It is (not) worth

When this expression is followed by a verb, the verb ends in -ing.

Exercise 6. Read and translate these sentences according to the model.

1. live only a short walk from here, so it’s not worth taking a taxi.

2. It was so late when we got home, it wasn’t worth going to bed.

1. don’t think newspapers are worth reading.

4. What was the film like? Was it worth seeing?

5. There is a beautiful view from that hill. It’s worth going to the top.

Exercise 7. Make sentences with worth -ing or not worth -ing. Chose one of these verbs: consider, keep, read, repair, see, visit.

1. The film is not very good. It is

2. It would cost too much to repair this watch. It is

3. We can throw these old clothes away. They

4. It is quite an interesting suggestion

5. There is an interesting article in the paper today.

6. If you have time, you should go to the museum..

Exercise 8. Read and translate these sentences according to the model.

1. prefer this coat to the coat you were wearing yesterday.

1. prefer driving to traveling by train.

1. prefer to drive rather than travel train.

4. Ann prefers to live in the country rather than live in a city.

1. would prefer to stay at home tonight rather than go to the cinema.

1. would rather stay at home tonight than go to the cinema.

1. am tired tonight. I would rather not go out this evening.

Exercise 9. Write sentences using I’d prefer or I’d rather + one

of the following: eat at home, get a taxi, go alone, wait till later, listen to some music, stand, think about it for while, go for a swim, wait a few minutes.

1. Shall we walk home? - (prefer)

2. Do you want to eat now? - (rather)

3. Shall we wait TV? - (prefer)

4. What about a game of tennis? - (rather)

5. Shall we leave now? - (rather)

6. Do you want to go to a restraint? - (prefer)...

1. think we should decide now? - (rather)

8. Would you like to sit down? - (rather)

9. Do you want me to come with you? — (prefer)

Exercise 10. Major revolutions in the industrial or business world also produce changes in language. Here are some examples of the way the digital is changing the English language. Fill in the gaps using the definitions underneath.

Word	Original meaning	New meaning
1. to boot	to kick
2. a bug		an error in a computer program
3. to crack	to make something split
4. a flame		an insulting or unfriendly e-mail
5. a geek	an entertainer who bites the heads off live chickens
6. a pirate		a person who illegally copies software
7. to surf

1. to move around the Internet;

2. a small insect;

3. a person who robs ships at sea;

4. a red or yellow burning gas;

5. a rich successful person in the computer industry;

6. to break a computer code;

7. to start a computer.

On January 28, NASA proceeded with Challenger’s launch despite danger sig­nals... In retrospect, there seems little doubt that NASA was stretching its highly touted fail-safe rules in order to get on with the year’s busy schedule...

America needs a space program. We cannot retreat from that frontier or turn our backs on the high-technology future because of one tragic accident. But we must leam patience. We must never again blindly «press on» to meet unrealistic schedules, or succumb to public-relations pressures that override common sense. To exploit the space frontier, we must balance restraint with boldness and replace bravado with wisdom. We must not, however, surrender our pioneering heritage.

(Malcolm McConnell From Reader's Digest)