10. Comment on the following proverbs. Find the Ukrainian equivalents to them. Make up a situation based on one of them.

• What is done can’t be undone;

• To eat the fruit you must climb the tree;

• No living man all things can;

• One won’t be able to make an omelet without breaking eggs.

Text 3

1. What model of car should a student have to impress his group mates? What model of car should a bridegroom have to impress his bride? What car should a film star have? What car do you or your parents have?

2. Look at the adjectives in the box below. Which of them describe your or your family car and which of them describe your ideal car?

fast, big, exciting, old, reliable, economical, traditional, safe, slow, boring, small, modern, new, unreliable, spacious, uneconomical, expensive, long.

My car	My ideal car

Use some of the adjectives to describe the two cars.

For example: The car I have now is small but reliable. It is safe and ………

My ideal car is modern and exciting. It is fast and ………

3. Here are some facts about cars and their past. Be ready to discuss them.

• The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with a lever.

• The New York City Police Department used bicycles to pursue speeding motorists in 1998.

• In 1916, 55% of the cars in the world were Model T Fords, a record that has never been beaten.

• The first gas gauge appeared in cars in 1922.

• In 1923, 173 new inventions for cars by women had been reported. Among them were a carburetor and an electric engine starter.

• The automobile is the most recycled consumer product in the world today.

4. Imagine that you work in the marketing department of a large car manufacturer and you want to produce a small sports car with women as a target group. How would you call it?

5. Would you buy a car even if you didn’t like the name? How many car names do you know the meaning of?

Where does the word "automobile" come from?

The word automobile is not English. It consists of two words: autos and mobilis. Autos is a Greek word meaning ‘self’, mobilis — a Latin word meaning ‘movable’. The two words taken together mean ‘self-moving’. Thus, an automobile means a ‘self-moving vehicle’. The synonyms of automobile are: auto, car, auto-car, motor car.

The role and importance of an automobile arise from the fact that it can move along roads not provided with rails. In this respect, it substantially differs from a street car (tram) and a railway car (train). In fact, it often replaces street cars, railway cars, and other agencies of transportation and communication. In short, the automobile is a vehicle well adapted for ordinary road conditions.

The automobile has long since ceased to be a matter of luxury or sport and has become a decisive factor in the economic development of many countries. This accounts for the fact that the world at large uses a great number of automobiles.

In some countries where automobiles are found in millions they are playing the most important part in the solution of many problems of transport. The development of automobiles is also accountable to a large extent for the progress in road maintenance, improvement and construction.