4. Fill in the gaps with the words from Vocabulary Notes in the appropriate form.

Exist bowler however to object to to take hold attitude valid conventions friendliness

1. Your information is not quite … I think, there is a mistake in the facts. 2. I like his … . He is very easy-going and down-to-earth. 3. traditionsand social habits can also be called … . 4. You can never … … of him. 5. We cannot … without food and water. 6. What is your … towards this question? 7. He always wear his Sunday … . 8. I … being treated like a child. 9. Later, … , he decided to go.

5. Fill in the gaps with the best suited word combinations in the appropriate form from those given below.

1. Buyers … …, making few or no offers. 2. He … … firing for a minute. 3. How much longer do they think we can … … . 4. He … … his convictions. 5.How long will our supplies … …?

( to hold back, to hold off, to hold on, to hld out, to hold to)

*6. Use a word or a word combination of the Vocabulary Notes instead of the italicized parts; make all necessary changes.

1. They lived only on bread and water. 2. We started a new tradition. 3. These districts by no means represent the usual character of Greece. 4. On the way home that phrase stayed with me. 5. It's hard work. I enjoy it though.

*7. Translate sentences into English using words and word combinations from the Vocabulary Notes.

1. Дружелюбство та добросусідство – його риси характеру. 2. Цей чоловік є невиліковний оптиміст. 3. Вони об’єднали свої зусилля заради досягнення мети. 4. Вона постійно акцентує увагу на недотриманні встановлених формальностей. 5.Французи залишаються законодавцями моди.6. Основні його риси, які можна назвати з певненістю, це – сором’язливість, стриманість та правильність.

Self-Training Work

Read the text and pay attention to the descriptions.

George Meadows was now a man of fifty, and his wife was a year or two younger. They were both fine, upstanding people and their children, two sons and three girls, were handsome and strong. But the master of the house was not George Meadows; it was his mother. Her word was law in the house and on the farm.

One day Mrs George stopped me on my way home. (Her mother-in-law was the only Mrs Meadows we knew; George's wife was only known as Mrs George.) "Whoever do you think is coming here today?" she asked me. "Uncle George Meadows." "Why, I thought he was dead." I heard the story of Uncle George Meadows a dozen times, and it had amused me. Uncle George Meadows and Tom, his younger brother, had both courted Mrs Meadows when she was Emily Green, fifty years and more ago, and when she married Tom, George had gone away to sea. Mrs George asked me to look in and see him. Of course I accepted.

I found the whole family assembled. When I arrived, they were sitting in the great old kitchen, Mrs. Meadows in her usual chair by the fire, very upright, and I was amused to see that she had put on her best silk dress. On the other side of the fireplace sat an old man. He was ve­ry thin and he had lost nearly all his teeth. I shook hands with him. It was strange to look at them, these two old people who had not seen one another for half a century, and to think that all that long time he had loved her and she had loved another.

"Have you ever been married, Captain Meadows?" I asked. "I said I'd never marry anyone but you, Emily, and I never have." He said this as mere statement of fact.

"Well, one thing you've not done, George, as far as I can see," said Mrs Meadows, "and that's to make a fortune." "I'm not one to save money. But one thing I can say for myself: if I had the chance of going through my life again I'd take it."

I looked at him with admiration and respect. He was a toothless, crippled, penniless old man, but he had made a success of life, for he had enjoyed it.

Next morning when I came to the garden I saw Mrs Meadows picking flowers. "How's Captain Meadows?" I asked her. "When Lizzie took him in a cup of a tea this morning she found he was dead." "Dead?" "Yes. Died in his sleep. Well, I'm glad he came back," she said. "After I married Tom Meadows and George went away, the fact is I was never quite sure that I'd married the right one."

(W. Somerset Maugham.)

1. Divide the text into the logical parts and give a title to each one.

2. Put questions to cover the plot of the story.

3. Discuss it with your groupmates.

Unit 4. Useful Language

Introducing people

1. Read the following formulas of introducing people and remember them.

Introducing Oneself Formally

Opening Response

1. - Allow me to introduce myself. - How do you do, Mr. Smith.

My name is John Smith. I’m Jack Tailor.

- How do you do? - It’s nice to meet you, too.

- It’s nice to meet you.

2. - May I introduce myself? - How do you do, Mr. Brown?

My name is Brown. I’m very pleased to meet you.

I often wanted to meet you.

Introducing Oneself Informally

1. - Let me introduce myself. - How do you do, Betty?

My name is Betty. I’m Stella.

2. - Great party, isn’t it? - Yes, indeed.

- By the way, my name is Kid. - Glad to meet you, Kid.

Introducing Other People Formally

1. a)–Meet my friend Mr. Eves.

b) – How do you do, Mr. Soames, this is Mr. Eves.

c) - How do you do Mr. Eves?

2. a)-Will you introduce me to your friend, please?

b) - Mr. Wilson, I’d like to introduce you Mr. Bin.

c) – How do you do Mr. Bin?

d) - How do you do Mr. Wilson. Nice meeting you.

e) - Nice to meet you, too.

Introducing Other People Informally

1. – I say, haven’t the - No, I don’t think - And I’m Nick.

two of you met? think so. I’m Tony.

2. – Look. Have you - No.

met? - Glad to meet you - Glad to meet

you, Ann. I’m Pete. you too.