- •Lesson One
- •Big Business
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Danny Comes Upon the Letter
- •The Letter
- •Danny Decides to Try His Luck
- •The Bargain Jacket
- •Mr. Black's Way of Doing Business
- •The Fatal Mistake
- •Grammar exercises The Infinitive (continued) Complex Subject
- •With the verbs "to seem", "to appear"*
- •With the verb "to happen"*
- •With the verb "to turn out"*
- •Ex. 29. Translate the following sentences using a complex subject with the verb "to turn out".
- •With the phrases "to be sure (certain)", to be (un)likely"*
- •With the verbs "to make, to tell, to order, to allow"*
- •With the verbs "to know, to believe, to suppose, to expect, to say, to report"*
- •Mixed bag
- •Speech exercises
- •1. Making a Fire is Art
- •2. A Visit to the Tailor's (Dress-Maker's)
- •3. What's Your Taste In Clothes?
- •4. Caught in the Rush Hour
- •Questions
- •Даже, если у тебя есть высшее образование
- •Questions
- •Ради рекламы
- •Immigrant workers in britain
- •1. My First Job
- •2. The Employment Situation In Capitalist Countries
- •3. At the Shoe Shop
- •Lesson Two
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Con Boland Reconstructs the Car
- •6. After the Accident
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises The Participle Participle I
- •Participle II
- •(B) translate them into Russian; (c) explain them according to the model.
- •Mixed bag
- •Bugging showrooms
- •Speech exercises
- •1. On Driving
- •2. The Rule of the Road
- •3. Happy New Year to You!
- •Questions
- •Пудинг не для всех
- •Questions
- •The danger of lying in bed
- •1. Safety First
- •2. On Packing
- •4. An Unexpected Visitor
- •5. Take It Easy
- •Lesson Three
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. The Greggs' First Trip to Europe
- •7. Lautisse Has a Telephone Conversation With Gerston
- •8. The Papers Get Hold of the Story
- •9. Bargaining Over the Fence
- •10. Mr. Gregg Really Has Something to Sell
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises The Subjunctive Mood
- •I. The Subjunctive Mood In Simple Sentences
- •II. The Use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In Complex Sentences With an Adverbial Clause of Condition
- •Ex. 46. Test translation.
- •Speech exercises
- •1. Planning a Weekend
- •2. Your Favourite Magazine
- •3. Redecorating the Flat
- •4. On Introductions
- •5. The Latest Exhibition at Exhibition Hall
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •Foinet's Advice
- •1. On Board a Ship
- •2. Making a Telephone Call
- •3. Making an Introduction
- •4. Making an Apology
- •Lesson Four
- •Conversation
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •5. Larry Suggests a Solution
- •6. Mother Puts up a Fight
- •7. Larry Has His Own Way
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises Subjunctive Mood (continued)
- •The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In "as if (as though)" clauses*
- •The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In an Object Clause after the verb "wish"
- •The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In a Subject Clause after "it is high time"
- •Speech exercises
- •Making an Invitation
- •2. Your Taste in Literature
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •1. On Books
- •2. A Dilemma
- •3. Never Put Off Till Tomorrow...
- •4. Where There is a Will There is a Way
- •Lesson Five
- •Crabbe's Practice
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Crabbe Tells His Sad Story
- •2. Crabbe Thinks of a Plan But Keeps It to Himself
- •3. The Friends Prepare foi Zero Hour
- •4. The Boatman Does His Bit
- •5. Crabbe Steps in
- •6. Crabbe Decides to Try His Own Method
- •7. The Treatment is Effective
- •8. The Plan is a Success
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises Subjunctive Mood (continued) The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In Nominal Clauses*
- •1. In и subject clause
- •II. In an object clause
- •III. In a predicative clause
- •The Use of the Subjunctive Mood and Modal Verbs in on Adverbial Clause of Purpose
- •Speech exercises
- •Doctor sally
- •1. Hospitals
- •2. In Hospital
- •3. Visiting a Friend In Hospital
- •4. Laid up With the Flu*
- •Questions
- •Русский доктор — президент гавайи
- •Questions
- •1. Public Health Services In the Soviet Union
- •2. Soviet Medical Science
- •3. A Visit to the Doctor
- •4. A Dangerous Case
- •Lesson Six
- •A Canary For One
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises on lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. In the Train
- •2. From Palermo to Paris
- •5. Arrival In Paris
- •4. The American Lady
- •5. The Story of the American Lady's Daughter
- •6. The Story of the Author And His Wife
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises The Gerund
- •1. The Syntactic Function of the Gerund
- •A. An Adverbial Modifier of time
- •II. The Forms of the Gerund
- •Mixed bag
- •Speech exercises
- •1. The Railway
- •2. The Train
- •3. Travelling by Train
- •4. A Local (Suburban) Train
- •5. Booking Tickets
- •6. A Railway Station
- •Questions
- •Случай с трагиком
- •Questions
- •On time
- •1. A Trip
- •2. At a Railway Station
- •3. Travelling Companions
- •4. A Careless Driver
- •5. A Fault-finder
- •It's these new divorce laws—you get half each!
