Two kinds of people

Someone with a twinkle in his eye once said: “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who always divide the people of the world into two kinds, and those who do not.”

We live in a world of great diversity. For example, people do not come in two varieties: either good-looking or ugly. If we line up a large group of people and arrange them according to degrees of homeliness and comeliness, we will have at one end of the line those who “look terribly ugly”. Next to them will be those who are “just plain ugly.” Then the ones whom we call “unattractive”. Then “so-so”, then pretty then “wow”!

We can’t just fold humanity down the middle like a sheet of paper and have all the handsome ones on one side and those we call “ugly” on the other. Even those we call “ugly” are not without traces of beauty, and vice versa.

Actor Wallace Beery said, “Most screen characters are either very good or very bad, a fact that often disturbs an actor as much as it does an intelligent observer. For no man is completely made from one piece of cloth, all good or all bad, all cruel or all tender. Instead, each person is a mixture of many things.”

Grammar Review

1. Give Russian equivalents:

1. Some people are easily influenced by other people’s opinions. 2. The distribution of plants is greatly affected by local conditions. 3. The seminar was attended by all the participants. 4. His lectures are always followed by heated discussions. 5. In several areas of research the efforts of scientists are joined by those of philosophers and sociologists. 6. At the university students are offered a curriculum of study which is followed by a test and the award of a degree. 7. The members of the laboratory were consulted prior to this successful operation.

2. Translate the sentences:

1. За докладом последовала бурная дискуссия. 2. На скорость реакции влияет множество других факторов. 3. Этот вопрос будет подробно рассмотрен в главе III. 4. На этой стадии мы столкнулись с новыми трудностями. 5. Ему не дали возможности закончить эту работу. 6. В последнее время эта теория часто упоминается во многих статьях. 7. Семинар, на котором присутствовало всего 5 человек, прошел вяло и неинтересно. 8. Для того чтобы преодолеть эти недостатки, использовали новую методику, специально разработанную для данного эксперимента.

“False friends of the translator”

Translate the sentences using one of the definitions

ADOPT

1. усыновлять, удочерять 2. принимать, усваивать 3. перенимать 4. заимствовать 5. принимать на вооружение 6. применять, использовать 7. модифицировать 8. выбирать

Many logic systems were found to have great sped, so they were widely adopted

There is a considerable probability that the values adopted are near the truth.

ALTERNATE

1. чередующийся, поочередный 2. переменный (о токе) 3. переслаивающийся 4. каждый второй 5. запасной 6. взаимный 7. другой

Alternate design approaches are being studied.

An alternate form is obtained using this formula.

AMBITIOUS

1. честолюбивый 2. стремящийся (к чему-либо) 3. претенциозный, изысканный 4. перспективный 5. совершенный 6. важный 7. сложный 8. смелый 9. крупный 10. серьезный 11. впечатляющий, далеко идущий

… for future, more ambitious versions of the IPC.

More recently, we have found systems designers who want to tackle and solve particularly more ambitious tasks.

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. is soon to embark on an ambitious program.

Unit 9

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