Текст книги "Практический курс английского языка 1 курс"

Автор книги: Владимир Аракин

сообщить о нарушении

Текущая страница: 13 (всего у книги 30 страниц)

204

dark, heavy, hard, large, old, severe, pleasant, bad, good, strong, weak, little,

far, near, late, clear, hot, warm, beautiful.

VII. Ask questions covering the contents of Text 1 for your fellow-students to answer

them.

VIII. Look at the picture (p. 224) and answer the following questions:

1. Which of the four seasons is it? 2. Is the sky overcast with heavy clouds or

is it clear and bright? 3. Has the sun gone in or is it shining brightly? 4. What is

the ground covered with? 5. Are the fruit trees in blossom? 6. Do you see any

flower-beds in the picture? 7. Who do you see in the picture? 8. What are the

grown-up people doing? 9. What are the children doing? 10. Do people stay at

home in spring or do they prefer to go out into the garden? 11. How do you like to

spend your time m spring?

IX.

Look at the right-hand picture and ask one another questions

using the words and word combinations given below:

season; summer; hot, cold; the sun; to shine brightly; on the bank of the river;

to bathe, to swim; to boat, to fish (to go boating, to go fishing); to lie in the sun

(on the sand); to pick flowers; to pick (to gather) berries? and mushrooms; in the

woods; to spend one's vacation (holiday) at the seaside; to travel by car; to go

cycling; in a rest-home; on the shore.

205

X. Describe the picture (p. 225) using the following words and word

combinations: <

autumn; weather; nasty; the sky; to be overcast; cold, wind, to blow; low

clouds, to drive across the sky; to rain heavily (hard); to hurry along the streets; to

wear raincoats; to carry an umbrella; to get wet through; cars, trolley-buses, buses;

to go (run) along the streets; to splash; mud; passers-by.

XI.

Look at the right-hand picture and make up a dialogue. Use the Topical

Vocabulary, Conversational Phrases and Hesitation Devices.

XI.

a) Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:

1. It is as chilly today as it was yesterday. 2. The frost will be as hard

tomorrow as it is today 3. She is as fond of frosty weather as her brother is. 4. It

has stopped raining. 5. She will be working when you come. 6. Pressure will

remain high.

206

b) Ask one another questions on the fol owing sentences and answer them in the

negative. Add a sentence or two to develop a situation. Use conversational phrases:

1. It's coming on to pour. 2. There was a good fall of snow yesterday. 3. It's

still freezing hard. 4. The rain fell heavily last night. 5. It was foggy yesterday

morning. 6. It's clearing up. 7. The clouds are lifting. 8. I've got my folding

umbrella with me. 9. A thunderstorm is coming. 10. I've just read the weather-

forecast.

XIII. Put the adjectives and adverbs in brackets in the required degree of

comparison: -

1. Today the frost is (severe) than it was yesterday. 2. This book is (interesting)

of all I have read this year. 3. It snows (hard) this winter than it did last winter. 4.

January is (cold) month of the year. 5. My sister speaks English (bad) than I do. 6.

Which is (hot) month of the year? 7. Which is (beautiful) place in this part of the

country? 8. This nice-looking girl is (good) student in our group. 9. Does this

sportsman run (fast)

8 Заказ 1271

225

207

than you? – Oh, yes, he is (fast) in our group, 10. The students, of our

group'll have (little) spare time this term and I (little) of all as I've got (much)

work at the scientific society.

XIV.

a) Read the following dialogue and copy out all the adjectives and adverbs

used in the comparative and the superlative degrees, b) Retell the dialogue in indirect

speech:

"Good evening, Mrs. Martin. Let me take your things. Put your bag on this

table." "How is Mr. Jones?"

"Quite well, thank you. He is not in yet. And how is your husband?" (

"He is coming in a moment. He is busier than ever."

"My husband usually comes home about six. Sometimes a little earlier. But he

never comes later than half past six."

"It is only a quarter past."

"Let us go into the sitting-room. Please, sit down in this armchair. It is the

most comfortable."

"I like your house very much. It is the quietest I know."

"There is very little traffic in our street."

