- •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
Exercises on prepositions and adverbs
Ex. 6. Study the following phrases: a) recall the sentences in which they are used in the text, and b) use them when retelling the text.
do with smth/smb; put up with; work in bursts; sense in smth/doing smth; erratic (inconsistent, mistaken, etc.) in smth; be fair to smb; come (round) to thinking; at the critical moment; responsible for smth/ smb; aim at smth/doing smth; have smth fixed in one's head; come to the conclusion; take oneself in hand; get down to (work, business, etc.); put one's name to (a document, paper, etc.); tell by (the look, smb's words, etc.); expose oneself to (radiation, light, etc.); by remote control; all the rest of it; fresh from; transform into smth; draw smb's attention to smth/smb; make/do experiments on smth; keep away (from); speak in a (menacing, etc.) tone; be used to doing smth; in a mood; be due at; have a word with smb; a report on smb/smth; in an effort to do smth; for once; have it out with smb; be fed up with smb/smth; to judge for oneself; pull at (the arm, sleeve, etc); be convinced of smth; get away with (it); a hundred to one.
Ex. 7. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
A. 1. To be fair ... her, she handled the situation expertly. 2. Hasn't it ever occurred ... you that you might have been the one responsible ... the accident? 3. Though I've been following you ... the greatest attention, I must admit that I don't quite see what your suggestions are aimed ... . 4. It was a painful minute before the colour came ... to his face and he took himself ... hand. 5. Having filled ... the form he put his name ... it and handed it ... the Customs Officer. 6. Nobody was admitted ... the laboratory while the experiment was ... , and pictures ... what was going ... inside were taken ... a remote-control camera. 7. The train is due ... five, that leaves us twenty minutes ... a quick meal. 8. Before writing an account ... the incident, I thought I had better get a clear picture ... my mind ... what exactly had happened. 9. May I have a word ... you ... a business matter? 10. Don't bother ... the tea. I've just had mine. 11. I have an appointment ... the head engineer which I can't break even ... account ... your arrival. 12. Your story doesn't sound true enough, you won't be getting ... ... it. 13. The sooner he gets ... ... work, the better. 14. The matter ought to be dealt ... ... delay. 15. ... judging of the results ...the experiment we must take ... account the fact that he has been working under great difficulties ... several months. 16 Trains ... Rockwell may be up to twenty minutes late... account ... repairs to the track. 17. I always found his attitude ... me rather puzzling. 18. His chances ... recovery after the operation were a hundred ... one, but he did get well. 19. He clearly felt that he couldn't put ... ... such unfair treatment any longer and decided to have it ... ... the manager that same afternoon. 20. There is no better way ... learning something than ... experience. 21. If he gets something fixed ... his head there's no power ... earth that can stop him.
B. THE NEW LABORATORY
Joyce had great respect ... science but no understanding. Often she would ask Martin to explain his work, but when he started on some subject, ... the most interesting moment, she would interrupt him. Her serious face would transform ... a charming smile, and ... a sweet voice, she would ask him to light a cigarette ... her, and Martin could tell ... the look ... her eyes that her thoughts had been far away.
Martin was fed ... ... the constant parties Joyce had ... the house, and he didn't want to have anything to do ... all these wealthy* people who didn't care ... his work.
He worked ... bursts, sometimes ... night. Joyce saw no sense ... the way he went ... and pointed it ... more than once. She had it fixed ... her head that he worked evenings because he didn't w'-ant to stay ... her guests, which was true, ... a way.
"But I've got to work evenings and nights; when I get down ... some experiment I just can't interrupt it, don't you see!"
"I know but — Darling, couldn't you put ... your work just ... once so that we could—"
Time went ... and Joyce seemed to have got used ... his late hours. She kept ... ... the laboratory and Martin came ... ... thinking that Joyce had finally learnt to put ... ... her husband's work.
Joyce was wealthy and energetic and Martin never suspected what she was doing ... his back until one day Joyce came ... the laboratory with: "I've got a surprise ... you."
She led him ... the spare room they had over the garage. There she had set... ... him the best bacteriological laboratory he had ever seen: white floor and enamelled walls, ice-box and incubator and all the rest ... it.
"There!" sang Joyce ... a triumphant smile. "Now when you simply must work evenings and nights you won't have to go ... the university'.
If you don't want to stay ... my guests all evening, you can slip* ... here, and work as late as you please. Have I done it right? I tried so hard — I got the best men I could to do the job."
"Now," Martin was thinking, "I'll never be able to get ... ... here."
(after "Martin Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis)
Ex. 8. Give the English for the following phrases, using the preposition "about" in its different meanings. Use the phrases in sentences of your own.
I. ходить по комнате; бродить по лесу; разъезжать по городу на машине; путешествовать по стране; бегать по саду; искать по всему дому; осматриваться.
II. около двух часов; приблизительно 4 км; около 30 человек;
III. а) говорить (рассказывать, болтать, спорить) о чем-л; читать (писать) о чем-л;
б) думать о чем-л; слышать о чем-л; знать (узнать, разузнать, спрашивать, наводить справки) о чем-л.
IV. беспокоиться (волноваться, заботиться) о чем-л; нервничать по какому-л поводу; докучать кому-л чем-л; суетиться из-за чего-л; быть привередливым/разборчивым в чем-л.
V. что-то странное (необычное, неприятное, примечательное) в чьем-л поведении (внешности, манерах).