7.6. Scanning practice
7.6.1. Read the questions. Be sure you've got them well in mind.
1. How many members must be present at the session of the House of Commons?
2. When do most of the members of House of Lords appear in the House?
3. When must the members bow to the chair?
7.6.2. Start scanning the text. Don't fail to note your time.
From Monday to Thursday the House of Commons, when in session, meets daily in the early afternoon. Most members of the House of Commons do not attend Parliament all the time it is in session, but at least 50 members must be present. If a member calls for a «Count» and fewer than this number are present, the House is adjourned.
The House of Lords meets on only three days a week, for hours. Not more than 100 peers take part in the regular work of the House. The rest of them appear only on ceremonial occasions.
There is a chair at the top of the House of Commons, in which sits Mr Speaker or his deputy when the House is in session. Every member entering or leaving the House is supposed to bow to the chair — not to the occupant, for the chair may be empty; still they must bow. Some members make quite a ceremony of it.
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7.6.3. Answer the questions in 7.6.1. (Books closed.)
7.7. Listening practice
7.7.1. Look at the following questions. You'll have to answer them after listening to the text.
1. How many countries has Elmar seen?
2. Why does he want a thousand dollars?
3. Whom has Elmar met?
4. How many rolls of films has he used?
7.7.2. Listen to the dialogue.
7.7.3. Answer the questions in 7.7.1.
7.7.4. Look through the list of words. They will help you to understand the text.
missing — пропавший
curly — кудрявый, волнистый
7.7.5. Listen to the dialogue.Be ready to give the contents of it in Russian.
7.7.6. Tell the contents of the dialogue in Russian as close to the text as possible.
7.8. Time for fun
7.8.1. Read and then tell it in Russian. Believe it or not, but...
...when a masked man tried to rob the post office at Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, an official just threw a cup of hot tea in his face and the bandit fled.
...The governor of Indiana signed a law banning riding in a public bus for persons who have had a meal seasoned with garlic. The law breakers may be sentenced to confinement or a fine of 10 dollars.
? *7.8.2. And now try to solve this crossword.
ACROSS: 1. With anger. 6. The pronoun «we» in the objective case. 7. The number 1. 8. Prefix, meaning «against». 9. Antonym of «far». 11. To make use of the eyes. 13. A preposition. You can guess it from the following sentences: «The Mediterranean Sea is... Europe and Africa». «A river flows... its banks». 15. An antonym of «clever, bright». 16. To flow back from land to sea (speaking of the tide). 17. An enthusiastic supporter of a football team, for example. 18. In this (that) way; thus.
DOWN: 1. A sound or signal giving a warning of danger. 2. Destruction; serious damage. 3. The verb «to be» in the Present Indefinite, 3d person singular. 4. The reflexive and emphatic pronoun in the 2d person. 5. Making deaf, especially by a loud noise (the Present Participle). 10. Clever, showing knowledge or skill. 12. You will form the plural of «toot, goose, tooth» by replacing «oo» by these letters. 14. Napoleon lived on this island in 1814-1815.
UNIT 8
Фонетика: sounds [u:], [u]
Словообразование: суффиксы глагола -fy, -ate, -en
Грамматика: будущее время Simple Future, сравнительные конструкции as...as; not so...as
Текст: «Elections»