"Your garden is so large. It is much larger than ours."

"But yours is more beautiful. Your trees are older and you have finer flowers."

XV.

Fill in prepositions or adverbs:

A. 1. Be careful! Don't splash mud ... passers-by. 2. A thick fog is spreading ...

the city and though cars and buses have put ... their lights they can only crawl ... .

3. It is pleasant to look ... the trees when the frost sparkles ... the branches. 4.

There is a

bridge ... the river. 5. The rivers and lakes freeze.....................winter. 6. I

don't like to be out-of-doors ... such bad weather. I prefer to stay ... home. 7.

Let us have a tramp ... the country lanes. 8. The new corn is just beginning to

appear ... the ground. 9. The ground is usually covered ... snow ... winter.

B. 1. The temperature is 25° ... zero ... the shade today. 2. Look ... the sky.

There is hardly a cloud ... it. 3. A heat wave will spread ... the south-west ...

Moscow. 4. It's beginning to rain. Put ... your umbrella. 5. The rain is ... and it's

clearing ... . 6. The weather is getting worse. The sun is going ... . 7. Look ...

picture ... page 25. What do you see ... the picture? 8. It's pouring. We shall be wet

... . 9. My aunt will stay ... our place ... two months.

XVI. Complete the following sentences using the words in brackets:

1. The sky will be clear if the wind ... (to stop). 2. I shall go to the country if

the weather ... (to be fine). 3. We shall go to the skating-rink if the frost ... (to be

not severe). 4. The snow will melt if the sun ... (to be hot). 5. You will feel warm

if you (to put on) a warm coat. 6. He will ring you up when he (to come) home. 7.

The days will be longer when summer (to come). 8. I shall go home if it (to rain).

9. We look forward to the time when spring (to come).

208

XVII.

Choose the right word:

to stay – to remain

1. I have done three exercises and two ... . 2. The place was so nice that we

decided to ... there all the summer. 3. Few leaves ... on the trees and they are not

green any longer. 4. He was so tired that he ... in bed all day long. 5. The teacher

tried to make the boy speak but he ... silent. 6. It was raining so hard that I ... at

my friend's the whole night.

such – so

1. She was ... tired that she couldn't go on working. 2.1 never go for ... long

walks. 3. I didn't know that it was ... an interesting book. 4. The student spoke

English ... badly that the teacher couldn't give him even a satisfactory mark. 5. The

weather was ... nasty yesterday that I stayed at home all day long. 6. It rained ...

hard yesterday that I got wet through.

XVIII.

a) Respond to the following sentences. Develop them into dialogues. Use

conversational phrases and hesitation devices:

1. It looks like rain. 2. It's pouring, what shall we do? 3. What nasty weather

we are having today! 4. It's a lovely morning, isn't it? 5. Isn't it a hot day? 6. It's

wonderful weather we are having. I hope it will keep fine. 7. What a tremendous

clap of thunder! 8. Look! It's clearing up.

b) Continue the exercise suggesting your own verbal context.

XIX.

Think of stimulating phrases to which those below could be replies. Work in

pairs:

1. Very well indeed, thank you. 2. I don't know exactly. 3. Sometimes I do. 4. I

think so. 5. I've no idea, I'm afraid. 6. No,

I don't think I'll ... . 7. Yes, I'll have to change my clothes. 8. I think that's a

very good idea. 9. I don't think so. 10. I've lost my umbrella. 11. Fancy that!

XX.

Complete the following sentences and add something to develop a situation:

1. I shall go skiing if ... . 2. The pond will be frozen over when ... . 3. The

farmers will reap the corn when ... . 4. The unpleasant time comes when .... 5. We

shall go for a walk as soon as ... . 6. I'll stay out-of-doors till... . 7. She'll be able

to help you if she ... . 8. He'll make good progress if... . 9. I shall put up my

umbrella when ... . 10. Don't go out before ... .

XXI.

Team up with another student and have a friendly talk using words and word

combinations of Text 2 concerning weather.

XXII.

a) Read the following text. Give a title to the story, b} Retell

the story using the vocabulary of the lesson:

209

The weather in England can change very quickly. One day last week 1 went

for a walk in the country. When I started early in the morning the weather was

beautiful. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and there were no clouds at all.

