Expressions of Quantity (выражения количества)

1. Some/any и производные:

		thing
some	+	where
any		body
		one

Some используется в утвердительных предложениях. Any - в вопросительных и отрицательных.

There is some salt, but there isn’t any pepper.

Have we got any eggs?

2. Much / many / a lot of.

Much и many используются в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях, much - с неисчисляемыми, many - с исчисляемыми существительными.

How much money have you got?

There aren’t many parks in my town.

3. A lot of используется в утвердительных предложениях с исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными.

He’s got a lot of money.

There are a lot of parleys in Volgograd.

4. A few/a little.

A few становится с исчисляемыми существительными, а little - с неисчисляемыми.

There are a few biscuits in the tin.

There’s a little juice left.

Задание VII.

Выполните упражнения:

1. Заполните пропуски some или any.

1. Have you got ... brothers or sisters?

2. We don’t need ... butter.

3. There are ... books on the table.

4. I want ... flour because I’m going to bake a cake?

5. Is there ... petrol in the car?

2. Заполните пропуски much, many или a lot of.

1. Have you got ... homework?

2. We don’t need ... eggs.

3. There are ... dirty plates in the sink.

4. There is ... unemployment in my town.

5. Are there ... unemployed people in your country?

3. Заполните пропуски производными от some или any.

1. - Did you meet ... interesting at the party?

2. - Yes, I met ... who knows you. His name’s Alan Clark.

3. - Ouch! There’s ... in my eye!

4. - Let me have a look. I can’t see ... .

5. - Let’s go ... hot for our holiday.

6. - OK. But I don’t want to go ... that’s too expensive.

7. - I’m bored. I want ... interesting to read, or ... interesting to talk to , or ... interesting to go .

Задание VIII.

Read the following text using some unknown words.

The Battle of Stalingrad.

In summer 1942 the German high command concentrated powerful forces on the south-western front with the intention (намерение) of pushing (откинуть) back the Soviet troops, moving into the large bend of the Don, and then storming Stalingrad. They were then to mop up the Caucasus and take Moscow.

In the Don and Volga steppes began on of the greatest battles in the Second World War - the battle of Stalingrad. It was fought over a territory of 100.000 sq.km. and continued with unabating (неослабляемый) fury (жестокость) for six and a half months. The battle in its various stages involved on both sides more than two million men, over 2.000 tanks, some 26.000 guns and mortars (смертоносное оружие) and more than 2.000 planes.

Soviet people realized that Stalingrad would decide the fate (судьба) of the country and all it had gained from the revolution. «Fight to the Death!» and «Not one step back!» was the order given out in that critical year.

The Soviet troops fought selflessly (бесстрашно) against overwhelming odds (ошеломляющее неравенство) but were forced back to the left bank of the Don. But the German attempt (попытка) to take Stalingrad by storm had failed (не удалось). On August 23^rd. German tanks supported by motorized infantry (пехота) units broke through the Soviet lines and reached the Volga north of Stalingrad. On that day the enemy (врач) carried out saturation (насыщенный) bombing of the city, flying up to 2 thousand sorties (вылазка). Millions of bombs rained down upon the city.

Thousands of houses and blocks of flats were destroyed in the heavy bombing, and consequently the civilian population suffered heavy casualties (несла большие потери). Approximately 40 thousand people died and more than 150.000 were wounded (раненный). They took shelter (скрывались) in the gullies (овраги) and in the basements (подвалы) of houses. By the end of August the population had been reduced (уменьшилось) to 400.000.

For the next 143 days Soviet troops fought heroically for Stalingrad, street by street, house by house, staircase by staircase.

Tasks:

1. What new facts about the Battle of Stalingrad have you learned? Begin with: I have learned that ... .

2. Answer the questions:

1. Where did the German high command concentrate their forces?

2. What was their task then?

3. How many people and military equipment were involved in the battle on the Volga from both sides?

4. Why did the people of our country realize that «Stalingrad would decide the fate of the country»?

5. What order was given out in that critical year?

3. Translate the 4^th passage from English into Russian. What do you think: why the 23d of August was the hardest day in the life of the people of Stalingrad?

4. What losses did our country suffer during the Battle of Stalingrad?