Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

stopped shivering with cold. 4. ... began trembling with fear. 5. ... stopped making notes. 6....

finished reading aloud.

III. Translate the following into English. Use the patterns:

P a t t e r n 1 : 1. Они только что проводили своих родственников на станцию. —

Мы тоже. 2. В воскресенье мы обедали в гостях. — Мы тоже. 3. Я люблю бифштекс немного

недожаренным. — Мой брат тоже. 4. Им до смерти наскучил его рассказ. — Нам тоже. 5. Лень

непростительна и невежество тоже. 6. Ее сын непослушный. — И мой тоже. 7. Это мое

окончательное решение; надеюсь, и ваше тоже, 8. Наши попутчики оказались общительными

и милыми людьми. — Наши тоже.

P a t t e r n 2 : 1. Рикардо встречал Овода раньше и считал его довольно странным

(odd). 2. Джуди считала себя совершенно невежественной во многих вопросах. 3. Когда Джек

впервые увидел леди Гвендолен (Gwendolen), он нашел ее совершенно очаровательной. 4.

Герствуд (Hurstwood) не считал, что Кэрри достаточно талантлива для сцены, но думал, что

сама идея зарабатывать таким образом на жизнь вполне разумна (sensible). 5. Розмэри считала

свой поступок благородным и довольно смелым (daring). 6. Росс считал, что американцы

общительны, англичан он находил негостеприимными. 7. Он Искренне думал, что его работа

очень полезна.

P a t t e r n 3 : 1. С другого конца стола Эндрю наблюдал, как оперирует Чарльз

Айвори. 2. Том и Бекки увидели, что через маленькое отверстие в пещере мерцает (to glimmer)

свет. 3. Все, кто стоял на палубе, наблюдали, как садится солнце. 4. Я не могу себе

представить, что он занимается спортом. 5. Мы видели, как вы здоровались с ним за руку. 6.

Бедняга был страшно удивлен, когда он услышал, что Бертон предлагает ему работу.

P a t t e r n 4 : 1. Джемма никогда не переставала думать, что она виновата в

смерти Артура. 2. Вскоре люди начали приходить группами. 3. Он так и не смог бросить

курить и загубил свое здоровье. 4. Капитан внезапно прекратил разговор и начал изучать

карту. 5. Перестаньте обращаться с ним как с маленьким непослушным мальчиком.

IV. Respond to the following statements and questions, using the patterns:

P a t t e r n 1 : 1. Le Ros was delighted to see his old acquaintance. 2. Some people feel

rather stiff on the platform. What about you? 3. My friends liked the film "Quiet Flows the Don."

What about yours? 4. Celia loved Lanny. What about Sarie? 5. Stephen Leacock is a famous

humorous writer. What about Mark Twain? 6. Some people like things made to order. What about

your friend? 7. I'd rather read something by Chekhov, would you? 8. St. Paul's Cathedral is a fine

specimen of architecture. Unfortunately I didn't see Westminster Abbey. 9. Martin Eden lived under

very hard conditions when he was young. What about Jack London himself? 10. I find this exercise

extremely easy.

P a t t e r n 2 : 1. What do you think about Shakespeare's plays? 2. How do you find the

screen version of "War and Peace"? 3. In my opinion Ch. Dickens' language is rather difficult. 4.

What would you say to a day or two in the mountains? 5. What is your impression of the Tower of

London? 6. What do you think of hitch-hiking as a means of travel? 7. How did you find the last film

you saw? 8. What do you think of Le Ros's occupation? 9. Some people like travelling by air. 10.

What is your opinion about the English language?

P a t t e r n 3 : 1. Have you ever watched the sunrise? 2. Did you have a chance to hear

how your friend was reciting at concerts? 3. Can you imagine that you are teaching a class of small

children? 4. Do you hear any noise? It's coming from above, isn't it? 5. What kind of people can you

see on the platform and what are they doing there?

P a t t e r n 4 : 1. When did you start to learn English? 2. Which of your friends have

started to learn a second foreign language? 3. When do they finish to serve meals in your canteen? 4.

We shall begin to write the test when everybody comes.

V. Write 12 questions suggesting answers with these patterns. (The questions

in Ex. IV may serve as a model.)

TEXT. ROSE AT THE MUSIC-HALL From "They Walk in the City" by J. B.

Priestley

Priestley, John Bointon (1894-1984) is the author of numerous novels, plays and literary

essays well-known all over the world. Of his pre-war novels the most famous are "The Good

Companions", "Angel Pavement", "They Walk in the City", and "Wonder Hero". His war novels

"Blackout in Greatley", "Daylight on Saturday" and "Three Men in New Suits", were very popular

with the readers during and after the Second World War. The daring and unusual composition of

some of his plays (such as "Dangerous Corner", "Time and the Conways") is a device for revealing

people's real selves hidden under conventional masks.

Priestley loves people. His favourite character is a little man, an unimportant shy person, lost

in the jungle of the big city, helpless in the face of forces which he cannot combat. In the description

of an elderly comic actor in the given extract you will find something of the sad tenderness and

compassion characteristic of Priestley's attitude towards "little men".

When they arrived at the music-hall,73 the doors for the second house were just opening,74 and

they walked straight into the stalls, which were very cheap. The audience made a great deal of noise,

especially in the balcony. Mrs. Burlow led the way to the front and found two very good seats for

them. Rose bought a programme for twopence, gave it to Mrs. Burlow, then looked about her

brightly.

It was a nice friendly little place, this music-hall, warmer and cosier and altogether more

human than the picture theatres75 she usually attended. One thing she noticed. There were very few

young people there. They were nearly all about Mrs. Burlow's age. So were the attendants. So were

the members of the orchestra, who soon crept into their pit, wiping their mouths. Very few of the

turns76 were young; they themselves, their creased and fading scenery, their worn properties, their

jokes and many of their songs were getting on in years. And the loudest applause always came when

a performer said he would imitate "our dear old favourite" So-and-so, and named a music-hall star