Сегодняшний выпуск мы начнём с проверки домашнего задания. В прошлом выпуске мы предлагали вам выполнить упражнение, где необходимо было вставить глагол borrow или lend.
1. Friend A: I need some money for lunch. Could you lend me some please?
2. Friend B: Sure! I will lend you some. Pay me back tomorrow, ok?
3. Musical instruments are very expensive. Fortunately my music teacher lent me a cello, so I don’t need to buy one.
4. Some students can borrow a musical instrument from their schools.
5. Brother: My bicycle has a fiat tire. May I borrow yours?
6. Sister: No! The last time you borrowed my bike, you broke it!
7. Brother: I did NOY break your bicycle! Please lend me your bike. I must get to class now or I will be late!
8. Sister: Fine, you may borrow my bike today, but it’s the last time!
9. Student A: Do you have an English dictionary you could lend me?
10. Student B: Sure! You may borrow my dictionary any time. Here it is.
Как часто вы сталкиваетесь со словами, смысл которых вам непонятен? Вы ищете их перевод в словаре, или пытаетесь понять смысл, опираясь на контекст? Предлагаем вам рассмотреть два таких слова в нашем сегодняшнем выпуске.
Confusing Words
Back and Backside
Backside = the part of the body that you sit on
get off your backside => to stop being lazy
Рассмотрим пример:
After some medical treatments my backside was very sore.
back = the reverse side, the part opposite to or behind that adapted for view or use
Рассмотрим примеры:
Steve was planting roses at his yard in back of the house.
The conditions of sale are printed on the back of the invoice.