V1. Translate the sentences

A,B

1. They have just come in time. 2. The plan was fulfilled on time. 3. They added the reagent before time. 4. Times change. 5. Arrange so that you get in time. 6. The resources of thorium are nearly three times as great as the resources of uranium. 7. What may be done at any time is done at no time. 8. The test was timed to begin in a week. 9. The decision was made out of time. 10. Lost time is never found again. 11. They responded to the request in no time. 12. We observed and at the same time registered the course of events. 13. We take the value constant for the time being. 14. They raised the problem before time. 15. They did it in no time. 16. The activity of radium is several million times that of uranium. 17. The meeting was timed for three o’clock. 18. They took measurements of noise level inside the building three times a day.

C

1. Работа была сделана вовремя. 2. Пора заканчивать эксперимент. 3. Настала пора проверить эту гипотезу. 4. Расстояние АВ в 10 раз больше расстояния СD. 5. Опыт был повторен несколько раз. 6. Вы слишком рано закончили опыт. 7. Публикация статьи была приурочена к завершению проекта. 8. Ошибка в ходе эксперимента произошла из-за того, что прибор включили преждевременно. 9. В этот раз мы получили в 4 раза больше данных, чем в прошлом эксперименте. 10. В ходе последних исследований мы получили четырехкратное увеличение всех показателей надежности прибора.

V2. Make up a story about a scientist using idioms and expressions with the word “time”. You might start as follows:

Once upon a time, there lived a scientist. He was busy all the time trying to figure out how to solve one of the most urgent problems of his time. He spent a lot of time mining for information about some solutions of this problem in old books but .the true significance of the symbols describing the solutions has become lost in the mists of time. From time to time he had a hard time trying to …

To make and to do

TO MAKE:

a) to produce: I’m going to show you how to make a box for your tools.

made from – when the materials used to make smth have been completely changed and cannot be recognized: Paper is made from wood.

made of: - the original materials have not been completely changed and still can be recognized: a table made of wood

made by: is used to talk about a person or a company that made smth: All the furniture in this room is made by my grandfather.

b) be a total: Two and two make four. There are nine people plus me, which make ten.

c) remember the collocations:

TO MAKE: a mistake/error; a call; a list; an effort/an attempt; progress; a statement/suggestion/complaint; a decision/plan; a start; money/ a profit/a fortune/ a living; a change/alteration/adjustment; an appointment/date; a deadline; a hole/dent/scratch:

d) remember the phrases with to make:

To make the difference– существенно менять дело; быть очень важным

To make no/little difference – не иметь (большого) значения

To make allowance for– делать допуск, поправку на

To make sure (certain) – удостоверяться; убедиться

To make comparison of– проводить аналогию; сравнивать

To make provision of– предусмотреть; принимать меры

To make the best of– использовать что-либо наилучшим образом

TO DO

1. action/activity: Have you done your homework yet? It’s your turn to do the dishes/laundry/ironing/one’s room (make smth clean).

2. to study: I did French for five years. Jenny is doing a one-year course in journalism.

3. job: What do you do for a living (=as your job)?

4. remember the collocations:

TO DO: homework, an exercise, an experiment, research, a test, business, a project.

Sometimes both verbs are possible:

TO DO/TO MAKE : a calculation