4. Читання

I'm a first-year student now. The college I'm at trains engineers for almost every field of engineering physics. There are several faculties at our college. І study at the faculty of automatics and electronics. Like my father I want to become an electronics engineer.

I live in the students' hall of residence. The hall is very big, it has got some big blocks. I live in one of them.

I've got some new friends at college. One of my new friends is Peter, the other is Mike. I share my room with them. Both of them are going to work in the field of applied physics.

Peter is a clever hard-working student and a first-class basketballer as well. He is a very tall fellow. He is strong in both body and character. Peter doesn't like to talk much though he generally thinks a lot. He is very good at both physics and mathematics. Peter gets up very early. He doesn't like to be a minute late for his classes.

Mike is quite different. He is like nobody else among the people I know. Mike isn't very tall, however, he is strong; he is a good boxer.

Mike is certainly very clever. He can talk well almost about everything – books, music, poetry, politics and other countries, philosophy and life. I think there is no field Mike cannot say something about. He knows a lot of funny stories and he always wants to tell them to you.

However, unlike Peter, Mike isn't an early riser. He always finds it difficult to get up early. He is generally the last one to come to classes, though he is the last one to go away too. He always wants to tell you some new funny story. Everybody loves him very much though Mike never works as hard as Peter does.

Peter and Mike both play tennis, but Mike isn't very good at it. He says he usually makes a lot of stupid ['stju:pid] mistakes when he plays tennis with Peter. Peter, however is a very good player. In fact, Peter always beats Mike in tennis.

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І. Знайдіть у тексті англійські еквіваленти наступних фраз та словосполучень:

добре встигати з фізики та математики; галузь прикладної фізики; запізнюватись на заняття; Мишко зовсім не такий; на відміну від; йому завжди важко ...; зазвичай приходить останнім; ніколи не працює так старанно, як ... .

ІІ. Підберіть зі списків А та Б пари слів з протилежним значенням.

A. clever, different, dull, new, badly, easy

Б. the same, funny, silly, well, old, difficult

ІІІ. Користуючись даними словами опишіть:

а) Петра: hard–working student, strong in both body and character, thinks a lot, gets up very early;

б) Мишка: very clever, talk about everything, an early riser, the last, to tell funny story, work hard.

5. Домашні вправи

І. Випишіть слова, в яких сполучення букв і чи y з іншими буквами дають трифтонг [аə.

tight, bias, tyre, sign, circle, domain, triode, might, diagram, ability, wireless, digital, diode, inquire, sight, quite, ionize, white, bit, bias, wring, bind, dye

ІІ. Заповніть пропуски відповідними займенниками some, any, no чи похідними від них.

1. Is there ... hope to get to college on time? – Yes, there is ... if you take a bus. – What bus can I take to get there? – You can take ... of them, ail of the buses go that way. 2. Have you got ... brothers or sisters? – Sorry to say, but I haven't got ... of them. However, I have got ... very good friends. 3. Can you see ... in the darkness? – I can see ... I must say. – Can ... show us the way, I wonder. – There is ... in the street. 4. It's too late. Is there ... in that house? – I think there is ... there. The light is on.

ІІІ. Перекладіть на англійську мову:

1. Ви повинні щось змінити. Ви завжди запізнюєтесь на заняття та приходите останнім. 2. Чи може хтось допомогти Анні з фізики? – Будь-який студент нашої групи (group) може зробити це. Попросіть Мишка. Він добре встигає з фізики. Ніхто не працює так старанно, як він. 3. Хто-небудь з них працює в галузі економіки? – Ніхто. Вони обидва працюють в галузі прикладної математики. 4. У цьому оповіданні немає нічого смішного.