Английский язык: самоучитель

When Billie was small a woman became a nurse, a secretary or a teacher or got married. The teacher was her choice. Women didn’t have many choices when she was small.

She started teaching in Millville, in the same school. She started teaching again the six-, seven-, eight– and nine-year-olds.

She enjoyed teaching very much. It was rewarding, extremely rewarding because she saw how the children developed.

Are the sentences true or false?

Верны или не верны данные предложения?

1. Billie was born in the twenty-first century.

2. Billie left the farm to study in school.

3. The small children studied together.

4. Billie was first a secretary and then a teacher.

5. She started teaching in her own school.

6. She liked teaching because she got a lot of money.

Lesson 10. Directions

LEAD-IN

1. Answer the questions about yourself.

Ответьте на вопросы о себе.

1. How do you get to your office?

2. Where do you keep your car?

3. Is your town attractive for tourists?

4. What sights can tourists see in your town?

5. Are you fond of traveling?

6. Where are the shopping centers in your town?

7. Where can tourists stay?

8. Do you know the way to the hospital?

9. Which is the shortest way to the market?

10. Is it easy to use a car in your town?

2. Make up some true sentences about your town. Use the adjectives given.

Составьте несколько предложений о своем городе. Используйте данные прилагательные.

Bigger, more interesting, very useful, the most expensive, more attractive, worse, easier, the best, the most delicious, the smallest, older, more beautiful, comfortable, more modern.

Example: The supermarket in Pushkin Street is bigger than the one in Gorky Street.

3. Complete the story. Use all the verbs given in their past forms.

Закончитерассказ. Используйтеглаголыto buy, to see, to speak, to come, to eat, to take, to meet, to get, to think, to tell, to sell в форме прошедшего времени.

A Tourist in London

It was her first visit to London. She read so much about this city. She learnt to speak the language of the people who lived there. But what she saw with her own eyes was really great!

Anita left Victoria Station and went to the city centre, the so-called Square Mile…

4. Ask Special Questions.

Составьте специальные вопросы к следующим предложениям.

1. She left the secondary school when she was sixteen.

2. We are studying this subject at the moment.

3. Her choice was extremely rewarding.

4. He got a diploma in business management.

5. He serves his clients very well.

6. They ordered roast meat in the restaurant.

FOCUS ON VOCABULARY Активный словарь

Nouns

1. pub – пивная, трактир

2. museum – музей

3. souvenir – сувенир, подарок на память

4. accommodation – помещение, жилье

5. atmosphere – атмосфера, обстановка

6. cost – цена, стоимость

7. leaflet – тонкая брошюра

8. officer – служащий, инспектор

9. timetable – расписание, график работы

10. visit – посещение, визит

11. size – размер

12. appointment – условленная встреча, назначение

13. future – будущее

Future plans – планы на будущее

14. tomorrow – завтра

15. message – послание

16. pardon – извинение

Adjectives

1. international – международный

2. busy – занятой

3. so-so – так себе, сносный

4. effective – эффективный

5. enjoyable – приятный, доставляющий наслаждение

6. full – полный (чего-либо)

Full of water – полный воды

7. hectic – энергичный, нервный

8. impossible – невозможный

9. possible – возможный

10. fast-paced – быстротечный

Fast paced life – Быстротечная жизнь

11. attractive – привлекательный

12. double – двойной

13. peaceful – мирный, спокойный

14. spoilt – испорченный

15. unspoilt – не испорченный

Verbs

1. show – показывать

2. follow – следовать (за, по)

Follow me – Следуйте за мной

3. turn – поворачивать, свернуть

Turn right/left – сворачивать направо/налево

4. forget (forgot) – забывать

5. ski – кататься на лыжах

6. call – звать, называть

7. confirm – утверждать, подтверждать

8. plan – планировать

Adverbs

1. again – снова

2. completely – полностью

3. below – ниже

4. indeed – в действительности

5. mainly – в основном

6. nowadays – в настоящее время

7. probably – вероятно

Word Combinations

1. petrol station – авто заправка

2. traffic light – светофор

3. railway bridge – мост через железнодорожные пути

4. you can’t miss it – Вы это не пропустите

5. business estate – бизнес-центр

6. guest house – гостиница

7. in fact – фактически, в действительности

8. make sure – убедиться

9. I’m afraid that… – Боюсь, что…

10. tomorrow evening – завтра вечером