Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

know the city well enough. You wonder which department store in Moscow is

the best and how you can get there.

b) Suggest a situation for your fellow-student to give it in thef6rm ofa dialogue.

XXVI.

Write and then reproduce your dialogue on one of the following topics. Use

complex objects in them:

1. At the Moscow Central Store. 2. Going to the market. 3. At the grocer's. 4.

At the baker's. 5. At the greengrocer's. 6. Choosing a present for a friend. 7. At a

ready-made clothes department. 8. Buying shoes.

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

and negative.

II. Replace the proper names in the sentences by corresponding personal pronouns.

III.

Combine each of the pairs of sentences as in the model (use complex object).

II. Replace the noun in the sentence by the given noun.

II. Answer the given questions.

II. Change every sentence as in the model.

M o d e l : Try this frock on. Try on this frock. Try it on.

VII.

Replace the group of the subject as in the models.

VII.

Replace the word ioose in the given sentences by its antonym tight.

VII. Translate the sentences into English using the given words and word

combinations of the text.

X. Listen to the wrong statements. Correct them.

XI. a) Listen to the text "Shopping". Write it down, mark the stresses and tunes.

Read it following the model, b) Learn the text by heart.

Lesson Nineteen

A Grammar:Some Verbs and Word Combinations Followed by a Gerund '

Texts:1 Jean's First Visit to the Theatre 2 Dialogue

STUDY THE FOLLOWING

SOME VERBS AND WORD COMBINATIONS FOLLOWED BY A GERUND

to stop

to finish

to mind

to enjoy

to be fond of

doing smth.

to be good at

to go in for

to be worth

can't help

to go on

Note.The preposition withoutmay be followed by a gerundial construction e g He left

the room without sayinga word One can't learn without making mistakes

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Complete the following sentences using a gerund:

I. Go on ... . 2. He stopped ... . 3. He couldn't help ... . 4. We all enjoyed ... .

5. Have you finished ...? 6. I don't mind ... . 7. Her cousin is fond of ... . 8. The

child is rather good at ... . 9. She goes in for ... . 10. The poem is worth ... 11. The

boy doesn't read a sentence without ... . 12. You won't go there without... .

II. Translate the following sentences into English:

1 Прекратите разговаривать (смеяться; курить; писать; ссориться) 2 Мать велела

детям закончить игру (чтение, вязание; шитье, глажение). 3 Продолжайте петь

(работать над этим текстом, переводить эту статью; писать; изучать эту проблему). 4.

Вы не против того, чтобы открыть окно (собраться в субботу; пойти туда вместе,

повторить это упражнение)? 5. Я очень люблю рисовать (играть в теннис; петь в хоре;

читать вслух). 6. Мы получили удовольствие от ее пения (от плавания; от беседы с

ним. от катания на лыжах в лесу). 7 Я не могла не согласиться с ним (не подождать ее,

не ответить на его вопрос). 8. Стоит посмотреть эту пьесу (посетить этот музей;

сделать эти упражнения устно). 9 Он ушел из комнаты, не сказав ни слова (не глядя ни

на кого; не взяв ничего с собой, не попрощавшись). 10. Ее дочери увлекаются вязанием

(катанием на коньках, танцами).

TEXT 1

JEAN'S FIRST VISIT TO THE THEATRE

When I invited Jean to the theatre I was afraid she would refuse my

invitation, but she had accepted it. I still doubted whether she would come: her

religion did not allow to go to a theatre, play cards or love a man of other

religious views. However, when I met her at the entrance to the theatre I saw she

had

thrown off her religious scruples. She looked eager and her dark eyes

sparkled with excitement.Our seatswere in the pit.They were not expensive,

but we could see the stagequite well. I gave her the programmeand my opera

glasses.

Presently the lights went down;then the curtain roseupon a sceneof

eighteenth-century Paris at the time of the French Revolution. It was a

melodrama full of hopeless love and heroic self-sacrifice, a play after Dickens's

novel "A Tale of Two Cities". When Martin Harvey, a famous actor,who played

the leading partof Sydney Carton appeared on the stage, Jean's eyes were full

of interest and delight.She was greatly impressed by pale, dark Carton and

delicate, charmingLucie Manette, the girl he loved.

During the interval Jean said: "Oh, Mr. Shannon, how splendid it is! So

different from what I expected! I can't tell you what a treat it is for me! I feel so

sorry for poor Sydney Carton! He is so much in love withLucy and she ... It

must be a frightful thing to be in love and not to be loved!"

"Quite," I agreed gravely. "At least they are good friends, and friendship is a

wonderful thing."

She consulted her programme to conceal her flush. "The girl who does Lucie

is very sweet, she has such lovely, blonde hair and is so young!" "Well, in real

life she is Martin Harvey's wife, must be about forty-five, and that blonde hair is

a wig."

"Please, don't, Mr. Shannon! How can you joke about such things?" she cried

in a shocked voice...

As the last scene was under way Jean's hand, small and hot, touchedmine.

We sat hand in hand as though to supporteach other while watching Carton with

a pale face and carefullyarranged hair mount the guillotine and meet his death.

Jean couldn't keep her tears and they fell upon the back of my hand like

raindrops in spring.

When at last the play came to its end there was a storm of applauseand

many curtain callsfor Miss de Silva and Martin Harvey. Miss Jean Law,

however, was too overcome to join in such a banal applause,her feelings were

too deep for words Only when we were in the street she whispered with shining

eyes. "Ohr Robert, you can't believe me how much I've enjoyed myself!" It was

the first time s'he had used my Christian name.

(After "Shannon's Way" by A Cronini

TEXT 2

A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION

(McJc dials the number, Helen answers the call.)

H e l e n : Hullo!

N i c k : Thank God, is that you, Helen?

H e l e n : Sure, that's me, Nick, darling. You sound a bit an-aoyed. Is

anything the matter?

N i c k : Well, I've been trying to get connected with you for nearly ten

minutes and...

H e l e n : But what's wrong? The line wasn't engaged, I hope?

N i c k : Yes, it was. Besides, I got the wrong number several times...

H e l e n : Oh, Nick, I'm so sorry!

N i c k : That's all right now. I say, Helen, have you got anything special on

tonight?

H e l e n : No, not really. Why?

N i с к: I suggest our going to the theatre.

H e 1 e n: I'd love to. What are we going to see?

N i c k : I've got two ticketsfor "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Dscar Wilde.

It's the first night.

H e 1 e n: Oh, it's at the Maly Theatre, isn't it?

N i c k : I have heard the play is worth seeing.It is staged /ery well. The

scenery is simple, but good and the acting is Splendid.

H e l e n : And what about the seats? I hope they are not in the balcony or in

the gallery?

N i c k : Oh, dear, no. They are in the dress-circle, box 5.

H e l e n : Let's hope we'll enjoy ourselves. Will you call for Dieor shall we

meet at the theatre?

N i c k : I'd rather call for you. I don't like waiting and you take such a long

time to get ready.

1 H e l e n : So I do. But I love to look smart when I go to the theatre.

N i c k : All right, then. I'll call for you at 5.30, so we'll have plenty of time

to get to the theatre before the performance starts.

H e l e n : That suits me perfectly.I'll be waiting for you. And, t>h, Nick!

Thank you ever so much for your invitation.

N i c k : That's all right, dear. See you tonight.