- •Т.В.Большакова в.И.Быканова Talk around the clock говорим по-английски весь день
- •Дорогой читатель!
- •Lesson 1 Lesson map
- •3. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •5 . Fill in the gaps using the list of “Useful words and phrases”.
- •6. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2.
- •7. Translate the following dialogues from Russian into English.
- •8. Listen to the tape and pronounce the letters of the alphabet.
- •9. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the gaps.
- •10. Study the use of to be in the Present Simple.
- •22. The verb to have in the Present Simple.
- •23. Read and listen to the dialogue.
- •24. Translate the dialogue into English.
- •25. Fill in the gaps using the list of Ex.1
- •26. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb to have.
- •27. Translate into English.
- •28. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from the box.
- •33. Expressing the time:
- •34. Useful words and phrases.
- •35. Study the use of the Present Simple.
- •Lesson 2 Lesson map
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps. Use words and phrases from ex.1
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.3.
- •6. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •7. Study the patterns.
- •7.1 Pick out jobs and occupations from “Useful words and phrases” of Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 and put them into the columns according to the pattern.
- •8. Complete the following sentences according to the pattern.
- •Useful words and phrases.
- •9.1 Listen to the job advertising and complete the sentences according to the pattern.
- •9.2. Listen to the story about Nick’s interview. Decide if the following sentences are True or False.
- •10. Study the following sentences in the Past Simple.
- •12. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb in the Past Simple.
- •13. Fill in the gaps with the following verbs in an appropriate form using the Past Simple.
- •14. Useful words and phrases.
- •15. Listen to the dialogue and complete the sentences.
- •16. Translate the dialogue into English.
- •17. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of ex.16.
- •18. Useful words and phrases.
- •19. How to say “goodbye”. Listen to the following phrases.
- •20. Read and listen to the dialogue.
- •21. Fill in the gaps with phrases from Ex.19 and from the list of “Useful words and phrases”.
- •22. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •23. Study the following sentences in the Future Simple for forecasts and predictions.
- •24. Fill in the gaps in an appropriate form of the verb in the Future Simple.
- •25. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •26.4 Listen to the tape and repeat the poems.
- •It only doubles trouble,
- •27. Study the resume. Curriculum Vitae (сv)
- •28. Write your own resume according to the pattern of Ex.27.
- •2. Match the headings with the parts of the text
- •Lesson 3 Lesson map
- •Company staff and departments
- •On the way to the company
- •In company Office manager
- •Visitor
- •2. Study the use imperative sentences.
- •3. Transfer these sentences into negative ones.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •6. Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the box.
- •7. Fill in the gaps with words and expressions from Ex.1.
- •8. Make up your own dialogues according to the patterns of ex.2.
- •9. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •10. Match the departments with their functions.
- •11. Useful words and phrases.
- •12. Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the box.
- •24. Translate into English.
- •25. How to ask questions and give replies.
- •26. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •27. Fill in the gaps with phrases from Ex.25.
- •28. Translate into English.
- •29. Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •Listen to the tape and repeat the poems and tongue-twisters.
- •Study the memo.
- •32. Put the following parts of the memo into the correct order.
- •34. Reading
- •35. Projects
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and expressions from Ex.1.
- •Make up your own dialogues according to the patterns of ex.2.
- •Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Useful words and phrases.
- •Listen to the story of Mr. Barton about his company and complete the sentences according to the pattern.
- •9. Choose the opposites to the following from Ex.7
- •10. Study the use of the Present Perfect Tense.
- •11. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb in the Present Perfect.
- •12. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb in the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.
- •13. Translate the following sentences into English. !!!!домой!!!!
- •14. Study the use of the Present Perfect Continuous.
- •Match the numbers and their definitions.
- •21. Listen to the tape and write down the given numbers.
- •22. Useful words and phrases for describing trends.
- •23. Identify the type of the diagram.
- •24. Draw your own diagram according to the contents of the presentation.
- •25. Describe the trend of gardening tools production from 2010 to 2015 according to the diagram. !!!!!!домой!!!!!!!
- •26. Improve your pronunciation skills:[ θ ], [ ∫ ], [ s ], [ z ], [ ð ], [ ʒ ].
- •If a thatcher of Thatchwood went to Thatchet a-thaching,
- •28. Reading
- •29. Projects
- •Lesson 5 Lesson map
- •Arranging a meeting
- •Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the box.
- •4. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •5. Useful words and phrases.
- •How to start the meeting
- •Speaking about current agenda
- •Moving on to the next item
- •6. Match the beginnings from column a with endings from column b.
