Lesson 15

9. Listen to the text and do the task.

We have a flat rather far from the centre of the city. It is in a new sixteen-storey building in Savinov Street. As there are so many storeys in the building it has two lifts.

Our flat is on the sixth floor. It has all modern conveniences such as central heating, gas, electricity, cold and hot water, and a chute.

There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat.

The living room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. To the right of the door there is a sofa, a coffee table and two arm-chairs. Near the window there is a TV-set and a wardrobe. At the opposite wall there is a piano with a piano stool before it. The walls of the living room are light-green and there are a few pictures and family photos on them. Nothing is more pleasant in rainy weather than to sit in a comfortable armchair and read a book.

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light as there is only one window in

it. Here we have two beds with wall lamps, a wardrobe, a thick carpet and light-blue curtains.

The third room is the nursery. There is no place for two beds, so we have a bunch-bed here, a desk and a few shelves with lots of books and toys. The room is often cluttered with things, but children like to be here.

Keys

Unit 1.

3. A4, B5, C3, D1, E2

4. Have gotten (Am. E) = have got (Br.E)

Key to Quiz.

Yugs and Greeks-Urums. In 2012 only one man claimed they belonged to each of these ethnic groups. 4 people identified themselves as German- Mennonites.

Unit 2.

Key to Quiz.

Golda Wildman, born in 1913, worked for 75 years as a secretary in the same company in Moscow.

2. 1D, 2A, 3C, 4B

3.

nouns	verbs and collocations	adjectives
vacancy salary services announcement candidate requirement hours pay day position	apply for find fault disqualify fill a vacancy have a vacancy enter upon duty	nominal eligible extraordinary suitable for

Unit 3.

Key to Quiz.

They raise the level of stress and blood pressure, do not motivate workforce to solve complicated tasks, and cause the deficit of audio privacy (you have to listen to conversations of other people and they also may hear what you are talking about)

2.

e. have your fingers in a lot of pies

g. snapping it up

c. a running concern

d. had gone down the hill

a. it is doing well

f. thick with

h. the horse's mouth

i. are behind all this

b. know every trick of the trade

3.

field of business	miscellaneous	verbs and collocations	adjectives
investment property holding trust company enterprise venture chain of finance banking/banking interests trade diamond broking hotel club restaurant cultural foundation	market premises balance sheet owner director shareholder bid	own snap invest come on a market run belong take over finance control back	cheap registered legitimate

5. 1d, 2a, 3b, 4e, 5c

Unit 4.

Key to Quiz.

The oldest company in the world is a Japanese company called Kongo Kumi. It was founded more than 1426 years ago and it is still in construction and renovation business.  

Reading

1. 1B, 2 D, 3A, 4 C

2. 1c, 2i, 3e, 4a, 5f, 6h, 7b, 8d, 9g

3. real, not false

4. ins and outs -details and facts relating to something,

hand and glove with somebody – working together often to do something dishonest

set the wheels in motion- do something that will cause a series of actions to start

Unit 5.

Key to Quiz.

Always begin a call by introducing yourself or your company.

Speak clearly and distinctly.

Pick up the receiver quickly.

Follow up on all calls. If you promise to call back, do within twenty-four hours.

Time your call so it does not interfere with someone else's job. Mind the time difference between counties and continents.

End all calls on a positive note. That always produces a good impression.

Never hang up the receiver before the caller does.

Respect your interlocutors. Speak to others as you want to be spoken to.

3. the Chairman

“If any shareholder has any question to put, I shall be glad to answer it.”

“I propose, then, that the report and accounts be adopted!”

“I now propose that the report and —”

“If the late superintendent’s brother-in-law has nothing more to say, I propose that the report and accounts....”

“Do you seriously wish me to put that amendment, sir?”

“Does anyone second this?”

“I now move, ‘That the report and accounts for the year 1886 be received and adopted.”

“You second that?”

“Those in favour signify the same in the usual way.”

“Contrary — no.”

“Carried.”

The Shareholders

“I believe I am in order, Mr. Chairman, in raising a question on this figure of £ 5000 in the accounts”

“Then, sir, all I have to say is that the services being past, the amount is too much.”

“What I have said I stick to, the amount is not enough!”

“If I may venture to express myself,”

“I challenge the legality of the payment”

“The point is by no means clear”

“If it is desired, the opinion of the court could be taken.”

“May I ask the name of the gentleman who has given us that striking piece of information?”

“Mr. Soames Forsyte? Indeed!”

“I deprecate the proposal altogether”

“I object to the whole thing on principle.”

“I object; it is not business.”

Unit 6

Key to Quiz.

