- •Если … Переклад с. Маршака
- •Переклад м. Лозинского
- •Contents
- •Book Organization
- •Vocabulary
- •Author Acknowledgements
- •A Time for Everything
- •Glad to Meet You
- •A Résumé / a Curriculum Vitae (c.V.)
- •A Career Mosaic
- •Biographies of Famous People a: Albert Einstein
- •B: Bill Clinton
- •C: Percy Bysshe Shelly
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1.Read the following rhyme concentrating your attention on phonetics.
- •Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises
- •1.Derive nouns denoting profession.
- •2.Make up sentences with the following words.
- •3.Ask and answer questions about Bill Clinton and Albert Einstein.
- •4.Translate
- •Conversational Activities
- •1.Answer the questions.
- •The Seven Ages of the Man
- •Translation Practice
- •1.Translate at sight. Hobart Earle
- •Writing Assignments
- •Family at a Glance
- •My Family
- •The Average British Family
- •The Changing Patterns of Families
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •3.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
- •4.Match the verbs with the nouns or noun combinations
- •5.Fill in the gaps.
- •Grammar Exercises
- •1.Comment on the italicised grammatical structures.
- •Conversational Activities
- •10.Agree or disagree explaining your answers.
- •Translation Practice
- •1.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
- •Writing Assignment
- •1.Compare an average British and Ukrainian family.
- •Skin - шкіра
- •Carriage – постава, осанка, манера триматися
- •Set Expressions
- •A Bit More About My Family
- •Mary Tyrone
- •James Tyrone
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1. Learn by heart. She Was a Phantom of Delight
- •The Twins
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Derive nouns from the adjectives.
- •2.Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following adjectives:
- •3.Form as many compound adjectives with –eyed, -haired, -shouldered as possible.
- •3.Circle the synonyms.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the table.
- •6.What do we call people who
- •7.Supply antonyms to the following words.
- •8.Match the opposites.
- •11.Group the adjectives which a) are positive in meaning, b) are negative in meaning, c) can be either positive or negative.
- •12.Arrange these words under the following headings:
- •13. Match the nouns with their definitions.
- •14. Read the following description of the main character of a famous novel. Identify the novel.
- •15.Make up sentences using the following adjectives and forming their derivatives according to the models.
- •16. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in brackets.
- •17. Give equivalents to the following idiomatic expressions .
- •Grammar Exercises
- •1.Make up sentences according to the patterns.
- •Conversational Activities
- •The Pessimist
- •5.Describe qualities that are typical of your Zodiac sign. Which of them do you have? Cast horoscopes for your friends using the chart. Do you believe in horoscopes? Why? Why not?
- •10. Read the following statements on honesty and lie. What is your understanding of these notions?
- •11. Use in situations of your own.
- •11. Act as a career adviser. Make up a dialogue using the following prompts. Complete the chart.
- •Translation Practice
- •1.Suggest the Ukrainian for the following.
- •A Stranger
- •2.Translate in written form.
- •3. Render in English.
- •1.Correct the mistakes if any.
- •2.Translate the following.
- •3.Describe a famous pop- singer.
- •4. Make up a situation to illustrate one of the proverbs.
- •1.Correct the mistakes if any.
- •2.Translate the following.
- •3.Describe what is typical of a person when he/she is :
- •4. Make up a situation to illustrate one of the proverbs.
- •1.Correct the mistakes if any.
- •2. Read the text. Describe twenty parts that you play in life.
- •3.Describe a famous politician.
- •4.Describe what is typical of a person when he/she is :
- •5. Make up a situation to illustrate one of the proverbs.
- •Friends
- •A Letter from a Pen Pal
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1.Ge ready to read the following poem expressively. The Arrow and the Song
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Give definitions.
- •2.Make up sentences with the following words.
- •Conversational Activities
- •1.Answer the questions.
- •2.What do these proverbs suggest about the meaning of friendship?
- •3.Explain the following statements?
- •4.In groups, brainstorm 6 main categories that friends must agree on (probably politics, religious beliefs, moral values) and place them in order of importance. Explain your choice.
- •5.Use the following proverbs in situations of your own.
- •6.Discuss the following extract. What is your opinion on this point?
- •Writing Assignments
- •1.Write your answer to the letter in Text 2.
