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Eden and Mark read the advertisement in our newspapers and took a vacation last month at the Seaside Resort Hotel. They were very pleased with the hotel and had a wonderful time on their vacation.

The beach was the cleanest and most beautiful they've ever seen. The ocean water was the clearest and the warmest they've ever swum in. Their room was the most spacious and the most comfortable they have ever stayed in. The food was the most de­licious they have ever eaten. The Hotel staff was the friendliest and the most helpful they've ever encountered. And the nightclub show was the most entertaining they have ever been to.

Eden and Mark really enjoyed themselves at the Seaside Resort Hotel. It was the best vacation they have ever taken.

Task: Describe the vacation you remember best of all and say if advertising has ever helped you in choosing the place of rest.

27. Read and retell the following texts:

Faster than Sound

Once a year a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars had en­tered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz, which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them! A few cars ho­wever, completed the race.

The winning car reached a speed of 40 miles an hour -much faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.

The Crystal Palace

Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display.

The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nas-myth's steam hammer. Though in those days travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.

Tokyo

Tokyo is an ugly city. There are hardly any beautiful or even good buildings; there are very few parks; there are no mountains or even hills inside or outside the city; there is no green belt;

there are few monuments worth looking at; the air pollution is terrifying' the noise deafening; the traffic murderous.

But not all is bad in Tokyo. There are a few good buildings and impressive temples; there are a few parks worth visiting. And the overcrowding, the lack of space, has one advantage, pleasing at least to the eye. Everything has to be small in To­kyo: houses, rooms, shops - even people. Many long streets consist of tiny houses only, and this often creates a toy-like, unreal impression, with small women tip-toeing along in their kimonos and equally small men sitting, motionless, inside their tiny shops.

Tokyo at night is a very different place from Tokyo in day­time. Millions of neon sings are switched on and nowhere in the world are they more attractive, than here. The cafes, bars and nightclubs, Chinese restaurants and Korean barbecues, theatres, cinemas, and many other establishments open their doors. This wild nightlife goes on and on and on - until 10.30 at night. Some nightclubs stay open until much later, but they are excep­tions. By 11 pm (earlier on Sundays) everything is over, every­one is at home and in bed.

A town is not its buildings alone; it is an atmosphere, its feelings, its pleasures, its sadness, its madness, its disappoint­ments and above all its people. Tokyo may lack architectural beauty but it has character and excitement: it is alive. I found it a mysterious city.

The Morning Star

Venus is our closest neighbour among other planets of the solar system. It is also one of our most interesting, cosmic neighbours. There is hardly a person who hasn't observed the brilliance of Venus at daybreak or at sunset. Since time imme­morial this planet has been known as the Morning Star.

Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, and is sepa­rated from it by approximately 108 million kilometres (two-thirds the distance from the Earth to the Sun). This is why we

always observe Venus in the sky close to the Sun and can watch it either in the evening at sunset or in the morning before sunrise. Venus is an extraordinary bright planet. No other planet is so bright as this one. Its brilliance is 13 times that of the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius.

Since long ago Venus has attracted the attention of as­tronomers. The fact is that the planet is generally shrouded in a dense layer of clouds which makes observation by means of an ordinary telescope extremely difficult. This is why Venus is sometimes called the "Planet of Mystery".

The atmosphere on Venus was discovered in 1761 by Mikhail Lomonosov. Lomonosov's discovery played an important role in the study of Venus and, as a matter of fact, laid the beginning for research into the physical properties of the planets of the solar system. The study of Venus through optical telescopes which gave a visual picture has led to a number of fundamental discoveries.

How to Guess Your Age

Everything was better when we were younger. It seems to me that they are building staircases steeper than they used to be. May be this is because it is so much farther today from the fust to the second floor, but I've noticed it is getting harder to make two steps at a time any more.

Another thing I've noticed is the small print they are using lately. Newspapers are getting farther and farther away when I hold them .... Everything is farther than it used to be. It's twice the distance from my house to the station now. The trains leave sooner, too. I've given up running for them because they start faster these days when I try catch them.

