7. Работайте с партнером. Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: «What questions did the interviewer ask?»

THE JOB INTERVIEW

John had a job interview a few days ago at the United Insurance Company. The interview lasted almost an hour, and John had to answer a lot of questions.

First, the interviewer asked John where he had gone to school. Then, she asked if he had had any special training. She asked where he had worked. She also asked whether he was willing to move to another city. She wanted to know if he could work overtime and weekends. She asked him how his health was. She asked him whether he had ever been fired. She wanted to know why he had had four different jobs in the past year.

And finally, the interviewer asked the most difficult question. She wanted to know why John thought he was more qualified for the position than the other sixty-two people who had applied.

8. Закончите предложения:

My children have promised me … .

I would advise my friends not to … .

After breakfast, my husband always asks … .

My mother has offered … .

Прочитайте и запомните следующие идиомы:

Make heads or tails out of something — to understand how something works; to figure something out.

Pie in the sky — sth not possible; an unpleasant hope.

Stick-in-the-mud — a person with old-fashioned ideas who avoids anything new, ignores progress, and fights change.

Turn over a new leaf — to correct one’s behavior or attitude; to begin anew’ to make a fresh start.

Two-faced — false; dishonest.

Lesson 30

Conditionals.

В английском языке есть конструкции, которые используются, чтобы сказать о вероятности, возможности/невозможности свершения событий в настоящем или будущем.

First Conditional — выражает реальное условие. Используется, чтобы говорить о событиях, которые возможны в настоящем или будущем.

Conditional clause / Придаточное условия	Main clause / Главное предложение
If + Present Simple	Will + infinitive
If it rains,	we will stay at home.
If I see Peter	I’ll tell him all the news.
Possible condition	Result

Обратите внимание:

Глагол to be имеет форму were для всех лиц:

If I were you (but I am not you) I would marry him.

Second Conditional — выражает нереальное условие на настоящий момент. Используется, чтобы говорить о ситуациях, которые маловероятны в настоящем или будущем.

Conditional clause / Придаточное условия	Main clause / Главное предложение
If + Past Simple	Would + Infinitive
If I had enough money,	I would retire.
Вместо would можно использовать модальные глаголы: If I lost my job, I might go abroad for a while.

If I won £ 10000	I would travel round the world
Possible, but not probable	Result

Условие нереально, потому что:

— оно теоретически возможно, но практически маловероятно:

If I were Prime Minister I would raise teachers’ salaries;

— это невозможное предположение, не имеющее отношения к действительности:

If you came from my country you would understand us better.

Сравните:

First Conditional: — What will you do if you run out of money?

— If I run out of money I’ll call my mother.

Second Conditional: — What would you do if you saw a ghost?

— If I saw a ghost I would talk to it.

Practice: