11.Beforestartingalongjourney,lookatthepetrol(20)g ;otherwise,youmay

_{r o ofpetrol.}

12.1Tisdangerousto(21)b sharplyonaslipperysurface;youmay

(22)s toones1do,cauSingan(23)a ,or(24)•·----

andcrashintoawalloranothercar.

13.Youonlyhaveto(25)s d,..---whenapproachinga(26)z, ,

c ifyouseeazebra.(27)P seeingacarapproaching

_{muststayonthe(28)P•-----}

_{Ex.3Writethemissingwordsinthesentencesbelow.Choosefromtheboxand}

makeanychangesthatmaybenecessary.

accelerate brake breakdown	d1pone·sheadi1Qh1s doaU·tumgiveway	pari< reverseskid
breakthespeedlimit chanoegear	keeptothespeedlim overtake	stall tow

1. Heusually whenhe'sdriving.Soifthesignsays90,thenheneverdrivesatmorethan90kilometresperhour

2. To meanstodrivebackwards.

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3.Youusually tomakeacarslqwdownorstop.

4.Whendrivingatnightyoushouldalways.-::-,..,--whenyouseeacarcom-ingtowardsyou.Otherwiseyoucanblindthedriver.

5.Th1scarcan from0-100kilometresperhour1nundertenseconds.

6.To acarmeanstodrivepastit.

7.Ifacar anotherone,itpullsitalongbehindit,usuallyusingaropeorachain.

6.Itisalwaysvery-difficultto intheHighstreet,soweusuallygoto

oneofthelargecarparksnearthestation.

9.Oneofthemostdifficultthingswhenlearningtodriveisto

smoothly.That'swhymanypeoplepreferautomaticcars.

10.Whenacar ,1tturnsroundrnahalfcirclethendrivesbackthewayitcame.

11.Hewasf1nedfor.Hewasdoingover100kilometresperhourinabuilt-upareawherethelimitwas50.

12.InBritain,whenyoureacharoundaboutyoushouldalways -------to

trafficonyourright.

13.Whenacar,theenginestopssuddenly,becausethereisnotenoughpowerorspeedtokeepitgoing.Thiscansometimeshappenwhenyoufirstdriveacaronacold,frostymorning.

14Hewaslateforthemeetingbecausehiscar-------:-justoutsideBrighton.

15.Itisveryeasyforacartoandgooutofcontroliftheroadsarewetoricy.

SkillDeveloping

Ex.4What'.syourIdea?

_{OnAmericanroadsonecanreadsuchbanners:}

DOYOUWAN770017HOMIA710OR

TOMORGUEAT81

DIIIVIUKIHillAND

YOU'lL0177HIU

DRIWII,GODHASN'TMAIN

111'111111'111175FOilYou

Vv'hatisimpliedbythesewords?

athappensifthedriversdon'tfollowsuchadvice?

Ex.5Readandcommentontheanecdotesaboutdrivers:

_***

'Didn'tyouclaimwhenyousoldmethiscarthatyouwouldreplaceanythingthatbrokeor

wasmissing?"

"Yes,sir.Whatisit? .,,-.,

'Well,IwantfourfrontteethandaCollarbone."

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***Officer:Don'tyouseethatsign,"Fineforparking?"Driver:Yes,Officer,Iseeitandheartilyagreewithit."

***

Policeman:"AssoonasIsawyoucomearoundthebendIsaidtomyself"Fortyfiveatleasr.

Ladydriver:Howdareyou?It'sthishatthatmakesmelookolder.

***

Amotoristspeedingalongahighwayat80milesanhourwasstoppedbyapoliceman"WasIdrivingtoofast?"askedthemotoristapologetically.Hellno,"repliedthepolice­man.''Youwereflyingtoolow."

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Mother:Whatdidyourdadsaywhenyousmashedhisnewcar?Son:ShallIleaveouttheswearwords?

Mother:Yes,ofcourse.Son:Hedidn'tsayaword.

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Policeman:Whatdoyoumeangoingfiftymilesanhour?

Motorist:Mybrakesdon'tworkandIwashustlingtogethomebeforeIhadanaccident.

