Выпуск No29 (30) от 2008-06-28 Подписчиков: 1118 чел.
Здравствуйте!
Проверим домашнее задание.
1.I forgot to take the spaghetti out of the water and it went soft.
Почему здесь it?
Meat, soup, tea , spaghetti – это все
неисчисляемые существительные.
2. This is my children’s room.
3. Actions speak louder than
words.
4. Bill is a lot richer than
Tom.
Почитайте правило о словах, которые могут быть перед
прилагательным или наречием в сравнительной степени.
Before the comparitive of adjectives and adverbs you can use:
a bit, a little, much, a lot, far= a lot.
Let's go by car. It's much ( or a lot) cheaper.
Don't go by train. It's much more expensive.
Ann works a lot harder than most of her friends. Could you speak a bit
( or a little) more slowly?
Her illness was far more serious than we at first thought.
5. You can get a headache if you are very
tired..
6. We'd like three dozen eggs.
7. The girls are with their father now.
8. The rich collection of Hermitage regularly attracts
millions of people.
9. It is nearly twenty years since my father saw
his brother.
10.Where are your brothers? They are digging a
swimming pool in our garden.
//. This time next week I will be lying on the beach in Spain.
12. It seems that they already have decided everything
without consulting us.
13. I'm sorry about you.
sorry about smth. - I'm sorry about the noise
last night. We were having a party.
but SORRY FOR doing smth. I'm sorry for shouting at you yesterday.
But it's more usual to say : I'm sorry I.....
I'm sorry I shouted at you yesterday.
14. We haven't got much money but we manage to get by.
/5. She convinced the court that she was innocent.
16. If only I
were a little bit slimmer.
17. Farmers are expecting a
good harvest this year.
18. Oh, I get it. -I have to press this
key first.
19. They got married last week.
20. I'd rather go there by car, if you don't mind.
Would rather (do) = would prefer to do. After would rather
we use
the infinitive without to
Compare: Shall we go by train?- Well, I'd prefer to go by car.
Well, I'd rather go by car. ( not 'to
go') Would you rather have tea or coffee? Coffee, please.
I'm tired . I'd rather not go out this evening, if you don't mind.
Do you want to go out this evening? "I'd rather not.'
Постарайтесь запомнить эти примеры! Очень важно.
А теперь посмотрим на правила употребления
PRESENT PERFECT WITH how long AND PAST SIMPLE WITH when.
SINCE and FOR.
Use the PAST SIMPLE to ask or to say WHEN something happened.
When did it start raining? It started raining at 1
o'clock/ an hour ago. When did Tom and Ann first
meet? They first met when they were at school /a long time ago.
Use the Present Perfect /I have done, I have been doing/ to
ask or say HOW LONG something has been
happening / up to the present/.
How long has it been raining? It's been raining since one
o'clock/for an hour. How long have Tom and Ann known
each other? They've known each other
since they were at school./for a long time.
SINCE and FOR.
We use both since and for to say how long smth has been happening.
I've been waiting for you since 8 o'clock. I've been waiting
for you for 2 hours.
We use SINCE when we say the beginning of the period /8 o'clock/.
We use FOR WHEN WE SAY THE PERIOD OF TIME. /2 HOURS/.
Небольшое задание для самостоятельной работы.
VI. Переведите на английский язык слова,
данные в скобках.
1. A piano is (намного
тяжелее) than a table.
2. Не didn't tell
(никому)
about it.
3. Could you
(сделать) me a favour?
4. The store has two lifts and (ни
один) of them is working.
5. It was more difficult than we had
(ожидали)
6. They (имеют
обыкновение) to playing tennis every
Sunday.
7. My friend doesn't enjoy science
fiction books and (я тоже)
8. He was so (взволнован) that he could
hardly speak.
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