- •Lesson Seven
- •Ball of Paper
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Inside the Hot Lab
- •2. Curtis Faces a Difficult Decision
- •3. Johnson's Chances of Promotion
- •4. Johnson Comes to Have it Out With Curtis
- •5. The Ball of Paper
- •6. Johnson Wrecks His Own Chances
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises Modal Verbs
- •I. Must* (in the meaning of supposition of high probability)
- •II. Can (could) in the meaning of supposition with implied surprise, disbelief, great doubt
- •Precis writing*
- •Speech exercises
- •Stolen fame
- •1. Atom For Peace
- •2. Protection Against Radiation
- •3. A Research Laboratory
- •4. On Observatories
- •5. On Hobbies
- •Victory over death
- •Questions
- •Свет над россией
- •Questions
- •108 Minutes
- •1. Making the Atom Serve the Needs of Man
- •2. Research Work
- •3. The Man Who Foresaw ...
- •4. What Makes a Good Specialist
- •5. A Business Appointment
- •6. A Business Interview
- •Lesson Eight
- •The Case For the Defence2
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. The Man In the Dock
- •2. Counsel For the Prosecution Presents His Case
- •3. Witnesses For the Prosecution Give Evidence
- •4. Events Take an Unexpected Turn
- •5. The Extraordinary Day Has an Extraordinary End
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises
- •III. May (might)1 (in the meaning of uncertain supposition, reproach)
- •Mixed bag
- •The million dollar bond robbery
- •Precis writing
- •Speech exercises
- •1. In the Witness Box
- •2. A Detective Story
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •О некоторых принципах советского правосудия
- •Thicker than water
- •1. A Case is Tried In Criminal Court
- •2. Defending One's Point of View
- •3. Never Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched
- •Lesson Nine
- •The Hotel
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. In the Hotel Lobby
- •2. The New Arrival
- •3. The Exchange at the Reception Counter
- •4. The Assistant Manager Takes Up the Matter
- •5. Dr. Nicholas Refuses to Take It Lying Down
- •6. Dr. Ingram Appears On the Scene
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises
- •Precis writing
- •Speech exercises
- •A Hotel
- •Checking in
- •3. A Congress
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •1. Желанный гость
- •2. На все вкусы
- •Lesson Ten
- •A Vote of No Confidence
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. John Byrne, Labour mp, Arrives In Marshfield
- •2. The Committee Members Show Their Attitude
- •3. Byrne Senses Danger
- •4. The Heart of the Matter
- •5. Byrne Decides It is Time to Act
- •6. The Matter is Put to the Vote
- •7. Byrne Draws His Own Conclusions
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises
- •Verbals (Revision)
- •Precis writing
- •Speech exercises
- •1. A Meeting
- •2. The General Election
- •3. The Day of the Election (Polling Day)
- •I've joined the party wtoch fights for socialism
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •Депутаты служат народу
- •I. The Election Meeting
- •2. At a Students' Meeting
- •Index to the Vocabulary Sections (Numerals Refer to Lesson Numbers)
- •Reference Vocabulary
Word combinations
make both ends meet сводить концы с концами
for smb's sake == for the sake of smb ради кого-л
for the sake of smth ради чего-л
on top of all (everything) ко всему, в довершение ко всему
for a while в течение некоторого времени, на время
to be (get) wet through промокнуть насквозь
in no time мгновенно, моментально, необыкновенно быстро
shortly before незадолго до
get rid of smb/smth избавляться, отделываться от кого-л, чего-л
be beside oneself with excitement (joy, anger, etc.) быть вне себя от волнения (радости, злости и т. п.)
be the making of smb содействовать успеху кого-л; обеспечить успех кому-л
the other day на днях, недавно
would rather (do smth) охотнее, лучше (сделать что-л)
try on примерять (об одежде, обуви, и т. д.)