In the middle of the morning a sudden change came. A cool wind started to blow,

black clouds covered the sun and in a very short time it started to rain heavily.

There were no houses in sight and I had no coat with me. So I got yery wet indeed

and very cold too. After about an hour I managed to catch a bus which took me

home. But when I arrived I was shivering and sneezing and I've had a cold ever

since. We sometimes say that England is the only country where you can have

four seasons in one day.

XXIII.

Translate the following into English:

A. 1. Сегодня не такой туман, как вчера. Вчера туман был такой густой, что я боялась

ехать на машине и предпочла идти в театр пешком. 2. Неприятно гулять, когда небо

покрыто тучами и идет дождь, а автобусы и машины забрызгивают прохожих водой и

грязью. 3. Какая сегодня скверная погода! Моросит дождь, и улицы такие грязные. 4.

Небо потемнело, и с моря начал дуть холодный ветер. Но сегодня ветер не такой

сильный, как вчера. Вчера он был гораздо сильнее. 5. Сильно подмораживает. Скоро

пруд замерзнет, и мы сможем кататься на коньках. 6. Парк выглядит

так прекрасно, когда земля покрыта снегом, а на деревьях сверкает иней.

7. Я не слышала прогноза погоды сегодня и не знаю, будет ли сегодня дождь.

Если дождя не будет, я обязательно поеду за город. 8. Погода становится

теплее, я думаю, что скоро зацветут (будут в цвету) фруктовые деревья. 9.

Зерно начинает созревать. Скоро начнется уборка. Некоторые студенты

поедут помогать убирать урожай, 10. Возьми плащ или зонт. Погода может

измениться. 11. Сегодня очень холодно. Тебе придется остаться дома. Если

ты выйдешь, ты опять простудишься и не сможешь посещать школу. 12. Я

думаю, что он вам не позвонит до того, как вернется в Москву. 13. Завтра

утром приезжает мой брат. Я не знаю, получу ли от него телеграмму, но даже

если не получу, я поеду на вокзал встречать его. Г4. Мы сможем обсудить

наши планы в понедельник. 15. Вы не должны учить это стихотворение

наизусть, пока вы не отработаете его в лаборатории. 16. Она не знает,

закончит ли свою статью сегодня. Если закончит и если сегодня не будет

дождя, мы пойдем в театр. 17. Я буду рада, если дождь прекратится. Мне

надо торопиться на вокзал. 18. Через час начнут прибывать первые делегаты.

19. В Англии поля и парки остаются зелеными даже зимой. 20. Посмотри!

Выпало много снега. Завтра дети будут кататься на санках и лепить

снеговика. 21. Как красиво! Капельки дождя и росы сверкают на листьях и

на траве. 22. Я думаю, что дождь не будет продолжаться очень долго и мы

сможем пойти в лес собирать грибы и ягоды.

В. 1. Сегодня очень душно. Боюсь, что скоро будет гроза. 2. Эти ужасные

раскаты грома разбудили меня ночью. Дождь лил как из ведра всю ночь. 3.

Посмотри! Дождь перестал. Облака рассеялись. На небе красивая радуга.

210

Надеюсь, будет хорошая погода. 4. Согласно прогноза погоды на этой неделе

изредка будут выпадать дожди. 5. Идет сильный дождь, раскрой зонтик, а то

ты совершенно промокнешь.

XXIV. a) Translate into Russian, b) Give synonyms to the following words:

silly, ruin, jolly, completely, chuckle, lovely, flimsy, start.

c) Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations in English:

tomfoolishness, occasional, depression, to be plagued, set-fair day, keep on

steadily, a thing that is beyond me.

d) Retell the text:

George got hold of the paper, and read us the weather forecast "rain, cold, wet

to fine, occasional local thunderstorms, east wind with general depression over

the 'Midland Counties'." I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness

by which we are plagued, this "weather forecast" fraud is about the most

aggravating. It "forecasts" precisely what happened yesterday or the day before,

and precisely the opposite of what is going to happen today.

