Практика устной речи по английскому языку - Малышева О.Л., Валько О.В., Щёголева Т.П

2.emotional. … I looked across and saw that tears were already trickling down Mum’s cheeks. I must confess a lump had come to my throat, and I was having to swallow hard. When the priest started speaking, Julia burst out crying, and that was the signal for Mum to break down; she was completely overcome. By this time tears were rolling down several faces – including Dad’s – and I had a horrible feeling that I was going to burst into tears. The priest’s few words were very touching; I think he was almost moved to tears himself. I’m not surprised. They made such a lovely couple and Maggie looked great in white.

3.angry. … I think it was Dad’ side of the family that started it, when Uncle Mac started calling Uncle Bill names. Auntie Jane took offence immediately and then Granny joined in. She made Aunt Flossie lose her temper and soon after that Dad blew his top. That led to Mum going berserk – I’ve never seen her so livid. It wasn’t long before Maggie, for some reason, started insulting Uncle Tom and then it was his turn to see red; he really went mad – ‘furious’ isn’t the word for it. It was about then that Grandad, who had obviously been seething for some time, hit the roof. Things quietened down a bit after that and Granny dealt the next hand of cards.

4.afraid. …Well, naturally most of us were scared stiff. Only Maggie kept cool throughout. Mum went as white as a sheet and even Dad panicked a bit. Auntie Jane’s hair stood on end and Uncle Bill ran a mile. I must confess that my heart missed a beat or two. I mean, it’s not every day that a tax inspector comes to your front door, is it? All the time he was with us, Uncle Mac was twitching as if he had an army of ants inside his shirt collar. Whenever the phrase ‘failure to declare earned income’ came up, Aunt Flossie winced and Mac’s hand started shaking so much he couldn’t light his pipe. It was obvious that Granny was trembling too when she tried to pick her cup of tea up – three times. Everyone shuddered visibly when the man said he would be back – everyone except Maggie, that is. She didn’t flinch once, didn’t turn a hair. She’s either a very good actress or extremely honest.

5.embarrassed. … I could see that Julia was dying of embarrassment – not surprisingly, in the circumstances. I bet the incident is still on her conscience. Anyway, I could feel that I was blushing, and the other chap was as red as a beetroot. Julia had a terribly guilty look in her eye, or rather, she had guilt written all over her face. She started stammering something about feeling tired and having come up for a rest. I didn’t know where to put myself, I can tell you. I’ve never felt so small in all my life; about two foot tall, that’s how I felt. I stood

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there for a few seconds hoping a hole would open up in the floor and swallow me. In the end I just gulped and backed out of the room.

6.amused. … Well, everyone burst into laughing, of course. Uncle Bill laughed his head off, and Auntie Jane nearly died laughing. And you should have seen Granny: she was in hysterics. Even Uncle Mac couldn’t help laughing when he realized what the cause of their laughter was. The vicar was the only one who didn’t see the funny side of things; completely straight-faced, stony-faced he was. Granny was still hysterical long after Uncle Mac had turned round, chuckling to himself, and put the matter straight.

Activate		B. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1.	I couldn’t ______ my ears when they told me.
	a. hear		b. believe	c. feel	d. accept
2. The Prime Minister was ______ with rage.
	a. wordless		b. silent	c. shivering	d. speechless
3.	Poor girl, there were _____ running down her face.
	a. tears		b. lumps	c. shudders	d. cuts
4. I must admit, I nearly _____ my sides laughing.
	a. cut		b. broke	c. split	d. swallowed
5. I can tell you, my heart nearly skipped a ______.
	a. beat		b. moment	c. break	d. turn
6. Everyone _____ out laughing.
	a. broke		b. burst	c. jumped	d. popped
7.	They had joy ______ all over their faces.
	a. placed		b. arranged	c. poured	d. written
8.	My _____ stood on end when I saw him.
	a. hair		b. head	c. heart	d. eyes

Exercise 8. Supply the best word or words.

Check Yourself

1. Jean gets very _____ if her daughter doesn’t ring her once a week.

	a. moved	b. agitated	c. shaken
2.	I was in a state of _____ waiting for exam results.
	a. agony	b. anxiety
3.	Pilots always _____ passengers when there is air turbulence.
	a. alarm	b. alert

4. We’re going to have an early night and we don’t want to be _____. a. deranged b. molested c. perturbed d. disturbed

5. He’s suffered from poor health all his life and that made him _____. a. nervous b. irritable

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6. You came in without knocking and made me jump. You really ____me. a. frightened b. scared c. startled

7. You can’t communicate with her at the moment. She’s in a real _____.

a. situation	b. state	c. position	d. condition
8. I got really _____ when I didn’t hear from you.
a. preoccupied	b. worried
9. Thank you for waking me up. I was _____ a nightmare!
a. doing	b. making	c. seeing	d. having e. dreaming
10. I’m glad you’ve phoned. I’ve been very _____ you.
a. concerned about		b. concerned with
c. concerning with		d. concerning about
11. My advice is: don’t panic; stay _____.
a. calm	b. tranquil	c. peaceful	d. quiet

