Местоимения little и few и местоименные выражения a little и a few

Местоимение little и местоименное выражение a little употребляются с неисчисляемыми существительными, местоимение few и местоименное выражение a few – с исчисляемыми:

Give me a little water, please. There is little milk in the bottle.

I have a few friends in Minsk. I've got only few pencils in the box.

Местоимения few и little означают «мало», а место именные выражения a few и a little – «немного».

Much (много) употребляется с неисчисляемыми существительными, many (много) – с исчисляемыми.

Задание 6.8. Вставьте much, many, little, few, a little, a few. 1. Have you got ... time before the lesson? 2. She gave him ... water to wash his hands and face. 3. He had ... English books at home, so he went to the library. 4. After the lesson everybody felt ... tired. 5. I like it here. Let's stay here ... longer. 6. There were ... new words in the text and Peter spent ... time learning them. 7. There was ... sugar in the bowl and we put ... sugar there. 8. I know French ... and I can help you with the translation of this text. 10. When we walked ... farther down the road we met another group of pupils. 11. I want to say ... words about my travelling.

Задание 6.9. Переведите на английский язык следующие пары слов. Много тетрадей, много молока, много воды, много дней, много газет, много мела, много снега, много лет, много картин, много музыки, много сахара, много чая, много лимонов, много мяса, много комнат, много учителей, много работы, много воздуха, много птиц, много машин.

Задание 6.10. Вставьте much или many. 1. Please don't ask me ... questions. 2. How ... money have you got? 3. I never eat ... bread with soup. 4. Why did you eat so ... ice-cream? 5. She wrote us ... letters from the country. 6. ... of these students don't like to look up words in the dictionary. 7. ... in this work was too difficult for me. 8. He spent ... time writing his composition in Literature. 9. There were ... plates on the table. 10. Thank you very ...! 11. ... of my friends are preparing for their examinations now. 12. I don't like ... sugar in my tea.

Задание 6.11. Переведите на английский язык. 1. В стакане есть немного молока. 2. В тетради осталось мало чистых страниц. 3. У тебя много кофе? – Нет, очень мало. 4. Немногие из англичан говорят по-русски. 5. У них здесь очень мало друзей. 6. У него очень мало времени для чтения. 7. У Петра много русских книг и мало английских книг. 8. У меня есть немного времени вечером, чтобы закончить эту работу. 9. Я провожу много времени в библиотеке, потому что я готовлюсь к экзаменам.

Задание 6.12. Прочитайте и запомните слова по теме Meals. restaurant – ресторан; cafeteria – кафетерий; canteen – столовая (студенческая, школьная); cafe – кафе; breakfast – завтрак; lunch – второй завтрак; dinner – обед; supper – ужин; to have breakfast – завтракать; to have dinner – обедать; to have supper – ужинать

Названия продуктов и блюд: bread – хлеб; butter – сливочное масло; jam – джем, варенье; cheese – сыр; cornflakes – кукурузные хлопья; sugar – сахар; meat – мясо; fish – рыба; eggs – яйца; eggs and bacon – яичница с ветчиной; boiled eggs – вареные яйца; omelette – омлет; sausage – колбаса; frankfurters – сосиски; ham – окорок, ветчина; porridge – каша; cream – сливки, сметана; soup – суп; steak – бифштекс; mutton chops – котлеты из баранины; chicken – курица; chips – чипсы; pudding – пудинг; rice – рис; salad – салат; pie – пирог; cake – торт, кекс, пирожное; ice-cream – мороженое; sweets – конфеты; salt – соль; pepper – перец; mustard – горчица; vinegar – уксус; sauce – coyc.

Drinks – напитки: soft drinks – безалкогольные напитки; strong drinks – спиртные напитки; mineral water – минеральная вода; fruit juice – фруктовый сок; cocoa – какао; coffee – кофе; tea – чай; wine – вино; beer – пиво.

Vegetables – овощи: cabbage – капуста; carrot – морковь; onion – лук; cucumber – огурец; tomato – помидор; beans – фасоль.

Fruit – фрукты: apples – яблоки; pears – груши; plums – сливы; oranges – апельсины; grapes – виноград; strawberries – клубника; cherries – вишня.

Названия предметов сервировки стола: plate – тарелка; spoon – ложка; tea spoon – чайная ложка; fork – вилка; knife – нож; glass – стакан; cup – чашка; saucer – блюдце; bottle – бутылка; teapot – чайник (заварной); ash-tray – пепельница; napkin – салфетка.

Задание 6.13. Прочитайте и переведите текст.

MEALS IN ENGLAND

The usual meals in England are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner or, in simpler houses, breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. For breakfast Englishmen often have porridge or cornflakes with milk or cream and sugar, bacon and eggs, jam with buttered toasts and tea or coffee. For a change they can have a boiled egg, cold ham, or fish. English people usually have lunch about one o'clock. At lunch time in a London restaurant you can have a mutton chop, or steak and chips, or cold meat or fish with potatoes and salad, then a pudding or fruit. Afternoon tea can hardly be called a meal. It is a substantial meal only in well-to-do families. It is between five and six o'clock. It is rather a sociable sort of thing, as friends often come for a chat (поболтать) while they have their cup of tea, cake or biscuit. In some houses dinner is the biggest meal of the day. But in great many English homes, the midday meal is the chief one of the day, and in the evening there is usually a much simpler supper – an omelette, or sausages, sometimes bacon and eggs and sometimes just bread and cheese, a cup of coffee or cocoa and fruit.

Задание 6.14. Составьте примерное меню вашего завтрака, обеда и ужина. Начните так: For breakfast I usually have...

Задание 6.15. Вставьте артикли и переведите на русский язык со словарем

CHARLES DICKENS

At ... beginning of ... 19th century ... little boy was born in ... family of John Dickens, ... clerk at ... office in ... Portsmouth, and was named Charles. He had ... sister who was older than he, and there were several other children in ... family. When Charles was seven, he was sent to ... school. He was not... strong child. He did not like to play ... cricket or ... football and spent all his free time reading. In 1821 ... family went to ... London, and little Charles left behind him ... happiest years of his childhood. His father was in ... money difficulties, and ... family became poorer and poorer … boy had to give up his studies. Mr. Dickens was put into ... debtors' prison. Little Charles learned to know all ... horrors and cruelty of ... large capitalist city. He had to go to work at ... blacking factory. He worked there from ... morning till ... night. When his father came out of prison, Charles was sent to ... school for some time. Soon he got work as ... clerk. Then he learned ... stenography and became ... reporter in Parliament. In 1836 at ... age of 24 Charles Dickens published his first book. It was ... collection of ... stories .... title of ... book was «Sketches by Boz». These were followed by «Pickwick Papers» and «Oliver Twist» and many other famous novels. Charles Dickens is one of ... greatest writers of ... 19th century. His novels are now translated into most languages of ... world.