- •Lesson One
- •Big Business
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Danny Comes Upon the Letter
- •The Letter
- •Danny Decides to Try His Luck
- •The Bargain Jacket
- •Mr. Black's Way of Doing Business
- •The Fatal Mistake
- •Grammar exercises The Infinitive (continued) Complex Subject
- •With the verbs "to seem", "to appear"*
- •With the verb "to happen"*
- •With the verb "to turn out"*
- •Ex. 29. Translate the following sentences using a complex subject with the verb "to turn out".
- •With the phrases "to be sure (certain)", to be (un)likely"*
- •With the verbs "to make, to tell, to order, to allow"*
- •With the verbs "to know, to believe, to suppose, to expect, to say, to report"*
- •Mixed bag
- •Speech exercises
- •1. Making a Fire is Art
- •2. A Visit to the Tailor's (Dress-Maker's)
- •3. What's Your Taste In Clothes?
- •4. Caught in the Rush Hour
- •Questions
- •Даже, если у тебя есть высшее образование
- •Questions
- •Ради рекламы
- •Immigrant workers in britain
- •1. My First Job
- •2. The Employment Situation In Capitalist Countries
- •3. At the Shoe Shop
- •Lesson Two
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Con Boland Reconstructs the Car
- •6. After the Accident
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises The Participle Participle I
- •Participle II
- •(B) translate them into Russian; (c) explain them according to the model.
- •Mixed bag
- •Bugging showrooms
- •Speech exercises
- •1. On Driving
- •2. The Rule of the Road
- •3. Happy New Year to You!
- •Questions
- •Пудинг не для всех
- •Questions
- •The danger of lying in bed
- •1. Safety First
- •2. On Packing
- •4. An Unexpected Visitor
- •5. Take It Easy
- •Lesson Three
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. The Greggs' First Trip to Europe
- •7. Lautisse Has a Telephone Conversation With Gerston
- •8. The Papers Get Hold of the Story
- •9. Bargaining Over the Fence
- •10. Mr. Gregg Really Has Something to Sell
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises The Subjunctive Mood
- •I. The Subjunctive Mood In Simple Sentences
- •II. The Use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In Complex Sentences With an Adverbial Clause of Condition
- •Ex. 46. Test translation.
- •Speech exercises
- •1. Planning a Weekend
- •2. Your Favourite Magazine
- •3. Redecorating the Flat
- •4. On Introductions
- •5. The Latest Exhibition at Exhibition Hall
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •Foinet's Advice
- •1. On Board a Ship
- •2. Making a Telephone Call
- •3. Making an Introduction
- •4. Making an Apology
- •Lesson Four
- •Conversation
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •5. Larry Suggests a Solution
- •6. Mother Puts up a Fight
- •7. Larry Has His Own Way
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises Subjunctive Mood (continued)
- •The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In "as if (as though)" clauses*
- •The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In an Object Clause after the verb "wish"
- •The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In a Subject Clause after "it is high time"
- •Speech exercises
- •Making an Invitation
- •2. Your Taste in Literature
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •1. On Books
- •2. A Dilemma
- •3. Never Put Off Till Tomorrow...
