CURIOSITY QUIZ FOR EAGERS
What do you know about
1. Christopher Columbus and the history of his discovery? Why wasn't America named
in his houour? After whom was it named and why?
2. Captain Cook, Sir Francis Drake, Roald Amundsen, Mlckloukha-Macklay, the
Papanin expedition?
3. The Mystery of the Atlantis, the Mystery of the Bennudian Triangle, the Mystery of
the Easter Isle, the Loch Ness Monster?
UNIT NINE
I. SPEECH PATTERNS
1. They were about Mrs. Burlow's age, so were the attendants.
"I tell you I was moved. So were you, I dare say."
"I wasn't trying to act. 1 really felt." "So did I, my boy," said Le Ros.
My friend guessed what mystery they were talking about. So did I.
She was greatly impressed by Laurence Olivier's acting. So were they.
2. Rose thought him quite funny.
Christine thought this cheque for twenty guineas rather strange.
They always found Le Ros magnetic.
The Trasker girls considered Fabermacher very romantic.
For the first time in a long while Erik thought himself wonderfully free.
3. She saw his face peering through that mask.
Lanny saw Gret Villier sitting at the table motionless and impersonal.
When passing a coffee stall Lanny noticed two white men staring at him.
Jim and his mother heard the blind man approaching the door.
It was easy to imagine Ida performing as the keeper of a second-rate club.
Dave frowned as he saw Dan leaving.
4. Rose wanted him to stop clowning for them.
When Erik finished reading the letter, he couldn't take his eyes off the paper.
Presently Tom picked up a straw and began trying to balance it on his nose.
The sailor began rowing towards the harbour's mouth.
Meanwhile she went on talking in her earnest, convincing voice.
EXERCISES
I. Change the sentences, using the patterns:
P a t t e r n 2 : 1. The Murdstones thought that David was disobedient. 2. Everybody
found that there was something mysterious about Lady Alroy. 3. We thought that the last scene was
quite impressive. 4. I found that the stranger's voice was vaguely familiar to me. 5. Huck Finn
couldn't bear his new life at the widow's, in his opinion it was extremely dull.
P a t t e r n 3 : 1. Sabina came into the hall, she saw that he was sitting at the telephone.
2. We watched how the seers-off were shuffling from foot to foot. 3. Outside he found that Joe was
standing on the platform. 4. She watched how he was waving farewell to his friends. 5. I saw that
Bob was playing centre forward.
P a t t e r n 4 : 1. Erik started to read the letter again. 2. Soon the porters began to pull
luggage along the platform. 3. At last Jack finished to write numerous letters of introduction. 4. Lev
Yashin began to play football when he was a teen-ager. 5. Burton's namesake started to play poker
and went broke. 6. The Gadfly pulled a chrysanthemum from the vase and began to pluck off one
white petal after another.
II. Think of a situation. Suggest a beginning matching up the end. Use the
proper pattern:
P a t t e r n 1 : 1. ...; so were ail the passengers. 2. ...; so did we. 3....; so am 1. 4. ...; so
can we. 5. ...; so have I. 6. ..;so have you. 7. ...; so was our coach. 8. ...; so did the goalkeeper. 9. ...;
so did the opponent. 10. ...; so were our neighbours. 11. ...; so was our luggage. 12....; so is she.
P a t t e r n 2 : 1. ... vaguely familiar. 2. ... quite sociable. 3. ... rather impressive. 4. ...
obedient. 5. ... quite different. 6.... valuable.
P a t t e r n 3 : 1.... serving another meal. 2. ... making a pause in his story. 3.... rubbing
his hands with delight 4.... shrugging her shoulders. 5. ... passing the bread-plate to the man next to
him. 6. ...curling her lip and showing her disgust for the scene.
P a t t e r n 4 : 1. ... stopped breathing. 2. ... started filling in the application form. 3. ...
stopped shivering with cold. 4. ... began trembling with fear. 5. ... stopped making notes. 6....
finished reading aloud.
III. Translate the following into English. Use the patterns:
P a t t e r n 1 : 1. Они только что проводили своих родственников на станцию. —
Мы тоже. 2. В воскресенье мы обедали в гостях. — Мы тоже. 3. Я люблю бифштекс немного
недожаренным. — Мой брат тоже. 4. Им до смерти наскучил его рассказ. — Нам тоже. 5. Лень
непростительна и невежество тоже. 6. Ее сын непослушный. — И мой тоже. 7. Это мое
окончательное решение; надеюсь, и ваше тоже, 8. Наши попутчики оказались общительными
и милыми людьми. — Наши тоже.
P a t t e r n 2 : 1. Рикардо встречал Овода раньше и считал его довольно странным
(odd). 2. Джуди считала себя совершенно невежественной во многих вопросах. 3. Когда Джек
впервые увидел леди Гвендолен (Gwendolen), он нашел ее совершенно очаровательной. 4.
Герствуд (Hurstwood) не считал, что Кэрри достаточно талантлива для сцены, но думал, что
сама идея зарабатывать таким образом на жизнь вполне разумна (sensible). 5. Розмэри считала
свой поступок благородным и довольно смелым (daring). 6. Росс считал, что американцы
общительны, англичан он находил негостеприимными. 7. Он Искренне думал, что его работа
очень полезна.
P a t t e r n 3 : 1. С другого конца стола Эндрю наблюдал, как оперирует Чарльз
Айвори. 2. Том и Бекки увидели, что через маленькое отверстие в пещере мерцает (to glimmer)
свет. 3. Все, кто стоял на палубе, наблюдали, как садится солнце. 4. Я не могу себе
представить, что он занимается спортом. 5. Мы видели, как вы здоровались с ним за руку. 6.
Бедняга был страшно удивлен, когда он услышал, что Бертон предлагает ему работу.
P a t t e r n 4 : 1. Джемма никогда не переставала думать, что она виновата в
смерти Артура. 2. Вскоре люди начали приходить группами. 3. Он так и не смог бросить
курить и загубил свое здоровье. 4. Капитан внезапно прекратил разговор и начал изучать
карту. 5. Перестаньте обращаться с ним как с маленьким непослушным мальчиком.
IV. Respond to the following statements and questions, using the patterns:
P a t t e r n 1 : 1. Le Ros was delighted to see his old acquaintance. 2. Some people feel
rather stiff on the platform. What about you? 3. My friends liked the film "Quiet Flows the Don."
What about yours? 4. Celia loved Lanny. What about Sarie? 5. Stephen Leacock is a famous
humorous writer. What about Mark Twain? 6. Some people like things made to order. What about
your friend? 7. I'd rather read something by Chekhov, would you? 8. St. Paul's Cathedral is a fine
specimen of architecture. Unfortunately I didn't see Westminster Abbey. 9. Martin Eden lived under
very hard conditions when he was young. What about Jack London himself? 10. I find this exercise
extremely easy.
P a t t e r n 2 : 1. What do you think about Shakespeare's plays? 2. How do you find the
screen version of "War and Peace"? 3. In my opinion Ch. Dickens' language is rather difficult. 4.
What would you say to a day or two in the mountains? 5. What is your impression of the Tower of
London? 6. What do you think of hitch-hiking as a means of travel? 7. How did you find the last film
you saw? 8. What do you think of Le Ros's occupation? 9. Some people like travelling by air. 10.
What is your opinion about the English language?
P a t t e r n 3 : 1. Have you ever watched the sunrise? 2. Did you have a chance to hear
how your friend was reciting at concerts? 3. Can you imagine that you are teaching a class of small
