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Содержание выпуска:

1. Модальные глаголы (продолжение)
2. Устная тема о Великобритании
3. Диалоги на все случаи жизни
4. Шутки
5. Кое-что интересное
6. Упражнение
7. Идиомы
8. Скороговорка
9. Продолжаем читать

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Модальные глаголы начало

Сегодня мы рассмотрим некоторые особые функции глагола can

1. I can do it properly.
   I could ride a bicycle when a child.
   I was able to do it for two hours
Эта функция не новая для вас и совсем не особенная, просто для напоминания.
Я могу, мог, смогу делать это (фактически)

2. He can be at home now.
Функция предположения. Он может быть дома (а может и нет, кто его знает!)
И в прошедшем времени:
   He can have been at home yesterday.   
Обратите внимание на время Present Perfect Continious

3. He can't be at home now.
Функция невероятности. Да не может быть его сейчас дома (потому что я точно знаю, что он уехал)
   He can't have done it already.
Он не мог уже это сделать. (например домашнее задание, потому что оно слишком сложное)

4. You could have gone there yesterday.
Функция невыполнимости действия. Ты мог бы пойти туда еще вчера. (но ты это не сделал)

5. I could do it. (but I don't want to)
Функция нереальности условия. Я мог бы. (но не хочу)

6. You can't feed animals in the Zoo.
Запрещающая функция. Нельзя кормить животных в зоопарке.

7. Could I ask you a question?
Просто вежливое обращение.

Ну вот, теперь вы знаете все про глагол can, не такой он и сложный.

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Great Britain  начало
Television in Great Britain

Television is the most popular entertainment in British home life today. In London people have four TV channels: BBC I, BBC II, ITV = Independent Television (Channel III) and Channel IV.
The BBC is known for its objectivity in news reporting. The BBC is financed by payments which are made by all people who have TV sets. People have to pay the licence fee.
In 1932 the BBC World Service was set up with a licenece to broadcast first to Empire and then to other parts of the world. There is no advertising on any BBC programmes.
ITV started in 1954. Commercial television gets its money from advertising. The programmes on this channel are financed by different companies, which do not have anything to do with the content of these programmes.
ITV news programmes are not made by individual television companies.Independent Television News is owned jointly by all of them. So it has been protected from commercial influence.
Thereare different types of TV programmes in Great Britain. BBC and ITV start early in the morning. One can watch news programmes, all kind of chat shows, quiz shows, soap operas, different children's programmes, dramas, comedies and different programmes of entertainment on these channels.
News is broadcast at regular intervals and panel discussions of current events. Broadcasts for schools are produced on five days of the week during school hours. In the afternoon and early evening TV stations show special programmes for children.
Operas, music concerts and shows are presented at various time. A large part of TV time is occupied by serials.
Britain has two channels (BBC II and Channel IV) for presenting programmes on serious topics, which are watched with great interest by a lot of people. These channels start working on early weekday mornings. But they translate mostly all kinds of education programmes.
Weekend afternoons are devoted to sport. Sport events are usually broadcast in the evening.
These are the main channels in Great Britain. Only about a fifth of households receive satellite or cable.

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Everydays's dialogues  начало

At a Hotel (если вы решили остановиться в отеле)

Mr.Borisov:Good afternoon.I'd like to  check in.                              
Reception Clerk:Do you have a reservation with us?
Mr.B:Yes,I do.I made a reservation by phone last night.
R.C.:Your name,please?                   
Mr.B.:Gregory Borisov from San Francisco.
R.C.:Would you spell your last name, please?
Mr.B.:"B"as in "Billy","O"  as in "Oscar", "R"as in "Robert","I" as in "Irene",  "S" as in "Sam","O" as in "Oscar","V" as in "Victor".
R.C.:Okay.let me see.You have a reservation for a single room.Is that correct?  
Mr.B.:Perfectly correct.                
R.C.:Have you already decided how many  nights to stay?                            
Mr.B.:At least until Wednesday.But I may stay  longer than that.When should  I inform you about it?
R.C.:Let us know about your decision  Tuesday night.You can give us  a ring  until 11 P.M.
Mr.B.:All right .What 's the price of the  room?
R.C.:75 dollars per night.Please fill   out the registration card.Print your  name and home address.  
Mr.B.:Should I sign my name?      
R.C.:Put you signature right here.-Okay. Will you pay cash or by credit card?  
Mr.B.:By credit card.Do you need it right now?                                  
R.C.:You can give me your credit card  before checking out. 
Mr.B:By the way,what's the checkout time?  
R.C.:One o'clock in the afternoon.        
Mr.B.:Thank you.I have some additional questions.                       
R.C.:I'll be glad to answer them.          
Mr.B.:What about room service?
R.C.:Room service is available from  6 A.M. to 10 P.M.You can dial your  order from the telephone in your room.  
Mr.B.:Where is your restaurant?             
R.C.:The restaurant is on the 25 th floor.We also have a coffee shop.  It 's right here in the lobby.
Mr.B.:Thank you for the information.        
R.C.:You are welcome.A bellboy will  help you with your luggage.Your room   is # 1215.Enjoy your stay.    
Mr.B.:Thanks.           

