Р О С С И Й С К И Й

ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ
ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ
УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
им. А. И. ГЕРЦЕНА

Ю. В. Еремин, А. В. Рубцова

ПРОДУКТИВНОЕ ЧТЕНИЕ

Учебное пособие

Допущено
Учебнометодическим объединением
по направлениям педагогического образования
Министерства образования и науки РФ
в качестве учебного пособия
для студентов высших учебных заведений,
обучающихся по направлению
«540300 (050300) Филологическое образование»

СанктПетербург
2007
УДК 802.0–07 Англ.
Е70

Рецензенты:
Л. Н. Беляева, др филол. наук, профессор;
П. Ю. Горляков, канд. пед. наук, доцент

Еремин Ю. В., Рубцова А. В.

Е70 Продуктивное чтение: Учебное пособие. – СПб.: ООО
«Книжный Дом», 2007. – 248 с. – ISBN 9785947771004

Данное пособие разработано в русле современных тенденций

в области образовательных и гуманитарных технологий.
Пособие представляет интерес с точки зрения методически
целесообразной организации самостоятельной работы студентов
при изучении иностранного языка. В нем нашли отражение
полифункциональные способы формирования творческого,
поискового, исследовательского умений на основе решения
соответствующих лингвистических задач, имеющих основной
целью формирования филологически направленного и
методически значимого дивергентного мышления будущих
учителей иностранного языка.
Пособие современно и своевременно. Оно имеет целью
заполнить пробел в ряду работ этого жанра, посвященных
формированию профессиональной компетентности учителя
иностранного языка в педагогическом университете.

© Ю. В. Еремин,
А. В. Рубцова, 2007
© Оформление
ISBN 9785947771004 ООО «Книжный Дом», 2007
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CONTENTS

Предисловие ...................................................... 5

Module 1. FICTION
UNIT 1. The man of Property (excerpt).
Chapter I. ‘At home’ at old Jolyon’s,
John Galsworthy ............................................ 7
Tasks .............................................................. 9
UNIT 2. The man of Property.
Chapter III. Dinner at Swithin’s (excerpt),
John Galsworthy .......................................... 17
Tasks ............................................................ 18
UNIT 3. Rain (excerpt). W. Somerset Maugham ... 23
Tasks ............................................................ 24
UNIT 4. In the Wet (excerpt), Nevil Shute .......... 26
Tasks ............................................................ 27
UNIT 5. The Death of a Hero (excerpt),
R. A. Aldington ............................................. 32
Tasks ............................................................ 33
UNIT 6. In a season of calm weather (excerpt I),
Ray Bradbury .............................................. 39
Tasks ............................................................ 40
UNIT 7. In a season of calm weather (excerpt II),
Ray Bradbury .............................................. 43
Tasks ............................................................ 43
UNIT 8. First snow (excerpt), J. B. Priestley ........ 48
Tasks ............................................................ 49
UNIT 9. The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes (excerpt), Arthur Conan Doyle ............. 54
Tasks ............................................................ 56
UNIT 10. Three man in a boat.
Chapter II (excerpt), Jerom K. Jerom ............... 61
Tasks ............................................................ 62
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UNIT 11. Dombey and Son. Paul’s Progress

and Christening (excerpt), Charles Dickens .......... 66
Tasks ............................................................ 67
Module 2. POEMS
UNIT 1. Love Indestructible by Robert Southby .... 73
UNIT 2. To a Kiss. Robert Burns ....................... 88
UNIT 3. Because She Would Ask Me
Why I Loved Her, by Christopher Brennan ........ 98
UNIT 4. If by Rudyard Kipling........................ 106
Module 3. TESTS
UNIT 1. ...................................................... 121
UNIT 2. ...................................................... 127
KEY ANSWERS
Module 1.
UNIT 1 ....................................................... 139
UNIT 2 ....................................................... 148
UNIT 3 ....................................................... 152
UNIT 4 ....................................................... 155
UNIT 5 ....................................................... 159
UNIT 6 ....................................................... 165
UNIT 7 ....................................................... 168
UNIT 8 ....................................................... 172
UNIT 9 ....................................................... 177
UNIT 10 ..................................................... 181
UNIT 11 ..................................................... 185
Module 2.
UNIT 1 ....................................................... 190
UNIT 2 ....................................................... 203
UNIT 3 ....................................................... 210
UNIT 4 ....................................................... 217
Module 3.
UNIT 1 ....................................................... 232
UNIT 2 ....................................................... 236

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Данное учебное пособие предназначено для студен

тов младших курсов, специализирующихся в области
филологии и методики преподавания английского язы
ка. В его основу положено понимание языкового обра
зования как одновременное изучение языка и культу
ры, что соответствует современным новейшим тенден
циям в области гуманитарных технологий и требова
ниям Болонского процесса.
Филологическое чтение совмещает в себе практи
ческий, общеобразовательный и социокультурные ас
пекты изучения языка. Иными словами, переработка
читающим лингвистической и филологической инфор
мации текста предполагает овладение речевыми навы
ками и умениями, связанными с понимаем читаемо
го, и освоением широкого пласта фоновых знаний, свя
занных с изучаемым языком и его культурой, а также
соотнесение этих сведений с родным языком и культу
рой. Поэтому филологическое чтение является сред
ством формирования межкультурной компетенции
изучающего иностранный язык.
В данном учебном пособии мы предлагаем техноло
гию лингвистических задач как средство формирова
ния учебных стратегий и умений по филологическому
чтению в условиях самостоятельной работы студентов.
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Необходимо отметить, что определенные виды подоб

ных задач включаются в современные учебники и учеб
ные пособия по иностранному языку, хотя и в незначи
тельном количестве. Однако в целом технология линг
вистических задач творческого (поискового, исследова
тельского, эвристического) характера не нашла еще ши
рокого применения в учебных средствах для самостоя
тельной работы обучаемых по иностранному языку.
В целях формирования учебных стратегий и умений
мы предлагаем использовать технологию лингвистичес
ких задач проблемнопоискового (исследовательского)
типа. В процессе решения л ингвистических задач дан
ного типа объектами творческого (исследовательского)
поиска для изучающего иностранный язык являются
как определенные языковые явления и/или коммуни
кативные умения, так и учебные умения, обеспечиваю
щие решение соответствующей лингвистической зада
чи. Таким образом, формирование учебных умений яв
ляется непосредственной учебной задачей и средством
овладения студентом различными аспектами изучаемо
го языка, а формирование иноязычной коммуникатив
ной компетенции осуществляется на основе организа
ции продуктивной учебной деятельности.
Учебное пособие состоит из трех разделов, которые
сопровождаются разработанными лингвистическими
задачами продуктивного характера.
Один из разделов пособия содержит тесты на выяв
ление уровня сформированности иноязычной учебно
познавательной компетенции студентов как формы са
мопроверки и самоконтроля.
Пособие содержит раздел с комплексом ключей для
самоконтроля.
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1 FICTION

UNIT 1

John Galsworthy,

THE MAN OF PROPERTY (excerpt)

Chapter I
‘At home’ at old Jolyon’s
Amongst the throng of people by the door – the well
dressed throng drawn from the families of lawyers and
doctors, from the Stock Exchange, and all the innumera
ble avocations of the uppermiddle class – there were only
some twenty per cent of Forsytes; but to Aunt Ann they
seemed all Forsytes – and certainly there was not much
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difference – she saw only her own flesh and blood. It was
her world, this family, and she knew no other, had never
perhaps known any other. All their little secrets, illness
es, engagements, and marriages, how they were getting
on, and whether they were making money – all this was
her property, her delight, her life; beyond this only a vague,
shadowy mist of facts and persons of no real significance.
This it was that she would have to lay down when it came
to her turn to die; this which gave to her that importance,
that secret selfimportance, without which none of us can
bear to live and to this she clung wistfully, with a greed
grew each day. If life were slipping away from her, this
she would retain to the end.
She thought of June’s father, young Jolyon, who had
run away with that foreign girl. Ah! What a sad blow to
his father and to them all. Such a promising young fel
low! A sad blow, though there had been no public scandal,
most fortunately. Jo’s wife seeking for no divorce! A long
time ago! And when June’s mother died, six years ago, Jo
had married that woman, and they had two children now,
so she had heard. Still, he had forfeited his right to be
there, had cheated her of the complete fulfillment of her
family pride, deprived her of the rightful pleasure of see
ing and kissing him of whom she had been so proud, such
a promising young fellow! The thought rankled with the
bitterness of longinflicted injury in her tenacious old heart.
A little water stood in her eyes. With a handkerchief of
the finest lawn she wiped them stealthily.

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TASKS
1. Fill in the table. Explain the meaning of the follow
ing words. Use the Language Activator dictionary if nec
essary.

an extremely large number of things or people

hundreds of

thousands of/
millions of
a great many

countless

innumerable A formal word meaning an extremely

large number of things, people etc,
especially too many to be counted
or imagined.
overwhelming

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Which words can be used with ‘hundreds of’? Conti

nue the diagram.

HUNDREDS
OF

people

Explain the meaning of the following phrases (in En

glish):

countless millions –
the overwhelming majority of –

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below, using the words

from the table above.

1. We have seen ….………… changes in the last twenty

years.
2. She had stayed with one of Madame Grimaud’s ………...
cousins.

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3. They thought very bravely against ………….. odds.

4. The exam was awful. I made ……………. mistakes.
5. She gazed up at the great glaring moon and the ………..
stars.
6. It was an amazing party. There were………….. peo
ple there.

2. Match the words on the left with their definitions

on the right.

a handkerchief determined to do sth and unwilling to

stop trying even when the situation be
comes difficult
a throng to take sth from someone, especially
(literary) sth that they need or want
a blow moving or doing sth quietly and sec
retly
vague feeling rather sad and thoughtful,
especially because of sth that you would
like but can no longer have
to cling a large group of people in one place
wistful unclear because someone doesn’t give
enough details or doesn’t say exactly
what they mean
stealthy square piece of cotton for blowing the
nose or wiping the face
tenacious an event that makes you very unhap
py or shocks you
to deprive sb of to hold someone or sth tightly, espe
sth cially because you do not feel safe

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3. Give the definitions to the following words:

the upper
middle class

stock exchange
flesh and blood

4.‘vague’ has three meanings. Complete the table with

the words which have the similar meaning, using the Lan
guage Activator dictionary.

VAGUE
not clearly not containing not exact
expressed, so that enough details
there is doubt or
confusion about
what is meant
1. unclear/not clear 1. vague 1. vague
2. 2. sketchy 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. vague 4.
5. 5. loose
6.

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Continue the tables below with the explanations of words

and examples of using them.

not clearly expressed, so that

there is doubt or confusion
about what is meant
ambiguous

imprecise

vague unclear, especially because not

enough details are given.
Vague rumours are reaching us
about an attempted coup, but we’ve
had no official confirmation.
muddled/garbled

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not containing enough details

vague providing too few details to give a
clear idea about something
His instructions were rather vague
sketchy

thin

not exact
vague an explanation, promise, reason etc
that is vague is not exact, but you
think that it should be
The doctor’s vague explanations only
increased Clara’s fears.
rough

hazy

inexact

loose

impressionistic

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5.Find out all the meanings of the phrasal verbs ‘to

run away’, ‘ to get on’, ‘to lay down’ and give the exam
ples of using them.

RUN AWAY
1. [+ from] 2.

to run away with sb/sth

1. to run away with you if your feelings, ideas etc run

away with you, they start to control how you behave be
cause you can no longer think in a sensible way: Don’t let
your imagination run away with you!

2.

3. to run away with the idea/impression that

4. informal

5.

GET ON
1. [+ with]

2. (progress)

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3. be getting on a)

b)

4. (continue doing sth) [+ with]

5. (able to do sth)

6. Get on with it! spoken

7.let sb get on with it a) spoken

b)

8. Get on/along with you! old
fashioned spoken

LAY sth DOWN

1. (tools/weapons)

2. (officially state) [usually passive]

lay down that

3. lay down your life formal

4. lay down the law

5. (start)

6. (wine etc)
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UNIT 2
John Galsworthy,

THE MAN OF PROPERTY

Chapter III
Dinner at Swithin’s (excerpt)
Family dinners of the Forsytes observe certain tradi
tions. There are, for instance, no hors d’oeuvre. The reason
for this is unknown. Theory among the younger mem
bers traces it to the disgraceful price of oysters; it is more
probably due to a desire to come to the point, to a good
practical sense deciding at once that hors d’oeuvre are
but poor things. The Jameses alone, unable to withstand
a custom almost universal in Park Lane, are now and then
unfaithful.
A silent, almost morose, inattention to each other suc
ceeds to the subsidence into their seats, lasting till well
into the first entree, but interspersed with remarks such
as, “Tom’s bad again; I can’t tell what’s the matter with
him!” “I suppose Ann doesn’t come down in the morn
ings?” – ”What’s the name of your doctor, Fanny?”
“Stubbs?” “He’s a quack!” – ”Winifred? She’s got too
many children. Four, isn’t it? She’s as thin as a lath!” –
”What d’ you give for this sherry, Swithin? Too dry for
me!”
With the second glass of champagne, a kind of hum
makes itself heard, which, when divested of casual, ac
cessories and resolved into its primal element, is found
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to be James telling a story, and this goes on for a long

time, encroaching sometimes even upon what must uni
versally be recognized as the crowning point of a Forsyte
feast – ’the saddle of mutton.’
No Forsyte has given a dinner without providing a saddle
of mutton. There is something in its succulent solidity
which makes it suitable to people ‘of a certain position.’
It is nourishing and tasty; the sort of thing a man remembers
eating. It has a past and a future, like a deposit paid into
a bank; and it is something that can be argued about.

TASKS
1. Where is Park Lane situated in London? What is it
famous for?

2. Match ‘the meal words’ with their meaning.

hors d’oeuvres a large meal

an oyster the meat from a sheep
an entrée food that makes you strong and
healthy
a feast a type of shellfish that can be
eaten cooked or uncooked, that
produces a jewel called a pearl
mutton the main dish of a meal, or a dish
served before the main course
(used on formal occasions)
nourishing food that is served in small
mounts before the main part of
the meal
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3. Explain the following phrases of comparison (in

English):

‘more probably’
‘as thin as lath’
‘like deposit paid into bank’

4. Make the definitions of the phrasal verb ‘to come

down’ more precise and give the examples of using it.

TO COME
DOWN

BECOME TRAVEL LEAVE

BUILDING
LOWER SOUTH UNIVERSITY

Match each of the expressions on the left with their

explanations from the list on the right.

1. to come down on the side of/ to suddenly have to

to come down in favour of start dealing with
ordinary practical
problems after
ignoring them for
a time
2. to come down in sb’s to become ill with
opinion/estimation something infectious,
esp. something that is
not very serious
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3. to come down in the world to decide to support

4. to come (back) down to earth to do sth that makes
5. to come down on
6. to come down with
(informal)
someone or something
after thinking about
a problem for a long
time
someone respect you
less
to become poorer or
less successful than
you used to be
to punish someone or
criticize them severely

5. Fill in the table with the explanations of the words

given. Use the Language Activator dictionary if necessary.

words for describing someone who often

feels or looks sad
gloomy miserable morose misery
someone who
is morose
behaves in an
unhappy,
badtempered
way, and
doesn’t speak
much to
other people

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6. Find out the meanings of the word ‘unfaithful’ ex

actly and complete the table.

UNFAITHFUL
1. 2. 3.

7. Match each word from the box with its meaning be
low.

1. a subsidence 5. the solidity

2. a quack 6. to intersperse sth with
3. a sherry 7. now and then
4. the hum 8. to encroach on/upon

a. the sound of people talking because they

are excited;
b. the strength or hardness of something;
c. a pale or dark brown strong wine, originally from
Spain;
d. to gradually take more control of someone’s time,
possessions, rights etc than you should;
e. sometimes

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f. the process by which an area of land sinks to a low

er level than the land surrounding or a building be
gins to sink into the ground;
g. someone who pretends to be a doctor
h. to put sth in between pieces of speech or writing, parts
of a film etc.

Make up a short story of your own using these words.

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UNIT 3
W. Somerset Maugham,

RAIN (excerpt)
The days passed slowly. The whole household, intent
on the wretched, tortured woman downstairs, lived in a
state of unnatural excitement. She was like a victim that
was being prepared for the savage rites of a bloody idola
try. Her terror numbed her. She could not bear to let Davidson
out other sight; it was only when he was with her that she
had courage, and she hung upon him with a slavish de
pendence. She cried a great deal, and she read the Bible,
and prayed. Sometimes she was exhausted and apathetic.
Then she did indeed look forward to her ordeal, for it seemed
to offer an escape, direct and concrete, from the anguish
she was enduring. She could not bear much longer the vague
terrors, which now assailed her. With her sins she had
put aside all personal vanity, and she slopped about her
room, unkempt and dishevelled, in her tawdry dressing
gown. She had not taken off her nightdress for four days,
nor put on stockings. Her room was littered and untidy.
Meanwhile the rain fell with a cruel persistence. You felt
that the heavens must at last be empty of water, but still
it poured down, straight and heavy, with a maddening
iteration, on the iron roof. Everything was damp and clam
my. There was mildew on the walls and on the boots that
stood on the floor. Through the sleepless nights the mos
quitoes droned their angry chant.

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TASKS
1. Find out the synonym to the group of words below:

[ ‘damp’ – ‘clammy’ – ] – slightly wet

Explain the difference between these words and make

up your own sentences to highlight this difference.

2. Paraphrase the following expression:

to be in a state of excitement

to be

3. Complete the table with the group of words for de

scribing someone who is so unlucky, so unhappy etc. that
you feel sorry for them.

English equivalent En. eq. En. eq. En. eq.

wretched
Russian equivalent Rus. eq. Rus. eq. Rus. eq.

