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Everyday Life
Exercise 11. Cloze Test
Listen to the recording o f the weather forecast and fill in the missing words in the blanks:
1.Last week there were some fine ... days.
2.In the past few days you may have noticed overnight... with ... and ... in many places.
3.Our long-range forecast shows that the weather will be very ... and ........at times.
4.Next week’s outlook is that southern parts of England will be ... with ... in places.
5.Temperatures are going to b e ........
6.Light east winds could make North Sea coasts feel.........
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The weather in Scotland is going to be dry with sunny ... after early... |
clears. |
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Winds will be generally ... but they’ll bring more ... into the west. |
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Exercise 12. Composition
Make up a weather forecast for tomorrow, using words and phrases from the re cording.
Exercise 13. Conversation
Compare the weather conditions described in the recording with those in your lo cal area. Discuss them in pairs.
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to get through |
to complete something |
to get up |
to rise from bed after |
to have a bite |
sleeping |
to eat a little |
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to eat |
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keep in touch |
to remain in contact with |
with |
somebody |
leave (for) |
to go away in order to go |
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to some place |
keep up with |
to know the latest events |
to look |
to read through, to check |
through |
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make one’s |
to tidy the bedclothes |
bed |
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meal |
food prepared/served for |
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somebody to eat |
recipe |
a set of instructions for |
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preparing food, including a |
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list of ingredients |
season |
spring, summer, autumn or |
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winter |
shave |
to remove facial hair etc. |
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with a razor/shaver |
set in |
(e.g. of weather) to begin |
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and seem likely to continue |
take a shower |
to wash under running |
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water |
sleet |
a mixture of rain and snow |
slipper |
a light soft shoe worn in |
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doors |
slippery |
difficult to hold, stand on |
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or move on because it is |
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smooth, wet, polished, etc. |
snowdrift |
a deep pile of snow blown |
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together by the wind |
I hate the telephone but I can’t get through the day without spending at least three hours talking on the thing.
Peter gets up at seven o’clock'.
At two o’clock he has a bite to eat.
I always try to find some time to keep in touch with my friends.
I have my breakfast and leave for work.
Before going to bed I like watching the news on TV to keep up with events or putting on a good movie.
I start my working day by looking through the list of the day’s appointments.
He opens the window, makes his bed and does his morning exercises.
It usually doesn’t take me much time to cook meals.
Both recipes serve four people.
In the depth of winter we have the habit of fantasising about seasons past.
Peter shaves and brushes his teeth.
Although winter begins officially on De cember 21st, it is usually January before really cold weather sets in.
I like to take a cold shower.
In many places there was also frost over night, with sleet and snow in parts of northern Britain.
He puts on his slippers and goes to the bathroom.
It was too cold and slippery and I stayed in all day.
Snowploughs have to be brought out when snowdrifts have made roads impassable.
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spell |
a short period of time |
It will include wintry spells with more |
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sleet and snow. |
supply |
a stock or store of things |
Birds may migrate but the best thing that |
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(provided or available) |
animals can do is to hibernate or, if not, |
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build up winter supplies as squirrels do. |
thaw |
the melting of ice and |
After a few weeks the temperature rises |
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snow |
and the thaw sets in. |
towel |
a piece of cloth or paper |
He rubs himself hard with a towel and |
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for drying oneself or wip |
soon he feels quite warm. |
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ing things dry |
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wake up |
to interrupt sleep |
I go to the bathroom to wash and then try |
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to wake my children up. |
waste (time, |
to use wrongly, use too |
I’m not a person who likes wasting time. |
money, etc.) |
much of |
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weather |
atmospheric conditions, |
Can you tell us what the weather will be |
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e.g. wind, rain, snow etc. |
like during the next few days? |
Exercise 1.