Airflot airlines flight SU335 from Moscow to a Mexican resort Сanсun lasts 14 hours 10 minutes. A plain covers the distance of 9 981 km.

2.

1F. Only international passengers came to the Customs hall

2F. His niece was a charming girl of eighteen.

3T

4F. She didn’t visit Spain.

5N

6F. She arrived aboard a Scandinavian Airlines DC-8 from Copenhagen.

7F. He still had time.

8T

9T

10T

11F. He extracted a diamond and ruby ring from her powder compact.

3. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Travelling by plane. Customs”

nouns	verbs and collocations	adjectives
customs inspector announcement flight 2 departure customs hall passenger Trans American Airlines terminal inspection station inspecting officer value smuggler	relay lead depart sign a form fill out a form arrive from purchase	international arriving rescheduled declared personal

Unit 7.

Key to Quiz.

At present Sapsan’s (Peregrine) maximum speed is 230-240 km per hour.

The fastest train in the world is a Japanese train Shinkansen, which runs at a speed of 320-581 km per hour. For ordinary railway lines its maximum is 443 km per hour. The record was set in 1996.

2 B

3 Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Travelling by train”

nouns	verbs and collocations	adjectives
platform 3 Paddington Station porter ticket entrance gate the 4.50 for Brackhampton station back of the train carriage coach whistle blinds ticket collector	carry a suitcase stand at platform 3 travel first class blow start slow down pass through a station go in the same direction run parallel move at a speed go forward faster arrive at platform 1 move out of a station	third class opposite direction slow crowded

Unit 8.

Key to Quiz

The most expensive hotel in the world is Burj Al Arab in Dubai . A night in that hotel costs 28 000 dollars.

Reading

3. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “hotel”

nouns	verbs and collocations	adjectives
clerk concierge	arrive at (a hotel) sign in register show up to a room	large comfortable

Unit 9. Food

Key to Quiz.

There are 266 calories, 3.29 g of fat, 50.61 g of carbohydrates and 7. 64 g of protein.

So there is no reason for those of us who love bread to give it up.

2. A

3. hungry, do not eat enough, belly-empty, hollow-hungry, stomach, turn over, skip a meal, cut

down on food

4.

eating places	food	miscеllaneous	people	verbs	adjectives
bakery shop restaurant pastry shop	fruits vegetables wine bread beer olive oil black pepper potato sausage mustard sauce	crust serving table sidewalk	waiter	smell lunch out sell eat for lunch drink grind moisten cover with a sauce	firm marinated cold hot delicious wonderful

Unit 10.

Key to Quiz.

Louis Lumière and his brother Auguste, born in France, helped develop the "blue label" photographic plate and invented cinematograph motion picture camera in 1895.

2. 1C, 2E, 3B, 4D, 5A

3. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Theatre”

nouns	verbs and collocations	adjectives
play audience season applause curtain call act company orchestra dressing room lines direction dress rehearsal author	go well strike up hold attention give a performance knock critics kill a performance give a contract	fashionable theatrical entire blasted

Unit 11.

Key to Quiz.

They are:

Base jumping. It is a sport where a jumper just flings him from buildings with nothing other than a hand-deployed parachute

Cave diving. It is a sport, where you dive into underwater caves.

Street lugging. In this sport, you lie on your skateboard and roll along with vehicles on the street. 

Heli skiing. Skiers hire a helicopter to get to the top of virgin snow mountains and then skate dangerously close to avalanches and glaciers

High altitude climbing

1. Tick b, e, g, h, j

2. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Sport. Cycling”

nouns (bicycle, sportsman)	nouns (road)	verbs	adjectives
cyclist handles	summit incline top	jump off sit tight pedal ride bound over dismount mount take the middle road	stony steep

3. to use or ​enjoy something as much as ​possible

Unit 12.

Key to Quiz.

Russia's first printed newspaper Vedomosti was established by Tsar Peter the Great on 16 December 1702. It was the official gazette of the Crown.

3. pamphlet, print, literary composition, true, criticism, suitable for publication, argument

4. literary point of view, bitter, vindictive, detestably malicious, hit the mark, personal attacks, valuable piece of work, have the courage to say, passage, compare, ill-natured yelping, disagreeable style, vehemence of the tone, alienate people, give offence, expose and ridicule, take offence, attack upon.

Unit 13.

Key to Quiz.

Doctors recommend to walk continuously for 30 minutes. In kilometers, that is 2.5 to 3.3 kilometers.

