Виктор Миловидов - Английский разговорный шутя. 100 самых смешных анекдотов на лучшие разговорные темы

office visitпосещение; зд. прием (уврача)

cat scanсканирование с применением кота

at leastпо крайней мере

1. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What does the woman think about her dog?

2. What did the vet return with?

3. In what way did the cat perform his test?

4. How much did the doctor think the woman owed him?

5. How much was the cat scan?

2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text:

1. How can he _______ dead?

2. «Isn't there some other test you can _______?»

3. The vet _______ and returns with a case, and a large

cat.

4. The cat _______ around the dog's head.

5. After a minute or _______ the cat returns.

6. I _______ you're right.

7. At _______ I did my best.

8. How much do I _______ you?

9. All you did was perform a cat _______.

3.Say if the statements are false or true:

1. The dog hasn't moved all week.

2. The vet says, «I'm sorry. I'm afraid your dog is ill.»

3. He was just fine yesterday.

4. The vet leaves and never returns.

5. He opens the case and a large cat emerges.

6. After a minute or two the vet returns to its cage.

7. «How much do I owe you?» – «$530.»

4. Match the words and expressions in the left column to those in the right one:

5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Доктор, я думаю, с моей собакой что-то неладно.

2. Она целый день не двигалась.

3. Доктор осмотрел собаку.

4. Вы уверены, что она умерла?

5. Нет ли других анализов, которые вы могли бы провести?

6. Он открыл коробку, и появился большой кот.

7. Кот понюхал вокруг собачьей головы.

8. Что вы сделали такого, что стоит 230 долларов?

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6. Find English equivalents to the Russian words in the scanword. The hidden words are positioned both horizontally and vertically, as well as on diagonals:

1. (r…) петух, 2. (f…) перья, 3. (с…) любопытный, 4. (m…) неподвижный, 5. (s…) включать, 6. (f…) замерзать, 7. (s…) обслуживать, 8. (f…) яростный, 9. (r…) возобновлять, 10. (е… ) появляться.

В предложениях A woman goes to the vet; Doctor, I think there's something wrong with my dog используется так называемое простое настоящее время;

в предложении Не hasn't moved all day — настоящее совершенное время;

в предложении She is coming to grips with what happened — настоящее длительное время.

Проверьте, правильно ли вы используете три основные формы настоящего времени (в случае необходимости воспользуйтесь грамматическим комментарием; раздел 3).

7.Fill in the blanks with appropriate Present forms of the verbs given in brackets:

1. The woman (to visit )the vet every other day .

2. The dog (not to move )since yesterday .

3. The vet (to examine )the dog at the moment .

4. (to be )my dog dead ?

5. What test you (to run )now ?

6. "I (to leave )at the moment , and will return

in a minute," said the vet.

7. "What you (to carry )in this case ?" asked

the woman.

8. I (to open )this case every morning .

9. You (ever to see )such a cat before ?

10. No, I (never to see )such a cat in all my life .

11. What he (to sniff )around at present ?

12. Why he (to circle )my dog ?

13. How much I (to owe )you ?

Женщина, пришедшая к ветеринару, задает множество вопросов, которые подразделяются на несколько видов:

Основные виды вопросительных предложений – общий и специальный вопросы.

Проверьте навыки постановки данных вопросов, при необходимости обращаясь к грамматическому комментарию; раздел 3.

8.Make general questions to the sentences given below:

1. A woman goes to the vet.

2. There's something wrong with my dog.

3. He hasn't moved all day.

4. I'm afraid your dog is dead.

5. The vet leaves and returns in a moment.

6. He opens the case.

7. A large cat is emerging.

8. The cat is plodding over to the dog.

9.Make as many special questions as you can to the sentences given below:

1. The dog hasn't moved all day.

2. The vet leaves and returns in a moment.

3. After a minute or two the cat returns to its cage.

10.Render the joke.

A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again.

There was only one problem: the captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood he started shouting in the middle of the show.

«Look, it's not the same hat.»

«Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table.»

«Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?»

The magician was furious but couldn't do anything; it was, after all, the captain's parrot.

One day the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot, of course.

They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day, and another and another.

After a week the parrot said. «OK, I give up. Where's the boat?»

Study the words and expressions given below:

magicianфокусник

cruiseкруиз

to stareуставиться

to allow oneselfпозволять себе

over and over againснова и снова

to start shoutingначинать кричать

the Ace of Spades карт. туз пик

to utter a wordпроизносить слово

to give upсдаваться

1. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What sort of a ship the magician was working on?

2. What did the magician allow himself to do each week?

3. What did the captain's parrot begin to understand?

4. What did he shout in the middle of the show?

5. Why couldn't the magician do anything?

6. Where did the magician find himself after the ship had sunk?

7. Why did the parrot give up?

2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text:

1. The ______ would be different each week.

2. The magician allowed himself to do ______ tricks.

3. Once the parrot understood he started ______.

4. Look, he is ______ the flowers.

5. The magician was ______ but couldn't do anything.

6. One day the ship had an ______ and sank.

7. They ______ at each other with hate.

3. Match the two parts of each sentence:

4. Match the words and expressions in the left column to those in the right one:

5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Там была только одна проблема.

2. Попугай начал понимать, как фокусник делает свои фокусы.

3. Однажды поняв, он принялся кричать в середине представления.

4. Смотрите, он прячет цветы в шляпе.

5. Фокусник был в бешенстве, но он не мог ничего поделать.

6. В конце концов, это был попугай капитана.

7. Так продолжалось день, потом другой и еще один.

В предложениях A magician was working on a cruise ship и The magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again используются две основные формы прошедшего времени английского глагола – прошедшее длительное и прошедшее простое.

В вопросе Where did the magician find himself after the ship had sunk? используется третья основная форма прошедшего времени английского глагола – прошедшее совершенное время.

Проверьте свои знания этих временных форм (в случае необходимости используйте грамматический комментарий; раздел 4).

6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs:

1. When the magician worked on a cruise ship he (to allow) _______ himself to do one and the same trick over and over again.

2. The magician (to hide) _______ the flowers under the table while he was doing his tricks.

3. There (to be) _______ only one problem yesterday.

4. There (to be) _______ three problems yesterday.

5. As soon as the captain (to see) _______ the show he started shouting at the magician.

6. He (to shout) _______ all day long.

7. After the ship (to sink) _______ the magician found himself on a log of wood.

8. When a week (to pass) _______ , the parrot (to say) _______ that he was giving up.

7. Make as many special questions to the sentences given as possible: