II. Find the synonyms to the following words:
to introduce
to vary
lovely
to relax
industrious
pet
trouble
to allow
well
to study
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11. problem
12. good
13. domestic animal
14. to acquaint
15. to let
16. nice
17. to learn
18. to differ
19. to rest
20. hard-working
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III. Find the antonyms to the following words:
industrious
to like
interesting
friend
a day off
dark
well
much
clever
always
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a week-end
light
little
bad
silly
lazy
never
enemy
to hate
boring
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IV. Insert the missing words from the text:
Allow me to … myself to you.
I … … in Minsk on the 20th of April 1983.
I … spending time and relaxing with friends as much as gardening.
My … friend’s name is Denis.
My friend is a clever and … boy.
He … well.
Besides he is … of basketball.
My friend knows a lot of … things.
We understand each other in any … .
He is … and thoughtful to people.
V. Grammar exercise:
Find the correct form of the pronoun:
… is lovely boy with dark hair.
… understand each other in any situations.
… helps his parents about the house.
… is a dog.
Allow … to introduce myself to you.
… studies well.
What I like in … he always keeps his word.
… spend much time together.
He is always ready to help …, when I am in trouble.
… takes care of his pet.
VI. Answer the following questions:
Who is Anton’s best friend?
What is he fond of?
How does he help his parents?
Why Denis is a good friend?
Is it easy to make friends?
Do you have a lot of friends?
Have you got a lot of in common?
How do you solve your problem?
What is the hobby of your friends?
Do you know your friend from the very childhood?
VII. Retell the text
3.5 MY FRIEND
Read and learn the following words:
1. to be devoted быть преданным
2. a mill мельница
3. a nosegay букет цветов
4. to suffer страдать
5. a clergyman священник
6. envy зависть
7. to pluck сорвать, ощипывать
8. pocket карман
9. neighbour сосед
10. sack мешок
I. Read and translate the text
The devoted friend
Hans has a great many friends, but the most devoted friend of all was big Hung, the miller. Indeed, so devoted was the rich miller to little Hans that he never went by his garden without learning over the wall and plucking a large nosegay, or filling his pockets with plums and cherries if it was the fruit season.
«Real friend should have everything in common», the miller used to say. The neighbours, indeed, thought it strange that the rich miller never gave little Hans anything in return, though he had a hundred sacks of flour stored away in the mill, and six cows, and a large flock of sheep.
In spring, summer and autumn Hans was very happy, but when winter came, he suffered a good deal from the cold and hunger and often had to go to bed without supper. «There is no good in my going to see little Hans now», the miller used to say to his wife, «For when people are in trouble they should not be bothered by visitors. I shall pay him a visit in spring, and he will be able to give me a large basket of flowers, and that will make him so happy».
«You very thoughtful about others», answered his wife. «It is a pleasure to hear you talk about friendship. I am sure the clergyman himself could not say such beautiful things, though he lives in a three-storied house and wears a gold ring on his little finger».
«But could we not ask little Hans up here»? said the miller’s youngest son.
«What a silly boy you are»! cried the miller. «I really don’t know what the use of sending you to school is. You do not seem to learn anything. Why, if little Hans came here, he might get envious, and envy is the most terrible thing. Besides, if he came here, he might ask me to let him have some flour on credit, and that I could not do. Flour is one thing, and friendship is another. The words are spelt differently and mean quite different things».
«How well you talk», said the miller’s wife, pouring herself out a large glass of warm ale «It is just like being in church».
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