daily – ежедневно
border – пограничный, граница
allowed – позволил
compartment – купе (вагона)
suitcases – чемоданы
to pay duty – платить пошлину
Ex.2. Translate the word-chains.
Business trip; booking office; morning train; border station; customs officer; cigarette box.
Ex.3. Translate the word combinations paying attention to the meaning of the verb “to be”.
The man was going to…; there were trains; the train was off; they were going abroad; his pockets were full of cigarettes; was sitting at the window; I am a customs officer.
Ex.4. Answer the following questions.
Have you ever travelled abroad?
What did you travel by?
Did you fill in the declaration?
Was your luggage inspected by customs officers?
Is it necessary to pay duty on your luggage?
Ex.5. Explain the meaning of the phrase: “I don’t want to pay duty on them”.
Task 2. Listen to the text “At a Border Station”.
AT A BORDER STATION
One man was going to France on a business trip. He went to the booking office to book a seat for the train to Paris. There were trains daily and the man booked a seat for the morning train.
Next morning the man arrived at the station and got into train. Soon the train was off. It ran according to the timetable and some hours later stopped at a French border station.
The man together with the other passengers, who were going abroad, went out as he had to register his ticket and passport. Then he filled in the declaration and gave it to the customs officer.
Some minutes later the customs officer allowed the passengers to take their seats in a train and said that he would inspect their luggage.
The man went into his compartment, opened his suitcases, took many boxes of cigarettes out of them and started putting all of them in his pockets. But there were too many boxes. When all his pockets were full of cigarette boxes, he turned to another passenger who was sitting at the window at the same compartment.
“Will you please take some of these boxes and put them into your pockets”? he asked him.
“Why don’t you leave them in your suitcases”? asked the man.
“Because I don’t want to pay duty on them”.
“All right”, said the passenger at the window. “Give them to me. But I must tell you that I won’t return them to you”.
“Why”?
“”Because I’m a French customs officer”.
Task 3. Do the exercises that follow the text.
Ex.1. Say if the sentences are true or false.
One man was going from France on a business trip. He wanted to book a seat for the train. The trains for Paris were at the timetable every day. Next morning the man arrived at the station but missed the train. The train stopped at a border station and the man went out to register his ticket and passport. He came back to his compartment to hide the boxes of cigarettes. He tried to put the boxes of cigarettes in the packets. The man didn’t want to pay duty on the cigarettes. The passenger at the window helped him to hide the boxes of cigarettes. The passenger at the window was an English customs officer.Ex.2. Answer the following questions.
Ex.3. Retell the story close to the text.
UNIT 11
Task 1. Before listening to the text “Elephants” do the following exercises.
Ex.1. Look through the following words:
anthropoid ape – человекообразная обезьяна
tamed – приручён
piles up the logs – складывает брёвна в штабеля
impassible – непроходимые
ploughing – пахота
contrived to snatch a titbit – ухитрялся выхватить лакомый кусочек
elephant cow – слониха
Ex.2. Translate the following words.
Story; jungles; fruit; trick; circus; situation; zoo; diet; doctor; medicine.
Ex.3. Give the synonyms to the following words.
Ape; intelligent; equal; state; make; simply; bog; pick up; type; excellent; hard; spirit; illness; approach; crazy.
Ex.4. Choose the best variant.
1. Elephants are
a)clever and careful;
b)obedient and hard-working;
c)lazy and shy.
2. They can remember the man who treated them… all their life.
a) badly;
b) well;
c) badly or well.
3. We can see elephants
a) in zoos;
b) in circuses;
c) in zoos and circuses.
Ex.5. Answer the following questions.
Have you ever seen elephants? (If yes, where have you seen them?) What do you know about these animals? Do you know any interesting stories about them?Task 2. Listen to the text “Elephants”.
ELEPHANTS
After the man and the anthropoid ape the elephant is the cleverest animal on the Earth. There are many stories about elephant’s mind proving that it is nearly equal to the man’s one. We know much about their help to the man. In India, Sri Lanka, many other countries the elephant was tamed long ago. It is clever and obedient, strong and hard-working. It piles up the logs so carefully as no one man could do. It can easily go through impassible jungles, mountains and bogs. People have used it for ploughing, carrying heavy things, gathering fruits, picking up dry branches for fire. We saw elephants making different kinds of tricks in circus.
Elephants have wonderful memory. They can remember the man who treated them badly or well, all their life. They remember the situations and the place where they had accidents or pleasant events.
For example, elephants often have stomach upset and cold. In that case in zoos and circuses they are given quite strong sweet spirits. Elephants like that drink very much and even simulate their sickness to be given the drink once again.
This story happened before the Second World War, in the Dresden Zoo. An African elephant, Jumbo by name, had a stomach ache. He was put on a diet but he always contrived to snatch a titbit from one of the Indian elephant cows who lived with him.
Having noticed that, the doctor did the following: he put the medicine into a piece of bread and gave it to the elephant cow. Jumbo quickly came up to her, pulled out the bread, swallowed it, felt bitter taste and went mad. Since that time the doctor couldn’t appear in Jumbo’s presence. The elephant would pick up stones and throw them into the doctor.
Task 3. Do the exercises that follow the text.
Ex.1. Say if the sentences are true or false.
The elephant is the cleverest animal on the Earth. The elephant is tamed in India, Sri Lanka and many other countries. People have used elephant for heavy work. They have never used elephants for ploughing. Elephants have poor memory. An African elephant Jumbo lived in in the Dresden Zoo. Jumbo liked to eat all tasty and delicious things. Jumbo didn’t want to take medicines. He always took away the food from the elephant cows who lived with him. The doctor couldn’t make Jumbo take medicine.Ex.2. Define the logical order.