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Jokes  начало
Diagnosis
A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor's office.
After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone.
He said, "Your husband is suffering from a very severe stress disorder.
If you don't do the following, your husband will surely die."
"Each morning, fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant at all times.
For lunch make him a nutritious meal. For dinner prepare an especially
nice meal for him. Don't burden him with chores. Don't discuss your
problems with him, it will only make his stress worse. No nagging.
And most importantly, make love with your husband several times a week.
If you can do this for the next 10 months to a year, I think your husband
will regain his health completely."
On the way home, the husband asked his wife. "What did the doctor say?"
"He said you're going to die," she replied.

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It's interesting   начало
Let's face it: English is a stupid language.

There is no egg in the eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger,
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.

English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted, but if we examine its paradoxes we find that...

Quicksand takes you down slowly.
Boxing rings are square.
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing?
If the plural of "tooth" is "teeth", shouldn't the plural of "phone booth" be "phone beeth"?
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does a humanitarian eat?!

Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day and as cold as hell on another?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can burn up as it burns down.
And in which you fill in a form by filling it out.
And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which of course isn't a race at all).

That is why when the stars are out they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

And why it is that when I wind up my match, it starts, but when I wind up this poem, it ends?

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Exercise  начало
Сегодня упражнение покажется некоторым слишком легким, но все равно советую материал повторить.
Passive Voice

1.  "Are you going to Mindy's party?"
 "What party? _____ to any party."
a I didn't invite
b I didn't invited
c I wasn't invited

2 "I heard that Rick had an accident. Is it true?"
 "Yes. He _______ by a rabid dog, but they say he'll be all right."
a bit
b was bitten
c has bitten

3 "Everybody over the age of 40 remembers the day that John F. Kennedy _______."
 "It's true. How can you ever forget such a tragedy?"
a was shot
b shot
c has been shot

4 "What _______to you? You were supposed to be here at 4 o'clock!"
 "We got stuck in a terrible traffic jam."
a was happened
b happen
c happened

5 "Howard looks very happy today"
 "Of course he does! He _______ invited to give a presentation at Harvard!"
a just been
b has just been
c was just been

6 "I heard that a new bridge _______ between New York and Canada."
 "Really? Where's it going to be?"
a is going to be built
b is going to build
c is building
Правильные ответы: (просто выделите область)
1с   2b   3a   4c   5b

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Idioms  начало

piece of cake
- a task that is easily accomplished
- легко выполнимая задача

It was a piece of cake. I had everything done before lunch this morning.

polish the apple
- flatter someone
- льстить кому-л.

Nobody likes her because she is always trying to polish the apple with her teacher.

souped up
- change something to make it faster or more powerful by changing or adding something
- изменить в лучшую сторону (сделать быстрее, сильнее, мощнее и т.д.)

The new car that his neighbor bought is a souped up model of the one that he had last year.  

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Tongue Twister   начало

Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir?

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

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The green mile    начало

"Yes, sir, boss, I can talk," he said. His voice was a deep and quiet rumble. It made me think of a freshly tuned tractor engine. He had no real Southern drawl-he said I, not Ah-but there was a kind of Southern construction to his speech that I noticed later. As if he was from the South, but not of it. He didn't sound illiterate, but he didn't sound educated. In his speech as in so many other things, he was a mystery. Mostly it was his eyes that troubled me - a kind of peaceful absence in them, as if he were floating far, far away. "Your name is John Coffey." "Yes, sir, boss, like the drink only not spelled the same way." "So you can spell, can you? Read and write?" "Just my name, boss," said he, serenely. I sighed, then gave him a short version of my set speech. I'd already decided he wasn't going to be any trouble. In that I was both right and wrong. "My name is Paul Edgecombe," I said. "I'm the E Block super - the head screw. You want something from me, ask for me by name. If I'm not here, ask this other, man - his name is Harry Terwilliger. Or you ask for Mr. Stanton or Mr. Howell. Do you understand that?" Coffey nodded. "Just don't expect to get what you want unless we decide it's what you need - this isn't a hotel. Still with me?" He nodded again. "This is a quiet place, big boy - not like the rest of the prison. It's just you and Delacroix over there. You won't work; mostly you'll just sit. Give you a chance to think things over." Too much time for most of them, but I didn't say that. "Sometimes we play the radio, if all's in order. You like the radio?" He nodded, but doubtfully, as if he wasn't sure what the radio was. I later found out that was true, in a way; Coffey knew things when he encountered them again, but in between he forgot. He knew the characters on Our Gal Sunday, but had only the haziest memory of what they'd been up to the last time. "If you behave, you'll eat on time, you'll never see the solitary cell down at the far end, or have to wear one of those canvas coats that buttons up the back. You'll have two hours in the yard afternoons from four until six, except on Saturdays when the rest of the prison population has their flag football games. You'll have your visitors on Sunday afternoons, if you have someone who wants to visit you. " Do you, Coffey?" He shook his head. "Got none, boss," he said. 'Well, your lawyer, then!' "I believe I've seen the back end of him," he said. "He was give to me on loan. Don't believe he could find his way up here in the mountains!'I looked at him closely to see if he might be trying a little joke, but he didn't seem to be. And I really hadn't expected any different. Appeals weren't for the likes of John Coffey, not back then; they had their day in court and then the world forgot them until they saw a squib in the paper saying a certain fellow had taken a little electricity along about midnight. But a man with a wife, children, or friends to look forward to on Sunday afternoons was easier to control, if control looked to be a problem. Here it didn't, and that was good. Because he was so damned big.

