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е.g. ... They said, they realized what their mother had sacrificed for their sake and wanted to

thank her for everything she had been doing for them. In fact, I believe, they just wanted to make it a

holiday for themselves. They stayed at home ... etc.

XII. a) Translate these sentences into Russian.

I. We may just as welldance now. 2. I would ratherhire a taxi. I'm very tired. 3. It will

never doto punish the child for what he has not done. 4. He never keeps people waitingif he can

help it. 5. We must keep him from making trouble. 6. Take my gloves, they will keep your hands

warm.7. It's no usetrimming this old hat, it won't look better. 8. We got everything arrangedfor

the trip by 9 o'clock. 9. We got her to believeour story. 10. The arrangements for the party will keep

me busythe whole day, I'm afraid. 11. You shouldn't keep the children outafter dark. 12. Keep the

ticketif you don't want to be fined.

b) Write sentences of your own using the phrases in bold type. Address them

to the other students who should reply them expressing their approval or

disapproval.

P r o m p t s: How nice (good, clever, bad, awful) of you (him, her)! I don't think you should

have done it. Sure. But that's not quite true. No wonder. I am delighted at your idea.

ХIII. Make up a conversation which took place after the day described in the

text between: the two girls, the two boys, the father and his son, the mother and her

friend, two neighbours. You may find the following openings useful:

I say...; Honestly. .; If you ask me...; You know what I think...; The point is...; Don't you agree

that...; I must say that...; Tell you what,..; Eventually...; Actually...; Definitely... .

XIV. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

I. The dress is just wonderful. It is very becoming ... you. 2. I haven't seen you ... ages. How

are you getting ...? 3. I liked the cake you treated me .... How do you make it? 4. Turn ... the page

and do Exercise 3. 5. He turned ... a very good story-teller. I enjoyed ... his stones immensely. 6. We

shall discuss the matter ... our way home. 7. I'm sure you'll get... all the difficulties ... the end. 8. Pete

didn't want to take his younger brother fishing, he was afraid that he would be ... his way. 9. The

students-... Group 3 will help to decorate the hall... flowers and mottoes. 10. The father had promised

to take the boys ... a drive ... the country ... Sunday. But unfortunately the weather changed ... the

morning and they had to stay ... home. 11. Celia waved her hand ... Lanny until the train was out...

sight. 12.... such a big occasion all the children were dressed ... their best. 13. When all the things

were packed ... a suit-case, it turned ... that my ticket had somehow got there too, and I had to turn

everything ......in search ... it. 14. The children were allowed to stay ... home ... school, as the

mother's birthday was a great occasion ... all the family.

XV. Translate the sentences into English, using Essential Vocabulary (I) and

Patterns 1-4:

1. У меня так много дел, что я просто не могу позволять себе терять время. 2: Вот та

самая шляпа, о которой я вам говорила. Я уверена, что она очень пойдет вам. 3. Не могу себе

представить, как вы сумеете преодолеть все эти трудности. 4. Я не могла позволить себе

купить такой дорогой подарок. 5. Я надеюсь, что мы успеем добраться до станция метро до

того, как оно закроется. 6. Сегодня я получила от него письмо. Он пишет, что у него масса

работы и он почти никогда не может даже доставить себе такое удовольствие, как сходить в

кино. 7. Вы все время встаете и садитесь, входите и выходите. Не годится работать таким

образом. 8. Завтра у нас вечер, и я хочу принарядиться по этому поводу. 9. Что-то выпало из

моей сумочки, вероятно, авторучка. 10. Он, должно быть, все приготовил к отъезду. 11. Разве

мог кто-нибудь подумать, что она сказала это в шутку? 12. Неужели ты не можешь заставить

ребенка вовремя лечь спать? 13. Все семейство великолепно провело время за городом, хотя

героине дня пришлось остаться дома и готовить обед. 14. Этот цвет тебе очень к лицу.

XVI. Review the text. Say a few words about the style and language of

Leacock's story. Be sure to touch on a) selection of words, b) syntax, c) method of

characterization, d) humour.

XVII. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what you would do in the teacher's position:

John's first day in school went smoothly. On the second day, another child sat in the place

John wanted. John refused to sit in any of the vacant places and was given the choice of sitting down

at another place or standing. He chose to stand. His parents came to school several times in the next

few weeks, very distressed that all John did at school was stand.

