I.

PROVERBS:

1) Choose your hotel before dark, get back on the road before dawn ([dɔːn] рассвет).
2) It doesn’t matter (неважно) how big your cup is if it is empty.
3) The nearer the inn (постоялый двор), the longer the road. – German proverb
4) Just remember, behind (за) all those clouds (тучи) there is always a blue sky.
II. SOCIALIZING:
1. to search for information [sɜːʧ] — искать информацию
2. to attract tourists — привлечь туристов
3. to surround [sə'raund] — окружать
4. BBQ area — площадка для барбекю
Daily life: Hotel
1. A: What is your favorite hotel? Where is it located?
2. B: It is the Sheraton, a five-star hotel located in Saigon, Vietnam.
3. A: How do you know that hotel?
4. B: Before coming to Vietnam for traveling, I searched on the Internet.
It is one of the best hotels in Vietnam.
5. A: Why do you choose to stay in that particular hotel?
6. B: I like the architecture there, and online all the reviews about
the hotel are positive.
7. A: Is it by the beach? B: No, Saigon is not a beach-side city.
8. A: Does it attract many tourists?
9. B: Yes, I guess. When I stayed there, it was completely booked.
10. A: What type of room did you stay in, and what facilities
did you get from the hotel?
11. B: I stayed in a double-bed room. The room is equipped with air-conditioner,
a flat-screen TV, wardrobe, etc.
12. A: What do you like about that hotel?
13. B: A gymnasium, swimming pool, and BBQ area are available.
I also love the green space surrounding the hotel.
14. A: Are all the staff friendly and helpful?
15. B: Yes, definitely. They all are professional.
16. A: How much does it cost a night? B: It costs me around $250 a night.
17. A: Do you recommend that hotel to friends?
18. B: Yes, if they come to Vietnam. I love everything there.
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 Definitely or Actually
1) definitely ['defənətlɪ] — определённо, точно, явно
2) actually ['ækʧuəlɪ] — 1) фактически, на самом деле 2) как ни странно

1. We use ‘__________’ to emphasize (['emfəsaɪz] подчёркивать) the strength ([streŋθ]

силa) of your intention or opinion and the decision that will not be changed.

2. You use ‘__________’ to indicate that a situation exists or happened, or to

emphasize that it is true.

3. ‘You will come, won't you?’ – ‘_______________!’

4. It is not a shopping mall. It is a museum, _______________.

5. I will ______________ be at the airport to meet you.

6. We can't plan anything until we hear from you more _______________.

7. I ____________ prefer cooking. Cooking is ___________ one of my biggest hobbies.

8. ________________, I am not very interested in politics.

9. We will _______________ have to hire more people.

10. We have _____________ finished the work.

11. I have _______________ seen the whole ([houl] весь) process myself.

12. This is _______________ not what I wanted.

13. I would be surprised, ___________, if they complete the project on time.

14. We will _______________need more help.

15. ______________, I think, I need some more exercises like this.

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 Time to Talk 21st century communications skills Intermediate

Unit 19: Easy Life (track 33)

The laziest man in the world

Lord Sebastian Fanshawe is possibly the world’s laziest man. Last week I went along to
his beautiful countryside mansion to meet him. When his Lordship finally got out of
bed, at two o’clock in the afternoon, I asked who kept his home in such beautiful
condition.
1. Well, you see, I have servants, he said.
2. I have all the cleaning done for me by my maid, of course.
3. I have my cars washed by my chauffeur and the garden looked after by the
groundsman.
4. When I am hungry I have my food cooked by the cook.
Just then breakfast arrived, and I was shocked when his butler leaned over the table,
picked up the knife and fork and used them to slice through his Lordship’s bacon and
eggs.
5. Noticing my amazement, his Lordship said, Oh, I always have my food cut up for
me.
Do you do anything for yourself? I asked.
6. Oh, yes. I always wash myself in the bath, he said proudly.
7. I brush my teeth myself and ... oh, and I choose all my servants myself, though I
have them all interviewed by my mother first.

Listening:

a) No, I won’t pay for your vacation. Pay for it yourself.

b) She had her car repaired at the garage when it broke down.
c) I didn’t decorate my living room myself. I had it done by a firm of decorators.
d) I had such a great time. I really enjoyed myself.
e) Where did you have your hair cut?
f) It was too big to carry home, so I had it delivered. It came this morning.
g) He is so lazy. He has all his meals cooked.
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 Have something done Present simple

Rewrite the following sentences using have something done, as in the example.

Example:

My homework is always checked. => I always have my homework checked.

