Английский язык 1 часть

Слово traffic является неисчисляемым сущ. и не употребляется с неопр. артиклем и глаголом во мн.ч.

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Lesson 1

a table to reserve a room

a seat

e.g. In the summer season it’s necessary to reserve ac­ commodation at a hotel in

ADDITIONAL W ORDS A ND EXPRESSIONS

1.to decide ['di'said] v — решать, принимать решение

e.g. We decided to spend the weekend in the country.

4.to build [bild] (built, built) v — строить

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L E S S O N 2

Grammar: 1. Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives (степени сравнения прилагательных).

2.Reported Requests and Commands (просьбы и при­ казания в косвенной речи).

3.Absolute Forms of Possessive Pronouns (абсолютные формы притяжательных местоимений).

Text:______ Walking about London._______________________________

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GRAMMAR

SECTION I

DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

STEP 1. THE COM PARATIVE DEGREE (СРАВНИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТЕПЕНЬ). READ, STUDY AND PRACTISE.

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2.При сравнении двух предметов / лиц обязательно упот­ ребление союза than (чем).

Еж. 1. Compare and speak.

a)Example: — Which town is older — Voronezh or Novgorod?

—I think Novgorod is older than Voronezh.

•Sheremetyevo Airport / Vnukovo Airport / busy;

•Sokolniky Park / Gorky Park / quiet;

•the weather in St. Petersburg / in Jalta / wet, hot;

•London / New York / young;

•Samara / Moscow / noizy, large;

•Moscow University / Oxford University / old;

•the American people / the African people / rich;

•the Black sea / the Baltic sea / cold.

b) Example: — Which is more beautiful — the centre or the new districts of Moscow?

—Of course, the centre of Moscow is more beautiful than the new districts.

•BMW / Lada / expensive;

•the Radisson Hotel / the Metropol Hotel / modem;

•a 5-star hotel / a 3-star hotel / comfortable;

•the Chinese language / the English language / difficult;

•the historical buildings in St. Petersburg / the modem buildings / beautiful;

•football / volleyball / popular;

•a book / a screen version of the book / interesting;

•the weather in July / the weather in December / wonderful.

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Lesson 2

Ex. 2. a) Read the dialogue. Compare travelling by train and by plane.

A.I have a meeting in Paris tomorrow. How long does it take to get there from London?

B.It takes about 3 hours.

A.Which is faster — the train or the plane?

B.The plane is faster, but it takes time to check in, to go through the Customs and so on1.

A.What about the price?

B.The train is a little cheaper2, and it’s certainly more comfortable and more relaxing.

A.In that case I think I’ll go by train.

B.It’ll take you three hours twenty minutes through the tunnel3 and there won’t be any delays.

1so on — и так далее 2cheap — дешевый

3 the tunnel [’tAnol] — туннель (зд. через Ла-Манш)

b)Discuss the dialogue. What are “for” and “against” trains and planes?

c)Compare travelling by car and by train.

Ex. 3* Compare the life in a big city and in the country. Use the words:

fast, comfortable, safe, cheap, noisy, interesting, expensive, quiet, boring.

STEP 2. THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE (ПРЕВОСХОДНАЯ СТЕПЕНЬ).

READ, STUDY AND PRACTISE.

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b) большинства двусложных и многосложных прилагатель­

e.g. Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Paris is the most beautiful city I have (ever) seen.

c) ряд прилагательных образуют степени сравнения от дру­

степени всегда стоит определенный артикль (в отличие от существительного с прилагательным в сравнительной степени).

Ex. 4* Give the superlative degree of the adjectives.

1.The (cold) place in the world is the Pole of Cold, Antarctica (-72°).

2.The (hot) place is Dallol, Ethiopia (+94°).

3.The (wet) place is Kanai, Hawaii.

4.The world’s (large) sea is the South China Sea.

5.The (heavy) bell in the world is the Tzar Kolokol in Moscow.

6.The world’s (great) coffee drinkers are the people of Sweden.

