Degrees of Comparison

PATTERN

This college is smaller than the college where my friend studies. The most talented students get scholarships from the university. Mixed economy is better than market economy.

Этот колледж меньше, чем колледж, в котором учится мой друг. Самые талантливые студенты получают стипендию от универ-ситета. Смешанная экономика лучше рыночной.

Помните, что при сравнении можно использовать обороты as…as; not so… as (not as… as) – такой же… как, не такой… как.

PATTERN

St. Petersburg is as beautiful as Paris. England is not as large as Russia.

Петербург так же красив, как и Париж. Англия не такая большая, как Россия.

В предложении может быть изменен порядок слов (инверсия): см. структуру.

PATTERN

The closer to the Earth, the denser the atmosphere.

Чем ближе к земле, тем плотнее атмосфера.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. The more we read, the more we know.

2. The first day in the college was the most exciting for Jane and her friends.

3. The better you study the better job you will get.

4. Inflation is the most difficult problem of economy.

5. It’s more interesting to study if you like your future profession.

6. The winter of 1941 was the coldest according to Russian climate observations.

7. Though he feels worse and worse, we hope for the better.

8. The accommodations in the college are so good that the students feel at hostels

as well as they feel at home.

Exercise 4. Read and translate the text. Write out and translate the underlined words.

Jane writes her Second Letter

Jo P. and M. Fosters

10, King’s Avenue

Glasgow, 164127 December, 15

Dear Ma and Dad!

You may congratulate me on getting my first job. I think, you may be proud of your daughter. I’ve had the interview and gone through it successfully. I’ll work as part time promoter for the firm which produces and distributes cosmetics and perfume. My new colleagues are very nice and professional. The staff is friendly and its goods are in demand. It has already made profit and our best employees will get awards and extra salaries. I’m happy to be one of them.

It’s not bad, especially when Christmas is coming. I’ll come home on Christmas Eve.

So, we’ll be together at Christmas. You may hope for gifts, I have got pocket money, so I can afford it. It’s a pity, Dolores refused to join me, but I can understand how much she misses her country and her people. I like her so much. We have been together for three months and have become “sisters”. If you see her one day, you’ll like her too.

Don’t think that my work will disturb my studies. Everything is well. My adviser estimates my papers high. I like economics more and more and get the most profound knowledge of the subject.

See you soon,

love, Jane.

Exercise 5. Find the information about:

a) Jane’s firm and its success;

b) Jane’s studies;

c) Jane’s plans for Christmas.

Exercise 6. Choose the words to fill in the blanks:

salaries; miss; produces; profound; join; employees; profit; goods.

1. This firm is making … .

2. The foreign students often … their countries.

3. People get different … for their work.

4. People who work for companies and firms are … .

5. This firm … different … .

6. I’m going to Spain. Will you … me?

7. His … knowledge helped him to become a professional specialist.

Exercise 7. Choose the right preposition:

of, at, for, of, on, in, through.

1. Jane works … the firm producing cosmetics.

2. All the goods of this firm are …demand.

3. Many students will go home … Christmas.

4. Her knowledge … economics is amazing.

5. She has gone … all the difficulties.

6. My congratulations …Christmas!

7. The Russians are proud … their ballet.

Unit 5