4. Explain all the meanings of verb ‘to torture’ and

make up your own sentences to illustrate these mean
ings.
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5. Complete the table below.

words for describing someone whose

clothes and hair look untidy
English equivalent Russian equivalent

unkempt

dishevelled

6. Complete the following diagram using the Language

Activator dictionary. Be sure you know the meaning of
words.
TIRED

exhausted

7. Make up a short story, using the words from the

previous task.
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UNIT 4
Nevil Shute,

IN THE WET (excerpt)

He left the Palace, and walked along Pall Mall deep in
thought. He was vaguely on his way to the club, but when
he got near the R. A. C. and saw the streams of people
going in and out, he gave up the idea, and walked on slowly
down the street. It was quieter in the street, so that he
could think without the chance of some acquaintance both
ering him to come and have a drink. He walked on, won
dering what Cox had meant by saying that England could
not get along without people like himself, what the Queen
had meant – if she had meant anything at all.
It was May, and quite a warm evening. He came to the
National Gallery on the North side of Trafalgar Square and
crossed the road and stood for a lime looking out over the
square at the corner by Canada House. There was a bus stop
near him, and a long queue of whitefaced, patient Lon
doners waiting to go home. He thought of the vigour and
beauty of the people in similar bus queues in Brisbane and
in Adelaide, comparing the tanned skins with the sallow,
the upright carriage with the tired slouch. It wasn’t the
fault of these people that they looked white and tired; hard
ships had made them so, and overwork, and the errors of
dietary scientists who planned the rationing back in the
forties and the fifties, when most of them were children.
Badly treated people, out of luck, yet with a quality of
greatness in them still, in spite of everything.
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He turned from them and looked out over the Square,

at the exquisite beauty of the new buildings on the oth
er side... These people were the greatest engineers, the
greatest architects in the whole world, he felt, and now
that housebuilding was at a standstill all the energy
and talent of their building industry was concentrated
on these marvelous public buildings, going up all over
England.

TASKS
1. Try this culture Quiz choosing the answers from the
box behind. Use the dictionary of English Language and
Culture if necessary.

1. an informal name for Buckingham Palace.

2. US journalist and politician

3. a large public art gallery in Trafalgar Square,

London, which contains the largest collection of
important paintings in the UK

4. a port and the capital city of Queensland state in

the East of Australia, the third largest city in the
country.

5. the parliament of the country

6. The Royal Automobile Club

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7. a wide street in West central London, between

Trafalgar Square and St James’s Palace, known
especially formally, as a fashionable area where
there are a lot of gentleman’s clubs.

8. a broad, open area in central London, where Pall

Mall, Whitehall, the Strand, and Charing Cross
Road meet, and Nelson’s Column stands.

9. the capital city of the state of South Australia.

Brisbane
The National Gallery
R.A.C.
Canada House
Cox
Trafalgar Square
Adelaide
Pall Mall
The Palace

2.What should you do at the busstop in Britain if there

is a queue?

3. Watch out! Phrasal verbs

Fill in the following diagram with the meanings of the

phrasal verb ‘to get along’ and illustrate them with your

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own sentences. Choose the most suitable meaning according

to the context of the text.

to get along

Paraphrase: to walk on –

Translate into Russian:

to look out over = to look out + to look over

What are the meanings for ‘to go up’? What meaning

is used in the text by the author? Give your own exam
ples using this verb.

GO UP

to
increase
in
number
or
amount

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Fill in the prepositions in the diagram.

to move along

to walk along to walk … to walk …

4. Copy out all the words and phrases from the text,
which characterize Londoners and Australians. Make up
a short story of your own using them.

5.Continue the table. Use the Language Activator Dic

tionary if necessary. Give your own sentences.

The physical and mental strength that

makes you energetic
vigour (British)/vigor (American) –
physical and mental energy,
determination and strength [n U]
He sat about his task with renewed vigour.

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6. Give the synonyms:

marvelous /1 /2 /3

Complete the table. Explain all the meaning of words

above. The first case is done for you.

these words are used for describing:

1. sth such as an event, experience, book,
or holiday that you really enjoy
extremely good, especially in a way that
makes you feel happy or excited
2.

3.

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UNIT 5
R. A. Aldington,

THE DEATH OF A HERO (excerpt)

Mr Pollak was a mysterious bird. He had been at Cam
bridge, lived in Paris, Berlin, and Italy, known a number
of fairly eminent people, appeared to have means, and was
a cultivated man – in most of which respects he differed
exceedingly from the inhabitants of Martin’s Point. The
fantastic and scandalous theories evolved by Martin’s Point
to explain the mystery were amusing evidence of the tre
mendous stupidity of those who formed them.
He proposed that George should come to tea once a week
and learn chess. Before this, George had gone to play chess
with a very elderly gentleman, who put so much of the
few brains he had into that game that he had none left for
the preposterous poems he composed. They always began,
most honourably and scrupulously with a game of chess;
and then they had tea; and then they talked.
By the example of his own rather fastidious manners
he corrected schoolboy uncouthnesses. For George it was
all extraordinarily important. For the first time he felt
and understood companionship between men – the frank
unsuspicious exchange of goodwill and talk, the sponta
neous collaboration of two natures. But he also discov
ered the real meaning of travel. Travel means the con
sciousness of adventure and exploration, the sense of cov
ering the miles, the ability to seize indefatigably upon
every new or familiar source of delight.

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TASKS
1. Look at the description of Cork, one of Ireland’s main
towns. Copy out any words or phrases that might be use
ful for describing your town/city or any other town/city.

Cork city is the major metropolis of the south;

indeed with a population of about 135,000 it is the
second largest city in the Republic. The main busi
ness and shopping centre of the town lies on the is
land created by two channels of the River Lee, with
most places within walking distance of the centre.
(The buses tend to be overcrowded and the oneway
traffic system is fiendishly complicated.) In the hilly
area of the city is the famous Shandon Steeple, the
belltower of St Anne’s Church, built on the site of
a church destroyed when the city was besieged by
the Duke of Marlborough. Back across the River
Lee lies the city’s cathedral, an imposing 19th cen
tury building in the French Gothic style. Cork has
two markets. Neither caters specifically for tour
ists but those who enjoy the atmosphere of a real
working market will appreciate their charm. The
Crawford Art Gallery is well worth a visit. It regu
larly mounts adventurous exhibitions by contem
porary artists. The fashionable residential districts
of Cork city overlook the harbour. There are other
residential areas on the outskirts.

Сheck that you understand the text about Cork by an

swering the following questions.

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1. Where is Cork?
2. Where is the shopping and business center of Cork?
3. What is Cork’s traffic system like?
4. What is special about the site of St Anne’s Church?
5. In what style is the architecture of Cork Cathedral?
6. Can you buy souvenirs at the markets?
7. Is the Crawford Gallery worth visiting and why?
8. Where do cork people live?

The description of Сork comes from a guidebook for

tourists. Write sentences about Cambridge, using the
following expressions.

the second/third/fourth…est the main…area of the

town lies

within walking distance of in the Victorian / Georgian

/ Classical/ Baroque /
French

built in the site Gothic style

cater for tend to be

to overlook whether or not it merits

well worth a visit/visiting those who enjoy

a working market/museum/ on the outskirts

steam railway/model

to mount an exhibition to appreciate the charm

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2. Explain, who these people are.

gentleman
gentleman
at
arms
gentleman farmer

3. When do we say: “ Ladies and gentleman!”?

4. Fill in the diagram.

famous
because of
a special skill,
achievement,
or quality

eminent

Be sure you know the difference between these words.

5. Continue the phrase.

Someone who is cultivated is…

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6. Complete the diagram with the words for descrip

tion behavior that is morally correct.

honourably

GOOD/
MORAL

Be sure you know the meaning of words.

7.Compare the meanings of the following words.

fastidious – fussy

Give your own examples using them.

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8. Fill in the table.

adjective adverb noun

spontaneous 1)
2)
fastidious
fussy
uncouth

9. Match the words with their definitions.

1. indefatigable behaving and speaking in a way

that is rude or socially
unacceptable
2. collaboration completely unreasonable, absurd
3. spontaneous intelligent
4. extraordinarily very big, fast, powerful etc
5. uncouth the money or income that you
have
6. fastidious determined and never becoming
tired
7. scrupulous happening or done without being
planned or organized, but because
you suddenly feel you would like
to do it
8. tremendous to suddenly become very
interested in an idea, excuse, what
someone says etc
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9. to evolve extremely
10. cultivated a formal word used especially in
British English to describe things
that difficult to believe
11. exceedingly very careful about small details
in your appearance, work etc
12. means careful to be honest and fair
13. to seize on/upon to develop
14. preposterous the act of working together with
someone in order to achieve
something, especially in science
or art

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UNIT 6
Ray Bradbury,

IN A SEASON OF CALM WEATHER (excerpt I)

During the afternoon George Smith came out and went
into the ocean. People, with the sun’s decline, their bod
ies all lobster colors and colors of broiled squash, trudged
for their hotels.
The beach lay deserted for endless mile on mile save
for two people. One was George Smith, towel over shoulder.
Far along the shore another shorter, squarecut man
walked alone in a tranquil weather. He was deepertanned,
his closeshaven head dyed almost mahogany by the sun,
and his eyes were clear and bright as water in his face
The stranger stood alone. Glancing about, he saw his
aloneness, saw the waters of the lovely bay, saw the sun
sliding down, the late colors of the day, and then, half
turning, spied a small wooden object on the sand. It was
no more than the slender stick from a lime icecream del
icacy long since melted away. Smiling, he picked the stick
up. With another glance around to reinsure his solitude,
the man stooped again and, holding the stick gently, with
light sweeps of his hand began to do the one thing in all
the world he knew best how to do.
He began to draw incredible figures along the sand.
He sketched one figure and then moved over and, still
looking down, completely focused on his work now, drew
a second and a third figure, and after that a fourth and a
fifth and a sixth.

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TASKS
1. What colors does the author imply in the following
phrases?

lobster colors
colors of broiled squash
mahogany

2. Which phrases does the author employ to describe

the sunset?

3.Explain the meaning of verb ‘to trudge’. Continue

the phrase.

to trudge = to walk…

Give your example of using this verb.

4. Continue the phrase.

A place that is tranquil is…

Complete the diagram with the words for describing a

place or situation where there is no noise, violence, or
excited activity.

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tranquil

PEACE
FUL

Be sure you know the meaning of words.

5. Fill in the table.

words for describing someone who spends

a lot of time alone, especially because
they like being alone

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solitude the state of being alone,

especially when this is
what you enjoy

6. Explain the meaning of word ‘gently’.

Gently,
Sammy, you
don’t want to
break it.

7. Continue the diagram. Choose the words with the

appropriate meaning.

so surprising that
it is hard to believe

incredible/
unbelievable

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UNIT 7
Ray Bradbury,

IN A SEASON OF CALM WEATHER (excerpt II)

George Smith looked down at the sand. And after a
long while, looking he began to tremble.
For there on the flat shore were pictures of Grecian
lions Mediterranean goats and maidens with flesh of sand
like powdered and satyrs piping on handcarved horns and
children dancing, strewing flowers along and along the
beach with lambs gamboling after, and musicians skip
ping to their harps and lyres and unicorns racing youths
toward distant meadows, woodlands, ruined temples and
volcanoes. Everything whirled and poised in its own wind
and gravity. Now wine was being crushed from under the
grapeblooded feet of dancing vintners’ daughters, now
steaming seas gave birth to monsters while flowered kites
strewed scent on blowing clouds ... now ... now ... now...
The artist stopped.

TASKS
1.In which style were the pictures on the sand?

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2. Match the words with their definitions.

a maiden a person whose business is buying and

selling wines
a satyr a building for the worship of a god
or gods in ancient times
a lyre a large musical instrument with
strings that are stretched from top
to bottom of an open
freecorned frame, played by moving
the hands across the strings
a unicorn (literary) a girl who is not married
a temple in ancient stories, an imaginary horse
like animal with one long straight horn
growing out of the front of its head
a vintner (in ancient Greek literature) a god
usually represented as half human and
half goat
a harp an ancient Greek musical instrument
with strings stretched on a Ushaped
form

3. Fill in the table.

participle verb noun

piping to pipe pipe
dancing

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strewing

gamboling

steaming

blowing

skipping

racing

4. Complete the diagram with the appropriate words.

Explain their meanings by your own example sentences.

to remain
steady and not
fall, especially
when this is
difficult to do

POISED
on/ / /

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5. Continue the table.

to go around in circles
to whirl to turn around
extremely quickly often
in uncontrolled way
to go around/round

to revolve

to rotate

to spin

to swirl

Make up a short story to illustrate the words from the

table.

6. Match the definitions in list A with the appropriate

verbs in list B.

A 1. To move forwards with quick steps and jumps.

2. To jump or run around in a lively active way.
3. To compete against someone or something.
4. To lie scattered over something (lit.).
5. To make a musical sound.

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B a. to strew
b. to pipe
c. to skip
d. to gambol
e. to race

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UNIT 8
J. B. Priestley,

FIRST SNOW (excerpt)

The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a

magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and
wake up to find yourself in another, quite different, and
if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?
The very stealth, the eerie quietness, of the thing makes
it more magical. If all the snow fell at once in one shatter
ing crash, awakening us in the middle of the night, the
event would be robbed of its wonder. But it flutters down,
soundlessly, hour after hour while we are asleep. Outside
the closed curtains of the bedroom a vast transformation
scene is taking place, just as if a myriad elves and brown
ies were at work, and we turn and yawn and stretch and
know nothing about it. And then, what an extraordinary
change it is! It is as if the house you are in had been dropped
down in another continent. Even the inside, which has
not been touched, seems different, every room appearing
smaller and cosier, just as if some power were trying to
turn it into a woodcutter’s hut or a snug logcabin. Out
side, where the garden was yesterday, there is now a white
and glistening level, and the village beyond is no longer
your own familiar cluster of roofs but a village in an old
German fairytale. You would not be surprised to learn
that all the people there, the spectacled postmistress, the
cobbler, the retired schoolmaster, and the rest, had suf
fered a change too and had become queer elvish beings,
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purveyors of invisible caps and magic shoes. You your

selves do not feel quite the same people you were yester
day. How could you when so much has been changed? There
is a curious stir, a little shiver of excitement, troubling
the house, not unlike the feeling there is abroad when a
journey has to be made. The children, of course, are all
excitement, but even the adults hang about and talk to
one another longer than usual before settling down to the
day’s work. Nobody can resist the windows. It is like be
ing on board ship.

TASKS

1. Explain the meaning of words from the table. Fill in

the first line.

eerie

unearthly

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Complete the diagrams with the words which can ap

propriately collocate here to make up the phrases.

EERIE

darkness

UNEARTHLY

light

Make up a short story with the phrases from the dia

grams above.

2. How can you say that sth breaks into many small
pieces? Give your examples and explain the meaning of
words.

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e. g. to shatter – if sth, especially glass, shatters it

breaks suddenly into many very small pieces because it
has been dropped or hit.

3.What does ‘enchantment’ mean in the text?

Compare the meaning of the following words:

enchantment and spell

4. Explain who elves and brownies are.

5. Fill in the gaps using the words behind.

1. Dead leaves …….. slowly to the ground.

2. ……. bright stars shone in the sky above.
3. The boy stretched and……..
4. There was a ……. little sittingroom with a …… fire
burning in the house.
5. They prepared a ……room for a girl.
6. She gave a ……laugh.
7. Chris’s behavior that morning was quiet ……..
8. I was in the power, and knew it was pointless to……
9. He was …….by the man’s enthusiasm.
10. Cats rely on…….to catch their prey.

stealth to stir to resist

extraordinary queer cosy
snug log to yawn
myriad to flatter
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Translate:

as snug as a bug in a rug

6. Explain the meaning of words in the table.

words for describing an object, noise,

feeling etc that is unusual or unexpected
odd

funny

peculiar

queer strange, esp. in a way that makes

you feel worried or nervous
weird

7. Continue the table. Give your own examples sentences.

words that mean difference from

what is usual or ordinary, or from what
normally happens

extraordinary very unusual because it would

normally be very unlikely to
happen or exist.
The whole incident had been
quite extraordinary.

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Make up a story using the words from the tables above.

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UNIT 9
Arthur Conan Doyle,

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

(excerpt)

Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands softly together and

chuckled. “ ‘Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along
wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is
true that you have missed everything of importance, but
you have hit upon the method, and you have a quick eye
for colour. Never trust to general impressions, my boy,
but concentrate yourself upon details. My first glance is
always a woman’s sleeve. In a man it is perhaps better
first to take the knee of the trouser. As you observe, this
woman had plush upon her sleeves, which is a most use
ful material for showing traces. The double line a little
above the wrist, where the typewritist presses again the
table, was beautifully defined. The sewingmachine, of
the hand type, leaves a similar mark, but only on the left
arm, and on the side of it farthest from the thumb, in
stead of being right across the broadest part, as this was.
I then glanced at her face, and, observing the dint of a
pincenez at either side of her nose, I ventured a remark
upon short sight and typewriting, which seemed to sur
prise her.”
“It surprised me.”
“But, surely, it was obvious. I was then much surprised
and interested on glancing down to observe that, though
the boots which she was wearing were not unlike each other,
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they were really odd ones; the one having a slightly deco
rated toecap, and the other a plain one. One was buttoned
only in the two lower buttons out of five, and the other at
the first, third, and fifth. Now, when you see that a young
lady, otherwise neatly dressed, has come away from home
with odd boots, halfbut-toned, it is no great deduction
to say that she came away in a hurry.”
“And what else?” I asked, keenly interested, as I al
ways was, by my friend’s incisive reasoning.
“I noted, in passing, that she had written a note be
fore leaving home but after being fully dressed. You ob
served that her right glove was torn at the forefinger,
but you did not apparently see that both glove and finger
were stained with violet ink. She had written in a hurry
and dipped her pen too deep. It must have been this morning,
or the mark would not remain clear upon the finger.

221b Baker Street

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TASKS
1.Match phrasal verbs on the left with their meaning
on the right.

to hit on/upon to try to do sth that involves

risks

to concentrate on/upon to leave a place

to glance at to have a good idea after

thinking about a problem for
a long time

to be coming along to quickly look at someone

or sth

to venture on/upon to think very carefully about

sth that you are doing

to come away to be developing,

or improving

Fill in the gaps using phrasal verbs above.

1. ….. …. Ben. There is going to be trouble.

2. Now is not the time to …… …. such an ambitious
project.
3. He …..... nervously …. his watch.
4. He ……. …. this ingenious method of freezing food.
5. Keep the noise down will you – I’m trying to …….
…. my book.
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6. How’s Martin ……….. ….. with his English?