2. Practise your "Classroom English".

Ask your pupils: a) to do Exercise XIV on p. 134 (written work); b) to get ready

with Exercise XVm (orally).

XVIII. a) Translate the text below into Russian:

To me it has always seemed that the very essence of good humour is that it must be without

harm and without malice. I admit that there is in all of us a certain vein of the old original

demoniacal humour or joy in the misfortune of another which sticks to us like our original sin. It

ought not to be funny to see a man, especially a fat and pompous man, slip suddenly on a banana

skin. But it is. When a skater on the pond who is describing graceful circles and showing off before a

crowd, breaks through the ice, everybody shouts with joy. To an original savage, the cream of the

joke in such cases was found if a man who slipped broke his neck, or a man who went through the

ice never came up again. I can imagine a group of pre-historic men standing round the ice-hole

where he had disappeared and laughing till their sides split. If there had been such things as a pre-

historic newspaper, the affair would have been headed up: "Amusing Incident. Unknown Gentleman

Breaks Through Ice and Is Drowned".

But our sense of humour under the civilization has been weakened. Much of the fun of this

sort of the thing has been lost on us.

(From "Humour As I See It" by

Stephen Leacock)

b) Discuss the following questions:

1. Do you agree with Leacock that good humour must be without harm and without malice?

2. What purpose should humour serve? 3. Is Leacock right when he says that humour has been

weakened under civilization? Does he really mean it? 4. Do you agree to Leacock's opinion that

humorous Siies of life are revealed only to the few who have given thought to it? 5. Do you think

that his story "How We Kept Mother's Day" and the like may get people to understand their

imperfections and try to get rid of them? 6. Is that story true to life? 7. What do you think is the

essence of good humour?

LABORATORY EXERCISES (I)

1. Listen to the text "How We Kept Mothers Day", mark the stresses and tunes, repeat the

text following the model.

2. Make your sentences less categoric by using the given model.

3. Write a spelling-translation test. Check it with the key. Check your spelling with a

dictionary.

4. Paraphrase the sentences using the given patterns.

5. Extend the following sentences.

6. Translate the given sentences. Check your translation with the key.

7. Listen to the text "Being a Househusband" or some other text on the topic "Family

Holidays". Find the English equivalents of the given Russian phrases. Get ready to speak on the part

of the wife.

TOPIC: MEALS

TEXT A. AN ENGLISHMAN'S MEALS

Four meals a day are served traditionally in Britain: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.

In many countries breakfast is a snack rather than a meal but the English breakfast eaten at

about eight o'clock in the morning, is a full meal, much bigger than on the Continent.35

Some people begin with a plateful of porridge but more often cornflakes with milk and sugar.

Then comes at least one substantial course, such as kippers or bacon and eggs. Afterwards comes

toast with butter and marmalade or jam. The meal is "washed down" with tea or coffee.

Most British people now have such a full breakfast only on Sunday mornings. On weekdays

it is usually a quick meal: just cornflakes, toast and tea.

English lunch, which is usually eaten at one o'clock, is based on plain, simply-cooked food. It

starts with soup or fruit juice. English people sometimes say that soup fills them up without leaving

sufficient room for the more important course which consists of meat, poultry or fish accompanied

by plenty of vegetables.

Apple-pie is a favourite sweet, and English puddings of which there are very many, are an

excellent ending to a meal, especially in winter. Finally a cup of coffee — black or white.

Tea, the third meal of the day, is taken between four and five o'clock especially when staying

in a hotel when a pot of tea with a jug of milk and a bowl of sugar are brought in. Biscuits are

handed round.

At the weekends afternoon tea is a very sociable time. Friends and visitors are often present.

Some people like to have the so-called "high tea" which is a mixture of tea and supper — for

example meat, cheese and fruit may be added to bread and butter, pastries and tea.

Dinner is the most substantial meal of the day. The usual time is about seven o'clock and all

the members of the family sit down together. The first course might be soup. Then comes the second

course: fish or meat, perhaps the traditional roast beef of old England. Then the dessert is served:

some kind of sweet. But whether a person in fact gets such a meal depends on his housekeeping

budget. Some people in the towns and nearly all country people have dinner in the middle of the day

instead of lunch. They have tea a little later, between five and six o'clock, when they might have a

light meal — an omelette, or sausages or fried fish and chips or whatever they can afford.