights do they serve
11 к ;i(s? 14. Is travelling by air m ore expensive than
i.iilvvay travel? 15." What are the advantages and d is
advantages o f air travelling?
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на середину взлетного поля; спокойный полет; попасть
в воздушнукГяму; сэкономить !фемя.
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Odessa is put back because .... 4. The aiiport doesn’t take
planes because . . . . 5. Fasten your belts, the plane ... .
6. I didn’t see anything through the porthole .... 7. Pas
sengers must have their luggage .... 8. No, you w on’t ha
ve to pay extra, your luggage . . . . 9. The flight was ... .
10. The motor coach will take us ... . II. We are flying
at 12. I’d rather sit ... . 13. If your ears are aching
you’d better ... . 14. Visibility was ... . 15. Modern
airplanes fly .... 16. I fastened my belt when ... . 37. When
the plane hit an air-pocket ... . 18. The plane taxied out
into the middle of the field and ... . 19. Travelling by air
saves us ... . 20. A thunderstorm was promised, so ... .
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Exercise 13. Translate into English.
1. М оя подруга собиралась лететь в Крым. П о
скольку это было ее первое воздушное путешествие,
она очень волновалась. Я спросила ее. почему она не
хочет ехать поездом, если лететь страшно. Она сказала,
что ей не хочется тратить много времени на дорогу, ей
хотелось бы подольше побыть в Крыму. 2. В день
отьезда мы поехали в аэропорт. Катя з а р е г и с т р и
р о в а л а билет и багаж, и мы пошли в буфет выпить
чашку кофе. Погода была не очень обнадеживающая
(promising). Шел небольшой дождь. По радио объяви-
ли, что рейс 237 на Симферополь задерживается на
полчаса. Катя начала нервничать. Я сказала, что иног
да такие вещи случаются. Через полчаса пассажиров
на рейс 237 пригласили пройти к самолету. Мы попро
щались, и Катя побежала. 3. У трапа пассажиров
встречала стюардесса. Через несколько минут самолет
вырулил на взлетную полосу. Над кабиной пилота
зажглись н адписи “Не курить!” , “ Пристегнуть ремни!”
4. Пассажиры сидели в своих креслах, просматривали
газеты, разговаривали. Многие смотрели в иллю ми
наторы. Небо было безоблачным, и видимость отлич
ная. Стюардесса сообщила, на какой высоте и с какой
скоростью летит самолет. Когда самолет пошел на по
садку, снова вспыхнули надписи: “ Не курить!” , “ П р и
стегнуть ремни!” Через несколько минут самолет уже
бежал по взлетной дорожке.
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’ to take off - взлетать
- to land - приземлиться
landing - посадка
forced landing - вынужденная посадка
; Tasten your belts - пристегните ремни
to be on the runway - быть на взлетной полосе
smooth flight - спокойный полет
to fix up - устроить, урегулировать
to have o n e ’s luggage checked in - за р е ги с т р и -
Ixт а т ь багаж
flight - полет
motor coach - автобус, везущий пассажиров к са
молету
to taxi out - выруливать
<. to be up - быть в воздухе
to save time - экономить время
to put back (by two hours) - откладывать (на 2 часа)
at what speed - с какой скоростью
at what altitude - на какой высоте
to travel at half fare - путешествовать по сниженному
i(аполовину тарифу
advantage / disadvantage - преимущество/ недо-
с шток
visibility is good (poor, bad) - видимость хорошая
(неважная, плохая)
to take planes - принимать самолеты
* to cancel - отменять
on board a plane - на борту самолета
to pay a reduced fare - платить по сокращенному
тарифу
to light up - зажигать (ся)
rough landing - жесткая посадка
stewardess - стюардесса
to be oveiweight - весить больше положеного
to be underweight - весить меньше положенного
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to announce (to call) a flight - объявить рейс
to pass through customs - пройти таможню
to get (to be) airsick - страдать воздушной болезнью
to hit an air-pocket - попасть в воздушную яму
TRAVELLING BY SEA
Dialogue
On the boat
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some medicine, stay in bed, consult the doctor). 3. If you
d o n ’t want to miss your boat you’d better (hurry to the
port, start packing your things). 4. If you don’t want to
catch cold you’d better (go to your cabin, put on some
thing warm). 5. If you want to watch the sea you’d better
(stay on deck, look th rou gh the p o rthole). 6. If you
d o n ’t know the way to y o u r cabin, y o u ’d b e tte r (ask
the captain, a steward, a fellow-passengers). 7. If you
want to stay up on deck y o u ’d b e tte r (get some deck
chairs, open your parasol, p u t on your warm jacket).
