Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

Everybody stayed in their cabins on the fourth day. The storm was impossible

to describe by then. Suddenly I felt a jolt.

(From"English in Situations" byR O'Neill London Oxford University Press)

^XXXIII. a) Watch Film Segment Five "The Picnic", b) Watch the film segment

again to find the English equivalents to the following:

растворимый кофе; пиво в банках; снимать (делать фото); моментальный

снимок; с континента; линза (объектив); закопать мусор.

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

the sound track recording of Segment Five. Make up the dialogue betweenMrs. Brown

and Margaret on the phone. Get ready toask and answer questions on the content of

Segment Five. Writea short account of what happened at the picnic.

XXXIV.

Write a short composition about your week-end.

XXXV.

Arrange a dialogue on the topic "Week-End". Use conversational phrases.

LABORATORY WORK

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

and negative.

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II. Use the sentences in indirect speech. Mind the change in intona-

tion.

III.

Paraphrase the sentences using a great deal and a good deal instead of a lot

IV. Paraphrase the sentences using a great number and a great many instead of a lot.

V.

a) Use the adjectives unhappy, bad, awful, nervous, frightened,

ill, strange instead of the adjective happy, b) Use the nouns taxi, bus,

tram, trolley-bus, pony instead of the noun bicycle.

VI.

a) Use the adjectives gay, pretty, clever, kind, dull instead of the adjective

quick, b) Compose exclamatory sentences beginning with What ... Use the following

word combinations: a strong wind, a high mountain, a bright student, a kind woman.

VII. a) Translate the sentences into English using the vocabulary of the lesson, b)

Check your translation with the key.

VIII.

Listen to the wrong statements. Correct them.

IX.

Listen to the dialogue "Planning a Holiday". Mark the stresses

and tunes. Repeat it following the model. Learn it by heart.

Lesson Seventeen

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Grammar;The Passive Voice.

Texts: 1. A Visit to Moscow. 2. Conversation.

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STUDY THE FOLLOWING

T a b l e No 1 THE PASSIVE

VOICE

The articleThe poemwaswrittenon Monday.translatedyesterday.

The exercisesfinishedlast week.The letterswere

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Study Substitution Table No.1 and composeas many sentences as

you can.

II. Change the form of the verbs in the sentences from the active

into the passive voice and add something to them to develop a situation:

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1. We turn on the light when it's dark. 2. The students finished their translation

in time. 3. Helen washed the dishes. 4. Betty often took Benny to the park. 5.

Mother has made some coffee. 6. Have you ironed your dress yet? 7. Nina

mispronounced the word. 8. We pronounce the consonant with aspiration. 9. We

form the Present Perfect Tense with the help of the auxiliary verb 'to have'. 10.

They told her the truth. 11 She promised me a book. 12. She's cooked the cake

very well. 13. One uses chalk for writing on the blackboard. 14. I'll finish my

work at about seven. 15. Someone has opened the door. 16. The waitress brought

in the coffee. 17. One of my friends took me to the pictures last week. 18. They'll

meet me at the station. 19. We shall finish this work in time. 20. They built the

house in 1980. 21. They didn't invite me to the birthday party because they didn't

know I was in Moscow. 22. I didn't leave

the windows open. 23. They didn't turn off the light. 24. I have invited some

friends to tea. 25. She's given me an English book. 26. Have you written the letter

yet?

III.

Change the form of the verbs in the sentences from the passive into the active

voice. Add something to them to develop a situation. Think of new subjects in the

sentences:

1. The light has not been switched off. 2. The boy was punished for something.

3. His work was finished by 3 o'clock. 4. The dictation was written without

mistakes. 5. Who is the article written by? 6. Her dress was washed and ironed. 7.

I was not invited to the party. 8. The work wasn't finished in time. 9. This house

was built last year. 10. The letter has just been sent off. 11. This article will be

translated. 12. When will this book be read? 13. The room was cleaned and aired.

14. Have all these books been read? 15. Who are these letters written by?

16.

The letter's just been typed. 17. She showed me the article which had

been translated by her brother. 18.1 shan't be allowed to go there. 19. He's been

told everything. 20. All the questions must be answered. (By you).

IV. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Эта статья написана одним из наиболее известных английских

журналистов. 2. Эта книга должна быть прочитана всеми студентами нашей

группы. 3. Кем написана эта книга? 4. Статья должна быть переведена к 5

часам. 5. Он обещает, что перевод будет закончен вовремя. 6. Когда я пришла

домой, стол был уже накрыт. 7. Их будут обучать английскому языку. 8.

Когда экзамен был сдан, студенты пошли на стадион. 9. Когда будет

написана ваша статья для стенной газеты? — Завтра. 10. Лаборатория речи

посещается ежедневно всеми студентами. 11. Все эти книги взяты из

библиотеки. 12. Диктант был сдан преподавателю после звонка. 13. Нам об

этом ничего не сказали. 14. Студенты нашей группы всегда приглашаются на

заседания клуба. 15. Она читала письмо, полученное от сына. 16. Это не

могло быть сказано студентами.

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17.

Я думала, что хлеб и масло будут куплены сестрой. 18. Весной

это поле будет покрыто зеленой травой и цветами. 19. Проверь, пожалуйста,

выключены ли газ и электричество. 20 Уроки были приготовлены, книги и

тетради уложены в портфель. 21. Письма были оставлены (забыты) на столе.

22. Мальчику не разрешили купаться в реке. 23. После обеда посуда была

вымыта.

TEXT 1

A VISIT TO MOSCOW

Last summer Mr. Wilson, his wife and their daughter Mary — touristsfrom

England arrivedin Moscow. It was their first visit to Russia and they wanted to

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see as much as possible.

Their guide showed them a lot of places of interest so thatthey could get a

good idea ofthe Russian capital.

The Wilsons liked Moscow's straightand broadstreets and avenues.They

admired the centre of the city with its theatres, cinemas, museums, monuments,

and wonderful multi-storeyed buildings. They were greatly impressedby the

Moscow Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin Avenue, which is one of the longest and

busieststreets in Moscow.

The Wilsons wanted to see Moscow University and the guide suggestedtheir

going there by metro. They liked the idea and joined a stream of people going

downstairs into the metro. It^ seemed to them that nearly everyone in Moscow

was in a hurry.,; Very few were satisfiedto stand still and let the magical stair- *

case carry them down to the platforms below. Most people went hurrying down on

the left side. On and on ran the train through, the tunnel and at every station

people came in and out. The trip-gave the Wilsons a good impression of Moscow's

immensesize.

When they came up into the daylight, they saw the magnificentbuilding of

the University which is situatedon the Voro-byev Hills and from there they

enjoyed a most beautiful view of the whole city.