12.I could see the house had been burgled, but I _____ when I went inside.

a. shocked b. shocked myself c. had a shock

13.I wasn’t properly dressed for the party and felt _____ my appearance.

a.ashamed for b. shy of c. embarrassed about d. ashamed of

14.I always feel _____ if I hear footsteps behind me in a dark and empty street.

a. shy b. timid c. fearful

15. She always _____ if you mention a subject that embarrasses her. a. reddens b. goes red c. reds

Exercise 9. In the following passages, you will meet about fifty of the Reading / noises we humans make, many of them without producing Vocabulary words. Read the passages and learn the underlined words.

Sounds People Make

A. Read the passage and decide whose thoughts are being described.

I’m awake, lying here moaning, and nothing’s happening at all. Oh well, better start crying properly. Still no reaction. Right, they’ve asked for it. Here we go with a real scream. Ah, now I hear something next door. Must go on sobbing, so they realize it’s serious. Here she comes, muttering to herself. Why is it always her? Never him? Ah, a bottle. Excuse me, but it’s difficult to suck a bottle without making sucking noises, you know. Oh no, I’ve got hiccups again. Sometimes I seem to spend half my day hiccupping. Over the shoulder I go again. Oh dear, a burp. Pardon. Back to bed. Ah, I like it when she hums that song to me. Oh dear, we’re both yawning. Time to sleep again. I can hear him snoring next door. ‘Not a murmur now’, she says to me, the same as always. There’s no need to sigh like that, you know. You were a baby once.

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B. It’s been a hard day’s night, as they used to say. My boss made my life hell today. Read the passage and find out what my job is.

I’ve never known a boss like him; you hardly ever hear him talking normally. He starts as soon as he comes into the office in the morning. If I’m two minutes late, he starts shouting at me. And you should hear him on the phone, yelling at some poor junior. When he asks you to do something, he just barks – like a fierce dog. And when he finds a mistake in your work, he roars like a lion. When someone asks him a question, he nearly always just grunts, like that. He’ll sit for hours grumbling about the weather, the business, his colleagues, the market. And he will mutter! Half the time you can’t understand a word he’s saying. The worst thing is his dictation. He just mumbles all the way through the letter; I have to guess every other word. Then he bites my head off when I’ve written something he didn’t want. I just start stammering and stuttering, and get out of the room as soon as possible.

C. The third group of noises comes from a theatre. Read the text and find out what is happening on the stage.

You can hear the audience whispering excitedly. Some of them are clearing their throats. Could they be nervous? Something’s happening. The audience are clapping; polite applause at the moment. Two of the audience are being invited onto the stage. The rest of them are cheering and calling out things. Now something is happening on stage; you could hear a pin drop. The two members of the audience are doing exactly what they are told and the chairs they are sitting on are beginning to rise into the air. The audience are gasping. Oh dear, what’s happened? They’ve suddenly fallen to the ground and look most upset. The audience are booing loudly. It hasn’t worked. Now they’re whistling. The whistling has changed to hissing, but there’s nobody on stage except the two members of the audience. Now they’re chanting that they want their money back. The manager’s coming out on stage. Listen to them groaning.

D.The fourth group of sounds comes from when I was ill last week. I really wasn’t well at all. Find out what was wrong with me.

It started on Monday. I really wasn’t well at all. I was sniffing all day. On Tuesday I hardly stopped blowing my nose and sneezing. By Wednesday I had a pretty bad cough. I tried gargling with salt water but it didn’t seem to do much good. If I had to go upstairs, I’d reach the top stair panting like a thirsty dog, and I’d still be wheezing five or ten minutes later. By Friday I’d lost my voice almost completely. I was croaking like a frog all day at the office.

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E.The fifth group of sound-words, shows how different people reacted to the same joke.

Lady Thackeray-Smythe laughed politely. Her husband was chuckling minutes afterwards. A class of schoolgirls giggled. A class of schoolboys sniggered. An American TV audience shrieked and howled with laughter. Lady Thackeray-Smythe’s maid tittered. Billy Bloggs laughed like a drain.

Exercise10. A. Arrangetheverbsineachofthecolumnsbelowaccording Practice to how loud they normally are: the loudest number 1, the softestnumber6.Thenwriteasentenceofyourown

for each verb to show what it means.

mutter	hum	hiss	clink
sigh	groan	pant	crunch
scream	boo	howl	pop
yell	whisper	chuckle	splash
whistle	roar	sob	sizzle
gasp	mumble	sniff	champ

B.List the sounds you would expect to hear in the situations below:

1.in a football stadium on a Saturday afternoon

2.on a crowded beach in summer

3.at a restaurant at dinner time

4.at the scene of a major disaster

C. What noises made by other people annoy you most, and in what situations? For example, I hate the sound of people making the bones in their fingers click and people singing out of tune. Use a dictionary, if necessary.

