Словарь

a holiday a country a year a toy a sweet a star a present Christmas a victory winter	праздник страна год игрушка конфета звезда подарок Рождество победа зима	weather snow favourite interesting first often a lot of in the middle everywhere	погода снег любимый интересный первый часто много в середине везде, по­всюду
to decorate to dress to make (made, made) to hope	украшать одеваться делать надеяться	at work at home	на работе дома

5. ~ Прочитайте и переведите предложения:

I’ll do anything rather than that.

A thousand thanks to you both.

The third Thursday of this month is sixteenth.

Mary wears her hair long.

She speaks slowly, and smokes special, expensive ciga­rettes. As

she steps up stairs, her long skirt sweeps over her silver slippers.

She is small and smart and sweet-smelling. Her skin is like

snow. ”You have stolen my heart!” I once said stupidly, and she

smiled. But when she smiled, she smiled the smile of a snake.

6. ~ Прочитайте и переведите без словаря интерна­циональные слова:

theatre, cinema, arena, drama, opera, comedy, tragedy, serial, foyer, actor, actress, programme, concert, clown, acrobat;

art, culture, style, artist, gallery, museum, collection, portrait, icon, sketch, mosaic, bust, statue, statuette, sculpture, fresco, contrast, detail, master, illustrator, impressionist

7. ~ Выучите скороговорку:

That fish has a fat fin, this fish is a fish that has a thinner fin

than that fish.

8. ~ Выучите пословицы:

Saying and doing are two things.

Fools seldom differ.

One never knows with the weather.

9. ~ Выучите стихотворение наизусть:

This is used for one thing near,

That means one thing over there,

These and those mean two or more,

Those are far and these are near.

10. ~ ² Выучите диалоги наизусть:

А. Come in! I’m so happy to see you on my birthday!

В. Happy birthday to you!

С. Many happy returns of the day!

А. What a lovely camera!

В. Thank you very much.

С. I’m glad you like it.

А. Oh, yes, I like it very much!

А. Shall we watch the telly or go for a walk?

В. Well…let’s have some hot coffee first. It’s cold, isn’t it?

А. Well, I can go and fetch the coffee here and we can have the coffee and watch the telly.

В. And then take a walk, okay?

А. Good idea. By the way, where can I wash my hands?

В. In the bathroom over there.

Unit 12. Чтение букв и буквосочетаний

x	[ gz ]	exam, exact, exist, example
x	[ ks ]	expect, next, execute
x	[ ∫ ]	anxious, bisexual, complexion

Буква x делает слог закрытым, следовательно гласная в

этом случае произносится в соответствии с правилом

чте­ния в закрытом слоге:

axe [æks ] - топор

exercise ['eksqsaz ] - упражнение