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Text 2 the universal migraine

Task 1. Look at the letter a young man wrote to an advice column and the reply he received. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (gerund or infinitive). In some cases either the gerund or the infinitive is possible.

Dear Max,

I’ve decided (1) ... (write) to you because I’ve failed (2) ... (come up with) a solution of my own to what is rapidly becoming a serious problem. I’m a successful, good looking, healthy, intelligent and likeable guy in my late twenties, but I regret (3) ... (say) I haven't been able (4) ... (find) a permanent girlfriend ... or even an impermanent one!

It's no good (5) ... (tell) me I should try (6)... (meet) more girls. That’s the whole problem. I’ve been living here for six months and I haven’t succeeded in (7) ... (get to know) more than five women I’ve genuinely had anything in common with. My best friend suggests (8) ... (take up) a hobby of some kind or (9) ... (join) a club. I suppose I wouldn’t mind (10) ... (learn) more about photography or (11) ... (take up) a new sport, but I really don’t have much time during the week and come Saturday night, I’m on my own again. Several friends have offered (12) ... (introduce) me to eligible women, but none of them turned out (13) ... (be) what I’d call ‘my type’ and I've realised I prefer (14) ... (meet) people on my own terms. To make matters worse I’ve never grown even vaguely accustomed to (15) ... (live) alone. What would you advise me (16) ... (do)?

Yours,

Lonely of London

Dear Lonely of London

I'm sure you won't deny (17) ... (be) just a tiny bit choosy. You admit to (18) ... (meet) a number of women since moving to London, five of whom you 'genuinely had something in common with' but, even so, you seem convinced that only meeting more women will enable you (19) ... (find) the girlfriend of your dreams. Friends have given you all sorts of excellent advice that you don't even seem to consider (20) ... (follow). I don't understand how you can expect (21) ... (meet) more women if you refuse make any effort. I can't help (22) ... (think) that much of the problem is of your own creation. Why not try (23) ... (get) in touch with one of the women your friends have been kind enough to introduce you to? If she agrees (24) ... (go out with) you, you may well find that she's much more your type than you first thought. Don't put off (25) ... (call). Do it today! Stop (26) ... (fool) yourself. If you don't act now, you may be forced (27) ... (spend) the rest of your life alone. All the best,

Uncle Max

Ex. 1. Analyze the problems of the ‘Lonely of London’. What ways of solving them can you offer?

Ex. 2. Make up a kind of rendering, using expressions given in Appendix 2.

The modern servant

Task 1. Read the article and answer the questions. Use your dictionary to help with new words. Discuss your answers with your group.

  1. What and who influenced her choice of career?

  2. What did her parents want her to do?

  3. What was the parents' attitude to the choice of career at first?

  4. Has the parents' attitude changed? If so, why?

  5. In what ways do the parents think that times have changed since they were young?

Task 2. Read your article again.

Which of the following multi-word verbs can you find in your article? Underline them.

bring up (1)

look after, educate (a child)

bring up (2)

mention (in conversation)

carry on

continue

drop out

leave, not complete (a college course)

fall out

quarrel and no longer be friends

get on with

have a good relationship with

get over

recover from (an illness, a shock)

give up

stop (a job, a habit, e.g. smoking)

go through

experience

grow up

change from child to adult

look after

take care of

make up (1)

invent

make it up (2)

be friends again after an argument

pick up

learn unconsciously (e.g. a language)

put off

postpone

be taken aback

be surprised

take after

resemble

turn out

be in the end

take over

take control of