€ John is as cool as a cucumber.
32. pussycat – кошечка, киска; милашка.
€ I want to kiss you, pussycat!
33. neighbouring – соседний, близлежащий, смежный.
€ She lives in a neighbouring town and I can easily give her a lift.
34. appearance – внешность.
€ This blonde with deep blue eyes and tender skin has a really sexy appearance.
35. unfathomable – непостижимый, необъяснимый; неизмеримый, бездонный.
€ Her unfathomable love to hedgehogs touches me deeply.
36. violin – скрипка.
€ I know him as one of the best violin players in the world.
37. science fiction – научная фантастика.
€ Can you recommend me a good science fiction book?
38. personality – личность, индивидуальность.
€ I’m a unique and extraordinary personality who loves life in all its colors.
39. pleasure – удовольствие.
€ What is the greatest pleasure for?
40. quantity – количество.
€ What quantity of roses are you ready to present to your girl-friend?
41. wealth – богатство.
€ Wealth is nothing without health.
42. properly – должным образом, правильно, корректно, грамотно.
€ If you act properly you get what you want.
USEFUL PHRASES
be interested in – интересоваться.
€ What are you interested in? – I am interested in traveling and literature.
be in – работать в какой-то сфере.
€ He is in finance and I am in art.
be good at – хорошо разбираться в чем-либо.
€ I am good at poetry and my wife is good at making money.
throw dust in one’s eyes – пускать пыль в глаза.
€ She likes throwing dust in her friends’ eyes driving her boy-friend’s Porsche and telling that it is hers.
be like – представлять собой; быть человеком с определенными чертами характера.
€ What is he like? – He is kind and generous. What is the weather in Rome like?
look like – выглядеть, иметь определенную внешность.
€ What does she look like? – She is tall with wavy brown hair and green capricious eyes.
be alike – быть одинаковыми, подобными.
€ All happy families are alike.
pass laws – принимать законы.
€ Politicians pass laws in the interests of oligarchs and the White House.
EXERCISES
Ex.1. Answer the questions. Consult the text if necessary.
1. What is the student’s name? 2. What is his surname? 3. Where does he live? 4. Where does he study? 5. In his opinion, is he an ordinary student? 6. Is his family poor? 7. What is his father’s position?
8. Is his father as rich as the well-known oligarchs? 9. What does the young man tell about his father’s wealth? 10. How old are his father’s paramours? 11. Why does his mother keep silence about his father’s infidelity? 12. What is his dad interested in? 13. What does his dad like more than anything else in the world? 14. Why is he in politics? 15. For what does Rich love his corrupt father? 16. How many siblings does he have? 17. Is Rich the eldest or the youngest child in his family? 18. What does his mother like doing? 19. What is his mother good at? 20. What is her family nickname? 21. What does she spend a fortune on? 22. Where does she like traveling? 23. What is Rich’s attitude to his siblings? 24. Can we say that Rich is a philosopher? Why yes or no? 25. What does he like? 26. How does he describe his girlfriend Mary? 27. What is he interested in? 28. Who teaches him foreign languages? 29. What is he a fan of? 30. What does he live for? 31. What does he want? 32. What does he wish for his readers? 33. What does wealth mean according to his opinion?
Ex.2. Answer and discuss the following questions.
1. What is your impression of the narrator? 2. Can we call him sincere? 3. Is he smart? Why yes or no? 4. Is his father his ideal of man? 5. Would you like to be like his father if you are a male or like his mother if you are a female? Why? 6. What question would you like to ask Rich? 7. Are happiness and money linked? In what way? 8. Do you agree with Rich that politicians are highly corrupt? 9. What question would you ask his father? 10. Can we call Rich a good psychologist? 11. Would you like Rich to be your friend? Why yes or no? 12. Do you agree with Rich that happiness is not in money but in its quantity?
13. Do you want to be rich?
Ex.3. Read the sentences and translate the words in brackets.
1. I love (роскошь). 2. My (любовница) makes me happy. 3. I have a beautiful (особняк) in France. 4. Look at this sexy model in this (глянцевый) magazine. 5. It’s sensible to believe in (существование) of God. 6. When people have nothing to say they usually keep (молчание). 7. (Развод) can bring you happiness or unhappiness, or both. 8. He (обожает) his mother but he is too critical to his wife. 9. If you travel alone it’s a wonderful (возможность) to have an affair with a sweet girl. 10. Don’t (воровать) and sleep like a baby. 11. Be careful with your (бюджет) and don’t (транжирить) what you already have. 12. If you don’t like this (закон) either abide it or change it. 13. I don’t recommend you to vote for this politician because he is very (коррумпированный). 14. This handsome (парень) is (гомосексуалист).
15. What is her (кличка)? 16. This (очаровательная) girl in a pink dress is a well-known call-girl. 17. Fortunately, I have a good (возможность) to make a (состояние) in this sphere. 18. These (омолаживающие) creams and serums help her look 15 years younger. 19. (Лечение) in this Swiss clinic is expensive but its (персонал) is highly professional. 20. This (великолепный) house is like from a fairytale. 21. If you talk (чушь) there are always those who like it and are happy to accept it as the latest word of wisdom. 22. (Вместо) going to the Bahamas let’s go to Siberia and experience its special and unforgettable beauty. 23. These boys are (наследники) of their parents’ (богатство). 24. (К несчастью), she is so stupid that she can’t understand it. 25. Oh, Lord, let my dream (осуществиться)! 26. It’s (круто) to have such a lovely (киска) with so sexy (внешность). 27. This man living in a (соседний) house has a (скрипка) that has an (непостижимый) sounding. 28. This (научная фантастика) film is worth seeing. 29. This mysterious (личность) seeks (удовольствие) in strange and dangerous things. 30. (Количество) definitely translates into quality. 31. He is a man of great (богатство) and of many talents. 32. Use your time (должным образом). 33. Nothing is (невозможно) when you have a way and will.
