He cannot sit still for a minute. 7. Bill was extremely tired. He rose to his feet

with great difficulty. 8. His hand was shaking. He couldn't open the door at once.

9. The patient is very weak. He cannot raise his hand.

XIII.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

M o d e l : Neither you nor he is right.

Neither my girl-friend nor her parents have forgotttn you.

Neither of you is wrong.

1. Neither Mike nor his sister (to expect) us to return so soon. 2. Neither

Helen nor Alice (to be) eager to go anywhere that night. 3. Neither of you (to

know) the end of that story. 4. Neither my sister nor my brother (to go) on

excursions very often. 5. Neither of us (to We) mistaken. 6. Neither my brother-

in-law nor his schoolmates (to be) good at playing chess. 7. Neither my parents

nor my grandmother (to travel) by air. 8. Neither David nor his fellow-students

(to be excited) at the exams. 9. Neither my sister's younger daughter nor her son

(to be) fond of symphony music. 10. Neither John nor his companion (to be)

lazy.

XIV.

Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Ни моя племянница, ни ее муж не навещают нас. 2. Ни друзья, ни

родственники не могут ему помочь. 3. Ни мы, ни студенты 104 группы не

опоздали на лекцию. 4. Ни французский язык, ни немецкий не

распространены так широко, как английский. 5. Ни дожди, ни морозы не

останавливают настоящих путешественников. 6. На небе не было ни звезд,

ни луны. 7. Ни студенты, ни староста группы не принесли наушники. 8. Ни

вы, ни Анна

не виноваты в этом. 9. Ни он, ни его друзья не собираются этого делать.

10. Ни Уильям, ни его брат не прочли книгу до конца. 11. Ни я, ни мои

соседи не знают этого человека. 12. Ни мои друзья, ни я не играем в карты.

XV.

Respond to the following statements. Use conversational phrases. Work in

pairs, trying to enlarge the dialogue.

M o d e l : — Jean looked so eager and excited when she came to the theatre.

— No wonder. It was her first visit to the theatre, wasn't it?

— Yesr it was, but I think she was so excited because she had had thrown off

her religious scruples.

— That's just what I'm thinking, etc.

1. I hear your friend is fond of opera. 2. The best seats are in the dress-circle.

3. It's rather a problem to get tickets to the Bolshoi Theatre. 4. Girls often take

such a long time to get ready to go somewhere, especially to the theatre. 5.

Tikhonoff was very good playing the part of Stirlitz. 6. It's so nice to go to a

concert and hear some good music! 7. The ballet Borneo and Juliet is worth

seeing. 8. Going to a theatre is a real treat.

XVI.

Correct the given not-true-to-fact (false) statements and give your reasons.

Use conversational phrases. Work in pairs. Enlarge the dialogues.

M o d e l : —Jean did not like theatre but she didn't refuse Robert's invitation

not to hurt him.

— I'm afraid you've got it all wrong. It was her first visit to the theatre, etc.

1. Jean wasn't going to accept Robert's invitation to the theatre. 2. She looked

quite calm when Robert met her at the entrance to the theatre. 3. The tickets were

rather expensive. 4. The play was a merry comedy. 5. The leading actors

produced little impression on Jean. 6. During the intervals Jean spoke with

Robert about the play. 7. Neither Robert nor Jean liked the play. 8. While

watching the last scene Jean couldn't help laughing. 9. The public didn't like the

performance and there was no applause when the curtain fell.

XVII.

Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Роберт предложил, чтобы они встретились у театра. 2. Анна

предложила, чтобы мы купили билеты на этот спектакль.

3. Она предложила купить программу у входа в театр. 4. Мать

предложила, чтобы мы пригласили Лизу на выходные дни (weekend). 5. Он

предложил нам не касаться этого вопроса. 6. Режиссер (the stage manager)

предложил, чтобы главную роль дали лучшей актрисе. 7. Анна предложила

пойти в буфет во время антракта.

8. Я предлагаю немедленно отправить телеграмму. 9. Петя предло-

жил зайти за Аней пораньше. Она всегда так долго собирается.

10.

Интересно, кто предложил поехать за город в такую

отвратительную погоду.

XVIII. Fill in yet, still, more, another, other, else, which are translated

into Russian as «еще»:

1. Don't hurry. The performance is not over ... . 2. I'd like to read

something ... by this author. 3. What ... impression did you get there? 4. What ...

did Jean say about the performance? 5. I've read two ... books by Dickens. 6.

You'd better ask somebody . . . . 7. It is ... spring, but it is getting rather hot. 8.

The theatre is going to stage ... play by this playwright. 9. How many ... English

books have you got? 10. Fetch ... chair, please.

11.What ... have you seen in this ancient town? 12. He hasn't returned from

the South. He is ... there. 13. Please book two ... tickets for me. 14. Will you

call ... time? 15. What ... things did you buy?

XIX.

Translate the following sentences into English:

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1. Где еще можно посмотреть эту пьесу? 2. Мы решили устроить еще

несколько вечеров на английском языке. 3. Мне бы хотелось еще чашку

кофе. 4. Боюсь, что он еще спит. 5. Мы боялись опоздать, но спектакль еще

не начался. 6. Мне нужна еще одна книга по истории театра. 7. Сколько еще

репетиций будет на этой неделе? 8. Через месяц в этом театре будет еще

одна премьера.

9. Какие еще актеры принимают участие (играют) в этом спектак-

ле? 10. Дождь еще не перестал, но потеплело. 11. Вы все еще рабо-

таете над докладом? — Да. Я еще не собрала всего нужного мате-

риала 12. Нам нужно еще три билета на этот спектакль. 13. Кого

еще вы встретили в театре?

XX.

Pick out words and phrases from Text 1 and Text 2 and group them under the

following headings: a) theatre; b) appearance. Learn them.

XX.

Retell Text 2 in indirect speech as if you were Helen (Nick).

XXII.

Render these jokes. Use indirect speech:

1. The well-known singer Enrico Caruso was once driving not far from New

York. It so happened that something went wrong with his car and he had to

spend some time in the house of a farmer. Soon they became friendly and the

farmer asked Caruso his name.

When the farmer heard the name, he rose to his feet. "My, I never thought I

should see a man like you in my kitchen, sir," he cried out. "Caruso. The great

traveller. Robinson Caruso!"

2. "I say, Dad/* said a schoolboy, returning home, "we gave a wonderful

performance at school. A lot of parents came and although some of them had

seen it before they all had a jolly good time."

"How do you know?" asked his father.

"Why, they laughed all through the play," the boy replied.

"And what was the play?" the father asked.

"Hamlet," said the boy.

XXIII. Translate the following sentences into English:

A 1. Я пригласила Анну на вечер, но она отказалась прийти. 2.

Интересно, примет ли он наше приглашение или откажется от него. 3.

Доктор сейчас не принимает. 4. Я надеюсь, что вы поддержите наш план. 5.

Роберт был так возбужден, что с трудом говорил. 6. Не могли бы вы сказать

мне, в чем дело? Почему вы так взволнованы? 7. Когда занавес поднялся,

публика зааплодировала. 8. Услышав шаги, она подняла голову, 9. Мне