picture.
XXV.
Listen to the text "The Snow Maiden" carefully. Pick out words and word
combinations pertaining to the topic "Weather**. Get ready to ask your fellow-students
questions on the text. Retell the text.
XXVII.
a) Watch Film Segment Four "The Sky is Overcast" for general content,
b) Watch the film segment again to find the English equivalents to the following:
до семи дождь, до одиннадцати ясно; английское лето — три жарких дня и гроза;
какая там у Боба погода?; небо затянуто облаками; поехать на пикник; лгать; как хорошо
слышно; накануне; матч на кубок; все хорошо, что хорошо кончается.
с) Answer your teacher's questions on the content of the film segment, d) Listen to the
sound track recording of Segment Four. Get ready to ask and answer questions on the
content of Film Segment Four and to reproduce the dialogue.
XXVIII.
a) Explain the meaning of the proverb: "It never rains but it pours** and
give a situation to illustrate it. b) Find English proverbs concerning weather, provide
them with Russian equivalents, ask your fellow-students to illustrate them.
XXVIII. Describe the weather in England and in your native town.
XXX.
a) Make up a dialogue on the following situation:
Две студентки (одна с юга, другая из Сибири) разговаривают о климате своих
родных мест. Южанке не нравится климат Москвы. Ей кажется, что зимой здесь очень
холодно, а летом часто идет дождь. Сибирячке тоже не нравится московская зима. Хотя
морозы в Сибири достигают 30—35°, но переносятся они легче, так как почти нет ветра
и воздух сухой. А в Москве зимой снег часто тает, иногда моросит дождь.
b) Suggest a situation for your fellow-students to give it in the form of a dialogue.
LABORATORY WORK
I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make them interrogative and negative.
I. a) Listen to the questions and record your answers in the intervals, b) Listen to the
record and correct the mistakes.
I. Translate into English, spell and transcribe the following words and word
combinations.
II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs.
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III. a) Join the following pairs of sentences using the first one as an adverbial clause
of condition, b) Listen to the key following the intervals and repeat the key aloud. Pay
attention to the intonation.
I. a) Translate the following sentences into English as in the models, b) Check your
sentences with the key following the intervals and repeat the key aloud.
VII.
a) Use the following sentences in indirect speech. Make all the
necessary changes, b) Check your sentences with the key following the
intervals and repeat the key aloud.
VIII.
Listen to the poem "Nothing Will Die" by Alfred Tennyson.
Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the poem. Learn it by heart.
Lesson Sixteen
A
Grammar: Sequence of Tenses. The Future in the Past. The Past Perfect Tense.
Texts: 1. Under the High Trees 2. At the Seaside.
STUDY THE FOLLOWING
Tab l e No. I SEQUENCE OF TENSES
sure
Tom Ann
ill. out.
He (She)
was
was
everybody
at school.
They
were
the children
were
in the country.
their friends
BenJameseveryonewasRoger IaskedifAliceready, busy.Wefree.The Brownsthey
b
her friendswereangry.
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Tab l e No. 2 THE FUTURE IN
THE PAST
Ann
Tom
We
The Browns The studentsknew thatI
weshouldgo out of town, join them, enjoy the party, skate a lot. leave the place, never
return, read the story.
Mr. Black everyonewould
T ab l e No. 3 THE PAST
PERFECT TENSE
We
Ann
Tom
The Browns The studentsknew thatwe
everyone Mr. Black Irenehadread the letter, seen the play, bought a radio-set. stayed
indoors all day.Alice George The Blacksasked ifJohn Ann
the Browns everyonehadhad dinner, bought a lot of fruit, changed the clothes.
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
I. Study Substitution Tables No. 1, 2, 3 and compose as many sentences as you can.
II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following irregular verbs:
take, do, come, read, feel, say, see, ride, go, know, shine, forget, tell, cut, get,
make, run, fly, choose, catch, swim, lie.
III. Write the following sentences in indirect speech using the Future
in the Past:
1. She asked me: "Will you be angry with me?" 2.1 said: "I'll be too busy
tomorrow." 3. We said: "We'll take four exams in summer." 4. He said: "I'll show
you the main building of our University. It's very beautiful." 5. Алп said: "I'll have
a better command of the language, if I read English books." 6. The students said:
"We'll work hard at our pronunciation. We want to get rid
of our mistakes." 7. They asked us: "When will you join our choir?" 8. Nelly
asked her "Will you invite me to your birthday party?"
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IV. Write the following sentences in indirect speech using the Past Perfect)
1. Roger said: "My uncle has been here more than once". 2. Alice asked me:
"Did you spend much time there?" 3. Ben asked me: "When did you join our
circle?" 4. She said: "Our group has worked in the lab today." 5. Bill said: "I
remember she was good at singing." 6. The mother asked her son: "Why have you
spent so much money on sweets?" 7. Fanny asked her friend: "Where did you go
during your vacation?"
V. Find in the book you use for your home reading examples on Sequence of Tenses.
Copy them out.
VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Мы слышали, что все первокурсники получили большое удовольствие от
концерта. 2. Все были уверены, что Петр сдаст все экзамены на отлично. 3. В письме
сын писал матери, что принимал участие в трудной, но интересной работе. 4. Мы
узнали, что они не поехали за город из-за отвратительной погоды. 5. Бекки сказала
матери, что она пригласила на пикник своих друзей. 6. Я был уверен, что не смогу
получить отличную оценку по географии. 7. Брат сказал, что он не любит химию. 8.
Анна сказала Николаю, что ему придется делать доклад в субботу. 9. Дети сказали Тому,
что учительница поставила ему хорошую оценку.
10.
Он узнал, что этот человек был когда-то храбрым генералом.
11.Мы услышали по радио, что на следующий день мороз будет еще сильнее. 12. Она
боялась, что день будет холодным и дождливым. 13. Гарри сказал, что дождя не было, по
крайней мере, двое суток. 14. Девочка сказала, что ее братья уехали кататься на лыжах.
15. Отец сказал, что он уже просмотрел утренние газеты. 16. Подруга Нины сказала, что
ей удалось достать билеты.
TEXT 1 UNDER THE HIGH TREES
It was six o'clock when Ben Smith, dreadfully tired, arrived home from the
school where he was a teacher. He had had a lot of work and trouble that day. He
dreamed of a quiet evening at
home. June, his wife, met him at the door smiling radiantly. She asked Ben to
be quick with his supper and change after that. She said she had got everything
