- •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
Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
Ex. 8. Study the following phrases; a) recall the sentences in which they are used in the text and b) use them in sentences of your own.
look for; be good at smth/doing smth; be particular about; pick up; leave behind; for a while; be wet through; know/learn by heart; shortly before; get rid of; be on one's way to some place; pay off; along with smth/smb; roll up (the sleeves, the trouser legs, etc.); in tweed; in navy blue; with indifference; attend to smb/smth; turn to smb; try on; hang from (smb's shoulders, the ceiling, etc); in admiration; made to measure; ask for smth/smb; long after/before 9 p.m.; do business in smth; sell out; search (about) a place for smth
Ex. 9. A. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
1. You won't find him ... town; he's well ... his way ... the Far East, and as far as I know he's going to stay out there ... quite a while. 2. I'll be paying you ... as soon as I get money ... home. 3. I've got lots ... things to attend ... today. 4. ... our way home we were caught ... the rain and before long were wet ... .5. He seems to have made excellent use ... your advice. 6. Don't rush ... the book, you can pick ... a lot of useful information if you read it ... attention. 7. She doesn't seem to be satisfied ... the arrangement. 8. I'd rather have a coat made ... measure even if it's more than I can afford just now. 9. The conductor stood by waiting while she was searching her bag and pockets ... the ticket. 10. She tried to get rid ... the unpleasant thought, but it kept coming ... 11. I don't think you have a chance ... getting a job ... this office if you aren't much good ... typing. 12. You are not expected to know all the telephones ... heart. 13. He's yet too young to know how to deal ... a situation like that. 14. She tried ... several coats before she found one ... her taste. 15. We've arranged ... a taxi to pick us tomorrow ... three o'clock. 16. I saw her tear the letter ... small pieces and throw them ... the fire. 17. The remark was ... bad taste, and he immediately felt ashamed ... what he had said. 18. I'm not free to discuss the matter ... anybody yet, and you ... particular. 19. The coat had been sent ... the dry cleaner's ... ... some other things. 20. He seems to have changed lately, he's no longer as indifferent ... criticism as he used to be. 21. I was surprised ... the certainty ... which he spoke. Where had he picked ... all that information and why was he so sure ... his facts? 22. Do you happen to know what size she takes ... gloves? I want to give her something nice ... her birthday. 23. They made every effort to save the picture ... ruin. 24. The apples though still green, are sweet ... the taste. 25. Will you ring ... the station and find ... when the train is coming in; I'm not certain ... the time. 26. They'll be coming ... Thursday, I know it ... certain. 27. Make ... the quarrel ... him, ...my sake, if not ... your own. 28. This failure was the making ... him.
В. MY FIRST SUIT
My grandmother who was very particular ... what I wore took me one day ... a small second hand tailor shop. A little man rushed ... her to serve us.
"What can I do ... you?"
"Have you got some good second-hand suits?" she asked.
"I got some second-hand suits she asks me. Like new they are hardly used!"
"I want a suit ... my grandson here," my grandmother said. "Do you mind if we look ...?"
We searched ... the shop ... a while until she saw something she liked. "Try this one ...," she said ... me.
"But, lady, ... all the suits I have got ... my shop you pick out the best, just ... my taste. I was thinking ... keeping it ... myself." He reached ... the suit and handed the jacket ... me. I put it ... . It hung a little loosely ... my shoulders, but the sleeves were all right.
"It fits him like a glove," said the tailor ... admiration. "A suit made ... measure couldn't fit him better."
"How much?" asked my grandmother.
"Twelve fifty. But only ... you."
I stood ... front ... the mirror. The shoulders were broad and I looked older, which was exactly what I wanted. I was beside myself ... joy but tried not to look too pleased. Grandmother was looking ... me ... satisfaction.
Ex. 10. Give the English for the following phrases, using the preposition "in" in its different meanings. Use the phrases in sentences of your own.
I. а) жить в столице (Ленинграде, пригороде, новом районе); служить в армии; здание в центре города; в доме (квартире); торшер в углу; стол посредине; сидеть в кресле; деньги в кошельке; документы в бумажнике;
б) на севере (юге, востоке, западе); шум на улице; памятник на площади; дети на фотографии; деревья на картине; облака на небе;
в) в газете (заголовке, статье, книге, письме, телеграмме); в пьесе; играть роль в фильме; искать слово в словаре;
г) в литературе (искусстве, науке, истории); в жизни; в действительности;
д) в лагере (больнице, парламенте, тюрьме); лежать в постели.
II. на солнце; в дождь (бурю, снегопад, туман); в теплую (жаркую, холодную, дождливую, любую) погоду; попасть под дождь; в темноте; при свете уличного фонаря; на открытом воздухе.
III. а) сделать работу за неделю; перевести статью за полчаса;
б) поезд прибывает через пять минут; встретиться через два дня (год, неделю, сутки);
в) утром, вечером, днем, ночью;
г) в XX веке; в наши дни; в октябре; летом; в 1971 году; в будущем;
д) вначале; в конце концов.
IV. а) в костюме (пальто, шляпе, новых туфлях);
б) платье из шерсти (шелка, нейлона); картина, написанная маслом (акварелью); письмо, написанное карандашом (чернилами); заглавие крупными буквами;
в) девушка в голубом; женщина в черном; врач в белом; свитер ярких тонов; разные по цвету (размеру, форме).
V. а) находиться в опасности (безопасности); в бедности (нужде, затруднении); быть в панике (ужасе, страхе);
б) слушать молча; смотреть с восхищением (удивлением).
VI. говорить по-английски (по-французски, по-немецки); говорить шёпотом (громким голосом).