I shall Know it hasn’t been slept on.”
a) Read the joke and comment on the meaning of will. b) Make up dialogues using will/would to form polite requests.
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He: Can you see all right?
She: Yes, dear.
He: Is your seat comfortable?
She: Yes, dear.
He: Will you exchange places with me?
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The Scotchman was four months behind his rent when the landlord threatened to throw him out. The tenant pleaded: “Will you wait a little more time?”
“All right. I will give you three more days,” sympathized the landlord, “and no more.”
“Okay,” said the Scotchman, “I’ll take Christmas, Fourth of July and New Year’s.”
21. a)Comment on the use of will/would. b)Make up dialogues using will/would to express volition and resistance attributed to lifeless things.
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An old woman asked for a room at a hotel. She was shown into a very small room. There was nothing in it.
“I don’t like this room,” she said. “I will not have it.”
“We don’t ask you to sleep here,” said a little boy in buttons. “this isn’t a bedroom. This is a lift.”
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“Ladies and gentlemen!” shouted a street performer. “in a few moments I will astonish you by eating coal, stones and nails. I will also swallow a sword, then I will come round with a hat, trusting to beg enough for a crust of bread.”
“What!” came a voice from the crowd. “Still hungry?”
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“Henry,” said a lady to her husband, “I cant think what’s wrong with the clock. I wish you would see what you can do to make it go.” He took off the hands and the face and looked carefully at the works. Then he cleaned them, oiled them well, and in fact did everything he could think of. But the clock would not go. He went to bed tired and discouraged.
Next morning his wife said: “.Henry, I think I know what the matter is.”
“Well?”
“The clock wants winding up.”
22.Use the proverbs in situations or dialogues.
He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
Без труда – нет плода. Без труда не вынешь и рыбки из пруда.
I will either win the saddle or lose the horse.
Либо пан, либо пропал.
I would not take it as a gift.
Мне этого и даром не надо.
None so blind as they who would not see.
Нет более слепого, чем тот, кто не желает видеть.
REVISION
23. A) Read the text and comment on the meaning of the modal verbs.
b) Discuss the text using modal verbs. Speak on what you think of these superstitions and if there is anything of the kind in this country.
Wedding Superstitions
The tradition that the bride’s parents should pay for the wedding dates from two or three centuries ago, when wealthy families would pay an eligible bachelor to take an unmarried daughter off their hands in exchange for a large dowry. At most formal weddings brides still marry in virginal white – many other colours are considered unlucky.
A bride will also ensure that her wedding outfit includes “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” “Old” maintains her link with the past; “new” symbolizes the future, “borrowed” gives her a link with the present; and “blue” symbolizes her purity.
Even a modern bride will observe the taboos about wearing her dress before the ceremony. The groom must not see her in it until she enters the church. The veil should be put on for the first time as she leaves for the church.
It’s a lucky omen if the bride should see a chimney sweep on her way to church. Sometimes a sweep is paid to attend the ceremony and kiss the bride – a relic of the old idea that soot and ashes are symbols of fertility.
One old custom was for the bride and sometimes the groom to negotiate some obstacle as they left the church. Guests would impede them with ropes of flowers, for example, or with sticks that had to be jumped over.
24. Read the dialogue. Make up your own dialogue on the analogy, discussing the mistakes you made.
Mary: You ought to have let me know you were going to come so late.
John: How was I to know that myself? When I got on the bus, it crawled along at ten miles an hour and I was afraid I might miss my train.
M.: You should have taken a taxi.
J.: That’s what I nearly did. But then I realized it wouldn’t be any quicker. There was such a jam.
M.: It must have been the rush hour.
J.: Yes. That must have been the trouble. At the station I had to queue up for the ticket because my season-ticket had run out and I had no change for the slot machine.
M.: You might have bought a return ticket in the morning.
J.: Sure. I wish I’d done it. And then I found out that the train I meant to catch wasn’t running.
M.: Why? Whatever could have happened?
J.: It must have been cancelled. So I had to wait for another train.
25. Make up a short dialogue to show the difference in the meaning of must, be to and have to. E.g.:
I say, Helen, why not go to the cinema tonight?
I'd be glad to but I can't. I have to write an essay. I am to give it in tomorrow.
A. I see. You must do your work in time. We can go to the cinema tomorrow.
CONTENTS
General Description of Modal Verbs
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Учебно-методическая разработка по практической грамматике английского языка для студентов II курса факультета ИЯ и МК
Составитель: канд. филол. наук, доцент Н.С. Шумова
Ответственный за выпуск: А.О Ханский
Корректор: Н.О. Золотова
Редактор: Н.О. Золотова
Компьютерный набор: Н.С. Шумова
Цифровая печать: О.И. Ханская
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