2.What are the ways of saying that sth is easy to no

tice or understand what is happening, why someone is
behaving in particular way etc. Fill in the table.

obvious smth that is obvious can easily

be noticed by anyone

apparent

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Fill in the gaps, using the words behind.

1. Bob began eating his lunch with ………. enjoyment.

2. His writings show a ……. hostility towards all forms
of authority.
3. I was very ……… , standing there in the snow with
out an overcoat or jacket.
4. Even at the age of eight his musical talent was ………..
5. It must be quite ……… to everyone that we cannot
go on as we are.
6. There is no …… distinction between severe depres
sion and mental illness.
7. It was ……that she invited everybody except Gail.

conspicuous noticeable
evident apparent
distinct/definite clearcut
obvious

3.Explain the difference between the verbs.

to look at someone or something quickly

to glance to have/take a quick look

4.Continue the phrase.

If you do, say, or think otherwise, you do, say, or think
smth…

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Complete the diagram

DIFFERENTLY

otherwise

5. Match the words with their definitions

incisive silk or cotton cloth with a surface

ike short fur

to chuckle without anything added or without

decoration

to remain very clear and direct words, remarks

etc that deal immediately with the
most important part of a subject

neat very quick to understand things

keenly to laugh quietly

plain tidy and carefully arranged

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plush to continue to be in the same state

6. Match the expressions of sureness with the feelings

behind them.

1. I bet.
2. I’d put money on it.
3. Say what you like.
4. I swear.
5. I know for sure.
6. I have no doubt.

a.
I’m sure because I have a
strong feeling , although I
have nothing to prove this.
b.
I’m completely sure
that I’m right. I’m not
going to change my mind
because of your words.

c. d.

I’m sure that it will I’m certain.

happen. I have no doubts in my
mind.

e. f.
I’m sure, although
I’m ready to loose money the facts seem to prove
if I’m wrong. that this is not so.

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UNIT 10
Jerom K. Jerom,

THREE MAN IN A BOAT

Chapter II (excerpt)
We pulled out the maps, and discussed plans.
We arranged to start on the following Saturday from
Kingston. Harris and I would go down in the morning,
and take the boat up to Chertsey, and George, who would
not be able to get away from the City till the afternoon
(George goes to sleep at a bank from ten to four each day,
except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him
outside at two), would meet us there. Should we “camp
out” or sleep at inns?
George and I were for camping out. We said it would
be so wild and free, so patriarchal like.
We run our little boat into some quiet nook, and the
tent is pitched, and the frugal supper cooked and eaten.
Then the big pipes are filled and lighted, and the pleasant
chat goes round in musical undertone; while, in the paus
es of our talk, the river, playing round the boat, prattles
strange old tales and secrets, sings low the old child’s song
that it has sung so many thousand years – will sing so
many thousand years to come, before its voice grows harsh
and old – a song that we, who have learnt to love its changing
face, who have so often nestled on its yielding bosom, think,
somehow, we understand, though we could not tell you in
mere words the story that we listen to.

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And we sit there, by its margin, while the moon, who

loves it too, stoops down to kiss it with a sister’s kiss,
and throws her silver arms around it clingingly; and we
watch it as it flows, ever singing, ever whispering, out to
meet its king, the sea.

Three Man in a Boat

TASKS

1. Give the definition.

the City –

2. Think over the advantages and disadvantages of ‘camp

ing out’ and ‘sleeping at inns’ and fill in the following
table.

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camping out sleeping at inns

advantages disadvantages advantages disadvantages

3. Match the words from the text with their defini

tions.

a nook to stick tightly to sth or sb and show

its shape

to throw around the edge of a forest, island

or other area

patriarchal to talk continuously about silly and

unimportant things

to pitch soft surface that will move or bend

when you press it

frugal unpleasant and too loud or bright

to prattle to set up a tent or a camp for a short

time
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harsh a small meal of plain food

yielding ruled or controlled only by men

clingingly to suddenly and quickly move your

hands, arms, head etc into a new
position

a margin a small quite place which

is sheltered by a rock, a big tree etc

4. Continue the following table.

natural
wild wild animals, plants, places etc exist
in their natural state and have not been
changed or controlled by human beings
in the wild

raw

virgin

untamed

5. Give the examples of words for describing an un

pleasant sound. Explain their meanings by giving your
own sentences.
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e. g. harsh
A sound that is harsh is …….

6. Complete the diagram.

MERE

No more
than or
no better
than

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UNIT 11

Charles Dickens,

DOMBEY AND SON

Paul’s Progress and Christening (excerpt)
It happened to be an irongrey autumnal day, with a
shrew east wind blowinga day in keeping with the pro
ceedings. Mr Dombey represented in himself the wind,
the shade, and the autumn christening. He stood in his
library to receive the company, as hard and cold as the
weather; and when he looked out through the glass room,
at the trees in the little garden, their brown and yellow
leaves came fluttering down, as if he blighted them.
Ugh! They were black, cold rooms; and seemed to be in
mourning, like the inmates of the house. The books pre

Dombey and Son

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cisely matched as to size, and drawn up in line, like sol

diers, looked in their cold, hard, slippery uniforms, as if
they had but one idea among them, and that a freezer.
The bookcase, glazed and locked, repudiated all familiar
ities. Mr Pitt, in bronze on the top, with no trace of his
celestial origin about him, guarded the unattainable treasure
like an enchanted Moor. A dusty urn at each high corner,
dug up from an ancient tomb, preached desolation and
decay, as from two pulpits; and the chimneyglass, re
flecting Mr Dombey and his portrait at one blow, seemed
fraught with melancholy meditations.
The stiff and stark fireirons appeared to claim a nearer
relationship than anything else there to Mr Dombey, with
his buttoned соat; his white cravat, his heavy gold watch
chain, and his creaking boots. But this was before the ar
rival of Mr and Mrs Chick, his lawful rela-tives, who soon
presented themselves.

TASKS
1. Give the phrase with the opposite meaning

in keeping with Ù

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Continue the table.

words for describing sth that you do, say,

wear etc that is right or suitable for
a particular occasion or situation.
RIGHT/PROPER

correct

right and expected for aparticular

time or situation

in keeping with behaviour that is in keeping with

(prep) a particular belief, plan,idea etc is right
according tothe principles
of that belief etc

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2. Complete the diagram

to feel sad because

someone has died,
and to show this in
the way you be

have publicly (the
clothes you wear)

to be in
mourning

3. Collocations with the following words. Use a dictio

nary to try to fill in the rest of this matrix. One line has
already been done for you.
v = typical collocation x = not a typical collocation

for somebody’s death/loss

to grieve v v
to be in mourningto
mourn

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4. Enumerate all the cases of using the word ‘precise

ly’. Illustrate them with example sentences.

PRECISELY
1. exactly a particular time a word meaning exactly,
used especially in careful
descriptions or instructions
2.

3. ways of saying exactly

what, how, where etc
4.

5. Match each of the words with the appropriate defi

nitions.

decay (u) to be changed by magic

to repudiate very beautiful
(old
fashioned)
celestial impossible to achieve
(literary)
unattainable to spoil or damage plants
to desolate to state that you no longer have
any connection with someone,
especially a relative
enchanted to make a place seem empty and sad
to blight the gradual destruction of buildings
and structures caused by a lack of
care
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6. Suggest three words with the opposite meaning which

would collocate well with ‘claim’. Illustrate collocations
with your own examples.

CLAIM

1. rightly 1. wrongly
2. 2.
3.

7. Fill in the table with the meaning of words and ex

amples sentences.

full of problems
proble
fraught with prob
mine
can of
matic lems/difficulties field worms
[adj pfrase]

an activity that is
fraught with prob

lems or fraught
with difficulties is
full of unexpected
problems which ma
ke it very difficult

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The expedition
through the jungle
was fraught with
difficulties and dan

ger.

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2 POEMS

UNIT 1

1. While reading the poem, try to concentrate on the

meaning of the selected words.

Love Indestructible
by Robert Southby

They sin who tell us Love can die.

With life all other passions fly,
All others are but vanity.
In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell,
Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell;

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Earthly these passions of the Earth,

They perish where they have their birth;
But Love is indestructible.
Its holy flame for ever burneth,
From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth;
Too oft on Earth a troubled guest,
At times deceived, at times opprest,
It here is tried and purified,
Then hath in Heaven its perfect rest;
It soweth here with toil and care,
But the harvest time of Love is there.

9 burneth =burns
returneth=returns
opprest=oppressed
hath= has
soweth=sows

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2. Complete the diagram in the following way.

to be sin

words for
describing a
situation that
makes you angry
because you think
it’s wrong and
should not be
allowed to be a crime
to happen

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3. Fill in the table. Explain the meaning of the follow

ing words and phrases. Use the Language Activator dic
tionary if necessary.

VANITY

Ø
the quality of being
unimportant

Ú
not important enough or se
rious enough to cause mach
worry or difficulty
insignificant not important enough to wor
ry about, especially because
there are other problems that
are much more serious.
Jane’s personal troubles are
insignificant compared to the
company’s problems.
minor

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petty

trivial

no big deal

it doesn’t matter

it’s nothing

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4. Fill in the bubbles. Explain the meaning of words

below and write the example sentences.

DWELL

a person or an animal that

dweller lives in the particular place
that is mentioned
apartment dwellers

dwelling

dwelling house

dwelling place

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5. Give the synonyms to the following words, explain

their meaning according to the context and illustrate them
with the example sentences.

AVARICIOUS=GREEDY

6. Look through the words relating to liking. Complete

the following table.

verb noun adjective adverb

– passion ..………….. ..…………..

tempt ……………… ..………….. ..…………..

attract ……………… ..………….. ……………..

appeal ……………… ..………….. ……………..

disgust ……………… ..………….. ……………..

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hate ……………… ..………….. ..…………..

repel ……………… ……………. …………….

– affection

adore ……………… ……………. ……………..

7. Explain the difference of meaning of the words and

phrases in the table. Give your own examples.
to die in an accident,
in a war, through
violence etc

to death
Ø

accidental death

death by
misadventure

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lose your life

come to a sticky
end

perish

suffer heavy
losses

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8. Continue the list of the words describing something

that is strong. Give your own sentences using these words.

1. indestructible
Words for 2.
describing 3.
Ö
sth that is 4.
strong, will
Ö
STRONG 5.
OBJECT
last a long 6.
time, and 7.
will not 8.
break 9.
easily 10.

9. Give the words with the opposite meaning to per

fect. Make several sentences of your own using these words.
Check their usage in a dictionary if necessary.

PERFECT

Ú
Õ NOT
PERFECT Ö
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10. Complete the diagram with the appropriate verbs.

Choose several words from the diagram which you par
ticularly want to learn and write a paragraph using them.

1. to fool
2.
to deliberately
make someone
believe sth that 3.
is not true

Ø 5.
4.

1. to deceive sb

to deceive
someone so 2.

Ö
TRICK/ that they do
DECEIVE sth they did
not intend 3.
to do

Ø
to make some
1. to lead
sb on
4.

2.
one believe or
trust you for a
while in order 3.
to cheat them
or get sth from
them 5. 4.

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11. Continue the chain of synonyms. Fill in the bub

bles with your own example phrases.

oppressive

an oppressive
relationship

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12. Complete the diagram. Explain the difference be

tween the following phrases. Illustrate them with the ex
ample sentences.

to try sth

Ø
try out give sth a try

try your hand at give it a go/ a whirl

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13. Try making a parallel translation of the poem.

Love Indestructible
(Любовь не разрушить)
Robert Southby (Роберт Саутби)

They sin who tell us Love

can die.
With life all other passions
fly,
All others are but vanity.

In Heaven Ambition can

not dwell,
Nor Avarice in the vaults
of Hell;
Earthly these passions of
the Earth,
They perish where they
have their birth;
But Love is indestructible.

Its holy flame for ever bur

neth,
From Heaven it came, to
Heaven returneth;
Too oft on Earth a troubled
guest,
At times deceived, at times
opprest,

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It here is tried and purified,

Then hath in Heaven its per

fect rest;
It soweth here with toil and
care,
But the harvest time of
Love is there.

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UNIT 2

1. While reading the poem, try to concentrate on the

meaning of the selected words.

To a Kiss
by Robert Burns
Humid seal of soft affections,
Tend’rest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
Love’s first snowdrop, virgin kiss.
Speaking silence, dumb confession,
Passion’s birth, and infants’ play,
Dovelike fondness, chaste concession,
Glowing dawn of brighter day.
Sorrowing joy, adieu’s last action,
Ling’ring lips, – no more to join!
What words can ever speak affection
Thrilling and sincere as thine!

9 ling’ring = lingering
thine – мест., притяж. от thou, устар. поэт. – твой,
твоя, твоё, твои, принадлежащий тебе

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2. Think of the words of love. Find out several colloca

tions with these words. Translate them into Russian.

words for
describing people
and the way they
feel or behave
when they love
someone

affectionate
showing that you love
someone by touching or
kissing them often
Paul is rarely affectionate
toward his friends.

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3. Fill in the table. Illustrate the words with your own

examples.

to give of bright light

glow

to shine
with a
warm, soft
light.

The full
moon
glowed
above them
through the
mist.

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4. Complete the diagram. Give the words and explain

their meaning. Think of the example sentences.

9. 8. 7. 6.

5.

SAD/
UNHAPPY Ö a sad feeling

1. sorrow 2. 3. 4.
the feeling
of being
very sad,
especially
because
someone
has died or
because
terrible
things
have
happened
to you

1. She was full of sorrow at the loss of her child.

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5. Continue the diagram in the following way.

words for describ 1. thrilling – very exciting, especially making you

ing an experience feel slightly frightened in an enjoyable way.
Seeing a lion in the wild was a thrilling experience.
that makes you
2.
feel excited

3.

4.
Ö

to make

Ö EXCITED Ö
someone feel the feeling of
being excited
Ö

1. thrill – to make 1. thrill – a sudden very

someone fell very hap
words for strong feeling of
py and excited. describing excitement, mixed with
Her first sight of the an exciting story, pleasure and sometimes
African landscape film, book etc fear.
thrilled her enormously. Using guns always gave
2. me a strange thrill.
1. thrilling – very exciting, 2.
especially making you
feel slightly frightened in
a pleasant way.
3. The book is another 3.
thrilling story of mystery
and suspence.
2.

4. 3. 4.

4.

5.

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6. Fill in the bubbles. Explain the meaning of words

below and illustrate them with the examples.

REAL/NOT FALSE FEELINGS

a feeling that is sincere is real

and shows that you really care
sincere about someone, are really sorry
etc. His love for her was deep
and sincere.

genuine

from
the heart

heartfelt

true

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7. Fill in the figures in the following way.

EUPHORIA BLISS
very deep a quietly
happiness happy and
and extreme satisfied
pleasure feeling

A HAPPY
FEELING

JOY DELIGHT
a strong
feeling of
happiness,
excitement
and
pride

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8. Try making a parallel translation of the poem and

then compare it with the S. Marshak’s version.

To a Kiss (Поцелую)
Robert Burns (Роберт Бёрнс)

Humid seal
of soft affections
Tend’rest
Pledge
of future bliss
Dearest
Tie
of young connections
Love’s first snowdrop,
virgin kiss.
Speaking silence,
Dumb
confession,
Passion’s birth,
and infants’ play
Dovelike fondness,
chaste concession,
Glowing dawn
of brighter day.
Sorrowing joy,

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adieu’s last action,

Ling’ring lips, –
no more to join
What words
can ever
speak affection
Thrilling
and sincere
as thine!

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Поцелуй
Самуил Яковлевич Маршак

Влажная печать признаний,

Обещанье тайных нег –
Поцелуй, подснежник ранний,
Свежий, чистый, точно снег.

Молчаливая уступка,
Страсти детская игра,
Дружба голубя с голубкой,
Счастья первая пора.

Радость в грустном расставанье

И вопрос: когда ж опять?..
Где слова, чтобы названье
Этим чувствам отыскать?

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UNIT 3

1. While reading the poem, try to concentrate on the

meaning of the selected words.

Because She Would Ask Me

Why I Loved Her
by Christopher Brennan

If questioning would make us wise

No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all our tale were told in speech
No mouths would wander each to each.

Were spirits free from mortal mesh

And love not bound in hearts of flesh
No aching breasts would yearn to meet
And find their ecstasy complete.

For who is there that lives and knows

The secret powers by which he grows?
Were knowledge all, what were our need
To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?.

Then seek not, sweet, the “If” and “Why”

I love you now until I die.
For I must love because I live
And life in me is what you give.

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2. Explain the difference between these three verbs.

gaze
Ø Ø

Ø
gape to look at someone stare
or sth for a long

3. Complete the following table.

to walk around a place without any particular aim
wander
to walk
around with
no particu
lar aim and
in no partic
ular direc
tion, espe
cially in a
place you do
not know or
when you
are lost.
For an hour
we wande

red around
the old city,
totally lost.

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4. Think of the possible prepositions and words to con

tinue the list.

wander about/ / / /
wander the streets/ / / /

Choose several expressions from the list above and write

them down in example sentences of your own.

5. Explain the meaning of the following verbs and fill

in the gaps in the sentences below.

TIE

tie sb up shackle
bind

1. The prisoners were ……………..together and forced

to walk 600 miles across country.
2. The victims had both been …………….., then shot.
3. The hostage had been …………… and gagged and left
in a corner of the room.
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6. Write down several sentences using the phrasal verbs

below. Check their meaning in a dictionary if necessary.

BIND OVER

1. bind over sb bind sb over

2. be bound over for trial

BIND UP

bind sth up bind up sth

BE BOND TO

be bond to sth/sb

BE BOND UP IN/WITH

be bond up in/with sth

BE BOND UP WITH

be bond up with sth

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7. Paraphrase the following phrase and continue the

sentence below.

complete ecstasy –

Just let the chocolate melt in your mouth.

It’s …….…….…….…….…….…….…….…….!

8. Can you think of a situation where you might………..

get enjoyment of the trip?

have a source of great enjoyment to you?

bring pleasure to your parents?

smile with pleasure?

be in ecstasy (=feel ecstasy)?