WordsinContext

Back-seatDriving

·Carol:Youshouldn'thaveputyourbrakesonwhenthehighway'ssoslippery.Jeff:Iputthebrakesonbecauseyougrabbedthesteeringwheel.

Carol:Igrabbedthesteeringwheelbecauseyoustartedtoweavefromsidtoside.Jeff: Istartedtoweaveafteryougrabbedtheemergencybrake.

Carol:Igrabbedthehandbrakeafteryoushouted"MyGod!"

Jeff: Ishouted"MyGod!"afteryoujerkedmyfootofftheaccelerator.

Carol:Ijerkedyourfootofftheacceleratorbecauseyoudidn'twanttolistentome.

Jeff: Ididn'twanttolistentoyoubecauseyoutoldmeIshouldbedrivinganassonaropeinsteadofacar.

Carol:Isuggestedyoushouldbedrivinganassandnotacarbecauseyouweredrivinglikeamadman.

Jeff: IdrovelikeamadmantogetawayfromtheFiatdriveryoubawledoutaswepassed.

Carol:Ibaw1edhimoutbecausehewaslookingatmeandpointinghisfingerathisforehead.

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Jeff: Hewaspointinghisfingerathisforeheadbecauseyouhadputyourrlghthandoutofthewindowasifweweregoingtomakearightturn.

Carol:Iputmyhandouttoshowyouthetreeweweregoingtosmashintoifyoukept

drivinglikeafool

Jeff:But1ntheendwesmashedintoadifferentone.

Carol:Butofcourse.You'lldoanythingjusttocontradictme.

Ex.6FindInthedialoguetheEnglishequivalentstothefollowingRussianex·

pressions:

py.nb

PYI.IHOW!TOPM03

TOpM03\11Tb

CTOilKHYTbHorycaKce.neparopa

Bp838TbCABAepeBO

ClassCommunication

1.Canyoudriveacar?Recollectyourfirstdrivingexperience.

2.ActoutasketchABack-seatDriver".

Ex.7Readtheaccountsofaroadaccident,discusswhathappened.

AlexHughes

IwaswaitingatthelightsatthecornerofParksRoadandBroadStreet.Itwasaquietafternoon.Therewasn'tmuchtrafficontheroads.Theroadmarkingsarefunnybecausetherearetwowhitelinesinfrontofthelights.Oneiswherethecarsshouldstopandtheotheriswherebicyclesshouldstop.Tobemorehonest,Ineverworkedoutwhichiswhich.soIalwaysstopatthefirstoneThelightturnedfromredtoamberandIedgedforwardand,whenIgottothesecondwhiteline.Istoppedmomentarily.Itwasreallyanuncon­sciousreflex...youknow...havingcometoawhitelineontheroad,whichgenerallymeans

'Stop'.Anyway,thenextthingIknewtherewasanenormousjolt.WhenIrecoveredmycomposureIturnedroundandsawthatacarhadrunstraightintothebackofme.

PamelaWalters

IwascominguptothelightsattheendofParksRoad.Imusthavebeendoingabout

25m1lesanhour.Therewasacarwaitingatthelightsand,asIgotnearertoit,thelightsturnedfromredtogreenThisbloke,heedgedforwardastheyturnedandIletoffthebrakeassuming,youknow,asanyonewould,thathewasmovingoff...becauseofthegreenlight.Sothenwhatdoeshedo?HesuddenlystopsImean,peopledosomestupidthingsbutyoudon'texpectthemtodoexactlytheoppositeofwhatthes1gnaltellsthem.Irakedhard.but1!wastoolateandran1ntothebackofhim.

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Ex.8Now,usingthephrasesbelowtohelpyou,discusswhoyouthinkistoblamefortheaccident.

HeIsheistoblame.

HeIsheischieflyIinparttoblamefor{not)...·lng.It'shisIherfault.

ThefaultIresponsibilitylieswiththepersonwho...

IthadnothingtodowithherIthefactthat...

Itwas(entirely)hisIherownfault.