I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our

paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper. "Heavy showers,

with thunderstorms, may be expected today," it would say, and so we would give

up our picnic, and stop indoors all day, waiting for the rain. And people would

pass the house, going off in wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could

be, the sun shining out, and not a cloud to be seen.

"Ah," we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window, "won't

they come home soaked!"

And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get. By twelve o'clock,

with the sun pouring into the room, the heat became quite oppressive, and we

wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to

begin. At one o'clock the landlady would come in to ask if we weren't going out,

as it seemed such a lovely day.

"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle, "not we. We don't mean to get

wet – no, no." But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a lovely

night after it.

The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm fine to set-

fair day, much heat," and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out,

and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard, and a

bitterly cold wind would spring up, and both would keep on steadily for the whole

day, and we could come home with cools and rheumatism all over us, and go to

bed.

The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether. I never can understand it.

(Abridged from "Three Men in a Boat"

by Jerome K. Jerome)

211

XXV.

Find a picture on the topic "Season and Weather** for your discussion in

class. Prepare 8—10 questions which would help your fellow-students to describe the

picture.

XXV.

Listen to the text «The Snow Maiden» carefully. Pick out words and word

combinations pertaining to the topic "Weather**. Get ready to ask your fellow-students

questions on the text. Retell the text.

XXVII.

a) Watch Film Segment Four «The Sky is Overcast» for general content,

b) Watch the film segment again to find the English equivalents to the following:

до семи дождь, до одиннадцати ясно; английское лето – три жарких дня и гроза;

какая там у Боба погода?; небо затянуто облаками; поехать на пикник; лгать; как хорошо

слышно; накануне; матч на кубок; все хорошо, что хорошо кончается.

с) Answer your teacher's questions on the content of the film segment, d) Listen to the

sound track recording of Segment Four. Get ready to ask and answer questions on the

content of Film Segment Four and to reproduce the dialogue.

XXVIII.

a) Explain the meaning of the proverb: "It never rains but it pours** and

give a situation to illustrate it. b) Find English proverbs concerning weather, provide

them with Russian equivalents, ask your fellow-students to illustrate them.

XXVIII. Describe the weather in England and in your native town.

XXX.

a) Make up a dialogue on the following situation:

Две студентки (одна с юга, другая из Сибири) разговаривают о климате своих

родных мест. Южанке не нравится климат Москвы. Ей кажется, что зимой здесь очень

холодно, а летом часто идет дождь. Сибирячке тоже не нравится московская зима. Хотя

морозы в Сибири достигают 30—35°, но переносятся они легче, так как почти нет ветра

и воздух сухой. А в Москве зимой снег часто тает, иногда моросит дождь.

b) Suggest a situation for your fellow-students to give it in the form of a dialogue.

LABORATORY WORK

I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make them interrogative and negative.

I. a) Listen to the questions and record your answers in the intervals, b) Listen to the

record and correct the mistakes.

I. Translate into English, spell and transcribe the following words and word

combinations.

II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs.

212

III. a) Join the following pairs of sentences using the first one as an adverbial clause

of condition, b) Listen to the key following the intervals and repeat the key aloud. Pay

attention to the intonation.

I. a) Translate the following sentences into English as in the models, b) Check your

sentences with the key following the intervals and repeat the key aloud.

VII.

a) Use the following sentences in indirect speech. Make all the

necessary changes, b) Check your sentences with the key following the

intervals and repeat the key aloud.

VIII.

Listen to the poem «Nothing Will Die» by Alfred Tennyson.

Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the poem. Learn it by heart.

Lesson Sixteen

A

Grammar: Sequence of Tenses. The Future in the Past. The Past Perfect Tense.

Texts: 1. Under the High Trees 2. At the Seaside.

STUDY THE FOLLOWING

Tab l e No. I SEQUENCE OF TENSES

sure

Tom Ann

ill. out.

He (She)

was

was

everybody

at school.

They

were

the children

were

in the country.

their friends

BenJameseveryonewasRoger IaskedifAliceready, busy.Wefree.The Brownsthey

b

her friendswereangry.