Describe this situation and write a paragraph using

expressions given in the table.

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9. Complete the diagram. Give the words and explain their

meaning. Illustrate the words with your own examples.
to become
unconscious
and fall,
usually for a
short time,
for example
because you
are very hot
or hungry

1. FAINT 2. 3.

UNCONSCIOUS
Ö to be unconscious

4. 5. 6.

1. I need to go outside. I think I’m going to faint.

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10. Try making a parallel translation of the poem.

Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her

If questioning
would make us wise
No eyes
would ever
gaze in eyes;
If all our tale
were told in speech
No mouths
would wander each to each.
Were spirits free
from mortal mesh
And love not bound
in hearts of flesh
No aching breasts
would yearn to meet
And find
their ecstasy complete.
For who is there
that lives and knows
The secret powers
by which he grows?
Were knowledge
all, what were our need
To thrill and faint

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and sweetly bleed?

Then seek not,
sweet,
the “If” and “Why”
I love you now
until I die.
For I must love
because I live
And life in me
is what you give.

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UNIT 4

1. While reading the poem, try to concentrate on the

meaning of the selected words.

If
by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too.
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;

If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build’em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitchandtoss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,

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And never breathe a word about your loss.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much.
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son!

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2. Fill in the table. Explain the meaning of the follow

ing words and phrases. Use the Language Activator dic
tionary if necessary.

BLAME

Ø
to say or think that someone
is responsible for sth bad that
has happened

blame sb
blame sb for sth
blame sth on sb/sth

say sth is sb’s fault

put/lay the blame on

apportion blame

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hold sb responsible

reproach yourself

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3. Continue the diagram. Be sure you know the mean

ing of the following idioms.

(informal) to say sth that is not true at all.

The witness was clearly lying through his
teeth.

lie through
your teeth

give the lie

a white lie
to sth
LIE
(to sb)
(about sth)

lie your way live a lie

into/out of sth

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4. Try guessing from the context the meanings of the

following phrasal verb. Reword the sentences without
changing the meaning. Use your own active vocabulary.

HOLD ON

Hold on! They man Can you Hold on, Ed looked

This isn’t aged to hold on? what are dreadful
the right hold on un I’ll see if you talk lying in
road. til help ar he’s here. ing about? that hospi
rived. tal bedyou
could see
he was just
barely
holding
on.

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5. Check the meaning of the following idioms in a dic

tionary and then fill in the gaps below.

GIVE WAY

GIVE WAY (TO SB/STH)

GIVE WAY TO STH

1. Flinging herself on the bed, she ……………… helpless

misery.
2. The pillars ………….. and a section of the roof col
lapsed.
3. He refused to ………… on any of the points.
4. ……………to traffic already on the roundabout.
5. The storm ……………….. bright sunshine.

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6. Complete the diagram in the following way. Use a

dictionary if necessary.

to accept pain
or an unpleas
ant situation
that makes you
angry, sad or
upset.
Talking to a
counselor can
help divorcees
to bear the pain
of separation.

1. bear 2. stand 3. put up 4. endure

to stand or bear something

sweat
5. tolerate 6. take 7. live with 8. it out

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7. Fill in the bubbles below. Explain the meaning of

the following words. Write down example sentences of
your own using the words form the list.

VICTORY

WIN

an important victory after

TRIUMPH a long, difficult struggle esp.
in war or politics

SUCCESS

CONQUEST

1. Despite many local triumphs, their party stands lit

tle chance of winning a national election.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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8. Use the idioms from the list to rewrite the sentenc

es below.

be at a loss be a dead loss cut your losses

(to do sth)

1. For once my mother didn’t know what to do, so I sat

her down and gave her a cup of tea.

2. The last conference we went to was completely use

less – I didn’t learn anything.

3. Nobody in America wanted to the film, so the only

solution was to stop working and sell the film to televi
sion.

9. Be sure you know the difference between the fol

lowing verbs. Give your own example sentences using these
words.

FORCE STH ON
IMPOSE
sth on Ö to force someone to
accept sth that they
do not want
Ö INFLICT
sth on

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10. Complete the diagram with the words of the simi

lar meaning. Use a dictionary if necessary.

DISASTER

a terrible event that happens

suddenly, causing destruc
tion and suffering and often
causing the deaths of a lot of
people

11. Explain the meaning of the underlined idioms and

phrasal verbs. Consider in what situations they apply to
you. Write sentences about these situations.

1. He’s made it to the top without losing the common

touch.
2. That sounds great. Deal me in!
3. He felt he had been trapped into accepting the terms
of the contract.
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4. Luckily, the driver kept his head and managed to

steer the bus to the side of the road.

12. Fill in the table in the following way.

A good quality or characteristic

that someone or something has

VIRTUE a formal word meaning a good char

acteristic that sth has, especially
when this makes it better, more
useful etc than sth else.
My little car may not be very fast,
but at least it has the virtue of be

ing cheap to run.

ADVANTAGE

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13. Try making a parallel translation of the poem.

If (Если)

If you can keep your head

when all about you
Are losing theirs and blam
ing it on you;
If you can trust yourself
when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for
their doubting too.
If you can wait and not be
tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t
deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give
way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good,
nor talk too wise;
If you can dream –
and not make dreams your
master;
If you can think –
and not make thoughts
your aim,
If you can meet with Tri
umph and Disaster
And treat those two impos
tors just the same.

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If you can bear to hear the

truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to
make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you
gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build’em
up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap
of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of
pitchandtoss,
And lose, and start again
at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word
about your loss.
If you can force your heart
and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long
after they are gone,
And so hold on when there
is nothing in you
Except the Will which
says to them: “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds
and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings –
nor lose the common
touch,
If neither foes nor loving
friends can hurt you,

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If all men count with you,

but none too much.
If you can fill the unforgiv
ing minute
With sixty seconds’ worth
of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and ev
erything that’s in it
Andwhich is moreyou’ll be
a Man, my son!

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3 TESTS

UNIT 1

Тест на выявление уровня сформированности

общеучебных умений учебно%познавательной
компетенции

1. Would you call the following a) a trade, b) a profes

sion or c) an unskilled job?

1. vet 6. dressmaker
2. chef 7. cleaner
3. plumber 8. tailor

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4. electrician 9. refuse collector

5. architect 10. lawyer

10 marks

2. Read the estate agent’s description of a house. For

each phrase underlined, choose a phrase below which ex
plains what the house is really like.

[1]A house of character in the countryside ten miles

from Bath. A fine example of [2]innovative restoration
placed among trees and with views of the River Avon.
Reception, diningroom, 4 bedrooms, kitchen, 2 bath
rooms. All ground floor rooms have [3]double aspect, and
the house is fully carpeted. [4]A modern construction,
which has been thoroughly redecorated and [5]sympathet
ically modernized to create a delightful family home. Solid
fuel central heating. [Extras include swimming pool in
garden, and brickbuilt dog kennel.] A bargain at $200,000.
View by appointment only. Graham and Sons, Estate
Agents.

a.a house built in the last fifty years

b.the windows look in two different directions
c. a very unusual house
d.it has been made more uptodate but not spoiled
e. it has been changed in an unusual way

5 marks

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3. Read the text and the list of text organizers. Put

one organizer into each gap in the text. Use each one once
only.

a. as b. as well as this c. because d. finally e. first of

all f. however g. on the other hand h. so

[1] , I won’t be in exactly the same job. [2] ,I

expect I’ll be doing the same kind of job, [3] it is diffi
cult to change career. [4] , I’ll still be a teacher, but I
hope I’ll be a headteacher. [5] ,I expect I’ll be living in
a large city, not in my home town. I think it will probably
be a very crowded and dirty place. [6] , I expect I’ll be
able to have long holidays in the mountains, [7] people
will have a lot off free time in the future. [8] , I expect
I’ll be earning more money than I do now.

8 marks

4. Do you think that the speaker likes[a] or dislikes[b]

the people s/he is talking about.

1. Molly is usually frank.

2. Liz’s quite broadminded.
3. Sam can be aggressive.
4. I find Dave selfimportant.
5. Don’t you think Jim’s nosy?
6. Jill is very original.

6 marks

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5. Complete the “spidergrams” below.

I HEAVY

1 2 3

II
MISS

1 2 3

III TELL

e. g. a story 1 2 3

9 marks

6. Copy out all the discourse markers in this mono

logue.

‘Well, where shall I start? It was last summer and we

were just sitting in the garden, sort of doing nothing much.
Anyway, I looked up and… see we have this kind of long
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wall at the end of the garden, and it’s like a motorway for
cats, for instance, that big fat black one you saw, well,
that one considers it has a right of way over our vegeta
ble patch, so… where was I? Yes, I was looking at that
wall, you know, daydreaming as usual, and all of a sud
den there was this new cat I’d never seen before, or rath
er, it wasn’t an ordinary cat at all…I mean, you’ll never
believe what it was…’

13 marks

7. Divide this list into three groups of words, with these

headings. Use a dictionary if necessary.

I using a car, II using a motorbike, III walking in the

street

1. seat belt 4. boot 7. wheel 9. brake

2. gloves 5. crash 8. crossing 10. steering
helmet wheel
3. pedestrian 6. pavement

10 marks

8. These newspaper headlines have got separated from

their texts. Put each one with a suitable text.

NEW APPROACH TO CANCER TREATMENT

PRIME MINISTER SETS OUY VIEWS ON EURO

PEAN UNION
SCIENTIST REJECTS CLAIMS OVER FAST FOOD
SOLUTION TO AGE
OLD MYSTERY IN KENYA
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1.’…also said that he believed that most people had a

similar vision of..’
2.’…tests were being carried out to see if the new drug
really did…’
3.’…the bones proved beyond doubt that human beings
had inhabited the region during…’
4.’…there was no proof at all that such things were
harmful, and in…’

4 marks

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UNIT 2

Тест на выявление уровня сформированности

специальных умений учебно%познавательной
компетенции

1.
Spot idioms to do with feelings, moods and states in
these horoscopes. Copy them out, then check the mean

ing if necessary in a dictionary.

Scorpio (23.10–22.11)
You may get itchy feet today, but be patient. This is
not a good time to travel. Events at work will keep you on
the edge of your seat for most of the day. Altogether an
anxious time for Scorpions.

Leo (21.7–21.8)
You’ll be up in arms over something someone close to
you says rather thoughtlessly today, but don’t let it spoil
things. You may be in two minds over an invitation, but
think positively.

Now use the idioms to rewrite these sentences.

1.I can’t decide about that job in Paris.
2.I’ve been in suspense all day. What’s happened? Tell
me!
3.Her son became restless to travel and went off to
Uruguay.

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4.Everyone protested loudly when they cancelled the

meeting.

4 marks

2.
This list contains words connected with three differ

ent kinds of holidays: camping or walking, seaside and
sight
seeing. Divide the list into three groups of words.
Add any more words you know to each group.

Compass, map, tent, coach, guide, sun bathing, tour,

sand, museum, sleeping bag, boots, beach, queue, sun tan,
sandals.

15 marks

3.
Use a dictionary to complete the explanations of the
words underlined which are all connected with the topic
of money.

a. If you have a debt……………………………………………….

b. People usually earn……………………………………………..
c. A fare is what you pay…………………………………………..
d. If you are generous……………………………………………...
e. If you are mean………………………………………………….
f. It is possible to win………………………………………………

Write similar explanations for these words which are

connected with the topic of money.

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Bill, economical, owe, value, cash, fee, purchase, wal

let.

14 marks

4.
Study each sentence and choose words from the list
below to describe the kind of character in each sentence.

a.If a famous pop star talked to me I wouldn’t know

what to say.
b.If I knew the answer to the question, I’d tell you.
c. If you get into difficulties, I’ll come and give you a
hand.
d.If you fell in the water, I would rescue you.
e. If I had a thousand pounds, I wouldn’t give you a
penny!
1. honest 7. rude
2. friendly 8. kind
3. selfish 9. mean
4. shy 10. generous
5. nervous 11. reliable
6. brave 12. helpful

5 marks

5.
Read the text and decide what the words below from
the text mean. For each word choose from the possible
explanations given.

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Jenny Taylor stood before the altar and turned to look

into the loving eyes of her bridegroom Robert Bennett. A
perfect couple. Anyone in the congregation last Easter
Saturday would have agreed. But few of them realized
this match wasn’t made in heaven. It was made by ma
chine, not Cupid. A dating agency computer had brought
them together. And Jenny and Robert are far from unique.
A staggering one in every five of Britain’s ten million single
people have used a dating agency.

a. altar: kind of photographer / part of church

b. congregation: people in church / large family party
c. match: joining of two people / marriage in church
d. unique: the only one / unhappy in love
e. staggering: lonely and unhappy / very surprising

5 marks

6.
Some collective nouns are associated with words about
using language. Copy out any you can see in this news
text and paraphrase them in your own words.

The journalists raised a whole host of questions about

the actions of the police during the demonstration. There
had been a barrage of complaints about police violence.
The Chief of Police replied that he was not prepared to
listen to a string of wild allegations without any evidence.
In the end, he just gave a series of short answers that left
everyone dissatisfied.

4 marks

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7.
Look at the description of Cork, one of Ireland’s main
towns. Copy out any words or phrases that might be use

ful for describing your town or any other town.

Cork city is the major metropolis of the south; indeed

with a population of about 135,000 it is the second larg
est city in the Republic. The main business and shopping
centre of the town lies on the island created by two chan
nels of the River Lee, with most places within walking
distance of the centre. (The buses tend to be overcrowded
and the oneway traffic system is fiendishly complicat
ed.) In the hilly area of the city is the famous Shandon
Steeple, the belltower of St Anne’s Church, built on the
site of a church destroyed when the city was besieged by
the Duke of Marlborough. Back across the River Lee lies
the city’s cathedral, an imposing 19th century building in
the French Gothic style. Cork has two markets. Neither
caters specifically for tourists but those who enjoy the
atmosphere of a real working market will appreciate their
charm. The Crawford Art Gallery is well worth a visit. It
regularly mounts adventurous exhibitions by contempo
rary artists. The fashionable residential districts of Cork
city overlook the harbour. There are other residential ar
eas on the outskirts.

Сheck that you understand the text about Cork by an

swering the following questions.

1. Where is Cork?
2. Where is the shopping and business center of Cork?

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3. What is Cork’s traffic system like?

4. What is special about the site of St Anne’s Church?
5. In what style is the architecture of Cork Cathedral?
6. Can you buy souvenirs at the markets?
7. Is the Crawford Gallery worth visiting and why?
8. Where do cork people live?

The description of Сork comes from a guidebook for

tourists. Write sentences about a town of your choice,
using the following expressions from the text.

the second/third/fourth…est the main…area of the town

lies
within walking distance of in the Victorian/Geor
gian/Classical/
built in the site Baroque/French Gothic
style
cater for tend to be
to overlook whether or not it merits
well worth a visit/visiting those who enjoy
a working market/museum/ on the outskirts
steam
railway/model to mount an exhibition
to appreciate the charm

23 marks

8.
Many words have more than one meaning. Use a dic

tionary to find two meanings for each of the words in the
list. Note the part of speech (verb, noun) of the words. Write
a sentence for each one which makes the meaning clear.
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coach (n) We went to the seaside by coach, not by train.

coach (v) Terry coaches the local basketball team.

rest, change, strike, bark, drop, fair, file, jam, lift, mean.

10 marks

9.
Here is the list of the adjectives which can combine
with amount. Divide them into two groups, small and
large and fill in the diagram. Use a dictionary if neces

sary.

a) miniscule, b) gigantic, c) overwhelming, d) minute

/ mai’nju:t/, e) meagre, f) excessive, g) insignificant,
h) sizeable

I SMALL

1 2 3 4

II LARGE

1 2 3 4

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Now try using them to fill in the gaps below. More than
one answer may be possible.
1. Even a……amount of sand can jam a camera.
2. I’ve had an absolutely……….amount of work lately.
3. Oh, you’ve given me a…………amount of food here!
4. It takes a……..amount of money to start a business.
5. An…….amount of fat in your diet is dangerous.

13 marks

10.
Express the opposite meaning to these sentences us

ing idioms from the list below.

1. She was dressed beautifully, just right for the occa

sion.
2. Penny has such an inferiority complex.
3. He is no good at talking to people at all.
4. She always praises everything I say.
5. He often says how wonderful his school is.

a.to pick holes d. the gift of the gab

b.to run down e. to be like a dog’s dinner
c. the cat’s whiskers/the bee’s knees

5 marks

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11.
Explain the underlined words in the sentences. What
do they mean?

1.This suggestion won’t be welcomed at No.10.

2.There are many b and b hotels in this town.
3.Why don’t you take a piano tutor for your son?
4.They’ve gone down to the pub.
5.We often go on a package holiday in the summer.

5 marks

12.
Match the historical and social notions with the ap

propriate definitions below.

1. Hastings
2. York
3. Levis
4. Old Lady of Threadneedle Street,
5. The Lower House.

a) trademark, a popular and fashionable kind of Jeans;

b) a town where there was a battle in 1066 between King
Harold II of England and the French army of William the
Conqueror;
c) the bank of England which is known for it’s conservatism;
d) one of the parts of a system of government in which
there are two lawmaking groups;
e) originally a roman city famous for it’s old city walls.

5 marks
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13.
Give short information to the underlined historical
places in the sentences.

1. Will you visit Trafalgar Square? It’s not far from

here.
2. I’ve been to Buckingham Palace twice.
3. Have you ever been to White Hall?
4. How can we get to Nelson’s Column?
5. By the way, where is Westminster Abbey situated?
6. Bill’s father wants to send him to Eton.

6 marks

14.
Match the qualities of a person in list A with the ap

propriate idiom in list B
A
1. an irritating person who knows everything
2. the person who is the teacher’s favourite
3. someone who thinks they are the best and says so
4. the one who gets the best marks
5. a person who is very lazy

B
a. a bighead d. a lazy bones (boneidle)
b. a knowall e. the teacher’s pet
c. top of the class

5 marks

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15.
Match the sentence on the left with the response on
the right.