- •7. Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions.
- •8. Match the words from column a with their opposites from column b.
- •9. Choose the words from the box which correspond with the following verbs.
- •10. Choose questions from “Useful words and phrases” to the following replies.
- •Translate into English. Домой !!!!!!
- •12. Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps with “Useful words and phrases” according to the pattern.
- •13. Conditionals. The 1st type.
- •14. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb.
- •15. Make up conditional sentences using the clues.
- •16. Translate the following sentences into English. Домой!!!!!!!!!
- •17. Speaking over the phone.
- •Office manager
- •18. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •19. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.17.
- •Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •Study the use of the Future Perfect Tense.
- •Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb.
- •Open the brackets. Use the Present Simple, Future Simple or Future Perfect Tenses.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •25. Improve your pronunciation skills:[ m ], [ n ], [ ŋ ]
- •I can think of six thin things,
- •27. Reading
- •28. Projects
- •Announcements
- •At the airport
- •At the departure airport
- •On board the plane
- •Passport control
- •At the customs
- •At the luggage terminal
- •Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from Ex.1.
- •Make up your own dialogues according to the patterns of Ex.2.
- •Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Study the use of the Passive Voice in the Present Simple.
- •13. Fill in the gaps with appropriate passive forms in the Present Simple.
- •14. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the Active or Passive Voice.
- •15. Derive the following sentences from the Active into the Passive Voice.
- •16. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •17. Word building. Prefixes.
- •18. Derive the verbs with prefixes – over and – under.
- •19. Derive the verbs with prefixes – dis, –un, –il, –ir, –im, –in.
- •Prepositions of time.
- •21. Fill in the gaps with the following prepositions: in, at, on, if it is necessary.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Study the use of the Present Continuous tense.
- •Open the brackets with the Present Continuous forms.
- •Fill in the gaps with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous forms.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •Useful words and phrases.
- •How to propose a bargain.
- •How to agree to proposal
- •Ways of disagreement
- •30. Прочтите и прослушайте диалоги.
- •30. Fill in the gaps with phrases from Ex.29.
- •31. Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •Duty of students
- •It is the duty of the student
- •If smarter than his teacher, tact
- •Golden hour
- •Study the e-mail.
- •Translate Svetlana Belova’s answer into English.
- •36.Reading
- •2. Say if these statements are true [t] or false [f]. Correct the false statements.
- •3. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Travelling by plane. Customs”
- •At the railway station
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Заполните пропуски фразами из рамки.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.1
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2
- •6. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •7. Match the words in column a with their synonyms in column b.
- •Around the city
- •How to explain the way
- •13. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •14. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •15. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from Ex.12.
- •16. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •17. Listen to the record and fill in the gaps.
- •18. Study the use of the modal verbs.
- •19. Paraphrase the following sentences using modals may (might), can’t, must. Use the first sentence as a pattern.
- •20. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •21. How to express confidence.
- •22. Read and listen to the following dialogues.
- •23. Fill in the gaps with phrases from Ex.21.
- •26. Write an informal letter. Use the topics suggested.
- •27. Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •29. Reading
- •4.50 From Paddington
- •Hotel clerk
- •Clarifying the price
- •Clarifying the terms of staying
- •Payment
- •Seeing the room
- •In the room
- •Checking out
- •Hotel staff
- •2. Read and translate the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from Ex.1.
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the patterns of Ex.2.
- •6. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Study the comparison of adjectives in English.
- •Open the brackets. Use the appropriate forms of adjectives.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •1 4.1. Which hotel would you recommend for an elderly couple, travelling in their car, for newly-weds and for tourists, who want to live in the city centre?
- •Study the degrees of comparison of adverbs. Part I
- •Make up adverbs from adjectives given in the list below. Fill in the table with an appropriate form of an adverb. In some cases it is possible to derive two adverbs.
- •17. Study the degrees of comparison of adverbs. Part II
- •18. Useful words and expressions.
- •19. Open the brackets. Derive degrees of adverbs from the given adjectives.
- •20. Study the use of the Future Simple for spontaneous decisions.
- •21. Choose the right variant.
- •Adler hotels
- •27. Book a single room in the San Diego hotel from September 1st till September 11th. Ask to hold it till 6 o’clock pm on the day of your arrival. Use the fax.
- •28. Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •To a butterfly
- •I’ve watched you now a full half-hour,
- •I know not if you sleep or feed.
- •The tide in the river
- •I saw a shiver
- •30. Reading
- •Irwin Shaw. The Nightwork.
