- •Chapters 1-2
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects:
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 3-4
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3.Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions:
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 5-6
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •Insert the right prepositions.
- •Chapters 7-8
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 9-10
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 11-12
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary:
- •Chapters 13-14
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 15-16
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary
- •Chapters 17-18
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary
- •Chapters 19-20
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •Chapters 21-22
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters:
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary
- •Chapters 23-24
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •2. Comment on or paraphrase the following sentences from the chapters.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Do you agree or disagree with the following? Quote the text to prove that.
- •5. Topics for developing argumentation and rhetorical speech skills. Dwell on the following subjects.
- •6. Insert the right prepositions.
- •7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
- •1. Reproduce the situations from the chapters where these lexical items are used.
- •Final discussion
Insert the right prepositions.
The room smelled ……………….. twenty years of cigarettes and sweat.
Yesterday I treated myself ………………..a visit to the Jeu de Paume.
Do you disapprove …………………. all that?
He lived …… ……… his reputation for picking appropriate races.
He helped himself ………………. more caviar.
Nothing will commit me……………….. this business.
There are people who wear themselves…………………… …………………….. heart attacks before the age of sixty.
She seemed to take delight ……… baiting the man, ………. her offhand, ladylike manner.
You’re a hard man to do business …………, Philippe.
I think it is time we thought …………. Italy.
As an afterthought he mentioned ………… me that the price of gold had gone ……….. five points that day.
He had had three or four business conferences too many ………….. odd hours with Nadine Bonheur.
Do you have any objection ………….. Jaguars?
She had an aristocratic disregard …………. the machinery ………. events.
I would like to bring ……….. a delicate subject.
If there is a lady you have …….. mind ……… a fit traveling companion, Douglas, why don’t you get ………. touch ……….. her?
I was once again exposed …………. old emotions, old loyalties.
He has an abiding fondness ………… money. Be careful ……… him.
The people I had to associate …………… depressed me.
7. Translate into English using your Active Vocabulary.
1. Короче говоря, инвестируя в этот проект, фирма подвергается опасности банкротства.
2. В тот день Вильям совсем не испытывал желания изнурять себя на тренировках.
3. На рабочих местах регулярно проводятся выборочные проверки с целью выяснить, надлежащим ли образом исполняют сотрудники свои обязанности.
4. Неправильная поза за столом может подвергнуть спину вашего ребенка опасности стать сгорбленной.
5. Хотя Вивьен была склонна к занятиям гуманитарными науками, мать упорствовала в своем желании отправить ее в университет изучать химию.
6. Поскольку Виктория очень обидчива, не заставляй ее признавать, что она причастна к этому неудачному проекту.
7. Виктор оправдал всеобщие ожидания и перехитрил всех своих врагов. 8. Ванесса не смогла отказать себе в удовольствии послушать концерт выдающегося пианиста, хотя цена на билет была очень высокой.
9. Тони негодовал и возмущался по поводу неподобающего поведения сына в школе, но ругал его во имя его же блага.
10. Сьюзан не возражала, чтобы ее сын Род встречался с Софи, она находила ее очаровательной и восхитительной.
Chapters 15-16
Words and expressions to remember
to be bound together
to impose taxes
irresistible
to withdraw money
without sb’s consent
the full assets
commodity market
fluctuations
to make / lose a fortune
an elaborate dinner
to bring oneself to do
at sb’s request
precarious
peculiar
to appeal to sb
prejudices against sb/sth
to smuggle
discretion
s corduroy suit
a superficial inspection
timidity
to coincide
a deprivation
a blind chance
indulgent
vulnerable
to relieve of the burden
to be engaged in
to weigh the pros and cons
legitimate