- •A Woman’s Place
- •The Politics of Housework
- •Why I Want a Wife
- •Love Is Never Enough
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •1.Transcribe the following words.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Make up sentences with the following words.
- •2.Complete the sentences using the words from the box.
- •3.Which sentences are gender-neutral? Why?
- •4.Fill in the following tables using the words below:
- •Conversational Activities
- •1.In groups, complete The Fix'em List using the table below. You can extend it as much as you can The Fix'em List
- •2.Discuss.
- •Translation Practice
- •Жіноча рука
- •Writing Assignments
- •Write essays on the following topics:
- •Notable Characteristics of Americans1
- •The Englishman and the American1
- •English Compromise
- •Ukrainians1
- •Conversational Patterns
- •Phonetic Exercises
- •Get ready for expressive reading.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1.Describe Ukrainians, Russian, Americans, Englishmen, Germans, and Frenchmen using five adjectives for each nation..
- •2.Give definitions of the following.
- •3.Paraphrase the following.
- •Conversational Activities
- •Making Teamwork Work
- •6.Consider some of the mainstream values that reflect American culture. Do they coincide with those in your culture?
- •A Few Words About Myself and My Wife Antonia
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions
- •The Children
- •Assignments
- •1.Find statements in the text you possibly agree or disagree with and give your reasons.
- •2.Write a summary of the text.
- •Poor Fish
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions:
- •The Wartons
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions:
- •Harry Chandler
- •Assignments
- •1.Comprehension & discussion questions:
17. Give equivalents to the following idiomatic expressions .
Fat as an alderman; straight/swift as an arrow; pale/white as ashes; innocent as a babe unborn; bald as an egg/ a billiard ball; neat as a bandbox; bald /balmy /bandy /barmy /miserable/poor as a bandicoot; tame as a chicken; lively/merry as a cricket; fresh as a daisy; plain as day /daylight; pale/still/sure/white as death; fleet as a deer; slippery as an eel; fine/fit as a fiddle; cold as ice; hard as iron; grave/sober as a judge; fair/pure as a lily; bold/brave as a lion; playful as a kitten; quiet as a lamb; mad as a frilled lizard;
A lame duck; an ugly duckling, a dolly bird, a bird of ill omen; a tame cat, a fighting cock; a cold fish; a loose fish; neither fish nor fowl; an odd fish; a poor fish; a little frog in a big pond, knee-high to a grasshopper; like a bear with a sore head; a dark horse; like a lamb led to the slaughter;
Lady Luck; the Lady of Babylon; a lady of easy virtue;
best man; a butter-and-egg man; every man has a fool in his sleeve; every man has his faults; every man has his hobby-horse; every man has his price; every man has his weak side; every man is a fool sometimes, and none at all times; every man must eat a peck of dirt before he dies; a four-letter man; a man can die but once; a man can do no more than he can; the man of the hour; a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; man proposes but God disposes; no living man all things can; no man can serve two masters; no man is a hero to his valet; no man is born wise or learned; no man is wise at all times; no man loves his fetters, be they made of gold; the right man in the right place; a sandwich man; a self-made man; undercover man; an unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup; a wise man changes his mind, a fool never will;
A smart Aleck; Billy Bunter, good-time Charlie; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; a girl Friday, Jack and Jill; a good Jack makes a good Jill; Jack in office; Jack the Ripper; Jack of all trades and master of none; a coal-oil Johnny; Johnny Head-in-the-Air; Johnny on the spot; Johnny Raw; happy as Larry; Brown, Jones and Robinson; to astonish the Browns; doubting Thomas; nosy Parker; peeping Tom.
Grammar Exercises
1.Make up sentences according to the patterns.
She is pretty enough to twist a man round her little finger.
What strikes one is a penetrating look of those huge eyes of hers that see you inside out (startles, attracts, waylays, embarrasses, puzzles).
Though his face has begun to break down he is still remarkably good looking.
The straight face of hers changes its expression when she is beaming with joy (red with weeping, thin with a bald spot; blush with pleasure, tremble).
I encountered a personality entirely different from what I had expected to meet.
You can’t but praise her dusky hair arranged with fastidious care.
I can't help admiring his diplomatic skills.
She must once have been extremely pretty and is still striking.