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‘carriage for smokers’.

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Other examples of participles used as nouns include:

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slu´'a]ij

‘employee’;

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upravlq´[]ij

‘manager’;

vedu´]ij

‘presenter’;

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bu´du]ee

‘future’; nastoq´]ee ‘present’; uha´]ijsq ‘student’; 20111

trudq´]ijsq ‘worker’.

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Exercise 11

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The newspaper

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Vaw dosu ´g published the following ratings of films recommended for both children and parents. Read it and then answer 6

the questions in English.

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NE TOL:KO DETSKOE KINO

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ocenka

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otlihno

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xorowo

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tak sebe

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otvratitel;no

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pro hto: prodol'enie fil;ma . Syn glavnyx geroev 1

stanovitsq ob#ektom oxoty mumii so vsemi sledu[]imi iz

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\togo scenami <\kwn>.

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Cultural life in Russia

kommentarii: nekotorye iz scen strawnovaty. Vesti na \tot fil;m mo'no tol;ko ne ohen; vpehatlitel;nyx detej. V pol;zu detskoj auditorii govorit i tot fakt, hto odin iz glavnyx persona'ej – mal;hiwka. Tak hto vawemu rebenku budet za kogo pere'ivat;.

rekomenduetsq: sil;nym duxom podrostkam.

<102 DALMATINCA>

pro hto:

fil;m – prodol'enie dobroj komedii 1996 goda

<101 dalmatinec>. Obstoqtel;stva i dejstvu[]ie lica pohti ne izmenilis;. Zlodejka, po-pre'nemu, Kru\lla de Vil;, i milye pqtnistye sobaki spasa[tsq ot ee vyxodok.

kommentarii: pervyj fil;m, konehno 'e, luhwe. Odnako tem, kto l[bit smotret; pro 'ivotnyx, osobenno pro dalmatincev, kartina ponravitsq.

rekomenduetsq l[bitelqm 'ivotnyx vsex vozrastov.

pro hto: v dvux slovax – krasivaq romantihnaq istoriq.

kommentarii: ne sovsem detskij (skoree naoborot), no esli vam ne s kem svoego rebenka ostavit;, – mo'ete pojti na \tot fil;m vse vmeste. Kartina prekrasnaq, k tomu 'e rqd \pizodov vpolne ponqtny i zabavny dlq vawego rebenka.

rekomenduetsq dlq semejnogo prosmotra s det;mi l[bogo vozrasta (krome malywej do 4 let). Podrostkam fil;m mo'no smotret; i bez roditelej.

'urnaĺ , 2001

N.B. zvezda´ – star; tak sebe´ – so-so; otvrati´tel;no – repulsive; v poĺ;zu – in favour; vpehatli´tel;nyj – impressionable; siĺ;nyj du´xom – strong in spirit; de´jstvu[]ee lico´ – character; zlode´jka – female villain; vy

´ xodka – trick;

pqtniśtaq soba´ka – spotty dog; 'ivo´tnoe – animal; zaba´vnyj – amusing; naoboro´t – the other way round

Kul;turnaq 'izn; v Rossii

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1 Which film received the highest (5-star) rating?

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2 Which films are recommended for families?

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3 Which film is recommended for animal lovers and why?

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4 What is the subject of the film The Mummy Returns?

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5 Would The Mummy Returns be a good film for impressionable 6

youngsters?

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6 For whom is the film Chocolat recommended?

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Preposition corner

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O + prepositional

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‘about, concerning’

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du´mat; o sebe´, o rabo´te; le´kciq o 'i´vopisi

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think about yourself, about work; a lecture about art

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Note that o sometimes becomes ob, generally before vowels, and obo 7

before some combinations of consonants: ob \´tom ‘about that’; ob 8

iskuśstve ‘about art’; ob otce´ ‘about father’; obo mne´ ‘about me’; 9

obo vse¨m ‘about everything.

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O + accusative

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‘against, on, upon’

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opira´t;sq o steńu; udaŕit;sq nogo´j o stol; bok o´ bok 5