Фразовые глаголы в разговорном английском = Phrasal Verbs in Spoken English. Пособие

2.Read the sentences. Then say the sentences again, using the multi-word verb prompts. The f irst one has been done for you.

1.I have always admired and respected my father.

(look up to)

I have always looked up to my father.

2.The little boy said he wanted to be a train driver when he was older.

(grow up)

3.She’s very similar to her mother – they are both very intelligent.

(take after)

4.I often think about my childhood.

(look back on)

5.I can’t make her listen to me or understand what I’m trying to say.

(get through to)

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6.When her mother died she was raised by her aunt.

(bring up)

7.How can we avoid going to my brother’s party?

(get out of)

8.He was not punished for using bad language at home.

(get away with)

9.At first her father wouldn’t let her go to the all-night party, but in the end she persuaded him to let her go.

(get round)

10. She reprimanded him for breaking the window.

(tell off)

3.Match a sentence in A with one in B. Then practise saying the questions and answers.

1. Я смог легко убедить его. 2. Она похожа на свою мать. 3. Отец отчитал ее за то, что она пришла домой поздно. 4. Удивительно, что все его уважают. 5. Она воспитала пятерых детей. 6. Ей удалось отвертеться от уборки квартиры. 7. Она выросла в де-

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ревне. 8. Ему не удастся избежать наказания. 9. Он так упрям, я просто не могу до него достучаться.

Across a Crowded Room

It was love at first sight. I saw her standing on the other side of a crowded room sipping a glass of wine. Our eyes met. I walked over to her and said, ‘You seem to be on your own. Can I join you?’

She smiled and said yes. At first she came across as rather shy, but as I got to know her better I found out she was an open and confident person who was easy to get on with. At the end of the party I said I would like to see her again and asked her out for a meal the following week.

I took her out to a small Italian restaurant in Soho. After talking for a while, we found out that we had a lot in common -in fact, we seemed to have the same interests and tastes in everything. She smiled at me when I spoke to her, and when our eyes met this time I knew that I was head over heels in love with her. I thought that she was falling in love with me, too. We started going out with each other, and after some time we got engaged and decided to live together. We were both very happy and made plans to settle down and get married the following year.

However, it wasn’t long before things started to go wrong. She seemed less affectionate and loving as the weeks passed, and I started to feel she was going off me. She criticized me all the time. ‘Why are you always going on at me?’ I asked.

In the end I wondered if we were suited to one another. I was keen on hard rock and she was fond of classical music. I was interested in sport and she was interested in politics. We finally fell out over a TV programme. We had a terrible row, broke off our engagement, and called off the wedding. A week later she moved out. I was heartbroken, and it took me a long time to get over it. A few months later I heard she was engaged to a man who worked in local government. They got married, but after two years their marriage broke up and they got divorced.

I tell you this because last night I went to a party and I was drowning my sorrows when I saw her standing on the other side of the room sipping a glass of wine. I saw a man walk over to her and I heard him say, ‘You seem to be on your own. Can I join you?’

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1. Match the verbs in A with the definitions in B.

2.Read the sentences. Then say the sentences again, using the multi-word verb prompts. The first one has been done for you.

1. The concert has been cancelled.

(call off)

The concert has been called off.

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2.Stop criticizing me all the time!

(go on at)

3.He’s invited her to the cinema.

(ask out)

4.Julie is having a relationship with a man from France.

(go out with)

5.He gives the impression of being rather aggressive.

(come across as)

6.Their marriage has ended.

(break up)

7.Michael has had an argument with Tony and isn’t talking to him.

(fall out with)

8.I want to have a stable life, buy a house, and get married.

(settle down)

9.They have ended their relationship.

(break off)

10. I’m starting to dislike him.

(go off)

3.Jane is very upset. Her friend, Mary, has come to visit her. Look at their conversation below. Replace the words in italics with multi-word verbs.

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How multi-word verbs work

off

The particle off can be used with some verbs to give the idea of stopping or cancelling something:

They broke off their engagement and called off the wedding.

4.Complete the following sentences with multi-word verbs that use the particle off.

1. Can you ... all the lights when you go to bed, please? 2. Hello, operator, I was talking to someone and we were ... . Can you try to re-connect us, please? 3. There isn’t time to have the meeting today, so we will have to ... till next week. 4. It’s been lovely talking to you on the phone, but I must ... because there’s someone at the front door. I’ll call you again next week. Bye. 5.1 wish they would make up their minds one way or the other. Yesterday they said the wedding was on, but now they’ve had another argument and say the wedding ... .

