Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 1. Read and translate the dialogues.
Exercise 2. Find in the dialogues English equivalents for the word combinations and sentences.

1. 
   He могли бы вы назвать наиболее известных современных русских писателей? 2. для разнообразия. 3. становиться популярным. 4. Ее книги переведены на 17 языков. 5. в переводе. 6 Я получила большое удоволь­ствие. 7. кстати. 8. быть в турне, на гастролях.
   

Exercise 3. Quote the sentences in which these words and word combinations are used in the dialogues and translate them.

2. 
   She wrote screenplays. 2. She was awarded for. 3. Tastes differ. 4. the most popular fiction writers. 5. They are republished. 6. the main character. 7. the subject matter of the book. 8. to contradict. 9. the message of the novel.
   

Exercise 4. Make the necessary substitutions.

1. 
   A: Could you name most popular modern Russian writers?
   

8. 
   My favourite modem writers are Ulitskaya, Akunin, Shukshin and Solzhenitsin.
   

(A: poets [ pouits]; B: Marina Tsvetaeva, Osip Mandelshtamm, Nikolay Gumilev)

2. 
   A: Where does the action take place?
   

8. 
   Ina small village, a few miles from Stratford-on-Avon and in London.
   

(B: in London, in Moscow, in a small town)

3. 
   A: I hear the Bolshoi Ballet is on tour in France.
   

8. 
   Yes. And it’s a great success.
   

(A: the Moscow Art Theatre, the Chamber Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosos”)