8. If you are feeling sea-sic к y o u ’d b e tte r (take som e
m e d ic in e , lie down, get some fresh air).
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Exercise 5. Ask your fellow students and let them
Mi w i ■i ;
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Peter: ( asks her where her cabin is) j
Jane: Г t is on the second deck, near the stem. j
Peter: ( asks when the ship starts) !
Jane: / 4 1 2.15 according to the shedule. I think ;
i t ’s time to say g o o d -b y e and pass up the j
gangway.
Pete:r (-wishes her good luck and a pleasant voy- ,
Etge).
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Exercise 15. M a k e u p y o u r o w n d i a l o g u e s o n th e
i .Mowing t o p i c s .
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ломтик лимона, Хотя я надеюсь, что нее будет хорошо,
Море сп око йн ое, полны небол ьш и е, и сов се м н ет в етр;
AT THE DOCTOR’S
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 2
Doctor comes
Doctor: W hat’s wrong with you?
Patient: Oh, doctor, I have a splitting headache,
a miming nose a n d a bad cough. My
temperature was 38,2 in the morning.
Doctor: Let me feel your pulse and sound your
chest. Now, open your mouth. Yes, the
tongue is furred and the throat is sore.
Patient: Is there anything serious the matter with
me?
Doctor: D o n ’t worry. I t ’s ju st the grip p e. But
you m u st stay in bed for th ree days at
least (To his wife). You must keep him
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warm and give him lots of hot tea with le
mon. Take this prescription to the che
mist’s. I’ve prescribed some tablets.which
he m ust take three times a day before
meals. I’ll drop in tomorrow.Good-bye.
Wife: Thank you, doctor. Good-bye.
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Exercise 6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
1. The doctor ... his patient very carefully and ...
some medicine. 2. I can hardly tu rn my head b ecau se
o f ... . 3. The flu usually begins with . . . . 4. There is
nothing serious the m atter with you, it’s just .... 5. You
look rather ... today. 6. It ... me when I swallow. 7. Let
m e feel your .... 8. I don’t like this sound of your ... .
9. Do you feel any ... over there? 10. He has been ill with
... for a week already. 11. If you w a n t ... you must follow
the doctor’s advice. 12. Will you go to ... and have these
... made? 13. ... the throat three times a day. 14. This ...
is very good for a cough. 15. I am feeling . . . . 16. You
have all the ... of the grippe. 17. If you are ... to colds you
should take a good care of yourself. 18. She caught ...
when we were skiing. 19. Your forehead is hot, let me ta
ke ... . 20. My sister was ill with ... when she was a child.
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Doctor: No, there is nothing serious the m atter
with you. I ’ll give you a prescription to
be made at the chemist’s. Take a dose of
this m edicine every th re e hours. I hope
you’ll get well in no time. I ’ll look in again
in the morning. Good afternoon.
Charles: ..............
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Exercise 10, Read and translate the story.
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medicine for - лекарство от
remedy for - лекарство, средство от
my nose is clogged - у меня заложен нос
hot water bottle - грелка
therm ometer - термометр
infectious (catching) заразная
curable disease излечимая болез]
incurable неизлечимая
to cure - излечивать
to have one’s chest X-rayed - пройти (сделать) рент
ген грудной клетки
to lose weight (appetite) - терять вес, аппетит
to be well - чувствовать себя хорошо
to be unwell - чувствовать себя неважно
to take one’s temperature - померить температуру
to sound one’s chest - прослушать грудную клетку;
to prescribe medicine - выписывать лекарство
to have a running nose - иметь насморк
the flu, the grippe - грипп
to have a sore throat - болеть (о горле)
quinsy - ангина
to keep one’s bed - соблюдать постельный режим
to bring the temperature (fever) down - сбить тем
пературу, жар
to look seedy - неважно выглядеть
to sneeze - чихать
the chemist’s - аптека
to strip to the waist - раздеться до пояса
to catch cold - простудиться
tonsils - гланды
compress - компресс
to be subject to - быть подверженным
symptom - симптом
children’s disease - детская болезнь
measles - корь
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scarlet fever - скарлатина
pneum onia - воспаление легких
complication on smth after - осложнение на ... после ....
to be running a temperature - температурить
fever - жар, температура
to inoculate against - делать прививки против ...
to treat for - лечить от
to undertake a course of treatment for ~ пройти курс
it чения от ...
