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__________ it ____________ the village square, and __________________
that each of them should _________________ a bottle of the best wine he had
into it, so that there should be ___________________ at the feast.
One of the villagers thought he would be very clever. «If I _____________
a bottle of water ____, instead of wine, no one will notice it», he said to himself,
“because there will be so much excellent wine in the barrel that the water will
__________ in it».
The night of the feast arrived. Everybody ___________________ the
village square with their jugs and their glasses for the wine. The tap on the
barrel was opened but what ________________ was pure water. Everyone in
the village had had the same idea.
Exercise 3. Match the phrases on the left to their defi nitions on the right.
1. barrel a. to fi nd out the facts about smth
2. borrow b. extremely large in size, amount, or degree
3. determine c. to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to
get an advantage, esp. in a competition, game or
examination
4. gather d. to fi x a piece of equipment somewhere
5. huge e. a ticket that lets you go to a place and back again
(=AmE: round trip ticket)
6. cheat f. to make a liquid or other substance fl ow into a con-
tainer by holding it at an angle
7. pour … in g. to come together and form a group, or to make people
do this
8. put …. in h. to say smth very loudly as a reaction to smb’s rude
speaking
9. return ticket i. to use smth that belongs to smb else and that you must
give back to them later
10. shout back j. a large curved container with a fl at top and bottom,
made of wood or metal
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the words or
expressions from the exercises 1–2.
1. Январь 2014. На площади Независимости (Киев) уже 3-й месяц
собираются массы людей, выдвигающих различные требования. Одни
требуют отставки правительства, другие — ориентации на европейские
«ценности», а остальные, как говорили
сии, — сочувствующие и тем и другим.
в 20-е — 30-е годы XX века в Рос-
2. Возьми мне билет туда и обратно, а я тебе — только в одну сто-
рону.
3. Я ему сделал замечание, а он лишь огрызнулся в ответ.
4. Вместо того, чтобы быть обиженным, он улыбнулся и не среагиро-
вал на их глупость.
5. Он взял в банке в долг большую сумму, чтобы начать свой
6. Они обманули нас и деньги не вернули.
7. Налей масло на горячую сковородку и подержи ее несколько минут
в таком состоянии.
8. Установите, пожалуйста, стиральную машину в ванной комнате.
9. Его обвинили в убийстве, но впоследствии оказалось, что он не
виновен.
10. Бак — пустой, дальше ехать мы не можем.
бизнес.
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Unit 2
Exercise 1. Complete the text with suitable phrases from box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
agree with,… and so on, bend down, do one’s best, for an hour, in
front of, instead of, look at (x3), on one’s own, pick … up, until, work
for, whenever, write with
A Young Man and a Cough Medicine
Jim lived with his parents ___________ he was twenty-one years old, and
then he got a job in the offi ce of a big factory in another town, so he left home.
He found a comfortable little fl at which had two rooms, a small kitchen and a
bathroom, and he lived there ___________. At fi rst he cleaned it himself, but
he did not want to have to go on doing this, so he determined to fi nd someone
else to do it ________ him. He asked a lot of his fellow workers at the factory
what they did about this, and at last one of the men said, “Oh, Mrs. Roper comes
and cleans my fl at regularly. She washes the dishes, irons my shirts and keeps
the neat and tidy __________. I’ll introduce her to you, if you like. She’s a
charming old lady. She ___________, but she hasn’t got much energy.” “Well,
you’d better ask her to come and see me, please,” Jim answered. So the next
evening Mrs. Roper came to see him, and she __________ pleasure to come
to his fl at every morning __________. After she had been ___________ Jim
for two weeks, he ___________ the mirror in his bedroom and thought, “That
mirror looks very dusty. Mrs. Roper’s forgotten to clean it. I can ________
on it __________ my fi nger.” He wrote a message in the dust: “I`m coughing
__________ I breathe because everything in this room is very dusty.” He came
home at 7 o’clock that evening, and when he had eaten his supper, he went into
his bedroom and _________ the mirror. “That silly woman still hasn’t cleaned
it!” he said to himself. “All it needs is a cloth!” But then he __________
and saw a bottle __________ the mirror. “I didn’t put that bottle there,” he
thought. Mrs. Roper must have left it. “He _________ the bottle _______
and ____________ it carefully.” “She’s written some words on it,” he said to
himself. He read the words. They were: “Cough medicine”.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable words or
expressions in the box below. Make any changes, if necessary:
at least, be wrong, for a long time, in despair, let … in, look at, to be
accepted, throw up, turn to
A Football Coach and a Football Player
Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an American collage, and he was
always trying to fi nd good players, but they weren`t always smart enough
___________ by the college. One day the coach brought an excellent young
player to the dean of the college and asked that the student be allowed to enter
without an examination. “Well,” the dean said after some persuasion, “I`d better
ask him a few questions fi rst”. Then he ___________ the student and asked
him some very easy questions, but the student didn’t know any of the answers.