1. I’m getting married a) It was my pleasure.

in the spring
2. Thanks for the ride
3. How do you do?
4. How are you doing?
5. Thank you for
a wonderful time.
6. You’re joking!
7. Bye then.
8. Here’s to your health!
9. We made over
a million bucks
in five days.
b) Yeah, take care.
c) Congratulations.
d) How do you do?
e) No, it’s true,
I assure you.
f) Any time.
g) Fine, thanks.
h) Wow!
i) Cheers!

9 marks

16.
Match these expressions with the thoughts behind them.

a) Oh dear! d)How come?

b) I didn’t quite catch that. e)You’re joking!
c) Never mind.

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1 That seems absurd.

2 I didn’t understand what you just said.

3 I don’t understand how this thing happened.

4 It doesn’t matter; it’s not terribly important.

5 I sympathise with you.

5 marks

17.
Make your own dictionary article to the following words:

1) a white wedding 2) a bungalow

2 marks

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4 KEY ANSWERS

MODUL 1

UNIT 1
1.
hundreds of [quantifier] – an informal word meaning
a very large number of things or people, used when you
are making the number seem larger than it really is.
thousands of / millions of [quantifier] – informal words
meaning an extremely large number of things or people,
used when you are making the number seem larger than
it really is.
a great many[quantifier] – an expression meaning a
very large number of things or people, used when you want
someone to realize that you are mentioning something
important.
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countless [adj only before noun] – an extremely large

number of things or people, especially too many to be
numbered or imagined.
overwhelming [adj] – an overwhelming number of people
or things is so many that they are difficult or impossible
to deal with or control.

Some possible answers:

HUNDREDS
OF

people cars

things toys

mistake

countless millions – an extremely large group of people

the overwhelming majority of – much more than half

1. a great many changes 4. hundreds of

2. innumerable 5. countless
3. overwhelming 6. thousands of

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2. tenacious – determined to do sth and unwilling to

stop trying even when the situation become diffi
cult
to deprive – to take sth from someone, especially sth
that they need or want
stealthy – moving or doing sth quietly and secretly
wistful – feeling rather sad and thoughtful, especial
ly because of sth that you would like but can no longer
have
a throng – a large group of people in one place
vague – unclear because someone doesn’t give enough
details or doesn’t say exactly what they mean
handkerchief – square piece of cotton for blowing the
nose or wiping the face a blowan event that makes
you very unhappy or shocks you
to cling – to hold someone or sth tightly, especially
because you do not feel safe

3. the upper
middle class – a social class that is consid

ered to be higher than the middle class but not as high as
the upper class, and which in Britain is thought to in
clude professional people such as surgeons, company di
rectors, and important civil servants.

stock exchange – 1[C] a place where stocks, bonds, and

shares are bought and sold 2 [the] the business of do
ing this.

flesh and blood [U] – 1 relatives; family 2 especially

lit human nature.

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4.
VAGUE
not clearly not containing not exact
expressed, so that enough details
there is doubt or
confusion about
what is meant
1. unclear/not clear 1. vague 1. vague
2. ambiguous 2. sketchy 2. rough
3. imprecise 3. thin 3. hazy
4. vague 4. inexact
5. muddled/garbled 5. loose
6. impressio
nistic

not clearly expressed, so that

there is doubt or confusion
about what is meant
ambiguous having more than one possible
meaning and therefore confusing
and difficult to understand.
The document’s ambiguous word

ing makes it very difficult to follow.
imprecise words or statements that are im
precise are unclear because they do
not describe or explain sth in an
exact way when this is necessary.
Many of the terms used in this book
are so imprecise as to be almost
meaningless.

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vague unclear, especially because not

enough details are given.
Vague rumours are reaching us
about an attempted coup, but we’ve
had no official confirmation.
muddled/garbled if sth that someone tells you is
muddled or garbled, it is very
unclear and confusing because they
themselves have not really under
stood it very well.
I heard a garbled version of the
story from one of my students, who
had heard it from someone else.

not containing enough details

vague providing too few details to give a
clear idea about something
His instructions were rather vague
sketchy not thorough or complete enough
because it lacks details.
I’m afraid my knowledge of the
subject is rather sketchy.
thin a piece of information or a descrip
tion that is thin is not detailed
enough to be useful or effective.
I was disappointed with your his

tory essay, it seemed a little thin
in terms of content.

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not exact
vague an explanation, promise, reason etc
that is vague is not exact, but you
think that it should be
The doctor’s vague explanations only
increased Clara’s fears.
rough a rough calculation, guide, idea etc
is not exact, especially because it is
done or thought of quickly.
It’s only a rough guide but this is
basically what you should do.
hazy a memory, understanding, idea etc
that is hazy is not clear and not ex
act.
I only have a hazy idea of how this
thing works.
inexact a formal word meaning not exact.
This method is relatively simple, but
notoriously inexact.
loose not exact
This is only a loose translation of
the original paper.
impressionistic an impressionistic account or de
scription is not exact, because it is
based on feelings, not facts.
The story of his adventures in Can

ada is impressionistic rather than
factual.

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5.

RUN AWAY

1. [+ from]
to leave a place, especially
secretly, in order to escape
from someone or sth
Toby ran away from home
at the age of 14.
2.
to try to avoid a problem
or difficult situation be
cause it is unpleasant or
embarrassing
You’ve got to stop running
away, and learn to face
your problems.

to run away with sb/sth

1. to run away with you if your feelings, ideas etc run

away with you, they start to control how you behave be
cause you can no longer think in a sensible way: Don’t let
your imagination run away with you!
2. to leave a place secretly or illegally with someone
else: He ran away with the boss’s wife.
3. to run away with the idea/impression that spoken
to think that sth is true when it is not: Don’t run away
with the idea that this is going to be easy!
4. informal to win a competition or sports game very
easily: The Reds ran away with the championship.
5. to steal sth: They found that the treasurer had run
away with the proceeds.

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GET ON

1. [+ with] especially BrE if two or more people get on,

they have a friendly relationship with each other: How
does Gina get on with her colleagues?
2. (progress) to make progress in sth you are doing:
He’s new here, but he seems to be getting on fine.
3. be getting on a) if time is getting on, it is getting
late: Tell Rea to hurry – it is getting on.
b) informal if someone is getting on, they are getting
old: We’re both getting on now.
4. (continue doing sth) [+ with] to continue with sth
you were doing before: Get on with your work!
5. (able to do sth) to be able to do sth, in spite of prob
lems or difficulties: I don’t know how we’ll manage to get
on with you.
6. Get on with it! spoken used to tell someone to hurry:Will
you lot stop messing around and get on with it!
7. let sb get on with it a) spoken used to say that you
do not care what someone does, even though it might have
bad results: Well, if she wants to go ahead and ruin her
career, let her get on with it.
b) to let someone do sth without your help or advice:
Why can’t my parents ever just let me get on with it?
8. Get on/along with you! old
fashioned spoken used
to say you do not believe what someone has said.

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LAY sth DOWN

1. (tools/weapons) to put down your tools, weapons

etc as a sign that you will stop using them: Lay down your
weapons and walk slowly towards the door!
2. (officially state) [usually passive] to officially state
rules that must be obeyed, systems that must be used etc
or state sth officially or firmly: The regulations lay down
a rigid procedure for checking safety equipment.
lay down that It is laid down in the regulations that
all members must carry their membership cards at all times.
3. lay down your life formal to lose your life, for ex
ample in a war, in order to help other people: prepared to
lay down his life for his comrades.
4. lay down the law to tell other people what to do,
how they should think etc, in an unpleasant or rude way.
5. (start) to start building or making sth by doing the
first part of the work: Crick and Watson laid down the
foundations of modern genetic research.
6. (wine etc) to store sth, especially wine, to use in the
future.

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UNIT 2
1.Park Lane – a wide street in central London between
Marble Arch and Hyde Park Corner. It has buildings on
one side and Hyde Park on the other, and it is famous for
its expensive hotels and houses.

2.
a feast a large meal
mutton the meat from a sheep
nourishing food that makes you strong and
healthy
an oyster a type of shellfish that can be
eaten cooked or uncooked, that
produces a jewel called a pearl
an entrée the main dish of a meal, or a dish
served before the main course
(used on formal occasions)
hors d’oeuvres food that is served in small
mounts before the main part of
the meal

3.
‘more probably’ – greater opportunity that sth is like
ly happen
‘as thin as lath’ – to be too thin; having little fat on
your body.
‘like deposit paid into bank’ – to be easy to remember.

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4. come down phr v

1. become lower a) if a price, level etc comes down, it

becomes lower: Wait to buy a house until interest rates
come down. b) [+ to] to offer or accept a lower price: Do
you think the dealer would come down at all?
2. travel south to travel south or away from an impor
tant place such as a big city, to the place where the speak
er is: Come down to the weekend sometime. [+ to] Are you
coming down to Knoxville for Christmas?
3. building if a building comes down, it is destroyed
by being pulled down.
4. leave university [+ from] BrE to leave a university,
especially Oxford or Cambridge, after completing a peri
od of study.

1. to come (back) down to suddenly have to start

to earth dealing with ordinary
practical problems after
ignoring them for a time

2. to come down with to become ill with

(informal) something infectious, esp.
something that is not very
serious

3. to come down
on the side of/ to decide to support
to come down in favour of someone or something
after
thinking about a problem
for a long time
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4. to come down in sb’s to do sth that makes

opinion / estimation someone respect you less

5. to come down in the to become poorer or less

world successful than you used
to be

6. to come down on to punish someone or

criticize them severely

5.

words for describing someone who often

feels or looks sad
gloomy miserable morose misery
someone someone someone who an informal
who is who is is morose British
gloomy feels miserable behaves in an word: if you
and looks always unhappy, call someone
unhappy seems un badtempered a misery,
because happy and way, and you mean
they think makes other doesn’t speak that they
there is people feel much to are always
nothing to unhappy other people complaining
be happy and they
about never enjoy
anything

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6.
UNFAITHFUL
1. unfaithful to 2. to be unfaith 3. unfaithful ac
your friends, ful to your tions or behaviour
your country, husband, wife,
or the group girlfriend etc,
you belong to. by secretly
having a rela
tionship with
someone else

7.

1f 2g 3c 4a 5b 6h 7e 8d

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UNIT 3

1.

[ ‘damp’ – ‘clammy’ – ‘moist’ ] – slightly wet

damp – slightly wet, especially in an unpleasant way.

Our hotel room was cold and the beds were damp.

clammy – sth that is clammy, especially someone’s skin,

is slightly wet and feels unpleasantly cold and sticky when
you touch it.
As soon as the interviewer asked my name, I felt my
hands go clammy.

moist – sth that is moist has just the right amount of

water or liquid in it, so that it is neither too dry nor too wet.
This cake is delicious, it’s so moist!

2.

to be in a state of excitement
to be

to be excited to be exhilarated
to be thrilled

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3.

English equivalent En. eq. En. eq. En. eq.

wretched pathetic pitiful poor

Russian equivalent Rus. eq. Rus. eq. Rus. eq.
несчастный, беспомощный жалкий бедный,
жалкий несчастный,
жалкий

4.
to torture

1.to deliberately hurt 2 if a feeling or knowledge

someone to force tortures you, it makes you
them to give you, suffer mentally:
information, to punish tortured by guilt
them, or to be cruel:
Political opponents
of the regime
may be tortured.

5.

words for describing someone whose

clothes and hair look untidy
English equivalent Russian equivalent

unkempt 1) нечесаный;
2) неопрятный,
запущенный

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dishevelled растрепанный,
взъерошенный
bedraggled запачканный,
замоченный
scruffy потрепанный

6.

TIRED

exhausted worn

weary drained

dead

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UNIT 4

1.
1. The Palace
2. J. M. Cox
3. The National Gallery
4. Brisbane
5. Canada House
6. R.A.C. (The Royal Automobile Club)
7. Pall Mall
8. Trafalgar Square
9. Adelaide

2.
If you want to catch a bus, you wait at a bus stop. If
there are other people waiting at the bus stop you must
queue behind them and allow them to get on the bus first.
(Some people believe that the British habit of queuing first
began with the introduction of public transport.)

3. Phrasal verbs.

to get along

1. to have 2. to progress 3. to continue

a friendly in sth you are with sth that you
relationship doing were doing before

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1. If you two are going to share a room, you’d better

learn how to get along.
2. How’s you granddaughter getting along at universi

ty?
3. (spoken) I’d like to stay and chat, but I really must
be getting along.

to walk on = to continue walking

GO UP

to to be to if a if the to to go to go
increase built explode shout or curtain reach to a to a
in (spoken) or be a cheer goes up as far univer town
number de goes up, at a as a sity to or
or stroyed people the partic begin a city
amount in a fire start to atre, it ular course from
shout or opens place of a
cheer for the [+ to] study smaller
perfor BrE place
mance BrE

1. (spoken) I see cigarettes are going up again.

(= are getting more expensive).
2. New houses are going up all around the town.
3. The whole building went up on flames.
4. The curtain went up on an empty stage.
5. The trees go right up to the beach.
6. She went up to Oxford in 1975.
7. I like to go up to town for Christmas shopping.

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to move

to walk to walk to walk up

5.

The physical and mental strength that

makes you energetic
vigour (British)/vigor (American) –
physical and mental energy,
determination and strength [n U]
He sat about his task with renewed vigour.
get
up
and
go
an energetic determination to get things
done without delay [n phrase]
We need someone around here with some
get
up
and
go!
vitality
healthy energy and cheerfulness [n U]
She is full of vitality and energy.

6.

marvelous /1wonderful / 2fantastic/ 3terrific

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these words are used for describing:

1. sth such as an event, experience, book,
or holiday that you really enjoy
extremely good, especially in a way that
makes you feel happy or excited
2. sth such as an idea, plan, or suggestion
that you think is very clever, suitable, or
likely to succeed
extremely good, in a way that makes
you feel happy or excited
3. good weather
weather that is sunny and hot and which
you enjoy very much

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UNIT 5

1.

1. Cork is in the south of the Republic of Ireland.

2. It lies on an island between two channels of the Riv
er Lee.
3. It has a desperately complex oneway traffic sys
tem. Moreover, its buses are terribly crowded.
4. St Anne’s Church was built on a site where another
church stood previously. That church was destroyed dur
ing a siege of the city.
5. In the French Gothic style.
6. Probably not as they do not cater specifically for
tourists.
7. The Crawford Gallery is worth visiting because it
regularly puts on interesting exhibitions of modern art.
8. Welloff people live in fashionable residential areas
overlooking the harbour while others live in suburbs on
the edge of the city.

Some possible answers, based on the city of Cambridge

in England:

Cambridge has the second oldest university in England

(after Oxford). The main tourist area of the town lies in
the town centre, around the university colleges.
King’s College Chapel is in the Perpendicular style.
Most of the main hotels in the town are within walk
ing distance of the centre.

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The town centre tends to be terribly crowded on Sat

urdays.
A number of the colleges are built on the site of former
monasteries or convents.
Cambridge has been called the intellectual centre of
the world. I am not sure whether or not it still merits this
description.
There are plenty of sports facilities catering for both
young and old.
Those who enjoy boating must not miss the opportu
nity to go for a punt on the River Cam.
Most of more picturesque colleges overlook the River
Cam.
An interesting new Science Park has been built on the
outskirts of the town.
The Fitzwilliam Museum is well worth visiting.
Kettle’s Yard regularly mounts quite varied exhibi
tions.
Railway enthusiasts do not have to travel far from
Cambridge to find a working steam railway open to the
public.
Everyone who visits Cambridge is sure to appreciate
its character.

2.

gentleman – 1 a man who behaves well towards others

and who can be trusted to keep his promises and always
act honourably. 2 polite a man.
gentlemanatarms pl. – a man who is one of a group
who guard a king or queen on important occasions.

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gentleman farmer BrE – a man of high social class who

has a farm for pleasure rather than profit.

3.
Lady and gentleman can be used as a respectful way
of speaking about a woman or a man. The words are used
especially in the person’s presence.

4.
famous
because of
a special skill,
achievement,
or quality

be well be
eminent known be noted renowned famous
for for for

5.

Someone who is cultivated is intelligent and knows a

lot about music, art, literature etc.

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6.

honourably

right ethical
GOOD/
MORAL

be above/
beyond decent
reproach

7.

fastidious fussy
very careful about small too concerned or worried
details in your appearance, about small, usually
work etc. unimportant details,
and difficult to please.
She was dressed with Leonora was fussy
fastidious care. about her looks.

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8.

adjective adverb noun

spontaneous spontaneously 1) spontaneousness
2) spontaneity
fastidious fastidiously fastidiousness
fussy fussily fussiness
uncouth uncouthly uncouthness

9.

uncouth behaving and speaking in a way

that is rude or socially
unacceptable
preposterous completely unreasonable, absurd
(formal)

cultivated intelligent

tremendous very big, fast, powerful etc

means the money or income that you

have
indefatigable determined and never becoming
tired
spontaneous happening or done without being
planned or organized, but because
you suddenly feel you would like
to do it

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to seize on/upon to suddenly become very

interested in an idea, excuse,
what someone says etc

exceedingly extremely

extraordinarily a formal word used especially

in British English to describe
things that difficult to believe

fastidious very careful about small details

in your appearance, work etc

scrupulous careful to be honest and fair

to evolve to develop

collaboration the act of working together with

someone in order to achieve
something, especially in science
or art

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UNIT 6

3.

to trudge = to walk with slow heavy steps, especially

because you are tired.

The old man trudge home through the snow.

4.

A place that is tranquil is pleasantly calm, quiet, and

peaceful.

tranquil

sleepy calm

PEACE
FUL
restful quiet

still

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5.

words for describing someone who spends

a lot of time alone, especially because
they like being alone
solitary spending a lot of time alone,
usually because they like being
alone
loner someone who prefers to do
things alone and has few friends
recluse someone who lives alone and
avoids meeting other people
prefer your own someone who prefers their own
company company prefers to be alone
rather than being with other
people
solitude the state of being alone, espe
cially when this is what you
enjoy

6.
Gently,
Sammy, you
don’t want to
break it.

gently! BrE spoken used to tell someone to be careful

when they are handling something, moving something etc.

