Практический курс английского языка 2 курс - [9]

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relief some advice given her at college in just such a situation,

E. 1. ... someone yelped with pain. 2. His voice trembled with horror. 3. He was dying with

hunger. 4. The boys were speechless with fear. 5. Ruth's eyes were wide with wonder.

VIII. Form adjectives and nouns from the given words with the help of the

prefixes an-, in-, mis-, dis-:

convenient, convenience; comfort, comfortable; dependent, dependence; different,

difference; able, capable; important; experienced; obedient; understanding; honesty.

IX. a) Fill in prepositions where necessary:

Can you remember your first day... school? It was probably rather confusing. I am sure you

ran ... your mother thinking she was deserting you. When the child goes ... school... his first day, he

has to watch ... his mother leaving. The teacher must convince him that... the end ... the day his

mother and his home will still be there. It is difficult to make the newcomer join ... a game or a walk.

A new life, completely different ... what he is used ... begins.

The mothers are as upset as their children. They hang...... their eyes fixed ... their children

and dislike leaving them ... their fate.

The best way to deal... the situation is to get the child used ... the idea... school, to help him ...

every way. Much depends ... the parents. ... the beginning ... the term the mother should take her

child to see the teacher and to look ... the school. The first day should be something to look......and

not to be feared.

b) Retell what you've read.

c) What measures would you suggest to settle the newcomers?

X. Study Vocabulary Notes, translate the illustrative sentences into Russian

and write your own sentences with the new words and phrases.

XI. Use stare or gaze instead of look where possible:

1. It's impolite to look at people like that. 2. A big crowd stood on the pavement looking at a

broken car. 3. No wonder people stand looking at this picture for hours: it's beautiful. 4. The little

boys stood looking at each other ready to start a fight. 5. Look at her: again she is looking out of the

window with that strange expression of hers. 6. When I looked at her eyes I guessed that she had

cried. 7. The Greek myth runs that Narcissus looked at his own reflection in the water until he fell in

love with it. 8. He stood looking around as if he tried to impress on his memory everything he saw.

XII. Fill in

a) look or seem:

1. The weather ... quite warm though it's only 5°C above zero. 2. The children ... tired but

they... greatly pleased with the trip, don't they? 3. The host and the hostess ... a bit oldfashioned, but

they ... to be hospitable and friendly. 4. She ... to be very light-minded, but she only. . it, in fact she is

a very serious and hard-working student. 5. My brother says that people usually ... what they are and

I believe that people are very often quite different from what they... to be.

b) another or different.

1. The teacher tried to explain the rule in a ... way and I understood it at once. 2. The

schoolboy returned the book he had read and asked for... book, but of a... kind, he said, as he wanted

to have a rest from detective stories. 3. I asked for a pair of shoes of a... kind, but the shop-girl said

that the rest of the shoes were not my size.

с) stretch or run:

1. A small stream ... along the road. 2. These steppes ... to the South for miles and miles. 3.

The path ... across the field for a mile and then was lost in the forest. 4. No matter how hard I looked

I saw only a vast plain... before me. 5. The ugly scar (шрам) ... right across the man's left cheek. 6.

For how many kilometers does this forest...?

d) comfortable or convenient

1. I like to sleep on a camp-bed, I find it very .... 2. I believe Friday the only ... day for our

meeting, we have only four lectures on that day. 3. Though the flat was rather .... warm, light and

cosy, it was not... for our work as it was rather small. 4. These shoes are very. . for wear in wet

weather as they have rubber soles.

e) join or unite:

1. The two streams ... at the foot of the mountain. 2. ... we stand, divided we fall. 3. One by

one the children ... in the game. 4. The partisans’ detachment... the regular army and the enemy lost

the battle against their ... forces. 5. All peace-loving people should ... in their straggle against a new

war. 6. Won't you... me in a walk?

ХIII. Paraphrase the following:

1. It is of no importance. 2. Rivers flow into the sea. 3. You can't rely on him. 4. Make

yourself at home 5. French is unlike English in having far more verbal inflexions. 6. He seemsto

be ill. 7. Connect these points with a line. 8. This street stretches east and west. 9. He refused to live

at the expense of his parents. 10. I disagree with you. 11. I'll drive the car into the garage. 12. Will

you come with us? 13. I met him by chance in London last week. 14. Listen to me, Tom! 15. This

tool is easy to use. 16. These are not the same people with the same name. 17. Why is Jane silent?

XIV. Translate these sentences into Russian. Write your own sentences with