)

213

Tab l e No. 2 THE FUTURE IN

THE PAST

Ann

Tom

We

The Browns The studentsknew thatI

weshouldgo out of town, join them, enjoy the party, skate a lot. leave the place, never

return, read the story.

Mr. Black everyonewould

T ab l e No. 3 THE PAST

PERFECT TENSE

We

Ann

Tom

The Browns The studentsknew thatwe

everyone Mr. Black Irenehadread the letter, seen the play, bought a radio-set. stayed

indoors all day.Alice George The Blacksasked ifJohn Ann

the Browns everyonehadhad dinner, bought a lot of fruit, changed the clothes.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Study Substitution Tables No. 1, 2, 3 and compose as many sentences as you can.

II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following irregular verbs:

take, do, come, read, feel, say, see, ride, go, know, shine, forget, tell, cut, get,

make, run, fly, choose, catch, swim, lie.

III. Write the following sentences in indirect speech using the Future

in the Past:

1. She asked me: "Will you be angry with me?" 2.1 said: "I'll be too busy

tomorrow." 3. We said: "We'll take four exams in summer." 4. He said: "I'll show

you the main building of our University. It's very beautiful." 5. Алп said: "I'll have

a better command of the language, if I read English books." 6. The students said:

"We'll work hard at our pronunciation. We want to get rid

of our mistakes." 7. They asked us: "When will you join our choir?" 8. Nelly

asked her "Will you invite me to your birthday party?"

214

IV. Write the following sentences in indirect speech using the Past Perfect)

1. Roger said: "My uncle has been here more than once". 2. Alice asked me:

"Did you spend much time there?" 3. Ben asked me: "When did you join our

circle?" 4. She said: "Our group has worked in the lab today." 5. Bill said: "I

remember she was good at singing." 6. The mother asked her son: "Why have you

spent so much money on sweets?" 7. Fanny asked her friend: "Where did you go

during your vacation?"

V. Find in the book you use for your home reading examples on Sequence of Tenses.

Copy them out.

VI. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Мы слышали, что все первокурсники получили большое удовольствие от

концерта. 2. Все были уверены, что Петр сдаст все экзамены на отлично. 3. В письме

сын писал матери, что принимал участие в трудной, но интересной работе. 4. Мы

узнали, что они не поехали за город из-за отвратительной погоды. 5. Бекки сказала

матери, что она пригласила на пикник своих друзей. 6. Я был уверен, что не смогу

получить отличную оценку по географии. 7. Брат сказал, что он не любит химию. 8.

Анна сказала Николаю, что ему придется делать доклад в субботу. 9. Дети сказали Тому,

что учительница поставила ему хорошую оценку.

10.

Он узнал, что этот человек был когда-то храбрым генералом.

11.Мы услышали по радио, что на следующий день мороз будет еще сильнее. 12. Она

боялась, что день будет холодным и дождливым. 13. Гарри сказал, что дождя не было, по

крайней мере, двое суток. 14. Девочка сказала, что ее братья уехали кататься на лыжах.

15. Отец сказал, что он уже просмотрел утренние газеты. 16. Подруга Нины сказала, что

ей удалось достать билеты.

TEXT 1 UNDER THE HIGH TREES

It was six o'clock when Ben Smith, dreadfully tired, arrived home from the

school where he was a teacher. He had had a lot of work and trouble that day. He

dreamed of a quiet evening at

home. June, his wife, met him at the door smiling radiantly. She asked Ben to

be quick with his supper and change after that. She said she had got everything

arranged and they would go to the theatre.

Only then did Ben remember it was the very night that had been settled for

their going out. So June was realizing her dream. He envied his daughter Penny, a

sixteen-year old girl, who said she would stay indoors and watch television. But

suddenly he was sorry for June who got too little entertainment even at week-

ends.

It was already past seven when they started for the theatre. The weather was

unusually nasty. Ben's nose and feet were cold. After 20 minutes a number 64 bus

stopped. They got on, but the seats were full. Unfortunately the bus conductor told

215

Ben to get off as only seven people could stand in the bus. Ben did so forgetting

that his wife had got the tickets.