Elephants like that drink very much and even simulate their sickness to be given the drink once again. An African elephant, Jumbo by name, had a stomach ache. There are many stories about elephant’s mind. We saw elephants making different kinds of tricks in circus. This story happened before the Second World War.Ex.3. Answer the questions.
Which animals are the cleverest on the Earth? Has the elephant been tamed by the man long ago? How do people use elephants? Is the elephant a good worker? What have you learned about elephants’ memory? Why was Jumbo put on a diet? How did the doctor make Jumbo eat the medicine? Did Jumbo understand that he was deceived? Was Jumbo angry? How did he react next time he saw the doctor?Ex.4. Retell the story close to the text.
Ex.5. Write down the retelling of the story close to the text in Russian or English.
UNIT 12
Task 1. Before listening to the text “Inexcusable Mistake” do the following exercises.
Ex.1. Look through the following words:
accompanied by – сопровождаемый
jeweller – ювелир
in a sling – на перевязи
wallet – бумажник, кошелёк
via bearer – через подателя (письма)
faint – падать в обморок
Ex.2. Explain the following words.
A servant is… To take the car means… A note is… A jeweler is… A bearer is… To faint means…Ex.3. Give the antonyms to the words given below.
Young; day; to enter; right; to begin; to leave; to send; to manage; glad; long; to buy.
Ex.4. Answer the following questions.
Have you ever bought anything in a jeweller’s shop? Do you have enough money to buy expensive jewellery? Have you ever worn you arm in a sling? If yes, why?Ex.5. Imagine that you suddenly got a large sum of money. What would you spend it for? Would you buy a lot of jewellery? Why? Why not?
Task 2. Listen to the text “Inexcusable Mistake”
INEXUSABLE MISTAKE
One day a young gentleman accompanied by his man-servant entered a jeweller’s shop in Royal Street in London. The gentleman wore his right arm in a sling. He began to examine a couple of rings to the value of one thousand pounds. He wanted to pay for the rings at once, but realized that he had left his wallet at home.
“Peter”, he said to his servant, “take the car, drive back home and tell my wife to send me the money at once”.
He asked the jeweler for a sheet of paper to write a note to his wife. But as he started writing, he couldn’t manage to do it because it was too painful for him.
Would you kindly help me”? he asked the jeweler. “I can’t write it myself”.
Jeweller agreed to help. At the dictation of the gentleman he wrote: “Please send me a thousand pounds via bearer. Your husband George”.
“You don’t say so”! exclaimed the jeweler. “My name is George, too”.
“Oh”, replied the gentleman, “Glad to hear that”.
He gave a letter to his servant and stayed at the shop to wait for the money.
They waited for a long time. At last the gentleman said: “I must go home and see what has happened. Keep the rings please, tomorrow I’ll buy them”.
When jeweler came home in the evening, he told his wife about strange incident in his shop.
“I can’t understand one thing”, told his wife. “Why did you send home for a thousand pounds”? And she showed him a note. The jeweller recognized his own handwriting and fainted.
Task 3. Do the exercises that follow the text.
Ex.1. Give the English equivalents.
Man-servant; wore his arm in a sling; to examine a couple of rings; to pay for the rings at once; to drive back home; to write a note; he couldn’t manage to do it; I can’t write it myself; to agree; via bearer; to reply; to keep the rings; a strange incident; to recognize his own handwriting.
plete the sentences.
A young gentleman___ by his man-servant entered___. He made his servant ask his wife for___. He couldn’t write himself because___. The jeweler agreed___. George asked his wife to send him money___. The jeweler’s name was___. The gentleman stayed at the shop___. The jeweler came home and told his wife about___. The jeweler recognized___.Ex.3. Describe the gentleman’s servant. What do you think of him? Is he honest? cunning? artful? crafty? false?
Ex.4. Retell the text.
GLOSSARY
accompany – сопровождать
allow – позволять
angry – злой
anthropoid – человекообразный
ape – обезьяна
apology – извинение
astonished – пораженный
awful – ужасный
bearer – податель (письма и т. д.)
border – граница, пограничный
bump – наткнуться
compartment – купе
confused – смущенный
contrive – ухитриться
converse – беседовать
daily – ежедневно
dank – промозглый
dash – прыжок
diamond – бриллиант
dining car – вагон-ресторан
duty – пошлина
elephant – слон
elephant cow – слониха
engaged to – помолвленный
entire – весь, целый
faint – падать в обморок
gifted – одаренный
headlight – фара
hitchhike – путешествовать автостопом
impassible – непроходимый
invest – вкладывать
jeweler – ювелир
log – бревно
loudly – громко
misty – туманный
money – деньги
nevertheless – тем не менее
noise – шум
pay – платить
pile up – складывать
plugging - пахота
rich – богатый
shabby looking – ветхий
singing – пение
slave – раб
sling – перевязь
snatch – выхватить
suddenly – вдруг
suitcase – чемодан
tame – приручать
tidbit – лакомый кусочек
unbearable – невыносимый
СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
ВВЕДЕНИЕ…………………………………………………………… ………………... | 3 |
Unit 1…………………………………………………………………............................... | 4 |
Unit 2……………………………………………………………………………………... | 6 |
Unit 3…………………………………………………………………............................... | 9 |
Unit 4…………………………………………………………………............................... | 11 |
Unit 5…………………………………………………………………………………….. | 14 |
Unit 6…………………………………………………………………………………….. | 17 |
Unit 7………………………………………………………………….............................. | 19 |
Unit 8 …………………………………………………………………………………….. | 22 |
Unit 9 ………………………………………………………............................................. | 24 |
Unit 10………………………………………………………........................................... | 27 |
Unit 11……………………………………………………….......................................... | 29 |
Unit 12……………………………………………………….......................................... | 32 |
Glossary………………………………………………………………………………….. | 34 |
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