5. Translate into English.

1. Они уехали во Францию и обосновались в Париже. 2. Я остыла к своему дружку. 3. Почему отменили собрание? 4. Их брак развалился. 5. Обсуждая новую пьесу, друзья поссорились. 6. Вначале он показался мне искренним, но я была разочарована в нем. 7. Он пригласил меня в ресторан, но я отказалась пойти с ним. 8. Они встречаются уже год. 9. Мать бранила ее за то, что она поздно вернулась домой. 10. Он раз и навсегда отказался от привычки курить.

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Happily Ever After

I:How did you meet your husband?

H:It was on a blind date, actually. A friend invited me to meet someone she knew. She said he was very nice, so I went along, and as soon as I met him, I fell for him. I thought he was wonderful. We started to go out with one another, and then I invited him home to meet my parents, and they took to him immediately – they thought he was a lovely person.

I:So meeting him was an important event?

H:Oh, yes, it was a turning-point in my life. You see, whereas I’d always had my head in the clouds, he was very practical and realistic – he had his feet firmly on the ground.

I:Do you remember when he asked you to marry him?

H:Yes, very clearly. We were walking in the park and he proposed to me completely out of the blue. I really wasn’t expecting it.

I:How did you feel about marrying him?

H:I was over the moon. I thought it was the most wonderful thing that could ever have happened to me.

I:And do you still feel that way today?

H:Oh, yes, we’re devoted to one another.

I:What do you think has made your marriage such a success?

H:The fact that we’ve always supported and helped one another. I’ve always stood by him, and he’s never let me down once. We’re a partnership.

I:So you never have any arguments?

H:Well, we have our ups and downs now and then – everybody does – but I know that underneath it all we were made for each other.

I:How did you meet your wife?

G:We worked for the same company. She was about the same age as me, and she struck me as a very nice person. As time passed I

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came to look on her as a friend. We spent some time together and then we started going out with one another.

I:What did your parents think of her?

G:When I introduced her to my mother she said she couldn’t understand what I saw in her. She thought she was very ordinary and not at all the right person for me.

I:Do you think your mother’s opinion influenced you in any way?

G:I think it made me have second thoughts about marrying her, but we still got married a few months later.

I:What was life like after you got married?

G:Things were all right for a while but then we began to quarrel. We always kissed and made up in the end, but there were still problems between us.

I:Why was that?

G:I think the main thing was that we weren’t really suited to one another. After we got married we started to see one another in a different light. We spent less and less time together, we became interested in different things, and gradually we grew apart.

I:What happened then?

G:We started having terrible arguments and I behaved very badly towards her. I tried to make up for it, but she couldn’t forgive me. In the end we split up. I suppose it was inevitable really.

I:And how did this experience affect you?

G:I think it changed my outlook on life. I certainly don’t see it through rose-coloured spectacles any more.

I:Would you marry again?

G:I would, but it would have to be the right person, and there would have to be a lot more give and take. Otherwise I don’t think it would work.

1. Match the multi-word verbs in A with the definitions in B.

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2.Read the sentences. Then say the sentences again using the multi-word verb prompts. The first one has been done for you.

1. When I was in trouble she gave me help and support.

(stand by)

When I was in trouble she always stood by me.

2.I have always considered you to be my closest friend.

(look on as)

3.I’m depending on you, so don’t disappoint me!

(let down)

4.The children liked her the moment they met her.

(take to)

5.She fell in love with her skiing instructor.

(fall for)

6.I don’t understand what she finds attractive about him.

(see in)

7.She tried to compensate for the trouble she had caused.

(make up for)

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8.After a year they ended their relationship.

(split up)

9.I think we’ve become less close to one another.

(grow apart)

10.They had an argument but later they became friends again.

(make up)

3. Translate into English.

1. Когда у меня неприятности, мой друг всегда поддерживает меня. 2. Мне он понравился с первого взгляда. 3. Им сразу понравился новый учитель. 4. Он пристрастился к игре в азартные игры. 5. Почему они расстались? 6. Я не знаю, что он в ней находит. 7. Они поссорились, но потом помирились. 8. Я должен искупить вину за то, что сделал. 9. Он ненадежный человек. Он много раз подводил меня. 10. Мы в последнее время очень отдалились. 11. Они считают его своим лидером.

Getting On

С: Have you seen Julie lately? Do you know how she is?

L:... Oh Julie? Well, actually, not very well at all. It’s that husband of hers.

C:Why? What’s happened now?

L:Well ... you know they got married a year ago.

C:Yeah, they didn’t know each other very well, did they?

L:No. They’d only been going out for six months before that, but they seemed to get on really well together. Anyway, recently, a friend of Julie’s saw Mike, the husband, in a restaurant, with a very attractive young woman, they seemed to be more than just good friends.

C:Oh no! Poor Julie! What did she do?

L:Well, she asked Mike to explain exactly what was going on.

C:What did he say?

L:He tried to make out that the woman was a business client and, at first, Julie was taken in.

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