2. a. Dr. Milton Compagno was a general practitioner.

b. half a dozen

c. her left eye

d. Between Gwen and the explosion were Guerrero’s body and the aircraft toilet door.

e. below 19 000 feet

f. no

3. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “medicine”

nouns	verbs and collocations	adjectives
cut contusion splinter injury oxygen unconsciousness decompression breathing medical bag breath casualty strength plastic surgery treatment laceration face сhest fracture arm shock ophthalmic surgeon retina report	save life be on one’s feet deepen record be affective	bloody wounded bleeding dazed conscious unconscious sustained struck stunned bruised major injury immediate help breathable light shallow multiple compound unharmed physically sick slight

Unit 14.

Key to Quiz.

Some of the advantages:

It's easier to find rare products

Products are often more less expensive

Customers don't waste time going to shops.

Shopping online gives greater freedom of choice.

Disadvantages:

There is a delay before customers receive their order

Sometimes you receive a product of inferior quality.

Shipping charges and delays are both common problems.

There's a danger of fraud. Never buy from websites you don’t trust. It is difficult to return items, you have ordered. 

2.

Big department stores keep open till 9 p.m. ones a week.

You can buy a piano at 2.30 a.m.

You can purchase a set of golf clubs and balls at 3.45 a.m.

The author bought an Indian feather head-dress at 5.15 in Greenwich Village.

3.

British	American
chemist’s shop suspenders pants lift flat	drug-store braces trousers elevator apartment, tire

4. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Shopping”

shops	food	articles	furniture	services	verbs
chemist’s drug-store grocer man’s shop department stores	candy juice coffee, sundaes ice-cream sandwich omelette egg dish fruit	drug stationery toy braces belt fountain pen imitation jewellery cigarette shoes suitcase hat refrigerator piano set of golf clubs and balls suspenders braces pants trousers brassieres	counter high stools	barber post-office public conveniences garage	buy exchange acquire bring back stay open keep open deliver purchase

5. jewellery, omelette, tyre

Unit 15.

Key to Quiz.

In Bologna

Who does this castle belong to?

It belongs to a Sleeping Beauty.

2.

Exquisite	excellent, outstanding, appealing to refined taste
wretched	very unfortunate in condition or circumstances;
tell-tale	showing something that someone is trying to keep secret
shimmer	shine gently and seem to be moving slightly
scent	a pleasant smel
service	a religious ceremony
crumpet	a small round cake like bread with holes in one side that is eaten with hot butter; a pleasant smel
content with	happy and satisfied
instill into somebody	to have someone have a particular feeling or idea
genuine	real, sincere
solemnity	seriousness, sadness
summon	officially order to come
artificial	not natural, made by people
peculiar	odd and strange
mauve	pale purple colour
minstrel	a medieval poet and musician
stretch to	become bigger or wider, or pull something so that it becomes bigger or wider,

3. Fill in the table with the words from the text relevant to the topic “Houses.Interiors”

parts of houses	rooms	design	furniture	staff	adjectives	verbs
house threshold door staircase ceiling fireplace wing archway gallery flight of stairs head of the stairs	hall library passage banqueting hall corridor anteroom boudoir double bedroom bathroom	picture the Vandykes the Peter Lelys weapons hangings mauve paper curtain	window seat chair sofa writing desk	footman	stone wide deep comfortable solid cheerful carved broad carpeted oak corresponding charming	Ooerflow lead Line Mmve look out come to a room scroll make alterations redecorate paint furnish do up use

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Войтенок В.М., Войтенко А.М. «Разговорный английский язык»/М., 2007

2. Дроздова Т.Ю. «Everyday English»/ СПб, 1999

3. Лебединская Б.Я. «Практикум по английскому языку: английское произношение»/М., 2000

4. BJ Thomas. Intermediate Vocabulary. Longman. 1986

5. Miles Craven. Real. Listening & Speaking. Cambridge.2009

CONTENTS

Preface……………………………………………………………………………………………….5

Lesson 1……………………………………………………………………………………………...5

Lesson 2…………………………………………………………………………………………….23

Lesson 3…………………………………………………………………………………………….42

Lesson 4…………………………………………………………………………………………….61

Lesson 5…………………………………………………………………………………………….81

Lesson 6…………………………………………………………………………………………...103

Lesson 7…………………………………………………………………………………………...126

Lesson 8…………………………………………………………………………………………..147

Lesson 9…………………………………………………………………………………………...167

Lesson 10………………………………………………………………………………………….189

Lesson 11………………………………………………………………………………………….208

Lesson 12………………………………………………………………………………………….227

Lesson 13………………………………………………………………………………………….241

Lesson 14………………………………………………………………………………………….259

Lesson 15………………………………………………………………………………………….279

Tapescripts………………………………………………………………………………………..300

Keys………………………………………………………………………………………………..312

Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………321