rumble - гулкий tune - настраивать engine - мотор drawl - здесь: акцент illiterate - неграмотный absence - отсутствие float - плавать spell - произносить serenely - тихо sigh  - вздыхать super-the head screw - главный надзиратель expect - ожидать unless - если не chance - шанс doubtfully - неуверенно hazy - туманный solitary - одинокий canvas coats - холщовая роба population - население on loan - предоставленный на время Our Gal Sunday - Воскресенья нашей девушки appeal - аппеляция squib - здесь: заметки

to be continiued...

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Harry Potter

"What they're saying," she pressed on, "is that last night Voldemort turned up in Godric's Hollow. He went to find the Potters. The rumor is that Lily and James Potter are — are — that they're — dead. " Dumbledore bowed his head. Professor McGonagall gasped. "Lily and James… I can't believe it… I didn't want to believe it… Oh, Albus…" Dumbledore reached out and patted her on the shoulder. "I know… I know…" he said heavily. Professor McGonagall's voice trembled as she went on. "That's not all. They're saying he tried to kill the Potter's son, Harry. But — he couldn't. He couldn't kill that little boy. No one knows why, or how, but they're saying that when he couldn't kill Harry Potter, Voldemort's power somehow broke — and that's why he's gone. Dumbledore nodded glumly. "It's — it's true?" faltered Professor McGonagall. "After all he's done… all the people he's killed… he couldn't kill a little boy? It's just astounding… of all the things to stop him… but how in the name of heaven did Harry survive?" "We can only guess," said Dumbledore. "We may never know." Professor McGonagall pulled out a lace handkerchief and dabbed at her eyes beneath her spectacles. Dumbledore gave a great sniff as he took a golden watch from his pocket and examined it. It was a very odd watch. It had twelve hands but no numbers; instead, little planets were moving around the edge. It must have made sense to Dumbledore, though, because he put it back in his pocket and said, "Hagrid's late. I suppose it was he who told you I'd be here, by the way?" "Yes," said Professor McGonagall. "And I don't suppose you're going to tell me why you're here, of all places?" "I've come to bring Harry to his aunt and uncle. They're the only family he has left now." "You don't mean — you can't mean the people who live here?" cried Professor McGonagall, jumping to her feet and pointing at number four. "Dumbledore — you can't. I've been watching them all day. You couldn't find two people who are less like us. And they've got this son — I saw him kicking his mother all the way up the street, screaming for sweets. Harry Potter come and live here!" "It's the best place for him," said Dumbledore firmly. "His aunt and uncle will be able to explain everything to him when he's older. I've written them a letter." "A letter?" repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall. "Really, Dumbledore, you think you can explain all this in a letter? These people will never understand him! He'll be famous — a legend — I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in the future — there will be books written about Harry — every child in our world will know his name!" "Exactly," said Dumbledore, looking very seriously over the top of his half-moon glasses. "It would be enough to turn any boy's head. Famous before he can walk and talk! Famous for something he won't even remember! CarA you see how much better off he'll be, growing up away from all that until he's ready to take it?"

press on - настаивать rumor - слух bow - наклонять gasp - тяжело дышать reach out - вне досягаемости pat  - приласкать heavily - тяжело tremble - дрожать nod - кивать glumly - мрачно falter - кашлять astounding - поразительно pull out - вытащить lace handkerchief - кружевной носовой платок dab - промокнуть beneath - под sniff - сопение, всхлип odd - странный edge - острие by the way - между прочим scream - кричать. просить firmly - твердо explain - объяснять exactly - совершенно точно

to be continiued...

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Ну вот и все. До встречи и удачи!
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