Учебник английского языка для технических университетов и вузов Издание шестое, стереотипное
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Упражнение 23. Найдите в словаре и запомните значения выделенных слов.
Упражнение 24. Поставьте глагол, приведенный в скобках, в соответст вующих времени и форме. The Life of a Student While I (walk) across the campus (университетский городок) the other day, I (meet) my old friend Bill, whom I (see, not) since May. Naturally, we (stop) (talk) to each other for a few minutes. I asked him how he (do) in his classes that semester. He told me that he (take) a course in English that semester. He said that he (com plete) the elementary course two semesters before, and by the next semester he (be) ready (take) the most difficult English course of fered at this school. He also said that he (be) interested in getting his degree as soon as possible and he (ask, already) his adviser for permission to take the final examination. «I am glad (hear) that you (make) such good progress», I (say) to Bill. Then I asked him if he (can) tell me the secret of his success. He answered that the secret of his success (be) simple and he (study) at least two hours a day to improve his English. After that I told Bill I (have) a little difficulty with my course in French at the moment. I said that I (study, not) very hard the last semester, but I (work) harder in the future. Упражнение 25. Прочитайте текст. Перескажите его содержание, ис пользуя косвенную речь. Albert Einstein liked the film with Charlie Chaplin. Once he wrote a letter to Chaplin: «Everybody in the world understands your film “Golden Fever” (’’Золотая лихорадка”). You will become a great man by all means.» Chaplin’s answer was: «I like you even more. Nobody in the world understands your “Theory of Relativity” and you have already become a great man.» Упражнение 26. Дайте недостающие формы глаголов, запомните их. find, broke, putting, hung, began, seen. Упражнение 27. Прочитайте и переведите текст без словаря. Recently it was reported in the press that the USA was trying to build bigger, better and much more expensive TV sets. Experts de clared that it was the most important change in television since the invention of colour television. They informed that a new kind of television had images so clear that watching it was like looking through a window. But it became known that Japanese specialists had started their work on HDTV when nobody else in the world was thinking how to improve TV. The inventors expected that their standard for high-definition television would be used throughout the world. However, the Europeans have announced that they would set their own standard. And now it is not clear whether the Japanese stan dard will be used or not. Some people consider that a single high-definition TV standard will allow to exchange news and may bring nations together. CONVERSATION Exercise 1. Answer the questions.
Exercise 2. Make a sentence out of the two parts.
nine-by-twelve inch TV sets television.
digital television in which the usual signal is replaced by a digital code.
Exercise 3. Read and learn. At the Telephone Mr. Smith: Can I use your telephone for a long distance call? I couldn’t find a pay phone in the building. Mr. Wilson: Sure. Mr. S.: My wife is going to meet me in New York tomorrow. I want to tell her what time the train gets in. Mr. W.: Here you are. New York you can dial the number direct. Dial 2 and then the number. Mr. S.: There’s no answer. I’ll call later. Mr. W.: You can use the telephone any time you want. Mr. S.: Direct distance dialing is wonderful, isn’t it? Operator: Trunk-service (междугородная), number, please? Mr. Jones: London Victoria 2884.1 say, operator, will you hurry it up for me as I have a train to catch in a few minutes? O.: Unless your number is engaged, I can put you through almost at once. I am sorry, sir, your number is engaged. (After a few seconds.) I have got your number. Hold the line, please. Mr. J.: Oh, it’s you, Mary? Mrs. Jones: Is it you, George, dear? How are you? So pleased to hear your voice again! When are you going to come back? Mr. J.: I can’t hear you, dear. Operator, will you try again. О.: I think that’s better now. Mr. J.: Are you there? Is that you, Mary, dear? I say, can you hear me? Mrs. J.: Yes, dear, I can. Mr. J.: I shall be arriving at Waterloo Station at 5.40 this after noon. Will you come and meet me? Mrs. J.: Certainly, darling. Mr. J.: There is something else I want to tell you. Get hold of Smith at the office, will you? Ask him to ring me up to morrow in the morning. O.: Your time is up. If you want to speak on, drop another sixpence, please. Mr. J.: All right, dear, so long. Exercise 4. Speak about:
Use exercise 1 and 2 and the following words and word combinations for your topic: to be interested in; research; it is announced (reported) that; to solve prob lems; it became clear; compared to (with); to call; have an advantage; to find appli cation in. Exercise 5. Comment on the following statements:
Exercise 6. Read and smile. A Letter to a Sweetheart A young man was writing a letter to his sweetheart (любимая) who lived just a few miles away in a nearby town. He began to tell her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. But the more he wrote, the more poetical he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest hard ships (лишения), he would face the greatest dangers (опасность) that anyone could imagine. In fact, to spend only one minute with her, he would climb (подниматься) the highest mountain, he would swim the widest river, he would fight the fiercest (свире пый) animals. He signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to mention something rather important. So, in a postscript below his name, he added: «By the way, I’ll be over to see you on Wednesday night — if it doesn’t rain». A Frenchman in England A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could speak English quite well but not perfectly. His vocabulary was not large. Once, for example, he was eating in a small country inn (гостиница) and he wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn’t re member the word for eggs. Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster (петух) walk ing in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English. The waiter told him that it was called a rooster. The Frenchman then asked what the rooster’s wife was called. The waiter told him that she was called a hen. The Frenchman then asked what the hen’s children were called. The waiter told him that they were called chickens. The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were bom. The waiter told him that they were called eggs. «Fine!», said the Frenchman, «Please bring me two plus a cup of coffee and some toast.» Text 4B |