B: Sure.
A: By the way, I've got a new telephone number. It is now 235...
B: Just a second. I must have a pen to put it down. Yes? A: So I repeat 235-60-
57. I'll be expecting your call. Bye-bye. B: So long, then.
VOCABULARY NOTES
angry adj сердитый, раздраженный, разгневанный; anger n; to be angry
with smb. сердиться на кого-л., е. д. She was angry with me because I was late.
silence n тишина, молчание; silent adj тихий, молчаливый; Keep silent!
Соблюдайте тишину! е. д. Keep silent, I can't hear anything!
to leave school (no article!) оканчивать школу; Cf. to go to school, to go by
bus, to go to bed
entrance n вход; entrance exams вступительные экзамены; Ant. exit; enter
vt; Syn. come vi; Ant. leave vt, e. g. He entered Room 5. Come in!
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mind n разум, ум, память; vt помнить; иметь в виду; следить за собой, за
своими словами; возражать, иметь что-л. против;
to make up one's mind = to decide; Never mind! Ничего, неважно. To my
mind. По-моему.
exam(ination) л экзамен; examine vt проверять, экзаменовать; examiner л
экзаменатор; to take an exam держать, сдавать экзамен; to pass one's exam
выдержать, сдать экзамен, е. д. Не took an exam in Geography but he didn't pass
it.
mark л оценка, отметка; to give a mark поставить оценку; a mark for an
answer оценка за ответ; a mark in a subject оценка no предмету, e. g. He got a
satisfactory mark in Physics. The teacher gave me a five for my answer yesterday.
train vt тренировать; to train teachers готовить учителей
one can't help (doing smth.) нельзя не нельзя удержаться от чтобы не е.
д. I couldn't help smiling, the child was so funny.
admire vt восхищаться, любоваться; admiration л, е. д. We all admire your
singing. The people looked at the actress in admiration.
It goes without saying. Само собой разумеется, е. д. It goes without saying
we help those who need our help.
proud adj гордый; pride л; to be proud of smth. гордиться чём-л., e. g. We are
all proud of our country.
subjects (учебные) предметы: Literature литература, Mathematics (Maths)
математика, Physics физика, Geography география, Chemistry химия. Biology
биология, a Foreign language иностранный язык, Linguistics языкознание
professor л профессор, преподаватель; scientist л ученый (чаще в области
точных наук); science л наука; scientific a d j научный; research worker научный
работник
to go in for увлекаться, заниматься, e. g. The students of our group go in for
sports.
opportunity л возможность, e. g. This is a good opportunity to help them.
to master the language овладеть языком
hard a d j / a d v тяжелый, трудный/тяжело; усиленно; Cf. hard work, to work
hard at smth.; hard-working трудолюбивый, старательный
to get rid of отделаться, избавиться, e. g. I can't get rid of my mistakes.
best regards to ... большой привет; Syn. Remember me to ...
receiver л телефонная трубка
to pick up the receiver поднять трубку
to hang up положить трубку
dial vt набирать (номер); dial л диск
the line is engaged (free) линия занята (свободна); to engage занимать. Hold
the line, please. He вешайте трубку.
to get through дозвониться; Are you through? Вы разговариваете? Вы
слышите?
lucky adj удачный, счастливый, е. д. I know him, he is always lucky. Ему
везет.
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spend (spent, spent) vt тратить, расходовать, е. д. Не spends much money on
books. I spend much time on my English.
to make (good) progress делать успехи, е. д. We hope to make good progress
in English.
They say ... Говорят .... e. g. They say it is going to be cold.
to be good at smth. (or at doing smth.) удаваться, получаться, быть
способным к е. д. She is very good at singing.
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
Telephone Talk: a telephone-booth; a call-box; insert a coin in the slot;
buzz, buzzing sound; long-distance call; to be disconnected (to be cut off); to get
the wrong number; St. Petersburg is on the wire.
Letter Writing:
Opening greetings
(on the left-hand side of the page)
Dear Sir (Dear Madam), Dear Mr. Brown,
My dear sister, Dearest Mother
Corresponding polite endings
(on the right-hand side of the page)
Yours truly; Yours faithfully Yours very truly; Respectfully yours
Affectionately yours Your loving daughter
PHONETIC NOTES
To make speech more expressive we do not always stress all the notional
words in a sentence. Sometimes we make one or two words more prominent than
the others. The word which is most important in the sentences is often marked by
logical stress while the words following it remain unstressed or half-stressed as
they do not introduce anything new, but refer to something already known.
e. g. There is an \ English 'speaking xclub at our faculty. \ We, 'students, are
xproud of this fact.
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Compare:
I beVgan to pre'pare for my tentrance e'xams to the .University.
And later:
I should V like to 'show you the 'main xbuilding of our
University.
EXERCISES
I. Transcribe the following words and explain the reading rules:
angry, exams, mind, mark, Russian, admire, hard, proud, sports, find, tape,
lucky, ages, sorry, invite, club, certainly, rather.
II. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and tunes.
Concentrate your attention on sounds, b) Let your fellow-student read the sentences
aloud for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell him what must be done to get the
sounds right:
[0, dl 1. The third Thursday of this month is the sixteenth.
2. Thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three.
3. These are three brothers, these are their father and mother, this is their other
brother.
4. Wealth is nothing without health.
5. First think then speak.
[0 — s] Three things on this side and six things on that side, [d — f] That fish
has a fat fin, this fish is a fish that has a thinner fin than that fish.
III. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the following words
and word combinations:
A. 1. [a] — my mother and father, working hard, my best regards.
2. a) Alveolars replaced by dentals: atwthe Institute, that'sjhe latest news.
b) Loss of plosion: don't^be angry, had^to take, gladJ:o tell you,
oldjDuilding, don'tjtake part.
c) Linking [rj: mother^nd father, four^exams, gram-mar^nd phonetics,
ourjtastitute.
В. 1. [зи] Oh, hello, good at both, so long.
—
2. a) Alveolars replaced by dentals: joined^the society, , andwthe choir,
butwthen.
b) Loss of plosion: difficultwto study, at jDOth, hardwto; make, and^tennis,
aboutwto ring up.
c) Nasal plosion: excellent w marks, student wnowf
goo dwm arks.
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IV.
1 . a) Listen to the recording of the text "Our University".
b) Mark the stresses and tunes, c) Practise the text tor test reading.
