Сокращение

► 12. Соедините акронимы (аббревиатуры, образованные из начальных букв слов или словосочетаний) со значением: p.m., HR, scuba, VIP, a.m., laser, B.C., RD, Interpol, NATO, A.D., radar, ATM, i.e., CEO, PIN, e.g., etc.

- Anno Domini, (Latin) "In the year of our Lord" - ante meridiem, (Latin) "before noon" - Automated Teller Machine - Before Christ - Chief Executive Officer - exempli gratia (= for example) - Human Resources Department - id est (= that is) - International Criminal Police Organization - et cetera (= and so on)

- light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation - North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Personal Identification Number - post meridiem, (Latin) "after noon" - radio detection and ranging - Resource and Development Department - self-contained underwater breathing apparatus - very important person

► 13. Образуйте акронимы:

the Russian Federation, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Great Britain, the United States of America, Federal Bureau of Investigation, British Broadcasting Company, Unidentified Flying Object, United Nations Digital Versatile Disc, Global Positioning System, World Health Organization, Sun Protection Factor.

► 14. Какие слова сокращены?

exam, math, lab, cap, ad, doc, fax, gas, gym, memo, pub, pop, chute, phone, varsity, flu, jams / jammies, tec, Fri., prof., plane.

Словосложение

► 15. Переведите слова и словосочетания: birthday, dining-room, newspaper, a statesman, life insurance company, housewife, commander-in-chief, mother-in-law, passer-by, name-calling, worn-out jeans, a three-week session, a heart-breaking story, home-made, to baby-sit, to whitewash, to broadcast, to blackmail, to vacuum clean.

► 16. Объясните значение словосочетаний и постройте с ними примеры:

a book-taught man, day-to-day work, a hand-written note, ill-humoured people, a long-term plan, a man-to-man talk, a never-go-well person, a pain-killing medicine, a ship-building plant, silk-soft skin, a time-wasting activity, an up-to-date computer, well-behaved children, a well-built man, widespread languages.

► 17. Приведите примеры использования сложных наречий: somewhere, nowhere, everywhere, wherever, whenever, somewhat, sometimes.

► 18. Используйте составные наречия для описания интересной жизненной ситуации: before long, till now, so far, for ever, at least, by then, since then, until then.

►19. Составьте предложения с фразовыми глаголами (глаголами, получающими новое значение в зависимости от послелога):

to go for / in / in for / off / on / out / over / through / under / up / …

► 20. Образуйте фразовые глаголы от простых глаголов: give, make, get, take, come.

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