- •1.1 Match the words in the box with the pictures
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •Fill in the gaps with phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex. 1.
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2.
- •6. Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •7. Match the words from column a with those from column b to make pairs.
- •8. Suffixes of adjectives.
- •8.1 Derive adjectives with the following suffixes.
- •9. Study the use of indefinite pronouns some, any, no, every.
- •Open the brackets. Use some, any, no, every.
- •Open the brackets. Use something, anything, nothing, everything.
- •Open the brackets. Use somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody.
- •Translate from Russian into English using some, any, no, every and their derivatives.
- •How to order food at the restaurant. Waiter
- •15. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •16. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •17. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.14.
- •18. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.15
- •19. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •20. Fill in the gaps with the following words from the box.
- •21. Listen to the text “Eating out in Britain”. Decide if the following statements are True or False.
- •22. Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •24. Reading
- •During the break
- •It is wonderful/superb. I have never heard such an accomplished performance of
- •1.1 Math the words in the box with the pictures
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.1
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2.
- •6. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •Cinema films
- •Buying tickets
- •Invitation to the cinema
- •Discussing the film
- •11. Match the genre of the film with its interpretation.
- •12. Match the words with their opposites.
- •13. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions.
- •14. Listen to the review for the film and decide if the statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •15. The Present Continuous is also used for planned actions in the future.
- •Write formal invitations.
- •Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •28. Reading
- •Lesson 11 Lesson map
- •Hobbies
- •Reading
- •Automobiles
- •Going in for sports
- •Expressing opinion
- •1.1 Match the words in the box with the pictures.
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.1
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex. 2
- •6. Translate the dialogues into English.
- •7. Listen to the text “Healthy hobbies” and match hobbies from the list a-h with skills acquired while doing these hobbies.
- •8.Match the words given in the box with the verbs do, go, play to make pairs.
- •9. Study the use of the Infinitive and the Gerund in English.
- •10. Open the brackets with either gerunds or infinitives.
- •11. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •12. How to express mood and emotions.
- •Annoyance and anger
- •Expressing surprise
- •13. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •14. Fill in the gaps with phrases from Ex.12.
- •22. Write your own variant. Use the following words and phrases.
- •24. Reading
- •Lesson 12 Lesson map
- •Television
- •2. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the phrases from Ex. 1.
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex. 2.
- •6. Translate the following dialogues from Russian into English.
- •Useful words and phrases. Newspapers
- •On newspaper page
- •Listen to the text and complete the following sentences with the right variant.
- •Fill in the appropriate word.
- •Match the words in columns to make pairs.
- •Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions.
- •Study the use of the Passive Voice in the Past Simple, the Future Simple and the Present Perfect .
- •Negative sentences
- •Interrogative sentences
- •Fill in the gaps with appropriate forms of the verbs in the Passive Voice( the Present Simple, the Past Simple, the Future Simple, the Present Perfect).
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •16. Translate from Russian into English.
- •17. Clipped words.
- •18. What do these acronyms and clipped forms stand for?
- •19. Match the shortened forms in column a with their full forms in column b.
- •20. Abbreviations in e-mail messages.
- •21. How to give advice.
- •Agreement
- •Disagreement
- •Expressing doubt
- •22. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •23. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex. 14.
- •24. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.15.
- •25. Improve your pronunciation skills.
- •27. Reading
- •Lesson 13 Lesson map
- •Parts of body
- •Symptoms and illnesses
- •Diagnosis and treatment
- •Medicines
- •At the dentist’s
- •I dentify healthy food and fast food. Do you ever eat fast food? If yes, how often?
- •Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.1.
- •Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2.
- •Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •7. Useful words and phrases.
- •Exercise
- •8. Listen to the four dialogues and complete the following statements.
- •9. Answer the following questions about healthy eating.
- •10. Study the functions of should and must.
- •11. Fill in the gaps with should or mustn’t.
- •12. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •13. How to express empathy. Concern
- •Encouragement and empathy
- •14. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •15. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex. 13.
- •16. Express encouragement and empathy for the following.
- •17. Study the use of unreal conditions (Type 2).
- •18. Open the brackets. Use the forms of second type conditionals.
- •19. Use given sentences to make up second type conditionals according to the pattern.
- •20. Open the brackets. Use the forms of first and second type conditionals.
- •21. Read and listen to the following poem. Pay attention to the use of second type conditionals here.