- •4. Where There is a Will There is a Way
- •Lesson Five
- •Crabbe's Practice
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Crabbe Tells His Sad Story
- •2. Crabbe Thinks of a Plan But Keeps It to Himself
- •3. The Friends Prepare foi Zero Hour
- •4. The Boatman Does His Bit
- •5. Crabbe Steps in
- •6. Crabbe Decides to Try His Own Method
- •7. The Treatment is Effective
- •8. The Plan is a Success
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises Subjunctive Mood (continued) The use of the Subjunctive Mood
- •In Nominal Clauses*
- •1. In и subject clause
- •II. In an object clause
- •III. In a predicative clause
- •The Use of the Subjunctive Mood and Modal Verbs in on Adverbial Clause of Purpose
- •Speech exercises
- •Doctor sally
- •1. Hospitals
- •2. In Hospital
- •3. Visiting a Friend In Hospital
- •4. Laid up With the Flu*
- •Questions
- •Русский доктор — президент гавайи
- •Questions
- •1. Public Health Services In the Soviet Union
- •2. Soviet Medical Science
- •3. A Visit to the Doctor
- •4. A Dangerous Case
- •Lesson Six
- •A Canary For One
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises on lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. In the Train
- •2. From Palermo to Paris
- •5. Arrival In Paris
- •4. The American Lady
- •5. The Story of the American Lady's Daughter
- •6. The Story of the Author And His Wife
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises The Gerund
- •1. The Syntactic Function of the Gerund
- •A. An Adverbial Modifier of time
- •II. The Forms of the Gerund
- •Mixed bag
- •Speech exercises
- •1. The Railway
- •2. The Train
- •3. Travelling by Train
- •4. A Local (Suburban) Train
- •5. Booking Tickets
- •6. A Railway Station
- •Questions
- •Случай с трагиком
- •Questions
- •On time
- •1. A Trip
- •2. At a Railway Station
- •3. Travelling Companions
- •4. A Careless Driver
- •5. A Fault-finder
- •It's these new divorce laws—you get half each!
- •Lesson Seven
- •Ball of Paper
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. Inside the Hot Lab
- •2. Curtis Faces a Difficult Decision
- •3. Johnson's Chances of Promotion
- •4. Johnson Comes to Have it Out With Curtis
- •5. The Ball of Paper
- •6. Johnson Wrecks His Own Chances
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises Modal Verbs
- •I. Must* (in the meaning of supposition of high probability)
- •II. Can (could) in the meaning of supposition with implied surprise, disbelief, great doubt
- •Precis writing*
- •Speech exercises
- •Stolen fame
- •1. Atom For Peace
- •2. Protection Against Radiation
- •3. A Research Laboratory
- •4. On Observatories
- •5. On Hobbies
- •Victory over death
- •Questions
- •Свет над россией
- •Questions
- •108 Minutes
- •1. Making the Atom Serve the Needs of Man
- •2. Research Work
- •3. The Man Who Foresaw ...
- •4. What Makes a Good Specialist
- •5. A Business Appointment
- •6. A Business Interview
- •Lesson Eight
- •The Case For the Defence2
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. The Man In the Dock
- •2. Counsel For the Prosecution Presents His Case
- •3. Witnesses For the Prosecution Give Evidence
- •4. Events Take an Unexpected Turn
- •5. The Extraordinary Day Has an Extraordinary End
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises
- •III. May (might)1 (in the meaning of uncertain supposition, reproach)
- •Mixed bag
- •The million dollar bond robbery
- •Precis writing
- •Speech exercises
- •1. In the Witness Box
- •2. A Detective Story
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •О некоторых принципах советского правосудия
- •Thicker than water
- •1. A Case is Tried In Criminal Court
- •2. Defending One's Point of View
- •3. Never Count Your Chickens Before They Are Hatched
- •Lesson Nine
- •The Hotel
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Miscellaneous phrases
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. In the Hotel Lobby
- •2. The New Arrival
- •3. The Exchange at the Reception Counter
- •4. The Assistant Manager Takes Up the Matter
- •5. Dr. Nicholas Refuses to Take It Lying Down
- •6. Dr. Ingram Appears On the Scene
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises
- •Precis writing
- •Speech exercises
- •A Hotel
- •Checking in
- •3. A Congress
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •1. Желанный гость
