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- •1. Find in the text the English for
- •2. Study the following phrases. Recall how they were used in the text.
- •4. Use compound adjectives for the phrases.
- •5. Change the sentences to the opposite by adding a negative prefix to the italicized words. Make other necessary changes.
- •6. Add a negative prefix to the adjectives derived from the italicized words and rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning. Make other necessary changes.
- •7. Give the meaning of the italicized words.
- •8. Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks.
1. Find in the text the English for
сделать пересадку (на транспорте); вагон прямого сообщения; потерять на войне руку (или ногу); крупная, полная женщина; вагон-ресторан; занимать много времени; продолжаться до бесконечности; красный как рак; испытывать чувство стыда; по моей вине; поток носильщиков; выглядеть жалкой и беспомощной; преисполниться жалости к кому-либо; нехотя; на борту парохода; рядом; скучный; запинаясь; два места (о багаже); взять носильщика; обидеть кого-либо; не обратить внимания на кого-либо; обменяться рукопожатием; с некоторым облегчением; запыхавшись; спросить резким тоном; заговорить первой, завязать знакомство
2. Study the following phrases. Recall how they were used in the text.
cannot help doing (noticing, etc.) smth.
e. g. 1. She couldn’t help smiling. It was all so ridiculous. 2. I can’t help thinking that it was all my fault.
be anxious to do (please, practise, etc.) smth.
e. g. 1. They were all anxious to help. 2. She was most anxious to hide her feelings.
try hard (one's hardest, one’s best) to do smth.
e. g. 1. He tried his best to make himself understood but couldn’t. 2. The visiting team tried their hardest to win the game, but all their efforts were in vain.
a sense of virtue (humour, right, wrong, etc.)
e. g. 1. He’s got a keen sense of duty. 2. His sense of honour would never let him be unjust.
deal with smth., smb.
e.g. 1. The more urgent matters were dealt with first. 2. I shouldn’t say that he’s so easy to deal with.
be about to do (say, etc.) smth.
e. g. 1. I was about to leave when I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t put away the documents into the safe. 2. She was about to say that she would be leaving soon but then changed her mind as she clearly realized that not one of them really cared.
have some explaining (writing, cooking, work, etc.) to do
e.g. 1. I should gladly accompany you, but as it happens l still have a few letters to write. 2. If her little secret had been found out, she would have had some very awkward explaining to do.
3. Paraphrase or explain.
1. Yet Miss Bradley was determined to order her food in unbelievably bad schoolgirl French, though she was red in the face when she did so, and plainly very ashamed. 2. It is difficult to dine endlessly opposite somebody without making a few polite sounds. 3. I smiled at her with a real and pleasant sense of virtue ... 4. I hope it will be agreed that up to this point I had acted like a gentleman, though perhaps at no great personal sacrifice. 5. ... my usual bad qualities began to take control. 6. I considered that I should certainly have to see Miss Bradley safely off the boat at Dover and on to her train ... 7. But suddenly the worst bits of pride in my nature rose to the surface. 8. ... if I had not been too proud about her baggage, it would almost certainly have been carelessly passed with mine ...
4. Use compound adjectives for the phrases.
Model: His shoulders were narrow.
He was narrow-shouldered.
A man with broad shoulders. 2. A person who is very good by nature. 3. A man who has a quick (hot, short, sweet) temper. 4. A girl with blue eyes. 5. A woman who has a kind heart 6. A person with good manners.