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so surprising that
it is hard to believe

incredible/
amazing astonishing astounding startling staggering
unbelievable

Possible answers:

1. Some unbelievable things have happened since I last

saw you.
2. He’s an amazing player to watch – he’s so fast.
3. The submarine moved through the water at an as
tonishing speed.
4. Cycling around the world was an astounding accom
plishment.
5. There is startling new evidence that the hole in the
ozone layer may be much worse than was at first thought.
6. The number of bad programmes on TV is stagger
ing.

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UNIT 7

1.
In Grecian style.

Grecian lit from ancient Greece, or having a style or

appearance that is considered typical of ancient Greece.

2.

a vintner a person whose business is buying and

selling wines

a temple a building for the worship of a god or gods

in ancient times

a harp a large musical instrument with strings

that are stretched from top to bottom of
an open freecorned frame, played by
moving the hands across the strings

a maiden a girl who is not married

(literary)

a unicorn in ancient stories, an imaginary

horselike animal with one long straight
horn growing out of the front of its head

a satyr (in ancient Greek literature) a god

usually represented as half human and
half goat

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a lyre an ancient Greek musical instrument with

strings stretched on a Ushaped form

3.

participle verb noun

piping to pipe a pipe
dancing to dance a dance
strewing to strew (p.p.)
strewn or
strewed
gamboling to gambol a gambol
steaming to steam steam
blowing to blow – a blow
blewblown
skipping to skip a skip
racing to race a race

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4.

to remain
steady and not
fall, especially
when this is
difficult to do

POISED KEEP
on/upon /at BALANCE YOUR STEADY
/abov BALANCE

Possible answers.

1. As he opened the door, a bucket of water that had

been poised on top of it spilled over him.
2. Balancing awkwardly on one leg, he lowered him
self into his wheelchair.
3. The horse tried to throw her off but she managed to
keep her balance.
4. She held on to hand rails to keep herself steady.

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5.

to go around in circles
to whirl to turn around
extremely quickly often
in uncontrolled way
to go around/round if sth goes round, it moves
in a circular way
to revolve to turn in a circle around
a central point
to rotate to turn around a fixed point

to spin to turn around in a circle

very quickly many times
to swirl if water, dust, mist etc
swirls, it keeps turning
around quickly in
a twisting, circular
movement

Make up a short story to illustrate the table.

6.
1c 2d 3e 4a 5b

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UNIT 8

1.

very strange, rather

frightening and unnatural
eerie
unearthly

Possible answers:

EERIE

darkness sound feeling voice silence look

UNEARTHLY

light sound scream voice feeling

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2.
to shatter – if sth, especially glass, shatters it
breaks suddenly into many very
small pieces because it has been
dropped or hit.

to break up – if a large object breaks up, it breaks

into many pieces especially
as a result of natural
forces, or serious damage.

to disintegrate – if sth disintegrates, it breaks into

many small pieces so that it
is completely destroyed or so that
it completely changes its form.

to smash – to noisily break into pieces as a re

sult of being dropped.

to splinter – if sth such as wood splinters, it

breaks into thin, sharp pieces.

to burst – if sth such as a tyre or a pipe bursts,

the force of the air, water etc
inside makes it break into many
pieces.

3.
enchantment – [C] literary a change caused by magic
spell – a piece of magic that someone does or the spe
cial words or ceremonies used in doing it: put a spell on/
cast a spell over (= do a piece of magic to change sth)

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4.
elf (pl. elves) – a small fairy with pointed ears which
is said to play tricks on people.
brownie – a friendly little fairy

5.
1. Dead leaves flattered slowly to the ground. 2. Myr
iad bright stars shone in the sky above. 3. The boy stretched
and yawned 4. There was a snug little sittingroom with
a log fire burning in the house. 5. They prepared a cosy
room for a girl. 6. She gave a queer laugh. 7. Chris’s be
havior that morning was quiet extraordinary 8. I was in
the power, and knew it was pointless to resist 9. He was
stirred by the man’s enthusiasm. 10. Cats rely on stealth
to catch their prey.

as snug as a bug in a rug – очень уютно

6.

words for describing an object, noise,

feeling etc that is unusual or unexpected
odd strange, especially in a way that is
interesting or amusing rather
than frightening
funny strange and unusual, especially in a
way that makes you feel a little nervous

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peculiar strange, unfamiliar, and a little

surprising , especially in a way that
makes you feel uncomfortable
queer strange, esp. in a way that makes
you feel worried or nervous
weird very strange, and different from
anything you have seen or heard
before

7.

words that mean difference from

what is usual or ordinary, or from what
normally happens

extraordinary very unusual because it would

normally be very unlikely to
happen or exist.
The whole incident had been
quite extraordinary.
out of the ordinary unusual and surprising or
special.
Something out of the ordinary
happened to us that night.
exceptional a situation that is exceptional
is very unusual or special, and
likely to exist only very rarely.
Baldwin was now in a position
of exceptional strength
in Parliament.

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freak very unusual and unexpected,

and often causing difficulty or
damage.
My parents were killed in a freak
car accident.
offbeat / offbeat offbeat films/designs/ideas etc
are unusual and often seem
interesting or humorous because
they are so different from the
usual ones.
We had some really offbeat ideas
for T
shirt designs.

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UNIT 9

1.

to venture on/upon to try to do sth that involves risks

to come away to leave a place

to hit on/upon to have a good idea after thinking

about a problem for a long time

to glance at to quickly look at someone or sth

to concentrate to think very carefully about sth

on/upon that you are doing

to be coming along to be developing, or improving

1. Come away Ben. There is going to be trouble. 2. Now

is not the time to venture on such an ambitious project.
3. He glanced nervously at his watch. 4. He hit upon this
ingenious method of freezing food. 5. Keep the noise down
will you – I’m trying to concentrate on my book. 6. How’s
Martin coming along with his English?

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2. Possible answers:

obvious smth that is obvious can easily

be noticed by anyone

apparent sth that is apparent is obvious, espe

cially when it has been gradually be
coming more easy to notice
evident a word used formally or in literature
meaning obvious
noticeable easy to notice
conspicuous sth or someone that is conspicuous is
very easy to notice, because they are
different from everything or every
one else around them
distinct/definite a distinct or definite possibility, feel
ing, quality etc is noticeable and cannot
be ignored
clear
cut a fact, situation etc that is clearcut
is obvious and easy to understand, so
that you know what decision to make,
what action to take etc.

1. Bob began eating his lunch with evident enjoyment.

2. His writings show a distinct/definite hostility towards
all forms of authority. 3. I was very conspicuous , stand
ing there in the snow without an overcoat or jacket. 4.
Even at the age of eight his musical talent was apparent .
5. It must be quite obvious to everyone that we cannot go
on as we are. 6. There is no clearcut distinction between

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severe depression and mental illness. 7. It was noticeable

that she invited everybody except Gail.

3.

To look at someone or something quickly

to glance to have/take a quick look

to look at someone or sth to quickly look at sth,
quickly, especially by raising especially to check that
your eyes and then lowering everything is correct,
them again working properly etc

4.
If you do, say, or think otherwise, you do, say, or think
smth different from what has already been mentioned.

DIFFERENTLY

otherwise

in a different way

along different lines

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5.

plush silk or cotton cloth with a surface

like short fur

plain without anything added or without

decoration

incisive very clear and direct words, remarks

etc that deal immediately with the most
important part of a subject

keenly very quick to understand things

to chuckle to laugh quietly

neat tidy and carefully arranged

to remain to continue to be in the same state

6.

1c 2e 3b 4f 5a 6d

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UNIT 10

1.
the City also the City of London BrE – an area in cen
tral London where there are many large banks and finan
cial organizations, including The Bank of England and
The Stock Exchange. The City has an area of about one
square mile (about 2.5 square kilometers), and it is some
times called ‘The Square Mile’, especially in newspapers.
Not many people live there but many people travel there
each day to work. Its name is sometimes used to mean the
people who work there and make important financial de
cisions. There is a similar area in New York City called
Wall Street.

3.

clingingly to stick tightly to sth or sb and show its

shape

a margin the edge of a forest, island or other area

to prattle to talk continuously about silly and

unimportant things

yielding soft surface that will move or bend when

you press it

harsh unpleasant and too loud or bright

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to pitch to set up a tent or a camp for a short time

frugal a small meal of plain food

patriarchal ruled or controlled only by men

to throw to suddenly and quickly move your

around hands, arms, head etc into a new
position

a nook a small quite place which is sheltered by

a rock, a big tree etc

4.

natural
wild wild animals, plants, places etc exist
in their natural state and have not been
changed or controlled by human beings

in the wild If animals live in the wild, they live

in there natural state, not in the place
such as a farm

raw Sugar, silk, tobacco etc that is in its

natural state before or without
being changed by a chemical process

virgin forest, soil etc that is still in its

natural state and has not been spoiled
or changed by human beings

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untamed an animal or place that is untamed

has not been trained, controlled,
or changed in any way by human
beings, so that it is still completely wild

5.
A sound that is harsh is unpleasant, rough, and usual
ly loud.
Her sore throat made her voice sound rather harsh.

A sound that is grating is unpleasant and sharp and is

usually produced by two rough surfaces rubbing together.
The metal wheels made a sharp grating sound on the
gravel drive.

A rasping sound is rough, loud and often threaten

ing, and sounds as if it is produced by two surfaces rub
bing together.
The sergeant had a loud rasping voice.

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6.

MERE

ONLY NOTHING
BUT

No more
than or
no better
MERELY than ALL

JUST NO MORE
THAN

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UNIT 11

1.

in keeping with Ù to be out of keeping (with sth)

words for describing sth that you do, say,

wear etc that is right or suitable for
a particular occasion or situation.
RIGHT/PROPER
suitable sth that is suitable can be done, used
etc in a particular situation or on a
particular occasion because it does not
offend anyone
proper right according to some people’s ideas
of what is normally right, although
other people may think these ideas are
old
fashioned
correct socially accepted as being right,
especially for a particularly situation
appropriate right and expected for aparticular time
or situation
acceptable behaviour that is acceptable
is considered morally or socially good
enough to be allowed or accepted by
most people
be the done thing/ if sth is the done thing or is the way
be the way it’s it’s done, it is what most people in a
done group or in society do in a particular

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situation, and is therefore considered

to be the right thing to do
in keeping with behaviour that is in keeping with
(prep) a particular belief, plan,idea etc is right
according tothe principles of that
belief etc
fitting a formal word meaning right for
a particular situation or occasion,
especially when this is your own
personal opinion
apt a remark, description etc that is apt
is the right thing to say, considering
what has just happened or the
situation you are in

2.

to feel sad because

someone has died,
and to show this in
the way you be
have publicly (the
clothes you wear)

to be in
mourning to grieve to mourn

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3.

for somebody’s death/loss

to grieve v v
to be in mourningto v x
mourn v v

4.

PRECISELY
1. exactly a particular time a word meaning exactly,
used especially in careful
descriptions or
instructions
At precisely three o’clock
the bombs exploded.

2. exactly a particular a word meaning exactly,

number or amount used especially in careful
descriptions
The gap between two
surfaces must be precisely
3.75 centimetres.

3. ways of saying exactly used especially in careful

what, how, where etc descriptions
I cannot remember
precisely what I did that
afternoon.

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4. exactly the right one, used especially in careful

exactly the one you want etc descriptions, arguments etc
What, precisely, do you
mean by ‘relativity’.

5.

enchanted to be changed by magic

celestial very beautiful
(literary)
unattainable impossible to achieve
to blight to spoil or damage plants
to repudiate to state that you no longer have
(oldfashioned) any connection with someone,
especially a relative
to desolate to make a place seem empty and sad
decay (u) the gradual destruction of buildings
and structures caused by a lack of care

6.
CLAIM

1. rightly 1. wrongly
2. rightfully 2. falsely
3. justifiably

Possible answer:
The company has falsely claimed that its products were
biodegradable.

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7.

full of problems
proble
fraught with prob
minefield can of
matic lems/difficulties [n singu
worms
[adj] [adj pfrase] lar] [n phrase]
full of an activity that is an activity an infor
problems fraught with problems that you mal ex
and diffi or fraught with diffi
should be pression
cult to deal culties is full of unex careful meaning a
with pected problems which about situation
make it very difficult starting to or subject
do, or a which at
subject that first seems
you should to be
be careful simple and
about easy to
starting to deal with,
examine, but is full
because it of compli
will be full cated
of very problems
difficult for anyone
problems who gets
involved
with it

It is impor
The expedition through House
Many

tant to the jungle was fraught buying can people
understand with difficulties and be a mine
won’t get
the prob
danger. field – you involved in
lematic need a good psycho

nature of lawer. therapy,
historical saying it’s
evidence. a real can
of worms.

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MODUL 2
UNIT 1

2.

to be sin

disgusting shocking

words for
describing a
situation that
makes you angry
because you think
it’s wrong and
should not be
wrong allowed to be a crime
to happen

disgraceful outrageous

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3.

VANITY

Ø
the quality of being
unimportant

Ú
not important enough or se
rious enough to cause mach
worry or difficulty

insignificant not important enough to wor

ry about, especially because
there are other problems that
are much more serious.
Jane’s personal troubles are
insignificant compared to the
company’s problems.
minor a minor problem, accident,
disagreement etc is small and
fairly unimportant.Two car
windows were broken and
minor damage was done to
some shops.

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petty something such as a problem,

argument, or worry that is
petty is small and unimportant,
although it may seem more se
rious to the people who are
involved.
The problems at the office
seemed so petty when she was
lying in the sun on a Mediter

ranean beach.
trivial so small and unimportant as
to be not worth worrying about.
I’m sorry to trouble you with
such a trivial problem.
no big deal you say something is no big deal
or not a big deal when you do
not think it’s very important
or worrying, even though other
people seem to think that it is.
He’s seventeen years older than
me, but that’s no big deal.
it doesn’t matter you say it doesn’t matter when
you think that a problem or un
satisfactory situation is not re
ally important because it’s un
likely to cause much difficul
ty or be inconvenient.“Look
we’ve missed the bus!” “It
doesn’t matter, we’ve plenty
of time.”

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it’s nothing you say it’s nothing when you

think something is not impor
tant, especially if you do not
want someone to worry. “Jim,
you’re hurt.” “Oh, it’s nothing”.

4.
DWELL

a person or an animal that lives

dweller in the particular place that is
mentioned
apartment dwellers

a house, flat/apartment, etc.

dwelling where a person lives.
The development will consist of
66 dwellings and a number of
offices

a house that people live in, not

dwelling house one that is used as an office, etc.
Where is your dwelling house
situated?

the place where somebody

lives.
dwelling place
“It is my dwelling place.
You are welcome.”

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5.

AVARICIOUS=GREEDY

grasping materialistic

very greedy so that you are believing that having a

not at all generous and treat
other people very badly.
They had to move when their
grasping landlord increased
the rent again.
lot of money and posses
sions is the most impor
tant thing in life.
Kids these days are very
materialistic. They only
seem to be interested in
expensive toys and com

puter games

6.

verb noun adjective adverb

– passion passionate passionately
tempt temptation tempting temptingly
attract attraction attractive attractively
appeal appeal appealing appealingly
disgust disgust disgusting disgustingly
hate hatred hateful hatefully
repel repulsion repulsive/ repulsively
repellent
– affection affectionate affectionately
adore adoration adoring adoringly

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7.

to die in an accident,
in a war, through
violence etc

to death
Ø
burn/starve/freeze/choke etc to death
(=die as a result of being burned, not
having any food to eat etc).
Explorers on an earlier expedition froze
to death in a blizzard.
accidental death a legal and official expression mean
ing death resulting from an accident.
This policy provides full insurance in
the case of accidental death.
death by a legal expression meaning death re
misadventure sulting from an accident, used especially
when stating the judgment of a court.
At the inquest the jury returned a ver

dict of death by misadventure.
lose your life an expression used especially in news
report and in literature meaning to be
killed because of a terrible event.
Thousands lost their lives in the great
famine.
come to a sticky an informal expression meaning to die
end in a violent or unpleasant way, used
especially when you think the person
who died deserves this.
At the end of the film the prisoners are res

cued, and the pirates come to a sticky end.

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perish a word used especially in literature, or

in descriptions of past events, meaning
to die in a terrible event.Many good people
perished in the long trek across the desert.
suffer heavy if military forces suffer heavy losses, a
losses very large number of their soldiers die
whole fighting.The US forces withdrew
after suffering heavy losses.

8.

1. indestructible
Words for 2. solid
describing 3. durable

Ö
sth that is 4. tough
strong, will 5. robust
Ö
STRONG
OBJECT
last a long 6.heavyduty
time, and 7.hardwearing
will not 8.reinforced
break 9.unbreakable
easily 10.strong

Possible answers:
1. Her indestructible optimism helped her to survive.
2. The table seemed to be solid enough, so I climbed up
onto it.
3. Bronze is harder and more durable than tin.
4. These knives are really toughI’ve been using them
for twenty years.
5. The record player is very robust – an important fact
if it is used in a classroom.
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6. If you are going to put an electric cable underground,

you must use the special heavyduty type.
7. Polyester is not particularly hardwearing but it is
cheap.
8. By using materials such as titanium and reinforced
plastics, the car’s weight has been reduced by 40%.
9. Plastic plates are perfect for children because they
are unbreakable.
10. The bags are made of strong black plastic.

9.

PERFECT

Ú
imperfect
Õ NOT
PERFECT Ö flawed

Some possible answers:

1. She had a lovely smile, with small though imper
fect teeth.
2. I’m sorry but your whole analysis of the issue is deeply
flawed.

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10.

