Unit 4 small world Active vocabulary to learn and use in the following exercises:

p.52-53

disparaging

to be eager for enlightenment

a scapegoat

casualty

tormentor

martyrs

liability

to be obsessed with travel

totrudge through smth

malaria-infested swamp

toget a perverse joy from…

to squat over smth

a sordid cesspit

get an insight into eternal truths

on a sultry afternoon

I gratefully saw him off

I was tired and road-weary

I was captivated instantly

tolook tidy and beckoning

green lushness

an arid climate

heap of bricks and gables

force majeure

to undertake responsibility

material alteration for … reasons

gite

a blazing log fire

to dispel musty smell

catch you unawares

plumbing standards

bare bulbs or wires

p. 54

a musty smell

a perverse logic

to be obsessed with smth

sordid-looking buildings

rustic charm

acockroach infested kitchen

the weary travelers

an arid place

to run a business

to run out of

to run short of

to run for it

to look on the bright side

to look down your nose at

to look like a drowned rat

to look a gift horse in the mouse

to catch somebody red-handed

to catch someone’s eye

p.55

dejected

resigned

disillusioned

amateurish

insensitive

resourceful

courageous

tented igloo

primus stove gave its last gasp

an appalling noise

ordeal

clubbable spirit of adventure

dejected

p.58

night club brawl

to go out of business

cars cause congestion

visitors cause obstructions

grassy surface is worn away

rough stone and mud

path looks unsightly

to offset drawbacks

to make donations to

detrimental effect

to wander from designated trails

bag up your trash

p.60

we could have done without

exhibition spans over years

linger for some time

to liven up lessons

to travel under your own steam

to punt on the river

we missed a pole

p.62

there had been rumours

hills dotted with thatched huts

scarce

scattered pebbles

the train clanked on

desolate plateau

vast lunar landscape

pitted and pock-marked rocks

thorny acacia trees

vultures stood out against the light

tocome to a halt

to savour the silence

the path was entirely overgrown

to go up a steep slope

a rendezvous point

Use of English

1. Give synonyms to the adjectives in the following collocations:

a musty smell-  stuffy smell,  fusty smell a perverse logic – perverted/ depraved logic obsessed with self-importance – obsessed with self-significance/ self-consequence/ self-grandness sordid-looking places-dirty-looking /seedy-looking places

a not unattractive resource – adorable/ pull resource a cockroach-infested kitchen- cockroach-overrun kitchen the weary travelers – tired/ aweary/ dull travelers the arid place- the barren/nonbearing/ hungry place

2. Explain the meaning of the following expressions:

to run a business – manage/conduct (вести справу) to run out of – If a supply of sth runs out, all of it has been used or it is completely finished (закінчуватись) to run short of – to have low supply of sth (майже не залишатись, не вистачати) to run for it – to suddenly start running in order to escape from somewhere ( тікати) to look on the bright side – to find good things in bad situation (дивитись на речі оптимістично)

to look down your nose at – to think that you’re better than someone (задирати ніс) to look like a drowned rat – to be very wet? Especially because you have been in heavy rain (змокнути до нитки) to look a gift horse in the mouse – said to advise someone not to refuse sth good that is being offered (дарованому коню на зуби не дивляться) to catch somebody red-handed – to witness someone’s crime (спіймати на гарячому) to catch someone’s eye – draw one’s attention (привернути увагу)