7.The (old) writer in the world is Mrs Alice Pollock, England, who wrote her book when she was 102 years 8 months old.

(from the “Guiness Book of World Records”)

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Lesson 2

Ex. 5*Do the superlatives test.

1.Which is the richest country in the world? Russia? the USA? the UK?

2.What is the longest river in the world? the Thames? the Amazon? the Nile?

3.Where is the fastest train in the world? France? Japan? Italy?

4.Which country has the largest population? India? China? the USA?

5.What is largest company in the world? IBM? General Motors? Gasprom?

6.Who was. the youngest President of the USA? Kennedy? Roosevelt? Clinton?

7.What is the fastest passenger plane in the world? Boeng? Concorde?

8.What is the world’s biggest office?

the White House in Washington? the White House in Moscow? the Pen­ tagon?

9.Which country produces the best watches? Japan? Russia? Switzerland?

10.Which was the most popular film in the history of the cinema? “The Titanic”? “The Godfather”? “Gone with the Wind”?

11.Who are the richest people in the world?

Arab sheiks? Russian oligarchs? Bill Gates and the people of his company?

Ex. 6. a) Look at the list of hotels in a small English town* Compare the hotels*

Hotel Information

b) Answer:

Which hotel is the biggest? the smallest?

the most comfortable?

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the least comfortable? the cheapest?

the most expensive?

Which transport is the fastest (the most convenient) to get to the hotel?

Ex. 7*Answer the questions and explain “w hy” you think so.

What is the best film you have seen? the best book you have read? the best city you have visited?

the best hotel you have stayed at? the worst holiday you have had?

the worst TV show you have watched? the best airport you have been to?

Ex. 8. Agree or disagree. Give your reasons.

1.Travelling by train is less tiring than by car.

2.To rent a flat is cheaper than to buy a flat.

3.It is difficult to learn English but it’s easier than to learn Japanese.

4.Life is more stressful now than it was 50 years ago.

5.The biggest problem in the world today is pollution.

e6. Lego is the most popular game with children.

7. The most important thing in life is money.

Ex. 9*a) Read the text.

LIFE IN THE 21st CENTURY

Life in the 21st century will become better.

Robots will do most of the work, and our daily life will be easier. It doesn’t mean we’ll be lazier, no, but we’ll do more creative jobs. People will live much longer — till they are 130 or 150 year old. Our cities will be cleaner, greener and safer. We’ll drive electric cars and live in houses with a lot of plants and air-cleaning equipment. There will be no more wars, crimi­ nals and terrorists.

We’ll have more free time and longer holidays. We’ll travel in space and — who knows? — one day we’ll possibly spend our holidays on Mars. We can make our planet a better place to live on, can’t we?

b)Answer:

1.Do you agree with this opinion about the future?

2.With what facts don’t you agree?

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Lesson 2

SECTION II

REPORTED REQUESTS AND COMMANDS

Study and practise.

a)— Will you look through this price-list, please.

—Pardon?

—I asked you to look through this price-list.

b)— Stay in bed for 3 days.

—How long did you say?

—I told you to stay in bed for 3 days.

c)— Don’t open the door, Ted.

—Sorry, could you repeat that?

—I asked you not to open the door.

П 7 ] При передаче просьбы или приказания в косвенной речи

Шупотребляется глагол to ask (просить), а для передачи при­ казания — to tell (сказать, велеть, приказать).

После этих слов необходимо употребить существительное или местоимение (адресанта просьбы или приказания) и инфинитив глагола.

Еж. 10. a) At the check-in desk the Customs officer says to pas* sengerss

•Will you show your ticket and passport?

•Will you put the luggage on the scales?

•Will you open your suitcase?

•Take a boarding pass, please.

•Take your hand luggage and go to gate 5.

Now say what the Customs officer asks passengers to do.

b)A director often says to his secretary:

•Make some appointments for me, please.

•Send some faxes to our customers, please.

•Will you meet our partners and make coffee for them?

•Will you receive telephone messages during the lunch time?

•Please, don’t speak on the phone about your private problems.

•Can you do some extra work after 6 today?

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