Exercise11. A.Read the quotations about fear and say which of themis Activate closer to your views, experience or feelings.

*To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. (Bertrand Russel)

*Let us begin anew – remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. (John F.Kennedy)

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*Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. (Francis Bacon)

*Alas! the love of women! It is known to be a lovely and a fearful thing! (Lord Byron)

*And I will show you something different from either

Your shadow at morning striding behind you, Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you

I will show you fear in a handful of dust. (T.S.Eliot)

*Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life. (Bertrand Russel)

*You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together – what do you get? The sum of their fears. (Winston Churchill)

*The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. (Franklin D.Roosevelt)

*In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way – everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want. And the fourth is freedom from fear. (Franklin D.Roosevelt)

*Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard

It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end,

Will come when it will come. (from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare)

*Through the Jungle very softly flits a shadow and a sigh –

He is Fear, O Little Hunter, he is Fear! (Rudyard Kipling)

*It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. (Francis Bacon)

*As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good experience of this world, and I know what it is to be a subject and what to be a sovereign. Good neighbours I have had, and I have met with bad: and in

trust I have found treason. (Queen Elizabeth I)

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B.Read the following extracts from newspaper articles and say how you feel about each one.

1.… A man, alleged to have been caught stealing six chickens from a butcher’s shop, was said to have told the police: ‘I was taking them home to throw at the wife. We’ve had a row, (from The News of the World)

2.… Before going to sleep at night I read in bed for twenty minutes. During that time I warm my feet by breathing in through my nose and out through a length of rubber tubing reaching from my mouth to my feet. Within five minutes I am glowing with heat. (from The Daily Mail)

3.… A woman who had a passport picture taken in a ‘While-you- wait’ photographer’s in the West End was told to call back next day for the print. She said she wanted to wait for it. The reply was: ‘We only take the photograph while you wait.’ (from The Evening Standard)

4.Bologna, December 13. Umberto Montanari was unable to get rid of a mouse which chewed holes in his car’s carpet, so he put a pot of water inside the vehicle and dropped a block of carbide into it. The method succeeded. An explosion destroyed the mouse – and the car. (from Reuter)

5.Moinesti, Romania, Wednesday. Mourners of the burial of Ann Bochinsky were astonished to see the ‘dead’ woman jump out of her coffin while it was being carried with the lid open – as is the custom in Romania – from the cemetery to the grave. She ran into the road and was run over and killed by a motor-car. (from The Daily Express)

6.… I’ll never forget my first kiss. I was 65 at the time and was having a snooze on the Fish Hoek beach when I got kissed. I looked up and saw a large dog running away. (from Cape Times Weekend Magazine)

7.… A man I know locks up his alarm clock in a tin medicine chest (for extra noise) every night before retiring. To reach the key to open the chest to turn off the alarm he has to plunge his arm into a deep jug full of icy water where he dropped the key the night before. This is the only way he knows to be certain of waking up. (from The Sunday Graphic)

8.… An elderly German decided to commit suicide, took a lot of sleeping pills, tied a briefcase full of stones around his neck, rowed out to the middle of the Rhine – and was found sound asleep in his boat. (from

The Buffalo News)

9. … ‘Nothing annoys me more than finding a few stray maggots under the grill when I am about to do the toast for breakfast,’ says Mrs V.M.Hart of West Drayton, whose husband is a keen fisherman. Mr Hart, according to his wife, likes to keep a tin of maggots handy in the refrigerator. This, she says, is bad enough, but sometimes when the cold has made them lethargic, he warms them up under the grill. (from The

Daily Telegraph)

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10.… In Oklahoma, 54-year-old Charlie Smith was driving steadily enough and at a moderate pace when police stopped him – because there was a horse sitting in the back seat of his car. He explained: ‘The poor old thing was looking so bored out there in the country I thought I’d bring him to town.’ He was charged with being drunk while in control of a car and with stealing a horse. (from Weekend)

11.… U.S.Air Force General Don Flickinger said last night that all chimpanzees used in space flights would be volunteers. He was asked how chimpanzees could volunteer. He replied: ‘We hold an apple in one hand and a banana in the other. If they choose the banana, they are judged to have volunteered. They almost always choose the banana. (from The Daily Express)

12.… The other morning you reported that a small quantity of washing powder put in a duck-pond would make all the ducks sink to the bottom. My neighbour’s little boy put a whole packet in, but the ducks still went on swimming. It makes you wonder if you can believe everything you read in the newspapers. (Letter in The Birmingham Gazette)

Exercise12. A. After a little thought, tell a partner about a memorably Speaking embarrassing or funny experience you have had.