A lot of other things are different lately. Revolving doors re­volve much faster than they used to. I let a couple of openings go past me before I jump in. It's the same with golf, I'm giving it up because these modern golf balls they sell are so hard to pick up.

Even the weather is changing. It's colder in winter and the summers are hotter than they used to be. Snow is heavier when I try to shovel it, and I put on rubbers whenever I go out, because rain today is wetter than the rain we used to get. Draughts are more severe, too. It must be the way they build windows now.

People are changing too. They seem to be more polite than in my time. They call me "Sir" and help me cross streets.

While I was shaving this morning, I stopped for a moment and looked at my own reflection in the mirror. They don't seem to use the same kind of glass in mirrors any more.

28. Give the Russian equivalents to the following proverbs. Use them in the situations of your own.

1. Among the blind the one-eyed man is a king.

2. Appearances are deceptive.

3. Best defense is attack.

4. The devil is not so black as he is painted.

5. Dry bread at home is better then roast meat abroad.

6. False friends are worse than open enemies.

7. Fortune favours the brave.

8. Fortune favours the fool.

9. Gifts from enemies are dangerous.

10. Great talkers are little doers.

11. A good face is a letter of recommendation.

12. New Lords - new laws.

13. Of two evils choose the least.

14. Two heads are better than one.

15. Still waters run deep.

16. A man is as old as he feels, and a woman is as old as she looks.

The Adverb

The adverb is a part of speech which expresses some cir­cumstances that attend an action or state, or points out some characteristic features of an action or a quality.

Kinds of Adverb

Mannerhappily, quickly, well, fast, hard, bravely, etc.

Place here, there, near, up, down, inside, outside, etc.

Time now, soon, still, then, yet, today, yesterday,tomorrow, etc.

Frequency often, always, usually, never, occasionally, twice, etc.

Degree, very, too, much, little, hardly, rather, quite,

Measure and firstly, secondly, enough, nearly, almost, etc.

Quantity

Cause and therefore, accordingly, consequently, etc.

Consequences

Interrogative, Where? When? Why? How? etc.

Relative and (to introduce subordinate clauses): when,

conjunctive where, why, however, besides, yet, still, etc.

The majority of adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective:

slow-slowly, heavy-heavily, beautiful-beautifully;

The adjectives warmly, coldly, deeply, happily are used mainly

of feelings.

She was smiling happily. He was deeply offended.

The following adjectives do not change at all when used as an adverb: fast, hard, high, early, late, better, best, long, little, much, last,wide, worse, far, near, daily, right, straight, wrong, still,low, etc. Compare:

He is a fast driver. He usually drives fast.

We had a late supper. We came home late.

It was a very hard question. We worked hard.

Some of the adjectives can be made into adverbs by adding -ly, but in these cases the meaning changes:

hardly I've hardly seen her today. (= almost not)

highly / can highly recommend it. (= very much)

lately Have you been to the cinema lately? (= recently)

lastly And lastly, I want you to sign this letter. (= finally)

widely She has travelled widely. (= to many different places)

nearly I'm nearly ready. (= almost)

Some adjectives already end in -ly: friendly, lovely, silly, cowardly. If you want to use these words as adverbs, you have to say in a ... way/manner:

She spoke to me in a friendly way.

He acted in a very silly manner.

The same is true for three or more syllables.

He talks in such a fascinating way.

Some adverbs have degrees of comparison.

NOTES:

1) You can use -er, -est with the adverbs often, quickly, slowly.

2) If an adverb in the superlative degree is followed by of-phrase, it can be used with the definite article or without it (in the meaning лучше всех, хуже всех, правильнее всех, etc.)

Haroun Tazieff went (the) furthest of all scientist in

studying active volcanoes.

But a superlative (without the) + of all is quite common.

He likes drawing best of all.

When there is no of-phrase in the sentence we don't use article with the superlative degree (in the meaning лучше всего, хуже всего, позже всего, etc.)

Не comes home latest on Saturday and leaves home earliest on Monday.

Mr. Fisher arrived early. He arrived earlier than ex­pected. He arrived (the) earliest of all.

I often used to travel. I used to travel more often in my previous work.

In my new job I travel most often in winter.

Who laughs last laughs longest.

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