Speech patterns

• I don’t mean to be rude, but you should hear this.

• I hate to rain on your parade, but things have gone sour.

• I hate to burst your bubble, but…

• Do you mind if I ask you something?

• Break a leg! Good luck!

• Caution! Watch your step!

Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences. Using given speech patterns create the new ones.

1. I don’t mean to be rude, but you should hear this. The administration thinks you have a lack of experience in tour guiding. 2. I hate to rain on your parade, but things have gone sour. 3. The income of the airlines has fallen due to the crisis in the world. 4. I hate to burst your bubble, but we are losing completion. Here is the recent report that shows who is a new leader in the marketplace. 5. The train attendant warned to watch our step when we got off the train.

Exercise 2. Translate into English.

1. Я не хочу здатися грубим, але ви повинні це почути. Ваші валізи займають багато місця і мене це дратує. 2. Дивіться куди йдете! Цей візок такий важкий, що ним важко керувати. 3. Я не хотів би псувати вам настрій, але справи кепські. Ваш друг не купив квиток на потяг і йому доведеться їхати з пересадками. 4. Щасти тобі! Кричала маленька дівчинка на платформі. 5. Дозвольте запитати. Потяг Київ-Донецьк скільки годин слідує?І що це за потяг? 6. Мені жаль, але я не купив зворотній квиток, тож тобі доведеться повертатися самому.

Travelling On British Railways

An English train is different from continental. It is smaller and there are fewer sleeping-cars. Almost in all carriages each compartment has its own door which is opened only from the outside.

The train consists of an engine, first and second class carriages, a sleeping-car, a dining car, a guards van, a luggage van and a mail van.

When a traveller comes to the railway station to take a train, he goes to the station platform, passes the ticket office, the Train Department Board, the Information counter and the Destination notice. As a rule on British railways you need a platform ticket to get to the station platform. You show the ticket to the ticket collector at the ticket barrier and go to the platform.

On the station platform the traveller gets into a carriage, finds a vacant seat (back or face to the engine), puts his luggage on the rack above his head and sits down. Sometimes the porter takes his luggage to the carriage, finds a place for him and puts the bags on the rack. Some people reserve seats in advance at a Travel Agency. If they have much luggage they go to the Parcels Office, fill in a luggage-in-advance form stating the number of their ticket and the bags. The railway company collects the luggage at home and delivers it to the address stated in the form.

A traveller on the British railway usually keeps his ticket to the end of the travel as he is to give it to the ticket collector at the place of his destination. The railway fares are rather high and the price depends on the distance and the class of the carriage you travel.

If you are going not very far and coming back on the same day you may buy a cheap day return ticket which costs less than a return ticket.