Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

дождя, мы пойдем в театр. 17. Я буду рада, если дождь прекратится. Мне

надо торопиться на вокзал. 18. Через час начнут прибывать первые делегаты.

19. В Англии поля и парки остаются зелеными даже зимой. 20. Посмотри!

Выпало много снега. Завтра дети будут кататься на санках и лепить

снеговика. 21. Как красиво! Капельки дождя и росы сверкают на листьях и

на траве. 22. Я думаю, что дождь не будет продолжаться очень долго и мы

сможем пойти в лес собирать грибы и ягоды.

В. 1. Сегодня очень душно. Боюсь, что скоро будет гроза. 2. Эти ужасные

раскаты грома разбудили меня ночью. Дождь лил как из ведра всю ночь. 3.

Посмотри! Дождь перестал. Облака рассеялись. На небе красивая радуга.

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Надеюсь, будет хорошая погода. 4. Согласно прогноза погоды на этой неделе

изредка будут выпадать дожди. 5. Идет сильный дождь, раскрой зонтик, а то

ты совершенно промокнешь.

XXIV. a) Translate into Russian, b) Give synonyms to the following words:

silly, ruin, jolly, completely, chuckle, lovely, flimsy, start.

c) Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations in English:

tomfoolishness, occasional, depression, to be plagued, set-fair day, keep on

steadily, a thing that is beyond me.

d) Retell the text:

George got hold of the paper, and read us the weather forecast "rain, cold, wet

to fine, occasional local thunderstorms, east wind with general depression over

the 'Midland Counties'." I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness

by which we are plagued, this "weather forecast" fraud is about the most

aggravating. It "forecasts" precisely what happened yesterday or the day before,

and precisely the opposite of what is going to happen today.

I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our

paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper. "Heavy showers,

with thunderstorms, may be expected today," it would say, and so we would give

up our picnic, and stop indoors all day, waiting for the rain. And people would

pass the house, going off in wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could

be, the sun shining out, and not a cloud to be seen.

"Ah," we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window, "won't

they come home soaked!"

And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get. By twelve o'clock,

with the sun pouring into the room, the heat became quite oppressive, and we

wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to

begin. At one o'clock the landlady would come in to ask if we weren't going out,

as it seemed such a lovely day.

"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle, "not we. We don't mean to get

wet — no, no." But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a lovely

night after it.

The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm fine to set-

fair day, much heat," and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out,

and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard, and a

bitterly cold wind would spring up, and both would keep on steadily for the whole

day, and we could come home with cools and rheumatism all over us, and go to

bed.

The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether. I never can understand it.

(Abridged from "Three Men in a Boat"

by Jerome K. Jerome)

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XXV.

Find a picture on the topic "Season and Weather** for your discussion in

class. Prepare8—10 questions which would help your fellow-students to describe the

picture.

XXV.

Listen to the text "The Snow Maiden" carefully. Pick out words and word

combinations pertaining to the topic "Weather**. Get ready to ask your fellow-students

questions on the text. Retell the text.

XXVII.

a) Watch Film Segment Four "The Sky is Overcast" for general content,

b) Watch the film segment again to find the English equivalents to the following:

до семи дождь, до одиннадцати ясно; английское лето — три жарких дня и гроза;

какая там у Боба погода?; небо затянуто облаками; поехать на пикник; лгать; как хорошо

слышно; накануне; матч на кубок; все хорошо, что хорошо кончается.

с) Answer your teacher's questions on the content of the film segment, d) Listen to the

sound track recording of Segment Four. Get ready to ask and answer questions on the

content of Film Segment Four and to reproduce the dialogue.

XXVIII.

a) Explain the meaning of the proverb: "It never rains but it pours** and

give a situation to illustrate it. b) Find English proverbs concerning weather, provide

them with Russian equivalents, ask your fellow-students to illustrate them.

XXVIII. Describe the weather in England and in your native town.

XXX.

a) Make up a dialogue on the following situation:

Две студентки (одна с юга, другая из Сибири) разговаривают о климате своих

родных мест. Южанке не нравится климат Москвы. Ей кажется, что зимой здесь очень

холодно, а летом часто идет дождь. Сибирячке тоже не нравится московская зима. Хотя

морозы в Сибири достигают 30—35°, но переносятся они легче, так как почти нет ветра

и воздух сухой. А в Москве зимой снег часто тает, иногда моросит дождь.

b) Suggest a situation for your fellow-students to give it in the form of a dialogue.

LABORATORY WORK

I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make them interrogative and negative.

I. a) Listen to the questions and record your answers in the intervals, b) Listen to the

record and correct the mistakes.

I. Translate into English, spell and transcribe the following words and word

combinations.

II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs.

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III. a) Join the following pairs of sentences using the first one as an adverbial clause

of condition, b) Listen to the key following the intervals and repeat the key aloud. Pay

attention to the intonation.

I. a) Translate the following sentences into English as in the models, b) Check your

sentences with the key following the intervals and repeat the key aloud.

VII.

a) Use the following sentences in indirect speech. Make all the

necessary changes, b) Check your sentences with the key following the

intervals and repeat the key aloud.

VIII.

Listen to the poem "Nothing Will Die" by Alfred Tennyson.

Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the poem. Learn it by heart.

Lesson Sixteen

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Grammar:Sequence of Tenses. The Future in the Past. The Past Perfect Tense.

Texts: 1. Under the High Trees 2. At the Seaside.

STUDY THE FOLLOWING

Tab l e No. I SEQUENCE OF TENSES

sure

Tom Ann

ill. out.

He (She)

was

was

everybody

at school.

They

were

the children

were

in the country.

their friends

BenJameseveryonewasRoger IaskedifAliceready, busy.Wefree.The Brownsthey

b

her friendswereangry.

)

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Tab l e No. 2 THE FUTURE IN

THE PAST

Ann

Tom

We

The Browns The studentsknew thatI

weshouldgo out of town, join them, enjoy the party, skate a lot. leave the place, never

return, read the story.

Mr. Black everyonewould

T ab l e No. 3 THE PAST

PERFECT TENSE

We

Ann

Tom

The Browns The studentsknew thatwe

everyone Mr. Black Irenehadread the letter, seen the play, bought a radio-set. stayed

indoors all day.Alice George The Blacksasked ifJohn Ann

the Browns everyonehadhad dinner, bought a lot of fruit, changed the clothes.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Study Substitution Tables No.1, 2, 3 and compose as many sentences as you can.

II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following irregular verbs: