Illustrative situations:
a) Leo Hart is an economist. He is trying to get a job. He is usually asked questions like these:
“Have you ever done this sort of work before? “
“Where did you work last?
“How long did you work there?” (This question means that the person does not work there any longer).
“How long have you been out of work?” (means that the person is still jobless).
1) What is Leo trying to do?
2) Ask the same questions he is usually asked.
(a) this sort of work before?
(b) last?
(c) how long / there?
(d) out of work?
b) Anna tries to visit all fashion shows in the city. But sometimes she has much work to do and stays at home or goes on business trips. She asks her friends a lot of questions instead. She is talking to one of her friends now. Here are her questions:
“Have you seen V. Yudashkin’s last collection?”
The answer is: “ Yes, I have”. Then Anna asks different questions like these: “When did you see it? Where did you see it? What did you think of it? Was it really interesting?”
1.2.1 Study the prompt and the model conversation that results from it. Then make conversations of your own on the same model.
Prompt: to Moscow
A: Have you ever been to Moscow?
B: Yes, I have.
A: When were you there?
B: Last winter.
A: What did you think of it?
B: It was beautiful. Better than I thought of it.
or It impressed me greatly.
1) English food
2) the last fashion show on TV
3) Ryazanov’s films
4) to Petersburg / to Kiev
5) to the art exhibition
6) the fashion magazine “Burda Modern” ( the last issue)
7) Moscow Kremlin
8) books by W.Saroyan / S.Maugham
1.3 Practise in translating the sentences with the emphatic construction
It is / was ... That / who (подлеж.) does / did smth
Именно
Только ... делает / сделал что-либо
Еще
1) It was the French language that influenced the English one in the 11th - 14th centuries.
2) It is clothing that goes out of fashion every 6-8 years.
3) It is a technologist who organizes and controls the technological process at a sewing factory.
4) It is chemistry that has greatly changed the world of fabrics.
5) It is you who can decide on your career.
6) It is the famous tailored suit that always looks elegant and up-to-date.
7) It is clothing that has become yet another means of communication for people, especially at the present time.
8) It was the 18th century that brought the rapid growth of the population of London.
9) It was the first decade of the 20th century that brought great changes in town life of England.
10) It was in 1961 that the first cosmic flight became possible.
1.4 Read and translate the sentences. Mind the use of the degrees of comparison of the adjectives. Formulate the rules.
1) Fashionable clothes are usually more popular with the young people than with the older ones.
2) The clothes designed by avant garde artists are the most extravagant.
3) Can we say that the new jobs are more attractive than the traditional trades and professions?
4) When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.
5) Located in the greatest metalworking area, Birmingham is one of the largest industrial centres of the world and the second largest city in Great Britain.
6) The more you live, the more you see, the more you see, the more you know.
7) The work of designer is more creative than the work of technologist.
8) One should read the classics in winter, because then one’s mind is more concentrated; read history in summer, because one has more time ... .
9) It is from Shakespeare’s works that we get the clearest picture of Elizabethan times.
10) The youngest daughter got up at 4 o’clock every morning, cleaned the house and got breakfast ready for her father and three brothers. The work improved her health and made her even more beautiful than she had been before.
1.4.1 Complete the sentences with the necessary words in the brackets.
1) The job of construction worker is (more creative, less creative) than the job of architect.
2) In the 19th century the skirts were (longer, shorter) than today.
3) The garments from the collection of the famous designer are (more expensive, less expensive) than the garments sold in the shops and markets.
4) The grandfather is the (youngest, oldest) of the family.
5) The girl eats very little and becomes (thinner, fatter) and (weaker, stronger).
6) The train is (faster, slower) than the plane.
7) The flats in the centre of the old cities are (more comfortable, less comfortable) than the flats in the new blocks of flats or houses.
8) Rich people usually dress (better, worse) than poor people.
9) I don’t know any apple that has a (worse, better) taste than a good English one, and no other cup of tea ever tastes as (good, bad) as tea that is made in England.
1.4.2 Think of the sentences of your own with the following adjectives in the comparative or superlative degree (в сpавнительной или пpевосходной степени).
Wonderful, important, ridiculous, large, little, helpless, difficult, old, bright, warm, long, interesting.