1. My hair is cut once a month. => I have ______________________________________________

2. John’s car is repaired in this garage. => John has ____________________________________

3. My dresses are sewn (шьются) in that tailor’s shop (портняжная мастерская).

=> I have ___________________________

4. My notebooks are always bought in that stationary shop (магазин канцтоваров).

=> I have__________________________

5. Dora’s clothes are washed once a week. => Dora has ______________________________

6. My eyes are checked in this clinic once a year. => I have __________________________

7. Peter’s car is washed at the end of the week. => Peter has ________________________

8. Their apartment is usually decorated before Christmas. => They have ____________

9. My jacket is cleaned every other month. => I have _________________________________

10. Andrew’s house is painted every two years. => Andrew has _____________________

11. Susan’s homework is often done by her brother. => Susan has __________________

12. My windows and doors are fixed by this carpenter (столяр). => I have ___________

13. The grass in our backyard is mowed (косят) once a week. => We have ___________

14. Emma’s taps (краны) are mended (чинятся) once a year. => Emma has ___________

15. The oil in my car is changed every six months. => I have____________________________

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 Having Everything Done
Two friends discuss an inheritance (наследство) and the work it has created.
I. Listening
1. William: Hello, Monica, where were you yesterday?
2. Monica: Hi, William. My grandmother passed away. We were at the hospital all day.
3. William: Oh no, that's terrible. Were you close (близки) to her?
4. Monica: Yes, I was quite close to her. My mother died when I was young and she
became almost like a substitute (замена) mother for me. I’m really going to miss her.
5. William: She must have been quite old.
6. Monica: Eighty-four! She had a long life and she wasn't ill for long, thankfully. I heard
this morning that I am going to inherit (унаследовать) her house.
7. William: I thought she lived in a small apartment in town?
8. Monica: Yes, she did, but she kept the old house near the lake. It became too big for
her to look after, but that house has been in our family for about five generations
(пять поколений). She would never have sold it.
9. William: All those houses near the lake are very old. What are you going to do with
it? Are you going to sell it?
10. Monica: No way! I could never sell my grandmother's house! I don't know, I think it
is my responsibility to repair the place and pass (передать) it onto my children.
11. William: That's a good way of looking at it. There must be a lot of work to do on it,
though (однако).
12. Monica: There really is! My brother said he will help with the expense (расходы). I
used to spend all my summers in that house. We would get up at seven in the
morning and have a swim before breakfast. I actually met my husband while fishing
there, it holds a lot of special memories for me. I really want to get it looking how it
used to, back to its former splendor (великолепие).
13. William: What do you know about building and decoration? Will you do it yourself or
have someone work on it for you?
14. Monica: I can handle a paint brush (обращаться с кистью), but not much more than
that. William: What needs doing to it? When did you last see it?
15. Monica: About two years ago, and it was in terrible condition.
16. William: Is the roof okay? In these old houses, that can be the most expensive thing.
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 17. Monica: We had the roof (крыша) totally re-done about six years ago, so I think that's
one thing we won't have to have looked at.
18. William: Is there a garden?
19. Monica: I wouldn't use the word "garden". There is a big plot of land (участок земли)
out the back, but it is all overgrown (зарос). We will have to have the grass cut back
and the trees pruned (сделать обрезку). There is a big old hole (яма) where a pond
used to be and we will have to have that filled in - it is pretty dangerous.
20. William: Is the house secure (безопасен)? Are all the doors in good condition? It is a
risk having a house standing empty for so long.
21. Monica: Yeah, you are right. All the doors are fine, but we will have to have some of
the windows fixed, there are a few broken ones upstairs. Some kids got into the
house last year.
22. William: Oh, that's awful (ужасно).
23. Monica: Yeah, they didn't do too much damage (вред), fortunately. I think they were
just looking for a bit of adventure. We had all the locks (замки) changed and it has
been alright ever since (с тех пор).
24. William: There must be some great historical features in such an old property (владение).
25. Monica: The wooden staircase (лестница) is just breathtaking (захватывает дух). We
are going to have it restored because a lot of the steps are pretty rotten (сгнили)
now and the banister (перила) isn't safe at all. But with a bit of love and a lot of
money, it will be like something out of “Gone With The Wind”! (“Унесенные ветром”)
26. William: Well, it doesn't sound so bad, Monica. You will have to invite me round
(пригласить в гости) to see the place when you get it fixed up (отремонтируете).
27. Monica: Of course, and if you know how to use a hammer (молотoк) and screwdriver
(отверткa), you are always welcome to come round sooner!

