Солнцева Практический курс английского языка Ч.2 2011

g)It‘s possible that the respondents lied to the researchers.

Lies, damned lies, and here are the statistics

MOTHERS who feel their children don't appreciate them can add another grievance to the list: half the time, their offsprings are lying to them. A study designed to reveal the truth about lying shows that undergraduates lie to their mothers in 46 per cent of their conversations. Still, mums fare better than total strangers, who are told lies an astonishing 77 per cent of the time.

Bella DePaulo and a team of psychologists from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, asked 77 undergraduates and 70 local townspeople to keep a record of all their conversations for a week, and jot down whether they lied at any time. DePaulo defined lying as 'when you intentionally try to mislead someone', so she would catch the smallest of lies.

The students told an average of two lies a day, while the others lied once a day. They said they had been studying when they had been out with friends. One told his parents that a textbook cost $50 rather than $20 - so that they would send him extra money. Female students constantly told their plain-looking room-mates that they were pretty. 'They're everyday lies,' says DePaulo.

DePaulo and her colleagues conclude that people tend to tell fewer lies to those they feel closest to. College students lied to their best friends 28 per cent of the time but lied to acquaintances 48 per cent of the time. In close relationships, people were more likely to tell 'kind-hearted' lies, designed to protect feelings, rather than self-serving lies. 'In short, don't expect even your closest friend to tell you about your hideous taste in sweaters,' says DePaulo.

Romantic partners fall somewhere between close friends and acquaintances on the dishonesty spectrum. Both students and people outside university lied to romantic partners about a third of the time. DePaulo thinks that unmarried lovers can expect less honesty than best friends because of the insecurity that comes with romance.

DePaulo thinks the results are representative of society as a whole because the two groups had such similar patterns of lying behaviour. She also believes those taking part were telling the truth about lying. The researchers grilled them vigorously to check whether they had written misleading reports.

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Mothers can take heart from one other finding. They may have been lied to, but at least their children talked to them. The students recorded telling few lies to fathers - because they had virtually no interaction with them.

Vincent Kiernan, Washington

Reading and Speaking: Unusual Weddings

2. In small groups: debate the idea of an unusual wedding. Imagine that some of you are opponets of the idea and others – proponents.

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Language Spot: Exaggeration

Grammar Revision: Quantifiers

1. In which of the following sentences can you replace few/little with not many /much? In which ones do few/little mean some?

1.I'm pleased to say that a few of you will get your black belt next year.

2.Unfortunately, few of you are likely to pass the exam.

3.There's little time to practise for the grading next week.

4.We've got a little time left. What shall we practise?

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2.Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1.Several my friends have taken up volleyball recently.

2.Far too much children lack discipline these days.

3.Could you give me little help?

4.A little of the parents take up martial arts with their children.

5.Hardly any the spectators left before the end of the game.

6.It's great that we managed to get few tickets.

7.This sport is so new that we have a little information about it.

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Grammar Revision: Verbs + ing/ infinitive

Write the remaining part of the verb patterns as in the example, give a

translation, make up 10 different sentences in Russian for you partner to translate: Example: to advise – to advise somebody to do something

to allow, to try, to remember, to forget, to like / love, to stop, to regret, to arrange, to start, to let, to make, to help, to mind, to look forward to, not to be able to help…, to avoid, to begin, to expect, to refuse, to decide.

Revision: Letter Writing

Active Vocabulary. Unit Seven

Vocabulary and Speaking: Events and Celebrations

Ex. 3. Translate into English, using the active vocabulary:

1.Джон такой загорелый, потому что проводит много времени на воздухе.

2.Выйди на улицу, вдохни запах сирени, посмотри, как колышется трава. И ты сразу почувствуешь себя лучше.

3.Профессор был в ярости от того, что его лучший ученик забыл важнейшую характеристику волны.

4.Его периодические прогулы бесили лектора.

5.Голодающим была доставлена гуманитарная помощь.

6.День рождения Шэрон был тем поводом, по которому (из-за которого) Марк посвятил ей песню.

7.Персонал сам сочинил слоган фирмы и их вариант был принят руководством.

8.Родители помирились с сыном, когда он отложил свой отъезд на месяц.

9.Интересно, как он аргументирует свой выбор. Это ведь был не самый приемлемый вариант с точки зрения финансов.

10.Раньше ты не был таким ленивым. – Да, я привык к тому, что за меня все делает техника. – К хорошему быстро привыкаешь.

11.В конце концов все мальчишки белили забор, а Том ел яблоко в тени дерева и рассматривал свою добычу.

12.Они что, пара? – Да, встречаются уже год, а ты не в курсе?

13.Никак не могу привыкнуть к твоему цвету волос. – Привыкай быстрее.

14.Купив пару дисков, Норман пошел в следующий магазин, потом в следующий и в итоге оказался на другом конце города.

15.Представители штата Висконсин в конце концов сказали противоположное тому, что пропагандировали в своей кампании.

16.Не переживай, ты привыкнешь жить в собственном доме.

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7c. Translate the word combinations from ex.7a into Russian.

10a. In the text find equivalents to the following words and word combinations:

1.рентабельный, посредством чего-л., темп развития, извлекать пользу, инвестиция;

2.предприятие, в котором рабочие работают в чрезвычайно тяжелых

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