THEATRE
Dialogue 1
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и. 1 1ivтс in Petersburg? W hat are the most popular theat-
<■ nowadays? 4. W hat is on at th e ... th e a tre tonight?
w ii<> is in the cast? Is it an all-star cast? 5. Where do you
iii. i о sit at th e th ea tre? D o you usually take o p e ra -
i i г .rs w h en going to the th ea tre? W h at are th e most
■ i» nsive seats? the cheapest seats? 6. How many specta
tor Joes the ... theatre hold? 7. Where do spectators lea-
■ i heir coats and hats? 8. Do you usually buy tickets
•i i he box-office or book them by phone? 9. Have you
-'■it tried to pick up a ticket at the entrance of the th e-
iii ? 10. Who is your favourite theatre actor (actress)?
I I Is she (he) always at her (his) best? 12. In what plays
■lиI you especially like him (her)?
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and real. He always touches upon important social p ro b j
lems. Situations are very funny. A great m aster o f i n t r i l
gue). I
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1. May I take your programme? 2. Shall we go to the
i**\ c-r? 3. May f use your opera-glasses? 4. Don’t you think
'hr play is a bit too dragged out7 5. Shall i get you an ice
i! am? 6. Will you leave your brief-case in th e cloak-
inom? 7. Do you fancy going to a m atinee on S u n-
■му? 8. Shall we take aunt Liz to the theatre? 9. Will you
' -o k seats beforehand? 10. Do you m ind sitting in the
--h ss-circle? II. Can you let me have two seats in the
- ■ntre stalls?
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on the fro n t rows one has a good view of the stage.
7. T h e play was so dull th a t spectators were bored to
death, 8. My brother often goes to matinees.
Dialogue 1
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Dialogue 2
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director; western; horror film; musical; science-fiction
film.
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Exercise 9. Give English equivalents o f the Russian
words in brackets.
1. (Экранизация) of the novel “War and Peace”
was a great success with (зрителей). 2. It takes a lot of
time (дублировать фильм). 3. The work of the (оператора)
was excellent. 4. Many (звезды) were in the cast. 5. The
film (идет) at the Aurora. 6. Very much depends on the
(постановщика) of the film. 7. It’s a very old film, it’s
not dubbed, it’s (с титрами). 8. Where can I check up the
time of the (сеанса)? 9. (Научно-популярные) films can
be very interesting.
TELEPHONE
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Robert: Then I’ll call for you a iittle before seven.
Voice: O.K. I ’ll be ready.
Robert: Good-bye, Virginia, I ’ll be seeing you.
Voice: So long, Bob, and thanks for calling.
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Exercise 5. R e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g d i a l o g u e . R e n d e r it in
th e re p o rte d speech using th e w o rd c o m b in a tio n s given b e
low.
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Mr. Banach: Excellent. When is your plane due m
VViixiw?
Mr. Adams: I ;xpect to be there at about twenty
pist two.
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Exercise 9. Translate into English.
1. Вы мож ете п озвон и ть м не сегодня вечером?
- Да, конечно, но я боюсь, у меня нет вашего номера.
- Запишите, пожалуйста, - 228-15-32. 2. Наташа, тебя
к телефону. - Спроси, кто звонит. - Это Антон. - С к а
жи ему, я сейчас не могу подойти к телефону, я по
звоню ему сама попозже. 3. Можно Аню к телефону?
- Нет, ее нет дома. Что-нибудь передать ей? - Нет,
спасибо. 4. Междугородняя? Мне нужно заказать раз-
говор с Нью-Йорком. - К сожалению, линия Пере
гружена. Вас устроит понедельник, 6 утра? - Да,
конечно. Спасибо, - Какой номер в Нью-Йорке? -
642-49-13. - С кем вы будете говорить? - С мистером
Брауном или миссис Браун, - Ваш номер, фамилия,
адрес. - 542-99-11, Светлова Катя, Невский проспект,
21 кв. 7. 5. Подожди минутку, мне надо срочно по
звонить. Вот досада, автомат не работает. - Попробуй
позвонить из этого. - Слышу только длинные гудки,
наверное, никого нет дома. - А ты положила жетон в
автомат? - Боже, конечно, забыла. - Алло, можно Ника
к телефону? - Вы ошиблись номером, - Это 115-27-40?
- Нет, это 116-27-41. - П р о сти те. 6. Это магазин
“Д амская м ода”? - Нет, это квартира. - Извините.
7. Не вешайте трубку. Я соединяю вас с Москвой.
Говорите.
