Topic 40

AT A BOOKSTORE

• Good morning, what can I do for you?

• I've come to look over your collection of books.

• We've got a rich collection of books: fiction, science fiction, detective stories, dictionaries.

• Well, I would like to see what reference books you have got on sale.

• The section you arc interested in is on your left.

• I am going to buy two reference books: a hard cover and a paper back.

• Anything else?

• These arc all books you lend out, am I right?

• Sure. They arc part of our lending library collection. The section you arc standing by contains fiction.

• I sec. I want to take two books: one for myself and the other one for my son.

• Excuse me, how old is your son?

• He is fifteen years old. He is fond of science fiction.

• I recommend you to take this book. It enjoys great popularity among teenagers.

• Thanks. You have been most helpful.

• What kind of books arc you interested in?

• I like detective stories.

• They are over there. Have you chosen any book?

• Yes, I have. I'll take this one.

• Oh, it has been on the best-seller list for more than two months.

— If it is so popular, why is it that the book is still available here?

• It can easily be explained. There is a very great demand for it, so we have about ten copies of the book. It is always available.

• Thank you for the information.

• Thank you. Come again. If you arc interested in any book which is not available, I can let you know when it comes in, or I can order it for you.

• Thanks. Don't bother.

SPEECH Г

1. The book is not available. Are such hats available?

Is the magazine available?

I'm sorry such gloves arc not available here. Where arc such bags available?

2. Are you engaged? Will Mary be engaged tonight?

What room do you want

to engage?

They have engaged a double

room for 110 dollars.

I can't come. Previous

engagement.

3. They live in the same high-rise house.

Our children went to the

same school.

I am so glad we'll live on

the same floor.

He has the same make of

car as I do.

The guests arrived at the

same time.

4. Have you chosen a book? I don't know which to choose.

She chose curtains to match

the wallpaper.

Dr. Clarke was chosen

as chairman.

Mike chose to stay at

home.

5. I want to sit facing the engine.

ERNS

Этой книги нет.

Есть в продаже такие

шляпы?

Можно достать этот

журнал?

Извините, но здесь нет

таких перчаток.

Где можно купить такие

сумки?

Вы заняты?

Мэри будет занята сегодня

вечером?

Какую комнату вы хотите

снять?

Им дали комнату на двоих

за ПО долларов.

Не могу прийти. У меня

уже намечена встреча

на это время.

Они живут в одном и том же высотном доме. Наши дети учились в одной и той же школе. Я так рад, что мы будем жить на одном этаже. У него та же марка машины, что и у меня. Гости приехали в одно и то же время.

Вы выбрали книгу? Не знаю, что выбрать.

Она выбрала занавески

в тон обоям.

Доктора Кларка выбрали

председателем.

Майк решил остаться

дома.

Хочу сидеть по ходу поезда.

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1. — Have you chosen a book?

• Нет сшс. Я ишу интересный детектив.

• I can recommend you this one. It's very popular.

• Спасибо, но я его уже читал,

• And what about that, book? It has just come in. I can't tell you anything about its contents.

• Я се возьму. Мне надо какой-нибудь роман Айрис Мсрдок (Iris Murdock). Это любимый автор моей дочери.

• I appreciate your daughter's taste. Has she read "The Sandcastlc"?

• Думаю, что нет. Я возьму эту книгу. Спасибо. Вы были очень любезны. До свидания.

• Good-bye.

Питер привык ходить

пешком. They got used to his behavior. Они привыкли к его

поведению. Ann's mother got used to Мать Анны привыкла

scolding her daughter. ругать свою дочь.

Our windows face south. The house faces north.

The school faces the theater.

He has set face against the proposal.

6. I got used to getting up early. Peter got used to walking.

7. What kind of cheese do you want?

What kind of dog is that? What kind of person is your chief?

What kind of car have you got? They differ in kind.

Наши окна выходят на юг. Дом выходит окнами на север.

Школа выходит окнами на театр.

(Перед школой — театр.) « Он упорно настроен против этого предложе­ния.

Я привык вставать рано.

Какого сорта сыр вы

хотите?

Какой породы эта собака?

Что за человек ваш

начальник?

Какой марки ваша

машина?

Они совсем разные по

характеру.

2. — Вы заняты в четверг утром?

• No, I am not. Why?

• Я хотел бы вас пригласить на выставку книг.

• Sounds interesting! I accept your invitation. Where and when shall we make it?

• Если это вам удобно, я заеду за вами в половине од Инн ад цатого.

It suits шс ОК. I'll be expecting you at 10:30.

• До четверга. До свидания.

• Thank you for inviting me. Good-bye.

3. — Who is your favorite writer?

