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Once Einstein was asked: "How new inventions that change the face of the world are made?"

"Quite simply," answered Einstein. "Everybody knows that something is impossible. Then quite by chance ' there happens2 an ignorant man who does not know it and he makes an invention".

Notes

1.by chance – случайно

2.there happens – зд. появляется

His Revenge

Niels Bohr, the famous Danish physicist, discovered many important laws concerning the structure of atomic nucleus. He always worked hard. But once it so happened that he had not prepared for his seminar at the university. His report was very bad and the teacher was surprised.

Bohr, however, did not lose the presence of mind1 and finishing his report said in conclusion:

"I have listened here to so many bad reports that I ask you to regard this one as my revenge".2

Notes

1.to lose the presence of mind – терять присутствие духа

2.to regard as revenge – считать местью

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Professor: Can you tell me anything about the great scientists of the 17th century?

Student: Yes, sir, they are all dead.

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In one of his lectures a well-known mathematician said:

"Every person has a certain horizon. When that horizon narrows down and becomes infinitely small,1 it turns into a point. That is when a person says: "This is my point of view".2

Notes

1.narrows down and becomes infinitely small – сужается и становится бесконечно малым

2.point of view – точка зрения

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It is morning. It is early. It is eight o'clock. It's time to get up. I usually get up at eight o'clock. At half past eight I have my breakfast. Now it is nine o'clock. It's time to leave. I work not far from my home. I walk to my work. I don't take any bus, or trolley. It takes me only 20 minutes to get to my office. Now it's half past nine. It's time to begin my work.

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Mrs Smith. Good morning, Mrs Priestley. How are you?

Mrs Priestley. Good morning. I am very well, thank you. I am glad to see you. Mrs S. So am I. Is Mr Priestley in London?

Mrs P. No, he isn't. He is out of London now spending his weekend with the children.

Mrs S. Oh, it's nice. How old is Susan now? Mrs P. She is 16 already.

Mrs S. Your son is older, isn't he?

Mrs P. Yes, he is. He is 18 next month. I hope your daughter is all right? Mrs S. Yes, thank you. She is going to visit her aunt in Paris.

Mrs P. Is it your sister Miss Allen?

Mrs S. Oh, no. My sister lives in London. This is Mr Priestley's sister June.

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PEDRO: Have you any other sisters or brothers, Lucille?

LUCILLE: Yes, I have another sister, Marie, but I haven't any brothers. JAN: You are lucky. I have neither brother nor sister.

FRIEDA: Then I am luckier than either of you. Our family is quite a big one; there are six of us. I have three brothers and two sisters.

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Stanley: Oh, I hope the weather will change for the better and it'll stop raining soon. You'll enjoy sightseeing in London.

Well, Mr Borisov, let's discuss business now. What can I do for you?

Sir Isaak Newton

Sir Isaak Newton was a great English thinker. He was born on Christmas Day in 1642. His life proves how unimportant facts may have important results.

As many great men, he was not one of the best pupils at school. But one day he fought and beat another boy, and this success caused him to start to work so hard that later he was at the top of his class.

One day, when lying under an apple-tree, an apple fell on him. This simple fact set his mind thinking, and after some time he found the law of nature that all things are drawn to the earth. He also studied the sunlight and discovered that it is made up of all the colours of the rainbow.

He died on March 20, 1727.

Is There Anybody There?

I was staying with some friends one weekend. I didn't feel very well on Sunday morning. My friends went out, but I decided to go back to bed. After a few minutes I heard a strange noise. I got up and looked round the flat, but everything was all right. So I went back to bed and soon I fell asleep. I had a very funny dream. I dreamt there was somebody in the flat. He was picking things up and then putting them down somewhere else. Every time he moved something, there was a funny noise.

After a long time I woke up, but I could still hear the funny noises from the dream. I was sure there really was somebody in the flat. I called out, "Is there anybody there?", but there was no reply. I was a little frightened. I looked in the living room, but there wasn't anybody there. I looked in the kitchen, but there wasn't anyone there either.