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Just think: you want to see a man who lives next door.
You can put on your hat and get to his house in five m in
utes. But you look at the telephone, and you think it is
better to ring him up before you go. You spend five min
utes at the telephone but you get no answer.
At last it comes from very, very far away:
“What - what do you say? I cannot hear, what you
say” .
“ I say I have rung twenty times and 1 cannot get any
answer. I shall write about it to the Com pany” .
“You want what? D o n ’t stand so near. 1 cannot hear
what you say. What number?”
“ I don’t ask any number. I say “why don’t you answer
when I ring?”
“ Bight hundred and what?”
You cannot repeat your question again, so you say,
you want number four-five-seven-six.
“ Four-nine-seven-six?” the girl.
“ No, four-five-seven-six” .
“ Did you say seven-six or six-seven?”
“ Six-seven - no! I said seven-six, no - wait a minute.
I d o n ’t know what I want now ... “
“Well” , the young lady, “ I cannot wait here all the
morning. What is the number you want?”
So you find the number in the book again and repeat
it to her.
Then you wait for ten minutes. l!
“Are you there?” you cry many times - and then - oh,
how glad you are - you hear a voice:
“Yes, what is it?”
“ Oh, are you four-five-seven-six?”
“What?”
“Are you four-five-seven-six, Williamson?”
“What? Who are you?”
“ Eight-one-nine, Jones” .
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“Bones?”
“No, Jones. Are you four-five-seven-six?”
“Yes, what is it?”
“Is Mr.Williamson at hom e?”
“Who?”
“Williamson. Will-i-am-son!”
“You are the son of what? I cannot hear what you
say” .
At last he understands that you want to know if
Williamson is at home and he says - so at least you hear.
“ Will be at home all the morning” .
So you take your hat and go to his house.
“ I have come to see Mr.Williamson” , you say.
“Very sorry, Sir” , is the answer, “but he is not at
hom e” .
“Not at home? But you have just told me over the
telephone lie will be at home all the morning”.
“No, it was: “ He will not be at home, all the m o rn
ing” .
You go back to your room, sit down in front of the
telephone and look at it. What else can you do? Nothing.
(After Jerome K. Jerome)
a call-box - телефон-автомат
to call smb. up, to give a call, to make a call, to
phone smb., to ring smb. up - позвонить кому-либо
to dial a number - набрать номер
constant buzz - постоянные гудки
the line is busy (engaged) - номер (линия) занят(а)
the line is clear - линия свободна
to dial the wrong number - набрать не тот номер
to hang up - повесить трубку
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to pick up the receiver - снять трубку
who is calling? - кто звонит?
to leave smb. a message - передать что-то (сообще
ние, информацию)
to hold the wire - не вешать трубку
to book a trunk-call, a long-distance call - заказать
междугородный разговор
to be on the line - быть на проводе
you are wanted on the phone - вас к телефону
to put smb. in touch with - соединить кого-то с
кем-то (по телефону)
to put a call through - звонить
G o ahead - говорите
local call - местный звонок (в пределах города)
long-distance call - междугородный звонок
to put a token into the slot - опустить жетон в щель
'гаксофона
to ring off - повесить трубку
to connect - соединить
to disconnect - разъединить
T H E PO ST OFFICE
Dialogue
Mike: Could you give me a few particulars
about the functioning of the post office
here, in Britain?
Mr. Green: Most willingly. What are you interested
in?
Mike: What are the main duties of the post
office?
Mr. Green: Well, the post office does a wide varie
ty of business. To begin with, it deli
vers letters and telegrams, sells stamps,
postcards, envelopes and postal orders.
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Mike: W hat’s a postal order?
Mr. Green: You see, it’s a kind of check which
you can buy at the post office, put into
the envelope with a letter and send by
post.
Mike: What sums can be sent in this way?
Mr. Green: postal orders are usually issued for small
sums of money. And if you w ant to
send a big sum you’ll have to send a
money order.
Mike: In my country we send only money or
ders regardless of the sum. What other
functions does your post office have?
Mr.Green: ft issues motor-car licences and wire
less licences, it runs a savings-bank for
depositors with small incomes; it also
pays out old age pensions.
Mike: So does the post office in my country,
but h doesn’t issue any licences and as
far as I know the savings-bank is the
Mini^ry of Finance department.
Mr.Green: You can also subscribe to newspapers
and other periodicals at the post of
fice. I suppose your post office pro
vides this service too, doesn’t it?
