Study the vocabulary notes and translate the examples into Russian. Fill in the blanks with "shimmer", "glimmer", "glitter», "sparkle"
Fill in the blanks with "shimmer", "glimmer", "glitter», "sparkle", "glisten", "gleam" and their derivatives:
1. Stars were ... in the frosty sky. 2. Her golden hair seemed to ... in the sunlight. 3. The satin of her dress... in the candlelight, and her bare neck and arms ... with diamonds. 4. The mirror dimly ... in the corner of the darkened room. 5. The snow faintly ... in the moonlight. 6. The
... icicles were shedding gay tears. 7. The polished furniture ... and the 168
crystal chandelier gaily... 8. The distant snow-capped mountain-peaks faintly... through the mist. 9. His black face ../with sweat, but the eyes
... with gaiety. 10. The lake ... in the dazzling hot sun. 11. Tears ... in her eyes. 12.1 was startled by the fury ... in his eyes. 13. The lights of the harbour, usually so bright, just... through the fog.
14. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying special attention to the words and word combinations in italics:
A. 1. She wasn't a cultivated reader, an amusing plot being all she asked from a book. She skipped descriptions, and the author's digres-sions bored her to death. 2. "I will not conceal from you that the Prime Minister's presence at the Conference is a vital necessity." 3. "Mon-sieur Poirot, I have come to consult you upon a matter of the most vital urgency. I must ask for absolute secrecy." 4. "Mr. Vole," said"the solicitor, "I am going to ask you a very serious question, and one to which it is vital I should have a truthful answer." 5. Jack sighed, grasped his golf club firmly, but at this moment a strange sound cap-tured his attention. 6. "I know it's difficult for you to grasp, but thetheatre of today has at last acquired a social conscience, and a so-cial purpose." 7. The letter came by the six o'clock post. An illiter-ate scrawl, written on common paper and enclosed in a dirty enve-lope with the stamp stuck on crooked. Mr. Mayherne read it through once or twice before he grasped its meaning. 8. She stared at him, her eyes filled with a deep, unspoken sorrow, like the eyes of a small captured monkey he had seen on the docks. 9. The boy at the table,making every effort to give full attention to his studies, was resent-ful of their conversation that captured his interest. 10. By now he was not nearly so certain as he had been that he had really heard the cry — the natural result of trying to recapture a lost sensation.
B. 1. Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus" comes to us like a surprise gift from history, the cinematic equivalent of a suddenly discovered minor masterpiece by Mozart or an unearthed James Joyce manu-script. 2. This, then, was the British expert described by Lady Wil-lard as being a minor official at the British Museum. 3. Young Bleib-ner was suffering from some minor skin trouble. 4. A few yards down that unfrequented road a large car is standing, apparently broken down. 5. The constant stale of strain under which she has been work-ing recently may lead to a serious breakdown. 6. As Ferris taxied uptown he glimpsed at intersections the lingering sunset, but by the time he reached his destination it was already autumn dark. 7. The little girl was eleven — beautifully ugly as little girls are apt to be who
are destined after a few years to be inexpressibly lovely. Vitality is born early in such girls. It was utterly in evidence now, shining through her thin frame in a sort of glow. 8. As seen from one of its seven hills, Richmond was beautiful, with its broad streets, its noble trees and the shimmer of the gently flowing river. 9. The Army Bill was under discussion and it was clear Jefferson Davis thought none but himself qualified to speak on the issue. 10. Don't stray from the point at issue. I want to get to the bottom of this. 11. He was trying to catch a gleam or gesture that would lessen the gap which lay between his present and his past. 12. The boy was struck dumb by a suave turn of carpeted stairs and a pendant glitter of chandeliers and a mute gleam of gold frames. 13. He continued then for a moment to turn thebrooch this way and that in the light to see it sparkle. It sparkled very nicely. 14. His skull and face were shining from a recent scrubbing, so that the little bridgeless nose glistened between the protective points of the cheekbones. 15. Her eyes opened wider as she contem-plated the sear-green figured velvet, the shining brass, silver, and glass, the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil. 16. The sun was glaring from the pale sky, and just over the horizon a shifting silvery haze was shimmering.
15. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vo-cabulary:
1. У него была удивительная память, которая мгновенно схватывала и прочно удерживала рею особо важную информа-цию. Лекции он не записывал, но после мог воспроизвести все, что говорил лектор, в подробностях, без единого пробела. На-кануне экзамена ему нужно было только бегло просмотреть учебник, и все знали, что счастье и на этот раз ему не изменит. 2. «Вы читали этот роман? » Он поднял со стола книгу. — «Я пе-релистала его». 3. Ответить просто, что она едет в Сан-Фран-циско, значило бы оказаться в глазах спутников самой зауряд-ной пассажиркой , направляющейся к самому обыденному месту назначения, и потерять всякую надежду привлечь к себе внимание или возбудить интерес. 4. Симфония № 40 и симфо-ния «Юпитер» считаются самыми значительными произведе-ниями Моцарта. Однако великому композитору не было суж-дено услышать их: при жизни его они ни разу не исполнялись. 5. Читая любой детективный роман, читатель заранее знает, что преступник неизбежно будет схвачен и наказан. Это — суще-ственный нравственный аргумент в пользу данного жанра.
6. Почти всю ночь он блуждал в тумане, пока его внимание не привлек отдаленный свет, тускло блеснувший во мраке. 7. В ве-чернем выпуске газеты вы найдете подробный отчет о сегод-няшних дебатах в парламенте. 8. Досадно, когда такую пре-красную музыку используют только для того, чтобы заполнить паузу между передачами. 9. Большинство экспертов пришли к заключению, что этот портрет, до сих пор приписывавшийся Ван Дейку (Van Dyck), на самом деле является подделкой, вы-полненной неким второразрядным художником девятнадцато-го века. 10. Исход битвы при Ватерлоо должен был решить судь-бу не только Англии и Франции, но и большинства европейс-ких государств.
Give eleven brief situations in which you will say the following (may be done in pairs):
bet you've only skipped it. 2. It is a thing of vital importance.
I'm afraid jt will be difficult for him to grasp that... 4. ... captured the eye. 5. of minor importance. 6. He was destined to... 7.... to a des-tination unknown. 8. It was a nervous breakdown. 9. to lack vitality.
a gleam of hope (understanding, sympathy). 11. a wide gap be-tween ....
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