- •If the zebra were given the spots of the leopard
- •It would be very funny, if the ears of the bunny
- •23. Reading
- •Lesson 14 Lesson map
- •Money and payment
- •In the bank
- •Shop assistant
- •Customer
- •1.1 Match the words from the box with the pictures
- •Read and listen to the dialogues..
- •Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.1
- •5. Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2
- •6. Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •7. Match the words to make pairs.
- •8. Listen to the tape and match the speakers with the shops they visited and the reasons for visiting.
- •9. Speak about your shopping preferences ( supermarkets, shopping centers, round the corner shops or on the Internet) and explain your choice.
- •10. Study the use of much, many, little, few, a lot.
- •11. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of to be.
- •12. Fill in the gaps with many, (a) little, (a) few, a lot.
- •13. Match the beginnings and endings to make up sentences.
- •14. How to express approval and disapproval.
- •15. Read and listen to the following dialogues.
- •16. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.14.
- •17. Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •18. Study the use of the Past Perfect.
- •19. Open the brackets. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Simple Tenses.
- •20. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •21. Read and listen to the poem.
- •23. Reading
- •How to shop
- •Lesson 15 Lesson map
- •Accommodation rent
- •Rooms and conveniences
- •Appliances and furniture
- •Doing housework
- •Speaking about home
- •1.1 Match the words in the box with the pictures
- •Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the following phrases from the box.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with words and phrases from Ex.1
- •Make up your own dialogues according to the pattern of Ex.2.
- •Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •Translate the following words and phrases into English.
- •Match the words in column a with the words in column b.
- •Listen to the text. Decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •10. Describe your flat or room. Use words and phrases from Ex.1.
- •11. Comment the following saying: “Men make houses, women make homes”
- •12. Study the use of the Past Continuous Tense.
- •13. Open the brackets using the Past Continuous Tense.
- •14. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate form of the verb (the Past Continuous or the Past Simple Tense).
- •15. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •16. How to express the compliment, delight and wishes.
- •17. Read and listen to the dialogues.
- •18. Complete the following dialogues.
- •19. Translate the following dialogues into English.
- •20. Writing congratulations.
- •21. Congratulate your friend on a) Christmas and the New Year b) the birthday
- •22. Read and listen to the poem.
- •24. Reading
- •Теперь Вы умеете
- •Tapescripts Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •9.1. Listen to the text and finish the sentences in the course book.
- •9.2. Listen to the text and mark if the sentences are True or False.
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Lesson 7
- •17. Listen and fill in the gaps.
- •27. Listen to the words and put them into the columns
- •Lesson 8
- •Lesson 9
- •21. Listen to the text and do the exercise.
- •22.Listen to the words and put them into the columns.
- •Lesson 10
- •15. Listen to the dialogue and mark the following sentences as True or False.
- •26. Listen to the words and put them into the columns.
- •Lesson 11
- •7. Listen to the text “Healthy hobbies” and do the task.
- •Lesson 12
- •8. Listen to the text and fill in the gaps.
- •24. Listen and repeat
- •Lesson 13
- •8. Listen to the dialogues and complete the statements.
- •Lesson 14
- •Lesson 15
- •9. Listen to the text and do the task.
18. Study the use of the Past Perfect.
Past Perfect is used for describing an action which took place before another action in the past. The following signal words are rather characteristic for this tense: after, when, by (the time). The consequent action is used in Past Simple.
I had been there before We had been there before
You had been there before You had been there before
He had been there before They had been there before
I hadn’t been there before We hadn’t been there before
You hadn’t been there before You hadn’t been there before
He hadn’t been there before They hadn’t been there before
Had I been there before ? Had we been there before?
Had you been there before? Had you been there before?
Had he been there before ? Had they been there before?
19. Open the brackets. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Simple Tenses.
1. My father …(live) in the house that …(come) to him from his sister. 2. She …(call) the friend with whom she …(go) shopping the day before. 3. By the time police …(arrive), the man …(leave). 4. Chris …(buy) a loaf of bread and …(take) it home, but Maria…(already/buy) one before.5. Rose … (telephone) Jane at 4.30, but she …(already/leave) the office.
20. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Прежде, чем Рита получила степень по экономике, она провела четыре года в Гарварде.
2. Линда закончила печатать соглашение вчера к шести часам. 3. Когда мы встретили наших друзей, они уже знали новости..4. Когда ты мне позвонил, я еще не закончил расчеты.
5. Когда Кевин прибыл в офис, он обнаружил, что оставил все бумаги дома.
6. Элизабет очень нервничала, так как никогда не летала на самолете раньше.