ItserveshimIherright(fornot..-1ng).HeIshewasguiltyof...(negligence)

HeIsheshouldn'thavebeen...(drivingsofast)

Ex.9Readaboutanaccidentawomanhadinhercar,andthentrytoanswerthequestionsbelow.

IhadanaccidentyesterdaywhenIwasdrivmghomefromwork.Acarcameoutofasideroadandhitthesideofmycar.Iwasn'thurlfortunately,butmycarwasquitebadlydam­agedItwasterrible.

1.Whatspeedwerethecarsdoing?

2.Whydidtheothercarpulloutofthesideroad?

3.Didthewomanseetheothercarbeforeithither?

4.Howdidshereactwhenithither?

5.Howdidtheotherdriverreact?Whatdidhedo?

6.Wasanyoneelseinvolved?

7.Wasanyoneinjured?

8.Didtheotherdriveradmititwashisfault?

9.Whatdamagewastheretothecars?

10.Werethereanyotherwitnesses?

11.Didanyonecontactthepolice?

12.Wasthewomanabletodrivethecarhome?

Writing

Ex.10Withapartner,rewriteandexpandthestorysothatareadercouldanswerallofthequestionsabove.

Ex.11a)ImaginethatyouweredrivingintoacarparlcwhenyoubumpedIntoaparkedcarandscratchedItalldownoneside.Youcouldnotfindthedriveroftheothercartotellhimwhathadhappened.Telltheclasswhatyouwoulddo

a)iftherewerenowitnesses?

b)iftherewereanumberofwitnesses?

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b)Nowreadonandnndoutwhatonedriverdidwhenthisactuallyhappened.

Returningtothecarhehadleftinanearbycarpark,afriendofacousinofminewasratherperturbedtofindonestdeofthevehicleallscratchedanddentedSeetnganoteontheWindscreen,hebreathedasighofrel1ef,forhethoughtthattheculpnthadlefthisnameandaddressso,atleast,hecouldmakeaclaimforthedamageagainsttheotherdriver'sinsurancecompany.However,onopeningthenote,hisreliefturnedtodismaywhenheread:

'7JearDn'ver,

IhavejNJtrunintoyourcarandm4t::kahellofamessofit.Asdcrowdhasgatb­

d.Iamforcedtoappearasifwrilit1gyouthisnottoapologisandtoletveyo1t

mynameandaddress.AsyoNcansee,

hown.Jtr,thisIhawnoldone.

AWellWisher

_{RevisionandConsolidation}

I.Putoneofthefollowingprepositionsineachspaceinthesentencesbelow.

[for off al in on from :=::J

1.Wewentdown thelift

2. Wemet thestation.

3. Iwaited20minutes abus.

4. InBritainpeoplequeue buses.

5. Wemustwait thebusstop.

6. Shewailed theplalform

7. Thetubestops everystation_

8. Theconductoraskedourfares.

9. Wefinallygot thebus_ourdestination.

10.I'llmeetyou theticketoffice_

11.Getyourticket themachine.

_{II.Choosethemostsuitablewordforeachspace.}

1.Faslenyour---...,--,.--,,--belts.

2.;:-;;--,.-,---costsalotofmoney.

3.What 1syourcar?

4.Wheredoyoukeepyour ?

a)security

a)Assurancea)mark

a)sparetyre

b)safety

b)Insuranceb)make

b)reserve

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5.Youneedaparking----tgparkhere.

6.Ialwayscarrya key.

_{7 Takegoodcareofyour--------}

8.Iwas byroadworksonamotorway.

9.The todayisveryheavy.

10.Youneedreal todriveavehicle.

11Becarefulwhenyou're---,-----

12.I'velostmyway.Canyougiveme----­

please?

13.What'sthespeed ?

14.What'sthequickest tothe

towncentre?

15. yourlyresfrequently.

16Ilostcontrolandhitthe _

17.Mycarhasabig--,-----,-

18.1 dailybetweenLondonandSurrey.

19.Doesyourcar ondiesel?

20. you'vegotenoughfuel.

21.Thedriver toavoidthechild

whoranoutintotheroad.

22Duringtherushhour,trafficoftencomestoa

23.Thetwolorrieswereinvolvedina----­

collision.