II. Exercise: Open the brackets.

1. Will you do it yourself or have someone _________ (do) it for you?
2. We had the roof totally _________ (re-do) about six years ago.
3. We will have the grass _________ (cut) back and the trees _________ (prune).
4. There is a big hole where a pond used to be and we will have that _________ (fill) in.
5. All the doors are fine, but we will have some of the windows _________ (fix).
6. We had all the locks _________ (change) and it has been alright ever since.
7. The wooden staircase is just breathtaking. We are going to have it _________ (restore).
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 http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/have-something-done/
Have something done
To have something done means we don't do the job ourselves but we ask someone to do it for us.
Usually, we use special passive construction.
1. We're getting a new house ___.
build
built
builded

2. You will need to get your photo ___ for your new passport.
taken
took
take

3. A jeweller's is a place where you can have your watch ___.

stolen
delivered
repaired
cut

4. A florist's is a place where you can have flowers ___.

fixed
delivered
cleaned

5. I had my bag ___ when I was on holiday.

stolen
stealed
steal

6. I'm going to have my bedroom walls ___ this weekend.

paint
painted
panted

7. I had my holiday pictures ___ in an hour at the photograph shop.

checked
repaired
developed

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 Would like to / Want to
https://soundcloud.com/elllo-todd/conversation-3-19-would-like

• I’d like to … — я бы хотел …

• I’d like that! — я бы с радостью, было бы неплохо
Conversation #1

1. Todd: What do you want to do in the future?

2. Katie: I’d like to be a chef. I want to have my own restaurant.
3. Todd: What kind of food would you like to cook?
4. Katie: I’d like to cook Greek food.
5. Todd: Oh, if you do that, I want to eat there.
6. Katie: I’d like that!
Conversation #2
7. Todd: Who would you like to meet someday?
8. Katie: I’d like to meet Bill Gates.
9. Todd: What would you ask him?
10. Katie: I’d ask him about his life. I want to know his secret to success.
11. Todd: I’d like to know that too.
12. Katie: Here is hoping! (будем надеяться!)
Conversation #3
13. Todd: Where would you like to live in the future?
14. Katie: I’d like to live in the country.
15. Todd: What would you do?
16. Katie: I’d have a farm.
17. Todd: That would be fun!
18. Katie: Yeah, I want to grow my own food.
Conversation #4
19. Todd: What would you like to drink?
20. Katie: I’d like an iced tea please.
21. Todd: Do you want sugar with that?
22. Katie: No, but I’d like some lemon.
23. Todd: Would you like a straw? ([strɔː] 1) солома 2) соломинка)
24. Katie: No, thanks.

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 Would you like …? I’d like …

Exercise 1

Read the following sentences with Do you want or I want and write sentences
with the same meaning using would you like or I’d like.

• I want some coffee. ⇒ I’d like some coffee.

• Do you want some coffee? ⇒ Would you like some coffee?

1. I want to go out tonight. ⇒ _______________________ tonight.

2. Do you want to come with us? ⇒ _______________________ with us?

3. Do you want a sandwich? ⇒ _______________________ a sandwich?

4. I want a bottle of water, please. ⇒ _______________________ a bottle of water, please.

5. Where do you want to go? ⇒ Where _______________________?

6. I want to learn French. ⇒ _______________________ French.

7. What do you want for dessert? ⇒ What _______________________ for dessert?

8. I want to stay with you today. ⇒ _______________________ with you today.

9. Do you want to meet my family? ⇒ _______________________ my family?

10. I want an answer. ⇒ I _______________________ an answer.

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 Oxford University Press

Time to Talk 21st century communications skills Intermediate

Unit 3: What are you exited about? (track 08)

1. aware [ə'weə] — знающий, понимающий осведомлённый

2. excited [ɪk'saɪtɪd] — взволнованный (вследствие положительных эмоций)
3. obviously ['ɔbvɪəslɪ] — очевидно, явно, ясно, понятно
4. perhaps [pə'hæps] — может быть, возможно

1. Andrew: I am thinking of leaving my job.

2. Mary: Really? That sounds a bit risky.

3. You have got a great salary and, well, at your age … aren’t you worried about
the future?
4. I mean, you might not get another job as good as this one.

5. Andrew: I know, I know… I am aware of the problems.

6. But I have been in this job for 20 years now and, to be honest, I am just tired
of it.
7. I just can’t get excited about going into work these days.

8. Mary: But if you do decide to leave, what kind of job would you want?

9. Andrew: Obviously, something I am interested in.

10. I am familiar with computers, so perhaps something in IT.

11. I am pretty good at managing networks.

12. Mary: Well, I guess it could be a chance to change your whole life.

13. Andrew: I don’t know about that.

14. Anything very different from my current job might be too much of a change.

15. I don’t want something exactly the same as the job I do now, but I would like
something similar to it.

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 Would you like …? I’d like … / I like …

Exercise 2

Choose the correct forms to complete the following sentences.

