III. Translate into Russian.

1. Какой ты умный! Ты решил правильно все примеры!

Ты просто молодец!

2. Какое у тебя красивое платье! Где ты его купила? Как бы мне хотелось такое же! У тебя отличный вкус!

- Я рада, что оно тебе понравилось.

3. Должна признаться, что ты очень хорошо поешь!

• Вы еще не видели, как я танцую!

• Неужели так же хорошо?

• - Гораздо лучше!

2. Opinion

I think (that)... - I thought	Я думаю (что) ...- Я думал
I believe (that)...	Я верю (это)...
I feel (that)...	Я чувствую (это)...
I consider (that)...	Я рассматриваю (это)...
emphatic. In my opinion To my mind	решительный. По моему мнению На мой взгляд
The following phrases are used to ask someone's opinion:	Следующие фразы используются, чтобы спросить чье - то мнение:
What do you think of/about...?	Что Вы думаете о ...?
What did you think of/about...?	Что Вы думали о ...?
What do you feel about...?	Что Вы чувствуете о ...?
What's your opinion of/about...? -	Каково ваше мнение относительно ...? -

I. Illustrative Dialogues

3. A film (semi-formal, informal)

Timothy: I thought the film was very good, didn't you?

Caroline: Well, the acting was certainly good, brilliant, in fact, but I didn't think much of the film itself.

Timothy: Really? I found it very interesting. What didn't you like about it?

Caroline: Well, the subject was treated in a very superficial way, and it was obvi about half way through how it was going to end.

Timothy: It wasn't obvious to me!

Caroline: In any case, it was so sentimental.

Timothy: Yes, it was rather sentimental, but I thoroughly enjoyed it all the same.

A Conversation

Alan: I think Iris Murdoch is one of the best modem English novelists.

Philip: So, do I. Her books are really fascinating.

Joy: They're certainly clever, but I find them too far-fetched. I mean the plots.

Bob: But she doesn't try to be realistic. In my opinion the plots are brilliantly constructed instructed. And the characters are always interesting.

Alan: I agree.

Joy: But they're all so strange, not at all like real people.

Bob: They aren't supposed to be realistic. Besides, there's a lot of symbolism in her books.

II. Exercises

Exercise 1. Make up statements of opinion, giving as many combinations as possible for car h clause in the last column:

I	think/thought believe consider feel	(that)		she speaks English very well the shop closes too early he should give up smoking their children are spoilt
In my opinion			it was a brilliant performance
To my mind			you were wrong to interfere
If you ask me,			the lecture is in Room 25 he deserves the prize pets are a nuisance

Exercise 2. Express opinions using the words given and an appropriate introductory phrase.

Model: John, rather handsome.

I think John's rather handsome.

1. Diana, very pretty;

2. Japanese, a difficult language;

3. skiing, a wonderful sport;

4. classical music, boring;

5. the Gorky Theatre, the best in Leningrad;

6. the children, overdressed;

7. a typewriter, essential for a translator;

8. the pianist, brilliant;

9. those students, simply lazy;

10. our neighbour’s garden, beautiful;

11. his paintings, too dark;

12. the translation, very poor;

13. the novel, rather original;

14. doing crosswords, a waste of time.

Exercise 3. Express your opinion about the following:

1. the climate of your home town;

2. women politicians;

3. television as a source of entertainment;

4. life insurance;

5. supermarkets;

6. French films;

7. streaming (in English schools);

8. the international situation;

9. language laboratories;

10. instant coffee;

11. public transport in your home town;

12. the monarchy (in Britain);

13. smoking and health;

14. teaching English to small children;

15. young married couples living with their parents.

Exercise 4. Ask someone's opinion about the following, using proper names. The person asked then replies:

1. 1 a well-known writer;

2. 2. a film or television programme;

3. 3. a dress/sweater/jacket, etc which a fellow-student is wearing;

4. a famous singer or a musician;

5. (he architecture of a town someone has visited;

6. an artist;

7. somebody's cooking;

8. a textbook or dictionary;

9. somebody's English;

10. a restaurant or cafe;

11. a theatre;

12. a pop group.