__________ the dean said, “Well, what’s fi ve times seven?” The student thought
___________ and then answered, “Thirty-six”. The dean ____________ his
hands and __________ the coach _______, but the coach said earnestly, “Oh,
please ________ him _____, sir! He _____ only _________ by two.”
Exercise 3. Match the phrases on the left to their defi nition on the right.
1.… and so on a. a phrase that shows a feeling that you have no hope
at all
2. bend down b. without anyone’s help
3. in despair c. to allow smb to enter the room, house, University etc.
(also: when a light enters into the camera)
4. instead of d. not correct, and not based on true facts
5. let … in e. to lift smb or smth up
6. on one’s own f. to look at smb, smth or in the direction of smth
7. pick … up g. to lift your hands in surprise or having listened to the
strange things
8. throw up h. when smth is not used while smth else is used
9. turn to i. to move part of your body so that it is not straight or
so that you are not upright
10. wrong j. a phrase used at the end of a list to show that you
could continue it in a similar way (also: in spoken
English)
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Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the words or
expressions from the exercises 1–3.
1. Вы сегодня плохо выглядите, Вам бы лучше обратиться за консуль-
тацией к доктору.
2. Наклонитесь и поднимите свой окурок (cigarette end).
3. Если вы будете работать с полной отдачей, вы окажетесь в нужное
время в нужном месте.
4. Иванов
5. Я прекрасно помню, что ты никогда не приходил домой раньше часа
ночи (one o`clock in the morning).
6. Во-первых, ты должен бросить курить, по утрам делать зарядку,
следить за своим здоровьем и т. д.
7. Когда бы он не звонил, он всегда спрашивает о тебе.
8. Этот фотоаппарат
9. «Извините, но я ничем Вам помочь не могу» — сказал мастер Джон-
сон и в отчаянии поднял руки.
! Не заглядывай в тетрадь соседа. Работай самостоятельно!
не работает, он пропускает свет.
Unit 3
Exercise 1. Complete the text with suitable phrases from box below. Make any
changes, if necessary:
attractive, cash a check, checkbook, comb, discover, earn, handbag,
identify yourself, look puzzled, take … out of.
How Lisa “Identifi ed Herself”
Lisa was an ________ young woman, and she always __________ her hair
neatly and wore pretty clothes. She worked in a small town and ___________
enough money to take a vacation in the mountains during the summer. The
fi rst time that Lisa went there, she _________ that she hadn’t enough money.
At fi rst she was worried, but then she remembered that she had brought her
__________ with her and went to the bank to ___________. The bank teller
had never been Lisa before, but he knew that a lot of people were stealing
checkbooks and using them, so he said to her, “Can you ________, please?”
Lisa had never been asked to do this in her home town, so she __________ for
a moment; but then she _________ her mirror ________ her handbag, looked
at it, and then said happily, “Yes, it is me.”
Exercise 2. Complete the text with suitable phrases from box below. Make
any changes, if necessary:
all kinds of, cashier (x2), eagerly, get rid, in order to, point to, put …
in, reduce, someone else, variety, wear
In the Shoe Department
A large store was having its spring sale on shoes and boots. It was the
fi rst day of the sale, and the shoe department was full of women who were
_________ trying to buy them. There were _________ shoes and boots in a
_____________ of colors, and the prices had been ____________ a lot, because
the store wanted to ______________ of as many as possible __________
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make room for their new stock. The ___________ were kept busy, and at one
moment a woman came to one of them with her money in her hand and said,
“I don’t need a bag, thank you. I’m ___________ the shoes I bought.” She
_________ them on her feet. “Would you like a bag to your old shoes then?”
the ___________ asked politely as she took the woman’s money. “No, thank
you,” the woman answered quickly, “I’ve just sold those to ___________.”
Exercise 3. Match words or the phrases used in Exercise 1 and 2 (on the left)
to their defi nition on the right.