- •2. На все вкусы
- •Lesson Ten
- •A Vote of No Confidence
- •Vocabulary
- •Word combinations
- •Exercises on the text
- •Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
- •Exercises in lexicology
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •1. John Byrne, Labour mp, Arrives In Marshfield
- •2. The Committee Members Show Their Attitude
- •3. Byrne Senses Danger
- •4. The Heart of the Matter
- •5. Byrne Decides It is Time to Act
- •6. The Matter is Put to the Vote
- •7. Byrne Draws His Own Conclusions
- •Special difficulties
- •Grammar exercises
- •Verbals (Revision)
- •Precis writing
- •Speech exercises
- •1. A Meeting
- •2. The General Election
- •3. The Day of the Election (Polling Day)
- •I've joined the party wtoch fights for socialism
- •Questions
- •Questions
- •Депутаты служат народу
- •I. The Election Meeting
- •2. At a Students' Meeting
- •Index to the Vocabulary Sections (Numerals Refer to Lesson Numbers)
- •Reference Vocabulary
Vocabulary
practice n 1. практика, действие, применение You must have more practice if you want to speak a foreign language well. They wanted to see the machine in practice. Phr. put smth (a plan, a new method, etc.) into practice применить на практике, осуществить (план, новый метод и т.п.); be out of practice не иметь практики, потерять навык „2. клиентура (врача, юриста) Dr. Brown had a large practice, practise vtlui 1. тренироваться; применять You should practise a lot to be a good figure-skater,, to practise a new method in one's work, etc. 2. заниматься медициной (правом и т.п.) to practise medicine (law, etc.)
act vt 1. действовать; поступать, вести себя We must act at once. He acted like a hero. Phr. act as работать в качестве (кого-л) Не acted as (a) guide during the trip. 2. играть (на сцене) Who acted the main part in the play? action n действие, поступок The time for action came. We should judge a man by his actions not by his talk. Phr. take ac-tion(s) принимать меры
sight n 1. зрение; взгляд; поле зрения Не has good (poor, bad, etc.) sight. Phr. at first sight с первого взгляда; at the sight of при виде (кого-л, чего-л); catch sight of увидеть; заметить; lose sight of потерять из виду; short-sighted а близорукий; long-sighted а дальнозоркий 2. вид, зрелище a beautiful (poor, ugly, etc.) sight; sights n достопримечательности Phr. go sightseeing осматривать достопримечательности
complain vt/vi выражать недовольство; жаловаться to complain of a headache, (pains in the stomach, etc.); to complain to smb about/of difficulties (hard work, late delivery of the goods, etc.); The work was hard but he never complained, complaint n недовольство; жалоба Phr. make a complaint against smb подать на кого-л жалобу
intend vt намереваться What do you intend to do about it? intention n намерение Не had no intention(s) of changing his plans.
inquire (enquire) vt спрашивать, узнавать; осведомляться, запрашивать to inquire the way (smb's name, smb's address, etc.) of smb; He inquired what our intentions were. to inquire after (about) smb (smb's health, etc.); to inquire for information (facts, details, etc.) Phr. inquire into (the matter, etc.) исследовать, выяснять, разобраться; inquiry n запрос; наведение справок; расследование Phr. make inquiries (about smb/smth from smb) наводить справки (о ком-л/чем-л у кого-л)
terms n 1. условия What are the terms of the contract? The firm was prepared to buy the goods on the terms offered by the sellers. Phr. make terms ставить условия 2. личные отношения to be on good' (friendly, speaking, etc.) terms with smb
hire vt нанимать; снимать; брать напрокат to hire a car (a hall, a boat, a servant, etc.); hire n наем, прокат The garage has cars for hire.
opposite а противоположный, обратный the opposite side (point of view, direction, etc.); He went in the opposite direction, opposite adv/prep напротив, против Не took a seat opposite (to) me.
direct vt руководить, управлять; направлять to direct business (work, people, etc.); to direct one's efforts (attention, steps, remark, etc.) to; Can you direct me to the station? The ship was directed to another port. direction n направление Phr. in the direction of по направлению к (чему-л)
sign n 1. знак; признак, примета Не gave'them a sign to leave. A dark cloud is a sign of rain. 2. вывеска (на магазине, гостинице и т.п.) What does the sign read?