made to measure (order) сделанный на заказ (об одежде)
clear one's throat откашляться
I (he, etc.) can't help doing smth я (он и т. п.) не могу (может) удержаться от чего-л
Exercises on the text
Ex. 1. Answer the following questions:
Why did Danny rush to save the still burning cigarette-end? 2. What were Danny's thoughts as he stood on Manhattan bridge enjoying his smoke? 3. What were his problems? 4. Why did Danny go into the post office? 5. What letter did he find on one of the desks? 6. What made Danny take the decision to risk his last money? 7. What did Danny mean when he said that a thousand dollars might be the making of him? 8. What sort of shop was Black & Son? 9. Why was there such a rush of customers at the shop? 10. Why didn't Danny go straight for the navy blue worsted suit mentioned in the letter? 11. How did Danny happen to buy Mr. Black's own jacket?
Ex. 2. Find in the text the English for:
1. обдумывать свое положение; 2. искать работу; 3. не иметь ни малейшей надежды; 4. быть неразборчивым (в средствах); 5. сводить концы с концами; 6. проливной дождь; 7. в довершение всех бед; 8. ничего кроме; 9. укрыться от дождя; 10. подобрать оставленное кем-то письмо; 11. первые несколько строчек; 12. привлечь внимание; 13. в мгновение ока; 14. оглянуться украдкой; 15. учить наизусть; 16. незадолго до отъезда; 17. уплатить старый долг; 18. покупатели; 19. давать указания; 20. поспешить навстречу; 21. напускное равнодушие; 22. изменить решение; 23. быть как раз по размеру; 24. висеть мешком (о пиджаке); 25. узкие плечи; 26. костюм сшитый на заказ; 27. первоклассный портной; 28. провести рукой по карманам; 29. спросить о цене; 30. уплатить, не торгуясь; 31. кожаный бумажник; 32. считать деньги дрожащими руками; 33. довольная улыбка; 34. бойко торговать чeм-л.
Ex. 3. Give the four forms of the following verbs:
burn, enjoy, throw, pick, tear, hurry, leave, strike, pay, wear, sell, wipe, attend, bring, buy, let, try, hang, beat, feel, find, shake, say, lose, fit, deal, catch.
Ex. 4. Answer the following questions using "would rather" or "would rather not". Give your reasons.
1. Will you have fruit or ice-cream for dessert? 2. Would you like to go to the Caucasus or to the Crimea in summer? 3. Which would you like better—to watch a sports program or a musical comedy? 4. Will you be joining in the game? 5. Will you be calling him up before you leave? 6. Which would you like better—to read a novel or a detective story?
Ex. 5. Translate the following sentences using "would rather" or "would rather not".
1. Я бы охотнее выпил чашку крепкого чая сейчас. 2. В «часы-пик» он скорее пойдет пешком, чем поедет на автобусе. 3. Он сказал, что предпочел бы не участвовать в дискуссии. 4. Мне бы не хотелось остаться здесь одному. 5. Я не буду писать письма, я лучше пошлю им телеграмму. 6. Она сказала, что предпочла бы заняться этим вопросом в другое время. 7. Я бы скорее умер, чем согласился сделать это. 8. Что бы вы предпочли на обед — мясо или рыбу?
Ex. 6. Paraphrase the following sentences using a construction with the gerund.
Model I: It's useless to argue with him. He won't listen to reason.
It's no use arguing with him. He won't listen to reason.
1. It's useless to remind him of his promises, he never keeps them anyway. 2. It's useless to look at such expensive things if we can't afford them at the moment. 3. It's useless to begin the work now, there is too little time left. 4. It was useless to try to make him listen. 5. It's useless to hide the truth from her, she is sure to find it out sooner or later.
Model II: Why invite them to the party? They won't come anyway.
What's the use of inviting them to the party?
They won't come anyway.
1. Why employ him for the job? He is hardly fit for it. 2. Why turn to her for help? She can't do anything. 3. Why send them a telegram? It will never reach them in time. 4. Why try on the suit if it's not your size? 5. Why spend so much money on something you'll never need? 6. Why argue if everything is clear?
Ex. 7. Translate the following sentences using "can't (couldn't) help doing".
Он не мог удержаться от смеха, когда услышал эту новость. 2. Она не могла удержаться от слез, когда узнала о своем провале. 3. Он говорил так уверенно, что мы не могли не поверить ему. 4. Я не мог не сказать им всей правды. 5. Трудно не волноваться на экзамене. 6 Трудно было не согласиться с ним. 7. Ребенок выглядел таким обиженным, что мне невольно стало жаль его.