1. cash a. to receive a particular amount of money for the work
that you do
2. eagerly b. to take action so that you no longer have smth unpleasant that you do not want
3. earn c. to show that smb is the defi nitely person who is on the
identifi cation card
4. get rid of d. to behave or speak in a way that is correct for the social
situation
5. identify e. to put smth inside smth else
6. point to f. when smb is very keen and excited about smth that is
going to happen or about smth he (she) wants to do
7. politely g. to have smth such as clothes, shoes, or jewellery on
your body
8. put … in h. to show with smb’s hand towards some thing or direction
9. teller i. money in the form of coins or notes rather than cheques,
credit cards, etc.
10.wear j. smb whose job is to receive and pay out money in a
bank
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases
from the exercises 1–3.
1. Вот тебе чек, ты можешь пойти в банк и получить наличные —
столько сколько тебе нужно.
2. Каким образом вы можете подтвердить свою личность?
3. Чем занимается и сколько зарабатывает отец моей ученицы? Я
знаю. Но я знаю, что он все время находится дома и на три месяца каждое
лето уезжает с семьей в Испанию.
4. 71 % населения России не имеют никаких накоплений. Люди с
нетерпением ждут того дня, когда у них в банке появятся хоть какие-либо
сбережения.
не
5. В твоей квартире накопилось очень много ненужных газет. Если
ты от этого не избавишься, то у тебя в квартире будет беспорядок
6. Платье твое очень нарядное, осталось привести в порядок твои
волосы.
7. Она растерялась, выглядела довольно странно и долго думала, что
бы ответить на мой вопрос.
8. При входе в банк
который примет у тебя деньги.
9. Он был в красивом костюме и выглядел очень элегантно.
10. Она вежливо спросила: «Не помочь ли Вам?»
поверни направо, в углу находится работник,
Unit 4
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable phrases from box
below. Make any changes, if possible:
by train, get on, lean forward, on the train, put … down, speak to, sit
behind
On the Train
Mr. Smith lived in the country, but he worked in an offi ce in the big city,
so fi ve days a week he went to work __________ every morning and came the
same way. One morning he was reading his newspapers __________ when a
man __________ him, who Mr. Smith had never met before, ___________,
tapped him on the shoulder and _________ him. The man said, «You’re not
leading a very interesting life, are you? You __________ the same train at the
same station at the same time every morning, and you always sit in the same seat
and read the same newspaper». Mr. Smith ______ his paper _______, turned
around, and said to the man angrily, «How do you know all that about me?»
«Because I’m always sitting in this seat behind you», the man answered.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences in the text with suitable phrases from box
below. Make any changes, if possible:
come towards, customer, knock at, move in, pick up, pretend, real
estate agency, set up, wait … for
How Dave Pretended to Be Very Busy
Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and had
no children of his own, died and left Dave a lot of money, so he decided to
_________ his own _____________. He found a nice offi ce, bought some new
furniture and ______________. He had only been there for a few hours when
he heard someone __________ the door of his offi ce. «It’s my fi rst________!»
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hе thought. He quickly _________ the telephone and ____________ to be very
busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to
buy a big and expensive house in the country. The man _______ the door while
this was going on, came in and ________ politely ______ the agent to fi nish
his conversation. Then he said to him, «I’m from the telephone company, and
I was sent here to connect your telephone».
Exercise 3. Match the phrases on the left to their defi nition on the right.
1. customer a. to hit a door or window with your closed hand to
attract the attention of the people inside
2. estate agency b. to behave as if smth is true when in fact you know it
is not, in order to deceive people or for fun
3. get on c. to put smth towards a lower place or position
4. knock at d. the firm or organization where the business of
selling houses or land is arranged
5. move in e. to start a company, organization, committee etc.
6. pick up f. to lift a receiver to speak to smb
7. pretend g. to start living in a new home
8. put … down h. to walk onto a bus, train etc. in order to travel
somewhere
9. set up i. smb who buys goods or services from a shop,
company etc.
10. turn round j. to move your body so that you may look in a
different directions
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases
from the exercises 1–3.
1. Родители моей ученицы купили в Испании имение с большим
фруктовым садом и вспомогательными постройками.
2. От своих заказчиков мы получили благодарственные письма за
разумные цены и хорошее обслуживание.
3. Повернись и посмотри как красиво вокруг!
Поскольку многие заводы стоят, молодые инженеры организуют
4.
свои небольшие компании, в основном по купле-продаже.
5. Не стучи в дверь — разве ты не видишь, что у меня есть звонок.
6. Он не спит — он только притворяется.
7. Положи книгу на колени и давай поговорим.
8. Кто-то звонит, возьми трубку и скажи, что
меня нет дома.
9. Завтра закончится ремонт, и мы можем въехать в новую квартиру.
10. Когда мы вошли, автобус был полон пассажиров.
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