It wa$ pouring now. The road was wet and there "was a hole in his shoe.

Luckily he got on the next number 64 bus soon enough and found a seat. Ben shut

his eyes. When he opened them again, the bus was past the theatre. It was still

raining as he walked back to it feeling unhappy. Over the doors were the words,

"Under the High Trees".

The man at the door said he could not let him in without a ticket. Ben was

about to leave when a girl behind the ticket-office window said: "Are you Mr.

Smith? Your wife left your ticket with me."

Ben squeezed to his seat in the dark, stepping on people's feet. He asked June

what the play was about. She whispered she could not understand much as one

actor, an old man, spoke very quietly, and the other, a young man, spoke very

quickly.

As soon as the play was over, they ran out. There were no buses and it was

raining. They waited and waited and their clothes got wetter. At last Ben lost his

patience and shouted: "Taxi!"

A passing taxi stopped. Ben pushed his wife in. "Two pounds" said the driver

when they arrived. "What?"

"After ten o'clock in the evening the fare is higher." Unwillingly Ben paid the

driver. Besides all the trouble it turned out to be too expensive for them,

"Did you watch television, Penny?" Ben asked his daughter. "Yes," she said.

"You can't imagine how brilliant the play was."

"What was the name oi it?" asked Ben as he picked up his cup of coffee.

"Under the High Trees" was the answer. Ben Smith put his cup of coffee on the

kitchen table and went slowly upstairs to bed.

TEXT 2 AT THE SEASIDE

Mrs. H i l t o n : It's much fresher here than in London.

Mr. H i l t o n : Yes, it was so stuffy in the train with the carriage so crowded, I

hate trains and buses.

Mrs. H i l t o n : It's all over now. Look? Alice and Roger have gone further

along. They've chosen a nice place.

Mr. H i l t o n : Yes, there are fewer people there.

Mrs. H i l t o n : How quick the young people are! They are already in their

bathing-suits lying in the sun.

A l i c e : Isn't the water cold?

R o g e r : It is, and you are certainly afraid to come into the water, you

coward.

Mrs. H i l t o n : Stop teasing your sister, Roger. I am sick and tired of your

quarrels. Let me have a minute's rest.

216

R o g e r : Sorry, Mum. I'll be as good as gold. Wait for me, Alice, I'm coming

too.

A l i c e : Quick! I'm already in the water.

R o g e r : I'll catch up with you easily. You splash about too much with your

feet.

A l i c e : I'm not such a strong swimmer as you. Oh, I've got a mouthful cf

salt water.

R o g e r : You shouldn't swim with your mouth open.

A l i c e : I feel a bit chilly. I'd rather swim ashore and lie on the sand.

R o g e r : I'll join you in a moment after I dive off that raft.

VOCABULARY NOTES

be tired after устать от, е. д. They were tired after having practice in hearing and

pronunciation. If you are tired of London, go down to the sea. be tired (of) надоесть; be

sick and tired надоесть до смерти; е. д. I am sick and tired of this noise.

a lot (of) много. The following word combinations are all translated into Russian with

the word «много». Mind their usage and the way prepositions are used: a great deal (of), a

good deal (of) are used with uncountable nouns, e. g. He spends a good (great) deal of time

at the language laboratory. She plays the piano a good (great) deal, a great number of, a

great many are used with countable nouns, e. g. There is a great number of old newspapers

in the desk. I saw a great many needles in the working-basket, a lot of, plenty of are used

both with countable and uncountable nouns, e. g. There is a lot (plenty) of fruit in the shop

today. There are a lot (plenty) of tooth-brushes on the shelf. He knows a lot.

Mind the way of strengthening the meaning of the given word combinations: He knows a

lot more than you think. I can tell you a great deal more on the subject.

get everything arranged все уладить, приготовить, е. д. Robert and Tom got

everything arranged for their excursion.

very adj тот самый, е. д. At that very moment Mrs. Hilton told them that it was high

time for everybody to go to bed. He is the very person we want to see.

settle vt улаживать, решать; назначать, определять, е. д. It was not difficult to settle the

question. Syn, decide v t / i решать, e. g. She decided to leave Nick at home.

realize vt 1. представлять себе; понимать, осознавать. Syn. understand

(understood, understood) vt, e. g. The man was very quiet. He didn't realize the danger.

