5 Finish the following conditional sentences.

1.The cake wouldn’t have burnt if …. 2. You wouldn’t have got into trouble if …. . 3. Your dress would look nicer if … . 4. She would have married him if … . 5. I would have come earlier if … . 6. It would be better for all of us if … . 7. If it were not for the coming wedding …. 8. If it hadn’t been for their neighbours … . 9. If it hadn’t been for his advice …. 10. If I had known you were here ….. 11. If we could afford it … 12. If you hadn’t interfered …

5. Translate into English.

1.Я бы никогда не подумал, что это возможно, если бы не увидел это своими глазами. 2. Я бы не стал делать этого на твоем месте. 3. Он вел бы себя иначе, если бы обстоятельства были иными. 4. Если бы я прочитала хотя бы одну работу Фрейда, я бы сдала экзамен. 5. Если бы я верила в психоанализ, я бы пошла к психоаналитику. 6. Если бы кто-то начал обсуждать такие вопросы в 19-м веке, его посчитали бы сумасшедшим. 7. Если бы вы контролировали свои эмоции, ваша работа шла бы лучше. 8. Если бы он не поссорился с начальником, он бы получил эту должность. 9. Если бы не болезнь, он учился бы лучше всех в группе. 10. Если бы вы учили наизусть стихи, ваша память улучшилась бы. 11. Если бы он серьезно относился к своей профессии, он читал бы больше специальных книг. 12. Если бы он не рассердился, мы попросили бы его о помощи.

5. Read the text about Luke Rhinehart and his novel ‘The Dice Man’. Before reading answer the questions:

• Are you good at making decisions or not? If you found it hard to make a decision, what would you do?

• A) Talk it over with a friend

• B) toss a coin

• C) research expert opinion

• D) follow your instinct

‘The Dice Man’ is a novel about a man who throws dice to decide his every action – and it’s based on fact. The author, Luke Rhinehart, has made some of his best and worst decisions that way. When he was 21, he was driving on Long Island when he saw a pretty nurse walking alone along the road. ‘I took out the die and said to myself: If it falls on an odd number (one, three or five), I will turn around and offer her a ride. And it came out odd. So I did. I arranged to play tennis with her the next day. These many years later, I am still married to the same woman.’

Rhinehart first started making decisions by throwing dice when he was at college because he didn’t like the kind of person he was: a person who always made himself take more risks. Years later, when he himself was a college professor, he told his students about his ‘die philosophy’. They were so fascinated that he decided to write a book about it.

However, the book – and the rest of his life – almost didn’t happen. Five years later, Rhinehart was living on the Spanish island of Majorca teaching English, but he had still only written only 200 pages of the book. He met an English publisher, Mike Franklyn, and showed him the manuscript of ‘The Dice Man’. Franklyn knew it would be a big success, and encouraged Rhinehart to finish it.

Then, when the book was done, the author and his wife bought a sailing boat and set off from the south of France to Majorca. Along the way, they met a fierce storm and lost their engine. ‘I said goodbye to my wife. We assumed we were going to die.’ However, the couple were pulled from the ocean by some Scottish sailors, the book was published and Franklyn sold the rights all over the world.