Vocabulary exercises Ex.3 Read the following definitions and match them with active words and expressions.

1. an expert or a professional person whose job is to give help and advice on a particular subject

2. making you feel emotional

3. to make someone leave their job, sometimes as a punishment

4. a meeting with an expert or a professional person to get advice or discuss a problem, especially a meeting with a doctor

5. very keen to do something or enthusiastic about something that will happen

6. the belief that something will happen

7. a result or effect of something

8. new and very different

9. a situation in which someone is told to leave their job because they are no longer needed

10. to think that something will happen

1. redundancy

2. expectation

3. consultant

4. radical

5. consequence

6. moving

7. to expect

8. consultation

9. eager

10. to fire

Ex.4 Fill in the gaps with active words and expressions.

To be fired, eager (3), consequences (2), consequently, moving (2), moved, redundancy (2), redundant (2), to expect (2), expected, expectation (2), unexpectedly, radical

1. She said exactly what she felt, without fear of ______________.

2. If you are made ____________ you may be entitled to statutory _______________ pay if you have worked for your employer for at least two years.

3. They’ve increased the number of staff and _____________ the service is better.

4. An accident can happen at any time, just when you least ___________ it.

5. People were pushing each other out of the way. They all were ____________ to get to the front.

6. His associate had given the information in ______________ of a reduced penalty.

7. He’s so _________ to learn that he stays late every evening.

8. I was deeply __________ by his speech.

9. Investors ___________ that the rate of inflation will rise.

10. She ___________________ for refusing to comply with safety regulations.

11. Events didn’t follow their ____________ course.

12. Over 500 workers face ________________ if the factory closes.

13. His response was _________________ positive.

14. The film tells the _______________ story of a doomed love affair.

15. There are _____________ differences between the two organisations.

16. If you make him angry, you’ll have to suffer __________________.

17. 8000 people have been made ______________ in Britain this year.

18. Bayman’s book about his illness is very ________________ .

19. The holiday lived up to all _______________.

20. She looked at the ____________ faces waiting for the news.

Ex.5 Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. The consequence of such policies will inevitably be higher taxes.

2. Climate change could have disastrous consequences for farmers.

3. Our findings have far-reaching consequences for researchers.

4. She was the child of two models and, consequently, she was very tall.

5. He’s a bright kid and eager to learn.

6. A crowd of eager young students were already waiting outside.

7. We’re expecting good weather at the weekend.

8. I didn’t really expect you to understand.

9. She half expected him to be angry with her.

10. As expected, the party was a great success.

11. Contrary to her expectations, Caroline found the show very entertaining.

12. The success of the product has exceeded all our expectations.

13. We had heard so much about the restaurant, but it didn’t meet our expectations.

14. He’s the person responsible for hiring and firing.

15. The airline fired him for being drunk.

16. Her letter was very moving.

17. Many people were moved to tears.

18. 5000 miners were made redundant when the tin market collapsed.

19. There have been a lot of redundancies in the mining industry.

20. We were offered a £3000 cash bonus to take voluntary redundancy.

Ex.6 Translate the following sentences using your active vocabulary.

1. Он опасался непредвиденных обстоятельств и решил проконсультироваться со специалистом.

2. Моя мама уже 20 лет работает юридическим консультантом.

3. Он собирался работать в компании своих родителей, но вмешались непредвиденные обстоятельства, и ему пришлось изменить свое решение.

4. Директор компании понимал, что отвечать за последствия принятых решений придется ему.

5. – Я не могу решить, какое платье надеть на свадьбу сестры. Это ведь будет такое трогательное событие. – Давай отложим это до утра. Завтра посоветуешься с мамой по поводу наряда.

6. Консультация этого врача стоит очень дорого, но он настоящий профессионал.

7. Молодые люди всегда жаждут приключений.

8. Этот юноша многого добьется в жизни. Родители возлагают на него большие надежды.

9. Мы сидели в гостиной и пили чай. Неожиданно дверь открылась, и в комнату вошел Генри.

10. Начальник не пытался мне что-то объяснять, он просто сказал: «Вы уволены».

11. Меня очень тронули Ваши слова.

12. Пришло время для радикальных изменений в жизни.

