Етап viі Вправа 18 (c.53)

a.

- Mr and Mrs Brown never go on holiday.

- They can’t have much money.

b.

- The phone’s ringing!

- It might be Jane.

c.

- Paul’s taking his umbrella.

- It must be raining.

d.

- There are three fire engines!

- There must be a fire somewhere!

e.

- I don’t know where Hannah is.

- She could be in her bedroom.

f.

- My aunt isn’t in the kitchen.

- She can’t be cooking dinner.

g.

- Whose coat is this?

- It might be John’s.

h.

- We’ve won the lottery!

- You must be joking!

a.

John didn’t come to school yesterday.

He must have been ill.

b.

Look at my new gold watch!

Wow! You can’t have bought it yourself.

c.

Why is Isabel late for class?

Um … She might have overslept.

d.

I can’t find my homework.

You must have forgotten it.

e.

The teacher’s checking Maria’s work.

She can’t have finished already.

f.

Did you know that Charles got top marks in the exam?

He must have cheated!

g.

Where’s my umbrella?

Oh! You could have left it on the train.

P:

This week in Worldly Wise we talk to people about the world’s most loved car– the Volkswagen Beetle. Why do so many people love it so much?

Man:

They’re noisy - ugly really, but so full of character. They’re not very comfortable, but they’re totally reliable. Mine’s my friend – a reliable, always jolly friend. In rain, in snow he’ll get me there, and we chat as we go along the roads together – ‘Well done!’ I say. ‘Don’t you worry about that big Volvo'. Over the years I’ve asked my Beetle-owning friends why they bought a Beetle … er … and they say that there are some things in life that can never be improved and the Beetle is like that!

P:

How did it all start? Well, Volkswagen means ‘people’s car’. And in 1934, Ferdinand Porsche was asked by the german Government to design exactly that – a car for the people. A factory was built, and the first distinctive-looking cars were ready in 1938. Then, of course, there was a problem - the second World War!

After the war a British officer, Major Ivan Hurst, was put in charge of the Volkswagen factory. Another officer, michael McEnvoy, remembered the car from before the war and he thought it would be good for american and British soldiers in Germany. So the first fans of the car were not the Germans, but British and American soldiers. And some of them loved it so much that they took their cars back home!

P:

The first VW garage was opened in Britain in the 50s by a man called John Baber. His son, Peter, still sells VWs.

Peter:

My father travelled everywhere in his own VW. He used to come to my school to watch the cricket and football matches. The other boys used to call out. ‘Oh! Here comes Baber in his Beetle!’ So when my father started a VW magazine he called it Beetling. Anyway, that’s where we say the name came from!

P:

And so the Beetle got its name! At first only a few people owned them and when they met on the road they used to wave to each other.

Twenty million Beetles were produced, but none have been made in Europe since 1974. However, the Beetle lives on. They are still made in South America. A question asked by many people is: ‘Will they be made again in Europe?’ Surely there is a market for them - twenty million Beetle owners can’t be wrong!