1. to fool
2. to mislead

to deliberately
make someone 3. to hoodwink
believe sth that
is not true

Ø 5. to pull the wool

over sb’s eyes
4. to put one
over on

1. to deceive sb
into
to deceive 2. to trick sb
someone so into

Ö
TRICK/ that they do
DECEIVE sth they did
not intend 3. to trap sb
to do into

Ø
4. to set/lay
a trap for

1. to lead
sb on 2. to string sb
to make some along
one believe or
trust you for a
while in order 3. to lead sb up
the gaden path
to cheat them
or get sth from
them 5. to take sb 4. to worm your way
for a ride into sb’s heart /
affections
confidence etc

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11.

suppresing

a suppresing
suffocated smile

to be suffocated
stifling by the rules and
regulations
the stifling
oppressive atmosphere of
the court

an oppressive
relationship

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12.

to try sth

try out – to use a new give sth a try –

method, a new product,
or a new skill that you have
learned, in order to find out
how good, how successful
or how suitable it is
try your hand at –
to try an activity that
is new to you and that
interests you, especially
sth that you need to
learn special skills for
to try using or doing sth,
although you are not sure if
it will succeed or if it is
suitable or good
give it a go/a whirl –
to try doing or using sth
new, especially because it
seems interesting and
unusual

Some possible answers:

1. They sell paint in very small cans so you can try out
the different colours at home.
2. Why don’t we give that new restaurant a try?
3. He first tried his hand at motor racing in 1963, but
without much success.
4. “Have you tried hanggliding before?” “No, but I’ll
give it a go”.

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13. Possible version:
Love Indestructible
(Любовь не разрушить)
Robert Southby (Роберт Саутби)
They sin who tell us Love can
die.
With life all other passions fly,
All others are but vanity.
In Heaven Ambition cannot
dwell,
Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell;
Earthly these passions of the
Earth,
They perish where they have
their birth;
But Love is indestructible.
Its holy flame for ever burneth,
From Heaven it came, to Heaven
returneth;
Too oft on Earth a troubled
guest,
At times deceived, at times op
prest,
It here is tried and purified,
Then hath in Heaven its perfect
rest;
It soweth here with toil and care,
But the harvest time of Love is
there.
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Module 2. UNIT 1.
Грешат те, кто говорит нам,
что Любовь может умереть.
С жизнью пролетают все дру
гие страсти,
Все другие – просто суета.
На Небесах Честолюбие не
может жить,
Как и жадность в подвалах
Ада.
Эти земные страсти — на
Земле.
Они погибают там, где роди
лись.
Но Любовь неразрушима.
Ее святое пламя горит
(burneth =burns) вечно.
С Небес она пришла, на Не
беса возвращается (retur
neth=returns).
Слишком часто на Земле (ее
ждут) беспокойные поиски.
Временами обманута, време
нами угнетена (opprest= opp
ressed).
Она здесь испытывается и
очищается.
Затем обретает (hath= has) на
Небесах свой совершенный
покой.
Она сеет (soweth=sows) здесь
с тяжелым трудом и заботой.
Но время жатвы Любви там.
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words for
describing people
and the way they
feel or behave
when they love
loving behav someone fond show
ing in a way ing that
that shows you love
that you love someone
someone, es tender loving devoted After a
pecially a and gentle, very loving fond fare

member of especially be and loyal to well, they
your family cause you are wards some parted
Her husband concerned one Every
was loving about some evening he
and support
one Tender would come
ive through
loving care is home to his
out her illness what is need
devoted
ed when your wife.
child is ill

affectionate doting doting moth

showing that you er/grandparent/
love someone by h u s b a n d
touching or kissing etc(=showing they
them often love someone, espe
Paul is rarely affec
cially someone
tionate toward his younger and special
friends ly by paying them a
lot of attention)
She’s the doting
mother of five chil
dren.

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UNIT 2

2.

to give of bright light

glow gleam shine blaze

to shine with to shine to give of to give off an

a warm, soft brightly, bright light. extremely
light. especially by bright light.
throwing
back light off
a very
smooth
surface.

The full moon Small pud
The barman The windows

glowed above dles gleamed polished the of the cathe

them through in the lamp
wine glasses dral blazed
the mist. light. until they with coloured
shone. light.

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4.

a feeling of a feeling of extreme un the feeling of

great unhap being very happiness being very
piness and unhappy be and worry, unhappy be
anxiety, of cause you which causes cause of sth
ten continu have no hope loss of ener that has hap
ing over a for the fu gy and inter pened, espe
long period ture, espe est in life, cially so that
and usually cially after and some you feel that
caused by you have ex times be there is no
personal or perienced comes a men hope for the
family prob disappoint tal illness future
lems ment

9. heartache 8. despondency 7. depression 6. gloom

5. sadness

SAD/
UNHAPPY Ö a sad feeling a sad
feeling

1. sorrow 2. grief 3. unhappiness 4. misery

the feeling of great sadness the feeling of great unhap

being very that you feel being unhap piness,
sad, especial when some py, especial caused espe
ly because one you love ly because cially by liv
someone has has died you are in a ing or work
died or be difficult or ing in very
cause terrible unpleasant bad condi
things have situation tions
happened to that you did
you not enjoy at
all

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Some possible answers:

1. She was full of sorrow at the loss of her child.
2. The entire family was overwhelmed with grief at the
death of their father.
3. If you marry that awful man, you will have nothing
but unhappiness.
4. The freezing cold weather increased the misery of the
retreating army.
5. During her life she had known great joy and great
sadness.
6. There was a note of gloom and pessimism in the air.
7. He suffered periods of deep depression, when his mood
became suicidal.
8. The doctor could offer them no comfort, and they walked
away from the hospital with a feeling of despondency.
9. Being unpopular at school can cause real heartache
to children of any age.

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5.

words for describ 1. thrilling – very exciting, especially making you feel
slightly frightened in an enjoyable way.
ing an experience Seeing a lion in the wild was a thrilling experience.
that makes you 2. exciting – making you feel excited.
Stuart found the atmosphere of the college enormous

feel excited ly exciting.
3. exhilarating – an experience or an activity that is
exhilarating makes you feel excited, and full of ener
gy, especially because it is dangerous.
Skiing is an exhilarating sport.
4. heady – heady days/atmosphere/excitement etc
(=a formal word meaning you feel very excited, hope
ful, and full of energy.
He often wished he could relive the heady days of his
youth.
Ö

to make

Ö Ö
someone feel the feeling of
EXCITED being excited
Ö

1. thrill – to make someone 1. thrill – a sudden very

fell very happy and excit
ed.
Her first sight of the Afri

can landscape thrilled her
enormously.
2. get sb excited – to make
someone excited (informal).
All this talk about the par

ty is getting me really ex

cited.
3. excite – to make some
one excited (formal) .
The doctor said you should
rest and not excite yourself.
4. give sb a thrill – if sth
gives someone a thrill, it
makes them feel happy and
excited, although it is very
simple or may seem unim
portant.
Catching small animals
used to give the boys a thrill.
words for describ
ing an exciting
story, film, book etc
1. thrilling – very exciting, espe
cially making you feel slightly
frightened in a pleasant way.
The book is another thrilling sto

ry of mystery and suspense.
2. exciting – making you feel ex
cited.
I really like Spielberg’s films –
they’re always so exciting.
3. dramatic – a dramatic story,
film etc, has a lot of exciting and
unexpected things happening in
it.
From the beginning, the story un

folds dramatically.
4.nailbiting – extremely exciting
because you do not know what is
going to happen.
The film has a nailbiting finish.
5. actionpacked – a film, book etc
that is actionpacked has a lot of
exciting action in it.
This book has an action
plot deal

ing with true life story.
strong feeling of excitement,
mixed with pleasure and
sometimes fear.
Using guns always gave me
a strange thrill.
2. excitement – the feeling
of being excited.
In the stands, the crowd was
shouting with excitement.
3. exhilaration – a feeling of
happy excitement, for exam
ple that you get from an ex
citing physical activity or
from sth you have achieved.
Nothing can compare with the
exhilaration of riding a mo

torcycling very fast.
4. hysteria – extreme excite
ment that makes people cry,
laugh, shout etc uncontrol
lably.
Some of the young girls in the
crowd were screaming with
hysteria.

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6.

REAL/NOT FALSE FEELINGS

a feeling that is sincere is real

and shows that you really care
sincere about someone, are really sorry
etc. His love for her was deep
and sincere.

a feeling that is genuine is real

genuine and not pretended, especially
when this may seem surprising or
unusual. Her smile was warm,
genuine and friendly.

if you say or mean sth from the

from heart, you really mean it and feel it
the heart very strongly. What she said came
straight from the heart.

heartfelt sympathy/gratitude
/regret etc (=very real and strongly
heartfelt felt). Please accept our heartfelt
sympathy on your sad loss.

true love/concern/
true kindness (=real, not pretended, and
deeply felt). As far as Gabby was
concerned this was true love.

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7.

CONTENT

EUPHORIA BLISS MENT
an extremely very deep a quietly happy
strong feeling of happiness and and satisfied
happiness and extreme feeling
excitement pleasure
that lasts
a short

A HAPPY
FEELING

JOY ELATION DELIGHT

a great feeling of a strong great happiness
happiness, often feeling of and excitement
about sth good happiness,
that has excitement
happened and
pride

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8. Possible version:

To a Kiss (Поцелую)
Robert Burns (Роберт Бёрнс)
Humid seal Влажная печать
of soft affections нежных привязанностей,
Tend’rest нежнейшее
Pledge обязательство
of future bliss будущего блаженства,
Dearest прелестнейший
Tie узелок
of young connections молодых связей,
Love’s first snowdrop, первый подснежник любви,
virgin kiss. девственный поцелуй.
Speaking silence, Говорящее молчание,
Dumb бессловесное
confession, признание,
Passion’s birth, рождение страсти,
and infants’ play и игра младенцев,
Dovelike fondness, нежная любовь,
chaste concession, сдержанная уступка,
Glowing dawn сверкающий рассвет
of brighter day. более яркого дня.
Sorrowing joy, Печальная радость,
adieu’s last action, последнее действие
прощания,
Ling’ring lips, – медлительные губы,
no more to join которые больше не
соединятся!
What words Какие слова
can ever могут когданибудь
speak affection высказать любовь
Thrilling Волнующую
and sincere и искреннюю
as thine! как твоя!

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UNIT 3

2. to look at someone or sth

for a long time, for exam
gaze ple because they are beau
Ø tiful or interesting, espe
cially without realizing
that you are doing it
Ø

Ø
gape to look at someone stare
or sth for a long

to look at someone or sth for a to deliberately look at someone

long time, especially with your or sth for a log time without
mouth open, because you are moving your eyes, for example,
very surprised or shocked because you are angry, shocked,
or very interested

3.

to walk around a place without any particular aim

wander roam walk around prowl
to walk around to walk around to walk with to quietly walk
with no partic freely and with out any partic around an area
ular aim and in no particular ular aim. or building,
no particular aim. trying not to be
direction, es seen or heard,
pecially in a especially in
place you do order to steal
not know or sth or attack
when you are someone.
lost.

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For an hour Tourists love We walked Several wolves

we wandered roaming about around the prowled around
around the old the old town. market for a the camp, but
city, totally while before were kept at bay
lost. going to the by the fire.
beach.

4. Possible answers:

wander about/ around /through etc

wander the streets/ hills /town etc

1. Tim spent most of his free time wandering about in

the woods.
2. After dinner Carol left the hotel to wander the crowded
streets.

5.

TIE

tie sb up shackle
bind
to tie some to tie the
one’s arms, legs or arms of
legs etc so that to tie someone a person or an
they can not so that they imal with a
move at all can not move thick chain
(lit)

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Some possible answers:

1. The prisoners were shackled together and forced to

walk 600 miles across country.
2. The victims had both been tied up, then shot.
3. The hostage had been bound and gagged and left in
a corner of the room.

6.

Possible answers:
BIND OVER

1 bind over sb bind sb over

The brothers, aged 24 and 27, denied the offence but

were bound over for six months.

2 be bound over for trial

Gugliatto, 35, was bound over for trial on charges of

adding an escaped criminal.

BIND UP

bind sth up bind up sth

In the end Gareth had to sit down on the grass and bind
his ankle up with rags.
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BE BOND TO

be bond to sth/sb

I’m afraid that you have signed a contract and there

fore you are bound to it.

BE BOND UP IN/WITH

be bond up in/with sth

Joanna’s too bound up in her own problems to be able

to help us at the moment.

BE BOND UP WITH

be bond up with sth

Religion and morality are inescapably bound up with

one another.

7.
complete ecstasy – sheer/pure ecstasy

Just let the chocolate melt in your mouth.

It’s sheer ecstasy!

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9.

to become un to become un to become un

conscious and conscious, usu conscious, usu
fall, usually for ally while lying ally for a short
a short time, down, for ex time, for exam
for example ample because ple because you
because you are you are seri have had too
very hot or ously ill or be much to drink,
hungry cause a doctor or because you
has given you a can not breathe
drug before an properly
operation

1. faint 2. lose 3. pass out

consciousness

UNCONSCIOUS
Ö to be unconscious

4. black out/ 5. slip/sink/fall into 6. collapse

have a black unconsciousness

to become un to gradually to fall and be

conscious for a become uncon come uncon
short time, scious, espe scious, espe
usually with cially because cially because
out warning you are seri you are very ill
and for no clear ously ill or
reason near to death

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Possible answers:
1.I need to go outside. I think I’m going to faint.
2.The last thing I remember before losing conscious
ness was the surgeon’s face.
3.When I first smoked a cigarette, I almost passed out.
4.Have you ever blacked out at the wheel of a car before?
5.The patient slipped into unconsciousness at around
7 am.
6.Come quickly, one of the passengers has collapsed.

10.
Possible version:

Because She Would Ask Me (Потому что она спросила

бы меня) Why I Loved Her (почему я люблю ее)

If questioning если бы расспросы

would make us wise делали нас мудрыми,
No eyes никакие глаза
would ever никогда бы
gaze in eyes; не вглядывались в глаза;
If all our tale если бы вся наша история
were told in speech рассказывалась словами,
No mouths ни одни уста
would wander each to each не искали бы друг друга.
Were spirits free если бы дух был свободен
from mortal mesh от смертной петли,
And love not bound а любовь не была бы связана
in hearts of flesh в плотских сердцах,
No aching breasts никакие больные души
would yearn to meet не томились бы,
And find чтобы обрести

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their ecstasy complete восторг.

For who is there ибо есть ли тот, кто
that lives and knows живет и знает
The secret powers тайные силы,
by which he grows? благодаря которым он растет?
Were knowledge если бы знание было
all, what were our need все, что нам нужно
To thrill and faint чтобы волноваться и робеть
and sweetly bleed? и сладко истекать кровью?
Then seek not, Поэтому не спрашивай,
sweet, милая,
the “If” and “Why” “отчего” и “почему”
I love you now я люблю тебя
until I die. до смерти.
For I must love ибо я должен любить,
because I live потому что я живу.
And life in me и жизнь во мне –
is what you give. это то, что ты даешь.

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UNIT 4

2.

BLAME

Ø
to say or think that someone
is responsible for sth bad that
has happened

blame sb to say or think that someone is

blame sb for sth responsible for sth bad that has
blame sth on sb/sth happened

say sth is sb’s fault to say that someone is respon

sible for sth bad that has hap
pened

put/lay the blame on to say who you think is respon

sible for sth bad that has hap
pened

apportion blame to officially state which people

are responsible for sth bad that
has happened

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hold sb responsible to say that it is someone’s fault

that sth bad has happened be
cause it was their duty to pre
vent this from happening
reproach yourself to feel that sth is your fault and
with that you had done more to
prevent a bad situation from
happening

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3.

(informal) to say sth that is not true at all.

The witness was clearly lying through his
teeth.

lie through
your teeth

give the lie

a white lie
to sth
to prove
LIE
a harm
that sth (to sb) less or
that (about sth) small lie,
many especial
people ly one
think is that you
true is tell to
not true lie your way live a lie avoid
into/out of sth hurting
The sb
success of
small to get yourself to live in away “I’m
shelters into or out of a that makes you
fell dishonest sorry I
for the situation by couldn’t
homeless lying and unhappy
with yourself come. I
gives the because you are had a
lie to She lied your behaving as if head
predic way into his you belive or ache,”
tions that private lif. feel things that she
they you do not ex
would not plained,
be useful. You don’t know
what it’s been resorting
like to live a lie to a
every day. white lie.

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4.

HOLD ON

Hold on! They Can you Hold on, Ed looked

This isn’t managed hold on? what are dreadful
the right to hold on I’ll see if you talk lying in
road. until help he’s here. ing that
arrived. about? hospital
bedyou
could see
he was
just
barely
holding
on.

Wait! They (on the Will you Ed looked

This isn’t managed telephone) stop dreadful
the right to survive Can you talking? lying in
road. until help wait? I’ll What are that
arrived. see if he’s you talk hospital
here. ing about, bedyou
I wonder? could see
he was
just near
to death.

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5.

GIVE WAY

GIVE WAY (TO SB/STH)

GIVE WAY TO STH

Some possible answers:

1. Flinging herself on the bed, she gave way to help

less misery.

2. The pillars gave way and a section of the roof col

lapsed.

3. He refused to give way on any of the points.

4. Give way to traffic already on the roundabout.

5. The storm gave way to bright sunshine.

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6.

to accept pain to accept or be to accept or be to accept or be

or an unpleas forced to accept forced to accept forced to accept
ant situation an unpleasant an annoying sit a very unpleas
that makes you situation. uation or un ant or difficult
angry, sad or pleasant behav situation for a
upset. ior as part of long time.
your daily life.
Talking to a Can you stand I don’t know She endured
counselor can another hour of how you put up and survived
help divorcees this? with your neigh
incredible rac

to bear the pain bors’ noisy par
ism during her
of separation. ties. time at college.

1. bear 2. stand 3. put up 4. endure

to stand or bear something

sweat
5. tolerate 6. take 7. live with 8. it out

to be willing to to accept an to accept or be to accept an

accept sth un unpleasant sit forced to ac unpleasant or
pleasant or dif uation or some cept an un dangerous situ
ficult, even one’s unpleas pleasant situa ation because
though you do ant behavior tion or bad con you have no
not like it or without becom ditions as part choice, and
improve of it. ing upset (inf). of your life, hope that it will
without be improve or end
coming too up (inf).
set about it.
Many workers Tell me the bad Some people You’ll just have
said they couldn’t news. I can take can live with to sweat it out
tolerate the long it. being fat but I until the end of
hours. couldn’t. term.

