Практический курс английского языка 1 курс. Ключи - [35]

10. Robert felt Jean touch his hand.

11. The eUiry was so moving that the girl could not keep her tears,

12. Alison's singing made a great impression on Robert.

13. We were sitting in the dress circle and saw the stage quite well / had a perfect view of the stage.

8. 1. The actress who played the leading part was very pretty /

nice.

2. I Hire the way the ballet "Swan Lake" has been staged at the theatre named after Stanislavsky,

3. The film was very good and 1 enjoyed it greatly / very much*

4. Call for me when you go lo the skating rinkr

5. In summer they often called on us / looked In atour's, 6* On the way home I must call on / drop in the library.

?. The scenery In the opera is merely splendid / magnifi­cent.

8. Г couldn't buy tickets for the performance beforehand but 1 managed to get good seats in the box-office.

9. I'd better goto the conservatoire today, there arc works of my favourite composers on lhe programme,

10. Weenjoycd the party very much, it was arranged / organ­ized well.

11. What did you do during the interval? — We went to the refreshment room.

13, When you come to the theatre, you leave your coal in the cloakroom. There you can also take opera glasses and a programme (as well).

13. The best seals at the theatre are those in the stalls and in the dross circle, these are the most expensive seats. The seats in the balcony and in the gallery are worse and cheaper.

14. The performance was a great success / hit with the public and there were many curtain calls for the actors.

Ex. xxiv. p. 29a

Gilda said (that) bhe had gone to a very good concert at the Festival Hall a month before. She asked Mrs. Green if she knew that they called that hall "a concert hall".

Mrs. Green said she knew that,

Gilda remarked thai she had seen that name ("a music hall") several times and (had) heard it used in broadcasts too.

In Mrs. Green's opinion a music hall was aomcthing very different from a concert hall. Mrs. Green said if one wauled to hear a symphony orchestra playing good music, one went to a concert hall as a music hall waa / ia more like a theatre:

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the scats were / are arranged like those in a theatre, there was / is a stage with curtains like in the theatre, there was / is scenery on the stage. That was / is why they often used / use the name "Variety Theatre".

Gilda inquired what she would have seen if she had gone to a music hall.

Mrs. Green answered that there would have been popular music and singing and dancing. There would have been per­formances by acrobats and jugglers. The re might even have been performing animals.

To GiJda's mind music halls were / are currently not so popular. People preferred films and radio and television kept people at home more,

Mrs, Green agreed with Gilda saying that the most popular singers and comedians were / are seen and heard by milions of viewers and listeners in their own homes.

Ex. II, p– 304

1. Has he been working at his report since 10 o'clock? He hasn't been working at his report since 10 o'clock.

2– Have they been writing their lest for nearly two hours already? They haven't been writing their test for nearly two hours yet.

3' Has she been waiting long? She hasn't been waiting long.

4. Has his daughter been playing the piano since the morn­ing? His daughter hasn't been playing the piano since the morning.

5. Have they been discussing this problem for rather a long time? They haven't been discussing this problem for rather a long time,

6. Has the child been sleeping too long? The child hasn't been sleeping too long.

7. Have Ann anil Roger been quarrelling for fifteen niinL (ilea? Ann and Roger haven't been quarrel ling for fifteen minutes.

8. Has shebeen dreaming of becoming an actress at I her life 7 She hasn't been dreaming of becoming an actress all her

life.

9. Have 1 been doing my lessons since 4 o'clock? I haven't been doing niy lessons since 4 o'clock.

Ex. III, p. 304

1. How long have you been waiting for nie?

2. I have known her since niy childhood.

3. He has been thinking about it for three days.

4. They have always preferred theatre to TV.

5. How long has she been studying music? — Oh, she has been studying music since her early childhood.

6. Since she was a little girl she has been trying not to lake things seriously.

7. The students have been writing their test for two hours already.

8. She has lived in that house round the corner about thirty

years.

9. You have been playing too long. It's high time to do your lessons.

10. She has been HI for more than two weeks. I have been missing her terribly.

E*. IV, p. 304

1. 1 have already been waiting for you for twenty minutes.

2. The scientists have been working at this problem for many years.

3. Jean has been dreaming of going somewhere to the East all her life,

4. I have been translating the article since the very morn­ing.

5– She hasbeeu sleeping very long already. It's lime toawake her.

6. Anna and Roger have been quarrelling since the very morning.

7. We have been living in this hamlet for the whole week.

8. Yon have been discussing this question (for) too long,