1. 1I ____________ travel to Spain one day.

a. 'd like
b. like
c. would like to

2. 2I ____________playing computer games with my friends.

a. like
b. 'd like
c. 'd like to

3. 3A: ____________a glass of water? B: Yes, please. I am thirsty.

a. Do you like
b. Would you like
c. I'd like

4. 4Susan ____________to work in our school next year.

a. would like
b. likes
c. like

5. 5What time would you like ____________this evening?

a. to have dinner
b. having dinner
c. have dinner

6. 6I am tired. I'd like ____________early today.

a. going to bed
b. go to bed
c. to go to bed

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 7. 7We ____________watching TV during dinner.
a. 'd like
b. like
c. 'd like to

8. 8A: ____________your new job? B: Yes, it's fantastic.

a. Do you like
b. Would you like
c. I'd like

9. 9A: ____________something to eat? B: No, thanks. I am not hungry.

a. Do you like
b. I'd like
c. Would you like

10. 10I ____________to travel more often.

a. 'd like
b. like
c. enjoy

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Conversational Skills:

Dream Job Работа, о которой мечтаешь

1) Would you like to have your own company?

2) If you could own your own business, what would it be?

3) Would you rather work inside or outside?

4) What are some jobs that you think would be boring?

5) What are some jobs that you think would be fun?

6) What's one job you wouldn't like to do? Why not?

7) If money weren't a problem for you, which job would you prefer to have?

8) How many years of schooling would you prefer to have?

9) Which college courses are required for you dream job?

Entertainment Развлечения

1) Are you reading any good books right now? How about shows?

2) Are there any apps on your phone that you can’t live without?

3) If you could only watch one genre of movies for the rest of your life, what would it be?

4) What’s the last movie that made you cry? Or laugh aloud?

5) Who is your favorite person to follow on Instagram?

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 Ukraine counter-offensive will be long and bloody ['blʌdɪ] July the 2nd
Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russia will be difficult and "very bloody",
the US' highest-ranking (высокопоставленный) military officer has said.
1. Gen(eral) Mark Milley said he was unsurprised (не удивлен) that progress had been
slower than predicted - but added that Ukraine was "advancing steadily". (уверенно)
"It goes a little slow, but that is part of the nature of war," he said.

2. It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky accused "some" Western partners of delaying

(затягивание) promised training for Ukrainian pilots.

3. President Zelensky has previously acknowledged that the Ukrainian offensive was
making slow progress.

4. Gen Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (комитет начальников штабов), told
an audience in Washington on Friday that the counter-offensive was "advancing
steadily (неуклонно), working its way through very difficult minefields (минные поля)".

5. He added he was not surprised that progress had been slower than expected. "War
on paper and real war are different. In real war, real people die," he said. "Real
people are on those front lines and real people are in those vehicles.”

6. "What I had said was this is going to take six, eight, 10 weeks, it is going to be very
difficult. It is going to be very long, and it is going to be very, very bloody (кроваво).
And no-one should have any illusions about any of that." He said the US was giving
Ukraine "as much help as humanly possible".

7. Gen Milley is the principal military adviser to the president, the Secretary of
Defense (министр обороны), and National Security Council.

8. Meanwhile (тем временем), Ukraine's military commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny

said the counter-offensive had been hampered (затруднено) by a lack (отсутствие) of
adequate firepower (огневая мощь).

9. In an interview with the Washington Post published on Friday, he said he was

frustrated (разочарован) by the slow deliveries of weapons promised by the West,
from modern fighter jets to artillery ammunition (боеприпасы, снаряды).

10. "I do not need 120 planes. I am not going to threaten ['θretən] (грозить, угрожать) the
whole world. A very limited number would be enough," he said.

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11. Separately (отдельно), the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (ЦРУ), William
Burns, is reported to have made an unannounced visit to Ukraine last month where
he met President Zelensky and Ukrainian intelligence officials.

12. The CIA director is said (как говорят) to have discussed Ukraine's counter-offensive
against Russian forces, as well as re-affirming (вновь подтвердил) the US commitment
(приверженность) to intelligence-sharing (обмен разведданными).

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 Different grammar tenses (active and passive): (4) 5

1. Present simple active: They____________ (delay) promised training for Ukrainian pilots.
2. Present simple passive: Promised training for Ukrainian pilots _________________ (delay).
3. Present simple active: We________________ (answer) official letters as soon as possible.
4. Present simple passive: Official letters ___________________ (answer) as soon as possible.

5. Present continuous active: I _______________ (install) my high-speed internet right now.

6. Present continuous passive: My high-speed internet ________________ (install) right now.
7. Present continuous active: Currently, I they_____________ (launch) some new products.
8. Present continuous passive: Currently, some new products___________________ (launch).

9. Past simple active: We _________ (find) the best solutions for everyone.
10. Past simple active: The best solutions _________ (find) for everyone.
11. Past simple active: I _____________________ (receive) an official reply.
12. Past simple passive: An official reply _______________________ (receive).