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7.

a situation in which someone

VICTORY wins a race, competition war etc

WIN a situation in which a person or

team wins in a sport

an important victory after

TRIUMPH a long, difficult struggle esp.
in war or politics

a victory, especially in a series

SUCCESS of games, fights etc

a victory in which one country

CONQUEST wins a war against another
country and takes control of it

Possible answers:

1. Despite many local triumphs, their party stands lit

tle chance of winning a national election.

2. The General insisted that victory was possible by

air power alone.

3. It was a good game and an important win for us.

4. With a such a strong team, France are heading for

success.

5. The Punic Wars heralded a period of conquest and

colonial expansion.

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8.

Some possible answers:

1. For once my mother was at a loss, so I sat her down
and gave her a cup of tea.
2. The last conference we went to was a dead loss – I
didn’t learn anything.
3. Nobody in America wanted to the film, so the only
solution was to cut their losses and sell the film to televi
sion.

9.

FORCE STH ON

Ö Ö
IMPOSE to force someone to INFLICT
sth on accept sth that they sth on
do not want

Possible answers:

1. Within days of being appointed office manager he

had imposed his own working methods.
2. As tome progressed, the king inflicted harsher and
harsher measures on the people.

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10.

DISASTER

a terrible event that happens

suddenly, causing destruc
tion and suffering and often
causing the deaths of a lot of
people

catastrophe calamity

tragedy

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11.

1. He’s made it to the top without losing the common

touch.

the common touch – the ability of someone in a posi

tion of power or authority to talk to and understand ordi
nary people

2. That sounds great. Deal me in!

to deal in – to include sb in an activity

3. He felt he had been trapped into accepting the terms

of the contract.

to trap (sb into sth/into doing sth) – to trick sb into

sth

4. Luckily, the driver kept his head and managed to

steer the bus to the side of the road.

kept your head – to behave in a very reasonable way

when you are in a difficult or worrying situation.

Some possible answers:

1. He has made it to the top without losing the com

mon touch.
2. If you can find a way of making money from it, deal
me in!

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3. I was trapped into signing a confession.

4. She was a leader with a steady nerve and the ability
to keep her head in a crisis.

12.

A good quality or characteristic

that someone or something has
VIRTUE a formal word meaning a good char
acteristic that sth has, especially
when this makes it better, more
useful etc than sth else.
My little car may not be very fast,
but at least it has the virtue of be

ing cheap to run.

ADVANTAGE a good point that sth has, especial

ly when this helps you to be in a better
position than other people.
The main advantage of using word
processors is the amount of time you
save.

THE GOOD a good quality that sth has, espe

THING ABOUT cially when this makes it better or
more enjoyable than sth else (inf).
The good thing about this school is
that the teachers are all so enthu

siastic.

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BENEFIT a good point that sth has, which is

good for you or helps you in some
way.
Think of the benefits our health care
plan has to offer.

MERIT one of the good characteristics of

sth such as plan, system, or way of
doing sth.
The two great merits of these book
are its style and the author’s skill
in handling detail.

PLUS/PLUS an additional quality that helps to

POINT make sth more useful, valuable, or
attractive than other things of the
same type.
A good degree is the only qualifica

tion we require for the job, but ex

perience is always a plus point.

GOOD POINT a good quality or characteristic that

someone or sth has.
Derek certainly has his faults but
he has good points too.

THE BEAUTY OF a particularly good quality that

makes sth especially useful, suit
able, or likely to be successful.
The beauty of the plan is that it only
requires a small investment.

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13.
Possible version:
IF (Если)
If you can keep your head
when all about you
Are losing theirs and blam
ing it on you;
If you can trust yourself
when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for
their doubting too.
If you can wait and not be
tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t
deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give
way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good,
nor talk too wise;
If you can dream –
and not make dreams your
master;
If you can think –
and not make thoughts your
aim,
If you can meet with Tri
umph and Disaster
Module 2. UNIT 4.
Если ты можешь сохранять
спокойствие,
когда все вокруг тебя
выходят из себя и винят в
этом тебя.
Если ты можешь верить в
себя, когда все люди сомнева
ются в тебе,
но также учитывать их со
мнения.
Если ты можешь ждать и не
утомляться от ожидания.
А, если о тебе лгут, не уча
ствуешь в обмане.
Или, когда ненавидят, не
поддаешься ненависти,
и при этом не чересчур хоро
шо выглядишь, и не слиш
ком мудро говоришь.
Если ты можешь мечтать,
но не подчиняться своим меч
там.
Если ты можешь думать,
но не делать мысли своей це
лью.
Если ты можешь выдержать
и Взлёт и Падение
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And treat those two impos
tors just the same.
If you can bear to hear the
truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make
a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you
gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build’em up
with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of
all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of
pitchandtoss,
And lose, and start again at
your beginnings,
And never breathe a word
about your loss.
If you can force your heart
and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long af
ter they are gone,
And so hold on when there
is nothing in you
Except the Will which says
to them: “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds
and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings –
nor lose the common touch,
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и не обмануться ими, а отне
стись к ним одинаково.
Если ты можешь выдержать,
когда правду, сказанную тобой,
искажают жулики, чтобы по
ставить ловушку для глупцов.
Или видеть, что то, чему ты
посвящал себя, сломано,
и смириться и привести это
в порядок с помощью изно
шенных инструментов.
Если ты можешь сложить в
одну кучу весь свой выигрыш
и рискнуть им в игре в орлян
ку
и проиграть и начать снова
все с начала.
И никогда словом не обмол
виться о своей потере.
Если ты можешь заставить
свое сердце, нервы и силу
служить тебе тогда, когда
они истощены.
И держаться, когда не оста
лось ничего
кроме Воли, которая гово
рит: «Держитесь!»
Если ты можешь говорить с
толпами и сохранять досто
инство,
или общаться с Королями,
и не терять чувства локтя.

If neither foes nor loving
friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you,
but none too much.
If you can fill the unforgiv
ing minute
With sixty seconds’ worth
of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and ev
erything that’s in it
Andwhich is moreyou’ll be
a Man, my son!
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Module 2. UNIT 4.
Если ни враги, ни любящие
друзья не могут обидеть
тебя (сделать тебе больно).
Если все (люди) уважают
тебя, но не чересчур.
Если ты можешь заполнить
неумолимую минуту
расстоянием, которое мож
но пройти за шестьдесят се
кунд.
Земля – твоя и все, что на
ней.
И более того, ты будешь Че
ловеком, сын мой!
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MODUL 3
UNIT 1

1.

1. profession
2. a difficult one; it could be called a trade, but many
chefs may prefer to be thought of as ‘professionals’
3. trade
4. trade
5. profession
6. trade (though could be called a profession)
7. unskilled job
8. same as ‘dressmaker’
9. unskilled job
10. profession

2.

1. a house of character – a very unusual house

2. innovative restoration – it has been changed in an
usual way
3. double aspect – the windows look in two different
directions
4. a modern construction – a house built in the last
fifty years
5. sympathetically modernized – it has been made more
uptodate but not spoiled
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3.

1. first of all 5. as well as this

2. on the other hand 6. however
3. as 7. because
4. so 8. finally

4.

1. likes 4. dislikes
2. likes 5. dislikes
3. dislikes 6. dislikes

5.

Suggested answers (but there ere many other words

you can add)
1.heavy: smoker, traffic, rain;
2.miss: a bus, a person, a lesson
3.tell: a joke, the truth, a lie

6.
‘Well, where shall I start? It was last summer and we
were just sitting in the garden, sort of doing nothing much.
Anyway, I looked up and… see we have this kind of long
wall at the end of the garden, and it’s like a motorway for
cats, for instance, that big fat black one you saw, well,
that one considers it has a right of way over our vegeta
ble patch, so… where was I? Yes, I was looking at that
wall, you know, daydreaming as usual, and all of a sud
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er, it wasn’t an ordinary cat at all…I mean, you’ll never

believe what it was…’

Comments:
Where/How shall I start/begin? This is a very com
mon marker at the beginning of a story or monologue whole
the speaker is composing his/her thoughts.
Anyway is probably the most common marker in spo
ken storytelling to divide up the story into its different
stages (introduction/main plot/resolution, etc.)
See is often used in informal talk instead of you see,
when someone is clarifying or explaining something.
Like is often used when the speaker hesitates, or to
make something less precise, a little more vague.
Where was I? is used when we want to come back to
the main subject we were talking about after an interruption
or diversion onto another point or topic.
Yes is often used when we resume what we were talk
ing about; it doesn’t have to be an answer to a question
from someone. No is also used in exactly the same way
and could have been used here instead of yes.
Or rather is used when you change to a different word
or a better/more accurate way of saying what you want
to say.
I mean is used when you want to explain something or
expand or illustrate what you are saying.
This extract is typical of the number of markers found
in everyday informal talk. The speaker is not a ‘lazy’ or
‘bad’ speaker; everyone uses markers, even if they are
not conscious of it or do not want to admit it! Informal
conversation without markers sounds rather odd and
strained, and a little too formal.
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7.

I using a car, II using a motorbike, III walking in the

street

seat belt gloves crossing

steering wheel crashhelmet pavement
wheel pedestrian
brake
boot

8.

1. Prime Minister sets out views on European union

2. New approach to cancer treatment
3. Solution to ageold mystery in Kenya
4. Scientist rejects claims over fast food

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UNIT 2

1.

Scorpio:
get itchy feet – get a desire to be traveling or moving
around
(to be) on the edge of your seat – to be impatient, ex
cited, in suspense, waiting for something to happen.
Leo:
to be up in arms – to be very angry and protesting loudly.
to be in two minds – unable to decide or make your
mind up about something.
1.I’m in two minds about the job in Paris.
2.I’ve been on the edge of my seat all day. What’s hap
pened? Tell me!
3.Her son got itchy feet and went off to Uruguay.
4.Everyone was up in arms when they cancelled the
meeting.

2.

Suggested groups
camping or walking: compass, boots, map, tour, tent,
sleeping bag
seaside: sun bathing, beach, sand, sun tan, sandals
sight
seeing: map, tour, queue, coach, museum, guide

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3.

Suggested answers
a. If you have a debt you owe money.
b. People usually earn money in a job.
c. A fare is what you pay on a bus or train
d. If you are generous you spend money on other peo
ple.
e. If you are mean you do not like spending money.
f. It is possible to win a prize, a race, a match etc.

bill This is a piece of paper which tells you how much

you have to pay and what for.
cash This is money in coins or notes, not a cheque.
economical Going camping for a holiday is economi
cal, because you don’t spend a lot of money.
fee People pay fees to doctors, lawyers and schools. This
is the money you pay for these services.
owe If you owe money to someone, you have to pay them.
purchase When you purchase something, you buy it.
The thing you buy can be called a purchase.
value The value of your car is the money you would
get for it if you sold it.
wallet This is a small flat leather case used for carry
ing paper money. Men usually carry their wallets in an
inside pocket.

4.

a. shy b. friendly/helpful/kind c. helpful d. brave e.

mean

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5.

a. part of church b. people in church c. joining of two

people d. the only one e. very surprising

6.

a whole host of – a large number of

a barrage of (complaints), that are said at the same
time or very quickly after each other
a string of – a number of similar things or events com
ing one after another
a series of – a group of events that are connected and
have a particular result

7.

1. Cork is in the south of the Republic of Ireland.

2. It lies on an island between two channels of the Riv
er Lee.
3. It has a desperately complex oneway traffic sys
tem. Moreover, its buses are terribly crowded.
4. St Anne’s Church was built on a site where another
church stood previously. That church was destroyed dur
ing a siege of the city.
5. In the French Gothic style.
6. Probably not as they do not cater specifically for
tourists.
7. The Crawford Gallery is worth visiting because it
regularly puts on interesting exhibitions of modern art.

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8. Welloff people live in fashionable residential areas

overlooking the harbour while others live in suburbs on
the edge of the city.

Some possible answers, based on the city of Cambridge

in England:

Cambridge has the second oldest university in England

(after Oxford). The main tourist area of the town lies in
the town centre, around the university colleges.
King’s College Chapel is in the Perpendicular style.
Most of the main hotels in the town are within walk
ing distance of the centre.
The town centre tends to be terribly crowded on Sat
urdays.
A number of the colleges are built on the site of former
monasteries or convents.
Cambridge has been called the intellectual centre of
the world. I am not sure whether or not it still merits this
description.
There are plenty of sports facilities catering for both
young and old.
Those who enjoy boating must not miss the opportu
nity to go for a punt on the River Cam.
Most of more picturesque colleges overlook the River
Cam.
An interesting new Science Park has been built on the
outskirts of the town.
The Fitzwilliam Museum is well worth visiting.
Kettle’s Yard regularly mounts quite varied exhibi
tions.

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Railway enthusiasts do not have to travel far from

Cambridge to find a working steam railway open to the
public.
Everyone who visits Cambridge is sure to appreciate
its character.

8.

Suggested answers
rest – a rest, a break (n) change – (n) or (v)
the rest, money (n)
the others (n)
rest (v) alter (v)
strike – hit (v) bark – noise a
dog makes (n)
worker’s protest (n)
and (v) skin of tree (n)
drop – let fall (v) fair – not dark (adj.)
small amount just,
of liquid (n) not unfair (adj.)
place of
entertainment
file – papers (n) and (v) jam – fruit (n)
tool (n) and (v) not move (v)
unmoving
traffic (n)
lift – ride in car (n) mean – not generous
(adj.)
moving box for
going upstairs (n) give meaning (v)
raise (v)

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9.

small: miniscule minute meager insignificant

large: gigantic overwhelming excessive sizeable
1. minute/miniscule 4. sizeable
2. overwhelming 5. excessive
3. a(n) excessive/gigantic

10.

1. She was dressed up like a dog’s dinner.

2. Penny thinks she’s the cat’s whiskers/the bee’s knees.
(these two are synonyms)
3. He has the gift of the gab.
4. She always picks holes in everything I say.
5. He often runs down his school.

11.

1. Number Ten No.10 Downing Street; the official home

of the British Prime Minister. The expression is also used,
especially in newspapers and news broadcasts to mean the
Prime Minister and his or her advisers.
2. b and b , bed and breakfast ( a private house or small
hotel that provides) a place to sleep for the night and break
fast the next morning for a fixed price.
3. a tutor – a teacher who gives private instruction to
a single pupil or to a very small class and who sometimes
live with the family of his or her pupil
4. a pub – (especially in Britain) a building, not a club
or hotel, where alcohol may be bought and drunk during
fixed hours.
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5. a package holiday – a holiday arranged by a compa

ny that includes travel, the hotel, and sometimes meals,
all for a fixed price.

12.

1. Hastings – a town where there was a battle in 1066

between King Harold II of England and the French army
of William the Conqueror.
2. York – originally a roman city famous for it’s old
city walls.
3. Levis – trademark, a popular and fashionable kind
of Jeans.
4. Old Lady of Threadneedle Street – the bank of En
gland which is known for it’s conservatism.
5. The Lower House – one of the parts of a system of
government in which there are two lawmaking groups.

13.

Trafalgar Square – square in central London, where

Pall Mall, Whitehall, the Strand, and Charing Cross Road
meet. Trafalgar Square is where Nelson’s Column stands,
and also known for the large numbers of pigeons which
come there and are fed by tourists. On New Years Eve,
there are always public celebrations in Trafalgar Square.
Buckingham Palace, also the Palace – the official home
of the British royal family in London, containing almost
600 rooms. Since 1995, some parts of the building have
been open to tourists. The name of the Palace is some
times used to mean the officials who are in charge of or

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ganizing the Queen’s public life: Buckingham Palace an

nounced today that her Majesty would be visiting Japan
next year.
White Hall – 1 the street in London, south of Trafal
gar Square, where most of the British government offic
es are 2 the British government, especially the govern
ment departments rather than Parliament or the Prime
Minister.
Nelson’s Column – a very tall column with a statue of
Admiral Nelson on the top of it in Trafalgar Square in
central London. It was built to honour Nelson, who was
killed at the battle of Trafalgar, where the British navy
defeated the navy of Napoleon in 1805. It is one of the
best known sights in London.
Westminster Abbey – a very large gothic church in
Westminster, London, first built in the 11th century. Al
most all British kings and queens since William the Con
queror have been crowned in the Abbey and many famous
people are buried there.
Eton – the bestknown English public school (= an ex
pensive private school) for boys, officially called Eton College
and established in the 15th century. Eton is close top the
town of Windsor; to the west of London.

14.

1. a knowall 4. top of the class

2. the teacher’s pet 5. a lazy bones (boneidle)
3. a bighead

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15.

1i 2g 3h 4b 5a 6d 7e 8i 9h

16.

1e 2b 3d 4c 5a

17.

Suggested answers
1. a white wedding
The traditional wedding called a white wedding as the
bride wears a white dress, take place in a church: I’m go

ing to Tony and Jane’s wedding.

2. a bungalow
A house which is all on ground level. In Britain many
old people live in bungalows: My Granny lives in the small
bungalow in the country.

* * *
После выполнения заданий (Unit III), для того чтобы
узнать, насколько хорошо у вас развита учебно
познавательная компетенция, необходимо разделить
количество правильных ответов на 2, полученный
результат является процентным выражением вашего
уровня учебнопознавательной компетенции.
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Если полученный результат окажется:

– больше 98%, то у вас высокий уровень развития

учебнопознавательной компетенции в области изучения
английского языка, однако будьте более внимательны
при выполнении тестов; от 92 до 98% у вас хороший
уровень развития учебнопознавательной компетенции,
однако все же некоторые умения у вас развиты недо
статочно.
– от 82% до 92% – значит какието умения учебно
познавательной компетенции у вас сформированы не
очень хорошо. Обратитесь к справочникам и учебным
пособиям, в которых содержится материал, исполь
зуемый в тестах, и выполните данные тестовые задания
еще раз; если и тогда ваши результаты не улучшатся,
обратитесь за помощью к преподавателю.
– меньше 75% – это значит, что уровень развития
общеучебных и специальных умений учебнопозна
вательной компетенции у вас довольно низкий и есть
существенные проблемы. Более тщательно изучите
тестовые задания и обратитесь к учебным пособиям,
которые содержат подобный материал.
В зависимости от полученных результатов вы сами
можете определить уровень развития учебнопозна
вательной компетенции в области изучения английского
языка.

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ДЛЯ ЗАМЕТОК

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