1. The koala, an animal found chiefly in Australia, climbs trees to eat leaves. 2. The

anaconda, the heaviest snake in the world, can grow as long as 30 feet and weigh as

much as 330 lbs. 3. The jaguar, is the biggest Amazon cat. 4. A cat is a gracious

animal. 5. The biggest desert tree is the baobab or the bottle tree, found in the Kalahari

and Australia. 6. One of the gentlest of all animals is the hare. 7. The hare is usually

larger than the rabbit, and its feet and ears are longer. 8. The harpy eagle is the world's

largest eagle, with feet the size of a man's hand. 9. The arapaima, found in the Amazon

river, is the biggest freshwater fish in the world. 10. A woodpecker is a very useful bird.

11. Man is harsher than iron, harder than stone and more delicate than a rose. 12. The

noun can denote many different things. 13. The invention of the wheel started the

technological revolution. 14.I can never stop admiring this wonderful invention — the

telephone. 15. Agatha Christie is truly considered to be the Queen of the detective

novel.

Ex. 7. Translate into English.

1. Пчела стала символом трудолюбия. 2. Когда муравей встречает другого

муравья, они общаются при помощи своих антенн. 3. Во многих странах есть

памятники животным: в нашей стране — это

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памятник собаке, в Индии — памятник слону, в Соединенных Штатах —

памятник обезьяне. 4. Гитара появилась в Испании в XIII веке. 5. Гитара —

удобный инструмент. Ее можно носить с собой. 6. Артикль — маленькое, но очень

важное слово. 7. Басня была любимым жанром русского писателя Ивана Крылова.

8. Крона — денежная единица Дании. 9. Волынка — музыкальный инструмент, на

котором играют шотландцы. 10. Сосна — вечнозеленое растение. 11. Клоун

впервые появился в английском цирке. 12. Существительное может выполнять

различные функции в предложении. 13. Только лишь человек обладает

замечательным даром — говорить. 14. Кленовый лист — символ Канады. 15.

Мужчина, женщина, ребенок — это вечно.

Ex. 8. Make up dialogues on the suggested situations.

l. You ask your sister if she has visited her sick friend yet. She hasn't, as she has been

too busy for the last few days and has practically no time to go anywhere.

2. You are anxious to know if Mary has heard the latest news yet. She says she hasn't as

their radio has been switched off and she hasn't been anywhere out the whole day.

3. Your neighbours have moved into a new flat. You ask Andrew if he has seen any of

them since they moved out, also, if he has been to their new place yet.

4. You are wondering what has happened to your friend who shows up in wet clothes.

He explains to you that his car broke down five blocks from your place and he had to

walk in a pouring rain.

5. You ask Jane, your classmate, about her term project, what it is about, what books

she has used, what research she has done, if she has finished writing it and submitted it

already.

6. You are helping to organize a conference. Due to some emergency situations your

key speakers cannot come at the scheduled time. You have to postpone the conference.

This is a crisis because you have to inform about a hundred participants about the change

of dates and maybe return a lot of registration fees. You are speaking with your

colleagues about how it all has happened, what you have done, whom you have

informed and what else needs to be done.

7. You are visiting a friend in another city. He called you the day before yesterday and

told you that he couldn't meet you at the rail way station, but a friend of his would. Jack,

his friend, would take you to his house and you would wait for him for an hour before he

got free and picked you up at Jack's place. You have been at Jack's place for four hours

already and your friend hasn't called yet. At last he calls. You are really upset and

frustrated by the situation and ask your friend what has happened.

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Ex. 9. Read the story and insert the right article.

The Fence

Once there lived ... boy with a bad temper. His father gave him ... bag of nails and told

him to hammer ... nail in the back of ... fence every time he lost control. The first day ...

boy drove 37 nails into ... fence. Then ... number of nails ... day gradually reduced. ...

boy discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into ... fence.

Finally ... day came when ... boy did not lose his temper at all. His father suggested that

... boy now pull out one nail for each day he was able to hold his temper. The days

passed and ... young boy was finally able to tell his father that all ... nails were gone. ...

father led his son to ... fence. 'You have done well, but look at ... holes in ... fence,' he

said. 'When you say things in anger, they leave ... scar just like ... nail holes. You can put

... knife in ... person and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say "I'm

sorry," ... wound is still there. ... verbal wound is as bad as ... physical one.'

Unit 34

The Use of Tenses and Articles

Ex. 1. Open the brackets using the Simple Past Tense or the Present Perfect Tense.

1. Your contribution to the last project (be) enormous. 2. I (hear) nothing of this sort so

far. 3. When you (hear) it? 4. I (speak) to him at the conference. 5. It's what I always

(say). 6. How many times I (tell) you not to bang the door! 7. ... anyone (ask) for me

when I was out? 8. What ... he (say)? 9. Margaret, you (read) my letters! Don't deny it!