• Очень трудный вопрос. Я люблю Достоевского, Тол­стого и Чехова. Из современных (modern) писателей я получаю удовольствие, читая Булгакова, Платонова, Айтматова.

• And what about poetry?

• Есть много талантливых поэтов в нашей стране. Я очень люблю Цветаеву, Ахматову и Пастернака.

• What can you say about Evtushcnko?

• У него очень много интересных работ. Он пользуется успехом.

WORDS FOR STUDY:

bookstore fiction science fiction

detective stories

reference book

to lend out

to choose (chose,

chosen)

to explain

Let me know.

to order (зд.)

hard cover

teenager

there is a very great

demand for it

to come in (зд.)

the same

to bother

to scold

• книжный магазин

• художественная литература

• научно-фантастическая литература

• детективные рассказы

• справочник

• выдавать на дом (книги)

• выбирать

• объяснять

• Дайте мне знать, сообщите

мне.

• заказать

• твердая обложка

• подросток

• она пользуется большим спросом

• поступать (о книгах)

• тот же самый

• беспокоиться

• ругать

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behavior — поведение

to face south — выходить на юг

to set face against — быть настроенным против

contents — содержание

sandcastle — замок на песке

to accept an invitation — принять приглашение

QUESTIONS ON THE TOPICS

7. Hotel

1. Which do you prefer: a single room or a double room?

2. Which do you prefer: an outside room or an inside room?

3. If you are leaving tomorrow, when should you pay your bill?

4. Is it possible to reserve a room by fax in the USA?

5. What form are we to fill out in the USA?

6. What docs the room charge include?

8. Telephoning

1. Who has come from California: Frank Swindler or Mr. McMurray?

1. What has Frank brought for Mr. McMurray?

2. Where is Frank staying?

3. When and where do they meet?

4. Where did Donald Turner and Mr. Crow get acquainted?

2. Why does Mr. Crow ask Donald Turner to call him up the day after tomorrow?

9. In New York

1. How many boroughs is New York made of?

2. Which of the boroughs is on the mainland?

3. What is concentrated in Midtown Manhattan?

4. Where is Broadway?

5. What streets are eastbound (westbound)?

6. Where is SoHo?

10. Shopping

1. How often do you go shopping?

2. What can you buy at a supermarket?

3. Will you buy a raincoat which doesn't fit you well?

4. Where can you try on a suit?

5. What colors arc becoming to you?

6. What is your favorite shade?

11. Family

1. What is George Scott?

2. Where docs he live and work?

3. Is he married?

4. What's his wife's name?

5. How many children does he have?

6. What are their names?

7. Is Peter Brook an editor?

8. What are his daughters' names?

9. How old arc they?

10. Who lives in Chicago?

12. Appearance. Character

1. What is Constance Ritzwater?

2. What does she look like?

3. How old is she?

4. What kind of person is she?

5. Who is her chief?

6. Is he married or divorced?

13. Working Day

1. What does Donald do at his office?

2. How long docs his working day last?

3. At what time does he have a break for lunch?

4. Has he been abroad?

5. What trip is he planning next year?

6. To what cities has his friend been?

14. Apartment

1. Has Steve moved to a new apartment?

2. Will he arrange a housewarming party?

3. Whom does he want to be present?

4. Where is his new apartment?

5. How many elevators arc there in his house?

6. What are they planning to buy?

15. Visiting a Doctor

1. What arc your complaints?

2. Arc you running a temperature?

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35. A Boat Trip

1. How many passengers docs the boat accommodate?

2. On what days is it filled to capacity?

3. What arc the advantages of sitting on the upper deck?

4. Why do you think the trip is pleasant?

5. Is any food saved on the boat?

6. Arc the prices reasonable?

36. At the Restaurant

>

1. What arc the two friends' names?

2. Who recommended them that restaurant?

3. What did they order?

4. What did they take for dessert?

5. Did it take them long to dine at the restaurant?

6. For what date did they make an appointment?

37. Going to the Movies

1. What film did they decide to sec?

2. Was it difficult to obtain scats?

3. What did they do in the foyer?

4. Did they enjoy both films?

5. What about the ncwsrccl?

6. Did the two friends have a good time?

38. The Houses of Parliament

1. When were the Houses of Parliament built?

2. What was the name of the designer?

3. In what year were they destroyed?

4. Where docs the Prime Minister live?

5. Has the House of Lords any power?

6. Is the House of Commons the real governing body of the country?

39. The American Administration

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6.

What is the highest governmental office in the USA? Who is responsible for administering and executing the laws? Who can become President?

On what date is the President sworn to protect the Constitu­tion?

What is that dale called? To how many terms is the President limited?

40. At the Bookstore

|. Have you got many books at home?