pain n боль Не felt (a) sharp pain in the arm. painful а причиняющий боль, мучительный, болезненный, трудный a painful operation (moment, sight, etc.); painless а безболезненный
cure vt вылечивать, исцелять to cure smb of a disease (a bad habit, etc.); cure n 1. излечение The treatment guarantees an effective cure of the disease. 2. средство, лекарство What is the best cure for a cold? (in)curable а (не)излечимый
request n просьба to do smth at smb's request; Phr. meet smb's request удовлетворить чыо-л просьбу; request vt просить to request smb to do smth
spread (spread) vt/vi распространяться); разносить(ся) to spread knowledge (information, ideas, disease, panic, etc.) The news of his arrival spread quickly over the place.
insist vi настаивать, утверждать Don't agree unless he insists. She insisted that she was right. He insisted that the work should be done immediately, to insist on smth (doing smth); insistence (insistency) n настойчивость; insistent а настойчивый an insistent demand (request, etc.)
respect n уважение; почтение to have (show) respect for smb; He was treated with respect, respect vt уважать to respect a person (oneself, the law,-smb's wishes, smb's interests, etc.); respectable а респектабельный, почтенный, представительйый.а -respectable person (name, district, etc.); respectability n респектабельность, почтенность
treat vt лечить Do you know how to treat a cold? to treat smb for an illness (a disease) with medicine (pills, etc.); treatment n лечение Phr. take a course of treatment (for smth) пройти курс лечения
rough a 1. грубый, жесткий, грубоватый a rough towel (road, voice, manner, reply, etc.) 2. бурный, резкий a rough sea (wind, etc.) 3. черновой (вариант) a rough copy (translation, etc.)
hesitate vi колебаться, медлить, быть в нерешительности to hesitate with one's answer (about one's choice, etc.) He did not hesitate to tell the truth. They hesitated whether to go there or not. hesitation n колебание, нерешительность She stopped in hesitation. He answered without hesitation.
purpose n намерение, цель What was the purpose of his visit? They came here with a definite purpose. A special commission was set up for the purpose of inquiring into the matter. Phr. on purpose нарочно, намеренно Не said it on purpose.
case n 1. случай, обстоятельство In what case would you say "How do you do"? Phr. in any case во всяком (любом) случае in no case ни в коем случае 2. случай в практике (медицинской, судебной и т.п.)
suffer vi і страдать to suffer from headaches (rheumatism, etc.) She suffered greatly. Phr. suffer losses понести потери, убытки; suffering n страдание
develop vt развивать to develop science (industry, trade; an idea, etc.); to develop symptoms (a cough, etc.) развиваться (о симптомах и т.п.), начаться (о кашле и т.п.); development n развитие, событие the development of industry (events, etc.); an unexpected (unforeseen, new, etc.) development
demand vt требовать to demand an answer (an explanation, etc.) He demanded to be told the truth. They demanded that immediate action should be taken, demand n требование; спрос These goods are in great demand. There is a great demand for these goods. Phr. meet (satisfy) demand(s) удовлетворять спрос, требования
success n успех, удача His success was the result of hard work. Phr. be a success иметь успех, пользоваться успехом The play was a great success. He is a great success as an actor, (un)successful а (не)успешный, (не)удачный; (не)преуспевающий; succeed vi достигать цели; иметь успех, преуспевать If you try hard you will succeed, to succeed in one's work (attempts, etc.) He finally succeeded in getting what he was after.
judge vt судить, давать оценку; полагать It was difficult to judge which of them was right. You should not judge a person by his appearance. He is too young to judge about such things, judge n ценитель, знаток; судья (также юр.) Не is a good judge of painting (flowers, horses, etc.) Phr. judging from (by) (smb's words, smb's behaviour, etc.) судя (по словам, поведению и т.п.); judgement n оценка, решение, суждение Не was wrong in his judgement.