21. Read and listen to the poem.
Such lovely things
Anonymous
Such lovely things to hear and see
Belong to you, belong to me!
He sun, the trees, the grass, the sky,
The silver moon that ‘s sailing by.
Soft whispering winds, the birds that sing,
Bright autumn leaves, gay flowers of spring,
The rain and dew and snow-flakes white,
The sparkling waves, the stars of night.
22. Pre-reading task
1. Make a presentation about the life and works of George Mikes.
2. Read the text.
3. Discuss your impressions with your friend.
23. Reading
George Mikes.
How to shop
1. Read the text again.
2. What do numbers in the box refer to?
9 3.45 5.15 2.30 |
How to shop
In America, just as in England, you see the same shops with the same boards and windows in every town and village.
Shopping, however, is an art of its own and you have to learn slowly where to buy various things. If you are hungry, you go to the chemist’s. A chemist’s shop is called a drug-store in the United States; it is a national institution at that. In the larger drug-stores you may be able to get drugs, too, but their main business consists in selling stationery, candy, toys, braces, belts, fountain pens, furniture and imitation jewelry. Every drug-store has a food counter with high stools in front of it and there they serve various juices, coffee, sundaes, ice-cream, sandwiches, omelettes and other egg dishes. A friend of mine in Hollywood met Otto Hapsburg, the claimant to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, who – I understand – apart from his hobby of calling himself a king, is an extremely charming and cultured young man. My friend called on Otto one morning in his hotel. He was received by the aide-de-camp who declared ceremoniously:
“Seine Majestӓt nimmt sein Frṻhstṻk in der Apothere.
(His Majesty is having his breakfast in the pharmacy.)
If you want cigarettes, go to the grocer; if you want to have your shoes cleaned, go to the barber; if you want a radio, go to a man’s shop; if you want a suitcase, go to the chemist’s. On the other hand if you want to send a telegram, avoid the post-office, because telegrams are handled by private companies. Nor has the post-office anything to do with the telephone either, as telephone service is supplied by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Nor will you find public conveniences in America in the British sense of the word because a lavatory is a strictly private enterprise in the United States.
Whatever you buy, it may be exchanged later for something in the same shop. This is a great pastime with the Americans. A great many people do not really buy things – they only acquire some raw material for later exchanges. It is not unusual at all to see a lady bringing back a hat with a lot of fruit on it and exchanging it either for real fruit or a real hat; or to see somebody bringing back a refrigerator with the remark that he made a mistake and now he wants to subscribe to the Reader’s Digest instead.
You do not need to time your shopping very carefully because you will find some shops stay open in New York all night. The big department stores keep open till 9 p.m. ones a week. Should you want a meal at any time of the day or night, that is quite easy. If you have a party in your house and you decide at 2.30 a.m. to have some music, you can rush down to the corner, buy a piano and it will be delivered to your home within half an hour. If you fancy playing golf at 3.45 in the morning you can purchase, if you wish, a set of golf clubs and balls. I still cannot quite decide what to do with that Indian feather head-dress I bought one morning at 5.15 in Greenwich Village, but I was deeply impressed by the tempting opportunity and could not resist buying it.
You must be extremely careful concerning the names of certain articles. If you ask for suspenders in a man’s shop, you receive a pair of braces, if you ask for a pair of pants, you receive a pair of trousers and should you ask for a pair of braces, you receive a queer look.
I should like to mention that although a lift is called an elevator in the United States, when hitch-hiking, you do not ask for an elevator, you ask for a lift.
There is some confusion about the world flat. A flat in America is called an apartment; what they call a flat is a puncture in your tyre (or as they spell it, tire). Consequently the notice: FLATS FIXED does not indicate an estate agent where they are going to fix you up with a flat, but a garage where they are equipped to mend a puncture. Only once did I see the popular notice FLATS FIXED, on a shop which sold brassieres. The customary slogan for these establishments is: “United we stand, divided we fall.”
3. Find British-American equivalents in the text and fill in a table.
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4. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Shopping”
shops |
food |
articles |
furniture |
services |
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5. Find the words in the text that are spelled as they do it in Britain.
Projects.
1. Print an illustrated British-American Dictionary for your friends.
2. Study how the shopping basket in Russia has been changing over the last five years. Make a presentation. Make forecasts for the next 5 years.
3. Study shopping patterns of your fellow students and prepare a report on who does their shopping, what and how many products they buy a week, how much money they spend a weak on food, clothes and entertainment.
Now you can
describe the product in a shop
express approval and disapproval