A story about Franz List.

Franz List was a famous composer and a pianist. But List was not only a great musician, he was also a very kind man who often helped people.

This story shows how kind he was. There was a young girl – pianist in a small French town. She had talent, but she was unknown and poor. She lived with her mother and two little brothers.

One cold rainy day her little brother got wet to the bones. The boy fell seriously ill. As there was no money in the house, a doctor could not be called and the boy was getting worse and worse. Then the young pianist said to herself: “I shall tell the people, that Franz List was my teacher. That will attract them to my concerts.” And so she did. The people believed her; they came to her concerts and she was a success. The girl was happy, she was able to help her brother. But one day when she was looking through the newspaper , she read that Franz List was coming to their town to give a concert. “What shall I do”, cried the girl. “He will tell the people that he doesn’t know me and will laugh at me.” Then the girl decided to go to see the great musician and tell him everything. So said so done. List looked at her, smiled and said: “Here is a piano, please, play for me.” The girl sat down at the piano and began to play. List listened to her and made some remarks.

Then he said: “I am glad that you are talented, tomorrow I shall come to your concert and tell the people, that you are my pupil. I gave you a lesson today.”

Ex 9. Make up a story about your trip somewhere.

Unit 12

Grammar: 1. The Perfect Continuous Tenses.

2. The Verbals.

Chart

Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous	Future Perfect Continuous
I have been working He She has been working It We You have been working They	I He She It had been working We You They	I shall (will) have been working He She will have been working It We shall (will) have been working You They will have been working
He has been working at the institute for five years. Он работает в институте уже пять лет.	He had been working for two hours when you rang him up. Он уже работал два часа, когда вы ему позвонили.	By the and of June he will have been working at the Institute for five years. К концу июня будет уже 5 лет, как он работает в институте. (Эта форма употребляется в Английском языке редко)

Ex 1. Explain the use of tenses in the following sentences and translate them into

Russian.

1. 1. The article I am translating now is very difficult .

2. He has been working at his project for about 2 months.

2. 1. I was preparing for my examination the whole day yesterday.

2. I had passed my examination on history before I fell ill.

3. She had been feeling ill for some days before she went to see a doctor.

c) 1. Don’t ring me up in the evening tomorrow. I shall be watching the figure-skating competition at that time.

2. They will have met the delegation at the airport by the afternoon.

3. I shall have been working at school for two years by the beginning of September.

Ex 2. Open the brackets:

1. By the next month I (to live) in this house for 25 years.

2. He (to study) medicine for 7 years before he began practice.

3. You (to look through) the magazines long.

4. The lecturer (to speak) for an hour and a half when he decided to have an interval.

5. They (to wait) long before the train (to arrive).

6. He (to attend) this school for four years.

7. We (to feel) very tired because we (to work) at this problem not less than two years.

8. It (to rain) hard for an hour already.

9. They (to talk) over the telephone for half an hour.

10. They (to travel) over the USA for about a month when they got a telegram about their father’s discovery.

Ex 3. Answer the questions.

1. What have you been thinking about all this time?

2. Have you thought over my plan?

3. What have you been doing the whole morning?

4. Whom have you been drawing for two hours?

5. Who has painted this landscape?

6. What have you been listening to when I left you?

7. Who has listened to the latest news?

8. What have you been cooking since I come back from the work.

9. What soup have you cooked.

10. For whom have you been waiting for the last 20 minutes?

11. Why have you been crying.

Ex 4. Make up situations, using sentences below.

1. I think there is something in the stories that have been going around.

2. I have been looking for a pair of shoes to match my new bag.

3. I have been thinking about it for last three days. What a relief to meet you.

4. I se you haven’t done much. What have you been doing all the time.

5. She has been telling me the most amazing things.

6. That’s what I’ve been trying to remember since I met him.

7. It can’t be true. It’s a dream I’ve been having.