D. Work in pairs

■ Act out the dialogue (of Mr.Braine and the assistant) with your group-mate.

■ Act out a talk Mr. Braine might have had with his wife after he returned home without having tickets.

i Act out a dialogue Mr.Braine might have had with the assistant in the afternoon when at last he got the tickets.

e. Let's revise the use of articles. Say what articles are used with:

■ names of sciences ■ names of cities and airports

■ names of continents and countries ■ names of hotels

■ all the nouns associated with water ■ food and food items

f. Translate into English paying attention to articles:

1 Это очень важные сведения.

2 Я еще не слушал вечерние новости.

3 Вы не хотите чая?

4 Разрешите задать вам несколько вопросов?

5 Он очень хорошо знает обычаи и этикет китайцев.

6 Эти народности живут на севере Канады.

7 Дейл Карнеги, американский специалист в области человече­ских отношений, написал пять популярных книг. Его книги очень популярны в России.

8 Сдержанность — это умение владеть собой.

9 Его письмо полно извинений.

g. Complete these quotations by adding the appropriate articles:

1... remarks are not... literature. (Gertrude Stein)

2 Every man's work, whether it be... literature or... music or... pictures or... architecture or anything else, is always... portrait of himself. (Samuel Butler)

3... youth is like... spring,... overpraised season. (Samuel Butler)

4... evil that... men do lives after them,... good is often interred (to inter — хоронить) with their bones. (W. Shakespeare)

5 I have seen... future and it works. (Z. Staffen, after visiting Moscow in 1919)

6... people are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in... circumstances.... people who get on in... life are... people who get up and look for... circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. (G.B. Shaw)

7... politics is perhaps... only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. (RL. Stevenson)

8... political philosophy of... black nationalism means that... black man should control... politics and... politicians in his own com­munity; no more. (X. Malcolm)

9 I hate... quotations. (R W. Emerson)

Say what you know about the persons, whose names are given in brackets.

5. A patient salesman ____________________________

A man is looking at a car in a showroom. A salesman approaches.

Salesman: Nice, isn't it, sir?

Man: Yes, very nice... Can I get in?

Salesman: By all means. (He opens the car door.) Go ahead.

The man gets into the car and closes the door.

Salesman: Could you open the window, please, sir? (He knocks on the window.) Could you open the window, please?

The man searches for a window winder.

Salesman: The switch is in the middle.

The man fumbles with several knobs.

Salesman: Could you open the door, please, sir? Could you open the door, please?

The man tries to find the door knob.

Salesman: Push the knob forward. Push the knob forward.

The man at last manages to open the door.

Salesman: Man: Salesman: Man: Salesman: Man: Salesman: Man: Salesman:

Sorry about that, sir.

No, it's my fault. I... Stupid of me. Tell me, how...

how to operate that mirror there?

You press one of these switches here.

The man moves the switch and looks at himself in the mirror.

Oh, yes... And um... what are all these knobs for?

Well, the first two are for the lights, and the radio is

down below.

This one?

No, the other one.

This one?

That's right.

He turns on the radio. The aerial at the rear of the car

Salesman: Man: Salesman: Man: Salesman: Man:

goes up.

The aerial comes up automatically.

Mm. (He gets out of the car.)

Well, sir, how do you like it?

It's very nice. But um... bit expensive though. It's a

pity. Tell me, um... how do you work this window?

They're electric. (He gets into the car.) You press the

knob here.

Oh! It's magic! No wonder I could not find the

winder!... Mm.

The salesman gets out of the car.

Exercises

a. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:
['Jourum] ________________ ['еэпэЦ

[(t3)S3:tJ] ____________ [пэ]

[nob] ['maed3ik] _____

['mire] __________ ['wamda] ______

b. Explain the use of articles in the dialogue.

с Write from what words the following compound nouns are formed, add a few other compound nouns and make short sentences with them: e.g. salesman — sales, man — The salesman seems to be a very patient man. salesman___________________ background________________

d. Translate the following antonyms into Russian and write a few short sentences: patient — impatient, intollerant nice — nasty, unpleasant

e. Write out pairs of synonyms from the following list and make a few short with each:

g. Write out all the words associated with cars from the text and answer the following questions: 1 Can you drive a car? 3 Do all car owners have a cai 2 Is it easy to get a driving li- insurance policy? cence? 4 What cars are very expensive in Russia?

newspaper________

telecommunications.
holiday__________

expensive — inexpensive, cheap perfect — imperfect, faulty

to approach to get in to get out to search for to turn on to work

to get into a car to try to find to come up to get out of a car to operate to switch on

f. Translate into English:

1 Простите. Я сам виноват.

2 Как глупо с моей стороны...

3 Как повернуть зеркало?

handshaking. businessmen. Englishman _

stupid — clever, intelligent rude— polite, affable

4 Для чего эта кнопка? Чтс она регулирует?

5 Антенна поднимается авто­матически?