Mike: It certainly does. Just one more ques
tion' Why are t h e pillar-boxes that are
p la c e d at the edge of the pavement fur
nished with double openings?
Mr.Green: [ think you have already noticed that in
London the openings are marked Lon
don and Abroad and Country. C o u n t
ry here means all places in Great Bri
tain except London; it includes large
towns such as Glasgow and Manchester.
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Mike: Thank you ve^-y m u c h for this useful
information.
Mr.Green: You are weico.me.
E xercises
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Exercise 6. Insert prepositions or post verbal adverbs
wherever necessary.
1. The weight limit ... parcels wrapped ... paper is
one kilo. 2. They charge ... roubles per w'ord ... an ordi
nary teJegram. 3. This year we have subscribed ... the
newspaper Arguments and Facts and the magazine Eng
land. 4. i th in k I ’ll insure this parcel ........ roubles.
5. Can I send a registered letter ... London? 6. Excuse
m e, what side ... the m oney order form m ust I fill ...?
7. They sell stamps, envelopes, postcards ... window 6.
8. Have you got a letter ... attorney? 9. Sorry, I have run
air-mail envelopes. 10. How do I go ... sending
money ... post? 11. Postal orders are usually issued
small s u m s ... money. 12. What window do they pay ... old
age pensions ...?
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2. A: М не н уж н о два конверта с марками и
две простые открытки.
R: К сожалению, у меня кончились простые
открытки. Спросите во втором окошке.
A: А у вас есть большие конверты для за
казных писем?
R: Да, есть. Сколько вам нужно?
A: Один конверт. Спасибо.
3. A: Где можно получить деньги по переводу?
R: В пятом окошке.
A: Д обрый день. Можно получить деньги
по этому переводу?
R: Да, заполните его и подойдите с паспор
том сюда.
4. A Можно попросить тебя об одолжении?
В Конечно. Чем могу помочь?
A Получи, пожалуйста, деньги по этому
переводу. С егодня почта закр ы та, а
завтра утром я уезжаю н командировку.
Вот доверенность.
B: Но твоя подпись не заверена.
A: Я думаю, ее можно заверить в деканате,
у меня просто не было сегодня времени
зайти туда.
В Не беспокойся, я все сделаю.
A Огромное спасибо.
В Пустяки, не стоит благодарности.
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конверт с маркой, чтобы отправить письмо в Англию?
- ... рублей. - И о го пойдет обычным письмом? - Да,
вы м ож ете его п ро сто опустить в почтовый ящик.
3. Могу ли я отправить посылку в Грузию? - К сожа
лению, досылки в Грузию пока не принимаются. 4. Я
бы посоветовала вам застраховать бандероль. - А на
какую сумму? - Я не знаю точно, но Мне кажется, есть
какое-то ограничение на сумму страховки, когда вы
посылаете бандероль. 5. Не помню, какой у него п о
чтовый индекс. - Посмотри в этот справочник. 6. За
полните, пожалуйста, этот бланк. Пишите разборчи
во, чернилами и не делайте сокращений 7. Где я мо
гу получить почту “до востребования”? - Следующее
окошко. - Посмотрите, есть ли письма для Петровой
И р и н ы В аси льевн ы ? - К сожалению, ничего нет.
8. М н е нуж но ср оч н о послать денежный перевод.
- Пошли деньги телеграфом. - Боюсь, что это будет
очень дорого. 9. Если ты пойдешь на почту, купи мне
нескол ько открыток и конвертов без мирок, - Почему
без марок? - У меня есть очень красивые марки, кото
рые я хочу наклеить на конверты и послать своим
друаь.чм, которые собирают марки. Ю. Вы принимае
те посылки? - Извините, у нас нет посылочного отде
ла. Ближайшая почта, где принимают посылки нахо
дится на Садовой улице. - Спасибо.
Appendix
Letter writing
1. Personal letters are written in a colloquial style. A
successful letter is one written in a natural way just as if the
writer were actually in conversation with the recipient. We
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should use good note-paper, and if the address is not al
ready printed on the paper we must write it together with
date in the top right hand corner. A little lower, on the
left, we begin: “ Dear Mr.Brown” , or “ Dear Mrs.Brown” ,
etc. The letter should be written legibly, well punctuated
and divided into short paragraphs. We finish a letter with
“Yours sincerely” if the letter began with a person’s name
or “Yours faithfully” if it began “ Dear Sir” , or “ Dear
M adam” .