B.Tell your partner the plot of a horror film you have enjoyed and still remember, or a comedy that amused you,orathrillerthatkept you on the edge of your seat. Say how you felt while you werewatching it.

Exercise 13. Write about one of the following subjects:

Writing

*Write about a time in your life when you were very frightened – either as a child or as an adult.

*Do you know anyone who is very afraid of something, like spiders or heights? Describe the fear, how it makes the person feel and act, and what he or she has tried to do about it.

*Write some advice for a person who is afraid of small closed spaces, or speaking in public, or aeroplanes.

UNIT 21. FEELINGS, MOODS AND DREAMS

Exercise1. Here are some of the most common adjectives we use to Vocabulary describe the way we feel. Each one has a clue with it, to help you understand the mood, and to allow you to test

yourself later.

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Someofthecluescontainusefulphrasesabouttheweather.

Have you ever had a year like this? Read on.

JAN
1	Another year gone, never to return.	melancholic
7	I suppose none of us is getting any younger.	pensive
10	To think nearly half the world is white with snow today. thoughtful
16	The snow never seems as white as it used to be.	nostalgic
23	Oh, for the spring!	full of longing
31	Love Story on TV again tonight – super!	sentimental
FEB
3	Another grey, cloudy day.	bored
7	Yet another day of drizzle and fog.	miserable
12	Heavy storms and a few sunny periods.	moody
13	Everyone got a rise in salary except me!	resentful
21	Why, oh why can’t I seem to do things right?	frustrated
27	Another series of repeats on telly – oh no!	fed up
MAR
4	Showers and rainbows.	confused
9	Umbrella or parasol?	uncertain
14	Who am I? What am I?	introspective
17	Can I? Could I? Dare I?	unsure of oneself
24	Oh, sit still, will you!	restless
30	I think the rain’s going to ease off.	hopeful
APR
2	Sleet and biting winds.	edgy
5	Frosty mornings and icy roads.	touchy
8	You won’t have any fingernails left.	nervous
9	OK, OK, don’t bite my head off!	irritable
16	I heard a cuckoo. Did you hear it?	alert
25	The sun’s coming out.	cheerful
MAY
1	I think it’s going to clear up.	optimistic

6I’ve just booked the holiday, so you can’t say no. positive

11	Just six more weeks and we’ll be there.	excited
19	How about a ten-mile walk tomorrow?	active
22	Oh, I loved it! Adored it! Fantastic!	enthusiastic
26 You mean I’ve really won the Best Office Boy title?		thrilled
JUN
5 UK Best Office Boy Competition? No problem!		confident
13	Not a breath of wind.	calm
16	A cool breeze, a cloudless sky.	refreshed
19	I could lie here forever.	relaxed
24	It’s too hot to move.	idle / lazy
28	Oh yes, this is the life!	content

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JUL
1	She smiled at me! She actually smiled at me!	exhilarated
4	She said she’d come to dinner!	elated
7	Now I know how the winner must have felt.	triumphant
10 Jumping for joy!		on top of the world
18 Pinch me to let me know I’m not dreaming.		up in the clouds
28 Paradise must be like this.		ecstatic
AUG
2	I know I don’t know you, but you can still marry me! wild / rash
6	It’s so close and heavy today, no air at all.	weary
9	Sticky, thundery heat.	drained
14 No energy, no emotion.		exhausted
19 She’s gone. I’ve got nothing left.		empty
24 And it was going to be so good!		disappointed
SEP
1	And she was so, so nice!	heart broken
4	That’s the last holiday romance I’ll ever have!	disillusioned

11		The days are closing in.	gloomy
18		It’s going to be a long hard winter.	depressed
24		Why bother? Why care?	disheartened
29		I just don’t understand.	bewildered
OCT
2		An overcast sky.	dejected
8	Why did you have to mention her name?		easily upset
12		The rain’s set in for the day.	distressed
17		Why are there no new people to meet?	lonely
24 I don’t want any new faces round here, thank you! hostile
30		Hailstorms and icy winds.	bitter
NOV
1	Redundant, maybe? And thrown out of my flat? All alone. insecure
2	To be or not to be?		suicidal
8	Nextdoor’s music is really getting on my nerves! easily		annoyed
15		It’s brightening up. I don’t believe it.	astonished/amazed
16		It can’t be true. I don’t know what to say!	overwhelmed
17		Come on, let’s fly to Paris for breakfast.	light-headed
DEC
6	Fancy dress parties and drinks round at our place. sociable
9		Snowball fights.	playful
12		I must be the happiest man alive.	over the moon
18 Skating on frozen puddles and falling over laughing.			frivolous
24		Champagne bubbles and laughter.	merry
31		I haven’t done so badly this year after all!	self-satisfied

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