4 Translate into English.
Над кем смеётесь? Над собой смеётесь!
В детстве мы со старшей сестрой всегда ссорились по мелочам.
Если ты будешь верить в себя, ты преуспеешь во всём.
Она гордилась тем, что производила неизгладимое впечатление на мужчин.
Чем знаменито это место? Оно очень популярно среди молодожёнов.
Не успела я приехать домой, как она накричала на меня безо всякой причины.
Доктор Блэк произнёс речь, достойную великого оратора.
Мэри всегда завидовала моему продвижению по службе, но я не знала, что она способна на такую подлость.
Её мнение о его родителях было не очень высоким по той простой причине, что они когда-то были против их брака.
– Как тётя Элис отреагировала на эту новость? - – Она не одобрила его решения уехать в Канаду навсегда.
Communication
Practice
Discuss the following ideas with your partner. Part a
Belarusian people take pride …
Once I was found guilty…
I am allergic…
I’m terribly sorry…
It’s so typical…
I am grateful…
Are you dead certain…?
I’m so angry…
I am (not) envious…
You don’t seem to be too enthusiastic…
I am responsible…
Part b
I haven’t received the invitation…
I am in real trouble…
I have no confidence…
You’ve got real talent…
You don’t even bother to find a reasonable excuse…
We are carrying out a research…
Your lack…is killing me!
Part c
Stop complaining…!
I long…
You are always/often/never praised …
You are always arguing …!
The street I live in was named…
On my last birthday I was presented…
The salary I am asking for amounts…
I believe you should apologize…
Nothing can prevent me…
I think it’s rather silly to smile
My best friend dreams…
Would you forgive your friend…?
You are always worrying…!
I don’t sympathize…
I find it hard to ask…
I hate when they interfere…
I strongly object…
I hope to succeed…
Writing
Practice
Recently you won a lottery and bought a cottage of your dream. Now you are thinking of throwing a party to celebrate the event. Write a letter of invitation to a friend of yours who lives in another city. Give all the necessary details about the date, the time, directions, the address code, etc.
Achievement
Test
1 Choose the correct word in brackets.
I gave … (-, to, for) my music pupils a longer and earlier holiday than usual, then started … (to, for, in) New York. I arrived … (to, at, in) my Aunt Eliza’s house … (in, at, on) Bond Street … (till, after, at) 7 am … (on, in, -) a Sunday morning, and found her servant James talking … (to, about, of) the milkman. … (at, in, from) the beginning of each visit to Aunt Eliza, I was … (in, at, under) the habit of thinking … (of, about, over) the difference … (between, among, in) her living style and ours. We lived … (with, by, from) “hand … (in, for, to) mouth”. Everything … (in, over, about) her wore a hereditary air.
2 Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions. Part b
All time and efforts of my father have always been more devoted … his business than … his family.
How do I get … the airport? – Turn right … the end of this street and you’ll see it … front of you.
He goes … his office every day except Sunday. … Sundays he stays … home and works … the garden.
Write … ink and put your name … the top of the page.
It was so clever … you to find the necessary data … the Internet instead of looking through those endless books … the library.
There was an accident … the crossroads … midnight last night. Two men were taken … hospital. I believe one of them is still … hospital.
Our train arrived …York … 6.30. Paul met us … the station.
He is always … a hurry. He drives … a tremendous speed.
I’ve lived … this street … ten years.
How do you go … school? – It depends … the weather. … wet days I go … tube; … fine weather I go … foot.
My boss complemented me … being diligent and hardworking.
The car stopped … the traffic lights and wouldn’t start again, so the driver got … and pushed it … the side … the road.