2. On the envelope the order is: (1) the name of the
person(s) to whom the letter is being sent; (2) the number
of the house and the name of the street or road; if the house
has a name, this is placed on a separate line above the
name o f the street or road; (3) the name of the town or
village; (4) the name of the county (unnecessary if the town
is large or well known), and in the USA the name of the
state.
The return address is usually placed on the seal Hap.
However it may be in the lower or upper right hand cor
ner.
3. There are three kinds of letters: personal letters,
business letters and official letters from or to authorities.
Business letters should be written in a simple, clear and
concise style. Below is a model letter written by a girl in
reply to the following advertisement: “ Shorthand typist re
quired in large office with ideal working conditions: 5-day
week; two week’s annual holiday with pay. Write stating
experience and salary required. Reen & Sons, Ltd.. 12-14,
High Street, Birmingham.
21 1 M a r i n e Drive
Birmingham
1 D e c e m b e r 1994
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Dear Sirs,
I am applying for the post of shorthand-typist adver
tised by you in today’s Birmingham Morning News.
I am already employed, but only as a typist, and I
wish to obtain a position in which I can use my shorthand
and gain wider experience of secretarial work generally.
1 was educated at York High School for Girls and at
the Municipal Commercial College.
If you wish to interview me I am free any day between
1 and 2 p.m. or after 5.30 p.m. At any other time I should
have to obtain special permission to leave the job.
Yours faithfully
Susan Martin.
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(2) A letter of apology: Please excuse my abduce
from the club last night. With humblest apologies, remain, etc.
(3) Л letter of condolence: It came as a great, slock
to us to hear of the death of your husband. Please accept
our sincerest sympathy in your sad bereavement.
(4) A friendly invitation: We are having a few guests
to dinner tomorrow, and should be delighted if you would
join us. Looking forward to seeing you, etc.
Useful forms of address: My dear Uncle, My dear
Mother, Dear Jimmy.
Closing phrases: Your affectionate nephew, Your old
friend.
Dialogue 1
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- Oh, thanks a lot. Can you help me with some
advice?
- M o s t willingly.
- I ’m here only for a couple of days. What places of
interest shall I see first?
- Well, first of all I’d recommend you to visit the
Russian museum, the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre
and the suburbs of St. Petersburg: Pushkin and Pavlovsk. If
you stay here over the weekend I ’d be able to show youto*
round the city.
- Oh, it’s so kind of you. By the way, how much is
the fare in public transport?
- ... roubles on a bus and ... roubles on the metro.
Here is my telephone number. If you have time for
sightseeing give me a ring, please.
- Thanks. Г 11 do it by all means. Good-buy,
- See you.
Dialogue 2
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E xercises
Exercise 1. A n s w e r t h e f o l l ow i ng q u e s t i o n s .
1. What is the name of your home town? 2. What a
the most interesting sights of your home town? 3. Have
you ever been to St. Petersburg? 4. What sights of St. Peters
burg do you know'? 5. What is your favourite place of
interest in St.Petersburg? 6. What do you know about the
Hermitage? 7. What is your favourite museum? theatre?
cinema? 8. Have you ever been to London? 9. Do you
know any place of interest in London? 10. What place of
interest in London would you like to see?
Exercise 2. Read the text below. Pick out all the words
referring to getting about town.
People use various means of communication to get
from one place to another. When getting about town one
can go by bus, by tram, by trolley-bus or by the under
ground. The underground in St.Petersburg is veiy popular
with the citizens. It’s the fastest and most convenient way
of going about town. If you have to travel a short distance
you may take a bus, a tram, a trolley-bus or go on foot.
If there is no direct bus to your destination you’ll have to
change on to another bus (trolley-bus, tram). When we
travel on buses (trams, etc.) we have to pay fare. It’s ...
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roubles and it doesn’t depend on the distance you go. If
there are many cars, buses and trolley-buses in the town we
say that the traffic is heavy. If the vehicles are few we say
that the traffic is light. The traffic is especially heavy m the
rush hour, that is in the morning when people are hurrying
to work and in the evening when people are coming back
home. At this time the public transport is overcrowded
(packed to the full).
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Exercise 5. Make up short dialogues according to the
example. Use the words from ex.4.
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11. Please Make Use O f The Litter
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Exercise 9. Translate the following sentences. Pay
special attention to the words in bold type.
1. I do n’t like to stay in town for summer. 2. Th
townsfolk are proud of their town. 3. I ’ll show you round
the town. 4. There are many wavs of getting about town.
5. This way, sir. 6. It’s a long way from here. 7. Which
is the best wav there? 8. Are you going my way? 9. Shall
I see you part of the wav? 10. I t’s a long distance off.