10. I don't know how you (discover) that I (be) there that night. 11. I (come) to you to

ask for information. 12. I (speak) to her about it many times. 13. The young man (tear)

the envelope, (open) it and (take) out a small sheet of paper. His hands were shaking a

little. 14. I never (hear) the subject mentioned. 15. No, you can't have another ice-cream.

You (have) two already. 16. Why, you not (change) at all. I (recognize) you the moment

I (see) you. 17. I (hear) that flowers (grow) better in shady place. 18. I (mention) the

subject once or twice. He (not to be) interested. 19. Oh, he (explain) everything: he (be

out) when you (phone). 20. I wonder what (happen) there since we (leave)?

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Ex. 2. Translate into English.

Быть Матерью — трудная работа. Еще труднее быть матерью и работать. У моей

сестры два сына, и она работает переводчиком в туристической фирме. Она

хорошо зарабатывает, но и работает она много. Работа ее мужа связана с

командировками, и он редко бывает дома. Так что я часто помогаю сестре и

сижу со своими племянниками. Сестра с мужем накопили достаточно денег и

купили дом на окраине города с небольшим участком, где наши мальчишки

могут играть без больших волнений для нас. В прошлое воскресенье я сидела

с ними, так как муж сестры, как всегда, был в командировке, а сестра

работала с какой-то иностранной группой. Я сидела на скамейке перед домом,

читала и изредка поглядывала на племянников. Они играли в войну. Было

около пяти часов. Подъехала машина, сестра вышла из нее и вошла во двор.

Один из мальчишек выстрелил в нее из пистолета и закричал: «Ты убита!»

Сестра рухнула на траву. Мы засмеялись. Прошло несколько минут, а она все

лежала. Я подбежала к ней проверить, не ушиблась ли она. Когда я

склонилась над ней, она открыла один глаз и прошептала: «Не выдавай

меня, это мой единственный шанс отдохнуть сегодня!»

Ex. 3. Make up short dialogues about a thing you've mislaid or lost. Use the following

phrases.

1. I've mislaid it. 2.1 haven't seen it around. 3. I've looked for it everywhere. 4. I've not

found it. 5. I can't think where I have left it. 6. I hope you haven't lost it. 7. I've just put it

somewhere. 8. I can't imagine what I have done with it. 9. Have you looked in every

drawer? 10. Have you accidentally thrown it away? 11. I think I am losing my mind. I

can't remember where I have put the keys. 12. I've misplaced my wallet and I need to buy

groceries. 13. I've seen it somewhere. Where is it? 14. I've just had it in my hand. 15. I've

looked everywhere and I still can't find it.

Ex. 4. Translate into English.

1. Мы долго ждали его вчера. 2. Кто взял мой словарь? 3. Ты что, целую

библиотеку в портфеле носишь? Почему он такой тяжелый? 4. Я говорил с ним

на конференции. 5. Где он сейчас работает? 6. Я пытался дозвониться ей полчаса.

7. Я пришла, чтобы поговорить с вами. 8. Я никогда не видела ее такой сердитой.

9. Я не могу даже сказать, как я скучал по тебе. 10. Много времени прошло с тех

пор, как она уехала. 11. Я открыл дверь. Студенты все еще сдавали экзамен. 12. Я

знаю его давно и совершенно в нем уверена. 13. Сегод-

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ня у меня было очень много работы, и я устал. 14. Недавно он приехал из

Лондона и рассказал нам много интересного из жизни англичан. 15. Он

сердится на меня уже неделю, и я не пойму, в чем дело. 16. Я решил навестить их,

так как мы не виделись почти год. 17. Она мне не звонила уже неделю. Что

случилось? 18. Когда мы пришли, они нас все еще ждали. 19. Сегодня отец весь

день очень усталый. Пусть он поужинает и ложится спать. 20. Она живет в

другом городе, с тех пор как она вышла замуж.

Ex. 5. Insert the articles.

Like many of her high school friends, Elizabeth Colon is looking for ... work. She lives

with her mother, brother and sisters in ... city project on ... 17th Street in ... Chelsea. Her

mother is not working but is taking public assistance. And ... 18 year-old Elizabeth

wants to help out.

Her school has prepared her for ... office work. She types and is in ... last year of

shorthand. But she sees no prospect for ... work after she graduates. 'The school sent me

to see this lawyer on ... Park Place,' she said. 'But he wanted me to work ... full time, I

told him I couldn't because of ... school.'

Cheryl Woods, is ... friend of Elizabeth's. She, too, has been looking for ... work to help

out her family. Her father, ... janitor (дворник), is only able to support his family 'more

or less.' Last summer Cheryl worked at ... day care centre, but ... job ended with ...

summer. She found herself in ... same boat with 30 other youths who had been placed in

summer jobs.

Ex. 6. Translate into English.