Ex 14 Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
(A) 1. We expect to hear — him — the end — the month when the ship has reached Kamchatka. 2. Have you heard — the latest discovery made — the physics laboratory? 3. Why take his words seriously? I am sure he said it all — fun. 4. If you are not sure — the spelling, look the word — — the dictionary. 5. I am — — him, I've had enough of his empty promises. 6. The trouble—that fellow is that he is interested — many things but good — nothing. 7. I don't advise you to mention the news — her, it will be all — the place — once. 8. Why remind him — something he is trying so hard to forget? 9. They hadn't been warned — the change and missed the first report. 10. He had missed a lot of lectures — the beginning — term and was working hard now to catch — — the rest—the group. 11. Ann didn't stay — the end but rose to go long before the picture was —. She just couldn't stand it any more: — her right sat a man who had been smoking all the time, — her left was a woman who had slept — the greater part — the film. 12. I am not sure I'll ever get used — his strange ways, but working-— him is a pleasure. 13. We'll be looking you — one of these days. 14. She didn't see how greatly disappointed we were — her work. 15. It's impossible to keep all these facts — the head, I must make some notes. 16. As — Grace, her parents didn't want her to take part — their long trip because that would mean missing a semester — college and be — the other students when she returned. 17. — first I called him Mr Blake, but very soon he said: "Leave — the 'Mister', just call me plain Blake." 18. As — the price he mentioned, no good businessman could make such an offer.
(B) Every time a circus used to come — our town, I and my friend Joey thought — nothing else but the circus and we were no good at all — school.
The circus was everything to us. When we heard that the circus was — its way we ran all — the town — excitement, we just couldn't keep quiet. And when the circus was — last — town we liked nothing better than to watch the workers, the acrobats and the clowns, the animals. We tried to join the workers, we used to carry water — the elephant; we showed the smaller boys — the place. It was great fun.
This time the whole trouble started when Joey ran — the classroom one day, ten minutes late, and without taking — his hat and explaining why he was late cried:
"Hey, Aram, what are you doing here? The circus is — town!"
I needn't mention here what I felt when I heard the news, I jumped — — once and ran — — the room while I heard the teacher shouting — , me, "Aram, stay — this room. Do you hear me, Aram."
I heard her very well and I knew what my not staying would mean. It meant a good beating* from old man Dawson and catching — — the class. The minute the circus arrived — town we were — — school.
(After "The Circus" by W. Saroyan)
Ex 15 Fill in the blanks with a suitable word. Use the correct form. Translate the sentences into Russian.
imagine, imagination, disappoint, disappointment (2), fail, failure (2), warn, warning, remind, sound v, found, luck, lucky, fun, funny, past, fault
1. Life among strangers was something she couldn't quite — to herself, she had never yet spent a day away from home. 2. We laughed till we were weak. I still believe it's the — story I've ever heard. 3. The visitors were — not to smoke in the laboratory. 4. You didn't really hear anything. It was only your —. 5. The story goes that University College, the oldest at Oxford, was — in 1163. 6. Fishing is great —. 7. The loud cry of — came just as the car was turning the corner. I hardly had time to jump out of its way. 8. He couldn't get used to the thought that he was a —, he still believed in his — and hoped that some day he would be making a name for himself. 9. The singer's voice — strong and deep. 10. The experiment had — and he was doing his best to hide his —.11. You can safely take him on the trip. The fellow has many —, but I'm sure you'll like him. 12. Everything in the boy strongly — me of his father. 13. He was wondering if next time he would be as — in his choice of the lottery ticket. 14. Like all fathers he had high hopes for his son and used to take his — very hard. 15. All her troubles and — were in the —. A new career must mean a new start in her life, she thought. 16. We were all bitterly — with the results shown by the Institute team during the summer University Games.
Ex 16 Replace the Russian words and; phrases by suitable English equivalents in the correct form. Retell the passage.
І (сдал все остальные экзамены) at my University, but I always (проваливался по) botany. This was because all botany students had to (проводить несколько часов в неделю) in a laboratory looking through a microscope, which was something I couldn't (привыкнуть). I could never see through a microscope. It wasn't my (вина) really, but it (бывало расстраивало) my professor. He usually walked around the lab extremely (довольный) the progress of the students, until he came to me. "I can't see anything," I said. He (очень хорошо умел) explaining and he did all he, could to make me see through a microscope. І (едва) understood what it was all about. I couldn't (даже предcтавить себе) what he wanted me to see. І (всегда отставал от) the others. І (честно делал все возможное) but I felt I would never (догнать остальную группу).
I took a deferred pass as they called it, and waited a year and tried again. I had no (выбора). You had to (сдать экзамены по одной из биологических наук) or you couldn’t (получить диплом об окончании). The professor had come back from vacation (полный желания объяснять) cell-structure again to his classes. "Well," he said to me hopefully, when we met in the (самый) first laboratory hour of the semester, "We're going to see cells this time, aren't we?" "Yes, sir," I said. Students to right of me and to left of me and in front of me were seeing cells. (Что касается меня) I only saw what (было похоже на) a lot of milk.
