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Аракин В.Д. Практический курс английского языка. 2 курс
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- Word Combinations
- EXERCISES 1. Bead the text and explain the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage, C. Style): A.
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Words banker n final adj obedience n bureau n guess υ obedient adj departure n impress υ obey υ disobedient adj impressive adj platform n earn υ light υ prevent υ envy υ move υ serve υ familiar adj mystery n service n fellow-passenger n sociable adj Word Combinations to see smb. off to wave farewell to smb. to break the silence to shuffle from foot to foot to pass the time to make (leave, produce) to be familiar with smth. (to smb.) an impression on smb. in the old days (in the olden days) to put out the light a letter of introduction to serve smb. right for... to earn one's living EXERCISES 1. Bead the text and explain the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage, C. Style):A. 1. Explain the use of tenses in: a) the second sentence of the text; b) the following sentence: "A middle-aged man was talking earnestly to a young lady...". 2. Point out sentences in which oblique moods are used and explain the meaning conveyed by the form of the verb in each case. 3. Comment on the use of the auxiliary did in "he did act". 4. Why is the indefinite article used before the word director in "I am not, alas, a director"? B. 1. Explain the meaning of "the next window but one". (Make up sentences of your own with the pattern "the next ... but one".) 2. Find a pair of antonyms in the passage beginning with "In a flash" and explain their meanings. Use them in sentences of your own. 3. What is the meaning of the word platform in the following fragment: ... "On the platform," he answered. "You mean," said I, "that you recite at concerts?" 4. Comment on the meaning of keep in "Many Americans ... cannot afford to keep friends in England" (cf.: to keep dogs, horses, to keep a cat, a canary, etc.). What is the effect achieved by the unusual word combination to keep friends and by the whole sentence ("Many Americans cannot afford to keep friends in England", i. e. some of them can and probably do)? 5. How do you understand the words feeling out of it in "It prevents them from feeling out of it"? C. 1. a) What is the author's purpose in using inversion in: "framed in the window ... was the face of our friend"? b) Why is the word stranger repeated four times in the second part of the same sentence? What is the effect achieved by the repetition? 2. What is the effect achieved by the syntactical parallelism in the passage beginning with "Of course it is worth it"? ("It prevents them...", "It earns them...", "It saves them...") 3. Point out passages bearing touches of humour. Does the author present the character of Le Ros seriously or humorously? (ironically? satirically? mockingly?) Illustrate your answer by sentences from the story. жүктеу/скачать 3,38 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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