11. The shop is no distance at all. 12, He lives within easy
distance of his office, 13. It’s within walking distance.
14, Traffic keeps to the left in England. 15. This is a busy
traffic crossing. 16, Let’s wait for a break in the traffic.
17. When you cross a busy street you should be careful.
18. A wide street is called an avenue. 19. That is a quiet
street.
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7. It’s just round the comer. з) Идите прямо до пер
8. I ’m afraid it’s a long way вого (второго) пово
from here. рота направо.
9. It’s very far from here. и) Попросите водителя
10. It’s just two steps from here. сказать вам, где нужно
1 1. Y ou’d better go by the вьгйти, чтобы попасть
underground. на Садовую улицу.
12. Get off in Theatre square к) Это в пяти минутах
and change on to a num ходьбы отсюда,
ber 2 bus. л) Вам лучш е проехать
13. Take the second turning на метро,
to the left. м) В середине есть мес
14. G o straight ahead till you то.
come to Anichkov bridge. и) Это в двух шагах от
15. Are you getting off at the сюда,
next stop? о) Платите за проезд,
16. There is some room in the пожалуйста. *
middle. п) Идите прямо до Анич
17. All fares, please. кова моста,
18. Move to the front, please. р) Второй поворот нале
во.
с) Отсюда очень далеко,
т) 56 автобус довезет вас
пря мо туда.
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A: And where is the nearest bus stop?
B: I t ’s just round the corner.
A: Thlinks a Jot.
B: You are welcome.
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X >M *
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Exercise 14. Finish up the dialogues below.
1.
- Excuse me, can you show me the way to Palace
square?
2 ,
- Oh, it’s not far from the centre of the city. Any bus
will take you there.
> 4 4 4 » » 9 * 9
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А: Я могу сесть там на любой трамвай?
В: Нет, Вы можете сесть на трамваи № 2, 3, 34.
А: Сколько времени понадобится, чтобы д о
ехать туда?
В: Около 10-15 минут. Первая остановка после
моста будет Ваша.
А: Большое спасибо.
В: Не стоит благодарности.
2.
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Exercise 19. Check up your memory. How many
questions can you answer off hand?
Test:
Do you know St.Petersburg?
1. What day is considered to be the day of the foun
dation of our city?
2. What memorial places associated with the founder
of the city, Peter the Great, do you know?
3. What monuments to Peter the Great can you name?
Where are they? Who designed them?
4. What are the oldest buildings in the city?
5. Who designed: The Peter and Paul Fortress? The
Winter Palace? the Smolny? What does the name of Smolny
come from?
6. On how many islands is our city situated?
7. How many rivers and canals are there in our city?
8. What does the name of the Fontanka river come
from?
9. When was the first permanent bridge across the
Neva built? What is it?
10. What colour bridges are there in St.Petersburg?
Where are they?
11. What is the longest bridge in our city?
12. Where is Prachechny (Laundry Yard) bridge and
why is it called so?
13. What was the first regular garden in our city and
when was it laid out?
14. What is Summer Garden especially famous for?
Who designed it? What Historic event took place there?
15. What does Alexander Column in Palace Square
symbolize?
16. What other monuments associated with the vic
tory over Napoleon are there in St.Petersburg?
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17. What streets have the names of outstanding Rus
sian writers and poets? Where are they?
18. What name was given to Nevsky prospect after
the October Uprising?
19. When were the heaviest floods in our city?
20. What part of the city do we mean when we say
“Petersburg of Dostoevsky”?
Appendix
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Teacher: Jolmny, why are you late for school every
morning?
Jolmny: Every time I come to the com er a sign says
“School. Go Slow” .
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The woman motorist was trying to navigate a traffic
jam. She rammed the car in front of her, then tried to back
and knocked down a pedestrian. Then she tried to move
over to the kerb and smashed into a hydrant. A policeman
came up. “O ’key, lady, let’s see your licence” , he de
manded. “ D o n ’t be silly” , she grunted, “ W ho’d give me a
licence tiie wav Г drive?”
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LONDON
Dialogue
A visit to London
David. This is Whitehall. All these big buildings
are Government offices. At the beginning
of November every year the Queen drives
down Whitehall from Buckingham Palace
to open Parliament. Many people come
to watch the Queen and the soldiers who
ride with her.
Margrit: What are those buildings at the end of the
street?
David: You know' the building with the clock; that’s
the Houses of Parliament. The building
beside it with two towers is Westmister
Abby. Now we’ll go by boat to the Tower.