13. Present perfect active: A lack of firepower ________________ (hamper) the counter offensive.
14. Present perfect passive: The counter offensive ______________ (hamper) by a lack of firepower.
15. Present perfect active: My cat ____________________ (catch) all the mice in the backyard.
16. Present perfect active: All the mice in the backyard ____________________________ (catch).

17. Future simple active: They _________ (relocate) the department to Aberdeen.
18. Future simple passive: The department _________ (relocate) to Aberdeen.
19. Future simple active: We _________ (support) the staff every step of the way.
20. Future simple passive: The staff _________ (support) every step of the way.

21. Modal verb active: This might __________________ (hurt) you.

22. Modal verb passive: You might _______________________ (hurt).
23. Modal verb active: I have to __________________ (change) the date of travel.
24. Modal verb passive: The date of travel has to______________________ (change).
25. Modal verb active: They could _______ (use) NuScale SMR to reduce emissions.
26. Modal verb passive: NuScale SMR could _____________ (use) to reduce emissions.

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 Staying Connected
Tom and Jess talk about e-mail, social networking sites.

1. Tom: Jess, usually when I see you, you're sitting at the computer checking your e-
mail. How many times a day do you check it?

2. Jess: I honestly, don't count, but many, many times. Definitely (определенно) more
than twenty times a day. It's not really necessary.

3. It's not like (не то чтобы) I have millions of e-mails coming into my account every
day, but I am very impatient (нетерпеливa) and I hate waiting for responses or
waiting for something that I am expecting (ожидаю), so I will check my e-mail so
that (с тем, чтобы) I can receive it as soon as it is sent. How about you? Do you check
your e-mails often?

4. Tom: I suppose (полагаю) I check once a day, and if I have any mail, it will be one or
two weeks before I reply (отвечу) to it. I am really bad at keeping in touch
(поддерживаю связь). I have got accounts at Facebook and My Space and Hi5, all
these social networking sites, but I almost never log on and people ....

5. I got a message the other day, a friend telling me, I am a boring (скучный)
facebooker. It is official because I haven't updated my profile in so long.

6. Jess: Why don't you? Is it that you haven't got enough time?

7. Tom: I have got so much free time. I think it is just because I am very lazy. I take
photos. I meet people. I do things. I just don't feel the need to tell everyone about
it at the end of the day.

8. My family have kind of gotten used to it now. They know that I will get in contact
they will likely (скорее всего) to see me in the next few months, or I will get in
contact if there is a birthday or a baby, but apart from that (кроме этого), I really
don't keep in touch very well.

9. Jess: Apart from (кроме) e-mail, neither do I (я тоже нет). I did join Facebook a couple
of years ago when all of my friends did and everyone was sending me links to join,
and I created my profile.

10. But to be honest, it is too much for me to have more than one thing to check that
many times a day, so usually I stick to (ограничиваюсь) e-mail for communication.

11. Yes, I do check it a lot, but I think if I started checking Facebook as regularly, I
wouldn't have time to do the things I need to every day.

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 used to, get used to & be used to (3)

• tutorial [tjuː'tɔːrɪəl] —консультация, встреча студентов со своим преподавателем

1. At first, I was really nervous about driving in Vancouver, but now I have

_____________________ (got used to / used to / been used to) it.

2. 22. I don't think I will ever_____________________ (use to / be used to / get used to) driving

on the left. It is so strange!

3. A: Samantha works very hard. B: Well, she_____________________ (gets used to / is used to

/ used to) working hard. She grew up in a very poor family.

4. 4Lee is Chinese. He_____________________ (is not used to / doesn’t get used to / used)

speaking English in the office.

5. 5The smell of fish is awful (ужасный), but you will _____________________ (get used / used

/ use) to it after a couple of months on the job.

6. 6There are some things in this life that you will never_____________________ (be used to

/ get used to / use to).

7. 7I have just bought an Apple computer, and I think it will take me some time

to _____________________ (use to / be used to / get used to) the new operating system.

8. 8When I was a teenager I _____________________ (used to / was used to / got used to) dress

up for Halloween, but not anymore.

9. 9Two years ago, the students _____________________ (used to / got used to / were used to)

have four hours a week of language tutorials, but now they have five hours.

10. 10After nine years in Africa, I can say that now I _____________________ (use to / am used

to / get used to) living in this hot weather. I don’t mind anymore.

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 used to, get used to & be used to (перевод) 02

used to + infinitive

be used to + V-ing / noun

get used to + V-ing / noun

I. to speak in public

1) Он раньше выступал публично.

2) Я привык выступать публично.

3) Он сейчас привыкает выступать публично.

II. to participate in such meetings

4) Я раньше участвовал в таких совещаниях.

5) Он привык участвовать в таких совещаниях.