2. What reference books arc you interested in?

3. Do you sometimes borrow books from a library?

4. What books do you usually buy?

5. How many dictionaries do you have?

6. Do you collect dictionaries?

STORIES FOR READING AND RETELLING

1. TEA-LEAVES

Many years ago tea was unknown in European countries. Many people didn't even know the word "tea", though drinking tea was very popular in the East.

Once a young sailor'came back from India. He was the only son of an old woman and cvciy time he returned to Great Britain from a faraway country he brought his mother a gift. Of course, he tried to bring her something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

This time he brought her a box of tea. The old woman didn't know anything about tea, but she liked the smell, and invited all her friends to come and try it.

When her guests arrived, she invited them to the dining tabic. The old woman treated them to cakes and fruit and tea-leaves.

When the sailor entered the room and saw a big plate filled with the tca-lcavcs, he understood everything. He smiled when he saw his mother's friends eating tca-lcavcs with butter and salt. They pretended they liked it, but it was clear they didn't enjoy eating the leaves.

"Where is the tea, Mother?" the sailor asked. His mother pointed to the plate in the middle of the tabic. "No, this is only the leaves of the tea," the sailor said. "Where is the water?"

"The water!" his mother said. "I threw the water away, of course."

Find the following word combinations in the text:

много лет тому назад; даже не знали; на востоке; единственный сын; из далекой страны; что-нибудь необыч­ное; коробка чая; понравился запах; пригласила их; вошел в комнату; понял вес; с маслом и солью; не получали удовольствия, кушая листья; указала на тарелку; где вода?

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Answer the questions:

1. Where was tea-drinking popular many years ago?

2. From what country did a young sailor return?

3. What gift did he bring his mother?

4. What did the old woman know about tea?

5. Whom did she invite to her house?

6. What did she treat her friends to?

7. Did they like the tca-Jeaves?

8. What did her son ask her about?

9. Why did his mother throw the water away? 10. Is the stoiy funny or sad?

Finish the sentences:

1. Tea was unknown in...

2. Drinking tea was popular in...

3. A young sailor came back from...

4. He was the only son...

5. He brought his mother...

6. His mother didn't know anything...

7. She invited her friends to...

8. They ate tea-leaves with...

9. They pretended...

10. The sailor's mother had thrown...

WORD LIST:
tea-leaves	— листья чая
smell	— запах
to treat	— угощать
to point	— указывать
box	— коробка
sailor	— матрос
unusual	— необычный
to pretend	— притворяться
to invite	— приглашать

2. HER WISH TO BECOME YOUNG WAS TOO GREAT

This is a story about an old man and an old woman. They lived near a fine green wood. One summer day the old man went to the wood to pick mushrooms. It was a hot day and the man soon got tired and thirsty, but there was no water in the wood. So he sat down under a tree to rest.

Everything around him was so fresh and fine, but he was so old and sad. He wanted to return the days when he was young and fine.

Suddenly he saw a little spring near him. He was very glad as he was veiy thirsty. He began drinking the water. Soon he felt that lie became younger and in a few minutes he was a fine young man again.

He ran home to tell his wife about the spring. When his wife heard the story, she ran to the wood quickly, though she was veiy old.

It was very late, but the old woman didn't return home. So the old man went to the wood to meet her. When he came up to the spring, he saw a little girl. She was very glad to see him as she did not know how to get home. It was his wife. The man thought, "My wife wanted to become young so much that she drank too much water."

Find the following word combinations in the text:

вблизи чудесного зеленого леса; собирать грибы; вскоре устал; сел под деревом отдохнуть; он был так стар и печален; он хотел вернуть; маленький ручей; он очень хотел пить; стал моложе; побежал домой; когда его жена услыша­ла; было очень поздно; пошел в лес; подошел к ручью; маленькая девочка; как добраться домой; хотела помолодеть так сильно; слишком много воды.

Answer the questions:

1. What is the story about?

2. Where did the old woman and the old man live?

3. Why did the old man go to the wood?

4. What was the weather like on that say?

5. Why did he sit down under a tree?

6. What did he want to return?

7. What happened to the old man after he drank water from the spring?

8. What, did his wife do when she heard the stoiy?

9. Whom did the old man find near the spring? 10.What did he think?

Finish the sentences:

1. This is a stoiy...

2. They lived near...

3. One summer day the old man went...

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4. He got tired ;	nd...
5. Suddenly he saw...
6. He was thirsty	and he began...
7. He felt...
8. He ran home.
9. His wife wanted to...
10. She ran...
WORD LIST:
around	— вокруг
suddenly	— вдруг
spring	— ручей
fresh	— свежий
sad	— печальный
in a few minutes	— через несколько	минут
to run	— бежать
wood	— лес