13. Из-за кризиса фабрике пришлось сократить большое количество рабочих.

14. В некоторых странах выходное пособие по сокращению штатов очень маленькое.

15. Сокращение штатов всегда имеет серьезные последствия.

16. Директор компании сообщил 10 работникам, что он вынужден будет их сократить.

17. Его выступление тронуло зрителей до слез.

18. Многие полагают, что бедность является прямым результатом перенаселения.

19. Ее уволили с работы и даже не объяснили почему.

20. Тебе нужно быть внимательным. Любая ошибка может иметь серьезные последствия, и тебя уволят.

Phrasal verbs

Ex.7 Read the following definitions and match them with the phrasal verbs given below.

1. to consider someone or something as so important that they are your main reason for living

2. to depend on someone or something for the money or food that you need

3. to have a particular amount of money to buy the things you need to live; to eat a particular kind of food

4. spend a lot of time traveling

5. to experience a dangerous or unpleasant situation and still be alive after it

6. to be as good as what was expected or promised

1. to live off

2. to live up to

3. to live for

4. to live on

5. to live through

6. to live out (of a suitcase)

Ex 8.Complete the sentences with the correct particle..

1. I love travelling and I'm quite happy living _______ a suitcase.

2. I don't need much money to live _______ – just enough for food and basics.

3. I can't understand people who live______their work – there are more important things in life.

4. You haven't really lived if you haven't lived _______ difficult times.

5. I want to live my own life. I'm not interested in living _______my parents' expectations.

6. There's no point working if you can live _______ social security.

Do you agree or disagree with the sentences?

Ex.9 Fill in the gaps with the correct particles.

1. She lives ________ her work.

2. He’s 25 and still living _______ his parents.

3. They have to live _______ a pension of £350 a month.

4. They seem to live _______ nothing but chips and chocolate.

5. These fish live _______ small sea creatures such as shrimps.

6. The breathtakingly beautiful scenery certainly lived ______ to expectations.

7. He has lived _______ two world wars.

8. They have to spend a lot of time traveling. They seem to be living _______ of a suitcase.

9. Gregory was 21 and had everything to live _______.

10. How could I have lived ________ mother's illness without you to bear me up?

Ex.10 Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. I love dancing – I just live for it!

2. We lived on very little when we were students.

3. All summer we live on hamburgers and hot dogs.

4. Did the trip live up to your expectations?

5. She is still living off her parents.

6. After his wife died, he had nothing to live for.

7. He seems to live off junk food.

8. She lives on hamburgers.

9. Small birds live mainly on insects.

10. You can’t live on forty pounds a week.

11. He failed to live up to his parents’ expectations.

12. The team called ‘The No-Hopers’ certainly lived up to its name.

13. It was hard to describe the nightmare she had lived through.

14. She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own.

15. Most people in the countryside live off the land.

Ex.11 Translate the following sentences using phrasal verbs.

1. Она живет только работой.

2. Он давно уже взрослый, но до сих пор живет за счет родителей.

3. Нам с трудом удавалось жить на зарплату мужа.

4. Похоже, что эти дети питаются только гамбургерами и жареной картошкой.

5. Джону приходится много путешествовать по работе, он буквально живет на чемоданах.

6. Дороти всю жизнь живет за счет бизнеса своих родителей.

7. Его бабушка пережила войну и часто рассказывала нам об ужасах, которые она видела.

8. Боюсь, что пациент не переживет эту ночь.

9. Джордж не оправдал надежд своих родителей и не стал поступать в медицинский институт.

10. Диана всегда жила только своим бизнесом и не думала о семье и детях.

11. Фильм оправдал все мои ожидания.

12. На какие средства они живут?

13. Последние три года она живет на чемоданах.

14. Если она меня бросит, я не переживу этого.

15. Они питаются только едой быстрого приготовления и совсем не задумываются о последствиях.

16. Вечеринка оправдала ваши ожидания?

17. Не было ничего, ради чего ей стоило жить.

18. Раньше мама жила на проценты от своих сбережений.

19. Я не знаю, как их большой семье удавалось жить на £55 в неделю.

20. Мне предложили новую работу. Это значит, что большую часть времени я буду жить на чемоданах.