Edward: How far is it?
David: About three miles. It’s near Tower Bridge.
Edward: Is that the bridge that opens in the middle
to let boats go through?
David: Yes. Now' we’re going under London
Bridge. This bridge isn’t old, but there
was a bridge here many years ago with
houses and shops on it.
Margrit: Is that the Tower of London? But there
are lots of towers there.
David: Yes, but the one in the middle - the White
Tower - is the Tower. *
Margrit: How old is it? {
David: About nine hundred years old. Years ago i
kings and queens lived - and died -here. |
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V
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Susan: I d o n ’t like the Tower. It’s cold and grey,
and it frig hten s me. W e ’ll go and have
lunch. F m hungry.
David: All right. There is an old restaurant near
here which y o u ’II like. T he fo o d ’s very
good.
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E x e r c is e s
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E
The National Gallery
This building overlooks Trafalgar square, and it houses
the national collection of paintings which amounts to more
than 2 thousand pictures representing every school. It was
opened in 1838 and it excludes the works of living artists:
these are to be found at the Tate Gallery.
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Exercise 6. Agree or disagree with the following
beginning with: Yes, it is really so. You are quite right; or: It's
not so. You are wrong.
1. The Thames flows into the Baltic Sea. 2. Entry to
London from the sea is guarded by S t.P au l’s Cathedral.
3. The Tower once served as a royal residence and now it
is a prison. 4. St.Paul’s Cathedral is in the City. 5. The
Tower now is the official residence of the Queen. 6. Big
Ben is a famous chiming clock in one of the Parliament’s
two towers. 7. The City is L o n d o n ’s shopping centre.
8. The streets of the City are very wide. 9. The West End
is the most pleasant residential area of London. 10. The
w orking p eop le have th e ir homes in the East End.
11. Speakers from various political paities often hold mee
tings in Trafalgar Square. 12. Oxford street is one of the
busiest thoroughfares of the East End. 13. There are many
magnificent parks and mansions in the East End. 14. A
m o n u m e n t to A dm iral N elso n stands in H yde Park.
15. Charles Dickens lies buried in Westminster Abbev. *
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(governs) Сити через Муниципальный Совет (Municip-
Ic Council). Он является главным судьей полицейско
го суда (police court) Сити, главой (admiral) Л ондон
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СОДЕРЖ АНИЕ
П редисловие................................................................................................... 3
P a r t i . G ram m ar exercises....................................................................... 6
U nit 1. Sentences with "T here is (a re )1' ................................................. 6
U nit 2. M uch, many, little, few............................................................... 11
U n it3 . T he Adjective................................................................................... 14
Section 1. T he Positive Degree................................................ 14
Section 2. T h e C o m p a ra tiv e an d th e S u p e rla tiv e
Degrees.................................................... 26
U nit 4. The Verb............................................................................................. 38
Section 1. Present Sim ple.......................................................... 38
Section 2. Present C ontinuous................................................. 46
Section 3. Present Simple - Present C o n tin u o u s 53
Section 4. Present Perfect Simple........................................... 55
Section 5, Past Simple................................................................ 65
Section 6. Present Perfect Simple - Past S im p le 76
Section 7. Past C ontinuous....................................................... 81
Section 8, Past Sim ple - Past C o n tin u o u s........................... 83
Section 9. Past Perfect Sim ple................................................. 85
Section 10. Past C o n tin u o u s - Past P e rfe c t S im p le.......... 87
Section 11. Future Sim ple........................................................... 89
Section 12, F uture in the Past Sim ple.................................... 105
Section 13, T he Sequence of Tenses .................................109
U n it 5. Reported Speech.............................................................................. 110
P a r t II. Lexical exercises........................................................................... 123
Family................................................................................................................. 123
R a t.......................................................................................................................139
Seasons andW eather.............................................. 151
Appearance........................................................................................................ 166
Books and Libraries......................................................................................... 174
Institute Life.................................................................................................... 186
Shopping (at a departm ent store)............................................................. 193
Shopping (buying foodstuffs)....................................................................... 207
Meals.................................................................................................................. 216
Travelling by Train...........................................................................................228
Travelling by Air...............................................................................................237
Travelling by Sea.............................................................................................. 248
At the D octor’s.................................................................................................257
Theatre............................................................................................................... 269
Cinem a...............................................................................................................278
Telephone..........................................................................................................285
The Post Office.................................................................................................295
Getting about Tow n........................................................................................ 307
L o n d o n ..............................................................................................................326