Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 23. Make up situations using the words given below.

1. 
   My Friend Watches a Football Match on Television: a match, the foot­ball ground, to find seats, later on, to shout for, not as good as, to get a leg injury, to stop the game, a doctor, to leave the field, that’s why, did not enjoy.
   
2. 
   An Exciting Match: let me tell you. exciting, a couple of minutes after, to open the score, fans, popular, a top scorer, a centre forward, to shoot at the goal, to beat, the score was in favour of.
   

Exercise 24. Read the story filling in the missing active words given below and dis­cuss it.
A few minutes after the ... began, a girl about seventeen and a young man came to the
“What’s the ... ?’’ the girl asked the young man.
“Nil — nil,’’* he answered.
“Oh, then we are not really late.”
“Well, we are a little,” the young man said and looked at the .... He thought he could watch the ... now.
“ I" he shouted.
nil — nil ['ml 'nil] ноль — ноль
“Look,” she said. “May I have a cigarette, please?”
“Now. where did I put them? Excuse me a moment.” He started searching for³⁷ cigarettes in his pockets. At last he found the cigarettes. It took the young man some time to light the cigarette. The girl started smoking. Now the young man was able to watch the match.
“Look,” he ... . “We’re going to ...! Shoot, shoot!”
“Jake,” the girl said. “I can smell something burning.”³⁸ It was the neigh­bour’s coat burning from the girl’s cigarette.
A few minutes later she said she was hungry.³⁹ “Well, can't you wait till the break?” the young man asked.
“I think 1 can, but l‘m awfully hungry .” said the girl.
A moment later she said: “Jake, look at that little boy. He bothers his father every minute. Why do fathers bring children here? The boy’s father can’t watch the match.”
“No. he can’t,” said the young man and sighed.⁴⁰
score, to score, players, to shout, football ground, match (2), come on
LESSON EIGHTEEN