6.2. Читання

Прочитайте текст зі словником:

An Unusual Hobby

Hi, I’m Ron Hawker. I started riding the unicycle when I was 11 years old. My mother gave me a unicycle as a Christmas present. I have never been a good athlete, so it took me a long time to learn how to ride. At first, my mother used to fight me because all the walls of my house were decorated with my fingerprints.

In a month, I could ride around the block (about half a mile) falling about 3 times. It took me several weeks to learn how to freemount. I taught my brother and a couple of my friends unicycling. Since the first day, my father was extremely supportive and always found ways to keep me involved in different unicycling activities.

Training for my first unicycling competition was interesting. My coach David used to wake me up at 5:00 a.m. every morning, to run 5 miles. At first it was very hard and even I was not sure if the whole thing was worth it ... now I know that it definitely was.

A few months later, I went with my father to Nassau County, in Long Island, New York. I never thought I was good enough to compete in an international competition. When the race started, I decided to do what my trainer, David, told me: I had to follow the first rider in order to have him (her) cut the wind. At the end of the race, I discovered that I could go faster than the first rider and I decided to pass her. As I was passing her, I fell from my unicycle but I managed to get back on and still win the race. I was VERY excited. That was my first international race and I won!!!

6.3. Письмові завдання

Вправа 2. Складіть заперечні речення до тверджень щодо прочитаного тексту “An unusual hobby” за зразком: The text is about the weather. – The text is not about the weather. The text is about a hobby.

1. The boy’s name is John Brown. 2. His hobby is riding a bicycle. 3. He started riding at the age of 13. 4. This strange vehicle was his father’s New Year present. 5. Ron has a sister. 6. Ron’s trainer is Thomas. 7. While training Ron had to get up at 7 o’clock in the morning. 8. Ron went to competitions to New York city. 9. He was sure he would win. 10. Ron was following the first rider, who was an old man. 11. Ron lost the competitions.

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6.4. Граматика. Багатофункціональні слова. Словотвір

6.4.1. Багатофункціональні слова that, one та інші

as

as (прислівник) – як, у якості: He works as a doctor. as (сполучник) – коли: as (сполучник) – оскільки: as to, as for – щодо, що стосується: As for me, I like bananas. as a rule – як правило: As a rule I get up early. as usual – як завжди: She was late as usual. as ... as – такий ... як: He is as strong as his brother.

for

for (прийменник) – для, заради: He bought flowers for his granny. for (прийменник) – протягом: I have been studying English for 10 years. for (сполучник) – тому що: He has missed the train for got into a traffic jam.

it

it (особовий займенник) – він, вона, воно (про речі): I have a car. It is red. it (неособовий займенник) – не перекладається: It is raining. it is (was) ... that – саме:

one

one (кількісний числівник) – один one (замість раніше згаданого іменника) – не перекладається, або перекладається словом, яке замінює one (неозначений займенник) – вживається в неозначено-особових реченнях, не перекладається

 since

since (прийменник) – після, з  since (сполучник) – відтоді, оскільки

that

that (вказівний займенник) – той that (займенник) – заміняє іменник, щоб уникнути повторення that (відносний займенник) – який, той хто that (сполучник) – що, щоб 

Вправа 3. Перекладіть речення.

1. As a rule one may determine the applied forces from the conditions of the problem. 2. Space flights prove that. 3. As I didn’t have enough money for a taxi, I went home on foot. 4. Jane dropped her bag as she was getting out of the car. 5. The work of the new device is much more efficient than that of the old one. 6. It is physics that has given us countless inventions. 7. By the street of by-and-bye one arrives at the house of Never. 8. The principle of conservation of energy states that energy is uncreatable and indestructible; it states that in everything that occurs in the world a transformation of energy is all that takes place. 9. The transfer of heat from one region to another occurs in many commonplace processes.

Вправа 4. Вставте for, that, it, one, since, as.

1. ___ part of atmosphere which is higher than seven miles over the Earth is called stratosphere. 2. ___ is water ___ is the most common substance in our life. 3. Magnesium is a very light metal, ___ which we find more and more applications. 4. I haven’t seen him ___ that time. 5. A kettle half full of water can be boiled in half the time required for a full ___. 6. ___ mercury is commonly used in barometers, air pressure is often recorded in centimetres of mercury.