Match the following words and phrases with their definitions:
1. to take a shower |
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2. chat |
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b) a prediction of probable future conditions |
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3. to waste |
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4. forecast |
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to examine the contents of |
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5. spell |
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6, to cook |
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to use carelessly, so that something is lost |
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1. meal |
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8». to daeal withn |
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9. to look throughrough |
i) to have a wash standing under running water |
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to depart/part from someone |
_e a __ |
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a meal eaten around midday |
_ u _ c _ |
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Saturday and Sunday |
_ e __ e___ |
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very light rain |
d __ z ___e |
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rather cold |
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_ h _ 1__ |
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to dislike intensely |
_ a __ |
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attention or protection |
c _ r _ |
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a daily record of events |
d _ a _ _ |
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feeling or showing pleasure |
h — |
P _ |
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to rise (out of bed) |
g - - |
- P |
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Exercise 3.
Complete the following conversations, using an appropriate form of a word or phrase having similar meaning from the list below:
1.- It’s rather chilly today, isn’t it?
-Yes, it’s quite ... .
2.- When did you start doing your homework?
-1 ... only half an hour ago.
3.- 1 hate getting up early.
-Don’t you know the proverb “Early to bed and early ... makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”?
4.- 1 must leave now.
-Oh, please, don’t ...!
5.- He used to waste money when he was young.
-But he’s n o t... now.
to begin |
to go |
cold |
to spend too much |
to rise |
Exercise 4.
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate form of a word or phrase having an opposite meaning from the list below:
1. The train to London is leaving in five minutes. It w ill... in London at 10.40.
2.I’m getting up at 5 tomorrow, that’s why I have to.... early.
3.Today is rather chilly, but the weather forecast says it will be ... on Sunday.
4.Robert hates gardening, but his parents ... it very much.
5.Why has he started laughing? Please tell him to ... it immediately!
to stop |
warm |
to like |
to arrive |
to go to bed |
Exercise 5.
Complete the following sentences, selecting words and phrases from the list below and making any necessary changes:
to take care of |
to take a shower |
to leave |
to have a chat |
to wake up |
forecast |
spell |
to waste |
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Unit 2
1.Jane enjoys spending time with her friends, and most of all she likes ... with them.
2.Jill tries to be very active. She is always busy doing something and she doesn’t like... time.
3.It is generally known that in many families mothers ... the children while fathers are busy at work.
4.Though we had a cold and rainy autumn last year, there were some sunny ... and people enjoyed them.
5.William doesn’t like to take a bath in the morning, he prefers ....
6.Have you heard the weather... for tomorrow?
7.The telephone rang just as he was ... for work.
8.On Sundays I don’t have ... very early.
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Grammar
The Indefinite Pronouns some, any, no
some |
e.g. I read some books last month. |
any |
Have you got any brothers? |
no (not any) |
I have no (haven’t any) relatives abroad. |
№Note: Some may be used in interrogative sentences when offering or asking for
something:
e.g. Would you like some coffee?
Any may be used in affirmative sentences with the meaning “no matter who or which, every”.
e.g. You can take any book you like.
Derivatives:
somebody (someone) - a person; some person unknown or unspecified
something - some thing unknown or unspecified
anybody (anyone), anything - in questions and negatives
nobody (no one) - not anybody (not anyone)
nothing - not anything
Exercise 6.
Fill in the gaps with some, any, no or their derivatives:
1. ... students in our group can speak English fluently.
2.He must feel lonely. He has ... friends here.
3.Can I have ... more tea, please?
4. ... left this umbrella in the laboratory yesterday.
5. ... must have been here in our absence. The door has been left open.
6.This table is so big! There is absolutely ... space for it in the room.
7.I’d like to ask you ... questions.
8.I called out, b u t... answered.
9.Is there ... in the room? - No. There is ... there.
10.Have you bought... fruit? - I’ve bought apples and bananas. Please take ....
11.... knocked on the door but when I opened it I couldn’t see ....
12.You are my best friend and I’ll do ... for you.
13. May I offer you ... more salad?
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