6) Он сейчас привыкает участвовать в таких совещаниях.

III. to get up early

7) Она раньше вставала рано.

8) Я привык вставать рано.

9) Он сейчас привыкает вставать рано.

IV. to undertake such tasks

10) Мы раньше выполняли такие задачи.

11) Он привык выполнять такие задачи.

12) Они сейчас привыкают выполнять такие задачи.

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 Get used to - привыкать к чему-либо, вырабатывать привычку
get used to + V-ing / noun
Use the appropriate forms of the verb get:
I. Present Simple

1. People soon ___________ used to new places.

2. Students gladly ___________ used to their college roommates.

II. Present Continuous

3. He can’t stand buses, but now he________________ used to public transport.

4. I ________________ used to living in America.

5. She _______________ used to living alone for the first time.

III. Past Simple

6. He quickly ___________ used to Chinese food.

7. I soon ___________ used to my new job.

8. He ___________ used to driving on the right side of the road, eventually.

IV. Present perfect

9. We moved here not long ago but I _________ already ___________ used to the place.

10. She ___________ used to living in a big town.

V. Future Simple

11. I hope, you ___________ used to rainy weather.

12. I think, I ___________ used to your new haircut.

13. Don't worry, you ___________ used to it!

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 VI. Infinitive

14. It took me a while to ____used to her voice. It is so squeaky! (['skwiːkɪ] визгливый)

15. It can take a long time to ___________ used to driving a manual car.

16. It was hard to ___________ used to getting up at 5 o’clock.

17. It’s high time to ___________used to driving a new car.

VII. Modal verbs

18. We couldn't___________ used to the noisy neighborhood, so we moved.

19. I can’t ___________used to living in France.

20. We should ___________ used to our new schedule.

21. She can’t ___________ used to getting up so early.

22. You have to ___________ used to your new apartment.

23. He can’t ___________ used to being rich.

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 BBC Past Simple Story (102): Prince Edward Island
Остров принца Эдуарда
1. Prince Edward Island is Canada’s smallest and most crowded (густонаселенная)
province. The British ________ (name) the island after Prince Edward, a son of
King George III. The capital is Charlottetown ['ʃɑːləttaun] (Шарлоттаун).
Geography [ʤɪ'ɔgrəfɪ] География
2. Prince Edward Island is on the east coast of Canada. The province of Nova
Scotia lies [laɪz] (лежит) south and east of the island. It protects the island from the
Atlantic Ocean.
3. The Confederation Bridge connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick
[ˈbrʌnzwɪk], to the west. Bays (бухты) cut (врезаются) deeply into the long, narrow
island.
4. Most of the island is a plain (равнина) with soil (почва) that is good for growing
crops (сельскохозяйственные культуры). Small islands dot (усеивают) the coastline.
Sandy (песчаные) beaches attract (привлекают) tourists in the summer.
People Люди
5. Most of the people of Prince Edward Island are Canadians of Scottish, English,
Irish, or French heritage (происхождение). Some ________ (descend) (произошли) from
Loyalists (American colonists who ________ (not want) independence from Great
Britain) who ________ (settle) (поселились) on the island after the American
Revolution. There are small numbers of First Nations peoples and people with
other European or Asian ancestors ['ænsəstəz] (предки).
6. More than half of the people live in rural areas (сельская местность). Still (и все же),
the island has more people per square mile than any other Canadian province.
7. The port city of Charlottetown is the island’s center of government, business, and
culture.
8. It is also home to the University of Prince Edward Island. Every summer the city
stages (ставит) a musical based on the children’s novel Anne of Green Gables (Аня
с фермы ‘Зелёные крыши’), which is set (разворачивается) on Prince Edward Island.