2. осуществлять, реализовать, е. д. The plan was hard to realize (fulfil). But: It's necessary

to understand the rule before doing this exercise. I don't understand why he has left.

indoors adv дома; out-of-doors на улице; indoor games: chess, draughts, lotto,

dominoes, etc.; outdoor games: football, golf, cricket, hockey, etc.

Mind the stresses in the following word combinations: 'indoor ' games, but to 'stay in'

doors;' out-of-' doors.

watch television (TV) смотреть телевизор, е. д. The Leonovs bought a TV-set and

invited the neighbours to watch TV. to see

(watch) the TV programme смотреть телевизионною передачу, е. д. I'm

sorry you didn't see the TV programme on Sunday evening. It was really

interesting.

217

week-end n Sunday, with parts of Saturday and sometimes of Monday, as a

period of rest or as a holiday. Mind the use of prepositions: to do something at the

week-end, to go somewhere for the week-end.

start (for some place) v t / i 1. отправляться, пускаться в путь, е. д. The

family started for the railway station. 2. Начинать что-л.. e. g. The machine

started working.

unusually adv необычно, e. g. He thought that Jane looked unusually pretty

that day. Ant. usually обычно, e. g. He usually takes a cold shower at 8 o'clock, as

usual как обычно, е. д. Не took off his coat and hung it on the hook as usual.

to feel (look) unhappy (happy, bad, chilly, etc.) чувствовать себя

(выглядеть, казаться) несчастным (счастливым), чувствовать себя

(выглядеть) плохо, чувствовать озноб, but to feel (look) well чувствовать себя

(выглядеть) хорошо, е. д. Не always feels happy when he comes to his native

town. She felt chilly and swam ashore. Ann looked surprisingly beautiful in her

black dress. John looked well in spite of his illness.

to be about to собираться сделать что-л., е. д. They were about to leave the

house when the telephone bell rang.

besides adv кроме того; beside prp около, возле, е. д. X. is a wonderful

singer and a good pianist besides. There was a house beside the river.

expensive adj дорогой, e. g. The hat is too expensive. I can't buy it. Syn. dear

(разг.), e. g. Isn't the toy dear? Ant. cheap дешевый, e. g, The cheapest things

cannot be very good.

at the seaside у моря, на взморье

Note: shore n берег моря, океана, озера, as the shore of the Black Sea;

bank n берег реки, as the bank of the Moskva river; coast n побережье, as the

coast of France; the Black Sea coast; beach л пляж, е. д. Robert and his

Grandpa sometimes spent their time on the beach;*

as good as gold золотой, примерный (о поведении, о нравственных

качествах)

to catch up (with smb.) догонять, е. д. It's easy to catch up with him, he is

walking slowly. Mary was afraid that she would not be able to catch up with the

group after her illness.

to splash about брызгаться, плескаться

I'd rather (I would rather) я пожалуй, я предпочел бы, е. д. f d rather swim

ashore.

Compare: You'd better (You had better) вам бы лучше, e. g. You'd better go

now = It would be better for you to go now.

EXERCISES

I. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and tunes,

b) Let your fellow-student read this exercise for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell

him what must be done to eliminate them:

218

[i:[ 1. Please believe me. Please leave me in peace.

2. Extremes meet.

3. Seeing is believing.

4. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

5. A sailor went to sea

To see what he could see. But all he could

see Was sea, sea, sea.

6. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be.

II. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the following word

combinations:

A. 1. [ai] smiling, realizing, behind, wife, arrived.

–

2. Loss of plosion: and trouble, that day, asked Ben, got too little, walked back.

3. Alveolars replaced by dentals: when they, in the bus, and there, at the door,

as the play, said the driver, in the evening, that was the end, was the answer.

B. 1. Loss of aspiration: swtop teasing, you s^plash. 2. No glottal stop: alljDver,

swinjishore, div^_pff.

III. 1. a) Listen to the recording of the text «Under the High Trees».