The noise came again; I was quite sure 1 wasn't alone. I called out again, but nobody answered. I wanted to see if anything was in a different place, but everything was as it was before. The noise came again; this time I thought it came from the bathroom. I checked the taps1 on the bath and the basin, but they were firmly turned off2.

Perhaps there was something in the garden? I went out and looked everywhere, but I couldn't see anyone anywhere. I went back in and listened.

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Again there was complete silence; I didn't hear anything for a few minutes. I began to think it was all my imagination. The noise came again. I went into the bedroom and had a good look everywhere. I found nothing that was making a noise, but I waited until the noise came again. I realized that it was coming from the clock I looked at it carefully; it was a very modern battery clock. I looked at it for a few minutes. When it clicked again, I decided it was broken, so I left it on the dressing-table.

Later in the morning my friends came back and I told them the whole story. Everybody laughed at me. Everyone knows that battery clocks make noises every now and then3, except me!

Notes

1. I checked the taps – Я проверил краны

2.were firmly turned off – были плотно закрыты

3.every now and then – время от времени

Ключи

К упр. 1 (IV).

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К упр. 5 (IV).

1.This is my pencil, and that is yours.

2.This is our room, and that is yours.

3.These are my books and those are yours.

4.These are the pictures of Kiev and those are of Odessa.

5.What‘s this? - This is (it is) the picture of Minsk.

6.What’s this? – It’s a map of Africa.

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УЭ-5

ГЛАГОЛ (THE VERB)

А

По своему значению и функции в предложении глаголы разделяются на:

а) самостоятельные – write, speak, go;

б) вспомогательные, служащие для образования временных форм глагола – to be, to have, to do, shall, should, will, would;

в) глаголы-связки, служащие для образования составного именного ска-

зуемого – to be, to become, to get, to grow, to turn;

г) модальные глаголы, выражающие отношение говорящего к действию и состоянию – must, can, may, should.

В зависимости от направленности действия глаголы разделяются на:

а) переходные, которые имеют после себя прямое, косвенное или предлож-

ное дополнение – to give, to bring, to show, to love;

б) непереходные, которые не принимают дополнения, например: to come, to go, to sleep.

Основные формы глагола

Основные формы глагола в современном английском языке: I – инфинитив (Infinitive);

II – прошедшее неопределенное время (Past Indefinite);

III – причастие II (Participle II и IV – причастие I (Participle I).

Эти формы служат для образования всех остальных глагольных форм. По способу образования основных форм прошедшего неопределён- ного времени и причастия прошедшего времени (Participle – II) глаголы

делятся на правильные (стандартные) и неправильные (нестандартные)

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Наиболее распространенными глаголами английского языка являют- ся глаголы to be и to have. Они употребляются: как смысловые глаголы в значении «быть, находиться» и «иметь»; как вспомогательные, служащие для образования видо-временных форм глаголов; и как модальные, выра- жающие планируемое действие в будущем (to be to) и необходимость со- вершения действия в силу определенных обстоятельств (to have to).

В отличие от других глаголов to be и to have имеют отдельные фор- мы для 1-го и 3-го лица единственного и множественного числа: I am (was), he (she, it) is (was), we (you, they) are (were), I have (had), he (she, it) has (had).

Кроме того, они образуют вопросительную и отрицательную формы без вспомогательного глагола (do, does, did), за исключением глагола to have в модальном значении и в составе устойчивых словосочетаний типа to have dinner, to have classes, to have a rest, to have tea, etc.

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Глагол to have

Глагол to be

Глагол to have

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Глагол to do

б) для образования отрицатель- Don't use this tool, it is Не пользуйтесь этим рез- ной формы повелительного на- broken. цом, он сломан.

клонения

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2. Определите функцию многофункциональных глаголов и переведите предложения на русский язык. (см. Ключ)

1. The new tape-recorder is in the laboratory. 2. Germanium and silicon are two of the best known semiconductors. 3. In the last few decades 11 new radioactive elements were obtained. 4. Building engineers are looking for new methods in housing construction. 5. The conditions under which liquids are to be transported vary widely. 6. Electric engines have the highest efficiency. 7. Radio has found universal recognition and application in a comparatively short period of time. 8. In lifting the weight we have to do work against the force of gravity. 9. The

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