Economy [ɪ'kɔnəmɪ] Экономика

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9. Government services are the largest part of Prince Edward Island’s economy.
Finance, health care, and retail services are also important. Manufacturing
(производство), especially (особенно) food processing, is the chief industry.
10. Farmers grow potatoes, grains (зерновые), and vegetables. They also raise
(разводят) cattle (крупный рогатый скот), pigs, and poultry ['pəultrɪ] (домашняя
птица). Fishers catch lobsters, oysters (устрицы), fish, and other seafood. The
province’s forests provide wood for lumber ['lʌmbə] (пиломатериалов) and paper.
History ['hɪstərɪ] История
11. In early times Micmac First Nation peoples from the mainland (с материка) ___(use)
the island for fishing, hunting, and planting (земледелие).
12. The Italian explorer John Cabot may have become the first European to see the
island in 1497. In 1534 the French explorer Jacques Cartier ________ (claim)
(предъявил претензии) the island for France. The French ________ (call) the island Île
Saint-Jean.
13. In 1758 British forces ________ (occupy) the island and most of the French settlers
(поселенцы) ________ (leave). The British governed (правили) the island as a part of
Nova Scotia. In 1769 they ________ (make) the island a separate colony. They later
________ (re-name) it Prince Edward Island.
14. In 1864 representatives of several provinces met on the island, at
Charlottetown, to discuss a plan of confederation, or union (союз).
15. The new country of Canada ________ (be) formed in 1867. For its early role in the
union of Canada, the island is sometimes called the Cradle ['kreɪdl] (колыбель) of
Confederation.
16. However, Prince Edward Island ________ (not join) the union until 1873. At that
time many of the island’s landowners (землевладельцы) ________ (live) in England.
They ________ (charge) (взимали) rent to their tenants (арендаторы), or the people
living on the land.
17. A law passed (принятый) in 1875 ________ (make) it possible for tenants to buy the
land. However, the island’s economy ________ (remain) (оставалась) poor. Many
people ________ (move) away to find work.
18. Many changes ________ (come) to Prince Edward Island in the 1900s. Roads, cars,
ferries (паромы), a radio station, and air service ________ (arrive) by the 1950s.
19. Tourism ________ (help) the economy to grow. The Confederation Bridge to the
mainland (на материк) ________ (open) in 1997.
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 The Iron Man and the Blacksmith
• bush [buʃ] — куст, кустарник
• the bush — бушленд (равнина, поросшая кустарником; в Австралии, Африке)
1. In the olden days, the people who melted metal and who turned it into horseshoes and tools for hunters and farmers
were called blacksmiths (кузнецы).

2. Once, in those long-ago days, far away in a country called Uganda, there lived a blacksmith and his name was
Wakaluga.

3. Wakaluga was the very finest blacksmith in the land, and every day a small crowd of people would gather at his
blacksmith shop just to watch him at work.

4. Early one morning, as Wakaluga was beginning work, a messenger from the king's court arrived.

5. "His Majesty says you are to go and see him immediately. He has a job for you to do," said the messenger.

6. Wakaluga was delighted. Hastily (поспешно) putting on his best white robes he hurried off to the palace, wondering
what the king wanted him to do.

7. He passed many of his friends about their early-morning tasks in the dusty roads, and to all of them he shouted
happily, "The king has sent for me! He has some work for me to do. Wish me luck!"

8. Wakaluga reached the palace and was shown into a little room by the gate, where he waited some time until the king
was ready to receive him.

9. Then he was ushered (его провели) into the inner courtyard. There sat the king on a stool carved (вырезанный) from
a single piece of tree trunk (ствол).

10. The blacksmith bowed (поклонился) low to the ground. When he rose, the king said, "I have sent for you, the most
skillful blacksmith in the entire land, because I have a very special task to give you."

11. He clapped (хлопнул) his hands and several servants appeared with their arms full of
odd-shaped (странной формы) pieces of iron, which they placed at the king's feet.

12. "You are to take this iron and change it into a man," said the king. "Not just a statue,
but a living iron man who can walk and talk and think, and who has blood in his
veins."

13. Wakaluga was flabbergasted (потрясен). He searched the king's face to see whether
perhaps this was a joke, but the king's dark eyes showed that he was quite serious.

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14. Everyone in the country knew that the king had the power of life and death over his
subjects (подданные) and that if anyone failed to carry out an order, he would be put
to death at once. "Yes, your Majesty," replied Wakaluga, bowing low once more.

15. The king's servants helped the blacksmith carry the iron back to his smith shop, and
Wakaluga followed them slowly, his eyes to the ground, scarcely (с трудом) returning
the greetings of his friends in the town, who wondered what had gone wrong.

16. Later in the day they came to see him and when he told them what the king had
commanded, they too fell silent.

17. So poor Wakaluga began to think his days were numbered (сочтены). All day and all
night he sat with his head in his hands, wondering how to find a solution to his
dilemma. Of course, a number of people made suggestions.

18. Could he not make an iron shell (оболочка) of a man and persuade (убедить)
somebody to get inside it and speak and walk? Should he run away to a far country
and begin life afresh (заново) where nobody knew him?

19. Someone even suggested he pay the palace cook to put poison in the king's food,
since Wakaluga himself would surely die within a few days unless the king died first.

20. Poor Wakaluga! None of these suggestions would do at all. He became ill and thin,
since he could not eat or sleep, and began roaming (бродить) the bush (по бушу)
alone, speaking his thoughts aloud as he tried to think of a plan to save himself from
death.

21. One evening, as he walked through a deserted stretch (пустынный участок) of bush,
he heard weird (странное) singing. Going closer to investigate, he discovered a
boyhood friend of his who had now, alas (увы), become mad and lived alone in the
wild country outside of town.