The professor was extremely (разочарован). Не (переживал) it real hard. He (предупредил) me that it was my last (шанс).
I had been looking through the microscope for some time when to my great pleasure and (удивлению) a lot of different coloured dots (появились) on the glass. They (напоминали мне что-то) but I couldn't (точно) remember what. (Мне очень повезло.) I (протянул руку за) my notebook and (начал делать заметки). The professor (поспешил) to my desk and stood (рядом с) me. He looked at my notes. "What's that?" he cried out (в возбуждении). "That's what I saw," I (объяснил). "you didn't, you didn't, you didn't! (С тобой покончено')" His voice (поднялся) in a loud cry. He (утратил) control of himself. He looked into the microscope. "That's your eye!" he cried. "You've arranged the lens so that it reflects! You've got your eye there!"
(After "University Days" by J. Thurber)
Ex 17 Speak on the following topics. Use the words and phrases given below.
Dan Conies to College
arrive; mean to do sth; fail to keep one's promise; explain sth to sb; describe one's life to sb; begin a new life; live in a strange place; live among strangers; take sb rather long to get used to sth; a new way of life; get lost; at first; an exciting kind of life; find things difficult (easy); hurry to classes; make (take) notes of lectures.
Dan Invited His Brother
send an invitation; make the necessary arrangement (for); promise; not be disappointed; walk (show) sb about; be good at sth; tell the story (of); be founded; on one's right (left); beside sth; old (new, modern) buildings; different architectural styles; remind sb of sth; hope; look sb up; hear from sb.
Dan Learns His Lesson
the trouble with College is ...; discover sth; by the way; make an awful mistake; in the very first week; pronounce sth in the wrong way; think sth funny; make fun of sb; know better; as the weeks go by; keep quiet; look sth up in the encyclopedia; be behind the class; catch up (with); do one's best; plan to keep one's books; be through (with); keep sth in one's head.
Good News
be fond of sport; join a basketball team; enjoy doing sth; hope to be good enough to take part (in); hold a sports competition; at the end of term; be a good player, be good (at); be great fun; be good for one's health; need exercise badly; forget about illness; feel fine (perfectly splendid).
Bad News
prepare for the exams; in a hurry; learn 57 irregular verbs in the past four days; try and keep them in one's head; fail in a subject; not be one's fault; believe sth to be bad luck; hope that sb is not disappointed too much; take another examination; hope to pass an examination; prepare sb for the worst; warn sb; promise to do better next time; as for sb; not be upset (over); take sth easy.
Postscript
be behind in one's reading; work hard to catch up with the rest of the class; make a wonderful discovery; perfectly splendid; have no idea that ...; advise sb to do sth.
Ex 18 Test translation.
1. В нашей стране все граждане имеют право на образование. 2. Многие студенты принимают активное участие в работе студенческого научного общества. Они проявляют большой интерес к проблемам, которые там обсуждаются. 3. — Сколько экзаменов вам предстоит сдавать в этом семестре? — Что касается меня, то всего лишь два. Я уже сдал остальные. 4. Я огорчен, что мне не удастся принять участие в подготовке вечера. 5. Я отстал по некоторым предметам, и сейчас мне надо много заниматься, чтобы догнать группу. 6. — Как она отнеслась к своему провалу по математике? — Она очень огорчена. 7. Мы хорошо провели время в спортивном лагере. Мы купались, совершали прогулки в горы, устраивали вечера и соревнования. 8. — Где вы будете работать после окончания института? — Еще не решено, но я хотел бы поехать на север. 9. Сначала ему было очень трудно привыкнуть к новой работе, но со временем она ему понравилась. 10. К нашему великому огорчению, в первый же день нашего приезда погода изменилась к худшему. Отпуск был испорчен. 11. Мы все разочаровались в нем. Мы не думали, что он так легко относится к жизни. 12. Он хорошо умеет рассказывать разные истории. У него богатое воображение. 13. Хотя она уже имеет право уйти на пенсию, она не может представить себе жизнь без работы. 14. Всё в этом городе напоминало ей о прошлом. 15. Напомните ему, пожалуйста, купить сигареты по дороге домой. 16. Нам пришлось несколько раз напомнить ему о его обещании. 17. Мы виноваты, что не предупредили вас о нашем приезде. Нам пришлось выехать так неожиданно, что мы не смогли послать вам телеграмму. 18. Ему очень повезло, что его спросили первым. У него не было времени волноваться. 19. Посмотрите, пожалуйста, это слово в словаре. Я не совсем уверен в его точном значении. 20. Как только я закончу дипломную работу, я смогу разрешить себе несколько дней отдыха.
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