22. "Greetings, Wakaluga," called the madman, who had no difficulty in remembering
the blacksmith, even though (хотя) his mind was so often muddled (путался) about
other things. "How kind of you to visit me here. Come, sit down and share my
supper."

23. The madman was harmless enough, and Wakaluga had nothing else to do, so he sat
on a rock beside him. Together they ate ripe (спелые) berries and some honey which
his old boyhood friend had collected from the wild bees.

24. Wakaluga suddenly realized that this was the first food he had eaten for several
days, and felt better for it, so he decided to humor his old friend and tell him the
story of the king's demand. To his surprise, the other fellow sat quite still and
listened to the end without interrupting.

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25. "Well," concluded Wakaluga, "that is my story; and if you can tell me what I am to
do, you will be a better friend than any other, for they cannot help me."

26. "I know what you must do," said the hermit (отшельник) almost immediately. "Go to
the king and tell him that in order to make the kind of man he requires, you must
have very special kinds of ingredients.

27. You will need a special kind of charcoal (вид угля) and you will need a very special
kind of water.

28. Ask him to make all his subjects shave (побрили) their heads and bring their hair to
be burnt into charcoal and when you have one thousand loads of such charcoal,
then that will be enough.

29. Then tell the king that you must have one hundred pots of water made up from the
tears of the king's people, since only such water may be used to keep your fire
burning at exactly the right temperature."

30. When the madman had said this, he laughed uproariously (громко смеялся) for some
time. The blacksmith tried in vain (тщетно) to thank him for such good advice and
then hurried off to the king's palace, in spite of (несмотря на) the lateness of the
hour.

31. He bowed low before the king and explained what he must have before he could
begin work on the iron man. The king was quite agreeable.

32. He sent messages to all his subjects the next morning, commanding them all to
shave their heads and to deliver their hair to the castle to be burned for charcoal
and also to weep (плакать) into their water-pots.

33. The people did their best (старались изо всех сил), wondering why they must follow
this strange request, but not daring to disobey (не смея ослушаться) their powerful
king, everyone shaved their heads and wept as much as they could into their water-
pots.

34. But try as they might, it was impossible to collect more than two pots of tears or
even one load of charcoal. When these results were brought to the king, he sighed
(вздохнул).

35. "Alas (увы)! I can see that we shall never be able to collect all the charcoal and the
water that Wakaluga needs. Send for him to come here at once."

36. With shaking legs Wakaluga approached the king. As he looked up, he was relieved
(с облегчением) to see a smile on the king's face.

37. "Wakaluga," he said. "You have asked something impossible. I see now that my
people can never grow enough hair to produce one thousand loads of charcoal, nor
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 weep enough tears to fill one hundred water-pots. I therefore (посему) free you from
your task."

38. "Your Majesty," replied Wakaluga. "I am indeed grateful to you, for you too, asked
something impossible of me. I could never have made a living iron man, try as I
would."

39. Then all the people laughed, realizing how clever Wakaluga had gotten out of his fix
(из затруднительного положения), and the king allowed him to go home and to
continue his work at the blacksmith shop.

40. But Wakaluga never forgot that it was his friend's advice which had saved him, and
saw to it that the madman never went hungry or thirsty to the end of his days.

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 Where would you like to visit?
Aiste / Lithuania

I would like to visit Sri Lanka because I like a bit of (немного) Indian culture but
India is so big but Sri Lanka has something special and I think people are friendly
and happy and outgoing (общительные) in that country.

David / Kenya

What country would I like to visit? I'd really like to visit Norway, United States and
Britain because I think I would learn a lot more from those countries. And, I am
really interested in for instance (например) maybe natural resources (природные
ресурсы), that is for Norway. United States, the kind of living. No, Britain no, is
more like an educational thing for me.

Katia / Mexico

Actually, I would like to visit Bangladesh. It is a very interesting I think. I am very

curious (мне очень интересно) about it. I like the food. So, Bangladesh would be the
country that I would like to visit.

Mike / United States

I would really like to visit China. Ever since (с тех пор, как) I was a young boy I was
really fascinated (очарован) by Chinese culture, Chinese food, Chinese language. I
would love to see the Chinese Great Wall, Beijing (Пекин) and especially Shanghai,
it is very modern city.

Jess / United Kingdom

I would love to go to Egypt. I am fascinated (очарована) by the ancient (['eɪnʃənt]

древняя) history, and the pyramids and I like all the stories about the River Nile.
And, also, I like scuba diving (нырять с аквалангом) and I hear (я слышала) the scuba
diving there is really good. So, I think Egypt would be the one place I would like to
visit most.

Tom / United Kingdom

I have never been to South America. In South America, I think I'd like to visit
Brazil. It seems to (кажется) have a good mix of beaches and mountains and that is
the kind of holiday I like.

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